Thirties Collection (page 17)

British Countryside - Cutting Chestnuts
British Countryside - A Woodman cutting Chestnuts at Midhurst, Sussex - from which barrel hoops, fencing and bean sticks are made. Date: 1938

Cover design, British Airways Summer Timetable 1938, as the crow flies, only faster! 1938

Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Printed Fortnum & Mason dresses for the Riviera casinos
Elegant evening dresses in print crepe-de-chine, among the styles seen in the casinos of Southern France according to The Sketch magazine in which this photograph was featured

Nellie Wallaces party at Warwick Square
A large group of guests gathered on the stairs at the engagement party of comedienne, Nellie Wallace and Mr. J. Selwyn Smithurst at Warwick Square, London

The Times Building, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Doorman. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Dresser. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Scene Shifter. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Strong the Weight Lifter. circa 1930s

Advert for Gorringes womens wool lace for coats 1937
Dainty unlined coat of wool lace. 1937

Sundial in Petts Wood, Kent
A rambler stops to look at a sundial in Petts Wood, Kent, set up in memory of William Willett, pioneer of daylight saving whose ideas led to British Summer Time. 1939

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Severance Hall Date: circa 1934

Charlie Smirke, British jockey, on Mahmoud
Charlie Smirke (1906-1993), British jockey, on the Aga Khans horse, Mahmoud. Date: circa 1936

View of Broadway, Fresno, California, USA, with the Goodfellows Grill, hotels and shops. 1939

Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935

Poster advertising Walder shoes, showing a dog holding an elegant pink shoe in its mouth. circa 1930

Poster for The Upper Austrian Tourist Board - Ski Scene Date: circa 1937

Kilauea Volcano, National Park, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Two men at the controls of a Sunderland flying boat
Two men (second fitter and rigger) at the controls of a Sunderland Mark I flying boat and bomber, used by RAF 230 Squadron during the Second World War. Date: circa 1938

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, March 1935
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 29 March 1935 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Dolmabahce Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, with warships of the Turkish navy on the Bosphorus in the background. 1930s

HMS London, British heavy cruiser
HMS London (69), British County class heavy cruiser, showing the main guns on the bridge. Date: circa 1930s

HMS Exeter, British heavy cruiser
HMS Exeter (68), British York class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

HMS Dorsetshire, British heavy cruiser
HMS Dorsetshire (40), British County class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

HMS Kent, British heavy cruiser
HMS Kent (54), British County class heavy cruiser. Date: circa 1930

M. C. C. Cricket tour in Australia
Fingleton batting for New South Wales, hit by a rising ball from Voce. Bradman supports him; the Nawab of Pataudi is picking up his bat, while Ames and Jardine are walking across

Britain poster, Durham Cathedral, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

SNCF poster, French cathedrals, designed by G Bourdier. Date: circa 1939

Mine! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a blue dress picks some flowers through a fence. Date: 1936

Print Users Yearbook -- red-haired woman
Print Users Yearbook -- a red-haired woman in a skimpy costume, with a long scarf billowing from each hand. Date: circa 1930s

Advert for Asprey selection of household items 1937
Selection of items from Asprey, Bond Street: Glass luminous World lamp, gentlemans pigskin compactus case with ivory fittings, miniature reproduction clock in walnut, brocade evening bag

Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt - Avenue of Sphinxes Date: circa 1930s

Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Honey poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Honey Date: 1927-1933

Dairying in Australia
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Dairying In Australia Date: 1927-1933

Timber stacking
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Timber Stacking using elephants Date: 1927-1933

Suez Canal
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Suez Canal Date: 1927-1933

Advert for Ribana pure wool bathing suits 1931
Multiform and multicolour for a multitude of tastes.... Ribana swimming suits for women, men and children are finely woven from soft Austrralian wool in a wide variety of styles and colours

Elizabeth Welch
Sketch of the coloured star Elizabeth Welch (1904 - 2003) singing Smoke in Your Eyes at the Berkeley Hotel in 1934. The sketch, by portrait artist

The Embassy Club
View of the Embassy Club in London in 1934, one of the most exclusive supper clubs of the period, frequented by high society, royalty (including the Prince of Wales) and film stars

Inverness Mental Hospital, Scotland
Distant view of the Inverness Mental Hospital, Scotland, originally opened in 1864 as the Inverness District Asylum. It then became the Northern Counties District Lunatic Asylum

Sugar Cane Industry 1936
Brochure for the Australian Sugar Cane Industry 1936

Two little children give their mother a large Easter egg

Photograph of Borough Shades PH, Gravesend, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Beaumont Arms, Shepherds Bush, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Women picking daffodils in Art Deco style. 1936

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