Programme Collection (page 2)

Empire Theatre / 1889
The cover of a programme for the Empire theatre, London. The bill featured comedians including Dan Leno and Cleopatra, A Grand Ballet Divertissement

Programme design, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida, Savoy Theatre, London. A respectful operatic perversion of Tennysons " Princess" in Three Acts. circa 1880s

Programme cover for The Beauty Spot, 1917
Programme cover for The Beauty Spot at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 1917. Artwork by Dolly Tree. Date: 1917

Programme cover for the Palace Theatre, Paris 1926-1931. Artwork by Edouard Halouze 1926

Installation of Vostok spacecraft
Vostok spacecraft installation. Workers installing a Vostok spacecraft. Vostok were Soviet spacecraft used as part of the Vostok programme, which flew six manned spaceflights between 1961 and 1963

Body Culture / Building
Charles Atlass body-building programme: " No other physical instructor in the world has ever dared to make such an offer!" Date: 1932

Laika the space dog
First animal in space. Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, inside a mock-up of the cabin of the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik 2 was launched on 3 November 1957

Valentina Tereshkova
Portrait of Valentina Tereshkova (b.1937), Russian cosmonaut and the first woman in space. Tereshkova flew on Vostock 6, launched on 16 June 1963

Astronaut Duke next to Plum Crater, Apollo 16
Exploring the Moon: astronaut Duke stands next to Crater Plum during the first excursion of the Apollo 16 mission. Duke is seen holding a bore sampling implement

Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft, 1961
Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft. Close-up of the exhaust flames of the rocket launching Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) into orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 12 April 1961

Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft
Vostok (Russian осток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the humanspaceflight programme but later used for other sputnik

Programme cover for the Theatre Daunou, Paris, 1920s 1920s

Play / Capek / R. u. R
Programme for the first English production of the play, also known as R.U.R. and written by Karel Capek, when it was performed at St. Martins Theatre in London

Kate Williams, TV Actress, at home in Woodford Bridge, also pictured, daughter Kelly aged 6, 12th October 1978

Yuri Gagarin visiting Manchester, England in 1961
Yuri Gagarin. View of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, visiting Manchester, England, in July 1961. Gagarin made his flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961

Programme cover for London Rhapsody, 1937
Programme cover for London Rhapsody staged at the London Palladium, London, 1937 Date: 1937

Palladium Theatre / 1912
The cover of a programme for the Palladium theatre, London. The bill featured Marie Lloyd

Midsummer Nights Dream
Theatre programme cover for a performance at Her Majestys Theatre on 10th January 1900

ITVs World of Sport presenter Dickie Davies with five women who work with him. Pictured with Dickie, Dinah Quinnen (Dickies secretary), Linda King, Sue Turner, Carole Chessun and Carolyne Astbury

Official Portrait of Neil Armstrong, 1969 (photo)
5322852 Official Portrait of Neil Armstrong, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 commanded by Neil Armstrong was the first manned moon landing); Photo © NASA

Television Programme The filming of the Catherine Cookson drama The Gambling Man in Newcastle 14 November 1994 - Extras wait for a scene to start

Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy in George and Mildred 1976 TV programme

Wendy Padbury, actress who plays the role of Zoe Herriot, a companion of second doctor Patrick Troughton, pictured on location, 3rd May 1968

Cooks Tours to the Riviera, Italy, etc
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks Tours to the Riviera, Italy, etc, using the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway to Newhaven and Dieppe, programme free from any office of Thomas Cook & Son

Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO Investigation
A very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers. The aircraft was part of the TOP SECRET Project Magnet - a UFO Investigation run by

LFB Athletic Association Boxing Tournament programme
LFB Athletic Association Members Boxing Tournament programme for 19 November 1925

Soyuz docking mission, news reports, 1969
Front-page Western news reports on the Soviet Soyuz docking mission of January 1969, the first time two manned spacecraft had docked

Russian cosmonaut wearing a Strizh space suit
Spacesuit. Russian cosmonaut wears a Strizh (" swift" ) spacesuit which is worn during launch and re-entry. It protects the cosmonaut if the spaceship is partially depressurised

Vostok rocket, Moscow, Russia
Vostok (Russian осток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the humanspaceflight programme but later used for other sputnik

Ballet Russses / Cover
Cover programme design for Col de. Basils Ballet Russes, at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, for June-September 1936

Leap Year Programme / Paul Chesney
George Robey is the principal performer in the LEAP YEAR show at the London Hippodrome

Coventry has been represented by a school and the Youth Orchestras Brass Section in a recording of BBCs Radio Fours schools programme Together

Actor Leo Mckern (R) with John Mortimer QC writer of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey on set at Teddington studios. 29th Match 1979

Televisions best-loved snob Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) was " Keeping up Appearances" at Kenilworth Golf Club during filming for a new series of the popular BBC comedy show

Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience
Design by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s

Suffragette Coronation Procession 1911 Souvenir
A souvenir and programme of the Womens Coronation Procession, 17th June, 1911, giving details of the Pageants. The Suffrage Societies taking part and the routes

Scouts selling Coronation programmes
Boy scouts selling Coronation programmes to people lining the route in a London street for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953

First Royal Variety Show dress rehersal, 1912
The dress rehearsal for the first Royal Variety Show performance at the Palace Theatre, 1912, which was attended by many celebrities

Advert for I. J. Fox furs, 1935
Advert for I.J. Fox furs, 1935 Date: 1935

London Palladium, autumn variety season, 1952
London Palladium Theatre, programme cover, Variety Season, Autumn 1952 Date: 1952

The Dave Clark Five, English pop group Date: 1964

Martin Harvey in Scaramouche, a romantic drama in four acts by Rafael Sabatini, at the Garrick Theatre, London. Date: late 1920s

My Country Lane by Edgar Bateman & Albert Perry
Promotional music sheet for My Country Lane music hall song by Edgar Bateman and Albert Perry. The singer, Alec Hurley, portrayed here, specialised in coster songs

Suffrage Pilgrimage NUWSS 1914
The official programme of the Great Demonstration on Saturday 26th July 1913, when the Pilgrims entered Hyde Park in four processions. Date: 1913 July

Programme cover, Alhambra Theatre, London
Programme cover, Alhambra Theatre of Varieties, London. 1895

Programme for Joy Bells at the London Hippodrome, 1915
Programme for Joy Bells at the London Hippodrome, 1919, presented by Albert de Courville Date: 1919

Pre-production Concorde 01 G-AXDN
Pre-production Concorde 01, G-AXDN, the third Concorde to join the flight test programme

Cover design, Blackpool Aviation Week
Cover design, souvenir programme for Blackpool Aviation Week, 18-24 October 1909. Showing a gold aircraft on a white and black background. October 1909

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