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Photos of the 1920s Collection (page 3)

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Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Hospital kitchen, Guys Hospital CC46_00241

Hospital kitchen, Guys Hospital CC46_00241
Guys Hospital, The Borough, Greater London. Two cooks working in the kitchen. Photographed by Marshall Keene and Company between 1925 and 1939

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Albert Dock Liverpool EPW003066

Albert Dock Liverpool EPW003066
Albert Dock and the Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd, July 1920

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Huskisson Docks EPW023590

Huskisson Docks EPW023590
Huskisson Docks, Sandhills, Liverpool. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in September 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Bristol timber wharves EPW005470

Bristol timber wharves EPW005470
The timber yards at Baltic Wharf, Canada Wharf and Cumberland Wharf, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1921

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Shipyard at Southampton EPW020528

Shipyard at Southampton EPW020528
Woolston Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in March 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Cross Channel steamer EPW000089

Cross Channel steamer EPW000089
Cross Channel steamer, Folkestone Pier, Folkestone, Kent. The Dutch Zeeland Ship Company ran mailboats from Flushing (Vlissingen) to Folkestone

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: St Marys Lighthouse EPW019770

St Marys Lighthouse EPW019770
St Marys Lighthouse, St Marys Island, North Tyneside. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1927

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Spithead Review 1924 EPW011367

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011367
Vessels at the Spithead Review. Closest is HMS Coventry. Nearest is a Revenge class battleship, with the Royal Yacht beyond. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1924

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Seaplane sheds EPW024422

Seaplane sheds EPW024422
HM Naval Seaplane Training School Seaplane Sheds, Lee-on-Solent, Gosport, Hampshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in September 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Spithead Review 1924 EPW011377

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011377
Vessels at the Spithead Review. Closest is HMS Coventry. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1924

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Sharpness EPW029346

Sharpness EPW029346
Sharpness, Gloucestershire. Sharpness Docks including a tidal basin and the start of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in September 1929

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Exeter EPW024101

Exeter EPW024101
Exeter, Devon. The saw mills and engineering works at the Canal Basin. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in September 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Kings Lynn EPW021482

Kings Lynn EPW021482
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Alexandra Dock and Bentinck Dock. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Falmouth EPW021716

Falmouth EPW021716
Falmouth, Cornwall. Falmouth Docks and Pendennis Castle from the north-west. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: South Shields EPW020191

South Shields EPW020191
The Tyne Dock, South Shields, South Tyneside. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in December 1927

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Northfleet EPW017640

Northfleet EPW017640
Northfleet, Kent. The Portland Cement Works. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1927

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Victoria Pier Blackpool EPW002075

Victoria Pier Blackpool EPW002075
The Victoria Pier, Blackpool. Photographed in July 1920 by Aerofilms Ltd

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Southend Pier EAW017029

Southend Pier EAW017029
The Southend Pier Prince George Extension, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, viewed from the south. Docked is the New Medway Steam Packet Co PS " Queen Of Thanet" built in WWI as a minesweeper

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Kingsholm Gloucester EPW024160

Kingsholm Gloucester EPW024160
Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester. First built in 1891, it has been home for the Gloucester Rugby Union club ever since. Photographed in 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Railway works OP04912

Railway works OP04912
Plymouth area. Renewal work being carried out on the girders and rail bearers of part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, using a mobile crane

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Shoreham harbour BB060003

Shoreham harbour BB060003
Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly-submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Shoreham harbour BB060002

Shoreham harbour BB060002
Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour, in front of the premises of Stow and Son Yacht Builders

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Shoreham harbour BB060001

Shoreham harbour BB060001
Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Harrods dance floor BL26398

Harrods dance floor BL26398
Harrods, Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London. The dancing room in Harrods department store, 1923. There are several gramophones for demonstrations of music

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Kingston upon Hull EPW012805

Kingston upon Hull EPW012805
Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull. Aerial photograph taken by Aerofilms in May 1925. Parts of the negative are quite badly degraded

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Hedon EPW012691

Hedon EPW012691
St Augustines Church and the Town Centre, Hedon, East Yorkshire. Aerial photograph taken by Aerofilms in May 1925

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Beverley Minster EPW023168

Beverley Minster EPW023168
The Minster or Collegiate Church of St John and environs, Beverley, East Yorkshire. Aerial photograph taken by Aerofilms in August 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Great West Way EPR002624

Great West Way EPR002624
Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. A steam train crosses a railway bridge over the Great West Way. The Pyrene Building (centre left), built 1928 by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Heston Airport EPR001299

Heston Airport EPR001299
Heston Aerodrome, Hounslow, London. Aerial view by Aeropictorial. Heston operated as an airport between 1929 and 1947. February 1936. Aerofilms Collection

