Sep16 Collection (page 4)

She Was Only a Gardeners Daughter
" She was only a gardeners daughter, but she knew how to handle a rake." A gaudily-depicted woman of humble origins seduces a " rake" - a womanising young man. 1928

Durban, South Africa - a Paradise for Bathers
Durban (Port Natal), South Africa, packed with holiday-makers, enjoying both the beach itself and an open-air swimming pool. 1928

Pheltose - the New Sanitary Belt
" For the Outdoor Girl!" 1928

Total solar eclipse in England, 1927
Diagram explaining the science behind the solar eclipse due to be witnessed in England on 29 June 1927. This was to be the first total solar eclipse seen in England for 200 years. 1927

Patricia Charles, 1927
Poster artist Patricia Charles poses in a " devils hat". 1927

A 1920s garden party
Several fashionably-dressed people enjoy a garden party in radiant sunshine. 1927

John A. Macready
American Flight-Lieutenant J.A. Macready photographed before making an attempt at the altitude record. His outfit is made from wool, leather, fur and down to keep him warm

Hamleys Christmas presents advertisement, 1929
Full page advertisement for Hamleys toy shop featuring a number of ideas for Christmas 1929 including a bunny nightie and hot water bottle case

Shelley china - Mabel Lucie Attwell
Illustrations showing the range of Shelley nursery china designed by Mabel Lucie Attwell in 1929 - very collectible today. 1929

First and Second Impressions by H. M. Bateman
The Majors speaking voice was simply charming. Maisie was rapidly succumbing to its spell. Until one day she heard him use it on parade! Cartoon by H. M

Rowntrees York Chocolates advertisement featuring a lucky girl opening a box at Christmas. 1929

The Lifeguardsman who Dropped It by H. M. Bateman
One of H. M. Batemans most brilliant cartoons - a guard of honour at a wedding goes horribly wrong. 1935

Tatler cover - Lady Zia Wernher and Lady Milford Haven
Front cover of the Tatler featuring sisters Lady Zia Wernher (Countess Zia Torby) and the Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Countess Nada Torby) at Downie Park, Killiemuir

Countess Nada and Zia Torby
Portraits of Countess Nada (Nadejda) Torby, later Marchioness of Milford Haven and Countess Zia (Anastasia) Torby, later Lady Zia Wernher, daughters of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovitch of Russia

Countess Nada and Zia Torby & their mother
The Countess Torby, morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovitch and her two daughters, Countess Nada (far left), later Marchioness of Milford of Haven and Countess Zia (2nd left)

Prince George of Battenberg, Countess Nada Torby engagement
Prince George of Battenberg pictured walking in Hyde Park with his fiancÚÑáCountess Nada Torby and her mother, Countess Torby (wife of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovitch of Russia)

Advertisement for Ponds Cold Cream with Countess of Warwick
Advertisement for Ponds Cold Cream and Vanishing Cream endorsed by society darling the Countess of Warwick, formerly Miss Rose Bingham. Date: 1935

The High Street - Singapore, Malaysia. Date: circa 1920s

Orchard Road - Singapore, Malaysia. Date: circa 1920s

Boys in Malaysia eating Durian Fruit Date: circa 1920s

The Induna - Zulu headman - Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

10 Downing Street, London - prior to restoration and the addition to the terrace (to the south toward Whitehall). Date: circa 1930s

Arab Girl - Cairo, Egypt - wearing coins and medallions on a beaded string around her hairline and neck. Date: circa 1907

Agra, India - Fabulous Double-decker camel-drawn wagon
Agra, India - An utterly fabulous Double-decker two camel-drawn wagon, with driver perched on the upper level. Date: 1917

Two Spanish women on a balcony - Cadiz, Southern Spain
Delightful scene by Manuel Garcia y Rodriguez showing two Spanish women on a balcony festooned with flowers - Cadiz, Andalusia, Southern Spain Date: 1904

The Royal Progress through London
Queen Elizabeths Pocket Pistol, Dover Caste, Dover, Kent. " Load me well and keep me clean, I ll carry my ball to Calais Green."

