20th Collection

Churchills praise for RAF Pilots
" Never was so much owed by so many to so few" - Prime Minister Winston Churchill from a speech made on 20th August 1940

RMS Olympic invitation, restaurant card
An invitation, bearing the name of Mr George F Morrell of The Graphic, for a Channel trip on the White Star Line cruise ship, the RMS Olympic

The Shipbuilder, Souvenir Number
Front cover of a Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder industry journal, focusing on the White Star Line triple-screw cruise liners, Olympic and Titanic. Date: early 20th century

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner

HMS Terrible and HM Yacht jigsaw puzzle
A colour illustration of HMS Terrible, a Royal Navy armoured cruiser launched in 1895

William Nutbean, Certificate of Discharge
Certificate of Discharge of William Nutbean, a Fireman/Stoker on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic

Early aviation artefacts
A selection of early aviation artefacts associated with Louis Bleriot and Alcock & Brown

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic
A White Star Line booklet containing plans of the Olympic and Titanic triple-screw steamers. Part of a cross-section plan can be seen, revealing the various levels towards the prow of the ship

Flower faces
Xmas card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: 1903

Tulip flower faces
Easter greetings card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Yellow rose flower faces
Valentine card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Red rose flower faces
Valentine card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Quince flower faces
Easter greetings card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Pink Rose flower faces
Valentine card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Iris flower faces
Easter greetings card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Daffodil flower faces
Easter greetings card. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Date: circa 1906

Poster advertising Guy de Coral & Co, Amsterdam
Poster advertising Guy de Coral & Co of Amsterdam, Arnhem and Den Haag, for photography and other services. Date: early 20th century

Gertie Millar. Actress. One the most famous English singer-actresses the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies

Provocation by David Wright, showing a woman relaxing on an armchair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Record Sales Foreseen
A wholesale distributors forecast record sales as their new glamorous sales woman leaves the warehouse with two little monkey assistants. Illustration by Lawson Wood. Date: 20th century

Business Keeps Going Up
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan having to saw a hole in the ceiling to accommodate his ever growing sales projection. Date: 20th century

Man on N. London Street
A sharp dresser on a North Kensington Street Date: 1959

Southam St (Mayne) 1961
Two ladies have a chat on the kerb as a mother heads off with her young child across the street and a stern faced woman walks home with the shopping. Date: 1961

Hampden Crescent / London
Two young women wrapped up against the cold walk happily along Hampden Crescent, London Date: 1958

Street Corner / 1956 / Mayne
A little girl turns to look back down the road on the corner of Southam Street, North Kensington, London as two older ladies stop to talk below a streetlamp. Date: 1956

Street Scene
A group of people getting into a car on Addison Place, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

Piccadilly Circus / Girls
Two young women lean against the railings by Piccadilly Circus Date: 1965

Harrow Road / 1960
The Harrow Road, North London. A woman with a pram crossing the road. Date: 1960

Gran pop a LA Carte
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing Gran pop the orang utan about to have a rather dangerous accident while driving a go-kart. Date: 20th century

View from Tower Block
The view from a tower block - Hyde Park - Sheffield A Father (or possible Grandfather) and young lad look out across the houses, factories and steeples Date: 1966

At the Club
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing a club waitress eavesdropping on the gossip of two cigar and pipe smoking club members (monkeys essentially). Date: 20th century

Stern Reproof
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan working as a delivery driver and dispatching a group of naughty fruit thieves. Date: 20th century

Southam Street 1956
Children playing on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

A Swell Hand-Out
Comic illustration showing two naughty little monkeys in pyjamas tricking Father Christmas (Gran pop the orang utan) with a bottomless stocking. Date: 20th century

Waiting Outside Pub
Black and white Working Class men, hanging around on a street corner, waiting for the Princess Alexandra pub to open, North Kensington, London. Date: 1957

Mods / Brixton / 1963 / Mayne
Three mods prepare to head off on their Vespa scooters Brixton, London Date: 1963

Spivs & Molls
Working class spivs and their molls, Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

The all Scotch Spirit
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing a miserly Scottish driver filling up his cigarette lighter with petrol from the pump at a filling station. Date: 20th century

Men Standing Around
A group of men standing around chatting and smoking, Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Doorstep Gossip
Two working class women having a gossip on a doorstep on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1957

After the Wedding / Mayne
Family gathering after a wedding on Addison Road North Kensington, London Date: 1956

Admiring a Limo
Working class people gawking at a limousine and chauffeur on a rare visit to Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

Teds / Kensington / 1957
Six young lads, some in classic Teddy Boy attire of suits, long coats and quiffs, lounge out on the pavement in North Kensington, London Date: 1957

Wedding Celebrations

Granpop Floats a Company
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing Gran pop pushing off three anxious little monkeys on a log down a stream. Date: 20th century

Hyde Park Council Estate
A group of children run along the walkway of a block of flats on the Hyde Park Council Estate, Sheffield. Date: 1966

