Apr18 Collection

Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
Mels Scottish Tour - Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh. The club, at Barnton is the next oldest golf club in the world to Royal Blackheath having been formed in 1735. Date: 1935

Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of Manchester
Advertising card by Louis Wain for the Gold Medal-winning Thoms Castile Soap - the Best in the World - manufactured by David Thom & Co. Ltd. of Pendleton, Manchester

London - The Connaught Hotel, Mayfair. Date: 1937

Golf Clubs and Golfers - Royal Blackheath dinner
Annual dinner of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club by Mel; the club was founded in 1608. Date: 1938

Evacuee children in gas masks near Windsor, 1941
London babies find peace in the country: a nurse walks evacuated children in gas masks across a playground, to accustom them to the wearing of gas masks. LCC Residential School near Windsor

Railway Hotel, Iringa - Tanzania, East Africa. Date: 1930s

Promotional Card for Blue Cross Tea
Promotional Card for Blue Cross Charity Tea Date: circa 1908

University of London - Plans of the new buildings - Holden
University of London - Drawing based on the plans for the new buildings by Architect Charles Holden (1875-1960). Date: circa 1930

The Harbour Front - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa
The Harbour Front - Dar-es-Salaam (" Haven of Peace" ), Tanzania, East Africa - showing the Anzani front and the Cathedral. Date: circa 1910s

Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house
Mr Chamberlains favourite hobby: Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house at Highbury, with his head orchid gardener, 1903 1903

Verona, Italy - Piazza Erbe and Palazzo Maffei. Date: 1914

Palace Theatre Company - London - Theatrical Garden Party Date: 1912

Liverpool Cathedral under construction from St. James Mount Date: circa 1908

Two Girls of the Nuer Tribe - Sudan
Two Girls (sisters?) of the Nuer Tribe - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

Fancy dress costume - Bibendum
Mr R. H. Cobb as Bibendum (the Michelin Man) at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball in 1912. Date: 1912

Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamond
Lady Astor, who sat as MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth from 1919 to 1945 pictured arriving for the opening of Parliament in 1948 wearing a Cartier tiara featuring the Sancy diamond

Amateur Studio portrait photograph of a teenage girl
Amateur Studio portrait photograph - shot in the back garden with suitable table and plant pot props - the subject is not the most jolly ever - I don t think that hat was a regular personal choice

Mud Therapy at a spa in Italy
Mud bath (bed!) therapy treatment at a Spa at Acqui Terme, a city and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the province of Alessandria (see: 10644815) Date: circa 1910s

Acacia Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Postcard published by Moloo Brothers & Co Ltd. Curios and Carpet Dealers of Dar-es-Salaam, the premises of whom we can see in this shot

American Samoa - Pago Pago - production of copra
Pago Pago, Capital of American Samoa - the cultivation of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for the production of copra, the dried flesh of the coconut

Cast of a basking shark(Selache Maxima)
Described in The Illustrated London News as a cast of the skeleton of a basking shark(Selache Maxima) caught off Bergen in 1901

Hurricane at Madras, India: wrecks on the beach Date: 1872

Florence - Italy - Giacosas Tea Rooms. Date: circa 1903

G Munday - Fishmonger & Poulterer - Cliftonville, Kent
G Munday - Fishmonger & Poulterer - Cliftonville, Margate, Kent. Date: circa 1909

People of the Upper Nile - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

Bagamoyo Road - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Cairo, Egypt - Arabic School House Date: circa 1904

Olga Valery - French actress - Roses
Olga Timchenko (aka Olga Valery) (1903-2002) - French actress of Ukrainian origin - performing at the Casino de Paris. The (remarkable) comment on the postcard reverse reads as follows

Cable and Wireless Station. Lagos, Nigeria Date: circa 1930s

Port Said, Egypt - Fioravanti and Chimenz Department Store. Date: circa 1903

Tunisia - Tunis - Street Snake Charmer with a pair of cobras - note the French colonial men and women watching on (from a safe distance). Date: circa 1907

Taglioni in La Sylphide
Page from the Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1940, showing The Vision Which Ravished European Audience A Hundred Years Ago: Old Lithographs of the Unmatched Taglioni in La Sylphide

