Henry E White Collection (page 2)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1930, (1933). Portrait of Scottish writer Conan Doyle (1859-1930), creator of Sherlock Holmes. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Straw hats return to favour, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Straw hats return to favour, 1930, (1933). Workers at a milliners with piles of straw boaters. Luton, the centre of the straw hat industry

Beach pyjamas, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Beach pyjamas, 1930, (1933). Women wearing trousers and linen hats, like those worn by American sailors. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, 1930, (1933). H.H. Prince The Aga Khan, the leader of all the Moslems in India and one of the most progressive rulers in the world

Former king Manuel II of Portugal with tennis players, Britain, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Former king Manuel II of Portugal with tennis players, Britain, 1930, (1933). Lady Wavertree arranged her tenth charity tennis party in this year: Cochet, Joan Lycett, Susan Palfrey, ex-King Manuel

People watching an early television broadcast, c1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
People watching an early television broadcast, c1930, (1933). Television! By the genius of James L. Baird, sight as well as sound was successfully broadcast in 1930. One of the pioneer experiments

Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Amy Johnson, 1930, (1933). Amy Johnson reading congratulatory telegrams en route. In 1930, British aviator Johnson (1903-1941)

The Opening of Selfridge s, 1909, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Opening of Selfridge s, 1909, (1933). View of Selfridges department store in Oxford Street, London. The shop, founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge and designed by Daniel Burnham of Chicago

Bert Hinkler, 1928, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1928, (1933). Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), dubbed Australian Lone Eagle, designed and built early aircraft

Mute Evidence of Tragedy: All That Was Left of the Greatest Ship in the World, 1912, (1933). A number of the ill-fated Titanic White Star liners boats which in the general panic that ensued were

Britains First Labour Government, 1924, (1933). Creator: Elliott & Fry
Britains First Labour Government, 1924, (1933). Back row: Sidney Webb, John Wheatley, FW Jowett; middle row: CP Trevelyan, Stephen Walsh, Lord Thomson, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Olivier, Noel Buxton

Funeral of Marie Lloyd, Hampstead, London, 12 October 1922, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Funeral of Marie Lloyd, Hampstead, London, 12 October 1922, (1933). English music hall singer and actor Marie Lloyd (1870-1922), youngest of eleven children

Landru - Bluebeard of France!, 1921, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Landru - Bluebeard of France!, 1921, (1933). French serial killer Henri Desire Landru (1869-1922), nicknamed The Bluebeard of Gambais, killed at least ten women (and one man) between 1915 and 1919

Funeral of Terence MacSwiney, Cork, Ireland, 31 October 1920, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Funeral of Terence MacSwiney, Cork, Ireland, 31 October 1920, (1933). The coffin, wrapped in Sinn Fein colours, is carried out of the Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne

British troops on the front line, France, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
British troops on the front line, northern France, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). The beginning of the end - warfare out in the open again

An H. E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
An H.E. shell exploding, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Battlefield scene, capturing the blast from a high-explosive shell on the front line. From " The Pageant of the Century"

Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Hay box cooking, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Economy in fuel led to the adoption of hay-boxes for completing the cooking of partially cooked foods

Women working in the Royal Army Clothing Factory, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Uniforms were sent to the WaC [Womens Army Auxiliary Corps] clothing stores where they were unpacked, measured

Sorting uniforms at the WaC clothing store, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Sorting uniforms at the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps clothing store, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Uniforms were sent to the WaC clothing stores where they were unpacked, measured, tested

Mechanics of the Royal Flying Corps, Farnborough, First World War, 1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Mechanics of the Royal Flying Corps, Farnborough, First World War, 1915, (1933). Members of the RFC which was later merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force

Dr. Macaura... addressing a recruiting rally, c1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Dr. Macaura...addressing a recruiting rally, c1915, (1933). Dr. Macaura, who had raised a considerable amount of money for our mine sweepers, addressing a recruiting rally from the salvaged boat

The sinking of the Lusitania, May 1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The sinking of the Lusitania, May 1915, (1933). Scene outside the Cunard offices in London, which were besieged by friends and relatives of those known to be on board

