Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "England"

Flying High over Yarmouth

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:11:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of Watch the skies! -- UFOs, airplanes, birds, clouds, or anything else that might be up there.

The hard-to-read handwritten note on the other side of this divided-back, real photo postcard says, "Rose sitting, [Lill?] Jennings standing, ... and myself at Yarmouth."

The Yarmouth location and the roundels on the wings of the airplane suggest that this is a souvenir photo from England. But what's the meaning of "O.K" and "R.U." on the fuselage? And was there actually a three-seater biplane that looked something like this?

Running Races in Folkestone?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:58:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of shape up! (people exercising).

This is an early twentieth-century real photo postcard with the name "Lambert Weston & Son, Folkestone" embossed in the lower right-hand corner (the embossing isn't really visible in this image, unfortunately).

The photo shows a number of men who are getting some exercise by running a footrace. The runners, strangely enough, are wearing neckties and white shirts more suitable for an office than an athletic field. A large crowd has gathered to watch the competition, and a large round building is visible in the background.

The building in the background appears to be one of the Martello towers--"small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century"--and might be one of the towers that are located in Folkestone, Kent, England.

Little Girl Nurse

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:45:14 +0000

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A photo of nurses, doctors, or hospitals for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A little girl in a nurse costume on a real photo postcard by E. & K. Bolam, who were photographers in the seaside resort town of Ilfracombe, England. "Hospital Saturday" refers to a British fundraising method for hospitals that predated the National Health Service.

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:14:06 +0000

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"The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 54 Cheapside and 110 & 108 Regent Street. Photographers to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Sole photographers to the International Exhibition, 1862. Berlin, London, Dublin, New York. This negative is preserved for further copies. Enlargements can at any time be produced without another sitting."

Reverse of a hand-tinted CDV of British stage actress Clara Rousby:

Clara Rousby, British Stage Actress, ca. 1870s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:14:08 +0000

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"Mrs. Rousby. Stereoscopic Co."

Clara Rousby (1852?–1879), a British actress who played Joan of Arc and other roles on the London stage, in a hand-tinted CDV by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (see backmark below).

Boy on Mast

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 27 May 2015 18:22:30 +0000

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"J. C. Stodart, Margate."

In this CDV, a boy looks somewhat uncomfortable as he perches on a studio version of the top of a sailing ship's mast. I'm not sure why a mast mockup like this was used as a studio prop, but perhaps it was popular in a seaside resort town like Margate, Kent. In any case, similar depictions of boys on masts appeared on advertising trade cards, postcards, and other media in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

British R34 Airship, July 1919

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 May 2019 03:03:02 +0000

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A small photo that may show the British R34 airship during its stay in the United States from July 6 to 10, 1919.

According to Wikipedia, the R34 was a British rigid airship that "became the first aircraft to make an East-to-West crossing of the Atlantic Ocean on 6 July 1919, and was decommissioned two years later after sustaining damage in adverse weather. . . R34 left Britain on 2 July 1919 and arrived at Mineola, Long Island, United States on 6 July after a flight of 108 hours with virtually no fuel left. . . . This was the first East-West crossing of the Atlantic and was done two weeks after the first transatlantic airplane flight. The return journey to Pulham [a Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) airship station] in Norfolk [England] was from 10 to 13 July and took 75 hours."

Keep Your Pants On with the Atwood Suspender

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:06:28 +0000

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Text on box lid: "Keep your pants on with the Atwood Suspender, manufactured only by the Atwood Suspender Co., Swanton, Vt."

"Copyright, 1901, by Atwood Suspender Co. American Lithographic Co., N.Y."

E. Butterick & Co., Designers of Fashions

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:48:28 +0000

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"E. Butterick & Co., designers of fashions, publishers and pattern manufacturers. 171, 173, 175, & 177 Regent Street, London, W. 555 Broadway and Union Square, New York. J. W. Wilder, managing partner."

Seeing Blackpool

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:15:34 +0000

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Palmer's Roseine Matches

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:48:56 +0000

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"Palmer's Roseine Matches. British made. J.P. & S. Trademark."

Meouw! A Happy Birthday to You!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:43:01 +0000

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"While dressed up in my very best, I wish you luck and all the rest."

Postmarked: Tunbridge Falls, 27 Sep 13.

Addressed to: Miss Hornsby, c/o Mrs. Fail, 180 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Falls.

Message: "Dear Joyce, I expect you are very glad your birthday has come. I hope you will have a very happy one. Lots of love and kisses from Auntie Mary."

The previous owner of this real photo postcard referred to the distinguished Edwardian feline as "Sir Reginald Pussycat."

I Was Taking a Little Drop Home When I Saw London Like This

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:00:49 +0000

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As you can see from this real photo postcard, I'm afraid that I'm feeling a bit woozy. Can anyone give me a ride home from the pub?

Printed on the back: "Rotary 'Grotesque' Series. Printed in Britain."