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Background imageWelch Collection: Amy Johnson helping to tow a Kirby Kite sailplane c 1938

Amy Johnson helping to tow a Kirby Kite sailplane c 1938
Amy Johnson helping to tow a Kirby Kite sailplane. circa 1938. The driver is Ann Edmonds who later became Ann Welch. Date: 1938

Background imageWelch Collection: British transport crossing Sakaltutan Pass, WW1

British transport crossing Sakaltutan Pass, WW1
British transport crossing the Sakaltutan Pass during the First World War. This Pass across the Jebel Hamrin was evacuated by the Turks and occupied by the 8th Royal Welch Fusiliers on 3

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933. Popular star of British musical theatre, films, television & radio from the 1930s to the 1990s. Date: 1935

Background imageWelch Collection: Elizabeth Welch

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

Background imageWelch Collection: Unveiling the Christmas Truce Memorial, Frelinghien

Unveiling the Christmas Truce Memorial, Frelinghien
The most fully documented Christmas Truce story of 1914 took place between the 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Saxon 133rd Infantry Regiment plus the Prussian 6th Jager Battalion at Frelinghien

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch sings Charleston in Runnin Wild at the Co

Elisabeth Welch sings Charleston in Runnin Wild at the Colonial Theatre (New York). Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch sings to Griffith Jones & Ann Dvorak

Elisabeth Welch sings to Griffith Jones & Ann Dvorak in the film This Was Paris. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch

Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933. Popular star of British musical theatre, films, television & radio from the 1930s to the 1990s. Date: 1936

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch studio portrait by Sasha, London

Elisabeth Welch studio portrait by Sasha, London. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Book Plate by Charles E Dawson for Audrey Welch

Book Plate by Charles E Dawson for Audrey Welch
Book Plate designed by Charles E Dawson for Audrey Welch. 1910

Background imageWelch Collection: Spiked speedwell, Veronica spicata

Spiked speedwell, Veronica spicata (Welch speedwell, Veronica hybrida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1799

Background imageWelch Collection: Phalaenopsis schilleriana orchid

Phalaenopsis schilleriana orchid. Woodcut by Gardchron after an illustration by W.J. Welch from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1888

Background imageWelch Collection: Reginald Foresythe and Elisabeth Welch broadcasting for BBC

Reginald Foresythe and Elisabeth Welch broadcasting for BBC radio in Starlight. Reginald Foresythe (1907-1958) British jazz pianist, arranger

Background imageWelch Collection: Hutch with Elisabeth Welch

Hutch with Elisabeth Welch. Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969) known as Hutch was a Grenada-born singer and pianist. One of the most popular cabaret stars of the 1920s and 1930s. Date: 1967

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch programme for The Gallery First Nighters Cl

Elisabeth Welch programme for The Gallery First Nighters Club tribute at the London Marriott Hotel. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch theatre programme for her one-woman show Tim

Elisabeth Welch theatre programme for her one-woman show Time to Start Living at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch outside her home in Capeners Close, Knights

Elisabeth Welch outside her home in Capeners Close, Knightsbridge, London. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch in concert at the Almeida Theatre, London du

Elisabeth Welch in concert at the Almeida Theatre, London during the filming of the documentary Keeping Love Alive described as a self portrait in words and songs

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch signed photograph as A Goddess in Derek Jarm

Elisabeth Welch signed photograph as A Goddess in Derek Jarmans film version of William Shakespeares The Tempest. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch at home in Cottage Walk, off Sloane Street

Elisabeth Welch at home in Cottage Walk, off Sloane Street, London. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch during the run of No Time for Comedy

Elisabeth Welch during the run of No Time for Comedy
Elisabeth Welch with (from left to right) Cecil Madden, Gerry Wilmot, Rex Harrison, Diana Wynyard, Carol Reed and Lilli Palmer backstage at the Haymarket Theatre

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch music sheet Yesterdays Thrill

Elisabeth Welch music sheet Yesterdays Thrill from the film Soft Lights and Sweet Music. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 646

Curtis British Entomology Plate 646
Coleoptera: Ptinus 6-punctatus = Ptinus sexpunctatus [Plant: Veronica spicata ssp. hybrida (V. hybrida, Welch Speedwell)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWelch Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 298

Curtis British Entomology Plate 298
Coleoptera: Helops pallidus = Cylindrinotus pallidus (Welch Helops) [Plant: Scleranthus annuus (Annual Knawel)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageWelch Collection: United States Air Force - North American YF-100A Super Sabre

United States Air Force - North American YF-100A Super Sabre 52-5754 (msn 180-1). The First YF-100A with a XJ-57-P-7 engine; flown by George Welch at Edwards AFB on 25 May 1953

Background imageWelch Collection: Lucy Kemp Welch

Lucy Kemp Welch
Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869 - 1958), artist and painter, mainly of equestrian subjects, pictured in her studio. Illustrated Black Beauty. as well as a number of World War I posters. Date: c.1905

