She Collection

Suffragette Hunger Strike Medal W. S. P. U
The W.S.P.U Hunger Strike medal presented to Grace Chappelow (1884-1971). This has two bars, indicating two imprisonments during which time, Grace was on hunger strike

Suffragette Dora Marsden Arrested
Dora Marsden arrested after a protest at Manchester University in October 1909. She is seen wearing her academic gown having gained a BSC from Manchester Owens College

Suffragette Lilian Lenton in Court 1913
A newspaper placard dated Wednesday, June 11, 1913, with the headline, Miss. Lentons Reappearance. Lilian Lenton (1891-1972)

HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser. HMS Leviathan was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900

Queen launches the ship that bore her name
In September 1938 HM the Queen launched the ship that bore her name. In October 1946 the Queen returned to the Clyde. She accompanied the vessel during the speed trials off the Isle of Arran

Madeline Rossiter actress, musician and manager
Madeline Rossiter dressed in male attire as Algy. She worked in revue, summer seasons, musical comedy and pantomime. Described as a comedienne, impressioniste and musician

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Spa Fields Chapel
Engaving depicting Spa Fields Chapel in 1781. Spa Fields Chapel, erected in 1777, was one of many founded by Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon

Bessie Wentworth music hall male impersonator 1873-1901
Bessie Wentworth (Elizabeth Mary Andrews) male impersonator and ?coon singer? of plantation songs - a genre which would be unacceptable today. Here wearing a naval uniform and holding a cigarette

Wreck of the ship Cromdale at the Lizard
The British built iron sailing barque Cromdale ran into the Lizard rocks in thick fog on May 23 1913. She was carrying a cargo of nitrates from Chile and was a total wreck Date: 1913

Advert postcard for Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. Paris
French advertising postcard for the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. In 1899 the Theatre de la Ville in Paris was renamed Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt after the renowned actress Sarah Bernhardt

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Aliki Diplarakos, known as Miss Europe, reviving Ancient Greek dances, 1930 - giving a series of lectures on the link between ancient and modern Greece as exemplified in the Delphic Festival

Portrait of Jeanne Aubert, the French actress, singer and dancer, 1931. Imported to America by Connolly and Swanstrom for Princess Charming

Marya Delvard (1874-1965) was a key figure in early cabaret. She was a co-founder of the Eleven Executioners (1901) in Munich

Margaret Finchs cottage
View of Margaret Finchs cottage on Gipsy Hill in 1808. She was called Queen of the Gypsies. She died in 1740 and was buried at Beckenham Parish Church where she had for many years sat at the Lych

Edwardian Greetings
Xmas Greetings postcard depicting a young girl in a winter scene with a brolly. She is wearing a fur-trimmed green and red outfit

Mae West in She Done Him Wrong (1933) Date: 1933

Lady playing the piano in a parlour to guests. Another lady says, Shes very talented. She thinks, Now we have to swallow a concerto

French Destroyer la Combattante Memorial Courseulles
The ship was part of the supporting Bombardment Group. She was built in Glasgow in 1942 under the name HMS Haldon & loaned to the Free French Navy

Maud Atlas music hall strongwoman
Maud Atlas daughter of Atlas and Vulcana and one of the Atlas troupe. She and her sister Gwen are billed as strong-girls and assisted their parents in feats of strength. Date: circa1910

Boeing B-50A Superfortress 46-10 Lucky Lady II
United States Air Force - Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress 46-10 (msn 15720) Lucky Lady II, which made first non-stop flight around the world, from 26 February - 2 March 1949

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50 ) HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

HMS Pegasus - ex HMS Ark Royal
HMS Pegasus (ex HMS Ark Royal) at A Spithead re in 1938. HMS Pegasus was re-named from the 1914 HMS Ark Royal seaplane carrier, which saw action in WWI and in the 1920s She was re-named in 1934

Mrs Salmons waxworks
Equivalent to todays Madame Tussauds. Owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Salmon. She made and sold toys had modelling skills and taught wax portraiture In addition

