Images Dated 9th October 2017

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park

Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. In the 1920s, she climbed extensively in the Alps, Britain, and North America after her marriage to Ivor Armstrong Richards. In 1928, she made the celebrated first ascent of the north ridge of the Dent Blanche, with Joseph Georges, Antoine Georges and her husband, which she described in her well-regarded memoir, Climbing Days (1935). Photograph in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News magazine's weekly Women in Sport feature. The magazine comments that, "She is light of build and very active. Those who climbed with her in the Lake District some years ago are enthusiastic about her ability for really hard and technically difficult work." Date: 1927

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Advert for Finnigans, New Bond Street, London, W1

Black and white advert in the Sketch for Finnigans of New Bond Street, London, featuring their Private Cocktail Bar which was '...fitted at Back with shelves and compartments for Glasses, Bottles, etc. Complete with 2 stools and 15 accessories', all for the sum of 37 10 shillings. Date: 12th December 1928

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Famous folk in wax in the Sketch

Black and white photographs of famous faces made into waxworks by M Pierre Imans to adorn big shops and stores in Paris to boost sales. These included: Rudolph Valentino, Maurice Chevalier, boxer and screen star Georges Carpentier, Mr Ramon Novarro, Mlle Yvonne Printemps, lawn-tennis champion Helen Wills, American tennis player 'Big' Bill Tilden and Suzanne Lenglen. Date: 21st November 1928

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans