Images Dated 1st November 2019

Group photo, Moor Hall Estate, Harlow, Essex
Group photo in front of the Doric portico of Moor Hall Estate, Harlow, Essex - cricketers and others of Harlow and Sawbridgeworth

Pullman Midland Drawing Room Car No.8 (railway carriage), built in Detroit, USA, rebuilt at the Midland Railway Works, Derby, UK as Albion, 1874-1876. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1870s

Annette Kellerman
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (1886 - 1975), Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time

Some Sunny personalities at the London Hippodrome
Caricature by Nerman of the various performers appearing in the popular comedy musical, Sunny at the London Hippodrome in 1926. Top left Nancy Lovat, top right, Elsie Randolph

Sir Alfred Milner and staff, Cape Town, South Africa
Group photo, Sir Alfred Milner (British colonial administrator) and staff, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: 1900

Mr R. H. Gillespie, Managing Director, London Hippodrome
R. H. Gillespie, managing director of the London Hippodrome from 1919 and director of Moss Empires Ltd, caricatured by Nerman in The Tatler. Date: 1926

Nurse administering a large enema syringe to a man in bed with his lover. The secret lover taking an enema instead of the girl. The clyster. Le remede

Mesmerism, Rabbit vs. Stoat by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman who frequently lampooned the tax man in his work

Anne and Christine Bevan by Madame Yevonde
Anne and Christine Bevan, daughters of Mr Edwyn Bevan and the former Mary Waldegrave, photographed by Madame Yevonde at the time Anne was to be married to Charles Craven Saunderson. Date: 1926

Electric telegraph used in Crimean War, 1854
Electric telegraph used in the Crimean War, 1854. The plough for laying the wire

Edgar & Madge Syers in Olympics Games, ice skating 1908
Edgar Syers dancing with his wife Madge Syers in the Olympic Games of 1908, winning the bronze medal at the Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Date: October 1908

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A man and woman embrace under a hanged man. The widow of Ephesus and the sentinel canoodle under her husbands corpse hanging from a gibbet. The Ephesian matron. Le matrone d Ephise

Boy and girl with a ball
Young boy and girl gazing at Xmas gifts - a colourful ball and a skipping rope. Date: 1903

The Redskins at the London Hippodrome
Scene from The Redskins at the London Hippodrome in which Thundercloud is tied up by the homesteaders. Date: 1905

Newest turns at the London Hippodrome 1900
Newest turns at the London Hippodrome in October 1900 - Eugene Sandow, the famous strong man, Ghezzi the clown, the Sisters O Meers, the clever wire artists and M. Batty and his famous bear

Poster for Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900
Poster for Cinderella, the first pantomime to be held at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in December 1900. Date: 1901

Poster for The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas London Hippodrome
Poster for the latest wonder show at the London Hippodrome, for Christmas 1906. The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas featured several scenes played under water in the Hippodromes transparent tank

Interior, Pullman Midland Drawing Room Car No.8 (railway carriage), built in Detroit, USA, rebuilt at the Midland Railway Works, Derby, UK as Albion, 1874-1876

The Ralli Sisters - The Ruthven Twins in Shake Your Feet
Well-known socialites, the Ruthven twins, aka the Hon. Alison and the Hon

Sardine fishery at Brittany 1871
Arrival of sardine fleet towards the close of the day, in the bay of Douarnenez, Finistere, France. Date: 1871

Frost fair on the River Thames, 1814
The last frost fair on the River Thames, London, in February 1814, looking upstream towards Blackfriars Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral

St Johns College, Cambridge, 1825
St Johns College, Cambridge in 1825 Date: 1825

Speaking tube, c. 1870
Gentleman in his study using a speaking tube to communicate with another room. Date: C.1870

Dental clinic in Paris, 1892
Dental clinic in Paris, France, 1892. Date: 1892

Dinner to celebrate opening of Lancaster-Carlisle Railway
The railway contractors dinner at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle, to celebrate the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in autumn/winter 1846

Villiage choir at rehearsal 1871
Church choir, singing from their hymn books. Date: 1871

Rich mans kichen staff at work
A rich mans kichen staff at work, depicting the hospitality and charity of old times, when food was given away to poor people. 16th century

Submarine divers 1869
Divers wearing diving armour with flexible arms and helmet with eye-plates of strong glass

Lydia Thompson (1838 - 1908), English dancer, comedian, actress, and theatrical producer. Associated with Drury Lane pantomime for many years

Advert for International Fur Store 1908
A woman wearing a cloak of seal musquash with rich silk and fox collar. Date: 1908

Theatre Audience 1905
Evening showing at the theatre, audience in their best attire. Date: 1905

THEATREGOER IN BIG HAT 1914
A theatre-going lady in an absolutely splendid hat - unless, of course, your seat happens to be back of hers... Date: 1914

Chess with living pieces 1882
A game of chess with living pieces at Heighington, near Darlington. Date: 1882

Street trader - apple seller 1850s
Coster-girl, selling in the streets of London. Apples! An aypenny a lot, Apples! Date: circa 1850s

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Monk of the ORDER OF SAINT ALEXIS (Netherlands) Date: 1848

FRERE HOSPITALIER de Saint-Jacques du Haut-Pas - Frere Pontiff Date: 1848

Advert for Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory 1851
Advertisement of Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory, C.Cadby patent grand and cottage pianoforte maker. Showing the front of the shop and product. Date: 1851

Shellfish stall at fair, London
East-End selling shellfish on a stall. Date: Early 20th century

Street trade - cucumbers
Lady with cucumbers on a barrow. Date: 1885

Street trade - cherries
Woman in the streets of London selling cherries. Date: 1885

Journalists awaiting Lord Roberts, Kroonstadt, South Africa
Journalists waiting for the arrival of Lord Roberts, Kroonstadt, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1901

Naval guns at Schwartzkop, South Africa
Sighting one of the 4.7 naval guns on the Boer position at Schwartzkop, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1900

English drummer boy, near Colesberg, South Africa
English drummer boy, writing a letter to his mother after the victory at Colesberg, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Just behind him, two soldiers relax at the entrance to their tent

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Middle pages, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen, producing the hors d oeuvre (starters), the soups, the fish

The Ralli Sisters - The Ruthven Twins in Shake Your Feet
Socialite twin sisters, the Hon. Alison and Margaret Ruthen, who took to the stage briefly in the 1920s as the Ralli Twins

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