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Lucy Collection (#9)

"Lucy: Unveiling the Enigmatic Australopithecus afarensis" Meet Lucy, a remarkable fossil discovery that revolutionized our understanding of human evolution

Background imageLucy Collection: Two sisters at Southwold, Suffolk

Two sisters at Southwold, Suffolk
Two sisters (Lucy and Violet Auerbach) posing for a photo on the sea front at Southwold, Suffolk, summer 1911. Date: 1911

Background imageLucy Collection: Family on a holiday outing, Dunwich, Suffolk

Family on a holiday outing, Dunwich, Suffolk
Family (Arthur, Harold, Lucy, Albert and Violet Auerbach) on a holiday outing to the village of Dunwich, Suffolk, 30 August 1908. The building is All Saints Church, abandoned in the 1750s

Background imageLucy Collection: Young women on holiday at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland

Young women on holiday at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland
Three young women on holiday at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland (Lucy Auerbach is on the right). While there they received sketching lessons from an art tutor, Mr Flemwell (probably George J Flemwell)

Background imageLucy Collection: Two sisters on a garden bench

Two sisters on a garden bench
Two sisters (Violet and Lucy Auerbach) on a garden bench, summer 1910. Date: 1910

Background imageLucy Collection: Sketching lesson at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland

Sketching lesson at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland -- Lucy Auerbach and friends with their tutor, Mr Flemwell (probably George J Flemwell, an English artist based in Switzerland). Date: circa 1910

Background imageLucy Collection: Young woman with croquet mallet, Ealing, West London

Young woman with croquet mallet, Ealing, West London
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach) holding a croquet mallet, in her back garden at 1 Carlton Road, Ealing, West London. Date: circa 1906

Background imageLucy Collection: Three people bathing at Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Three people bathing at Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach) and her two brothers (Albert and Harold) bathing in the sea at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with ships on the horizon. Date: 1904

Background imageLucy Collection: Young woman in fancy dress, Ealing, West London

Young woman in fancy dress, Ealing, West London
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach, age 16) in fancy dress, with a British flag, in her garden at Ealing, West London. 1906

Background imageLucy Collection: Four children and boatman, Saltburn, North Yorkshire

Four children and boatman, Saltburn, North Yorkshire
Four children (Albert, Harold, Lucy and Violet Auerbach) sitting in a boat on the beach with boatman Mr Marshall, during their holiday in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. Date: 1906

Background imageLucy Collection: Group of people at Malvern, Worcestershire, WW1

Group of people at Malvern, Worcestershire, WW1
Group of women and soldiers in a field at Malvern, Worcestershire, during the First World War. Two women are dressed as fortune tellers. The tall woman (second left) is Lucy Auerbach (1890-1972)

Background imageLucy Collection: Passengers in a charabanc, Swanage, Dorset

Passengers in a charabanc, Swanage, Dorset
Passengers in a charabanc at Swanage, Dorset, ready for a trip to Lulworth Cove. They are Arthur Auerbach and three of his four children. Date: 1913

Background imageLucy Collection: Father and four children, Southwold, Suffolk

Father and four children, Southwold, Suffolk
Father (Arthur Auerbach) and his four children (Albert, Harold, Lucy and Violet) posing for a photo on the pavement outside their holiday home at 25 North Parade, Southwold, Suffolk, summer 1911

Background imageLucy Collection: Brother and sister on holiday, Brighton, Sussex

Brother and sister on holiday, Brighton, Sussex
Brother and sister (Harold and Lucy Auerbach) on holiday in Brighton, Sussex, having their photograph taken on Brighton Pier with their heads in the holes of a comic painted board. Date: 1912

Background imageLucy Collection: Young woman bathing at Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Young woman bathing at Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Young woman (Lucy Auerbach, nickname Boo) bathing in the sea at Scarborough, North Yorkshire -- photograph taken from inside a bathing hut. 1904

Background imageLucy Collection: Woman at seaside with pigeons

Woman at seaside with pigeons (Lucy Auerbach, 1890-1972). Date: circa 1950s

Background imageLucy Collection: Last day of the holidays, saying goodbye, Southwold, Suffolk

