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Page from The Sketch reporting on the birthday party of Belita

Page from The Sketch reporting on the birthday party of Belita (Maria Belita Jepson-Turner) at the London Hippodrome, at the time she was starring the show Champagne on Ice'. The HIppodrome's old arena area was turned into a rink for the show, and the party took place on the ice, with various celebrities including Frankie Howerd, Lizbeth Webb, Terry Thomas and Bernard Delfont tackling the challenge of skating with various degrees of success. Date: 1953

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Jack Johnson and his first wife

Jack Johnson (1878-1946), American boxer and first African American heavyweight boxing champion, pictured with his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea, who he had married in January 1911. A Brooklyn socialite and former wife of businessman Charles Duryea, she met Johnson at a car race in 1909. Their romantic involvement was allegedly very turbulent. Beaten many times by Johnson and suffering from severe depression, she committed suicide in September 1912, shooting herself with a revolver. The Tatler reported on the story calling it a tragedy in black and white'. Date: 1912

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Ethel Irving as Lolette in Dame Nature by Frederick Fenn

Ethel Irving (18691963) as Lolette in Dame Nature by Frederick Fenn from La Femme Nue by Henri Bataille, (Renaissance Theatre in Paris on 22nd February 1908). First produced at the Garrick Theatre on 20th January 1910. Transferred to Terrys Theatre on 21st May 1910. Photo by Daily Mirror Studios. Ethel Irving was the daughter of the celebrated actor Henry Irving. Date: 1910

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