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Cunard Line - teak coffee table recycled from a shipCunard Line - teak circular coffee table with small plaque Made by the Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Company from teak taken from R.M.S. Aquitania. 22 inches. Date: 20th century
Airship Hindenburg - porcelain dinner plateGerman Hindenburg Zeppelin Airship - porcelain dinner plate, decorated with the logo of the Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei (DZR)
Graf Zeppelin Airship - porcelain teacup and saucer by Heinrich Elfenbein-Porzellen. Cup marked with LZ logo and bottom stamped, saucer bottom stamped. Date: 1928
Airship Hindenburg, American Airlines, advertising signRare Zeppelin travel agent's advertising sign in glass: Now Fly to Europe via Airship Hindenburg and American Airlines Inc'. 28 x 20 inches. Date: circa 1930s
Fall Whippet 1962 Dogs Breeds Heathermead Adafall, whippet, 1962, dogs, breeds, heathermead, ada, lying, down, front, paws, crossed, owner, selway, dog, with, the, 10106860
Casting steel ingots at Messers Firth and Sons FactoryFront cover of The Illustrated London News, 28th August 1875, showing the Royal visit to Sheffield. Casting steel ingots at Messers Firth and Sons Factory. Date: 1875
Exercising in bedA woman exercising on her bed, using a Cush-up, patented by Marian Jacks of Old Bond Street who specialised in corrective anatomy
Evening ensemble from Debenham & Freebody, 1936Superb evening ensemble from Debenham and Freebody of Wigmore Street, consisting of a evening dress of silver shot lame worn with a modish coat
Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das RheingoldBehind the scenes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden demonstrating how the Rhine maidens are made to swim naturally in Wagners Das Rheingold. Date: 1936
Vol de Nuit by GuerlainAdvertisement for the Guerlain fragrance, Vol du Nuit (Night Flight). Created in 1933, the scent was an oriental chypre, inspired by the modern age of aviation as encapsulated in the novel of
The Member of the Syndicate by H. M. BatemanThe member of the syndicate who meant to get his moneys worth. A smug gentleman holding a three bore shot gun ignores the fuming glares of other members of his syndicate. Date: 1936
Lady Dunn and her daughter, Anne by Madame YevondeIrene Clarice Richards, the former wife of Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry and second wife of Sir James Dunn, wealthy Canadian financier who he married in 1926
The Duchess of Wellington by Madame Yevonde(Lilian) Maud Glen (née Coats), Duchess of Wellington (1885-1946), Wife of 5th Duke of Wellington; daughter of 1st Baron Glentanar
Lady Castlerosse at DeauvilleDoris Delavigne, Lady Castlerosse, pictured at the fashionable French resort of Deauville wearing sunglasses and her signature playsuit, this one in pale blue crepe de chine. Date: 1936
Tatler cover - Grouse shooting at GlamisFront cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth), with Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and the Duchesss father
Sketch - Engagement of Margaret Whigham & Earl of WarwickFront cover of The Sketch magazine reporting on the engagement of popular debutante, Margaret Whigham ( the most talked-of, photographed, and paragraphed debutante ) to the Earl of Warwick
Lady MilbankeMargaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm (1895 -1969), Lady Loughborough, Australian Born wife of Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough (died 1929)
Social celebrities at a dinner in Cairo, 1932Groups chatting and pulling faces while at dinner at the newly-opened Embassy Club in Cairo. Significant at the far end of the table is Miss Margaret Whigham (later Mrs Charles Sweeny)
Cairo - garden party held by Lord KitchenerOverhead view of a garden party in Cairo for Anglo-Egyptian society given by Lord Kitchener, who was Consul-General in Egypt at the time. Date: 1913
Easter on the Italian RivieraAfternoon tea in a Mediterranean Garden of Eden, looking out over the azure waters of the Italian Riviera. Date: 1913
Man playing a flute, New Caledonia, south west Pacific. Date: 1922
Young woman of Tahiti, French Polynesia, surrounded by large leaves. Date: 1922
Man of Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French PolynesiaNative man of Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Date: 1922
Musician with large drum, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He is wearing traditional native costume, while the drum is a modern French military instrument. Date: 1922
Giving flower offerings to Buddha, French IndochinaFour young women giving flower offerings to Buddha, French Indochina. Date: 1922
Mature university student, Hanoi, Tonkin (Vietnam)A mature student, taking part in the University Triennial Examinations, Hanoi, capital of Tonkin (now in North Vietnam, then a French colony). Date: 1922
Students at College of Interpreters, Hanoi, Tonkin (Vietnam)Native students at the College of Interpreters, Hanoi, capital of Tonkin (now in North Vietnam, then a French colony). Date: 1922
Young couple of the Meos tribe, Laos, South East Asia (then a French colony). The woman wears long curved silver earrings
Man and woman of the Meos tribe, Laos, South East Asia (then a French colony). The woman wears long curved silver earrings, and the man wears a silver necklace. Date: 1922
Pagoda at Villianur, Puducherry, IndiaPagoda at Villianur (Villenour), Puducherry (Pondicherry), south east India (then a French colony). Date: 1922
Fashionable woman of Martinique, French West IndiesFashionable woman of Martinique, West Indies (then a French colony). Date: 1922
Tribeswoman with headdress, French Congo, Central AfricaTribeswoman with elaborate headdress, French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 1922
Tribesmen with instruments, Cameroon, Central West AfricaThree tribesmen with their musical instruments, Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922
Bantu craftsman of Douala, Cameroon, Central West AfricaBantu craftsman of Douala (Duala) making wooden carvings, Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922
Tribesman in ornate cap, Cameroon, Central West AfricaTribesman wearing an ornate cap and patterned costume, Fumban (Foumban), Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922
Tribesman with his spear, Cameroon, Central West AfricaTribesman with his spear and an elaborate hairstyle, Bana, Cameroon, Central West Africa (at the time a French colony). Date: 1922
Tribesman playing tattoo, French Congo, Central AfricaTribesman playing a tattoo on a percussion instrument to welcome a guest, French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 1922
Tribesman with his spear, French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 1922
Street market scene in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, FranceStreet market scene in the market place at Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France -- rabbits, hares and pigeons for sale. Date: 1922
Street scene during carnival, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Date: 1922
Woman washing clothes, Savoie district, FranceWoman in traditional costume washing clothes, Savoie district, south east France. Date: 1922
Women out shopping in traditional costume, Alsace, FranceWomen out shopping in traditional costume, including the distinctive winged headdress, Alsace, France. Date: 1922
Soldier with three girls, Alsace, FranceSoldier of the Chasseurs Alpins in cloak and beret with three girls in traditional costume, including the distinctive winged headdress, Alsace, France. Date: 1922
Washerwomen near border between Italy and FranceWasherwomen near a viaduct at the border between Italy and France. Date: 1922
Men on stilts in Les Landes, south west FranceMen on stilts in the marshy Les Landes, south west France. When resting they slant the stilts as if sitting down, and prop themselves up with a third pole. Date: 1922
Couple chatting in Puget-Theniers, Alpes-Maritimes, FranceCouple chatting in the street in Puget-Theniers, Alpes-Maritimes, France. She is filling her water cans from the water source, and he is selling brooms and vegetables. Date: 1922
Man and donkey in Puget-Theniers, Alpes-Maritimes, FranceMan and donkey in a street in Puget-Theniers, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Date: 1922
People in Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, FrancePeople gathered around the water supply in Villefranche-sur-Mer, near Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Date: 1922