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Henry E Collection

Background imageHenry E Collection: Tram in the Kingsway Subway, London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Tram in the Kingsway Subway, London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Tram in the Kingsway Subway, London, 1931, (1933). Kingsway Subway, the underground link connecting the tramway services in North and South London

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Starting Point of Morris Motors, 1912, (1933). The Oxford Garage in Oxford where British motor manufacturer and philanthropist William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) started his business

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Bennie Railplane, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Bennie Railplane, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Bennie Railplane, 1930, (1933). The George Bennie railplane is an astounding device by which existing railways could be speeded up for passenger traffic

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). A suffragette (Vera Wentworth?) wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment

Background imageHenry E Collection: Suffragette Martyrs Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Suffragette Martyrs Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Suffragette " Martyrs" Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). A triumphant procession with banners and a brass band

Background imageHenry E Collection: Piccadilly Circus - The Hub of the Universe: The Centre of the World, 1900, (1933)

Piccadilly Circus - The Hub of the Universe: The Centre of the World, 1900, (1933). The busy thoroughfare in Westminster, London, with horse-drawn traffic

Background imageHenry E Collection: Bound for a Beano, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Bound for a Beano, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Bound for a " Beano", 1900, (1933). Londoners riding in a horse-brake for the annual works day out - a beano, short for bean-feast, was a colloquial term for an excursion or celebration

Background imageHenry E Collection: Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933)....maid servants...still wore the badge of their status - the apron - even on their day out

Background imageHenry E Collection: Gas explosion at Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany, February 1933. Creator: Unknown

Gas explosion at Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany, February 1933. Creator: Unknown
Gas explosion at Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany, February 1933. Sixty-odd people were killed and over 1, 000 injured when a gas-holder exploded at Neunkirchen in the Saar

Background imageHenry E Collection: British Army uniforms, 1933. Creator: Unknown

British Army uniforms, 1933. Creator: Unknown
British Army uniforms, 1933. " Tommy s" New Uniform [left]: The tight " soldierly" collar is replaced by an open-necked shirt

Background imageHenry E Collection: Marchers from Shoreditch, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933) Creator: Unknown

Marchers from Shoreditch, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933) Creator: Unknown
Marchers from Shoreditch, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). The Shoreditch contingent arrives at Hyde Park

Background imageHenry E Collection: Mounted police baton-charging marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933)

Mounted police baton-charging marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). The National Hunger March of September to October 1932 was the largest of a series of hunger marches in

Background imageHenry E Collection: Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Telephone exchange operator in Mayfair, central London. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Background imageHenry E Collection: Tenants rent strike, Peckham, south east London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Tenants rent strike, Peckham, south east London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Tenants rent strike, Peckham, south east London, 1931, (1933). Peckham was the scene of an extensive " war" during the November of 1931

Background imageHenry E Collection: Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). In 1930, British aviator Johnson (1903-1941) became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her DH60 Moth aeroplane Jason

Background imageHenry E Collection: Women wearing shorts, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Women wearing shorts, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Women wearing shorts, 1930, (1933). With the craze for hiking - an American term for going on a fairly long walk brought over by the Talkies - shorts came into popularity

Background imageHenry E Collection: Oxford Street, 1909, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Oxford Street, 1909, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Oxford Street, 1909, (1933). View of horse-drawn buses and pedestrians in the busy shopping area of Oxford Street, London. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Background imageHenry E Collection: French soldiers raiding a German trench, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown

French soldiers raiding a German trench, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
French soldiers raiding a German trench, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). French troops making a daylight raid on the German trenches in search of prisoners for information purposes

Background imageHenry E Collection: British sailors wearing Dutch clogs, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown

British sailors wearing Dutch clogs, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
British sailors wearing Dutch clogs, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Some 2, 000 of the sailors who were sent over by Mr

Background imageHenry E Collection: Keir Hardie gives a speech in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August 1914, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Keir Hardie gives a speech in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August 1914, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August 1914, (1933). James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and founder member of the Labour Party

Background imageHenry E Collection: First Alexandra Rose Day, 21 June 1912, (1933). Creator: Unknown

First Alexandra Rose Day, 21 June 1912, (1933). Creator: Unknown
First Alexandra Rose Day, 21 June 1912, (1933). A group of five women selling rose badges to raise funds for charity, outside the now demolished Hotel Cecil in London

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). A group of British suffragettes, recently released from prison, with a Welcome banner

Background imageHenry E Collection: Trouble in Belfast, 1907, (1933). Creator: AE Brown

Trouble in Belfast, 1907, (1933). Creator: AE Brown
Trouble in Belfast, 1907, (1933). In a dock strike, Jim Larkin, the notorious Irish agitator, created so great an upheaval in Ulster [later Northern Ireland] that the military were called out by

Background imageHenry E Collection: Loss of H. M. S. Gladiator, 1908, (1933). Creator: R Norton

Loss of H. M. S. Gladiator, 1908, (1933). Creator: R Norton
Loss of H.M.S. Gladiator, 1908, (1933). On 25 April 1908, during a late snowstorm off the Isle of Wight, the armoured cruiser HMS Gladiator struck the outbound American steamer SS Saint Paul

Background imageHenry E Collection: First L. G. O. C. Motor Bus, 1904, (1933). Creator: Unknown

First L. G. O. C. Motor Bus, 1904, (1933). Creator: Unknown
First L.G.O.C. Motor Bus, 1904, (1933). Steam bus of the London General Omnibus Company Ltd, a single-decker which ran from Piccadilly Circus to Hammesmith

Background imageHenry E Collection: Back to the Land, 1905, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Back to the Land, 1905, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Back to the Land, 1905, (1933). Agricultural workers. Three acres and a cow, a slogan originally used by British land reform campaigners of the 1880s

