Clarence Collection (page 4)

The Queen Mary In Relation To Trafalgar Square, London, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Interior view of the prison in the Bowyer Tower, Tower of London, Stepney, London, 1883. The Bowyer Tower is one of the thirteen towers of the Inner Ward

Clarence Hatry, failed British financier, 1929. On 20 September 1929 trading in shares in Clarence Charles Hatrys (1888-1965) company, the Hatry group, was suspended by the London Stock Exchange

The Protagonists of Dayton, Tennessee, USA, 1925. American lawyers Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) and William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) at the Scopes Trial

Murder of Prince Edward after his capture by King Edward IV, 1471 (1864). Artist
Murder of Prince Edward after his capture by King Edward IV, 1471 (1864). Edward of Westminster (1453-1471), Prince of Wales, the son of the Lancastrian King Henry VI (1421-1471)

The McNamaras on their way back to jail having changed their pleas to guilty, 1911
The McNamara brothers on their way back to jail, California, USA, 1911. John and James McNamara were Los Angeles trade unionists who bombed the offices of the Los Angeles Times in 1910 during a

Edward IV, King of England, (1932). Artist: Rosalind Thornycroft
Edward IV, King of England, (1932). A Plantagenet of the Yorkist line, Edward (1442-1483) came to the throne in 1461. The first half of his reign was marked by civil war against the Lancastrians

De Havilland DH89 aircraft used on some of the Railway Air Service routes, c1934 (c1937). Introduced in 1934, the De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide was a British short-haul biplane airliner for 6-8

The St Louis Robin refuelling, c1929 (c1937). An endurance flight of over 420 hours was made in 1929 by the St Louis Robin, shown here being refuelled during flight

Method of refuelling aircraft devised by Sir Alan Cobham, c1936 (c1937). Alan John Cobham (1894-1973) was an English aviation pioneer

The four Bristol Jupiter engines of the Imperial Airways liner Scylla, c1936 (c1937). Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long distance air travel company, operating from 1924 to 1939

The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft Mercury, c1929 (c1937)
The upper component of the Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft Mercury undergoing flight trials at Rochester, Kent, c1929 (c1937)

American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his plane, Spirit of St Louis, c1927 (c1937). In 1927 Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer

Charles Lindbergh checking the engine of his aircraft before his transatlantic flight, 1927 (c1937)
Charles Lindbergh checking the 220 hp Wright Whirlwind engine of his aircraft before his transatlantic flight, 1927 (c1937)

Hawker Hart biplanes flying in formation, c1936 (c1937). The Hawker Hart was a British two seater biplane light bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force

Movable gun of a two-seater fighter plane, c1935 (c1937). The feature of a moving gun on the two-seater fighter allowed for precise firing

A Swissair plane flying near St Moritz Aerodrome, Switzerland, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Pilots cockpit of a Tiger Moth equipped for blind flying, c1936 (c1937). The De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth is a 1931 biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland (1882- 1965)

Customs officers examining passengers baggage at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, 1937. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Control tower at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

X-ray apparatus used for examination of suspected cases of heart or lung disease, c1935 (c1937)
X-ray apparatus used at the Central Medical Board for examination of suspected cases of heart or lung disease in prospective commercial pilots, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

The winner of the £10, 000 prize for the flight from London to Manchester, 1910 (c1937)
The winner of the £ 10, 000 prize for the flight from London to Manchester, 1910 (c1937). Pioneering French aviator Louis Paulhan (1883-1963)

Passengers boarding one of the Junkers airliners of South African Airways, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

The US airship Macon being moored to the mobile mast at Lakehurst, New Jersey, c1935 (c1937). The USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the US Navy as a flying aircraft carrier

Making adjustments to the net of a balloon before attaching the basket, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Ready to test instruments for use in the attempt on the words height record in 1935 (c1937). American balloonists Orvil Arson Anderson (1895-1965) and Albert William Stevens (1886-1949)

Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). Artist: GPO
Loading mails on board an Imperial Airways liner at Croydon Airport, c1936 (c1937). The mail is brought from London to the aerodrome in streamlined cars painted blue to distinguish the airmail

An instructor explaining engine details to a pupils at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, c1936 (c1937)
An instructor explaining engine details to a group of pupils at the Service Flying Training School at Sealand Aerodrome, Flintshire, Wales, c1936 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

A lecture on instrument flying at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937)
A lecture on instrument flying in progress at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire, c1936 (c1937). The diagrams on the board represent turn indicators. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol

Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, British aviators, c1919 (c1937). John William Alcock (1892-1919), a Captain in the Royal Air Force

All clear for the start at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, c1936 (c1937). A Lufthansa aircraft ready to take off. From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester

The aeroplane that made the first flight of a circular mile in Great Britain, c1909 (c1937). John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon

The internal structure of the airship R101, c1929 (c1937). The R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a government programme to develop civil airships capable

Albert Ball, British First World War pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross, c1917 (c1937). Albert Ball (1896-1917) learned to fly at Hendon Airfield shortly after the outbreak of the First World

British rigid airship R101 riding at her mooring mast at Cardington, Bedfordshire, c1929 (c1937). The R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a government

Major James H Doolittle, American aviator, c1936 (c1937). James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993) was one of the most famous pilots of the interwar period, achieving numerous pioneering aviation feats

Aerial equipment on the Imperial Airways liner Hengist, c1936 (c1937). Artist: Marconis Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd
Aerial equipment on the Imperial Airways liner Hengist, c1936 (c1937). The round aerial is part of the homing radio system, one of the first aerial directional finding systems

Colonel Charles A Lindbergh, American aviator, c1931 (c1937). Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was an aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist

Before the first flight over Mount Everest, 1933 (c1937). The Everest mail being handed to the pilot of the Westland Wallace aircraft by Colonel PT Etherton

Ground Instruction in map reading, c1935 (c1937). The instructor explains to his pupils how to fold a map for reading in the air

Flying boats and floatplanes from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, c1936 (c1937)
Flying boats and floatplanes from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy during exercises in the Mediterranean, c1936 (c1937)

A huge balloon was necessary for Professor Piccards ascent, c1936 (c1937).. Jean Felix Piccard (1884-1963) was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist

The Hafner Gyroplane, c1935 (c1937). The Hafner AR III Gyroplane, a British autogyro designed by Austrian Raoul Hafner (1905-1980), and built by the AR III Construction Company at Denham

The Duke of Clarence and King George, 1875 (1935). From King Emperors Jubilee, by F. G. H. Salusbury [Daily Express Publications, London, 1935]

San Agostino Canal, Venice, c1905 (1914-1915). Artist: Clarence Gagnon
San Agostino Canal, Venice, c1905 (1914-1915). From The Studio Volume 63. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1914-1915]

Cabin of a De Havilland DH86B biplane, c1934 (c1937). View inside the cabin of a De Havilland DH86 Express airliner showing the ten seats upholstered in blue leather

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, c1890s. Artist: London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, c1890s. Portrait of the prince (1864-1892), who died of pneumonia before he was thirty

What The Nation Hopes Soon To See, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
What The Nation Hopes Soon To See, 1863. On 8th January 1864, the New Year was celebrated by the birth of a son, Albert Victor, afterwards Duke of Clarence, to the Prince and Princess of Wales

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