Sep16 Collection (page 13)

Our Sports - Motoring as a novel pleasure pastime
Our Sports - An allegory of Motoring (cars, note the wheel and two horns) as a novel pleasure pastime in the 1900s Date: circa 1908

Venice, Italy - Chiesa Santa Maria della Salute
Chiesa Santa Maria della Salute a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Jan Kubelik, Czec Musician with his wife and twin daughters
Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) - Czech violinist and composer, pictured with his wife and twins Date: 1907

French Family group on the beach at Biarritz, France. Date: 1908

Conwy Castle and Suspension Bridge, Wales - from the Quay Date: 1911

Bursa, Turkey - Mahsin Bridge over the Guek-Sou stream Date: circa 1905

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Oybinok Mosque
Bukhara, Uzbekistan - The small medieval Oybinok (terraced) Mosque prior to more recent external re-modelling. Date: circa 1909

Tbilisi, Georgia - Panoramic view - Bridge over Kura River
Tbilisi, Georgia - Panoramic view - Vera Bridge over Kura River. Date: circa 1910s

North Cape, Norway - Midnight Sun. Date: circa 1920s

G Collins - Confectioner - Refreshment Room & Cyclists Rest. Date: circa 1909

Two close lady friends in stylish attire. Date: circa 1930

Lobster Fishing on Sark - lay lines hanging from rings
Lobster Fishing on Sark, Channel Islands - lay lines hanging from rings and ladder Date: circa 1906

George Baklanoff - Latvian Operatic Baritone
George (Georgy, Georges) Baklanoff (Baklanov) (1881-1938) - Latvian Operatic Baritone Date: circa 1910s

Reading, Royal County of Berkshire - Queen Victoria Street viewed from Broad Street. On the right is a store of the Public Benefit Boots Company

Dance club in London, 1929
The dance floor of a nightclub in London in 1929 frequented by a mixed crowd of Bohemians and the ultra smart. Date: 1929

The Forum, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

Cavalry troops - Morocco. Date: circa 1930s

Basel, Switzerland - riverside buildings (River Rhine). Date: 1909

Marseille - The Municipal opera Theatre building Date: 1930

Transbaikal region with railway line, Siberia, Russia
View of Transbaikal region with railway line, Siberia, Russia. Date: circa 1910s

The Walhalla - Interior - Danube River, Bavaria, Germany
The Walhalla - a hall of fame that honours laudable and distinguished people in German history - above the Danube River, east of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany. Date: circa 1905

Switzerland - Brienz - Signpost to the Boat Station
Switzerland - Brienz - A fun carved wooden Signpost to the Boat Station, taking tourists on trips on Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland

The Town Hall at Landau (Landau in der Pfalz), Germany
The Town Hall, Rathausplatz, Landau (Landau in der Pfalz), southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Date: circa 1930s

Isle of Nonnenwerth and Rhine Valley from the Drachenfels, Germany. Date: circa 1920s

The Golden Griffin Hotel at Kitzbuhel, Austria. Date: circa 1930s

Prince Alfred of Edinburgh
PRINCE ALFRED OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA (1874-1899) The son of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second eldest son of Queen Victoria. Died of wounds from a suicide attempt. Date: 1893

Magnificent Wooden villas - banks of the Boshorus, Istanbul
A very fine real photographic postcard of a set of Magnificent Wooden waterfront and a ferry Station jetty villas - banks of the Boshorus, Istanbul - exact location (as yet) unknown (Yenikoy?)

War Planes Card Game
" War Planes is a new card game for teaching Jim Crows how to tell a friend from an enemy." The aircraft depicted on the card is a Boulton Paul Defiant. 1940

Wartime Canteen
Several volunteers unload food from a cart outside a village barn in White Waltham, Berkshire, which has been converted into a canteen to provide sustenance for servicemen billeted in the area

Home Guard in Bow Street
Four members of the Home Guard hold a meeting in Bow Street, London. 1940

Anderson Shelter on Display in New York
Anderson Shelter being displayed at the New York World Fair. Lord Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, can be seen talking to a young girl. 1940

Cathleen Mann, 1940
Artist and costume designer Cathleen Mann, Lady Queensbury, alongside Rosaleen Forbes. Both women worked in the Mechanised Transport Corps during the War. 1940

Yardley Lavender
" After long hours in stuffy dug-outs or blacked-out rooms, this perfume refreshes your tired nerves with its soothing fragrance." 1940

Old Bill and Co. September 1940
" No, you were wrong, Bill! That wasn t another warnin you eard." Bruce Bairnsfathers cartoon makes light of the repeated air-raid warnings civilians were subjected to during the Battle of

A Y. M. C. A. Mobile Tea Car
Three female volunteers wait to restock a mobile canteen outside at Gattis on The Strand, London, which was converted during the War into a Y.M.C.A. hostel for servicemen based in the city. 1940

Sailor at Y. M. C. A. hostel on The Strand
A sailor checks into the Y.M.C.A. hostel, formerly the restaurant Gattis on The Strand, London. Gattis was taken over by the Y.M.C.A. as a canteen for troops stationed in the city. 1940

Guests of Mr Randolph Hearst
Page from The Tatler reporting on a weekend house party held at the home of American newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst. Top left shows Cecil Beaton giving Anita Loos a piggy back

Tennis fashions by Suzanne Lenglen, 1930
Tennis fashions by Suzanne Lenglen from Selfridges. 1930

Hush - Papa Speaks
Scene from the 1870s showing a group of admiring young ladies listening attentively to a patriarchal figure. 1930

Tatler cover - Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall by Yevonde
Tatler front cover featuring photograph of Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall, formerly Miss Eileen Bennett the tennis player, posed with a bunch of balloons. 1930

Rugby crowd in Gold Flake advertisement
Advertisement for Willss Gold Flake cigarettes, showing a crowd (comprised entirely of male spectators) cheering at a rugby match. 1930

Evening dress and coatee from Peter Robinson
A dress and coat of metal lace mounted on tissue, the latter trimmed with fur. A telling touch of colour is introduced by the velvet loop and pendant ends caught with a crystal ornament

That Haunting Melody by Hookway Cowles
Mirth and motley at the court of King Jazz. A jazz orchestra plays for people on the dance floor of a nightclub or restaurant. 1930

New Seasons Hats from Marshall and Snelgrove
Advertisement for Marshall and Snelgrove showing a selection of models from their millinery department. 1930

Tatler cover - Alister Macdonald and Mary Pickford
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Alister Macdonald, eldest son of British Prime Minister, Ramsay Macdonald and an architect by profession, pictured with film star, Mary Pickford

The Programme Seller by John Collier
A young programme seller at the theatre. 1930

Petite fashion 1930 - Dignity for the small woman
Harrods advertisement promoting their range of petite sizes for women, particularly in the new floor length skirt lengths fashionable in 1930. 1930

Mound alignments and ley lines
Illustrations showing mound alignments at South Radnor and at Pilleth in Wales, and ley lines in the Cotswold and at the Hereford church of St Owen. 1925

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