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Two Crow Tribe girls with their ponies standing before their tipi (also tepee or teepee). Date: 1911
Lyric and Apollo theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue, London. The Lyric has Robert Morley and Peggy Ashcroft in Edward My Son, and the Apollo has Emlyn Williams and Mary Hinton in Trespass
A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver
Politician pelted with rotten eggsA Politician (Juggins) is pelted with rotten eggs at a hustings. A clever play on words on this postcard from the Market Reports series
Prison Boats - Bahr-el-Ghazal, SudanPrison Boats by the " Sudd" - Bahr-el-Ghazal (southern region), Sudan Date: circa 1910s
Lake Malawi near Fort JohnstonLake Malawi (Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa or Lago Niassa) - an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa
Aldwych Theatre, on Aldwych, LondonAldwych Theatre, on Aldwych in Londons West End. Noel Cowards play Peace In Our Time is playing. Date: 1947
Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonSaville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, showing Noose.The theatre opened in 1931, and converted to a cinema in 1970
Indian totem pole carver at work. Date: 1911
Iron Tail - Chief of the Sioux Tribe in his full ceremonial traditional costume Date: 1901
Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple GardeningAttending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906
The Tower of David - Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1910s
Restaurant Cap. Ducal - Vina del Mar, Chile. Still going strong today - over 80 years since opening. Date: circa 1930s
Passport Office and the Quayside - Izmir, Turkey Date: circa 1900s
Man turning into a catA gentleman visits his Doctor with the distinct impression he is turning into a cat.... by the evidence on show he is correct
Elderly Native American women weaving baskets Date: 1909
William Prynne - 4WILLIAM PRYNNE - puritan lawyer and pamphleteer whose writings led to the pillory and imprisonment in the Tower. Of Audland, in the upper picture, we know nothing Date: 1600 - 1669
St Martins Theatre, West Street, LondonSt Martins Theatre on West Street, London. A play called Odd Man In is on, starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow and Derek Farr. St Martins Hotel is in the background. Date: 1957
Collection of Northwestern Indian Baskets Date: 1910
Vladivostock - RussiaBirds eye view of Vladivostock, the furthest Eastern city in Russia, bordering Mongolia and China. Date: 1910s
Musicians and actors chattingA group of unknown musicians and actors, including a dwarf, chatting in the street, probably outside a venue in London. One man has a double bass. Date: C.1950
New York - Firefighting - Water Tower at Work Date: circa 1899
Royal family and Winston Churchill at Waterloo StationQueen Elizabeth II together with Princess Anne and Prince Charles wait at Waterloo Station with Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, for the return of Queen Elizabeth
Coronation of King George VIScene at the Coronation of King George VI in Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937. Showing, from left to right in the front row, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)
Musicians and actors chattingA diverse group of unknown musicians and actors, including a dwarf, chatting in the street probably outside a venue in London. One man has a double bass. Date: C.1950
Russian children learning the alphabetThree Russian boys learning the alphabet Date: circa 1910s
Indigenous Alaskan Inuit childrenPair of Indigenous Alaskan Inuit children Date: circa 1910
River Days - Couple going boatingA young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906
New York - The Syndicate Building or Park Row Building. The tallest office building in the world for nine years. Date: circa 1899
Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonSaville Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, London, showing Noose, a comedy drama. The theatre opened in 1931, and converted to a cinema in 1970
Westminster Theatre, Palace Street, WestminsterWestminster Theatre on Palace Street, Westminster, London. A fire destroyed most of the building in 2002, the remainder being demolished soon after. Date: 1947
Sudan - Group of Villagers Date: circa 1910s
Portugal - Estremoz - Fine public building made out of marble. Date: 1907
Conakry - French GuineaFrench West Africa (Guinea) Conakry - Ballay Monument - in memorium of French Governor Noel Ballay (Governor between 1891-1900)
Prince Charles and Princess Anne waving from train as they depart from Ballater Station, Scotland, after holidaying at Balmoral Castle. Date: 1953
Indigenous American Baby in a papooseIndigenous Americans Baby in a decorated papoose Date: circa 1910
Royal family at Maritime History Museum, GreenwichKing George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Queen Mary arriving at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, south east London
Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of EdinburghQueen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh waving from a train in the year of the Silver Jubilee. Date: 1977
Vancouver Island - Manhousett Tribe FishermenVancouver Island, Canada - Manhousett Tribe Fishermen (probably Kwakwaka-wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish tribesmen). The word Manhousett used to caption this card is probably a derivation of
Stuck Up - A Punting DisasterTwo illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)
Russian peasant boy asks Papa for candy Date: 1912
Mary Bad Eyes and Papoose (baby). Date: 1912
Annie Floradora - English music hall celebrityAnnie Floradora - A minor English music hall celebrity, part of a sister act around 1905 who were billed as Three Floradora Girls (see 10548013)
Swiss Alps - Hotel du Glacier at BignascoA very very early illustrated Swss postcard, depicting the Hotel du Glacier at Bignasco Date: 1889
Cambridge Theatre, Seven Dials, LondonCambridge Theatre at Seven Dials, London. The New London Opera Company is performing, presenting Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Boheme, The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale and Tosca. Date: 1947
Leader Restaurant - Marietta, OhioLeader Restaurant and Coffee House - 248 Front Street, Marietta, Ohio Date: circa 1930s
Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, LondonArts Theatre in Great Newport Street, London. Cupid and Mars is playing. Patmacs pub is two doors away. Date: 1947
Royal family at Trooping of the ColourQueen Mary, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret in an open topped coach at the Trooping of the Colour on 9 June 1938. Date: 1938