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Lady Elizabeth Bowes-LyonLady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth and then Queen Mother (to Queen Elizabeth II). Wife of King George VI. Pictured at the age of seven
Melbourne, AustraliaCollins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Winter Plumage by Vernon WardA group of waterfowl on a lake in a London park including a tufted duck, Mallard, Pintail and Sheldrake
More Golfing Notes by William Heath RobinsonSome suggestions for the novice golfer on ways to improve their game from a Club Guider for hitting the ball on the exact spot and a Stymie Bridge for overcoming obstacles
Family Tree by Vernon WardA group of tufted ducks huddle together on the lake in St. Jamess Park in London during the winter
Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, SussexChildren and staff stand in front of the orphanage and childrens home at Peacehaven in East Sussex. The home was opened in 1933 by the singing star Gracie Fields to care for the children of parents
Highcroft Hall Hospital, Erdington, BirminghamAn aerial view of Highcroft Hall Hospital on Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham. The hospital was originally opened in around 1870 as the Aston Union workhouse
Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to danceThe Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales
Cotton weavers at their looms, Preston, LancashireWomen operating cotton weaving looms at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire
Headquarters of the London Fire BrigadeThe headquarters of the London Fire Brigade on Southwark Bridge Road, with two horse-drawn fire engines passing in front, and passers by standing on both pavements
Typesetting by hand, Morning Post newspaper, LondonA roomful of male compositors in London, typesetting the pages of the Morning Post newspaper by hand
Cotton weaving shed, Preston, LancashireA huge cotton weaving shed at the works of Messrs Horrockses, Crewdson and Co Ltd of Preston, Lancashire, with people at work
Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire. Seen here in a studio photograph, leaning on the back of a chair
Affray at Belmullet 1881At Grawkill, near Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, police accompanying a process-server on his way to serve summonses for the rates are confronted by a gathering of local people
David Wright woman reclining in black lingerieElegant woman with blonde hair, reclining on her bed in black lingerie and red shoes. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
WW1 naval blockadesMap of English and German naval blockades around Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Norway
London Life front cover, 1966Front cover of London Life magazine, the cool but short-lived magazine which epitomised the spirit of swinging sixties London
Advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corsetAn advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corset, promising the wearer comfort and elegance
Rose FylemanRose Amy Fyleman (1877-1957) - an English writer and poet, noted for works on fairy folk, for children"
Enid BlytonChildrens author, Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
Helen Grace Culverwell Marsh Lambert and her family - circa 1924Helen Grace Culverwell Marsh-Lambert (1888-1981), prolific illustrator of childrens books, pictured with her husband Charles Lambert, daughter Barbara and others, taken in Chiswick, west London
Cut and he will not come again by Reginald HigginsAn illustration showing a mermaid with the shorn, shingled Eton crop hairstyle of the 1920s, looking rather forlorn as she waits for her lover to return
The Modern Girl by Wilton WilliamsA series of sketches by Wilton Williams, subtitled Full dress and bathing dress (other artists show undress, and underwear in this series of three) showing the modern girl of 1925
Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, NermanA scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)
Annie Oakley in London, Born in Darke County, Ohio, August 13th 1860, she died in Greenville Ohio, November 3rd, 1926 and buried at Brock. Ohio cemetery, near her childhood home
Rowena Cade - Minack TheatreRowena Cade (1893 - 1983) - inspirational founder and driving force behind the creation and construction of the remarkable clifftop Minack Theatre at Porthcurno near Lands End, Cornwall
Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, East DevonView of Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, East Devon, with an array of flowers in flowerbeds, with trees in the background. The gardens were named after the Duke of Connaught
Judging a Restaurant by FougasseSequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a couple waiting with increasing frustration to be noticed by the maitre d in a restaurant
London Life front cover 1966Front cover of London Life magazine, the short-lived magazine which documented and encapsulated swinging sixties London, featuring Twiggy photographed with Justin de Villeneuve
Policeman at a police call boxA policeman on the phone at a police public call box on a London street
Markham Colliery, MiningMarkham Colliery near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. A smiling coal miner stands in front of a production table notice, which states target, and actual outputs
Grassmoor colliery and training centre, MiningGrassmoor, North Derbyshire Area Training Centre for miners was opened in 1957. A group of trainees in shorts run across a field, the colliery sits on the hillside above
Assassination of Sir Curzon WyllieThe assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London
Street scene with shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesA street scene with shops, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The large corner shop is Bells grocery store, decorated with flags, perhaps to celebrate Empire Day (24 May)
Crickhowell rugby team, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesA group photo of the Crickhowell Rugby Football team, with a few of the club supporters, in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
View of Mathra from the sea, Muscat, Oman
Taffs Well Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Taffs Well Viaduct, also known as Walnut Tree Viaduct, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales. This was a railway viaduct crossing the canal
Goodwick Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA long line of passengers and staff waiting on the platform at Goodwick Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. They are all looking across at the camera
Patriotic dogsAn English Bull Terrier, a Scottish terrier and an Irish terrier make ready for the Coronation as canine representatives of England, Ireland and Scotland
Street scene in Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA street scene in the coastal village of Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. A middle aged woman stands and smiles at the camera
Penrhiwceibr Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Penrhiwceibr (Penrhiwceiber) Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales. The colliery closed in 1985
BSC works, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, South WalesView of the BSC (British Steel Corporation) works in Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, South Wales, with rows of houses in the foreground
Miners and owner, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are the current shift of miners plus the owner, standing near a wooden headframe connected to a mineshaft
Hall of Man sculptures by Malvina HoffmanDouble page spread from The Illustrated London News featuring editorial and photographs relating to the range of sculptures by the American female sculptor, Malvina Hoffman
Cobblers shop front, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView of a cobblers shop front in St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The cobbler and his apprentice (possibly his son) stand outside the shop
Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West WalesView of Porthgain lime workings on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Limestone was shipped in from South Pembrokeshire to produce lime
Street scene, Carmarthen, Dyfed, South WalesA street scene in Carmarthen, the county town of Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The grocers shop on the left displays a large coffee pot on the corner of the building
Sibylla EdmondstoneMiss Sibylla Edmondstone, of Duntreath Castle, Scotland pictured on the front cover of London Life, the impossibly groovy but short-lived magazine which captured the mood and spirit of the 1960s