Last day of the holidays, saying goodbye, Southwold, Suffolk -- members of the Auerbach family (Albert, Harold, Lucy and Violet), and members of the Cattley family, September 1912. 1912

Background imageLucy Collection: Sir Henry William Lucy, English political journalist

Sir Henry William Lucy, English political journalist
Sir Henry William Lucy (1842-1924), English political journalist. circa 1900s

Background imageLucy Collection: Hildred, a mannequin for Lucile

Hildred, a mannequin for Lucile
One of Luciles famous models. Lady Lucy Duff Gordon (aka Lucile) was famous for employing a band of mannequins at her salon and for introducing the mannequin parade for her customers

Background imageLucy Collection: Margot, lead mannequin for Lucile

Margot, lead mannequin for Lucile
Margot, the chief mannequin at the salon of Lucile, aka Lady Lucy Duff Gordon in the 1920s. One newspaper described her thus

Background imageLucy Collection: Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Salt the Boatman

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Salt the Boatman. circa 1930s

Background imageLucy Collection: Constantia Ldy Coleraine

Constantia Ldy Coleraine
CONSTANTIA LUCY, baroness COLERAINE first wife of Henry Hare, second baron Date: ? - 1680

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Countess Carlisle

Lucy Countess Carlisle
LUCY (nee Percy) countess of CARLISLE wife of James, first earl. Date: 1599 - 1660

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Countess Bedford 1

Lucy Countess Bedford 1
Lucy Harrington, countess of BEDFORD, wife of Edward Russell, third earl; patroness of the arts Date: ? - 1627

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Countess Bedford 2

Lucy Countess Bedford 2
Lucy Harrington, countess of BEDFORD, wife of Edward Russell, third earl; patroness of the arts Date: ? - 1627

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Countess Bedford 3

Lucy Countess Bedford 3
Lucy Harrington, countess of BEDFORD, wife of Edward Russell, third earl; patroness of the arts Date: ? - 1627

Background imageLucy Collection: Hester Stanhope - Lebano

Hester Stanhope - Lebano
Lady hester Lucy Stanhope, Lebanon home where the traveller to Asia settled, never returning to her native England Date: 1830s

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Hutchinson / Anon Eng

Lucy Hutchinson / Anon Eng
LUCY HUTCHINSON nee Apsley Writer Date: 1620 - ?

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Manon

Lucy Manon Actress Date: early 20th century

Background imageLucy Collection: Gay Beggars Benefit

Gay Beggars Benefit
Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Lucy and Polly in Macheaths prison cell: a Covent Garden performance for the benefit of Mr Walker

Background imageLucy Collection: John Hutchinson / Neagle

John Hutchinson / Neagle
Colonel JOHN HUTCHINSON Military, regicide, husband of writer Lucy Hutchinson Date: 1615 - 1664

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Hutchinson / Hopwood

Lucy Hutchinson / Hopwood
LUCY HUTCHINSON nee Apsley writer Date: 1620 - ?

Background imageLucy Collection: Dress of the reign of James I, 1601-1625, based

Dress of the reign of James I, 1601-1625, based on Lady Lucy Percy.. She wears a dress with jeweled bodice, double lace ruff, puff sleeves, embroidered petticoat, hat with pearls and veil

Background imageLucy Collection: At the Forge, WW1 scene by Lucy Kemp-Welch

At the Forge, WW1 scene by Lucy Kemp-Welch
British army horses being shod at a makeshift forge somewhere on the Western Front. Date: 1919

Background imageLucy Collection: Womens Work WW1

Womens Work WW1. Women workers in many trades and professions, celebrated in this image by Lucy Kemp-Welch, Womens work in the great war, 1914-1918 Date: circa 1918

Background imageLucy Collection: Hester L Stanhope

Hester L Stanhope
LADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE(1776 - 1839) Traveller to Asia, where she settled and adopted eastern manners. Date: 1776 - 1839

Background imageLucy Collection: Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)

Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)
Illustration of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, the English traveller, pictured in Middle-Eastern garb smoking a pipe. In the early 19th century Lady Stanhope travelled in the Levant

