Scenes Collection

British Military Recruitment Poster of 1912
Royal Scots Fusiliers. Colour photolithograph recruitment poster of 1912, showing battle honours and scenes of regimental history. 1912

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

Nursery Rhymes -- two travelling scenes

Hercules bicycles Coronation advertisement
Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles, founded in 1910 in Birmingham, showing the street of a typical British town decorated with flags, swags and bunting for the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion
Satirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Scenes from La Revue Mistinguett at the Moulin Rouge from Paris Plaisirs number 53, November 1926 Date: 1926

Children at play - Addison Place, London
Children playing cricket and climbing drainpipes - Addison Place, London. Date: 1956

Houses of Parliament with Royal procession, 1804
The Houses of Parliament, pictured in 1804 with crowds assembled to watch the Royal Procession. Date: 1804

Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on Gala Night, 1804
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Merrymakers seen gathered around the illuminated band stand. Date: 1804

Mayfair in 1716
A decidedly rural looking Mayfair, now the most prestigious and expensive area of London, pictured in 1716. Date: 1716

Boys tying rope round a lamppost, Southam Street
Two boys tying a length of rope round a lamppost in Southam Street, North Kensington, West London, so that they can swing round it (see 10061196). Date: 1956

Ballroom dancer and dresser in dressing room - Brentwood
Ballroom dancer and his dresser in a dressing room. Behind the scenes at the Brentwood Preliminary Qualifier for the World Professional Ballroom Dancing Championships

Tours & Excursions, Emerald Isle
A montage of Irish scenes and landmarks, including the Giants Causeway, Connemara, Killarney, Rostrevor, and a lady playing a harp

Cooks Nile Service, Ps Tewfik
An illustrated cover of a passenger list for Cooks Nile Steamer Tewfik -- two Egyptian scenes with people, a sphinx, pyramids and palm trees. Date: 1892

Tea party for a bear and his friends

Ballroom dancer getting ready in dressing room
Behind the Scenes - Ballroom dancer getting ready, checking her fishnets in a dressing room. Sound and List Preliminary event

Ballroom dancer in dressing room
Ballroom dancer getting ready in a dressing room. Behind the Scenes - Sound and Listen Preliminary event

Two women help dancer in dressing room
Behind the Scenes. Two women help a ballroom dancer get ready in a dressing room - Sound and Listen event - Preliminary Competition

Ballroom dancer and dresser in dressing room
Behinds the Scenes at a Sound and Listen event, preliminary competition. A ballroom dancer and her dresser in a dressing room, getting ready to perform

Ballroom dancer doing her makeup, Blackpool
Behind the scenes - a ballroom dancer doing her makeup in a dressing room. 1997

Man at Work. Ballroom dancer in dressing room
Man at Work. A ballroom dancer repairing his costume in a dressing room

Behind the scenes at Blackpool - looking in mirror
Behind the scenes at Blackpool. A male ballroom dancer checking his appearance in a hand mirror. 1997

Police Officer in silhouette
A police officer in helmet and cape directs traffic in London. Date: 1926

Flower-seller in silhouette
A Flower Girl, although she looks more like a lady of a certain age, seated next to the flowers she sells to Londoners each day. Date: 1926

Mother and child in silhouette
A homeless mother and child - described as a Madonna by the artist - captured on a London street in silhouette. Date: 1926

Bellboy in silhouette
A bellboy in uniform carrying a small parcel, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

St Pauls pigeons in silhouette
A small child feeds the pigeons outside St Pauls Cathedral, a traditional gathering place for the avian vermin once upon a time before they moved on to Trafalgar Square

Behind the scenes - Ballroom dancer in washroom
Behind the scenes at the Royal Albert Hall - preparation for the Championships. A ballroom dancer in a washroom. 2002

The Embankment artist in silhouette
An artist on the Victoria Embankment, London takes a portrait of a small girl. Date: 1926

