Images Dated 6th April 2004 (page 2)

Koko hair ad
Advertisement for Koko hair tonic entitled, Dont go bald - use Koko for the Hair showing an illustration (taken from a life photograph) of a womans lustrous and abundant head of hair

Allcocks plasters advert
An advertisement for Allcocks plaster, for use on rheumatism, weak chests and wek backs. Made in Birkenhead, England

Joffre and Kitchener
General Joffre leaving the War Office with Lord Kitchener on a visit to London in October 1915

Flying to Switzerland for winter sports
Imperial Airways first winter sports service, flying from Croydon to Bale, Switzerland. Women with their ski equipment stand by ready to board the plane

Thermega electric blanket, used to warm the sheets
Replacing the hot water bottle. Placing a Thermega electric blanket between the sheets. This invention meant that warmth in the bed could be stored for several hours

Portrait of the Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Gloucester, born in 1900, he married Lady Alice Christabel Douglas Scott in 1935. They had two sons Prince William and Prince Richard. He died in 1974

Mans Bedroom
A mans bedroom; masculine straight lines with furniture of mahogany and lubinga. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Suffragettes. An international gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise at the Congress of the International Suffrage Alliance

The Belgian Royal family
King Albert of Belgium seen with his family, the Queen Elizabeth, their daughter Princess Marie Jose (left), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (middle) and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (right)

Mark Twain on a visit to Britain
Mark Twain, US novelist (1835-1910) in a carriage with the British politician, Mr. Henniker-Heaton, during a visit to London in 1907

George V speaking to Canadian officers during his visit to France in October 1915

General Maud huy
General Maudhuy, commander of the Army of the Vosges, speaking to two, almost identical, French infantrymen in Alsace

Planting a poppy at the garden of remembrance
The tenth anniversary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey. An ex-serviceman from the British Legion placing a poppy on the Garden of Remembrance

Last horse-drawn mail van
The last horse drawn mail van, Peter, leaving K.E.B on Saturday 24th September 1949. In the background are the still bomb-damaged streets of the St. Pauls area of London. Date: 24th September 1949

Anti-Stylograph pen advertisement
An advertisement for Hearsons patent Anti-Stylograph pen

German Limbless Soldier
A German soldier who lost both legs and arms in World War I, seen woodworking after being fitted with artificial limbs. With around one million amputees worldwide following the First World War

Mine crater
Aerial view of a crater formed by a mine explosion on the Western Front, 1915

A French look-out
A French artillery observer on the look-out up a tree

A zeppelin raider
A photograph showing a German Zeppelin air-ship over London on October 13th 1915, with shells from anti-aircraft guns bursting upon it

Royal Naval Air Service at the Lord Mayors Show
A Royal Naval Air Service in the Lord Mayors show parading with searchlight and one of their anti-aircraft guns

John Redmond
Leader of the Irish Home Rule Party with John Dillon, another member, leaving Buckingham Palace after a conference concerning the Home Rule question in July 1914

Captured German aeroplane
A captured German aeroplane on view on the Horse Guards Parade in London

Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat
Sir Richard Paget speaking through an artificial throat, capable of intimidating all vowel sounds. The artificial throat was displayed at his lecture in 1928 at the Royal Institution

Earl of Derby
Photograph of The Earl of Derby, director of recruiting for Great Britain in 1915 and Minister of War from 1916-1918. Derby introduced a voluntary recruitment policy called the Derby Scheme

Women Minister officiating a wedding
The Reverend Miss Vera Findlay, Minister at the Stewartville Congregational Church, Partick, Glasgow, signing the register after having conducted a marriage ceremony in Scotland

Rolls-Royce
Rolls Royce, the winner of the premier award, Concours d Elegance in Biarritz, September 4th 1928

Stamp machine
A Machine which will not cheat and cannot be cheated. The first penny-in-the-slot machine for stamping envelopes

Joffre meeting the King and Prince of Wales
George V and the Prince of Wales meeting General Joffre and President Poincare on October 21st, 1915, during the Kings visit to France

Queen Mary at the Royal Free Hospital, taking over royal duties during George Vs illness. Formerly Princess May of Teck, she married King George V in 1893 and devoted much of her time to charity

A French soldiers douche
An improvised shower for French soldiers in the style of Heath Robinson, powered by a water-wheel in a small stream near the firing-line

Queen Mary and Princess Mary
Princess Mary, accompanying Queen Mary on a hospital visit in 1928. George V suffered with illness during this period, with the Queen replacing him on frequent public engagements

Miming a gesture, the method of registering sunshine, posed
Human speech the result of a variety of movements made by the muscles which control the lungs. A typical deaf-mute gesture, the sign language for sunshine

Night scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Crowds w
Night scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace during the illness of King George V, showing a queue of people waiting to read the latest bulletin

Canadian Highlanders marching through London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915

James bicycles advertisement
For boy and girls of all ages, the famous James bicycles and tricycles advertisement

Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington
The Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Mr Herbert Hoover and his wife in the Washington House. Born in 1874 he was involved in the relief activities in World War I

Mr. Henniker Heaton
Illustration from a photo of Mr. Henniker Heaton, politician and founder of the Imperial Penny Post system

Excavated houses unearthed at Herculaneum
An ancient Roman town unearthed beneath thirty feet of solidified mud from the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D

The Melbourne Riots
A plain clothes policeman, in centre, using his revolver to keep strikers apart from a free labourer during the Melbourne Waterside Workers strike of 1928

National Guard ambulance department
Platoons of the National Guard Ambulance department of St. Bartholomews Hospital

Herbert Hoover
The successful candidate in the Presidential Election in America; Herbert Hoover the Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency

British soldier in a new gas-mask
A British soldier wearing a new gas mask. Following the German use of poisonous gas at Ypres on April 22nd, 1915, it became a common feature of World War I warfare

General Sir Ian Hamilton cheering
General Sir Ian Hamilton, cheering after decorating French officers. Hamilton was recalled to England after overseeing the disastrous campaign in the Dardanelles in 1915

The Allies at the War Council
France, Britain, Russia, Italy and Belgium represented at the War Council at the French General Headquarters near Paris. From left to right, front row: General Porro, Sir John French

Benjamin Stone & his wife
Photographs accompanying the obituaries of of Sir Benjamin Stone (1838-1914) and Lady Stone who died on July 2nd and 6th respectively. Stone was a businessman and Conservative M.P

Dug-out at Christmas
A drawing by a British officer of a typical officers dug-out on the Western Front during Christmas 1915

Enemy guns at the Lord Mayors Show
Enemy guns captured at Loos paraded through the streets of London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915

The inland letter office of the General Post Office, London showing male workers weighing, stamping and sorting letters

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