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Monument Charlecote

Lucy Monument Charlecote
The tomb of sir Thomas Lucy, in the chapel of Charlecote church, associated with Shakeapeare. Date: 1564 - 1616

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Oswald

Lucy Oswald
LUCY OSWALD (nee Johnstone) wife of Richard A Oswald Date: ? - 1798

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Howard De Walden

Lucy Howard De Walden
LUCY, baroness HOWARD DE WALDEN (nee Bentinck) wife of Charles A Ellis, fifth baron Date: 1808 - 1899

Background imageLucy Collection: Lucy Hicks-Beach

Lucy Hicks-Beach
LUCY, wife of sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Date: 1837 - 1916

Background imageLucy Collection: Virgin Child Glory Adored Saints Catherine Lucy

Virgin Child Glory Adored Saints Catherine Lucy
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Background imageLucy Collection: Saint Barbara left Catherine center Lucy right

Saint Barbara left Catherine center Lucy right
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Background imageLucy Collection: Virgin Child Appearing Saint Agatha Lucy 1682-1750

Virgin Child Appearing Saint Agatha Lucy 1682-1750
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Background imageLucy Collection: Madonna Child Enthroned Saints James Minor Lucy

Madonna Child Enthroned Saints James Minor Lucy
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Background imageLucy Collection: LUCY HAYES (1831-1889). Nee Lucy Ware Webb. First Lady to Rutherford B. Hayes. Photograph

LUCY HAYES (1831-1889). Nee Lucy Ware Webb. First Lady to Rutherford B. Hayes. Photograph
LUCY HAYES (1831-1889). Ne Lucy Ware Webb. First Lady to Rutherford B. Hayes. Photograph, c1875

Background imageLucy Collection: SUFFRAGETTES, 1918. Lucy Branham burning a speech by President Woodrow Wilson during

SUFFRAGETTES, 1918. Lucy Branham burning a speech by President Woodrow Wilson during a National Womans Party pageant at the Lafayette statue in Washington, D.C. Photograph, 16 September 1918

Background imageLucy Collection: LUCY BRANHAM (1892-1966). American suffragist and leader of the National Womans Party

LUCY BRANHAM (1892-1966). American suffragist and leader of the National Womans Party. Photographed during Prison Special

Background imageLucy Collection: PORTRAIT: WOMAN, c1865. Portrait of Miss Lucy Dean. Photograph, c1865

PORTRAIT: WOMAN, c1865. Portrait of Miss Lucy Dean. Photograph, c1865




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"Lucy: Unveiling the Enigmatic Australopithecus afarensis" Meet Lucy, a remarkable fossil discovery that revolutionized our understanding of human evolution. Known scientifically as Australopithecus afarensis (AL 288-1), Lucy provides us with invaluable insights into our ancient ancestors' lives. Just like the nursery rhyme character, "Lucy Locket lost her pocket, " this Lucy too had something precious to offer – a glimpse into our evolutionary past. Discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, Lucy's skeleton is estimated to be around 3. 2 million years old. Her significance cannot be overstated; she represents one of the most complete early hominid skeletons ever found. With her bipedal posture and small brain size, it offers crucial evidence for understanding how humans evolved from ape-like ancestors. While Brigham Young may have been known as a Mormon leader with multiple wives, it is fascinating to think about how different life was for Lady Houston D. B. E and Lady Duff-Gordon during their respective eras. These women were influential figures in their own right – just like Lucy left an indelible mark on scientific history. In another context entirely, Lady Duff-Gordon's beautiful mannequins showcased fashion trends of their time. Similarly, Fat Lucy Moore might have been remembered for her unique personality or distinctive appearance. However, it is through the footprints and skeletal remains of this ancient being that we truly come face-to-face with our ancestral heritage. The study has provided scientists with valuable information about early hominin locomotion and behavior. Not all they are prehistoric though; Miss Lucy Pocock made waves as a sculling champion in her time. Her athletic prowess reminds us that even today's individuals named they are make significant contributions to society. Lastly, let us not forget other notable Lucys like Lucy Walter, also known as Mrs.