Thirties Collection (page 9)

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIU
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)

Crickhowell, southeastern Powys, Wales and Table Mountain from the River Usk. Date: 1930

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

1930s woman cooking in her kitchen
A woman stands at a kitchen pantry or dresser trying out new recipes. Attached to the work service is a hand operated meat mincer. Date: c.1930

Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge
Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel) over the River Avon Gorge - a paddlesteamer passes beneath. Date: 1936

Mrs. Cunningham Reid (Mary Ashley)
Hon. Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, daughter of multi-millionaire, Lt-Col Wilfred Ashley (1st Baron Mount Temple) and sister of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten

Woman on a 1938 Ariel motorcycle
Woman on a 1938 Ariel 500cc motorcycle in garden circa 1938

Poster design, Train in Art Deco style, advertising DPM White and Tinted Manifolds. 1936

Four scenes, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Four scenes in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa -- Town Gardens, Delville Wood Cross, Commercial Road and Municipal Swimming Baths. Date: circa 1930

Ad for the Flying Scotsman
Advertisment for the Flying Scotsman, express train running between Kings Cross, London, to Edinburgh, Scotland. 1931

Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow - Barbara Hutton
Portrait of Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Barbara Woolworth Hutton (1912-1979), socialite, heiress and philanthropist, dubbed the " poor little rich girl"

The Parents Who Came By Charabanc by H. M. Bateman
A young Etonian school boy is aghast to find that his parents decide to travel to the Fourth of June celebrations in a charabanc along with a motley selection of ordinary folk. Date: 1933

Diana Mitford
Mr Robert Heber-Percy, Mrs Bryan Guinness (the former Diana Freeman Mitford) and Lord Berners pictured attending the Russian ballet at the Royal Opera House. Date: 1934

Opera singer Lawrence Tibbett at Cap D Antibes
American opera singer Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) pictured with his wife in the garden of their French Riviera home at Cap D Antibes in 1932. Date: 1932

Advert for Mappin & Webb fine jewellery 1934
Fine jewellery by Mappin & Webb, showing diamond cluster rings, brooches, earrings, watches, cufflinks and charms. Date: 1934

Woman police officer Annie Matthews, Hyde Park, London
Woman police officer Annie Matthews (nickname Big Ben), on duty at the childrens lido in Hyde Park, London. Before joining the Met Police, Annie worked as a housemaid at Glamis Castle in Scotland

Flying fish trip, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Flying fish trip at night on the Blanche W, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Bromley FC football team 1936. Back row: Weeks, Clark, Centa, Bartaby, Fallon, Mallett, Wade. Front row: Stroud, Barnes, Holbrook (Captain), Brind, Clayton. Date: 1936

Heart of Midlothian FC football team 1934-1935. Back row: Russell, Reid (Captain), Anderson, Harkness, Herd, Harvey, Kerr (Trainer). Front row: Murray, Walker, Anderson, Robson, Black. Date: 1934-1935

Shirley Temple starring in Captain January
Shirley Temple (1926-2014) starring in Captain January (American musical comedy-drama film directed by David Butler), 1936 - 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation Production. Date: 1936

Llandudno, North Wales - two jolly holidaymaking couples walk along the seafront arm in arm. Date: late 1930s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Forty Fine Ladies, with text by Patrick R Chalmers. The Huntsmans Story -- huntsmen, horses and hounds on a country road and crossing a field. Date: 1933

Three young Japanese people play billiards
A group of Japaenese young people play the american/french style billards or snooker at a table. The two men are dressed smartly in three piece suits and the lady is dressed in a Kimono. Date: 1932

Advertisement for Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, London
Advertisement for the Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, London, in a building containing a concert hall, practice rooms, offices and showroom, built in 1929 by Bechstein, the German piano manufacturers

Queen of Bermuda, Furness Bermuda Line, passenger and cargo ship. Date: circa 1930s

HMS Jervis, British destroyer
HMS Jervis (F00), British J-class destroyer and flotilla leader. Date: 1939

General view of Hamburg, Germany. Date: 1930s

Britain poster, Oxford High Street, by Thomas Huntley for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Advertisement for Le Touquet
1937 advertisement for the Westminster hotel at the fashionable French resort, Le Touquet, halfway between London and Paris on the lovely French Channel coast, amidst lovely woods

Two Babies by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red dress has been bathing her doll. Date: 1930

Bystander masthead design, society at the races
Stylised masthead design on the front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring smart society mingling at the races, possibly Ascot, the Derby or Goodwood. Date: 1930

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1939
Christmas gift ideas from Herbert Terry exercisers, including steelstrand expander, golfer pocket wrist exerciser, spring grip dumbbells

Water Baby by Muriel Dawson -- a little child in a bathtub. Date: 1939

Advert for The Boston mens sock garter 1930
For business wear. Men, fastidious with regard to their personal appearence, invaribably wera the Boston Garter. This represents efficiency and security with supreme comfort. Date: 1930

Map of Soviet Central Asia - showing marked tour routes. Date: 1933

Design for Cretonne with flowers. Watercolour on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1936

Design for Printed Textile with flowers. Watercolour on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1931

Design for Woven Textile, art deco style
Design for Woven Textile in art deco style. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1933

Her Nosegay by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red dress and white bonnet holds a posy of flowers. 1937

LCC-LFB Fireman in his fire kit with new cork helmet
A London fireman in his fire kit, including the new style compressed cork helmet with its LFB crest, which replaced the traditional brass helmets used since the days of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East London
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935. This was a typical big Thamesside fire of the sort which the London Fire Brigade has tackled for over

Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing two criminals in a red car being pursued by two policemen in a biplane

1st International Aircraft Exhibition Poster, 12-28th October 1935 Milan Sample Fair. Showing a group of eagles watching a plane speeding past. 1935

Sherborne School, Undercroft, 1930s Date: 1930s

Flower industry
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, British bulbs flowering in a field Date: 1927-1933

Buy Empire every day
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Buy Empire Every Day - Tea from Ceylon and Salmon from Canada Date: 1927-1933

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