Sep18 Collection

Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London. Designed by Hidalgo Moya, Philip Powell and Felix Samuely, and fabricated by Painter Brothers of Hereford, England Date: 1951

British Boxer Freddie Mills - signed postcard from 1941
Frederick Percival ( Freddie ) Mills (1919-1965) - English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950

Levuka - The Old Capital of Fiji - Pacific Islands Date: circa 1930s

Mary Quant Ginger Group dresses in Liberty print, 1964
Traditional Libert print used for a new-old look in Mary Quants Ginger Group collection. Fashioned in demure covered-up little dresses with pique collars and cuffs

British Actress Margaret Rutherford
Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE (1892-1972) - British character actress of stage, television and film, probably best known for her later career as Agatha Christies character Miss Marple

His Majesty Edward VIII (1894-1972) - in a highly unusual imagined portrait (published early in 1936), illustrating a scene which was never to take place as the King abdicated on 11th December 1936

Josephine Baker singing to British Factory Workers
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) singing to British Factory Workers for ENSA (The Entertainments National Service Association) in July 1951, her first visit to England since the end of WW2. Date: 1951

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France
WW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s

Old Houses in the High Street - Banbury, Oxfordshire. This is The Vivers Building - a house built in 1650 for a mercer called Edward Vivers. Date: circa 1910

Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China
Manchukuo - a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic, but in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy

Drake & Mount Ltd shopfront - Pet Food Store
Drake & Mount Ltd, High Street, Bracknell - shopfront - Pet Food Store Date: mid 1930s

Wick harbour during the herring season, 1875
Wick harbour, Scotland, during the herring season, 1875. Date: 1875

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, Germany
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history

Sketch cover, Miss Patricia Scott
Miss Patricia Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott, younger daughter of Lord Herbert Scott and niece of the Duke of Buccleuch, at the time of her engagement to Captain Walter Faulkner of the Irish Guards

Tamara de Lempicka at the Venice Lido
Charles Alvar-Harding and Baroness Kuffner, aka the artist Tamara de Lempicka in a flamboyant picture hat at the Venice Lido

Photo of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, explorer
Colonel P H Fawcett, the celebrated explorer who disappeared in Central Brazil in 1925. 1925

Boy in school uniform, circa 1920s
A young boy poses against a wooden door, possibly wearing his school uniform. Date: circa 1920s

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938) a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President. Date: 1922

Three Swords of State - Crown Jewels. The Sword of State, The Jewelled State Sword, Curtana - the sword of Mercy. Date: 1936

WW1 - Chateau Caulaincourt destroyed - Passage over Somme
WW1 - Chateau Caulaincourt destroyed (by dynamite by the retreating German forces) - Passage over Somme cleared by British Army. Date: 1917

Margaret Whigham at Ascot with her boater and ruches muff
Celebrated society it girl, Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the infamous Duchess of Argyll pictured at Ascot in June 1931 wearing an unusual boater style hat

Sketch cover - Josephine Baker
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a portrait of dancer and entertainer, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) by Mrs Leslie Cotton. Date: 1931

Dome of St. Pauls Cathedral by S. W. Clatworthy
Cross section diagram showing the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral in London which had been stabilised with a new chain round its circumference. Date: 1928

Are these the bones of Percy Fawcett?
Captioned Are these the bones of Percy Fawcett? Fawcetts son Brian examines a skull found in South America, where his father disappeared in 1925. 1951

Normandy landings WW2: Utah Beach
Part of the 4th Infantry Division moves inland from Utah Beach, 1944. 6th June 1944

Freddie Mills fighting Bruce Woodcock at White Cty in 1949
Frederick Percival ( Freddie ) Mills (1919-1965) - English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950

The Ampulla and Annointing Spoon - Crown Jewels. Date: 1936

The Witchs Frolic by Alfred Bestall
The witchs frolic, taking place on Hallowe en, the date when Saman, Lord of Death, called together the spirits of all the wicked dead who in the last twelve months had been condemned to inhabit

Minnie Everette Kirby - Mistress of William West Durant
Minnie Everette Kirby (1876-1944) - Mistress of William West Durant. Graduated from State Teachers College of Potsdam in 1895. Date: circa 1900s

Midhad Pasha - Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire
Midhad Pasha (1822-1883) - Grand Vizier of Ottoman Empire between July and October 1872. Fell out with the Sultan over money issues and was dismissed

Bairro do Macuti - Beira - Mozambique
Bairro do Macuti (Beach) - Beira - Mozambique. Beira was originally developed by the Portuguese Mozambique Company in the 19th century

Renault Dauphine parked outside St Georges Hall, Liverpool
A lovely late 1950s Renault Dauphine parked outside St Georges Hall, Liverpool on Lime Street. Date: circa 1959

Exotic dancer from the Gaite-Rochechouart Nightclub - Paris
Exotic dancer (Valder) from le Theatre de la Gaite Rochechouart - the 15 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

South Shore Seaside Boating Lake, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with numbered rowing boats for hire Date: circa 1930s

Contemplation of the female form Date: circa 1910s

New University Buildings - Edinburgh, Scotland Date: 1908

Kitty in London - Glamorous girl with two cats and HUGE hat
Kitty in London - Glamorous girl with two cats and a HUGE green hat with feathers. Date: circa late 1904

Building the Paris Metro, France - Boulevard Saint-Andre. This tube at Saint-Michel was built above ground first and then literally sunk below street level after the tunnels were dug out. Date: 1907

Portuguese girl carrying large flat basket of fish
Girl in traditional Portuguese costume carrying a large flat basket of fish - Lisbon, Portugal. Date: circa 1905

Clothes for punting and picnics 1931
A variety of outfits ideal for summer days messing about on the river or enjoying a smart riverside club in the home counties

Beach pyjamas, 1931
Yellow, white and blue spots on a green background make the attractive pyjama suit on the left from Marshall and Snelgrove

Sea Suits for Sunning and Swimming 1931
Clothes for swimming and sunbathings, two leisure preoccupations of the 1930s. The gaily coloured outfit on the left in striped blue and white heavy cotton has braces to the trousers

Dougal, Prince Henrys Scottish terrier
Dougal of Waroona, a Scottish terrier purchased by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Date: 1931

Princess von Bismarck by Madame Yevonde
Princess Otto von Bismarck, formerly Miss Ann-Marie Tengbom, wife of the Second Secretary of the German Embassy in London (also grandson of the Iron Chancellor) who she married in 1928

A Coster Group at the Westminster Hospital Ball
A group in costermongers costumes at the Westminster Hospital Ball at the Dorchester Hotel in June 1931. From left, Simon Elwes, Mr Francis Toye

Cora the Cairn Terrier belonging to the Prince of Wales
Cora, the Cairn Terrier belonging the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor), pictured on the front cover of The Sketch

Margaret Whigham at the Famous Beauties Ball
Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her pet poodle dressed up a Perdita/Mrs Robinson at the Famous Beauties Ball at the Dorchester on 25 June

Sketch cover, Princesse de Chimay and spaniel Madame Yevonde
Princess Mary Brenda de Chimay (nÚÑáHamilton) (1897-1985), Wife of Prince Alphonse de Chimay; daughter of Lord Ernest Hamilton pictured with her cocker spaniel. Date: 1931

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