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Whale hunting vessel and factory by G. H. DavisFloating whale factories: ships which reduce their prey to oil and by-products on the spot. A whale-hunting factory and its catcher vessels at work in the Antarctic
Lady Alexandra and Lady Victoria Haig by Mme YevondeLady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (1907-1997) and Lady Victoria Doris Rachel Haig (1908-1993) by Madame Yevonde. They were the two elder daughters of the late Field-Marshal Earl Haig. Date: 1929
Lady Angela Scott by Madame YevondeLady Angela Christine Rose Montagu Douglas Scott (1906-2000) by Madame Yevonde. She was the youngest of the five daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. Date: 1929
Sleepy-Head by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl with her doll and teddy bear is ready for bed. Date: circa 1940s
Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny at premiere of Flying FortressSociety golden couple, Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny attending the film premiere of Flying Fortress and pictured with Wing Officer Statter and Brigadier-General McClelland
Mrs Charles Sweeny at AscotMrs Charles Sweeny (middle), accompanied by Mr and Mrs Stephen Laddie Sanford (he was an American polo player) at Royal Ascot, 1938
Good-Morning, Mr Frog! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl finds a frog in the garden. Date: 1936
Little girl at seaside with toy boat by Muriel DawsonA little girl at the seaside with a toy boat by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Bubbles by Muriel Dawson, showing a little child blowing bubbles from a toy pipe. Date: 1927
Little girl watering a garden by Muriel DawsonA little girl watering a garden by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1924
Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, WW1Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, showing Kaiser Wilhelm I, Helmut von Moltke and Count Otto von Bismarck, as they appeared during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1
Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1Cartoon, His Masters Voice, showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a German dachshund looking back at a British bulldog inside the amplifier of a wind-up gramophone
Pencil sketch of mother and child paddlingPencil sketch of a mother and child paddling in the sea. Date: 1920s
Pencil sketch of sleeping babyPencil sketch of a sleeping baby. Date: 1920s
Hungry Peter the pig cooks for a party, watched through the window by the naughty dogs Rags and Forager who are worried that they won t be invited. Date: 1914
Packard Roadster, 1928 by David WrightIllustration of a Packard Roadster by the artist David Wright, who would later find fame with his pin-ups in the 1940s. Date: 1928
Test Match by David Wright - original gouacheTest Match by David Wright, featuring a seductive blonde wearing a pink strapless dress and a black picture hat. Date: 1946
Princess Theodora of Greece & Prince Berthold, Margrave of BEngagement of Princess Theodora of Greece (1906-69), sister of the current Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, to Prince Berthold, Margrave of Baden in 1931
Princess Theodora of Greece & Berthold of BadenEngagement of Princess Theodora of Greece (1906-69), sister of the current Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, to Prince Berthold, Margrave of Baden in 1931
Princess Theodora and Princess Cecile of Greece`Princess Theodora, later Margravine of Baden (1906-1969) with her younger sister, Princess Cecilie (known as Cecile), later Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1911-1937)
Reims Cathedral, France, after German bombing, WW1Two views of Reims Cathedral, France, after bombing by the Germans during the First World War. Date: September 1914
Cartoon, Siege Guns of Rhetoric, WW1Cartoon, Siege Guns of Rhetoric, or how our politicians are helping the work of the services. Showing politicians of different persuasions combining together against the common enemy in the early
Snowdrifts in Calumet, Michigan, USAWinter snowdrifts in Calumet, Michigan, USA Date: circa 1908
Ivy Martinek - Silent Movie Star who featured in nearly 30 films between 1909 and 1917. In the role of an Indian Squaw for a British & Colonial Kinematograph Company production
Jackie Coogan - child actor of the silent film eraJohn Leslie Coogan ) (" Jackie" Coogan) - American actor who began his career as a child actor in silent films, before later (in the 1960s)
Residence of Marlene Dietrich, Beverly Hills, USAResidence of the film star Marlene Dietrich, North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: 20th century
Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, USACocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA, for dining, dancing and entertainment. Date: 20th century
Signal Hill Oil Field and Long Beach, California, USASignal Hill Oil Field on the horizon, with Long Beach in the foreground, California, USA. Date: 20th century
The Pike, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: early 20th century
Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake
HMS Poseidon submarine escape apparatusHMS Poseidon and the submarine escape apparatus. Poseidon was sunk on 9th June 1931 after colliding with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yuta
HMS Poseidon submarineThe launch of the British submarine, HMS Poseidon, a P class sub, launched on 21st June 1929 at the Barrow-in-Furness works of Vickers-Armstrong
Royal visit to Cardiff - Earl & Countess of PlymouthThe Earl and Countess of Plymouth, pictured outside the University College, Cardiff, visited by King George V and Queen Mary in June 1912. The Earl was Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Date: 1912
The Mailed Fist strikes at last, WW1The mailed fist strikes at last. The German Empires challenge and the British Empires answer on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
Vesta Tilley and Walter de Frece at homeMiss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), music hall entertainer best known for her male impersonations, pictured at her home, the Homestead at Maidenhead, Berkshire, with her husband, Mr Walter de Frece
Two rival designs for the Map of Europe, WW1Two rival designs for the Map of Europe at the start of the First World War. Above: a new map as probably already designed by the Hohenzollern map specialist in Berlin
Three cartoons at the start of the First World War: at the top, a comment on needing another war to collect the debts for this one
Caricature of Norman Angell, writer and politicianCaricature of Sir Ralph Norman Angell (1872-1967), writer, lecturer and Labour politician. Best known for his book, The Great Illusion (1910), arguing against war from an economic point of view
Queen Alexandra at SnettishamA photograph of Queen Alexandra, accompanied by her daughter Princess Victoria, the Grand Duke George of Russia (together with his wife and two daughters)
Limassol, CyprusBeach and coastline at Limassol, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s
The City Dairy - Toronto, Canada - apparently the best known dairy in the world ! Date: circa 1910s
WW2 - British RAF Wellington Bomber and 900kg bombww2, wwii, world, war, two, second, 2nd, ii, british, raf, formation, sirling, bomber, bombers, royal, airforce, air, force, union, flag, aircraft, plane, livery, squadron, freedom Date: circa 1940
WWI - Balkan Front - Belgrade Citadel - Arsenal destroyedWWI - Balkan Front (1914-1915) - Belgrade Citadel - Arsenal destroyed. In the distance is Hungary. Date: 1915
Severe-looking Iberian Woman holding riding crop. Date: circa 1905
Rockfort, Tank and Clives House, Tiruchirappalli, IndiaTiruchirappalli (formerly called Trichinopoly and nicknamed Tiruchi or Trichy) - a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District
WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile - UKMision Completed WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American airforce personnel relaxing after a sortie with coffee and doughnuts
The Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI eraThe Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex - WWI. Initially opened as Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867
Allied Flags - Hawker Hurricane - WWII Propaganda. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Winston Churchill. The flags of Great Britain, Free France, South Africa, Australia, United States