To the Public Danger
Humorous scene by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing policemen chasing a gentleman in a futuristic flying machine along a main road. Satire on flying which was in infancy. Date: 20th century

Hyde Park Estate Shops
Women and children shopping at the local shop which forms part of the Hyde Park Estate, Sheffield. Date: 1966

London Street Scene / 1957
Children play beside Portland Road in North Kensington - London Date: 1957

Teddy Boys / London / 1956
A large group of Teddy Boys turn to watch the photographer as a young lad in the foreground pulls back on his catapult, ready to fire at a friend or foe Date: 1956

Piccadilly Circus / 1965
A woman waits on the corner and a man waits to cross the road at Piccadilly Circus. Date: 1965

Reducing the Gas Bill
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a Scottish man blowing into his gas supply in an attempt to reduce bills watched by his son in a tartan kilt. Date: 20th century

Teddy Boy and Girl / 1956
Mid-fifties fashions in full effect at the Battersea Fun Fair. This Teddy boy and his girl are in their full finery 1956

Macanny Late for the Tee
Comic scene showing a panicking Scottish man dashing through a hotel after sleeping in and missing the start of his golf match. Date: 20th century

Waiting for Opening Time
Working Class black and white men, waiting outside for the Princess Alexandra pub to open, North Kensington, London. Date: 1957

Working Class Women
Working class women staring down the street from a doorstep on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1957

White Star Line cup, saucer and plate
A china cup, saucer and plate bearing the White Star Line name and flag. Date: early 20th century

Svelte by David Wright, showing a model leaning against the back of a chair semi naked. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Southam Street 1958
Children playing on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Who Said Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? By Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing two male cats fighting over a pretty female cat. Date: 20th August 1930

Golborne Road / Bridge
Golborne Road, North Kensington - with a view toward the backs of the houses on Southam Street (now demolished) behind. An elderly lady wheels an empty buggy 1958

For Healths Sake
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing two cheeky monkey pilfering fruit from a sleeping orang utan, Gran pop. Title is For Healths Sake Take Things Quietly. Date: 20th century

Wet West End St Scene
A young woman uses her magazine to keep off the rain as she dashes along a West End street in London. 1956

Snowy Kensington Scene
A family crosses Kensal Place, a road in Kensington, London, on a snowy day. There seems to be an abandoned pram in the gutter. Date: 1962

Edinburgh Soc. Scene / 1958
Housewives sitting outside their tenements in Edinburgh in the late 1950s Date: 1958

Steamship off the coast of Africa
A steamship off the coast of Africa, no doubt engaged in the export and import of goods, in this Empire Marketing Board depiction. C.1930

Convalescence
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a small monkey chewing an apple while looking after a convalescing Granpop the orang-utan. Date: 20th century

White Star Line cup and plate
A cup and a plate bearing the White Star Line name and flag. Date: early 20th century

RMS Mauretania with its distinctive four red funnels, a steam ship belonging to the Cunard Line, built in 1906. Date: early 20th century

Man on Scooter / 1961
A young man on his scooter - North Kensington - London Date: 1961

DFP car speeding through the desert
A car manufactured by DFP -- Doriot, Flandrin & Parant -- is driven through the desert by four French tourists, causing shock and surprise to people and camels. Date: early 20th century

Lady skiing down a mountain
A lady in Edwardian dress skis down a mountain -- behind her, a man has fallen over, perhaps in surprise at her expertise or bravery. Date: early 20th century

Black and Blue by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

1960S Bristol
Two couple head for night out in Bristol along an abandoned dockside street Date: 1967

Going with a Swing
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing Gran pop the orang utan swinging on vines. Entitled Gran pop travels a la Carte. Date: 20th century

Street Scene / Nottingham
St Annes - Nottingham. A Grandmother sits on her step in a pinny having a chat, whlie a young girl heads down the street biting her nails Date: 1969

Lamp Post Larks
Mischievous little girls hanging from a lamp post, St. Stephens Gardens, London. Date: 1957

Skinningrove / 1972
Walking along the sea front in Skinningrove, North Yorkshire. Date: 1972

Playing on Street / Mayne
A group of boys and young lads out on the street at Brindley Road, London. It seems likely that a football is just out of shot. Date: 1957

Southam St / 1957 (Mayne)
Women of two generations stop to talk on Southam Street, North Kensington Date: 1957

Not Quite a Lady
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing Gran pop the orang utan reprimanding a cheeky young monkey who is making a face from the safety of her swing. Date: 20th century

Abergwynfi / Men & Child
Two elderley men look after a young girl in Abergwynfi, a former mining town boasting Avon Colliery, Wales. Date: 1971

Birmingham Girls / 1964
Two fashionable girls are amongst the shoppers in a busy Birmingham street. Date: 1964

Playing out 1957
Black and white children playing on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1957

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