Background imageHenry E Collection: Life By The Thames in Early Edwardian Days, 1902, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Life By The Thames in Early Edwardian Days, 1902, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Life By The Thames in Early Edwardian Days, 1902, (1933). People sitting in the garden of the Ray Mead Hotel, Boulters Lock, Maidenhead, Berkshire

Background imageHenry E Collection: End of the Serbian Dynasty, c1903, (1933). Creator: Unknown

End of the Serbian Dynasty, c1903, (1933). Creator: Unknown
End of the Serbian Dynasty, c1903, (1933). Portrait of King Alexander I of Serbia (1876-1903) and his queen consort Draga Masin (1864-1903)

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Express Bus, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Express Bus, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The " Express" Bus, 1900, (1933). Open-top horse-drawn bus outside Ye Olde Swiss Cottage public house in north London

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Knifeboard Bus, 1900, (1933). Creator: A Moull

The Knifeboard Bus, 1900, (1933). Creator: A Moull
The Knifeboard Bus, 1900, (1933). Passengers on a London open-top horse-drawn bus, so-called because the seat on the top along which the passengers sat back to back...similar to the boards on which

Background imageHenry E Collection: Mafeking Relieved, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Mafeking Relieved, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Mafeking Relieved, 1900, (1933). Patriotic crowds celebrate outside the London home of British colonel Robert Baden-Powell after his part in the relief of the British-held town in South Africa

Background imageHenry E Collection: A Traffic Block in 1900 - A scene outside the Mansion House, (1933). Creator: Unknown

A Traffic Block in 1900 - A scene outside the Mansion House, (1933). Creator: Unknown
A Traffic Block in 1900 - A scene outside the Mansion House, (1933). Horse-drawn buses and a policeman in the City of London. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Background imageHenry E Collection: Boer and Briton Nursed Together, 1900, (1933). Creator: Horace Walter Nicholls

Boer and Briton Nursed Together, 1900, (1933). Creator: Horace Walter Nicholls
Boer and Briton Nursed Together, 1900, (1933). Red Cross nurses treating wounded of both sides during the Boer War in South Africa

Background imageHenry E Collection: A betrousered lady feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square, 1933. Creator: Unknown

A betrousered lady feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square, 1933. Creator: Unknown
A betrousered lady feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square, 1933. Smoking woman wearing a trouser-suit in central London. This style of dress became increasingly popular

Background imageHenry E Collection: Milk pram, 1933. Creator: Unknown

Milk pram, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Milk pram, 1933. Pneumatic tyres on ball-bearing wheels, bumpers, and a hand-brake have been fitted to the latest type of milk " pram" - to the delight of sleepers

Background imageHenry E Collection: Traffic in Trafalgar Square, London, 1933. Creator: Unknown

Traffic in Trafalgar Square, London, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Traffic in Trafalgar Square, London, 1933. Buses, taxis and pedestrians with the equestrian statue of King George IV on the left

Background imageHenry E Collection: Bert Hinkler, 1933. Creator: Unknown

Bert Hinkler, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1933. Portrait of Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), who in 1928 set up a record of 15 1/2 days for a solo flight to Australia, set out to beat his victor

Background imageHenry E Collection: Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, 1933. Creator: Unknown

Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, 1933. The Prisoner in the Tower. British army officer Lt Norman Baillie-Stewart (1909-1966)

Background imageHenry E Collection: Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and Princess Sybille of Coburg drew together at their

Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and Princess Sybille of Coburg drew together at their
The marriage of Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden and Princess Sybille of Coburg, 1932, (1933). The prince and princess drew together at their wedding in November many of the crowned

Background imageHenry E Collection: Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher, 1932, (1933). Herr Von Papen, the Junker Chancellor of Germany at the crisis...with General Schleicher, his right-hand man

Background imageHenry E Collection: Scottish marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Scottish marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Scottish marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). The Scottish demonstrators make their entry. Most of the marchers made their way peaceably to their homes

Background imageHenry E Collection: Mounted police and marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933)

Mounted police and marchers, Means Test protests, Hyde Park, London, 1932, (1933). Demonstrators under escort. The National Hunger March of September to October 1932 was the largest of a series of

Background imageHenry E Collection: Women with yo-yos, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Women with yo-yos, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Women with yo-yos, 1932, (1933). The world went wild in the summer of 1932 over a game known as " Cheerioh Yo-Yo"...a grooved disc of wood was spun by string like a top

Background imageHenry E Collection: Painters at work on the White City tote, West London, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Painters at work on the White City tote, West London, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Painters at work on the White City tote, West London, 1932, (1933). The largest tote in the world was erected in the White City stadium in time for the Greyhound Derby of 1932

Background imageHenry E Collection: Cabinet of the National Government, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Cabinet of the National Government, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Cabinet of the National Government, 1931, (1933). Group portrait of British politicians in the newly formed National Government which contained members of the Conservative Party, Liberals

Background imageHenry E Collection: The Granada cinema, Tooting, London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Granada cinema, Tooting, London, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Granada cinema, Tooting, London, 1931, (1933). The Granada, Tooting: modelled on the Spanish-Moorish architecture of the city from which it took its name

Background imageHenry E Collection: Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). On August 6, 1931, James Mollison broke, by one day, the Australia-England record established but a few days before by his friend C.W.A. Scott

Background imageHenry E Collection: British police on BSA motorbikes, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

British police on BSA motorbikes, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
British police on BSA motorbikes, 1931, (1933). A force of motor-cycle police, copied from the American model, was inaugurated to combat the ever-rising flood of car-thieves



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