Twenties Collection (#24)

King George V opens the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
King George V opens the new Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Date: 1928

Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard
A Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist

Young girl asleep surrounded by her toys by Irene Probst
Young girl asleep surrounded by her toys - painting by child artist Irene Probst (aged 14), student at the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts (Professor Cizeks course)

British Migrants to Australia on board ship - 1920s
In the 1920s, the Australia Government was keen to develop regional areas. Prime Minister Stanley Bruce considered there were three things necessary for this: labour

Greetings from Australia - Commonwealth Coat of Arms
The Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia with a Kangaroo and an Emu - the six smaller shields within the large shield signify the six states of Australia. Date: circa 1920s

Eleven British Public Schoolgirls in their PE Gymslips. Date: circa 1920s

Eleanor Boardman - American silent era Movie Actress
Eleanor Boardman (1898-1991) - American Movie Actress of the Silent Era. Married American Movie Director King Wallis Vidor (1926-1931)

Tribute - Votaries. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Sorcery. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - The Quarry. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Long Dead. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Poppies. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Invocation. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - The Watch Tower. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Ghosts. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Memory. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Tribute - Endpapers. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

China Clay - Captives. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

China Clay - The Priest. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Pineapple Plantation Date: 1920s

Performers of the Folies Bergere, Paris, France - seemingly on a giant musical carousel set with horses. Date: circa 1920s

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - The Pali Scenic Battle Ground. The Pali Lookout is a site of deep historical significance. Named Pali meaning " cliff" in Hawaiian

USA - A stylish 1920s couple dance the Boston Two-Step - an americanized version of the waltz. Date: circa 1908

Bruno Kastner - German stage and film actor
Bruno Kastner (18901932) - German stage and film actor, screenwriter and film producer whose career was most prominent in the 1910s and 1920s during the silent film era

Khartoum, Sudan, Africa - Sudanese girl carrying a water pot. Date: circa 1920s

Sudan, Africa - Shilluk Mother and her four daughters. Date: circa 1920s

Florence, Italy - the Doors of the Baptistery
Florence, Italy - The Baptistry is renowned for its three sets of artistically important bronze doors with relief sculptures

Map, Gold Coast Colony, Ghana, West Africa, with the main cocoa producing areas shaded, a railway line and steamship routes. Also a gold mining area. Date: circa 1920

Kobe, Japan - A komuso (monk of the Fuke sect) wearing a basket hat (tengai or tengui) and playing the shakuhachi bamboo flute. Date: 1928

Jolly Nellie (642 pounds) - whilst at an exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. From the small coal mining community of Jobs near the Athens-Hocking county line

Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, Japan. Completed in 1745 as a private strolling garden and villa for the local feudal lords, and opened to the public in 1875

Liverpool Ferry boat crossing the River Mersey to Birkenhead
Ferry boat crossing the River Mersey to Birkenhead, with Liverpool Docks and Harbour in the back ground with the distinctive shape of the Liver Building - Merseyside, England Date: 1924

Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928
A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

(from left) Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (1882-1955) - German diplomat and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, standing behind Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin (1872-1936)

Beaux-Arts des Modes, Album de Bal
French fashions, Beaux-Arts des Modes, Album de Bal Date: 1921-1922

The Ferreres Aqueduct, Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain
The Ferreres Aqueduct, also known as the Pont del Diable (Devils Bridge), an ancient bridge, part of the Roman aqueduct built to supply water to the ancient city of Tarraco

Aerial view above The Sphinx, Giza, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Aerial view - New York Public Library and Bryant Park, NYC
Birds eye view of 42nd Street from 6th Avenue, New York City, USA. New York Public Library and Bryant Park dominating the view. Date: circa 1920s

A Royal Divorce, a Story of Waterloo, by W G Wills, first produced at the Avenue Theatre, Sunderland, 1 May and the Olympic Theatre, 10 September 1891

Ovaltine advertisement designed by Gladys Peto in her usual gorgeous, decorative style, showing women of all ages partaking of Ovaltine in a garden because it

Colour photograph of a girl guide in uniform. Date: c. 1930
Colour photograph of a girl guide in uniform. Date: c.1930

Advert for a new tea gown from Harvey Nichols, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for State Express 333 cigarettes, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for shawls from Selfridge s, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Advert for Selva and Sons. Dancing Footwear, New York, 1929
Advert for Selva & Sons. Dancing Footwear, New York, 1929 Date: 1929

Bessie Love and Anita Page dancing in MGMs Broadway Melody, 1929 Date: 1929

The George Sisters - Doris and Phyllis - American
The George Sisters (Doris and Phyllis), American dancers of the stage and vaudeville 1927 - to be seen in the Broadway show Allez-Oop Date: 1927

Four costumes representing Maytime Modes. Suggestions for dancers both on and off the stage, 1928, Top left: sophisticated simplicity - a gown of black satin crepe

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