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Bodmin Church, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentBodmin Church, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. St Petrocs Church was built between 1469 and 1472. Until the construction of Truro Cathedral in the 19th century it was the largest church in
The Castle, Fowey, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentThe Castle, Fowey, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. A small castle was built on St Catherines Point at the western entrance to Fowey harbour, in 1540
Fowey from the castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentFowey from the castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide
Polruan from Fowey, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentPolruan from Fowey, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide
Polperro, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentPolperro, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. View showing fishing boats in the harbour. Lantern slide
Fishing fleet at low tide, Polperro, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentFishing fleet at low tide, Polperro, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. The Polperro fishing fleet was engaged in the catching of pilchards. Lantern slide
Looe, from the quay, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentLooe, from the quay, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide
Launceston Castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentLaunceston Castle, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Launceston Castle was originally built as a motte and bailey fortification by the Normans, possibly as early as 1067
Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Church Army Lantern DepartmentRoyal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall, late 19th or early 20th century. Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the Royal Albert Bridge to carry the Great Western Railway (GWR)
Land! Land! Land!, Columbus arriving in America, 1492 (late 19th or early 20th century)Land! Land! Land!, Christopher Columbus arriving in America, 1492 (late 19th or early 20th century). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
Sir Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone, Africa, 1871. The historic meeting between Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) Welsh explorer and journalist
Bringing David Livingstones body down to the coast, Africa, 1873. Scottish missionary and explorer Livingstone (1813-1873)
David Livingstone being carried on a makeshift stretcher through the jungle, Africa, 19th century. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873)
Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone being attacked by a lion, Africa, 19th century. Livingstone (1813-1873)
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh journalist and explorer, late 19th or early 20th century. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr Livingstone
Bishop Thomas Ken, 17th century English cleric, late 19th or early 20th century. Ken (1637-1711) became Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1684
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British soldier, early 20th century. Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) regained the Sudan for Egypt by his victory at the Battle of Omdurman (1898)
Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, early 20th century. Davidson (1848-1930) became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1903
General Charles Gordon, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Known as Chinese Gordon because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion
The Prince of Wales, future King Edward VIII, c1910s. The eldest son of King George V, Edward (1894-1972) was invested as Prince of Wales in 1911
Alderman Everitt Wells, early 20th century(?). Lantern slide
Bishop John Taylor Smith, British clergyman, early 20th century. John Taylor Smith (1860-1938) was Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1897 until 1901 before taking up the post of Chaplain-General
Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) was one of the foremost British military figures of Victorian times
HMS Cardiff, British C-class light cruiser, Malta, c1920s(?). HMS Cardiff served withthe 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean in the 1920s
Paulette Goddard, American film and theatre actress, 1938. Paulette Goddard (1910-1990) was one of Paramount Studios biggest stars in the 1940s
Joan Crawford, American actress and film star, 1938. Joan Crawford (1905-1977) was an acclaimed Academy Award winning film actress and one of Hollywoods biggest stars in the 1930s
Elsa Marriott, actress, 1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 4th series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company
Eleanore Whitney, American actress, 1938. Eleanore Whitney (1917-1983) appeared in 13 films between 1935 and 1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 4th series
Diana Lewis, American film actress, 1938. Diana Lewis (1919-1997) made her screen debut in 1934 in All the KIngs Horses. Amongst her best known films were Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Nancy Carroll, American film actress, 1938. Nancy Carroll (1903-1965) became a successful talkies actress because her musical background enabled her to play in the movie musicals of the 1930s
Constance Godridge, British actress, 1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 4th series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company
Dorothy Bartlam, British actress, 1938. Dorothy Bartlam (1907-1991) appeared in 21 films in the late 1920s and early 1930s
Miriam Hopkins, American actress, 1938. In 1930, after ten years on the stage as a successful actress, Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) joined Paramount and became one of Hollywoods top-ranking stars
Genevieve Tobin, American film actress, 1938. Genevieve Tobin (1899-1995) was a prominent supporting actress in American films of the 1930s
Jeanette Williams, c1938Jeanette Williams, 20th century. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company
Jose Dalmaine, British actress, 1938. In Firth Shephards new musical comedy, Running Riot, at the Gaiety Theatre, London. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 7th series
Ruth Robinson, British actress, 1938. In Firth Shephards successful musical comedy, Wild Oats, at the Princes Theatre, London
Veronica Nugent, actress, c1936-c1939. Cigarette card from Real Photographs, series 7, issued by the manufacturers of State Express and Ardath Cigarettes
Norah Henderson, British actress, 1939. In Firth Shephards new musical comedy, Running Riot, at the Gaiety Theatre, London
Mary Maguire, Australian actress, c1936-c1939. Mary Maguire (1919-1974) was a star of British and Hollywood cinema in the late 1930s
Terry Walker, American film actress, c1936-c1939. Terry Walker (1913-1977) appeared in 16 films between 1939 and 1944. Cigarette card from Real Photographs, series 7
Valerie Hobson, British actress, c1936-c1939. Valerie Hobson (1917-1998) was a leading lady in the British cinema of the 1930s and 1940s
Getty Jassonne, French ballet dancer, c1936-c1939. Cigarette card from Real Photographs, series 8, issued by the manufacturers of State Express and Ardath Cigarettes
Eda Peel, British actress, 1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 6th series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company
Gloria Dickson, American stage and screen actress, 1938. Gloria Dicksons film debut in They Won t Forget (1937) earned her the reputation of one of Hollywoods up and coming stars
Kay Francis, American stage and film actress, 1938. Francis (1905-1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s
Margaret, of the Windmill Theatre, London, 1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 7th series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company
Penelopy Parkes, actress, 1939. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 9th series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company