Jan20 Collection (#3)

Winter Ensembles, 1932 by Madame Yevonde
Two ensembles for winter, photographed by Madame Yevonde. Top is a short fitted coat of novelty woollen material check in black and white with white revers and lined in black

Speed and the World Speeds with You
Photo montage in The Bystander reflecting the 1930s obsession with speed and transport, as exemplified by pictures of racing cars, aeroplanes and steam trains. Date: 1932

Nina Vanna in a white evening gown by Madame Yevonde
Nina Vanna (Nina Yasikova Kind Hakim Provatoroff, 1899-1953) by Madame Yevonde. She was a Russian-born British film and theatre actress

Margaret Whigham flower arranging in Selfridges window
Miss Margaret Whigham settling an argument how a florists window should look by very publicly dressing the window of Selfridges flower shop in October 1932

Society Returns to the Bicycle by Hynes
Fantastic caricatures of some of the most famous faces in 1930s British society, all furiously peddling away on bicycles. Back row from left: Sir Henry Birkin

Plaster decoration at the New Oxford Theatre
A workman seen high up in the roof of the New Oxford Theatre in the process of erecting plaster decoration from Messrs. White Allom for Charles B. Cochran

Elinor Glyn and Gloria Swanson
Writer, scriptwriter and journalist Elinor Glyn (right) pictured with actress Gloria Swanson at the West Coast studios of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation at the time Glyn had written a

The Tatler and Eve at the Advertising Ball - fancy dress
Miss Lily St. John, representing The Tatler and wearing a replica costume of the eighteenth century gentleman who appears on the cover, together with Evelyn Laye representing its sister magazine

The Boots Who Forgot to Chalk the Boots, H. M. Bateman
Sequential cartoon by H.M. Bateman showing a young man given shoe cleaning duties in a hotel muddling up various pairs with hilarious consequences the following morning. Date: 1920

Tatler Cover - Jose Collins & Lord Robert Innes-Ker
Lord and Lady Robert Innes-Kerr. Lady Innes-Kerr was formerly the stage actress Jose Collins and daughter of the famous Lottie Collins

A negligee of Eastern inspiration by Lucile
A romantic and exotic creation, reminiscent of the Orient, by the dress designer, Lucile, aka Lady Lucy Duff Gordon. Date: 1920

Lady Diana Somerset by Madame Yevonde
Lady Diana Maud Nina Somerset (12 September 1898 6 May 1935), married 19 September 1925 Captain Lindsey Shedden (18811971)

Auchinleck churchyard, burial place of James Boswell
Achinleck churchyeard with the family vault of Lord Auchinleck in which James Boswell was buried. Date: 1895

The Marionettes by Annie Fish
A bored looking fashionable young woman and her male companion drink what looks rather like absinthe in a smart restaurant. Date: 1919

Laurette Taylor as Peg o My Heart by Kate Carew
American actress Laurette Taylor in the role that made her famous - Peg in Peg o my Heart. The show was popular in the UK early in the First World War but this caricature by Kate Carew relates to a

D. W. Griffith & the Gish sisters by Kate Carew
Noted Hollywood film producer and director, David Wark Griffith (1875-1948) pictured with actress sisters, Lilian (left) and Dorothy Gish. Date: 1919

George Court, looking towards The Strand, 1924
The picturesque George Court, looking towards The Strand, London, 1924, showing the Old George pub with an aviary within, now occupied by the Retro Bar (2020). Date: 1924

Artist Norman Keene replicating the original drawings done by William Heath Robinson on boarded up shop fronts in London. Heath Robinson designed pictures to illustrate the particular merchandise

London Hippodrome posters revealed after air raid
Posters for the London Hippodrome revealed after a bomb blast stripped away hoardings in October 1940. The poster dates from 1900 and in the centre is one for Miss Mary Arnotis

Advert for the Vaco Reducing Cup, which promises to take off flesh just where you want to lose it, by loosening the congestion of fat which then vanishes

Gent from Buckeburg, Germany - in Lower Saxony on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. Date: circa 1920

Roman Amphitheatre at Nimes, France - Bullfight. Built around 70 CE, shortly after the Coliseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world. Date: circa 1908

Pointe la Joue, Sark, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1920s

Statue of the Buddhist divinity Kuveraa in the grounds of Sandringham, Norfolk. It It was acquired for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)

View of Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland, snow-covered scene. Date: circa late 1930s

Peak of the Matterhorn, Winkelmatten, Zermatt, Switzerland Date: 1950s

The Galata Bridge over the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1939

WW2 - Nairana-class Escort Carrier - HMS Nairana. She was built at John Brown & Company shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland. When construction started in 1941 she was intended as a merchant ship

Greetings Postcard - Brindisi, Adriatic Coast, Italy - inset photograph of the Villa Dionisi. Date: circa 1910s

Kimberley, South Africa - Mule Train, pulled by 22 (I think!) mules. Date: circa 1920s

Kimberley, South Africa - Marula Tree Date: circa 1920s

A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century

Snake Charmer - South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Following the Boer War, the British transferred many of their prisoners to various countries and colonies under their domain in South and South East Asia

Newfoundland, Canada - River Trout Fishing Date: circa 1910s

Newfoundland, Canada - Waterford Valley and Waterford Hall Date: circa 1910s

Labrador province, Newfoundland, Canada - St Johns West - showing the dry dock. Date: circa 1910s

The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island - maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA

A stylish finely-dressed German couple dancing the Tango. Date: circa 1914

Plague Hospital, Bombay (Mumbai), India Date: circa 1908

Westman Islands, Iceland - Puffin Catching. Date: circa 1903

Post and Telegraph Office, Reykjavik, Iceland - note the superb roof-mounted box aerial Date: circa 1909

The port / harbour at Malaga, Spain. Date: 1908

India in London - sketches at the Indian Village at Portland Hall, Langham Place, with Indian women demonstrating traditional dances

Sketches at the Albert Palace, Battersea showing the Indian village with various traditional arts and crafts on view including snake charming, pottery, nautch dancing and juggling. Date: 1885

Mural decorations in the Stockwell British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of scenes in Stockwell and carried out by Derek Crowe

Mural decorations in the Vauxhall British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of Vauxhall Gardens and carried out by E. K. Edney

Scene inside a British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

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