Sep16 Collection (page 3)

Copacabana Beach - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: circa 1940

Greek Orthodox Church, Port Sudan, Sudan Date: circa 1920s

The Aga Khan and the Begum Aga Khan. Andr饠 Jos鰨 ine Carron married Aga Khan III in December 1929 and together they had one son, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. The couple divorced in 1943

Lady Milford Haven & Gloria Vanderbilt in Bray
Lady Milford Haven, Monsieur Aldao and Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt enjoying dinner at the fashionable Hinds Head Hotel in Bray. Date: 1932

St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Date: circa 1910s

The Carnival of Basel - the 4am Morgestreich
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Three Russian peasant women and their horse-drawn wagon. Date: circa 1902

Delhi - The Alai Darwaza Gateway - The Qutb complex
Delhi - The Alai Darwaza, the main gateway from southern side of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. Built by the second Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Ala-ud-din Khilji in 1311 AD

Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency. Shell-making: a general view of the complicated machinery which the Indians handle most deftly." 1915

Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915
" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. 1915

Platform of Holland Park Underground Station
Central Line Series. A very trendy (and slightly effete) young gentleman stands in very aloof repose, pretending to ignore the glamorous lady to his right

Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia - Avenue 25 October
Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1918, the new Bolshevik government changed the name of the street to " Avenue of 25 October" (as used, interestingly, on this card)

Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Toucouleurs (Fula) Woman
A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

The Crown of the Romanoffs
Photograph of the Romanov crown, 1927. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie Manson and Woods auction house that year. 1927

The snuff-box of the Romanovs
Green jasper snuff-box set studded with diamonds, which had belonged to the Russian royal family. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie Manson

Plastic Surgery - Before and After
Examples of patients who have undergone plastic surgery in the 1920s, to accompany an article in " The Sphere" magazine, entitled " New Faces for Old." 1927

The Hon. Mrs Charles BAillie-Hamilton by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Mrs Charles Baillie-Hamilton, formerly Miss Wanda Holden pictured by Madame Yevonde. 1929

Advert for Koko hair tonic 1897
Unquestionably the best dressing for the hair. Prevents hair falling and promotes growth. 1897

Esther Williams- American Film Actress
Esther Williams (1921-2013) - American competitive swimmer and Film Actress. Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as " aquamusicals

King Boris III of Bulgaria with wife Giovanna de Savoie
King Boris III of Bulgaria (1894-1943) (reigned 1918-1943) pictured with wife Giovanna de Savoie (daughter of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy) (1907-2000) Date: circa 1920s

Mr Gennaro of Gennaros Rendezvous Restaurant
A signed portrait of Mr V Gennaro of Gennaros Rendezvous Restaurant on Dean Street, Soho, London. Gennaros would later become the site for the Groucho Club

Opatija (Abbazia), Croatia on the Adriatic coast
Opatija (Abbazia) in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. Given to Italy in 1920, then Yugoslavia in 1947 and finally Croatia in 1991. A panoramic view of the town

The Magic Carpet
A couple - he in Chinese costume, she in harem pants - flying on a magic carpet above the onion domes and minarets of an Arabian city. Date: 1932

The Colonels Christmas Dream by H. M. Bateman
A Colonel dreams of inspecting a battalion of Father Christmases. Date: 1928

Stanley Baldwin lighting his pipe
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947), Conservative politician and Prime Minister Date: 1929

Brigitte Helm sees through herself
Brigitte Helm (1908-1996), German actress best known for her role in Metropolis pictured in a double portrait combining a head shot with a full body photograph. Date: 1929

Tatler cover - Lady Mary Lygon by Madame Yevonde
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lady Mary Lygon, sixth child of the 7th Earl of Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Grosvenor, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster

King Michael of Romania with Binnie the Sealyham Terrier
King Michael of Romania driving a toy car - The Red Bug accompanied by the familys Sealyham terrier, Binnie. Date: 1929

Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth s
Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939

Birkdale Golf Club and some of its members by Mel
Birkdale Golf Club and some of its members - golfing caricatures by Tatler cartoonist Mel. Date: 1933

Winners at the Bath Club including Lady Alington
Prize winners at the Bath Club in London in 1933. Miss Nona Davies, Miss Venetia Fripp, Lady Alington and Miss Mary Evans (no relation to our founder as far as we know!). Date: 1933

Beatrice Appleyard, 1940
Beatrice Appleyard, showgirl at the Windmill Theatre, London. 1940

Southern Railway Firemen
Firefighters working for Southern Railway spray water onto the roof of a train. Southern Railway employed eighty A.F.S. men in order to fight fires caused by Luftwaffe incendiary bombs. 1940

H. H. Harris, 1940
H.H. Harris, a cartoonist and poster-maker of the time, sketches a serviceman on his tour of the Midlands. Harris toured the country in his caravan, pictured here

Taking Shelter in Piccadilly Circus Underground Station
Crowds seek refuge in Piccadilly Circus Underground Station during a Luftwaffe air raid. 1940

Old Bill and Co. October 1940
" I ll let yet get away with it this time, but remember! I got a front door, h and a knocker!" Bruce Bairnsfather jokes that the damage inflicted on homes by German air raids has made it

Gracie Fields, 1940
Actress Gracie Fields in her capacity as an Honorary Captain in Canadas Womens Volunteer Reserve Corps. 1940

Manning Sherwin and Eric Maschwitz, 1940
American songwriter Manning Sherwin and lyricist Eric Maschwitz. The two teamed up in 1940 to produce the smash hit " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". 1940

Augustus John at his Daughters Wedding
Welsh artist Augustus John attends the wedding of his eldest daughter, Poppet Jackson to Sec.-Lieut. Villiers A Court Bergne. 1940

Lilywhites Advertisement, 1940
Lilywhites of Piccadilly Circus, London, advertise their womens service uniforms. 1940

Prunella Stack, Lady Douglas-Hamilton
Ann Prunella Stack (1915-2011), who achieved fame as the President of the Womens League of Health and Beauty, taking a health and beauty class in London. 1940

Makeshift Home Guard Tank
This jerry-built armoured car, fitted with a Sunbeam chassis and three machine guns, was the pride of the Berkshire Home Guard. 1940

A Mound of Aluminium, July 1940
In response to the appeal for aluminium from Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, families hand in their spare pots and pans to aid the war effort. 1940

Margaret Vyner, 1940
Margaret Vyner, wife of actor Hugh Williams, sporting an outfit made from wool designed by Norman Hartnell, who was at the time dress-maker to the Queen. 1940

Hugh Williams and Margaret Vyners wedding
British actor Hugh Williams and Australian stage and screen actress Margaret Vyner photographed on their wedding day. 1940

Prince Francis of Teck
PRINCE OF TECK Prince Francis (Frank) of Teck, younger brother of Queen Mary. Son of Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

Mr. E. F. Knight, war correspondent of the Morning Post
Edward Frederick (E.F.) Knight (23 April 1852 3 July 1925), English barrister, soldier, journalist, and author of 20 books, many based on his dispatches as a war correspondent

Zulu Rickshaw Drivers, 1928
Depiction of two colourfully-dressed Zulus pulling along white Europeans in rickshaws in Durban, South Africa. The Royal Natal Yacht Club is visible in the background. 1928

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