Beard Collection

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Abyssinia is enjoying a seaside holiday at Eastbourne, Sussex. The Emperor of Abyssinia keeping in touch with the news of the day at Eastbourne. 18 July 1938

Mr Oliver Firrell, blacksmith of Matfield Green, Kent. 1938

William Rolfe form the village of Wye in Kent. 1939

George V 1865-1936 King of Great Britain from 1910 when he succeeded his father Edward VII. He was the second son, and became heir 1892 on the death of his elder brother Albert, Duke of Clarence

Rabindranath Tagore - Indian poet. 22 January 1925

The Spanish campaign. The Sherif Raisuli who is fighting against Abd el Krim. 3 February 1925

Sir J. J. Thomson with early equipment in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
Sir J.J. Thomson with early equipment in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Thomson, Joseph John, Sir (J. J. Thomson) English physicist; discovered electron; Nobel Prize in Physics 1906; president

Sir Horace Darwin, F. R. S. (1851-1928), son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin
Sir Horace Darwin, F.R.S. (1851-1928), son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin and a civil engineer. From Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorhead, page 268

Tom Thumb entertaining the King and Queen 1864. The Classic Fairy Tales by Iona and Peter Opie, page 45. In addition to folk tale, Tom Thumb figures in Henry Fieldings The Tragedy of Tragedies

King George V making his Christmas broadcast at Sandringham in 1934

The ex-Archduke Eugene of Austria : 21 May 1863 - 30 December 1954, son of Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and of his wife Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

King George V - 1935

A little known industry in Essex. A Centuries old industry is being carried on in the cottages at Coggeshall where Tambour Lace is still made by the villagers for the London Market

A little known industry in Essex. A Centuries old industry is being carried on in the cottages at Coggeshall where Tambour Lace is still made by the villagers for the London Market

London County Cricket Club cricket match at Stratford William Gilbert Grace

Six can packs of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke next to a giant poster of Father Christmas, who was invented by the Coca-Cola company in the early 20th century, Kwik Save supermarket, St Asaph

A farmer. 1936

Tommy Lipton on Ther Broads, Norfolk. 1933

Georger Dunter of Eynsford poses on the bridge over the River Darent. 1936

Mr Philip Hodgkin, Kents oldest bellringer. 1939

St Andrews fete in Mottingham, Kent. Reverend C E J Chennel, Mr J H John, Mrs A Morris and Sir George Hume during a speech. 1938

Christmas dinner at the Old Mens Institue in Farnborough, Kent. 1936

Market personalities. Mr W Booker. 1936

Small brown terrier lying on hardwood strip floor wistfully waiting for food credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Fresh, whole sweetcorn in their husks credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

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