Rag Fair silhouette
Silhouette of a Rag Fair in London, showing a woman stall holder displaying her wares which range from old boots to fire bellows. Date: 1926

Ballroom dancers relaxing - Behind the scenes at Blackpool
Behind the scenes at Blackpool Ballroom dancers relaxing, some with their bare feet up on a table. 1997

Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family -- a typical summary of Victorian values, with advice including: Waste Not, Want Not; Do everything at its proper time; Be punctual, be regular

Wedding at Addison Place, London
A wedding taking place at Addison Place, London. The bride and groom pose on the steps for their photograph, while the guests gather on the right. Date: 1956

Cover design for The Poster, August 1899, Number XIII, Volume III, price sixpence. A young woman sits at a cafe table watching a couple walk by. August 1899

Ford Car Advertisement
A woman stops in her new Ford Cabriolet convertible by a small provincial theatre to show off her new costume to fellow co-stars. Date: June 1931

Calvi Beach, Corsica
Sumptuous and colourful beach scene advertising the Corsican resort of Calvi, showing a 1930s lady in her bathing suit against beach and town. circa 1932

Old Boys Pub
Working class men putting the world to rights over a few pints in a pub in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1961

Children Fighting
A group of children watching a couple of boys fighting in the street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

Learning to Weave
A girl learning to weave on a loom at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

Swedish Military Review
The Changing of the Guard in Stockholm, Sweden. Date: early 1930s

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

Screaming Girl
A little girl runs down the street screaming and crying her eyes out, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

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

Farmyard Dogs
Dogs sleeping in a Devon (England) farmyard, happy to be beside the farmer, hammering in his outbuilding. Date: early 1930s

Sheffield Pub Scene
A busy scene in a working class pub in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Note the women, most of them wearing headscarfs! Date: 1961

Silver Jubilee 1935
Central London, heaving with buses and traffic, gaily decorated with flags and bunting to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary. Date: 1935

Royals Leave Palace
A crowd gathers at the gates of Buckingham Palace to watch King George V and Queen Mary driving past. Date: early 1930s

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

Boy with a Wheel
A boy playing with a tyreless bicycle wheel on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1959

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

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

Beached Sailing Ship
A sailing ship stranded on a British beach at low tide. Date: 1930s

Children & Masks
A group of children playing with masks on Edenham Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

Street Kids
Black and white children playing together, one of them riding a tricycle, on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

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

Sandwich Weavers
A woman weaver making woven fabric in Jasper Pearsons shop at Sandwich, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Girl and Bottles / 1957
A young girl stands at the side of Princedale Road, London clutching a pair of empty milk bottles Date: 1957

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

Sheffield Kids 1966
A group of working class children playing on a climbing frame, on the Hyde Park Estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: 1966

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

Bombsite Boy
A little boy with a bandaged knee covers his face on a bombsite (12 years after the end of World War Two). Waverley Walk, Harrow Road area, London. 1957

Playing Out
A group of little girls and one little boy, playing on the pavement on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1961

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

Post-War Recruitment
Poster asking employers to take on men who have served during the First World War, featuring a personal plea from Douglas Haig. Date: c.1918-19

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

Use the Air Mail Poster
GPO Poster, Use the Air Mail, The Fastest Mail. Depicting the underside of a monoplane against a blue and black sky. 1933

Glasgow Kids Playing
A group of boys playing, two of them riding bicycles, on a street in Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1958

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

Female Motor Cyclists
Two jolly young women motor cyclists, dressed rather impractically in knitwear and sensible skirts and without helmets are off for a round of golf with their clubs. Date: early 1930s

London Street 1957

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

Biarritz Beach Belles

Wedding Celebrations

Girls with Cat
Two little girls, sitting on a doorstep, stroking a cat. A little boy goes by on his scooter. North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

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

Beach Games
A young couple throwing a ball to one another on the beach at Cliftonville, England. Date: early 1930s

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

Greek Mother & Kids
A Greek woman and her children walk down the steps of a steep street in Kritsa, East Crete. Date: 1965

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