Heist-aan-Zee, Belgium - Waterfront villas
Villa San Domenico, Paolo et Elisa at Heist-aan-Zee, or Heist, a town in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Until 1971 it was a municipality in its own right. Date: circa 1910s

Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi at Civitavecchia, Italy
Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general, politician and nationalist (1807-1882) at Civitavecchia, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

A Saint Bernard rescue dog with two priests, Switzerland
A St. Bernard Dog with two priests - Switzerland. The earliest written records of the St. Bernard breed are from monks at the hospice at the Great St

Henry Willink, M. P
Henry Willink (1894-1973) in his capacity as Special Commissioner for the homeless in London, a role that was necessitated owing to the destruction inflicted by German air-raids. 1940

Sleeping in the Shelters, 1940
The Bystander depicts a range of different sleeping arrangements during night-time stays in air-raid shelters. On the top-left (Lansdowne House shelter) women can be seen resting on li-los, rugs

Air raid on Oxford Street
The front cover of The Bystander features a shop assistant rescuing two mannequins after an Oxford Street department store is hit by a Luftwaffe bombing raid

Alice Nikitina & Serge Lifar in 1930 Revue
Ballet dancers Nikitina and Lifar performing in Charles Cochrans 1930 Revue. Seen here in The Freaks for which Lord Berners wrote teh music. 1930

Prince Christian Victor and Capt Stuart-Wortley
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867-1900). Eldest son of Princess Helena - third daughter of Queen Victoria - died of malaria when serving in the Boer War

Mrs Tata by Lallie Charles
First wife of Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (R.D. Tata, 18561926), Parsi businessman who played a pivotal role in the growth of the Tata Group in India

Sketch cover - Miss Mabel Beardsley
Mabel Beardsley (24 August 1871 - 8 May 1916) English Victorian actress, and elder sister of the famous illustrator, Aubrey Beardsley, who according to her brothers biographer

Eileen Hood, 1928
The Hon. Eileen Hood, sister to Viscount Bridport, and daughter of Maurice Hood, R.N.V.R. poses alongside a dog. 1928

The Eton Crop
" The Eton Crop - beloved of the moderns, detested by the old." Worn here by a Lucien Lelong mannequin. 1927

Malta - Dockyard Creek, Grand Harbour, Valletta Date: circa 1910s

Chichen Itza - Mayan Ruins, Mexico
Chichen Itza, a world-famous complex of Mayan ruins on Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. This card shows a small temple known as the La Iglesia (" The Church" )

Hes All Right if you Know Him by Cecil Aldin
" Hes all right if you know him, but you ve got to know him first." A group of dogs snuggle up together on a sofa. 1930

San Giorgio a Cremano - Naples, Italy - Municipio (Municipality Building) Date: circa 1910s

Odessa, Ukraine - Birds Eye view of the Port Date: 1909

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Cathedral Sa Seu and Harbour
Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain - The Cathedral Sa Seu (built in 1299) and the Harbour. Date: circa 1910s

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Monte Carlo and the Dogs Head ( Tete de Chien ) in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France between Monaco and Menton. Date: circa 1920s

The Parliament of Norway Building (Stortingsbygningen)
The Parliament of Norway Building (Stortingsbygningen in Norwegian) at Oslo (Christiania), Norway. The Storting is the Norwegian Parliament which was formed by two chambers ( Lagting and Odelsting )

The Mausoleum of Saladin - Damascus, Syria
The Mausoleum of Saladin containing the resting place and grave of the medieval Muslim Ayyubid Sultan Saladin (1138-1193)

Stanserhorn Mountain, Switzerland
A beautiful postcard photograph of the Stanserhorn, a mountain in Switzerland, located in the canton of Nidwalden near to the border with Obwalden, with the peak at 1, 898 metres above sea level

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