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Historic Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection (#3)

366 Photographic Prints

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Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Gertrude Jekyll c. 1901 OP01502

Gertrude Jekyll c. 1901 OP01502
The garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll, beside the terrace bridge at Deanery Garden, Sonning, The Deanery (or Deanery Garden) is a house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Sonning, Berkshire

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Children pose for the camera a97_05492

Children pose for the camera a97_05492
A thatched cottage, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire. A group of people pose for the camera in front of thatched cottages. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son 1904

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431

Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431
Workers at Charwelton, Northamptonshire. Construction workers on Great Central Railway. The workers have a large steam engine for power

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Heston Aerodrome c. 1930s AFL03_aerofilms_c19981

Heston Aerodrome c. 1930s AFL03_aerofilms_c19981
Heston Aerodrome, Hounslow, Middlesex. The control tower (centre) may have been the first purpose-built example and became the model for this class of building

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: R101 Airship AFL03_aerofilms_c16455

R101 Airship AFL03_aerofilms_c16455
The R101 flying over St Pauls Cathedral during a test flight 1929-1930. Probably a composite photo montage. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Exeter Cathedral bomb damage BB42_00740

Exeter Cathedral bomb damage BB42_00740
EXETER CATHEDRAL, Devon. On the night of 3-4 May 1942 a bomb fell on the Chapel of St James in the south choir aisle of the cathedral, causing considerable damage to the late 13th-century fabric

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Bomb damage, Liverpool 1941 BB90_03807

Bomb damage, Liverpool 1941 BB90_03807
GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET, Liverpool. View of bomb damage and pedestrians going about their daily routines, May 1941

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Bridgewater House Gallery DD56_00032

Bridgewater House Gallery DD56_00032
BRIDGEWATER HOUSE GALLERY, Westminster, London. Interior view c.1900. The works of art included Diana and Actaeon by Titian (displayed half way down the lower left hand side of this image)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Coventry Cathedral BB98_06261

Coventry Cathedral BB98_06261
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, West Midlands. A view of the Cathedral taken from Pepper Lane. The Cathedral church is named for St Michael

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Witley Court Picture Gallery c. 1920 BL25090

Witley Court Picture Gallery c. 1920 BL25090
WITLEY COURT, Great Witley, Worcestershire. Interior view of the Picture Gallery with a series of paintings and fine furniture

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Witley Court Music Room c. 1920 BL25088

Witley Court Music Room c. 1920 BL25088
WITLEY COURT, Worcestershire. Interior view c.1920. The Music Room. Photographed by Bedford Lemere

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Witley Court Drawing Room c. 1920 BL25086

Witley Court Drawing Room c. 1920 BL25086
WITLEY COURT, Worcestershire. Interior view c.1920. The Drawing Room. Photographed by Bedford Lemere

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Witley Court Sculpture Gallery c. 1920 BL25083

Witley Court Sculpture Gallery c. 1920 BL25083
WITLEY COURT, Worcestershire. Interior view c.1920. The Sculpture Gallery. Photographed by Bedford Lemere

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Spithead Review 1924 EPW011365

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011365
REVIEW OF THE FLEET, Spithead, Portsmouth. The Spithead Review in July 1924, at which George V presented colours to the Royal Navy

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Wembley under construction 1923 EPW008279

Wembley under construction 1923 EPW008279
WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Construction of the Empire Stadium for the British Empire Exhibition. Aerial photograph taken on 25th March 1923 (taken from a copy negative). Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: HMS Ophir BL16520_030

HMS Ophir BL16520_030
SS OPHIR. Interior of the Saloon from the Gallery. Photographed by Bedford Lemere in 1901 for Anderson Anderson & Co. From 1891 the liner was owned by the Orient Steamship Company

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: 601 Squadron EPW035616

601 Squadron EPW035616
601 SQUADRON. Practice for an RAF display in June 1931. These aircraft are Westland Wapiti Mk.IIA bombers (in service 1928-1942)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Admiralty Arch 1923 BL26970_009

Admiralty Arch 1923 BL26970_009
ADMIRALTY ARCH, The Mall, Westminster, London, photographed from the roof of the Grand Hotel in February 1924. Containing offices and residential accommodation

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Big Ben Clock Tower CC73_02867

Big Ben Clock Tower CC73_02867
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. Inside the clock tower. Maintenance on Big Ben clock face

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Shoreham harbour BB060002

Shoreham harbour BB060002
Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour, in front of the premises of Stow and Son Yacht Builders

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Butlers Wharf BB87_09741

Butlers Wharf BB87_09741
BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. Crates of goods wrapped in straw for protection are unloaded in London and set on the conveyor belt to the warehouses

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Kitchen, New College, Oxford, 1901 CC49_00204

Kitchen, New College, Oxford, 1901 CC49_00204
NEW COLLEGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Cooks at work in the college kitchens. The men are preparing joints of meat and a spit of chickens is leaning against the wall, ready to be roasted

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: GWR Works, Swindon, 1920 epw000924

GWR Works, Swindon, 1920 epw000924
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY WORKS, Swindon. Aerial view photographed May 1920. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Aerial photography 1919 AFL03_aerofilms_c12930

Aerial photography 1919 AFL03_aerofilms_c12930
" Wills, Shaw and Friese-Greene Ready to Film". A publicity shot for the foundation of the Aerofilms aerial photography company taken at the London Aerodrome, Hendon

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Dickens Brothers leather works, Northampton BB99_05292