Hauling up one of the Lusitanias boats, Ireland, May 1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Hauling up one of the Lusitanias boats, Ireland, May 1915, (1933). The sinking of the Lusitania : on 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the south of Ireland

Weaving baskets for artillery shells, Nottingham, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Factory workers making packaging out of cane or willow, for the safe transport of shells to the front

Wounded soldiers in pottery class... Devon, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Wounded British soldiers in pottery class, Seale Hague Military Hospital, Devon, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933)....soldiers found time hanging dreadfully heavy on their hands

British soldiers synchronising their watches on the front line, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Punctuality was no longer the " Courtesy of Kings" in Edward VIIs phrase

The Footballers Battalion, London, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Footballers Battalion, London, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Enthusiasts of football formed a unit of their own during the opening stages of the War

Internment camp for enemy aliens, Newbury, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Internment camp for enemy aliens, Newbury, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). The problem of housing interned enemy aliens became acute chiefly because every suitable open space was required for

A group of refugee field-workers at a cafe in Paris, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933)....they were in demand for the harvest owing to the number of men called up under French conscription

Royal navy cutter about to examine a ships papers, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Ceaseless vigil was maintained on the high seas by Britains sailors

Commander Peary - Conquest of the Pole, 1909, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Commander Peary - Conquest of the Pole, 1909, (1933). Portrait of Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920), American naval officer and explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on 6 April

Wounded German prisoners are cared for by the Red Cross, France, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). French Red Cross organisations took charge of the German wounded prisoners left behind

An ambulance driving into Charing Cross Hospital with casualties... London, 1914, (1933)
An ambulance driving into Charing Cross Hospital with casualties from the bloody battle at Mons, London, 1914, (1933). Crowds watching ambulances carrying injured British soldiers from the Belgian

A Scene at a French port, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Creator: Robert Weston
A Scene at a French port, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). Wounded British soldiers are stretchered onto ships from Red Cross ambulances, and taken back to England for treatment

The Kaisers proclamation of war against Britain... Berlin, Germany, 4 August 1914, (1933)
The Kaisers proclamation of war against Britain is read out by military authorities, Berlin, Germany, 4 August 1914, (1933)

Hoch the Kaiser! : cheering crowds in the streets, Berlin, Germany, 4 August 1914, (1933). Pictures of the two Kaisers, Wilhelm II of Germany and Franz Josef of Austria

Crowds waiting outside Downing Street in London for news about... war, July 1914, (1933)
Crowds waiting outside Downing Street in London for news about whether Britain is going to war, July 1914, (1933). Shall It Be War or Peace

Territorials from Summer Camp - Terriers marching easy over Westminster Bridge, 1914-1918, (1933). British soldiers from the Territorial Army marching through the streets of London

Territorials from Summer Camp - Terriers entraining at Waterloo, 1914-1918, (1933). British soldiers from the Territorial Army boarding trains at Waterloo Station in London

Screen-Stars On Location, 1914, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Screen-Stars On Location, 1914, (1933). A group of actors pose on set during the making of a comedy for British and Colonial Films (B&C). From " The Pageant of the Century"

Charlie Chaplin, 1914, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Charlie Chaplin, 1914, (1933). British actor, producer, writer and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) in a still from the silent film comedy " Recreation", (1914)

London in Peril of Starvation, 1912, (1933). Creator: T E Joy
London in Peril of Starvation, 1912, (1933). London dockers went on strike when Lord Devonport, head of the Port of London Authority, refused to agree to their demands

The Run on the Birkbeck Bank, 1910, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Run on the Birkbeck Bank, 1910, (1933). The Birkbeck Bank began trading as the Birkbeck Building Society and Birkbeck Freehold Land Society in 1851

The ship Montrose - Wireless Telegraphy Used To Catch A Murderer, 1910, (1933). Creator
The ship Montrose - Wireless Telegraphy Used To Catch A Murderer, 1910, (1933). Murderer Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his lover, Ethel le Neve, were arrested on board the Atlantic liner Montrose

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