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Chair legs NMR02_01_00016

Chair legs NMR02_01_00016
Turville, Buckinghamshire. Turned chair legs stacked prior to delivery to the factory assembly. By the 1920s the principal occupation in Turville was turning chair legs for the High Wycombe chair

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Goods shed, Leicester CC80_00073

Goods shed, Leicester CC80_00073
London And North West Railway Company Goods Shed, Sussex Street, Leicester. Men moving a crate of produce in the Carmichaels Farm depot at the No 2 Shed

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Goods shed, Ulverston CC80_00077

Goods shed, Ulverston CC80_00077
Ulverston Goods Station, Princes Street, Ulverston, Cumbria. Men moving sacks of dairy meal in a depot used by the Furness and South Cumberland Supply Association

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Woolworths illustration FWW01_05_01_03

Woolworths illustration FWW01_05_01_03
Liverpool store. Page three from the pamphlet Twenty Years of Progress, commemorating the Woolworths shops in England. Drawing with notes detailing the growth of Woolworths from 1909 - 1928

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Holiday Home at Shoreham AL2397_012_01

Holiday Home at Shoreham AL2397_012_01
Converted railway carriage holiday home, possibly at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print by an unknown photographer, 1920s

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: RAF Pageant EPW018790

RAF Pageant EPW018790
HENDON, Barnet. An Avro 504 aircraft flying very low over parked aircraft at the RAF Pageant of 1927. The parked aircraft are a Gloster Gamecock Mk.I, Short Springbock II, and Handley Page Hyderabad

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Worcester in 1921 EPW005383

Worcester in 1921 EPW005383
WORCESTER, Worcestershire. Aerial view, from the north west, over the city centre, March 1921. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Ray Mill Cottage, River Thames CC97_02743

Ray Mill Cottage, River Thames CC97_02743
RAY MILL COTTAGE, Maidenhead, Berkshire. The River Thames between Ray Mills and Boulters Lock from below on a quiet day. The area is one of the most beautiful on the Thames

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Eastnor Castle EPW005398

Eastnor Castle EPW005398
EASTNOR CASTLE, near Ledbury, Herefordshire. Aerial view of Eastnor Castle, built in 1812-20 by Robert Smirke to look like a medieval castle. Photographed in March 1921

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Eastnor Castle EPW005397

Eastnor Castle EPW005397
EASTNOR CASTLE, near Ledbury, Herefordshire. Aerial view of Eastnor Castle, built in 1812-20 by Robert Smirke to look like a medieval castle. Photographed in March 1921

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Chester Castle EPW003092

Chester Castle EPW003092
CHESTER CASTLE, Cheshire. Aerial view of Chester Castle. The forecourt complex at Chester Castle was entirely rebuilt between 1788 and 1822 by Thomas Harrison in the Neo-Classical style

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Moored boat CC96_00084

Moored boat CC96_00084
RIVER THAMES, Oxfordshire. Boat moored on the river, perhaps near a lock or weir. This picturesque view shows a boat called the Wei-ha-Wei moored in the foreground

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: 1925 FA Cup Final EPW012729

1925 FA Cup Final EPW012729
WEMBLEY STADIUM, Middlesex, London. The 1925 FA Cup Final in progress between Sheffield United and Cardiff City. Sheffield United won 1-0 in a match attended by 91, 763

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Empire Day 1924 EPW010455

Empire Day 1924 EPW010455
WEMBLEY STADIUM, Middlesex, London. Empire Day celebrations in 1924, part of Empire Week (24th-31st May 1924). Massed military marching bands entertained a packed house between 3 and 8.30pm

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Hampton Court Palace EPW001711

Hampton Court Palace EPW001711
HAMPTON COURT, Richmond-upon-Thames, London. Aerial view of Hampton Court Palace, the gardens and the River Thames. Photographed in 1920. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Kew Gardens EPW001671

Kew Gardens EPW001671
KEW GARDENS, London. Aerial view of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed in 1920. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Kenilworth Castle EPW001183

Kenilworth Castle EPW001183
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. Aerial view of the castle. Photographed in 1920. This image is taken from a copy negative. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Bury St Edmunds EPW001749

Bury St Edmunds EPW001749
BURY ST EDMUNDS, Suffolk. Aerial view of the marketplace, Bury St Edmunds. Photographed in June 1920. Aerofilms Collection (see Links). EPW001749

Background imagePhotos of the 1920s Collection: Rivermen at Marlow Bridge, Wycombe CC73_01436

Rivermen at Marlow Bridge, Wycombe CC73_01436
MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Workmen loading large logs onto a river barge, using a form of jack. The 19th century suspension bridge over the Thames can be seen in the background



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