Images Dated 16th October 2017

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912

Lady's real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave control of the company to his two sons, John Lulham and Percy Albert. John Pound & Co. continued to trade until the 1940s or 1950s when it was taken over by John Lewis.
1912

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Harriet Quimby

Harriet Quimby (1875 1912), American airwoman and a movie screenwriter. Photograph showing her in novel flying clothing that she designed, winning the honour of being the first woman to fly her own aeroplane across the English Channel.
1912

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German & Prussian Crown Princess with two eldest sons 1909

Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886 1954), German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia, married to German Crown Prince Wilhelm, with her two eldest sons, (left) Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906 1940), second in line to the German throne, but both his Grandfather and Father outlived him. (right) Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907 1994), member of the Hohenzollern family, was the pretender to the abolished German monarchy.
1909

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