Images Dated 17th January 2020

Mr. C. B. Cochran introduces his old ladies

Brilliant illustration by H. H. Harris imagining the scene in a theatre if impresario C. B. Cochran introduced his old rather than the usual young ladies'. As a chorus line of geriatrics high kick their way across the stage, all of smart society expresses shock. The caption annotates all the figures depicted but among them are the Aga Khan, Lady Asquith with her son Anthony, Woolf Barnato, Sir John and Lady Lavery, Gordon Selfridge and Somerset Maugham. Date: 1932

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Margaret Whigham flower arranging in Selfridge's window

Miss Margaret Whigham settling an argument how a florist's window should look by very publicly dressing the window of Selfridge's flower shop in October 1932. Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), was a British society figure and debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll, whose scandalous divorce case, involving the photographs of the "headless" man plunged her into disgrace and penury. Date: 1932

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WW1 Fundraiser Programme, Savoy Theatre

WW1 Fundraiser Programme, Les Saisons d'Amour, Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, 6 November 1914, showing illustration by John Hassall.
1914

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