Background imageWelch Collection: Esther Bruce & Kathy Joyce in Brighton

Esther Bruce & Kathy Joyce in Brighton. Josephine Esther Bruce (1912-1994) working-class mixed race seamstress born in Fulham, London to a Guyanese father & an English mother

Background imageWelch Collection: Esther Bruce in Fulham, London

Esther Bruce in Fulham, London. Josephine Esther Bruce (1912-1994) working-class mixed race seamstress born in Fulham, London to a Guyanese father & an English mother

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch as the Parisian nightclub owner Beulah

Elisabeth Welch as the Parisian nightclub owner Beulah in the classic Ealing film Dead of Night. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch in Paris

Elisabeth Welch in Paris. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933. Popular star of British musical theatre, films

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch signs an autograph for a serviceman at a con

Elisabeth Welch signs an autograph for a serviceman at a concert for the troops in London. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Elisabeth Welch signed photograph

Elisabeth Welch signed photograph. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933

Background imageWelch Collection: Welsh Chartist Martyrs -- Jones, Frost and Williams

Welsh Chartist Martyrs -- Jones, Frost and Williams
Welsh Chartist Martyrs, prosecuted for their involvement in the Newport Rising of 3-4 November 1839 -- William Jones (1809-1873), John Frost (1784-1877) and Zephaniah Williams (1795-1874). circa 1839

Background imageWelch Collection: Welchs Table-Cloth Printing Works

Welchs Table-Cloth Printing Works, showing embossing presses, dye wheel, beck, and printing by hand. 1852

Background imageWelch Collection: Olympic, Belfast

Olympic, Belfast - a view of the Olympic ship coming into the dock looked on by people to the left including a photographer (believed to be Robert J Welch, official photographer for H&W)

Background imageWelch Collection: Mr Hopkinson by R C Carton

Mr Hopkinson by R C Carton
Promotional postcard for Mr Hopkinson by R. C. Carton. First produced at the Avenue Theatre, 21st February 1905. James Welch is shown as Hoppy. Frank Curzons Co

Background imageWelch Collection: Lieutenant Henry Anstruther, Battle of Alma, Crimean War

Lieutenant Henry Anstruther, Battle of Alma, Crimean War
Lieutenant Henry Anstruther with the colours of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Alma, during the Crimean War. A moment later he was shot dead. Date: 1854

Background imageWelch Collection: Cover design, Womans Pictorial

Cover design, Womans Pictorial
Cover design, Dressing Up, by M Kemp Welch, Womans Pictorial magazine, 21 June 1924. Depicting a girl wearing improvised fancy dress. With items by Kitty McKane, Fannie Kilbourne and Gilbert Frankau

Background imageWelch Collection: At the Forge, WW1 scene by Lucy Kemp-Welch

At the Forge, WW1 scene by Lucy Kemp-Welch
British army horses being shod at a makeshift forge somewhere on the Western Front. Date: 1919

Background imageWelch Collection: Womens Work WW1

Womens Work WW1. Women workers in many trades and professions, celebrated in this image by Lucy Kemp-Welch, Womens work in the great war, 1914-1918 Date: circa 1918

Background imageWelch Collection: Priory Hospital, Wells, Somerset

Priory Hospital, Wells, Somerset
Patients and staff outside the Priory Hospital at Wells. The building, formerly the Wells Union workhouse, was designed by Samuel T Welch. Date: Date unknown

Background imageWelch Collection: Silhouette of regimental goat (Welch Regiment)

Silhouette of regimental goat (Welch Regiment)
Silhouette of the regimental goat, mascot of the Welch Regiment. Date: 20th century

Background imageWelch Collection: Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height ?

Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height ?
Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

Background imageWelch Collection: Diagram of Welch rim bicycle tyre

Diagram of Welch rim bicycle tyre, 1890 Date: 1890

Background imageWelch Collection: Eastville Workhouse, Bristol

Eastville Workhouse, Bristol
Bristols Eastville Workhouse was erected in 1847 on Fishponds Road, Bristol. The building, designed by Samuel T Welch, was demolished in the 1970s. Date: Date unknown

Background imageWelch Collection: Globe Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, London

Globe Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Globe Theatre (re-named the Gielgud Theatre in 1994) on the corner of Rupert Street and Shaftesbury Avenue, presenting Tuppence Coloured with Joyce Elisabeth, Grenfell Welch and Max Adrian. Date: 1947

Background imageWelch Collection: Mascot of Royal Welsh Fusiliers, WW1

Mascot of Royal Welsh Fusiliers, WW1
The puppy mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, with two soldiers, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWelch Collection: Military police group photo, Welsh Regiment

Military police group photo, Welsh Regiment
A group photo of military police belonging to the Welsh Regiment



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