Images Dated 7th August 2018

An artistic, misty and watery view of Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s

British Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Aerial View Date: 1924

HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Trooping of the Colour
The Queen attending the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in her Coronation year, seen here riding to Horse Guards Parade on her official birthday to take the salute of the Brigade of Guards

Flower Market - Nice, Cote d Azur, France
Traditional Flower Sellers stall - Flower Market and L Opera - Nice, Cote d Azur, France. Date: circa 1920s

HRH Queen Elizabeth II - wearing the George IV State Diadem
HRH Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). She is wearing the George IV State Diadem or Diamond Diadem. Date: circa 1954

Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in an aeroplane
Taking a ride over the Isle of Wight in a two-seater aeroplane

Latuka woman, South Sudan, East Central Africa
Latuka woman of the Nile valley, South Sudan (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Triplex Safety Glass 1918 - Triplex Safety Glass Co Ltd. Date: 1918

Firths Aircraft Steels 1918 - Thos Firth & Sons Ltd. Date: 1918

Firths Cast Steel Files 1917 - Thos Firth & Sons Ltd. Date: 1917

W.Suckling & Sons - Aeronautical Stampings & Repetition Work - W.Suckling & Sons. Date: 1918

Nubian women and girl, Sudan, East Central Africa
Three Nubian women and a girl in patterned textiles, Sudan, East Central Africa. Date: 1922

King Archibong III of Calabar, Gambia, West Africa (then part of the British Empire). He was crowned in 1878 with a regalia sent by Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1878

Habr Awal men, Zaila District, Somaliland, East Africa
Habr Awal (Habr Wal) men, Zaila (Zeila) District, Somaliland (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Date: 1922

Sea Dayak family, Borneo, SE Asia
Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban family in traditional costume, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). 1922

Four people of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) -- a Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban man with necklace of shells and tattoos (top left), an Orang Bukit (Klemantan)

Young Sea Dayak or Iban woman, Borneo, SE Asia
Young Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban woman in traditional costume made of brass and silver, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Angoni tribesman performer, Nyasaland, East Africa
Angoni (Ngoni) tribesman performer, Nyasaland, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Malawi). He is a musician, singer and dancer whose leggings rattle when he moves. Date: 1922

Chief sword-bearer to the King, Gold Coast, West Africa
Chief sword-bearer to the King of Bekwai, Gold Coast, Ghana (then part of the British Empire), West Africa, holding an ornate gold-handled sword. Date: 1922

Queen Messi of Massa, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Royal transport for Queen Messi of Massa in the Sherbro region of Sierra Leone, West Africa. She was on her way to a political meeting. Her top hat is a sign of her authority. Date: 1922

Kukuruku tradition, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa
Kukuruku tribal tradition for a young mans coming of age ceremony, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922

Ovra dancer, Ebo tribe, Benin, Nigeria, West Africa
Ovra dancer in full costume, Ebo (Edo) tribe, Benin, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: 1922

King of Bunyoro and two chiefs, Western Uganda, East Africa
King of Bunyoro and two chiefs in ceremonial dress, Western Uganda, East Africa. Date: 1922

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Kalimantan chief of Borneo, SE Asia
A Klemantan (Kalimantan) chief of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire), wearing a tiger-cat war coat, and holding a sword and a shield. Date: 1922

Two Kayan wrestlers of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) - a popular sport with the older boys and men of the tribe. 1922

Two young Dayak men, Borneo, SE Asia
Two young Dayak men of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) -- they are about to start of cock fight with two cockerels. Date: 1922

Kalabit tribe blacksmiths, Borneo, SE Asia
Two Kalabit (Kelabit) tribe blacksmiths, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) - they are using two cylinders made from palm stems as bellows. Date: 1922

Kalabit tribe blacksmiths, Sarawak, Borneo, SE Asia
Three Kalabit (Kelabit) tribe blacksmiths, Sarawak, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) - they are forging implements from smelted metal. Date: 1922

Tribal chief and his bodyguards, Borneo, SE Asia
A tribal chief and his bodyguards, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire) -- this is how they appear when on a diplomatic mission to the leaders of another tribe. Date: 1922