Duchess of Gloucesters penance
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (1400-1452). Having consulted astrologers to divine the future, they predicted that Henry VI would suffer a life-threatening illness

London East End home brushmaking
The mother of a poor family in Londons East End engaged in brushmaking at home. She sits at a rickety table, surrounded by six children. The room has bare floorboards. Date: Late 1800s

Edwardian lady in garden identified as Edith Battersby at her home in Stockport. She was born in 1884 so would have been in her late teens at this time Date: 1902

Aida Overton Walker (1880-1914) African American vaudevillian and wife of George Walker. She was one of the stars of the stage revue In Dahomey which was produced in London in 1903. Date: 1903

An unusual photograph of Beatrice Wanger, a wealthy American who specialises in the art of rhythmic posing. She is seen with her partner Leon Jankowski, 1923 Date: 1923

Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, East Sussex
Orphanage and childrens home at Peacehaven, East Sussex, opened in 1933 by singing star Gracie Fields to care for the children of parents in the theatrical profession

Italy - An Italian Flower Girl
Coloured lantern slide of young Italian women wearing red/ orange dress with a basket of flowers (roses). She is clasping a rose to her chest.. Part of Box 214, Italy Coloured, Boswell Collection

Suffragette Trampling on Policeman Ceramic
A gloriously victorious suffragette stands with arms outstretched on the head of a prostrate policeman. She is dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green

C W A Scotts second wife, Greta, receiving messages
C.W.A. Scotts second wife, Greta, receiving messages of congratulations after his winning of the Schlesinger Portsmouth to Johannesburg race. 1 October 1936

Frances Ivens Scottish Womens Hospitals
Portrait of Frances Ivens (1870-1944), Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Womens Hospitals unit at the Abbaye de Royaumont 1914-1919

Florence de Fonblanque Suffragist Pilgrimage
Portrait of Florence de Fornblanque (1864-1949). She organised the 1912 Womens March from Edinburgh to London. She founded the Qui Vive Corps in 1912. Date: 1912

Women WW1 Munitions Hand Grenade
A studio portrait of a woman munition worker in mob cap and overalls. She stands in front of a small table on which lays a union flag. In her right hand she holds a hand grenade. Date: circa 1916

Anti-Suffrage Meeting East London
A lady stands in a covered van, covered in posters asserting Women do not want votes. She was heckled by women in the East End of London who supported womens suffrage. Date: Feb 27th 1914

She Sprang to her feet - Women facing each other. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Timothy Crab. Date: circa 1900

Funeral of Edward VII - Bluejackets marchingBluejackets marching - Bluejackets marching to Windsor Station. Part of Box 127 Boswell Collection - Funeral of Edward VII

NFS firewoman
May (Mary) Belbin was a firewoman at Testwood where the Canadians trained. She served refreshments when the service had field days

Group of Belgian and British soldiers at Quex Park, with three members of the VAD staff. The Belgian men are wearing civilian clothes. All the British soldiers are in army uniform

Birchington VAD nurses
Studio photograph (Houghton, Margate & Broadstairs) of the Birchington (Kent/178) VAD nurses. A group of ten nurses is shown

VAD nurses, and child, at Quex
A group of eight VAD nurses, three seated, are beside the Winter Garden, Quex Park. With them is Antoinette Powell Cotton (1913-1996), dressed as a VAD nurse

Woman in redingote with four collars, wearing an anonymous hat, and a ribbon of love.. The ribbon of love has the letters L. M. (elle aime) or She loves

H鬨ne Dutrieu - Girl Hawk
H鬨 ne Dutrieu - Girl Hawk, Belgium. She was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver

She bowed herself to the ground. Date: circa late 19th century

India - A Hill-girl, Himalayas
Black and white. Young Indian girl sitting on a tree trunk. She is wearing a decorated head wrap and striped trousers, and has a pierced nasal septum with an ornate ring through it

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