Bedford Collection (#9)

Man standing on his head in the road
A man stops his Bedford van to practise yoga by standing on his head in the road. Is he also going to attempt to drink the glass of milk standing at his elbow? Date: 1960s

Students playing cricket steam train in background
Students playing cricket (steam train in background) Date: 1905

Fire Drill! Date: 1930s

515 Rivet Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA -- home and premises of G W Thorley, Painter and Paperhanger. Date: circa 1910

Bedford, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa
O Connors Commercial Hotel, Bedford, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Prison where John Bunyan was confined, Bedford
Bedford Prison where John Bunyan was confined for preaching without a licence. Date: 17th century

Fire at the Balham Covered Retail Market - 1953
Six-Pump Fire at the Balham Covered Retail Market, 31 Bedford Hill (on junction with Shipka Road), Balham, London 8th May 1953. Date: 1953

Henrietta Tiarks modelling California Cottons dress, 1960
Henrietta Joan Tiarks (born 1940), racehorse owner and breeder, renowned society beauty and deb of the year in 1957, featured modelling for a California Cottons advertisement

BARRIE: PETER PAN, 1911. The mermaids playing in the lagoon. Drawing by Francis D. Bedford for the 1911 edition of J.M. Barries Peter Pan

Sir Morien Bedford Morgan, RAE, 1912-1978, chairman of t?
Sir Morien Bedford Morgan, RAE, 1912-1978, chairman of the Supersonic Transport Aircraft Committee. circa 1971. Also Royal Aeronautical Society President 1967-1968

Short SC1 XG905 and Rolls Royce Flying Bedstead
Short SC1, XG905 and Rolls-Royce Flying Bedstead at RAE, Bedford

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

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at Eltham
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Jubilee School 1941
( My Class ) Jubilee School 1941 Date: 1941

Prices Candle Works, c1875, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Prices Candle Works, c1875, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Ramsgate Harbour and Light House, Kent, c1829. Artist: C Bedford
Ramsgate Harbour and Light House, Kent, c1829. After George Sidney (1784-1862)

John Bunyan, c1916. Artist: William Strang
John Bunyan, c1916. An English nonconformist preacher and writer, Bunyan (1628-1688) was the author of the famous allegory The Pilgrims Progress

Russell Square and the statue of the Duke of Bedford, London, 19th century (1907). Russell Square is named after the surname of the Dukes of Bedford, on whose land it was laid out

Rousseau, the Duke of Bedford, 1896. Artist: Spy
Rousseau, the Duke of Bedford, 1896. Herbrand Arthur Russell (1858-1940), 11th Duke of Bedford. A print from Vanity Fair, September 10th 1896

Statue of the Duke of Bedford, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, 1817. Artist: J Greig
Statue of the Duke of Bedford, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, 1817. The Russells, Dukes of Bedford, were the main landlords in Bloomsbury

The Ouse at Bedford, 1926. Artist: Cavenders Ltd
The Ouse at Bedford, 1926. From the River Valleys set of hand-coloured cigarette cards issued with Army Club Cigarettes, Cavanders Ltd, 1926

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616-1700), 1824. Artist: J Jenkins
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford (1616-1700), 1824. Russell was a British soldier during the English Civil War. From Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain by Edmund Lodge

John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford. Artist:s Harding
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford. The third surviving son of Henry IV, John of Lancaster (1389-1435) governed England as regent for his nephew Henry VI from 1422 until 1437

Harry Bedford, theatre performer, late 19th century

New church, Waterloo Road, London. Designed by Francis Octavius Bedford, the Church of St Johns Waterloo was one of the churches built to cater for the expanding population of London after

Trinity Church, Southwark, London, 1830. Artist: R Winkles
Trinity Church, Southwark, London, 1830. The chuch in Southwarks Trinity Church Square was designed by Francis Bedford and built in 1826

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, British soldier, (1825). Artist: TA Dean
William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, British soldier, (1825). Russell (1616-1700) fought at the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642 on the Parliamentary side

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister, (1825). Artist: W Holl
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, English royal minister, (1825). Russell (c1485-c1555) held the offices of Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal at the court of King Henry VIII

Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, English politician, (1823). Artist: W Holl
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford, English politician, (1823). Russell (1593-1641) was one of the leading opponents of King Charles I

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman, (1832). Artist: H Robinson
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman, (1832). Lord John Russell (1710-1771) was the son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, 1834. Artist: WT Mote
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, 1834. Russell (1765-1802) joined the Whigs in the House of Lords, and became a member of the circle of the Prince of Wales, (later King George IV)

John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, (18th century). Artist: George Vertue
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, (18th century). The third surviving son of Henry IV, John of Lancaster (1389-1435) governed England as regent for his nephew Henry VI from 1422 until 1437

Northampton map 1884
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition New York Charles Scribners and Sonsl 1884 Vol XVII

Advertisement for Duchess Steamships to Canada via Canadian Pacific

John Bunyans Statue, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Statue of John Bunyan (1628-1688) - English writer and Baptist preacher, St Peters Green, Bedford, Bedfordshire sculpted by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, unveiled in 1874. Date: circa 1904

Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Spencer
Caroline, Duchess of Marlborough (1743-1811, nee Russell) wife of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, seen here with Lady Spencer (either her mother-in-law or sister-in-law)

Chiswick Art Workers Guild making Cecil Aldin toys
At the toy-makers: a glimpse at Mr Aldins works at Bedford Park. Members of the Chiswick Art Workers Guild busily manufacturing Mr Aldins toys

Imperial Hotels, London - Map of Hotels and transport links
Imperial Hotels, London - Map of London, marking the Hotels and useful transport links. Date: circa 1920

Promotional Flyer for Imperial Hotels, London
Promotional Flyer for Imperial Hotels, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London - a total of 9 hotels with 3500 rooms - Central for business and pleasure. Date: circa 1920

The Duke of Bedford opens Woburn Abbey
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford in the Queen Victoria bedroom at Woburn Abbey at the time of its opening to the public. The room is notable for the magnificent ceiling and Louis Seize furniture

Aircraft Firefighters School, Stansted, Essex
Aircraft Firefighters School based at Stansted, Essex, where men and women from around the world were trained. Old aircraft were deliberately set ablaze to give crews realistic training

Bedford Hotel, Southampton Row, London - exterior view Date: circa 1910s

Richard Cecil, Church
RICHARD CECIL Evangelical churchman, vicar of Chobham and minister of St Johns Chapel, Bedford : holding his hand on his heart, or thereabouts. Date: 1748 - 1810

Francis 9th Duke Bedford
FRANCIS CHARLES HASTINGS RUSSELL, 9th duke of BEDFORD Known for his promotion of agriculture. Date: 1819 - 1891

John Bedford, Churchman
JOHN BEDFORD Methodist churchman, President of the Wesleyan Conference 1867. Date: 1810 - 1879

USA Mission School 1875
Lively scene in the Bedford Street mission school, Philadelphia. Date: 1875

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