Bedford Collection (#19)

Figures on bridge Date: 1903

Large group at picnic Date: 1903

Women paddling in water by rowing boat Date: 1903

Students swimming Commercial Road Swimming Baths, Bedford Date: 1903

Student with fan Date: 1903

Women in rowing boats Date: 1903

Women getting onto rowing boat Date: 1903

Female with camera Date: 1903

Three students rowing Date: 1903

Miss Stans Bedford HighSt Date: 1903

Picnic student group Date: 1903

BPTC students rehearse for a gymnastics display
Bedford Physical Training College students rehearse for a gymnastics display Date: 1937

Horizontal bars Date: 1947

Gymnastics Date: 1947

Female in shorts and striped top stretching on lawn Date: 1946

Gym demo Date: 1946

Gym demonstration Date: 1946

Sidney road mass demonstration of balance position Date: 1946

Gym in the garden Date: 1942

Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman
A scene from Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, at the Comedy Theatre, London. Based on the stories by E.W.Hornung, the play showed a series of incidents in the life of the gentleman thief

Leyland pumping unit on Bedford chassis
Leyland extra heavy pumping unit on a Bedford chassis -- view of the controls

First mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett)

Bedford House from the grounds East of Ypres
Bedford House from the grounds. East of Ypres. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Canal Road as seen from Bedford House grounds, Ypres. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Medical Aid House in Bedford House grounds - East of Ypres
Medical Aid House in Bedford House grounds. East of Ypres. 12.3.16. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford ( 1858 - 1940), son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford. He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Grenadier Guards

Germans outside German Consulate General, WW1
Germans cheering outside the German Consulate General in Bedford Place, London, on the declaration of war. Date: August 1914

German Reservists at London Consulate
At their Consulate in Bedford Place, London, German Reservists gather following the mobilisation order. Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August. Date: August 1914

Bedford Bridge. Date: circa 1770

Hampstead Hills
Hampstead and Primrose Hills, from the duke of Bedfords road. Date: late 18th century

Bedford House
Until 1734 this was known as SOUTHAMPTON HOUSE. Date: late 18th century

London Bedford Park
Bedford Park, at Turnham Green in west London, is the citys first garden suburb : Tower House and the lawn-tennis grounds. Date: 1881

Lord Cosmo Russell
Lord COSMO RUSSELL ninth son of the sixth duke of Bedford. depicted riding a pony accompanied by a dog; he is wearing highland dress. Date: 1817 - 1875

Elizabeth Russell
Lady ELIZABETH RUSSELL (nee Peyton) wife of Francis, son of the sixth duke of Bedford : she later married John Baldwin Date: ? - 1888

Duncan Macdonald, Cook
DUNCAN MACDONALD Head cook at the Bedford Tavern, London. Date: CIRCA 1808

Amusing Chain Lampost
A curious and amusing chain lampost at Wittenhall, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Drawings Prints, Print, What, Returned, But, Could, Represent, County, Buckingham
Drawings and Prints, Print, Not What Was Returned But Could Be Returned - To Represent the County of Buckingham and Bedford, Artist, Anonymous, British, 19th century, Anonymous, British

Glen Lun Rustic Bridge 1870s Albumen silver print
Artokoloro

GUNNING BEDFORD (1747-1812). American politician. Color etching, 1888, by Albert Rosenthal

BARRIE: PETER PAN, 1911. Swordfight between Peter and Captain Hook. Illustration by Francis D. Bedford for the 1911 edition of J.M. Barries Peter Pan

BARRIE: PETER PAN, 1911. Peter teaches the children to fly. Drawing by Francis D. Bedford for the 1911 edition of J.M. Barries Peter Pan

BARRIE: PETER PAN, 1911. Peter flies into the nursery. Drawing by Francis D. Bedford for the 1911 edition of J.M. Barries Peter Pan

Leslie Herbert Bedford, CBE, FRAeS, Director of Engineer?
Leslie Herbert Bedford, CBE, FRAeS, Director of Engineering, Guided Weapons Division, British Aircraft Corporation (1900-1989)

Test pilot Alfred William ?Bill? Bedford, OBE, AFC, FRAe?
Test pilot Alfred William ?Bill? Bedford, OBE, AFC, FRAeS, 1920-1996

The Duchess of Bedford with Capt C. D. Barnard, left, pil?
The Duchess of Bedford with Capt C.D. Barnard, left, pilot, and Robert ?Bob? Little in front of their Fokker FVII, G-EBTS, The Spider, in August 1929 following their record-breaking flight of 10

The Duchess of Bedford at the 1936 Royal Aeronautical So?
The Duchess of Bedford at the 1936 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex, on 10 May

Newmarket and its Surroundings: the Squire (Mr. Abington) at Bedford Lodge

Francis Charles Hastings Russell, Duke of Bedford, K. G
Francis Charles Hastings Russell, Duke of Bedford, K.G

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