Touring Collection (page 4)

Road sign in Scottish Highlands, Devils Elbow
Road sign on the Cairnwell Pass in the Scottish Highlands, warning drivers that they are approaching Devils Elbow, a dangerous double hairpin bend. Date: 1960s

TCI - Touring Club Italiano - Coach Tours around Italy - Map of the routes. Date: circa 1908

Paul de Vivie - Velocio
Paul de Vivie ( Velocio ) (18531930), publisher of Le Cycliste, an early champion of the derailleur gearing system and father figure for French bicycle touring and randonneuring. Date: circa 1920

Sam and Carter Livesey - The Village Blacksmith
Sam Livesey (18731936) a British film and stage actor and his brother Carter (or Joseph) Livesey (rear). Here the brothers perform in their joint touring production of The Village Blacksmith

Cheerio Cycling Ladies
Two charming lady cyclists, waving Cheerio to us as they cycle by! Date: 1930s

Colonel J J Harrisons African Pygmies
Colonel Harrisons African Pygmies - brought to the UK to be shown on stage as persons of exotic interest! About a million people saw them before they left for the rain forests of the Congo in

The Flag Lieutenant by Major WP Drury and Leo Trevor
Promotional material for Lyn Harding and Sidney Coopers touring production of The Flag Lieutenant to the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man on 13th September 1909 showing performance times

Young women on road trip, Tilcara, Argentina, South America
Three young women on road trip, Tilcara, Jujuy province, northern Argentina, South America. Their car is a series 490 Chevrolet. Date: 1927

Buffalo Bills Wild West Show - Mexican Cavalry - Paris
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show - The Mexican Cavalry - passing The Galerie des machines (officially Palais des machines ) was a pavilion built for the Exposition Universelle (1889) in Paris

Austin car, Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, Wales
Austin car parked alongside the Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, Wales. Date: circa 1960s

Theatre Rotto, Sancreed Village Hall, Penzance, Cornwall
Theatre Rotto in action, Sancreed Village Hall, Sancreed, near Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

The Blue Moon by Harold Ellis; music Howard Talbot -Touring to Londesborough Theatre, Scarborough, 27th august 1906 - Robert Courtneidges production - Flier in the shape of a Burmese idol (closed)

Group of native actors, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Group of native actors in costume for a Mendi play, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

The Belle of Mayfair, by Brookfield and Hamilton
The Belle of Mayfair, a musical comedy by Charles H E Brookfield and Cosmo Hamilton, with lyrics by George Arthurs and music by Leslie Stuart

The Beetle, by Fagan, Freeman and King
The Beetle, by J B Fagan, Charles Freeman and Georges King from the novel by Richard Marsh (1897). First produced at the Repertory Theatre, Plymouth, November 1925

The Belle of Brittany, by Leedham Bantock and P J Barrow, with music by Howard Talbot. First produced at the Queens Theatre, London, October 1908

The Beauty Prize, by Grossmith and Wodehouse
The Beauty Prize, by George Grossmith and P G Wodehouse, with music by Jerome Kern. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, London, September 1923, produced by George Grossmith and J A E Malone

The Beauty Baths revue, by George Ray. First produced at the Hippodrome Theatre, Devonport, April 1915. Ray is advertised as producer of Splash Me, Chase Me, Have a Dip and Something Doing

The Barretts of Wimpole Street, by Rudolf Besier, production by Prince Littler. First produced at the Malvern Festival, August 1930, then at the Queens Theatre, London, September 1930

The Balkan Princess, by Frederick Lonsdale & Frank Curzon
The Balkan Princess, the musical comedy success, by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon, with music by Paul Rubens. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, February 1910

At Dutys Call, by Fred C Harcourt, touring to various theatres, including the Gaiety Theatre, West Hartlepool. Other plays by Harcourt are mentioned: The Patriot, Jeanne d Arc, Enlisted

The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw, first produced Malvern Festival, August 1929, then The Queens Theatre, September 1929. Touring to the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells, June 1930

