Sep16 Collection (#2)

The Country Club at Johannesburg
The rendezvous of Rand society - the Johannesburg Country Club situated in a suburb of Auckland Park. Date: 1929

Old Bill and Co. August 1940
" Hey! Mind what yer doin ! Thats the second time you ve got me with that fifth column o yours!" Bruce Bairnsfather pokes fun at rumours of German spies

Villagers Gathered Around the Wireless
Villagers in Charlwood, Sussex, gathered around the wireless radio in a local pub. 1940

Fancy Dress Optional
Watercolour painting by D.W. Hawksley (1884-1970), " Fancy Dress Optional". 1928

The Lady Lloyd of Dolobran by Glyn W. Philpot
Lady Lloyd of Dolobran, formerly Blanche Lascelles, painted by Glyn W. Philpot. 1929

Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire
Boys being taught in the Chemistry Laboratory at Eton College, Berkshire. Date: circa 1905

Feeding the Pigeons on steps of St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 1925

Andrea Majinski at Charing
Andrea Majinski, a Czechoslovak model of the 1920s, poses holding a dog at Charing, Kent. She was a model of the sculptor Jacob Epstein. 1927

Collins Street (Central), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Date: circa 1920s

Mobile Canteens
A row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940

Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist has got carried away
Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist (Professor Smith) has got carried away... " Its taking you a long time to write I love Annie !" Date: circa 1920s

Mrs William Fiske (Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick)
Portrait of Mrs William Fiske, formerly Miss Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick. After her divorce from her first husband, the Earl of Warwick, Rose married Billy Fiske, an American bobsled champion

Evelyn Waugh and Evelyn Gardner
Writer Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) alongside his first wife, Evelyn Gardner, whom he had married the previous week. 1928

Woman from Cairo - Veiled Date: circa 1908

Malta - Valletta - St. Johns Church Date: circa 1910s

Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, USA
Hotel Pennsylvania - located at 401 7th Avenue (15 Penn Plaza) in Manhattan, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden in New York City, USA. Date: 1921

Sandra Paul (Howard)
1960s model Sandra Paul wearing a Scottish tweed skirt with specially toned silk shirt from Daks. Married to journalist David Wynne-Morgan at the time this photograph was published in London Life

Tunis, Tunisia - Ornate Arab Doorway Date: circa 1900s

Tbilisi, Georgia - Michael Bridge over the Kura River Date: circa 1910s

Marchioness of Milford Haven and Gloria Vanderbilt
Nada, Marchioness of Milford Haven with her good friend Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt at fashionable Eden Roc on the French Riviera. Date: 1932

Marchioness of Milford Haven by Philip de Laszlo
Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (28 March 1896 22 January 1963) second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia

The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Athena by Johannes Benk, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Athena for the dome of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) by Johannes Benk (1844-1914), Austrian Sculptor. Date: circa 1903

Geneva, Switzerland - The Chair and Pulpit of John Calvin. The great Scottish reformer John Knox also preached to the English congregation from this pulpit. Date: circa 1910s

Ley lines: Radnor Vale, Wales
Map showing the eastern end of Radnor Vale, Wales, with the ley lines drawn in by hand. Date: 1925

Mr and Mrs William Fiske (Rose Bingham, Countess of Warwick)
Billy Fiske, bobsled champion and well-known Cresta rider and Rose, Countess of Warwick (formerly Rose Bingham) pictured flying to France for their honeymoon after marrying in Maidenhead in 1938

Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth s
Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939

Duke of Kent and his children, 1940
Prince George, Duke of Kent poses with his son, Prince Edward, and daughter, Princess Alexandra, alongside a group of Canadian nurses. 1940

Patricia and Edwina Mountbatten, 1928
From left to right: Patricia Mountbatten (1924- ), Lady Edwina Mountbatten, n饠 Ashley (1901-1960), Mrs Richard Norton, Miss Sarah Norton and John Norton at Deauville, Normandy. 1928

Princess Charlotte of Monaco, 1928
Princess Charlotte Louise, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois (1898-1977). 1928

Depiction of the Thames in the early 19th century
View of the River Thames in the early 19th century. The " soaring spires" of London, as well as the dome of St Paul s, are visible in the background

Wills Star Cigarettes advertisement
Advertisement for Wills Star Cigarettes (in the Cambridge Blue box), with a red-haired woman enjoying a smoke. Date: 1935

Japan - General Sadao Araki and General Nobuyuki Abe
(left) General Sadao Araki (1877-1966) - general in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. Leader of the Kodo-ha (Imperial Way) faction

Montagu Monuments, St Edmunds Church, Warkton, Northants
The Montagu Monuments are four stunning marble statues in the unlikely setting of Grade I listed St Edmunds Church in Warkton, Northamptonshire

Coventry, Warwickshire, England - The Pilgrims Rest Inn on the corner of Pamer Street and Ironmonger Row. A hostel was erected in Palmer Lane for the lodging of pilgrims by the Benedicitne Priory of

Seoul, South Korea - Shinshi Men smoking long-stemmed pipes. Date: circa 1920s

St. Ives, Cornwall - A Salvation Army open air meeting on the slipway, where hundreds would gather to sing favourite hymns and listen to the gospel on a Sunday evening. Date: circa 1940s

Stephen Vernon and Ursula Filmer-Sankey
Stephen Vernon and Lady Ursula Filmer-Sankey, eldest daughter of the Duke of Westminster, pictured in The Bystander after their wedding. 1940

John Hannah and Roderick Learoyd
The front cover of The Bystander features John Hannah and Roderick Learoyd, two R.A.F. pilots who recently received the Victoria Cross. Hannahs V.C

David Niven and Primula Rollo Married
Hollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940

A diamond tiara belonging to the Romanov dynasty
Diamond tiara, once belonging to the Empress Marie Fedorovna. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie Manson and Woods auction house in 1927. 1927

The brooch of the Romanoffs
Brooch which had once owned to the Russian royal family. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie, Manson and Woods auction house in 1927. 1927

Rolex Oyster Wrist Watch advertisement
Advertisement for the Rolex Oyster Wrist Watch, the most accurate wrist watch in the world made waterproof. To prove it, Jabez Wolffe

Children in fancy dress - clown and princess
Unidentified children in a somewhat sinister fancy dress tableaux. A small boy (at least we assume its a boy) wears a clown outfit

Dutch map postcard of the Baltic States, focusing on Latvia (Lettland). Date: 1918

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour, New York, USA
Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour, New York, USA - created by French sculptor and designer Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and opened in 1886. Date: circa 1910s

Lily Dale, NY, USA - South Street
Lily Dale - a hamlet located in the Town of Pomfret on the east side of Cassadaga Lake, next to the Village of Cassadaga. Located in southwestern New York State, USA

Tbilisi, Georgia - The Viceroys Palace on Golovin Avenue
Tbilisi, Georgia - The Viceroys Palace (Palace of the Caucasian Viceroy) on Golovin Avenue (Rustaveli Avenue). Date: circa 1910s

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