Mabel Knibbs of Windsor with her new handbag, 1941
The Sketch featured this picture in their We Take Off Our Hat To- page on 18th June 1941. " Mabel Knibbs of Windsor, fourteen year old member of the Windsor Youth Club detatchment

The Tallien Costume, finishing touches to a new fashion
The Tallien costume, so called after the famous Directoire beauty, Mme. Tallien, the latest fashion from Paris. A model being fitted with the style at the salon of Doeillet. Date: 1912

The Head Decorative - A Fashion of Old Egypt
Miss Enid Bell wearing an elaborate headdress as Princess Amenset in The Dust of Egypt playing at Wyndhams Theatre in 1912 Date: 1912

Gallantry in Paris
The Gallantry of other days in the Paris of today. " Aprez-vous, Madame!" " Aprez-vouc, Monsieur!" Male chivalry turned on its head by a young woman offering for an elderly

A Bumper Mistake by Lawson Wood - Phrenology
The Phrenologist: Bless my soul, Sir; your bump of destructiveness is most abnormally large. You must be a soldier. The Subject: Oh, dear no; I m a chauffeur. Date: 1912

Senorita Tortola Valencia, dancer
Senorita Tortola Valencia pictured in costume for the Dance of the Incense likened at the time to an animated Egyptian frieze

Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews by H. M. Bateman
Pictured at Putney by our artist with the blues. The Light Blues and the Dark: Wild caricatures of the Eights for the University Boat-Race. Date: 1912

Mrs George Cornwallis-West at work on pageant
Mrs George Cornwallis-West, formerly Miss Jennie Jerome and Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill, pictured at work as the promoter

Work of Italian Futurists at the Sackville Gallery, 1912
Double page spread from The Sketch magazine giving examples in colour of some of the paintings on display at the Sackville Gallery in London as part of an exhibition of Italian Futurists

The General - Flora Drummond - suffrage campaigner
Flora Drummond Suffragette. Mrs. Florrie (Flora) Drummond of the W.S.P.U, also known as General Drummond, pictured in The Sketch magazine in 1912. Date: 1912

If Unhealthy, Be Healthy by William Heath Robinson
If Unhealthy, Be Healthy: If Healthy, Be Healthier! Keep Fit Exercises: 1. The Bathroom Window Sill Bite - for strengthening the front teeth and developing the muscles of the legs and back

H. M. Bateman impressions of the Futurist exhibition
A synthesis of a Bateman state of mind! Drawn after a visit to the Futurists Exhibition: Our artist records what he saw and what he remembers. Cartoon by H. M

Sketch cover - Futurist art
A futurist portrait of the futurist poet-leader (on the front cover of The Sketch magazine), Signor Marinetti, leader of the Futurist movement, by Signor Carra

Kleinarts Camishield dress shields advertisement
Advertisement for Kleinarts Camishield dress shields, to be worn inside the camisole and to protect dresses from stains and odours in the days before automatic washing machines. Date: 1912

Teach the Young idea - to window-smash
The elderly suffragette (a believer in the window-breaking policy): Look, dear - thats the sort of hammer. Cartoon commenting on the window-smashing policy of militant suffragettes. Date: 1912

The new Panier dress
An eighteenth century style for the twentieth century - the charming new pannier dress in 1912. Date: 1912

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Step into the past with #apr18: a journey through history, culture, and iconic moments. From the prestigious Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh to the charming Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of Manchester, this collection unveils hidden gems from yesteryears. Explore the elegance of London's Connaught Hotel in Mayfair or immerse yourself in the world of golf at the Royal Blackheath dinner. Witness a poignant snapshot of history as evacuee children don gas masks near Windsor in 1941, reminding us of resilience during challenging times. Marvel at Joseph Chamberlain amidst his enchanting orchid-house or indulge in a cuppa with Blue Cross Tea's Promotional Card. Discover architectural wonders with University of London's plans for new buildings by Holden or get lost in Verona's captivating Piazza Erbe and Palazzo Maffei. Embark on an African adventure through Tanzania's Railway Hotel in Iringa and Dar-es-Salaam's picturesque Harbour Front. Finally, join the Palace Theatre Company at their unforgettable Theatrical Garden Party in London. Uncover stories that shaped our world; #apr18 is your gateway to timeless tales.