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Mullers No. 3 Orphanage, Ashley Down, BristolThe No. 3 orphanage established by George Muller at Ashley Down, Bristol. Date: Date unknown
Bradfield Union workhouse, BerkshireThe union workhouse at Bradfield in Berkshire. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, later became Wayland Hospital. Date: Date unknown
Union Workhouse, Great Ouseburn, YorkshireA view of the Great Ouseburn Union workhouse was erected in 1857. The architects were John and William Atkinson of York. Date: Date unknown
House of Mercy, Great Maplestead, EssexThe Great Maplestead House of Mercy provided a home and support for fallen women such as unmarried pregnant girls. Date: Date unknown
Father Hudsons Homes, Coleshill, WarwickshireAn aerial view of the Father Hudsons Homes for children at Coleshill. The homes comprised the St Edwards Boys Home, the St Joans Girls Home, two blocks of cottage homes and a hospital
Dean Orphanage, EdinburghInmates of Edinburghs Dean Orphanage for boys. The premises later became Dean College and now form part of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Date: 1912
Lucy Locket lost her pocket..Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1912
Pro Italia - Allies and Brothers-In-Arms for Justice. Drawn for an Italian Celebration on Italian Day, 7th October 1915, and disposed of in the streets in the form of a souvenir pocket handkerchief
Mrs Lecky Pike (Olive Snell) and daughterPortrait of Mrs Lecky Pike aka artist Olive Snell, whose portraits in crayon and colour regularly appeared in The Tatler and The Bystander during the first half of the 20th century
Japanese army: CavalryJapanese horsemen in ary uniform. Date: 1905
Queen Mary ocean liner: Steering-wheels; crows nestThe first example of complete steering-gear duplication; and the first crows nest provided with warmth (besides improved shelter) for the look-out men. Date: 1936
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850 1942), seventh child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Photographed here about to take up his duties as Governor-General
Fairy paintingArt nouveau style fairy amidst a garden of blue flowers Date: circa 1920
Royal wedding 1893 - Princess May of TeckPrincess May of Teck, (later Queen Mary), (1867 1953). On her wedding day, to Prince George, Duke of York, (later King George V). Date: 6 July 1893
Princess May of Teck, (later Queen Mary), (1867 1953). Photograph taken in 1893, when she was Duchess of York. Date: 1893
Mr Pickwick addresses the Club" Samuel Pickwick addresses the club to propose that it form a " corresponding society" which will travel about the country and report its finding to the entire club back in London
Eve, columnist for The Tatler magazineEve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine who was the alter-ego of Olivia Maitland-Davidson. Eve first appeared in The Tatler on 20 May 1914 (pictured here)
Public warning poster identifying enemy & friendly aircraftAn official British war poster designed to teach the public to distinguish between enemy and friendly aircraft, with German airships and aeroplanes on the left and British on the right. Date: 1915
Lieut-General T. H. J. C. GoodwinLieutenant General Sir Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin KCB, KCMG, DSO (24 May 1871 29 September 1960), known as Sir John Goodwin, British soldier and medical practitioner
Cravenette coats featuring the RFC girl, 1918First World War advertisement for the Cravenette Company, offering showerproof coats, ideal for the Royal Flying Corps girl, who
Maxine Elliott (1868 - 1940), American actress, reputed lover of J. P. Morgan and later, the New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Wilding who was killed in 1915
Eve goes to the cinema by Annie FishEve, and her beau, Reggie, are shown the way into a cinema by an usherette and are pleasantly surprised to see how dark - and private - the auditorium is
Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, showing Crown Prince Wilhelm during the First World War, taking anything else he can lay his hands
Madame Novello Davies & her son, Ivor NovelloThe Welsh composer, singer and actor, David Ivor Davies (1893-1951), better known as Ivor Novello, pictured with his mother, Madame Novello Davies
