Traveller Gallery

French Wagons-Lit poster

Poster advertising the French National Railways Wagon-Lits (sleeper train) service to Switzerland, Italy and the Cote d'Azur and giving us a fascinating glimpse at the typical interior of a cabin in second class complete with beds, vanity cabinet and lovely wooden art deco finishes

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1925, 20s, Age, Art, Beds, Bunk, Cabin, Cabins, Class, Comfort, Comfortable, Compartment, Deco, Europe, European, French, Golden, Historical, History, Interior, Interiors, Journey, Lit, Luxury, National, Over Night, Poster, Posters, Rail, Railway, Railways, Sleeper, Train, Trains, Travel, Traveller, Twenties, Wagons

Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer

Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer, in her canoe on the Ogooue (Ogowe) River in Gabon, West Central Africa, in 1896. She was the first woman to travel to Africa alone, though she distanced herself from the feminist movement

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1862, 1890s, 1896, 1900, Africa, African, Boat, Canoe, Central, Exploration, Explorer, Gabon, Henrietta, Historical, History, Independent, Kingsley, Mary, Natives, Ogooue, Ogowe, Pole, Poles, River, Rowing, Transport, Travel, Traveller, Victorian, Water, West, Woman, Women, Writer

Tatler cover - Rosita Forbes

Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. A. T. McGrath). Photograph taken in 1930 when she was about to embark on an expedition for the Caucasian Republics, Iraq, Anatolia and Persia.
1930

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1930, Aug16, Author, Authors, Bold, Coat, Cover, Covers, Expedition, Exploration, Explorer, Female, Forbes, Front, Leather, Magazine, Magazines, Mcgrath, Mrs, Pioneering, Rosita, Tatler, Travel, Traveller, Trousers, Woman, Women, Writer, Writers