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Czech Republic - 10th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1938A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)
Commedia dell arte CharactersFour Characters from Commedia dell arte, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th18th centuries, based on stock characters
Erewash Canal and Sawley Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire. It is unclear if the gentleman in the foreground is going to receive a stern reprimand from the copper approaching from the background....!
Malta - Panoramic View of Floriana (Borgo Vilhena). Date: circa 1910s
Malta - Marsamuscetto Harbour Date: circa 1910s
Eleanor Boardman - American silent era Movie ActressEleanor Boardman (1898-1991) - American Movie Actress of the Silent Era. Married American Movie Director King Wallis Vidor (1926-1931)
WW1 - Scottish American War Memorial, Princes Street GardensWW1 - Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Erected by Scottish Americans in memory of Scottish soldiers who fell in the Great War
Cary Arms Hotel, Babbacombe, Torquay. Date: circa 1908
Richard Attenborough as Percy Boon in London Belongs to MeBritish actor Richard Attenborough (1923-2014) as Percy Boon in the Individual picture London Belongs to Me (1948). - playing the role of a romantic-minded young garage mechanic. Date: 1948
Black Gang Chine, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bearBlack Gang Chine amusement complex, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Stuffed bear and very brave young girl happy to accept its embrace. Date: circa 1930s
Stylish young 1940s couple at the seasideStylish young 1940s couple (newly engaged) at the seaside (South Coast of England?). Date: circa 1946
Trinidad and Tobago - Pitch Lake at La Brea - Loading Pitch - British West Indies.. This particular truck has an M.G.W (Maximum Gross Weight) of 3 tonnes. Date: circa 1910s
Craigweil House, Bognor Regis - where George V ConvalescedCraigweil House, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - where George V convalesced between February 9th 1929 and May 15th 1929. The house had to be pulled down in 1938 following a fire Date: 1935
WW1, Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery, DardanellesWW1 - Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery in the Dardanelles. A slightly scruffy bunch, one with a pet kitten, one with a cornet and none in spotless uniform! Date: circa 1915
India - Deolali - British GarrisonBritish Garrison at Deolali (Devlali), in Nashik District in the state of Maharashtra, India - British soldiers and Officers outside the Billiard Room
Post Office at East Chinnock, Somerset, EnglandPost Office and T Bowyer General Stores at East Chinnock, Somerset, England Date: 1920s
Amateur Studio portrait photograph of a teenage girlAmateur Studio portrait photograph - shot in the back garden with suitable table and plant pot props - the subject is not the most jolly ever - I don t think that hat was a regular personal choice
The perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park benchA humorous postcard cataloguing in 6 frames, the perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench. A masher " the vacant seat
Holiday Beach Scene - Heacham, Norfolk - all the constituent features of the British beach holiday are here - multiple layers of clothing, a striped windbreak
HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Trooping of the ColourThe 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
View of the Houses of Parliament across the River ThamesView of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London seen from across the River Thames - a small paddle steamer heads heads downstream passed a group of empty moored river barges
Three men in traditional Greek Costume - Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910s
Ibo Women, Nigeria - Traditional Dancing - note the Igbo ankle rattles. Date: circa 1950s
Italy, Sestri Ponente, Santuario di Nostra Signora del GazzoItaly - Sestri Ponente and inset view of Santuario di Nostra Signora del Gazzo (Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy) Date: 1898
Charlton sand Pits - Charlton, South East London. The home football ground of Charlton Athletic FC, The Valley dates from 1919, at a time when the club were looking for a new home
Florence - Italy - Giacosas Tea Rooms. Date: circa 1903
Singapore - The Great World Amusement Park - note the seperate entrances for Gents and Ladies and the film poster for The Man in the Iron Mask (1939). Date: 1939
Bampton, Devon - The Railway Station Date: circa 1908
Punishment of female debtors in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), East Africa - tied up with a chain until they pay their debts! Date: circa 1930s
Churchill in uniform of the Lord Warden of the Cinque PortsOn 14th August 1946, King George VI conferred upon Winston Churchill (1874-1965) the ancient honour of the appointment as Lord Warden
King George V in his Coronation RobesKing George V (1865-1936) in his Coronation Robes - 22nd June 1911. Date: 1911
Princess Elizabeth riding as Colonel of the Grenadier GuardsPrincess Elizabeth (1926-2022) (later Queen Elizabeth II) riding in the uniform of Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - pictured outside Buckingham Palace. Preparing to hold the reins of power
Arab Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1906
Callao, Peru - English Railway for Lima and Chorrillos and Naval Centre. Date: circa 1910s
Boardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Rolling ChairsBoardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - note the holidaymakers being pushed around in wonderful little three-wheeled wicker seats (rolling chairs / miniature carriages / carts)
Taunton, Somerset - Fore Street and Burma War Memorial (Burmah Cross) Date: 1902
Promotional card for Margarita Spanish Restaurant, LondonPromotional postcard for the Margarita Spanish Restaurant, 17 Cork Street, London. - Spectacular Cabaret - Spanish Music and Dance featuring Alec Alexander and his music (during Dinner and Dancing)
The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin AuliyaNizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) ) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin
The Tombs of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin and Jahanara BegumNizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) ) and Jahanara Begum ), daughter of the Emperor Shah Jahan
Three Women outside by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795) - they are wearing mostly pink outfits, one has a parasol, the other two have fans. Date: late 18th century
Traveller washing his horse at Hodogaya station by HokusaiJapanese woodblock print - part of Hokusai Katsushika Tokaido series, a traveller washing his horse at Hodogaya station by Katsushika Hokusai ). Date: 1804
Shepherd Market, Mayfair, LondonShepherds Market, Mayfair, London. G Ruggeri Restaurant (now Le Dondin Blanc). A Street girl (prostitute) standing on the corner of Trebeck Street and Shepherd Market Date: 1950s
Acacia Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Postcard published by Moloo Brothers & Co Ltd. Curios and Carpet Dealers of Dar-es-Salaam, the premises of whom we can see in this shot
A girl of the Dusan People, Sabah State, North BorneoA girl of the Dusan tribe (or ethnic and linguistic group) from the Malaysian state of Sabah of North Borneo. Date: circa 1950s
Archways at Az Zubayr, IraqArchways at Az Zubayr is a city in and the capital of Al-Zubair District, part of the Basra Governorate of Iraq. The city is just south of Basra. The name can also refer to the old Emirate of Zubair
Maruyama Okyo - Woman sitting on an Elephants backReproduction of a painting on a Japanese hanging scroll by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), depicting a woman sitting on an Elephants back. Date: late 18th century
LMS Princess Coronation Class 6220 Coronation - built in 1937, which special livery of Caledonian Railway blue with go-faster stripes
The Grove Tavern on Hammersmith Grove, LondonThe Grove Tavern, Hammersmith, London on the corner of Hammersmith Grove and Adie Road. Still open to this day. Date: circa 1920s
