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London Life60 1966
Suits for the Spring, 1966Model wearing a navy wool boucl頳 uit with its white piqu頢 louse by Germaine and Jane together with a school panama in white straw. 1966
Lilac velvet trouser suit by Bagatel, 1966Lilac embossed velvet trouser suit with long lean jacket by Bagatel worn with a navy woollen scarf from W. Bill, sunglasses from Correna and gloves by Morley. 1966
London Life59 1966
Carter advertisement 1965Cartier advertisement from 1965 featuring (top) diamond pieces including earrings with a pearl centre, brooch and bracelet
London Life
London Life30 1966
London Life29 1966
Tatler front cover - fashion for brides 1965Front cover of The Tatler featuring a bride wearing a headdress of big white organdie flowers with a long tulle veil from Reed Crawford. Her lipstick is Cuban Rose by Yardley. 1965
Cultural links between India and BabyloniaArchaeology revealing cultural links between India and Babylonia from the dig at Tell Agrab, a settlement mound southeast of Eshnunna in the Diyala region. 1928
The Cenotaph covered in flowers, November 1920The Cenotaph in Whitehall, pictured swamped in floral tributes in the days following its unveiling at the Armistice Day ceremony on 11 November 1920. 1920
Crowds visiting the Cenotaph at night, November 1920Artists impression of the newly unveiled cenotaph at night with dense crowds thronging past, many leaving flowers following the Armistice Day ceremony on 11 November 1920. 1920
Burial of the unknown French soldier in ParisThe unknown French soldier (Poilu) buried in Paris - the procession nearing the Arc de Triomphe where the body was interred
Sphere cover cutting inscription on tomb of unknown warriorCutting the inscription on the grave of the unknown warrior in Westminster Abbey after the nave of the Abbey was closed to the public after six days of queues passing through to pay their respects
The Cenotaph unveiled, 1920Page from The Sphere reporting on the unveiling of the Cenotaph in Whitehall by King George V on 11 November 1920. A temporary structure of wood
Sphere cover - King places wreath on unknown warrior coffinFront cover of The Sphere showing King George V placing a wreath on the coffin of the body of the unknown warrior as it passed the cenotaph on its journey to Westminster Abbey where it would be
London in 1919 - rebuilding roads outside John LewisAfter a number of London thoroughfares were badly neglected during the First World War, many roads and famous streets were repaired by workmen in 1919
Female lift attendant at a West End business, WW1" Men must fight, and women must work." A woman lift attendant at a business in London in 1915. 1915
Huntley Wright in khakiHuntley Wright (1868-1941), actor and comedian, pictured with his young daughter in 1915 after receiving his Army commission. 1915
Ellaline Terriss entertaining soldiers at Boulogne hospitalThe theatrical trip to France - the concert party organised by Mr Seymour Hicks. Ellaline Terriss singing, Thank you for all you are doing, to the soldiers and nurses in the hospital at Boulogne
Beechams Pills advertisement by Bruce BairnsfatherTake Beechams Pills if you have the hump! Humorous cartoon of a boy on a camel. Unsigned by clearly by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather who seems to have secured a series of advertisements for Beechams
Queen Victoria Rifles training in Hampstead streets, WW1Members of the Queen Victoria Rifles practising Swedish drill in the streets of Hampstead, which they were using as a training ground, arousing much public interest in the process! 1914
How staff are informed of movements at the Front by MataniaA scene in a stately French chateau. From the roar and the excitement of the trenches to the peaceful calm of a French chateau - a despatch rider at British headquarters with reports from
The Brunswick Christening - baby Ernest Augustus & parentsFront cover of The Sphere reporting on the christening in Brunswick of Prince Ernest Augustus, first child of the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick (formerly Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia)
The Quieter Side of AscotMusic and gossip behind the grand stand at Royal Ascot, with well-dressed spectators enjoying a break from the races. 1914
Royal Ascot - King George V and Queen MaryKing George V and Queen Mary pictured in regal purple on the cover of the Royal Ascot supplement of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News in June 1914. 1914
Society greyhound racing enthusiastsGreyhound racing enthusiasts - lady owners of dogs in 1927 just as the sport was gaining widespread popularity among society
Sphere cover - British gunners turning German gun on enemyA British artillery team with a captured German gun (a 77), using all their strength to turn it upon the fleeing enemy. 1918
Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fireA British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles
Cut-away of the Empress of IrelandCross-section diagram of RMS Empress of Ireland which sank off Father Point at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in the early hours of 29th May 1914. 1914
Captain Andersen of the StorstadCaptain Andersen, captain of the Norwegian collier Storstad that collided with the Empress of Ireland in the Saint Lawrence River resulting in the latters sinking with great loss of life. 1914
Isadora Duncan teaching children at Rye, New York, WW1Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), modern dance innovator, pictured with some of her pupils at Rye in New York, telling them a story on what looks like a beach. 1915
Hippodrome ladies home for soldiers pets, WW1Actresses of the London Hippodrome Revue posing with dogs they had provided homes for while their solider owners were away fighting at the front