Isobel Elsom with Tou TouEnglish Actress, Isobel Elsom (1893-1981), pictured in 1917 when she was about to star as Wendy in a new staging of Peter Pan at the New Theatre London in December 1917
Miss Susan Dudley Ryder, Londons 1st lady taxi driver, WW1Miss Susan Dudley Ryder, who had the distinction of being Londons first female taxi driver, aving passed all the driving tests
Caricatures at a gas school by Lieut. Fred May, WW1Some Up-to-Date Gas-Coves, who are teaching the Boches the Game of Tit for Tat. Caricatures by Lieutenant Fred May of various men at a famous gas school (in an undisclosed location in Britain)
Society goes to see Count Michael de Torbys fashion designsSociety out in force to see the dresses designed by Count Michael de Torby, son of Grand Duke Michael, at court dressmakers, Reville and Rossiter in 1918
Jack Dempsey versus Georges CarpentierWilliam Harrison " Jack" Dempsey (" The Manassa Mauler" ) (June 24, 1895 May 31, 1983), American professional boxer and cultural icon of the 1920s
Tatler cover - Anna Ludmilla and Jack DempseyGeorges Carpentier (1894-1975), French boxer, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler with his dance partner, actress Anna Ludmilla
Madame Wellington KooOei Hui-Lan (Chinese family name is Oei) ) then wife of Chinese Ambassador V.K. Wellington Koo (1887-1985) - marrying in 1921
The Black Fan by Wilton WilliamsAn elegant woman in a red dress, head scarf and with black evening gloves holding a large feather fan behind her. Date: 1925
Lord Castlerosse & Lord Beaverbrook on Cote d AzurLord Castlerosse, Lord Kenmares son and heir, snapshotted on the Cote d Azur in January 1914 with Max Aitkin, Lord Beaverbrook, newspaper owner. Date: 1925
The Countess of KinnoullLady Kinnoull, formerly Miss Enid Margaret Hamlyn Fellows, wife of the 14th Earl of Kinnoull who she divorced in 1927. Date: 1925
The Rani Prem Kaur of KapurthalaH.H. The Rani Prem Kaur of Kapurthala, formerly Anita Delgardo (Delgado), famous Spanish flamenco dancer who married Maharajah Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala in 1908
Fisherman with a mate with a catch of giant tunaBringing home the catch of the day in Florida (Giant Bluefin Tuna) with a small audience of onlookers. Date: circa 1955
Mrs C R W Nevinson, WW1Mrs C R W Nevinson, formerly Kathleen Mary Knowlman, wife of the artist, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson. Her portrait was featured in The Sketch at the time her husband, an official war artist
Billiard player J. Graham Symes in khaki, WW1The amateur billiard champion, Lieutenant J. Graham Symes with his opponent Mr E. S. Bourne, who he beat to retain his title at Ormes Hall in February 1918. Date: 1918
Erasmic soap, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement for Erasmic soap, a popular brand during the first half of the 20th century, depicting a pretty young woman with flaming red hair contemplating her reflection in a hand mirror while
Ladies Wanted as drivers, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement from 1918 by the British School of Motoring emphasising the urgent requirement for lady drivers between the ages of 17 and 45. Date: 1918
Two little boys making sandcastle on beachTwo little boys making a sandcastle on the beach. Date: circa 1960s
Little boy carrying a dog over his shoulderA little boy carrying a rather surprised-looking dog over his shoulder. Date: circa 1960s
Brigadier-General Borlase Edward Wyndham Childs, CMG (1876-1946), Director of Personal Services in the British Army during the First World War, drawn by Lieutenant Percival Anderson
Venetia StanleyThe Hon. Venetia Stanley, youngest daughter of Lord Sheffield, pictured as Mrs E. S. Montagu, after she had married the Hon. Edwin Montagu, M.P
Brigadier-General A R Crofton Atkins by Percival AndersonBrigadier-General Alban Randell Crofton Atkins (1870-1926), Director of Supplies and Transport in 1917. He received his first commission in 1889
Tatler cover - Wedding of Lord & Lady GranbyFront cover of The Tatler magazine with a photograph of the wedding of John Henry Montagu Manners, Marquess of Granby (1886-1940), heir of the Duke of Rutland and Miss Kathleen Tennant
Lloyd Georges lady chauffeurThe Right Hon. David Lloyd Georges Napier car being started by his lady chauffeur who, according to The Tatler, handles it in a very skilful manner. Date: 1916
Lord and Lady LoughboroughMargaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough