1920s 20s 20s Collection (page 8)

Ightham Mote, The Courtyard (b/w photo)
8645547 Ightham Mote, The Courtyard (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ightham Mote, The Courtyard)

Chilham Castle, The Ancient Keep, "The Oldest Inhabited House in England" (b/w photo)
8645542 Chilham Castle, The Ancient Keep, "The Oldest Inhabited House in England" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chilham Castle)

Dover Castle, "The Key of England" (b/w photo)
8645538 Dover Castle, "The Key of England" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dover Castle)

Penshurst Place, from the Air (b/w photo)
8645534 Penshurst Place, from the Air (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Penshurst Place, from the Air)

Compton Place, Eastbourne, A Compact Georgian Home (b/w photo)
8645533 Compton Place, Eastbourne, A Compact Georgian Home (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Compton Place, Eastbourne, A Compact Georgian Home)

Knole, The Great Hall (b/w photo)
8645531 Knole, The Great Hall (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Knole, The Great Hall)

Penshurst, The Fourteenth Century Hall, with the Hearth in the Middle of the Floor
8645529 Penshurst, The Fourteenth Century Hall, with the Hearth in the Middle of the Floor, Penshurst was the Home of Sir Philip Sidney (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Charlton House, Greenwich, A Great House of Shakespeare's Days (b/w photo)
8645527 Charlton House, Greenwich, A Great House of Shakespeare's Days (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charlton House, Greenwich)

Parham Park, The Hall Windows of a Stone Tudor Home (b/w photo)
8645515 Parham Park, The Hall Windows of a Stone Tudor Home (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parham Park, The Hall Windows of a Stone Tudor Home)

Petworth House, The Long South Front from the Park (b/w photo)
8645514 Petworth House, The Long South Front from the Park (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Petworth House, The Long South Front from the Park)

Pigeon-Shooting Club at Le Touquet (colour litho)
8643300 Pigeon-Shooting Club at Le Touquet (colour litho) by Hemjik, Marcel-Jacques (1894-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pigeon-Shooting Club at Le Touquet)

Polo (colour litho)
8643296 Polo (colour litho) by Hemjik, Marcel-Jacques (1894-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polo. Illustration for brochure on Le Touquet)

Japan: Rice harvest near Niigata (b/w photo)
8662009 Japan: Rice harvest near Niigata (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rice harvest near Niigata. Illustration for Japan, Korea und Formosa by F. M)

Restoring Stonehenge (litho)
8663499 Restoring Stonehenge (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Restoring Stonehenge. Steps are now being taken to re-raise our prehistoric monoliths)

Japan: Nikko, Yomei-mon, Main portal of the Ieyasu Shrine (b/w photo)
8662008 Japan: Nikko, Yomei-mon, Main portal of the Ieyasu Shrine (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nikko, Yomei-mon, Main portal of the Ieyasu Shrine)

Japan: Kusatsu, Sulphur springs (b/w photo)
8662006 Japan: Kusatsu, Sulphur springs (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kusatsu, Sulphur springs. Illustration for Japan, Korea und Formosa by F. M)

Japan: Koyasan (b/w photo)
8662004 Japan: Koyasan (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Koyasan. Illustration for Japan, Korea und Formosa by F. M)

Japan: Buddhastatue in Beppu (b/w photo)
8662003 Japan: Buddhastatue in Beppu (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Buddhastatue in Beppu. Illustration for Japan, Korea und Formosa by F. M)

Japan: Tomo, Harbour on the Inland See (b/w photo)
8662001 Japan: Tomo, Harbour on the Inland See (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tomo, Harbour on the Inland See)

Japan: Shopping centre in Beppu (b/w photo)
8661999 Japan: Shopping centre in Beppu (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shopping centre in Beppu. Illustration for Japan, Korea und Formosa by F. M)

Japan: Kai-syong, View of a small Korean town in winter (b/w photo)
8661996 Japan: Kai-syong, View of a small Korean town in winter (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kai-syong, View of a small Korean town in winter)

Japan: Chief of the Paiwan tribe in Raisha (b/w photo)
8661994 Japan: Chief of the Paiwan tribe in Raisha (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chief of the Paiwan tribe in Raisha)

Japan: Numanohira, Transporting lumber (b/w photo)
8661993 Japan: Numanohira, Transporting lumber (b/w photo) by Graefe, Axel von (1900-46 or 48); Private Collection; (add.info.: Numanohira, Transporting lumber)

Russian delegation to the Anglo-Russian Conference, 1925 (b/w photo)
8673335 Russian delegation to the Anglo-Russian Conference, 1925 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Arthur Pugh, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673331 Arthur Pugh, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arthur Pugh (1870-1955), British trade unionist

Ben Tillett, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673326 Ben Tillett, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ben Tillett (1860-1943), British trade unionist and politician

Group dance at the Wigman School (b/w photo)
8672790 Group dance at the Wigman School (b/w photo) by Richter, Ursula (1886-1946); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group dance at the Wigman School)

Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States (b/w photo)
8671931 Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States)

Fire at Madame Tussaud's, London, 1925 (b/w photo)
8626579 Fire at Madame Tussaud's, London, 1925 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fire at Madame Tussaud's wax museum, London, 1925)

Dinner for holders of the Victoria Cross, London, 1929 (b/w photo)
8626574 Dinner for holders of the Victoria Cross, London, 1929 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dinner for holders of the Victoria Cross)

Opening of Croydon Airport, 1928 (b/w photo)
8626573 Opening of Croydon Airport, 1928 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maude Hoare, wife of the Air Minister)

Dole queue, 1923 (b/w photo)
8626471 Dole queue, 1923 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dole queue: unemployed men waiting outside an Employment Exchange to collect their)

Greyhound racing at White City, London, 1927 (b/w photo)
8626464 Greyhound racing at White City, London, 1927 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First greyhound race meeting at White City, London)

Australian aviator Bert Hinkler, first man to fly solo from Britain to Australia,1928 (b/w photo)
8626461 Australian aviator Bert Hinkler, first man to fly solo from Britain to Australia,1928 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Stokesay Castle, Shropshire (b/w photo)
8624898 Stokesay Castle, Shropshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stokesay Castle, Shropshire)

The Village Shop (b/w photo)
8624897 The Village Shop (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Village Shop)

The Bowling Terrace, Bramshill, Hants (b/w photo)
8624892 The Bowling Terrace, Bramshill, Hants (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bowling Terrace, Bramshill, Hants)

Blickling Hall, Norfolk (b/w photo)
8624891 Blickling Hall, Norfolk (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blickling Hall, Norfolk)

Stonegate York (b/w photo)
8624886 Stonegate York (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stonegate York)

In Tewkesbury (b/w photo)
8624882 In Tewkesbury (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Tewkesbury. Illustration for The Fairy Land of England by Christopher Hussey)

The Golden Arrow, car in which Henry Seagrave broke the World Land Speed Record, 1929 (b/w photo)
8672412 The Golden Arrow, car in which Henry Seagrave broke the World Land Speed Record, 1929 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Golden Arrow)

The Nation's Shrines, 1929: Stonehenge, Wiltshire (colour litho)
8668429 The Nation's Shrines, 1929: Stonehenge, Wiltshire (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stonehenge, Wiltshire)

The Nation's Shrines, 1929: The Cloisters, Newstead Abbey (colour litho)
8668422 The Nation's Shrines, 1929: The Cloisters, Newstead Abbey (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cloisters, Newstead Abbey)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670126 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670125 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670105 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670103 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670099 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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Step back in time to the roaring 1920s, an era of innovation, adventure, and artistic expression. The Fifth Physics Congress Solvay held in Brussels in 1927 brought together brilliant minds from around the world, shaping the future of science. Meanwhile, in Kotzebue, Alaska, an Eskimo muskrat hunter skillfully paddled through a marshy landscape, showcasing the resilience and resourcefulness of indigenous communities. But it wasn't all serious business during this vibrant decade. Carnival season brought forth a day of madness with disguises aplenty and confetti filling the air. Laughter echoed through the streets as revelers celebrated life's joyous moments. In England's picturesque countryside stood Cotehele House where The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe posed for a timeless photograph capturing the elegance and grandeur of aristocratic life. Nature too had its own artistry on display; descending egrets gracefully danced against a snowy backdrop while irises bloomed alongside them. Artists like Akseli Gallen Kallela painted scenes that transported viewers to idyllic Finnish landscapes where young cowherds roamed freely amidst rolling hills. Snowfall transformed ordinary streets into enchanting wonderlands as delicate flakes blanketed everything they touched. The beauty extended beyond paintings to woodcuts that depicted nature's wonders: two crows perched on a branch evoked mystery while coal tits fluttered among paulownia branches with colorful grace. Fashion also played its part in defining this era with Lanvin's exquisite silk crepe dress epitomizing Parisian glamour and sophistication. And amid all these cultural shifts emerged technological advancements such as Thompson sub-machine gun model 1921 - symbolizing both progress and conflict simultaneously. The 1920s were truly a transformative period marked by scientific breakthroughs, exploration across diverse landscapes like Alaska or Finland’s wildernesses, celebrations filled with laughter and merriment at carnivals, and the fusion of art, nature, and fashion.