Images Dated 30th July 2015 (#30)

Elegant lady in a blue spring dress, with blossom in the foreground. Date: 1929

Lady picking wild flowers at the seaside
An elegant lady picking wild flowers on the cliffs of a French seaside resort. Date: 1929

PYNE - MAIL COACH
THE ROYAL MAIL Our letters are carried across the country by mail coach - this one plies between London and Worcester, carrying pass- -engers as well as mail. Date: 1808

GIRL ADMIRES NATURE 1926
A young girl in the garden takes a close look at a butterfly on a flower and admires its beauty. Date: 1926

CHRISTMAS 1930S
A little boy is the centre of attention, standing in front of a large open fireplace with Christmas cards on the mantelpiece, watched by his doting parents and grandpa. Date: 1930s

VIEW OF LUDLOW CASTLE
A view of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, overlooking the Teme Valley. Date: 1930s

JESUS AND THE PRIESTS
He is taken before the court of the Sanhedrin, presided over by the High Priest Caiaphas Date: circa 30

JESUS CRUCIFIED (BAURN)
Soldiers haul the cross on which Jesus is nailed, to get it into position. Date: circa 30

STALIN ORATING
JOSEF STALIN orating Date: 1879-1953

HIGH PRIESTS DEBATE
The High Priests discuss how to resolve the Jesus problem, and commission Judas to betray his master. Date: circa 30

LENIN AT PETROGRAD 1917
Lenin, just arrived from Finland, addresses the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party at Petrograd, calling for an armed uprising. Stalin is also present. Date: 23 October 1917

STALIN IN 1917
Stalin, at the Sixth Congress of the Russian Social- Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) urges the necessity to prepare for an armed uprising. Date: August 1917

STALIN AT HIS DESK
JOSEF STALIN A typical propaganda shot of the eminent Russian statesman, Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars, seated at his desk. Date: 1879-1953

SHEEP DIPPING 1916
Sheep dipping: three men, a dog, and a large flock of sheep. Date: 1916

AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
Australian wildlife enjoys a day at the seaside. Date: early 20th century

WORKING ELEPHANT 1914
An elephant carrying a howdah and three people. Date: 1914

SEALYHAM PUPPIES / 1936
A group of five sealyham puppies looking away from the camera. Owned by Huntington. Date: 1936

JANTZEN SWIMWEAR 1930
Two athletic blondes in their Jantzen bathers. A green tank costume with matching cape & a belted costume in 2 shades of blue. Date: 1929

MUSSOLINI & DAUGHTER
BENITO MUSSOLINI with his daughter Edda, who married Count Ciano who was shot for treason in 1944 after plotting to remove Mussolini from office. Date: 1920s

CUTTING CANE, LOUISIANA
Black workers cut sugar cane on a plantation in Louisiana, USA. Date: 1886

BEDOUIN TENT, PALESTINE
two men sit comforatbly round the fire waiting for the food to cook. Date: 1913

EMILE HAIRDRESSERS 1920
Advertisement for Emile hairdressers of London and Paris. Date: 1920

MAHOMET & SPIDER MYTH
Myth of Mahomet & the spider: the Koreishites pass the cave which Mahomet, having fled from Mecca, is hiding in. The entrance to the cave is guarded by a spider & her web

DECLINE OF THE WEST / 1935
Melancholia A cartoon inspired by Oswald Spenglers 1922 work The Decline of the West. Date: 1935

ROMANIAN JEWS EMIGRATE
Romanian Jews at the Gare de Lyon, Paris, on their way to Le Havre where they will embark for America where, they feel sure, there will be no discrimination against Jews. Date: 1892

GIRL / RED DRESS / CATS 1896
A little girl enjoys her Nestles Swiss Milk, while three cats do their best to get a look-in. Date: 1896

FRASCATIs RESTAURANT
Dining and dancing at Restaurant Frascati, the worlds rendezvous, Oxford Street, London. Date: 1920s

OLD AGE / BRIGHTON SNOOZE
People, mostly elderly, snoozing in deckchairs on the Brighton seafront Date: 1962

SOCIAL / CORDOBA STREET
Street scene, Cordoba Date: 1908

MOULIN ROUGE NIGHTLIFE
Outside the Moulin Rouge in the Place Blanche, Montmartre: a group of fashionable people mill around Date: circa 1890

EGYPT WRECK - 5
The SORIMA salvage team, led by Giovanni Quaglia, aboard their ship the Artiglio with the first ingots of gold raised from the wreck of the SS Egypt

GAME / WINTER / SNOWBALLING
A little girl out snowballing with her brother Date: circa 1905

MY LAST LOUIS! 1908
My last Louis! A desperate gambler gives his last coin to the green devil (the gambling table). Date: 1908

HAMLEYs ADVERT 1920S
A colourful advertisement for Hamley s, the famous toy shop. Date: 1920s

FLORENCE RIOT 1921
Rioters in Florence, Italy engage in a pitched battle with the police. Date: 1921

CASHMERE TWINSET 1948
A young woman, with a short fringe and her hair up in a bun, models a cashmere twinset. Date: 1948

THE TAUBE HAS PASSED
LE TAUBE EST PASSE A German aircraft has just passed, machine-gunning civilian women.. fact ? or French propaganda ? Date: 1916

GRANADA / SIERRA NEVADA
Granada: view of the Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra gardens Date: 1908

GRANADA / ALHAMBRA TOWER
Granada: Tower of Comares, the Alhambra Date: 1908

M CHAPMAN AND BINOCULARS
MARGUERITE CHAPMAN Hollywood actress who appeared in The Seven Year Itch amongst other films in the 1940s and 50s, looks through a pair of binoculars on a sunny day Date: 1918 - 1999

MAD WOMAN / 1906
Mlle Naegle, a passenger on the New Amsterdam to America, throws another womans baby overboard Date: 1906

WWI / COLLABORATOR HANGED
How the Belgians punish traitors A collaborator is hanged from a tree. Date: 1916

VICTIM OF CHOLERA / 1883
Victim of cholera Date: 1883

WWI / BELGIANS SHOT
Eleven Belgians are shot as spies at Hasselt. Date: January 1917

GERMAN CAT ON RAMPAGE
ANTI-GERMAN Germany, represented as a rampaging feline, runs wild amidst a barrage of shell fire Date: 1915

THE LAST HEAVE
The Germans are urged to make the last heave to ensure victory, by participating in the war loan to pay for arms for the men in battle Date: 1918

VISITING A BRETON MUM
A Breton mother is visited by her neighbours, as she lies in the lit clos (enclosed bed, or cupboard-bed) typical of country homes in Bretagne. Date: circa 1900

ADVERT / VISIT HARROGATE
Visit Harrogate Date: pre-1924

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