Stars Collection (page 24)

Danish card - Holding up the world
An old man holds up the world - a promotional postcard (in a similar style to William Blake) for a Danish Exhibition. A more modern take on the myth of the ancient God Atlas, who held up the world

Celia Johnson (Mrs Peter Fleming)
Celia Johnson (1908 - 1982), British actress, best known for her role in Brief Encounter pictured in The Bystander shortly after her marriage to the writer, Peter Fleming

The Bonus Army H. Q taken by police
At the war veterans general headquarters:a stars and stripes flag of the Bonus Army flown as the police evicted demonstraters from a ruined building. Date: July 1932

Delineator magazine cover August 1927
Stylish art deco front cover featuring a sleek looking blonde woman with fashionable cropped hair positioned against an inky blue starlit sky

Language of Stars 1918
She gazes at the moon and sees an image of her soldier love reflected in it. Three cherubs use a telescope and translate the writing in the stars - Je t aime

Dame Anna Neagle
Photographic portrait of Dame Anna Neagle (1903 - 1986), born Flora Marjorie Robertson, British actress and film star. Neagle soon became associated with the historical picture portraying Nell Gwynn

Graumans Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, California. The film showing at the time was Back Street (remade in both 1941 & 1961!) starring Irene Dunne and John Boles

Star Creatures abstract by Raymond Sheppard - a series of intertwined organic growths in the shape of stars

American nurses in procession
A column of U.S nurses parades down a street in Europe

Hungarian Church
Peopl make their way up a snow-covered to hill for a Christmas service at a Hungarian Church

Neath the Simmering Stars, by Gordan Conway
A colour illustration showing two lovers kissing in the moonlight

History of Old Glory
A montage of images charting the development of the American flag

America & World War One
Uncle Sam, symbol of the United States of America, waves the Stars & Stripes flag and represents the contribution American made in troops to the First World War

Dreaming of being the victor
A man dreams of being the Olympic Champion!

Petula Clark and Max Factor
Petula Clark (b. 1932) English singer kissing Max Factor (1877-1938) Polish American businessman and cosmetician, at a party at the Dorchester that he gave to meet the stars

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Proscenium of the English Opera House, in the Strand, formerly the Lyceum : with Walkers display of his EIDOURANIAN (showing the movements of the stars)

Female Type / Armchair
A woman in an elegant evening dress stands in front of an armchair covered with stars

California, SAn Francisco. Political meeting at san Francisc
Crowd of people listening to political speakers, flying the stars and stripes, the American flag

Life on the Stars 4
On Spica, in the constellation Virgo, the light of their sun is 1120 times brighter than ours : so life there will be adapted to it, while a visitor from Earth would be in trouble

Life on the Stars 6
Roads, cities, aerial communication - the inhabitants of the Rigel constellation may not resemble earthfolk, but their civilisation is similar

Life on the Stars 5
Life on a planet of the giant star Betelgeuse : people live in movable homes in which they can migrate from place to place, in tall legged homes

Life on the Stars 2
Sirius, brightest star in the Canis Major constellation, may well have developed a highly advanced civilisation with sophisticated technology

Life on the Stars 3
The great nebula of Orion is ten light years wide : life forms could resemble those of Earths early phases, with massive aquatic creatures

Life on the Stars
On Vega, giant star of the Lyra (harp) constellation, life could take the form of insect- like creatures, here depicted carrying a visiting traveler from Earth

Roses & Moonlight
A fantasy illustration depicting Pierrot asleep on his bed while a fairy, possibly Columbine appears through a window on a carpet of stars

Jerome De Lalande - 3
JOSEPH-JEROME LE FRANCAIS DE LALANDE French astronomer, directory of Paris Observatory, catalogued nearly 50, 000 stars

When the stars are lit
Colour illustration by Louise Jacobs showing cherubs lighting up a night sky with oil lamps or candles

French Film Magazine
MON CINE (My Cinema) French magazine devoted to the cinema, the films, the stars, the technology, the social relevance of the cinemato- graphic art

Xmas Table Setting
Festive Xmas decoration, possibly a table setting, consisting of Holly berries, a Christmas rose, pine needles, cottonwool & green & red striped candles

Germans Target Britain
A German map showing the targets for their bombers. The brown areas are mining districts, the stars ports, the circles factories : all must be destroyed !

Costume / French / Elegant
An elegant young man in the flamboyant costume of the late revolutionary period: top hat, large white bowtie, and green waistcoat decorated with golden stars

Shooting Star Fairy
What you think are shooting stars are really long-haired fairies swooping across the skies

Patriotic American Girl
A young, blonde patriotic American girl in stars & stripes accessories of cap & scarf which is wrapped up high around her face. The flag livery is in reverse colours

Owen Jones Persian 45
Ornaments from Persian manuscripts in the British Museum

Owen Jones Moresque 43
Mosaic designs from pilasters and dados in various parts of the Alhambra

ASYLAS, an Etruscan augur who drew prophecies from entrails (he has a dish of them !) but also from stars, comets and meteors

Zodiac Star Map 1805
The signs of the zodiac

Observing the Heavens
Two young sixteenth century astronomers contemplate the sun, moon and stars while their elderly colleague contemplates the consolations of philosophy

Johannes Hevel and Wife
JOHANNES HEVEL Known as HEVELIUS German-Polish astronomer, and his wife observe the stars

FLAMMARION (1842 - 1925)
CAMILLE FLAMMARION - French scientist caricatured as catching stars

Centaurs Star Figure 17C
CENTAURUS star figure Date: 1681

American sea serpent, satirical depiction
The American sea serpent, with the stars and stripes on its body -- a satirical depiction

Interpreting Signs 1555
Interpreting signs and portents in old Scandinavia

Star Map of the Northern Hemisphere
Map showing the principal fixed stars in the Northern Hemisphere delineated on the plane of the equator

Earth Touches Heavens
Earths junction with the heavens

Christmas Decorations for a shop, Manchester
Two men prepare some street Christmas Decorations, Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Edward Vii / Players / 47 / 50
EDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY Reigned 1901 - 1910: seen here in his coronation robes

Ross / Magnetic Pole
John Rosss arctic expedition: Ross planting the British Standard on the true position of the Magnetic Pole

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