Sweetmeat seller, Lahej Bazaar, Gulf of Aden, Arabia
Jewish sweetmeat seller, Lahej (Abdali, Al Houta) Bazaar, Gulf of Aden, Arabia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Somali woman with hookah, Gulf of Aden, Arabia
Somali woman relaxing with a hookah, Gulf of Aden, Arabia. Date: 1922

Arab children on playground ride, Gulf of Aden, Arabia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Windmill for processing sugar cane, Barbados, West Indies
A windmill is used for the processing of sugar cane in Barbados, West Indies (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922

Women working in sugar cane field, Jamaica, West Indies
Women working in a sugar cane field, tending the young crops, Jamaica, West Indies (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922

Swahili women, Zanzibar island, Tanzania, East Africa
Two Swahili women of Zanzibar island, Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. One is helping the other with her hair. Date: 1922

Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya, East Africa
Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya (then a British colony), East Africa -- the plume on the end of the warriors spear shows his peaceful intentions

Native fashions of Kenya, East Africa
Native fashions of Kenya (then a British colony)

Bantu musicians with gourd piano, Central Africa
Two Bantu musicians playing a gourd piano looking rather like a curved xylophone, Central Africa. Date: 1922

Nubian women, North Sudan, East Central Africa
Nubian women with plaited hair in North Sudan, East Central Africa. Date: 1922

King Basu Fondong, Cameroon, Central Africa
King Basu Fondong (Fondom) of Cameroon, Central Africa, seated on his throne. Date: 1922

Swahili women dressing each others hair, East Africa
Swahili women of East Africa (then part of the British Empire), dressing each others hair. Date: 1922

Swahili women and children, East Africa
Two young Swahili women and children of East Africa (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Dervish of Sudan, East Central Africa
A young dervish of the Sudan area (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Man with two monkey heads, East Africa
Man holding two monkey heads, somewhere in East Africa, then part of the British Empire. The types of monkey are Cercopithecus (left) and Colobus (right). Date: 1922

Mende men playing Warri, Gold Coast, West Africa
Men of the Mendi (Mende) country playing a game called Warri, Gold Coast (then part of the British Empire, now part of Sierra Leone), West Africa

Telegraph poles for railway, Tanganyika, East Africa
Men holding up cast iron telegraph poles destined to run along the railway line in Tanganyika, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Tanzania). Date: 1922

Huntsmen with game, Tanganyika, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Tanzania). Date: 1922

Men of Zanzibar holding large tusks, Tanzania, East Africa
Two men of Zanzibar holding a pair of large ivory tusks, Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Date: 1922

Swahili woman, Zanzibar peninsula, Tanzania, East Africa
Young Swahili woman of the Zanzibar peninsula, Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. A convert from Islam to Christianity. Date: 1922

Woman of Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa
Woman of Zanzibar in traditional costume and mask (barakoa), Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Date: 1922

Masai women of East Africa looking in a mirror
Masai (Msai) women of Southern Kenya or Northern Tanzania (then part of the British Empire), East Africa. Seen here admiring their own reflections in a mirror. Date: 1922

Four men playing cards, Kenya, East Africa
Four men playing cards in Kenya (then a British colony), East Africa. Date: 1922

King of Bunyoro and his wife, Western Uganda, East Africa. As a Christian, he has just one wife. Date: 1922

Hadendoa men, Sudan area, East Central Africa
Hadendoa (Hadendowa) men, belonging to a nomadic tribe of cattle grazers in the Sudan area (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa, riding on a train. Date: 1922

Shilluk man, South Sudan, East Central Africa
Shilluk man in an elaborate headdress with beads, shells and feathers, South Sudan (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Light craft on River Nile, South Sudan, East Central Africa
Light craft (or dhow) on the River Nile, Sudan (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Sheikh on horseback, Sudan Plains, East Central Africa
Sheikh (head of tribe or village) on horseback, Sudan Plains (then part of the British Empire), East Central Africa. Date: 1922

Native weaving industry, Cameroon, Central Africa
Two men weaving a mat from long dried reeds or palm leaves on a wooden loom, in Cameroon, Central Africa (formerly in German West Africa). Date: 1922

Fondong warrior, Cameroon, Central Africa
Fondong (Fondom) warrior, Cameroon, Central Africa, with elaborate scarring on his arm, produced by cutting the flesh and putting stitches into the wounds

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