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Stylised glamour of the Cote d Azur - note the fashionable abstract printing on the warps and the sailors bell-bottomed trouser look. Date: circa 1930s
Portrait photograph by Willi Pollak of Mizzi Langalka (?) taken in Vienna Austria in eptember 1933. Date: 1933
Exotic dancer from the Gaite-Rochechouart Nightclub - ParisExotic dancer (Valder) from le Theatre de la Gaite Rochechouart - the 15 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s
The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - a (rather apprehensive!) woman contemplates the approach of the Douche a Vapeaur ready to apply a jet of hot steam water to her person... Date: circa 1920s
Macon, France - The Wooden HouseMacon, Burgundy France. A15th-16th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) in Place aux Herbes - at this point the lower shop was a clothing outfitter. Date: circa 1910s
German Dignitaries visiting Turkey. Date: circa 1900s
Bucks Green, West Sussex - The Post Office and local Postie (with bicycle). Date: 1907
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in FranceWW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s
Downton, Wiltshire - The Post Office and full local staff. Date: circa 1910s
The Guards Memorial - Horse Guards Parade, London - unveiled on 16th October 1926 - Architect - H. Chalton Bradshaw. Date: circa 1928
Jean Rameau - Master hurdy-gurdy playerJean Rameau (1852-1931) - Master hurdy-gurdy player, multi-instrumentist and songwriter from central France (Berry). The hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a hand
French satire on the Boer War - Victoria sending out MulesThe Theatre of War - Newly enlisted mules swear fidelity to the flag - French satire on the Second Boer War as Edward, Prince of Wales
Avintes, Portugal - Striking girl in traditional costumeAvintes, Portugal - Striking girl with long wavy dark hair in traditional costume Date: circa 1905
June Maurice - English Actress - performed in the pantomime Aladdin (130-31) at the Empire Theatre, Bristol. Date: circa 1930
Two stylish Swimwear models posing with a beach ballTwo stylish French Swimwear models posing with a beach ball and showing off their likely highly-scandalous attire to its best advantage. Date: 1910s
Winter - a Greek or Roman woman warms her hands by a fireWinter by Henry Ryland - a Greek or Roman woman warms her hands by a fire set in an ornamental metal basin. Although he did paint in oils
Family group photograph at the seaside - posing on a rockFamily group photograph (a Father with his son and daughter) at the seaside - posing on a rock. Date: circa 1950s
Dorothy - dressed up as a Star or as The Fairy Queen. Taken by a photograph in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1920s
Young woman on the beach in leopardprint two-piece swimsuitYoung woman on the beach in stylised leopardprint two-piece swimsuit - exact resort location unknown. Date: circa 1950s
Little Boy in a studio portrait in a HMS Lion sailors capFour year-old Boy (Geoffrey Vincent James) in a studio portrait in a sailors cap from Hms Lion, battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s
South Shore Seaside Boating Lake, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with numbered rowing boats for hire Date: circa 1930s
Girl sporting a heart-shaped kiss curlPretty portrait photograph of a girl sporting a heart-shaped kiss curl Date: circa 1910s
Jolly Seaside Theatrical Troupe pose on a flatbed truckJolly Seaside Theatrical Troupe pose in costume on a flatbed truck Date: circa 1920s
Sculpture Bust in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, DenmarkSculpture Bust - Miner with an Axe (1900) by Constantin Meunir (1831-1905) in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark Date: 1900
HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught - Fly fishing for SalmonHRH Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938) - Fly fishing for Salmon in Scotland (Balmoral?)(. Date: 1910s
Building the Trans-Australian Railway - using a Camel Buggy Date: 1914
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, GermanyThe Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history
Young Aristocrat - entering the church as a curateYoung British Aristocrat - likely the youngest son of a Duke, Marquess, Earl etc. - who, following tradition, entering the church as a curate. Date: circa 1907
New Excavations of 1899 reveal Ancient Theatre at EphesusTour group examining the recent excavations of 1899, which revealed more of the Ancient Theatre at Ephesus, near modern Selcuk in Izmir Province, Turkey. Date: 1899
Old Houses in the High Street - Banbury, Oxfordshire. This is The Vivers Building - a house built in 1650 for a mercer called Edward Vivers. Date: circa 1910
Route through the Mediterranean of the HMS Ramillies, ordered at full speed to travel to Jaffa on 24th October 1929 to respond to the crisis situation in the Middle East
Contemplation of the female form Date: circa 1910s
The Einstein Tower - Observatory at Potsdam, GermanyThe Einstein Tower - an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by architect Erich Mendelsohn
Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, ScotlandObservatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Fort William, Scotland Date: 1908
Jamestown ExpositionPromotional postcard for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, including an inset illustration showing the Native American woman Pocahontas interceding for Captian John Smith and the remains (tower)
Greetings postcard from New York City, USA with inset illustrations of the newly-constructed Whitehall Building (a 20-story skyscraper located at 17 Battery Place)
New University Buildings - Edinburgh, Scotland Date: 1908
Seafront - Monte-Carlo, France. Date: circa 1901
Safe-Conduct Pass to be honoured by all Vietnamese AgenciesSafe-Conduct Pass (Passport) to be honoured by all Vietnamese Government Agencies and Allied Forces. Inset photograph of Nguyen Van Thieu was the president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975
Daredevil Diver Leslie Gadsby, Shanklin Pier, Isle of Wight and his variety of crazy dives, including a 90ft dive in a sack, a 45ft long arm balance
Wooden chalet houses in Zermatt, Switzerland. Date: 1912
Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of ChickensMadame Fillioux (1865-?) working at her sons (D. Frechin) establishment where she appears to specialise in the sale of wine, asparagus and chickens! 73, Rue Duquesne, Lyon, France
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece (with scaffolding)The Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece (with scaffolding). Date: circa 1920s
Howitzer and Light Dragon - A Battery - The Chestnut TroopLight Dragon tractor towing a 3.7-inch howitzer on Carriage Mk IV and limber of A Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, circa 1938 - A Battery (The Chestnut Troop)
Levuka - The Old Capital of Fiji - Pacific Islands Date: circa 1930s
USS Akron, Navy Airship and USS New Hampshire, BattleshipUSS Akron (built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin corporation), Navy Airship passing above the Battleship USS New Hampshire. Date: circa 1930
British King George VI with Princess Elizabeth - laughterBritish Royal Family. British King George VI, sharing a joke with Future British Queen Princess Elizabeth at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, England. Date: 1946
Grand Arabian Bazar, Tunis, Tunisia - Perfume Shop (Boutique de Parfumier), also selling numerous and multiple Tourist items, curiosities and knick knacks, including traditional fabric
