1947 Collection

Royal Wedding 1947 - family tree
Family tree showing how Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are both descended from Queen Victoria. Philip is the son of Princess Alice of Battenburg

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, detail of mural, 1947-1948. MEXICO. Mexico City. Diego Rivera Web Museum. Central detail. Fresco on portable pannels

A L Ecu de France, Jermyn Street, London
A L Ecu de France restaurant on the corner of Jermyn Street and Babmaes Street, Mayfair, London, 1947 Date: 1947

Partition. Map of East and West Punjab
The areas of the Western and Eastern Punjab where there were many outbreaks of violence between Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus following Partition and the creation of modern India and Pakistan

Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho
Chez Auguste at 38 Old Compton Street, Soho, London; next to Coiffure Internationale, the international shaving saloon and hairdressers; on the end is F Gennari Ltd, wines and provisions. 1947

Aleister Crowley performing rites at his temple, with followers knelt before him

UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico
Irving Newton, Met. Officer at Roswell USAFB, New Mexico, holds debris of a supposed flying saucer found by rancher Mac Brazel, stated by the US Air Force to be a weather balloon

Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947

John Nettles, actor, pictured on the set of Bergerac. He is sitting on the car his character drives, a Burgundy 1947 Triumph Roadster. John Nettles plays the part of detective Jim Bergerac

Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten - Engagement
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-2022) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (later Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh) (1921)

The Royal Bride - Queen Elizabeth II portrait - Published in the Illustrated London News November 29 1947 1947

UFO crashes at Aztec, New Mexico
A flying saucer which allegedly crashed near Aztec, New Mexico, reported by Frank Scully with spurious data from Dr G, but with possible basis in fact

A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District
Pictorial map of the Colne Valley Cloth District in Yorkshire, drawn by the poster artist and designer Leslie MacDonald Gill the year before his death, in 1946

Holiday Haunts guide book, 1947
A 1947 edition of the popular Holiday Haunts guide books published by the GWR. A glamorous blonde poses in a white two-part swimming costume in front of a lively beach scene

Boating Lake, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1947

Denis Compton at Hastings
Cricketer Denis Compton acknowledges the crowd at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings. Playing for The South against Sir Pelham Warners Eleven

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921) pictured at the time of his engagement to Princess Elizabeth. Date: 1947

Avro York C1 G-AGNN BOAC
A BOAC aircraft until sold to British South American Airways in 1947. Named Madras while at BOAC it was renamed Star Crest at BSa. It flew again with BOAC and then Skyways of London. Date: 1946

Lyons Corner House, central London
Lyons Corner House on the corner of Coventry Street and Rupert Street, London. Date: 1947

Marriage certificate, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Marriage certificate of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian gun designer
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (born 1919), Russian gun designer, holding the first-ever AK-47 assault rifle, at an official 60th anniversary event, held in 2007 in Moscow, Russia

JEEP STATION WAGON, 1947. Willys-Overland Jeep Station Wagon advertisement from an American magazine, 1947
JEEP STATION WAGON, 1947. Willys-Overland " Jeep" Station Wagon advertisement from an American magazine, 1947

Allard K1 Supercharged Roadster

The Union Flag over the Lucknow Residency
On 15 August, 1947, British India ended and the two new Dominions of India and Pakistan came into being under Independence. New flags were raised at the new capitals, Delhi and Karachi respectively

Central Flying School, RAF Little Rissington, September 1947. From top: Bristol Buckmaster, North American Harvard, Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito

Drummer Gene Krupa
United States: c. 1947 Jazz drummer and compser Gene Krupa playing the drums

JACKIE ROBINSON (1919-1972). John Roosevelt Robinson, known as Jackie. American baseball player. Playing first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, probably 1947

Royal Wedding 1947
A page from The Tatler entitled, Happiness was the Keynote with two photographs of the wedding day of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip)

Royal Wedding 1947 - crowds at Romsey
Huge crowd of well wishers waiting in the churchyard of Romsey Abbey to catch a glimpse of the newlywed Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh

Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant, 1947
Peppino Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant on Dean Street, Soho, London in 1947. It is next door to Leon Jaeggi, kitchen equipment, tinner and coppersmith, and Townsends. 1947

ILN Royal Wedding Number November 1947 by Terence Cuneo

Humber car advertisement
Advertisement for Humber cars which, claims the manufacturer, is a car you will be proud to own. This particular Humber is driven by a chauffeur who drops off his passengers at a dock

Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)pictured with his second wife, Princess Hermine Reuss (1887-1947)

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (1867-1947)
Portrait of Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; the Conservative politician and Prime Minister

Maison Basque restaurant, Mayfair, 1940s
People outside the Maison Basque restaurant, 11 Dover Street, Mayfair, London, 1947 Date: 1947

Windmill Theatre
The Windmill Theatre on the corner of Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Avenue, and the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London

Coliseum, London
The London Coliseum, on St Martins Lane, London, now the home of English National Opera (ENO). The memorial statue to Edith Cavell is in the foreground left. Date: 1947

Covent Garden Royal Opera House in London. Floral Street is on the right. Date: 1947

King Victor Emmanuel III
Photographic portrait of Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy (1869-1947). A constitutional monarch, he defied parliamentary majorities in bringing Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies

R. M. S. Queen Mary and R. M. S. Queen Elizabeth, off Cowes
Photograph of the two huge liners Queen Mary, in the foreground, and Queen Elizabeth, at top right. The Queen Elizabeth was setting off on her regular service between Southampton and New York

Ww2 Clothing Coupons
Two CLOTHING BOOKS containing coupons without which you couldn t buy clothes : note the date - two years after the end of the war !

The Royal Lincolns in Malaya
A photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment taken at Taiping. Back row: Lt. J. Mills, 2/Lt. M.H. Best, Lts. E.C. Whitby, A.F. Townsend, 2/Lts N.L. Williams, W.C

Dewey Decimal System
Card index showing use of the Dewey Decimal Classification system, the most widely used library classification system, devised by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s

Judy Garland (1922 1969), American singer, actress. Date: 1947

LARRY DOBY (1923-2003). American baseball player, and first black player in the American League. Doby (right) photographed with Lou Boudreau, manager of the Cleveland Indians

NATIONAL AIR RACE POSTER. A 1947 National Air Race poster, held in Cleveland, Ohio

Elizabeth Ii / Philip 1947
ELIZABETH II with her fiance, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, in 1947

A couple walk arm in arm on a railway platform, beside the luxury locomotive the Golden Arrow, which linked London to Dover, where passengers caught the ferry to Calais, France. Date: 1947

Aerial View of Southwick Shoreham Harbour (post-war) Date: circa 1947

Kettners Restaurant, Soho 1940s
Kettners Restaurant on the corner of Romilly Street and Greek Street, Soho, London in 1947, with a view of St Annes Church in the background. 1947

Dominion Theatre and Horse Shoe Hotel
The Horse Shoe Hotel next door to the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road, London. The Dominion is showing Stewart Granger and Kathleen Ryan in Captain Boycott

Denis Compton at Hastings
Denis Compton turns a ball from spinner Jim Laker (out of picture) off his legs to score another boundary past the despairing reach of the short leg fielder as wicketkeeper Stewart Billy Griffith

Ballerinas in their dressing room
Ballet dancers prepare for a performance in their dressing room. One dancer is seen applying make up, while the feet of another await her silk ballet slippers. c.1947

David Wright woman in a red swimsuit
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a one-piece red swimsuit, red shoes, and a wide brimmed floppy hat. She is sitting on a table with a red and white tablecloth

David Wright woman holding black negligee
Elegant naked woman sitting on a red and gold couch, holding a flimsy black negligee or underskirt. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Autotrain departing from Weymouth Station, Dorset, 1947
A view showing an Autotrain departing from Weymouth Station in Dorset, 1947. Railmotors became popular in the early 20th century on branch lines

Older Woman Baking 1947
An older woman wearing a flowery apron rolls out pastry for some home baking

Robot Aesop Simak 1947
Aesop (Clifford D. Simak) A rather sad-looking robot

ELLA FITZGERALD (1917-1996). American singer. Performing on stage with Dizzy Gillespie, 1947

Ellen Cicely Wilkinson
ELLEN CICELY WILKINSON Trade union and womens rights activist, who led the march of workers to London on the Jarrow Crusade

David Wright woman in a white bikini
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a white bikini and shoes to match. She is sitting on the grass, with a wide-brimmed floppy hat at her side

Piccadilly Circus and the Statue of Eros, London. The street scene is dominated by advertising hoardings and illuminations for Gordons Gin, Wrigleys Chewing Gum and others

Christian X / Danish Royal
CHRISTIAN X King of Denmark (1912-47)

Gardening Book / Tobacco
Baccy, Grow and Smoke Your Own An instruction booklet on how to grow your own tobacco

The Pink Hat by William Barribal
Glamorous portrait of a young woman wearing a veiled jaunty pink hat, with pink champagne in the foreground

Boat ice locked in Sankey and St Helens Canal at Fiddlers Ferry near Warrington. March 1947

Fantastic Adventures - The Secret of Elenas Tomb
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1947, featuring the story The Secret of Elenas Tomb by Karl Tanzler von Cosel. A young woman in long white dress stands on a tomb with the inscription Elena

Buick Special 4-door Sedan 1947 Black

Ufos / Roswell Crash
At the Foster Ranch, New Mexico, debris supposed to be from a crashed UFO is found, alien bodies allegedly retrieved from second site on the Plains of San Agostin

Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire, August 1947
A GWR Publicity view of the south door of Kilpeck Church, near the ancient parish of St Devereux in Herefordshire, August 1947

John Derry, Supermarine test pilot, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947

Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten announcement of his engagement
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort to Queen Elizabeth II of Britain). At the age of 26

Princess Elizabeth, announcement of her engagement
Princess Elizabeth, (future Queen Elizabeth II of Britain) at the age of 21. On the officially announcement of her engagement to Lieut Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece. July 1947

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail

Work hard during harvest time and you will be rewarded with plenty of bread
RUSSIA: COLLECTIVE FARM. " Work hard during harvest time and you will be rewarded with plenty of bread!" : Russian Soviet poster, 1947, by Mikhail Solovyov

Wedding of Nicholas Mosley
Marriage of Nicholas Mosley (born 1923) to Miss Rosemary Salmond, daughter of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond

Ley-Ons Chop Suey Restaurant, Soho
Ley-Ons Chop Suey Restaurant in Soho, London, 1947 Date: 1947

The Roswell Incident
At the Foster Ranch in New Mexico, debris supposed to be from a crashed UFO is found, with alien bodies allegedly retrieved from a second site on the plains of San Agostin

Tetbury Station, Gloucestershire, 1947
A view of Tetbury station in Gloucestershire in 1947, showing Autotrailer No 55 at the platform. Tetbury station opened in 1889 on the Tetbury Branch Line and closed in 1964

Westie and Scotties Dogs
The Scottish Terrier stands and the West Highland White Terrier sits. Date: 1947

Chislet Colliery 1930S
Chislet Colliery was located next to the Canterbury-Margate road, Kent. Two shafts were first sunk in 1914. Despite surviving nationalisation in 1947, the mine closed in 1969. Date: 1930s

Cover design, Simplicity Sewing Book, helpful hints for beginners and experts. 1947

The Town & River, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. Date: 1947

Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Brass cap badge (the Kings Crown Shield) of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Oval in shape, with a crown at the top, a pair of compasses at the centre

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"1947: A Year of Royal Weddings, Artistic Marvels, and Historical Transformations" In 1947, the world witnessed a momentous occasion as the Royal Wedding took place. The family tree expanded with joy and anticipation for the future. Meanwhile, an intriguing poster called "The Vegetabull" caught people's attention, showcasing artistic creativity at its finest. Renowned artist Diego Rivera left his mark on history in 1947 with his remarkable works that continue to inspire generations. Notably, a map depicting East and West Punjab highlighted the partition that forever altered the course of India's history. Amidst these significant events, a couple strolled arm in arm on a railway platform beside the luxurious locomotive known as the 'Golden Arrow. ' This iconic train connected London to Dover before passengers embarked on their ferry journey to Calais, France - symbolizing hope and connection during turbulent times. Aleister Crowley made waves in 1947 with his enigmatic presence and mystical teachings that captivated many seekers of knowledge. Meanwhile, Princess Elizabeth's engagement to Lt Philip Mountbatten became a beacon of love amidst post-war uncertainties. As preparations were underway for "The Royal Bride, " excitement filled the air as people eagerly awaited this grand celebration. Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street in Soho offered respite from daily life while Leonis Quo Vadis restaurant provided exquisite dining experiences reminiscent of an era long gone. Intriguingly enough, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine featured a cover adorned with hidden lunar cities - transporting readers into fantastical realms beyond imagination. It was indeed an era where dreams met reality through literature's magic. Finally, sealed within time itself lay Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip's marriage certificate - forever etching their union into history books for all to remember. Thus unfolded 1947 - a year filled with royal splendor, artistic wonders, historical transformations; reminding us that even amidst chaos, love, creativity, and resilience prevail.