Wallis Collection (page 3)

Studio portrait, middle aged woman with terrier
Studio portrait, middle aged Edwardian woman with a terrier, photo by H Wallis, Cambridge. circa 1900s

Greetings from Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Greetings card from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with various scenes: Mount Royal Station, New Custom House, Watson Monument, Druid Hill Park, Teakle Wallis Monument, Cathedral, City Hall

Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson in France
Wallis Simpson and Edward formerly King Edward VIII, married on 3 June 1937 at the Chⴥ au de Cand鬠 France. Edward abdicated the throne in order to marry her. 3 June 1937

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

War Economy by A. Wallis Mills, WW1
Lady Sybil de Vere: " Do look at those extraordinary people. Their clothes are quite new!" Sir Hugo: " Rotten bad form

E. H. Shepard & Bruce Ingram, Royal Garrison Artillery, WW1
Some officers of the Royal Garrison Artillery, self-styled The Press Gang. Standing left to right is Sec.-Lieutenant E. H. Shepard of Punch (best-known for drawing Winnie-the-Pooh), Sec. Lieut. D. C

Mrs Ernest A. Simpson
Mrs Ernest A. (Wallis) Simpson. She had recently obtained a divorce, and her name was increasingly being connected with King Edward VIII

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas in c. 1940. The Duke was stationed there as governor during the Second World War. Date: c. 1940

Sir Provo Wallis
Sir PROVO WALLIS British naval commander Date: 1791 - 1892?

Consols Mine Raswall Hill and the Road Zennor to Farms. The White you See is Granite (c.1936). Wallis, Alfred 1855-1942. Date: 1936 (circa)

Sir Barnes Wallis HonFRAeS alongside his bust
Sir Barnes Wallis, HonFRAeS, alongside his bust which is now on display at the National Aerospace Library, Farnborough

Sir Barnes Wallis HonFRAeS
Sir Barnes Wallis, HonFRAeS, with a model of his Swallow project

A Vickers Wellington production line showing its Barnes Wallis-designed geodetic construction

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Saturday Review
Front cover of the Saturday Review from December 1936, referring to the abdication of King Edward VIII. Edward chose to give up the throne to marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson

Abdcation crisis: sloganed car
Sloganed car in support of King Edward VIII during the Abdication crisis of December 1936. The kings desire to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson split the government

H. R. H the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield may 1937
Official statement as to the date of the marriage of H.R.H the Duke of Windsor (former King Edward VIII) following his abdication in December 1936, to Mrs Wallis Warfield for the 3rd June 1937

Front cover of ILN coronation number for Edward VIII
Front cover from the special number of the Illustrated London News, prepared in advance for the coronation of King Edward VIII

Youth Hostel, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
Youth hostel on Sherborne Road, Cerne Abbas, Dorset. A girl in the hostel grounds talks over the wall to a boy outside. The hostel was originally built in in 1836-7 as the Cerne Union workhouse

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their wedding day
Wedding day of the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) to Mrs Wallis Simpson on the 3rd June 1937 at the Chateau de Cande, near Tours in France

Prince Edward and Wallis Warfield Simpson on a Royal Cruise

Wallis Simpson with her Dog

Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson at Chateau de Cande
A smiling Duke of Windsor poses for photographers with Mrs Wallis Simpson at the Chateau de Cande, near Tours, France in May 1937

A scene in Downing Street during the Abdication crisis
A cyclist sympathetic to the dilemma of King Edward VIII in December 1936, talks to a policeman in Downing Street, London

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Weekly Illustrated
Front cover of the Weekly Illustrated newspaper from December 1936 showing a portrait of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. In 1936, there was a constitutional crisis when the new king

Abdication crisis: front cover of the Daily Mirror
Front cover from the Daily Mirror, 11th December 1936 depicting the new king, George VI arriving at his home at 145, Piccadilly, London

Wallis Simpson in 1927
Mrs Ernest Simpson (Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson), pictured in 1927 when wife of Commander Earl Wingfield Spencer of the US Navy, shortly before her divorce

Abdication front cover headlines
Front cover headlines from the Daily Mirror announcing that King Edward VIII had chosen to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson in December 1936

Edward, Prince of Wales with Albert, Duke of York
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor with his younger brother, Albert, Duke of York (1895-1951), later King George VI

The Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson
A photograph of the Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson near Split, during the royal cruise down the Damatian coast in 1935

Duke and Duchess of Windsor wedding souvenir postcard
Souvenir postcard celebrating the wedding of the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII to Wallis Simpson on 3rd June 1937

Thelma, Viscountess Furness (1904-1970) born Thelma Morgan, was the woman loved by Edward VIII before Wallis Simpson

Prince of Wales at Nairobi station
The Prince of Wales in his safari kit. The Prince returned early from an African trip, when he received news of King George Vs illness in 1928. Edward, born in 1894, was Georges eldest son

King Edward VIIIs letter of abdication
A photograph of the letter of abdication signed by King Edward VIII and his brothers. Edward VIII abdicated from the British throne in 1936 in order to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee

Edward VIII on Holiday
EDWARD VIII and Mrs Wallis Simpson on holiday in September 1936 at Rab in Yugoslavia, surrounded by bodyguards and policemen

Edward & Wallis Simpson
EDWARD VIII and Mrs Wallis Simpson during the Kings summer holiday to Rab in Yugoslavia in September 1936. The King was to abdicate in December of that year

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Tahiti Discovered
Captain Samuel Wallis, of the Royal Navy, discovers Tahiti, in the Society Islands, but is attacked by the natives in their boats as he anchors off the shore

Edward Weds Wallis
Commemorative envelope issued in France on the occasion of Edward, duke of Windsors marriage to Mrs Wallis Warfield/Simpson at Monts

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