Ann, or Through the Window, by Lechmere Worrall, first produced at the Criterion Theatre, London, June 1912. Touring to the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth, February 1914

Ambrose Applejohns Adventure by Walter Hackett, first produced as Spanish Treasure in Brighton and at the Criterion Theatre, London, July 1921

Ben Hur, by William Young, after Lew Wallace
Ben Hur, a play by William Young, after the novel by Lew Wallace (1880). First produced in England at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, April 1902

Arlette, by Austen Huron and George Arthurs from the French of Claude Roland and L Bourvet, with music by Ivor Novello et al. First produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, September 1917

Bergdoll touring car, USA
Bergdoll touring car with chauffeur and young passenger, USA. The registration plate number suggests the location is Pennsylvania. circa 1911

Man and woman in a touring car, USA. Date: circa 1910

The Orange and Green: Irish-Canadian rangers in Ireland
The Orange and Green: Irish-Canadian rangers touring in Ireland, 1917, welcomed in Belfast, Dublin, Cork, and Armagh. Date: 1917

European Gentleman driven Triumphal Arch, Palmyra, Syria
An eminent European Gentleman being driven through the Monumental Arch of Triumph at Palmyra, Syria in the eastern section of Palmyras colonnade built at the time of Emperor Septimius Severus

Florence Nelson in An Actors Romance by Theodore Kremer
An Actors Romance by Theodore Kremer. First produced at the Camden Theatre on 8 February 1904 and revised on 8 August 1904. Touring to Court Theatre, Bacup, 3 September 1906

Aladdin, touring to Theatre Royal, Bournemouth, 26 January 19?? Written and Invented by F Leslie Moreton. The three female figures in the vision are labelled Wealth, Fame and Power. circa 1910s

Aladdin, Touring Production, The Hall, Goudhurst, Kent, 29 January and 3 February 1913 (two nights only). Aladdin is lighting the lamp with the Genies cigarette

All-of-a-Sudden Peggy, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
All-of-a-Sudden Peggy by Ernest Denny, first produced at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London, 27 February 1906. The title means that Peggy is an impulsive young woman

Aladdin, Gaiety Theatre, Hastings
Aladdin, touring to the Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, 14 January 1907(?). A George Brydon Phillips Company production. 1907

Afgar by Fred Thompson and Worton David, music by Charles Cuvillier, based on the operetta by Andre Barde and Michel Carre fils (Theatre des Capucines, Paris, 2 April 1909)

Touring English cricketers Stephenson and Caffyn
Touring English cricketers H H Stephenson (1833-1896) and William Caffyn (1828-1919). 1862

American couple studying a map in an elegant automobile
American couple studying a map, riding in the open-top rear section of an elegant cream-colured car, their luggage carefully stowed in the roofrack. Date: 1920s

Cowgirl on horse in stall, Rodeo and Circus
Cowgirl on a horse in a stall, advertising the Worlds Greatest Rodeo and Thrill Circus coming to town. Can you ride Big Syd? Date: circa 1946

C1919 REO The Fifth 30-35 Touring Vintage Car, USA. Date: 1920s

Maxwell 25 Touring Vintage Car, USA. Car dates from around 1917. Date: 1910s

1913 Rambler Cross Country Touring, England. American Date: 1910s

SECAN SUC-11G Super Courlis F-BEVZ
The 11G model of the Super Courlis (Curlew) built by SECAN. Designed as a larger engined, 240hp, 4-seater touring plane, F-BEVZ was the only aircraft built. Date: circa 1958

Beagle Pup VR-HGZ Hong Kong Flying Club
The Beagle Pup VR-HGZ was a light touring aircraft used for flying training and practice by the Hong Kong Flying Club. Crashed in the Hong Kong New Territories in 1978. Date: 1975

Dietsche Sightseeing Co, Detroit, Michigan, USA
The Dietsche Sightseeing Co, Detroit, Michigan, USA, showing a group of people in a charabanc. circa 1911

King George V at the Western Front
King George on a visit to the Western Front, in World War One, where he was more than once in the middle of shell fire. Date: 1918

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