Dickens Brothers leather works, Northampton BB99_05292
DICKENS BROTHERS, Northampton. Photograph of interior of leather works c.1929. Preparing leather for the shoe and boot industry

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Blenheim Palace CC49_00027

Blenheim Palace CC49_00027
BLENHEIM PALACE, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Looking along the south front of the 18th century palace from the west, showing the central portico supported on columns and the lawn in the foreground

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: John Rylands Library BL15845

John Rylands Library BL15845
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, Deansgate, Manchester. Interior, looking east from the gallery. The library was completed in 1899 to the designs of architect Basil Champneys

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Town Hall, Birmingham 1913 OP09003

Town Hall, Birmingham 1913 OP09003
TOWN HALL, Birmingham, West Midlands. Exterior view in 1913. The Greek Revival building was opened in 1834

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Harrods Shoe Department 1919 BL24450_021

Harrods Shoe Department 1919 BL24450_021
HARRODS, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London. Baroque luxury of the ladies shoe department in Harrods. The ornate plaster ceiling

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Victoria Palace Theatre, London BB87_01220

Victoria Palace Theatre, London BB87_01220
VICTORIA PALACE THEATRE, Westminster, London. The Victoria Palace Theatre opened in 1911 and was built as a music hall by Frank Matcham (a specialist in theatre design)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Billericay Windmill, Essex a78_01556

Billericay Windmill, Essex a78_01556
BILLERICAY WINDMILL, Essex. Today Billericay is on the outskirts of Greater London, but at the turn of the century, when this picture was probably taken, the area was still rural

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Douglas DC-3 AFL03_aerofilms_b1222

Douglas DC-3 AFL03_aerofilms_b1222
Douglas DC-3 airliner. Advertising image prepared by Aerofilms for a client showing rays of sunshine from behind a cloud.The DC-3 entered civilian service with American Airlines in 1936

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Biplane flight AFL03_aerofilms_c169

Biplane flight AFL03_aerofilms_c169
De Havilland DH9s flying in formation. From a copy negative made in 1923. Designed in 1916 by Airco, it first saw action with the Royal Flying Corps over the Western Front in 1917

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Dog collecting money BL20502

Dog collecting money BL20502
Dog collecting money, Westminster, London. A dog sits on a table collecting funds outside Haxells Hotel in The Strand, 1909. Bedford Lemere

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Witley Court BL25081_009

Witley Court BL25081_009
WITLEY COURT, Great Witley, Worcestershire. Witley Court as seen from the gardens, with the Perseus and Andromeda fountain in the foreground

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Odeon cinema construction BB87_03506

Odeon cinema construction BB87_03506
ODEON CINEMA, Leicester Square, London. A photograph taken by John Maltby on 11th June 1937 of the buiding works for the Odeon cinema on the site of the Alhambra Theatre

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Smithfield Market entrance BL25748

Smithfield Market entrance BL25748
SMITHFIELD MARKET, London. A 1921 view of the grand entrance archway to Sir Horace Joness Smithfield Meat Market which opened in 1868

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Harvest a97_05926

Harvest a97_05926
Harvesting with a mechanical harvester near Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Alfred Newton and Son July 1902

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: A calculating machine BL21177

A calculating machine BL21177
Cut out of a calculating machine. The photograph was taken for the British Tabulating Company, also known as the British Tabulating Machine Company

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Housing estate 1930 EPW038718

Housing estate 1930 EPW038718
Pennine Drive, Golders Green. Aerial view. A housing estate built by John Laing & Co. in June 1930. Attractive new housing estates were a source of pride for house builders. Photographed in 1932

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Parachutist AFL03_aerofilms_b251

Parachutist AFL03_aerofilms_b251
Parachutist descending 1930s. Canopy fully open. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Disc harrowing, Lincolnshire a98_09683

Disc harrowing, Lincolnshire a98_09683
Disc harrowing near Honington, Lincolnshire. The mechanisation of agricultural practices made farming more intensive and productive

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Graf Zeppelin EPW038817

Graf Zeppelin EPW038817
The Graf Zeppelin moored at Hanworth Aerodrome, London Air Park in July 1932. This was her third and final visit to the UK after a flight over London in 1930

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Woolworths, Kingston-upon-Thames BL25186

Woolworths, Kingston-upon-Thames BL25186
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, Kingston Upon Thames, Greater London. The front of the Kingston-upon-Thames branch of F W Woolworth & Co Ltd (Woolworths) 3d and 6d stores

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Woolworths, Birmingham FWW01_01_0103_001

Woolworths, Birmingham FWW01_01_0103_001
F W Woolworth And Company Limited, Spiceal Street, Birmingham. Exterior view of the shop front, with two women walking towards the camera in the foreground, 1921-35

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: RMS Aquitania BL26730_002

RMS Aquitania BL26730_002
RMS AQUITANIA. Interior view towards the fireplace in the Palladium Lounge. The Aquitania was launched in 1913 as the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania)

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Merchant Taylors School CC46_00614

Merchant Taylors School CC46_00614
Merchant Taylors School, Northwood, Hertfordshire. Physical Education in the gymnasium. Photographed by Marshall Keene and Company between 1933 and 1939

Background imageHistoric Images 1920s to 1940s Photographic Print Collection: Morecambe seafront WSA01_01_07983

Morecambe seafront WSA01_01_07983
Marine Road West, West End, Morecambe, Lancashire. The West End seafront from the south, with cars and a bus in the foreground. Walter Scott




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