1934 Collection

Turin Shroud Face 1934
Part of the first photograph of the Shroud, showing the face : the image is revealed more strongly in the negative

Turin Shroud 1934
The first photograph of the Shroud : the image is revealed more strongly in the negative. Water stains and fold marks also appear

Ginger Rogers Dancing with her partner Fred Astaire
Picture taken in 1934 of US actress, dancer and singer Ginger Rogers, dancing with her partner of Fred Astaire, during the shooting of the film " The Gay Divorcee"

An infamous image of the Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster? A photograph taken by Mr R. K Wilson, a London surgeon, after noticing an object moving in Loch Ness

Histological Diagram of a Mammalian Retina
RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Spanish doctor and histologist, Nobel Prize in 1906. Histological diagram of a mammalian retina. Original drawing by Ramon y Cajal

Ticked Off by Cecil Aldin
A meek looking Dandie Dinmont dog receiving a scolding from his owner. Date: 1934

OCEAN LINER QUEEN MARY. The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary launched in 1934. Painting, 1934, by William McDowell

Advert / Sandeman Port
Sandeman Port - the famous silhouette

Marie Curie / Photograph
MARIE CURIE Polish scientist

Loch Ness Monster
Photo by London gynecologist Robert Kenneth Wilson taken at 7.30 am on (probably) 19 April 1934; he never claimed it as the monster, simply a mysterious photo

CURIE (1867-1934)
MARIE CURIE Physical Chemist In her laboratory

Poster, Zeppelin to South America
Poster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934

De Havilland Aircraft Company Poster
Poster, De Havilland Aircraft Company, From Mildenhall to Melbourne in 70 Hours 59 Minutes winning the Worlds Greatest Race

Advert for Leica cameras 1934
Take a Leica it ll be worth it. The marvellous pictures you get with your Leica camera will be worth its price many, many times over

Croydon Airport 1934
Passengers disembarking from a plane at Croydon Airport. The painting is entitled The Airport of London, Croydon

Gustav Holst (Lambert)
GUSTAV HOLST - English composer and music teacher

Taxi Rank at Paddington Station, 1934
This images shows the busy taxi rank at Paddington Station in 1934. Over 20 taxis are waiting along this stretch

International Air Display and Races Poster
Poster, International Air Display and Races at Lympne, near Hythe, Kent, organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. September 1934

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934
Photograph of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, viewed from the slipway she had just left, 26th September 1934

Transportable Ciderpress
A transportable cider press in use at Pensford, Somerset South-west England) : the fruit is first ground in a mill, then crushed in a press to extract the cider

Sophia Loren / Postcard
SOPHIA LOREN Italian film actress, in a glamorous pose

Gloster Gladiator
The last of Britains biplane fighters, it entered service in 1937 and took part in World War Two, notably in the defence of Malta, though quite outclassed by its opponents

Lovecraft / Aliens / 1936
THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME (H P Lovecraft) - Peaslee encounters the Great Race

Loco staff cleaning No 5029 Nunney Castle
4-6-0 Castle class locomotive. Built 1934

Partick Thistle FC football team 1934-1935. Back row: Calderwood (Captain), Cummings, Johnstone, Elliot, Sutherland, M Leod. Front row: Regan, M Kennan, Wylie, Hastie, M Lennan. Date: 1934-1935

Graceful Line Of Beach Dancers
Long Beach, California: March 16, 1934. Dancers trained by Lillian Newman staging an outdoor tableux on the beach

Air Race for the Kings Cup Poster
Poster, Air Race for the Kings Cup, at Hatfield Aerodrome, with a stylised image of two planes racing. July 1934

Aldeburgh Golf Club
A sketch showing members of the Aldeburgh Golf Club, including its captain, V.H.C. Longstaffe. Date: 1934

Photo of the Loch Ness Monster?
An enlarged photograph taken by a tourist of what was believed to be the Loch Ness Monster

Ramon Y Cajal / Nobel 1906
SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL Spanish histologist

RIVERA, Diego. Man, Controller of
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Man, Controller of the Universe. 1934. Right detail. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. Fine Arts Palace

Hon. Lorraine Berry by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Mary Lorraine Berry by Madame Yevonde. She was the second daughter of the late Lord Buckland

Booths Dry Gin advertisement at Gargoyle club
Advertisement for Booths Dry Gin showing George, the barman mixing some delicious cocktails. The Gargoyle Club on Meard Street was a regular haunt for many artists

Bas relief from the Anzac Memorial - Sydney, Australia
Bronze Bas relief from the Anzac War Memorial by Rayner Hoff - Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia - showing the landing of troops at Gallipoli, Dardanelles Front, WW1. Date: circa 1934

Trail left by the Loch Ness Monster?
Photographic results from a four week search organised by Sir Edward Mountain into the existence of the Loch Ness Monster

Marianne Foyster
MARIANNE FOYSTER, wife of the rev L A Foyster, living at Borley 1930 to 1935

Amy Johnson - pioneering English pilot
Amy Johnson (later Mollison) CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia

Ice skating by Rene Vincent
Illustration showing two gentlemen trying to steady a clumsy lady on an ice rink. Date: 1934

Advert for Mappin & Webb Ermeto Movado pocket watch 1934
Ermeto Movado watches a new model at a new price. Built for a life-times service, they have strong outer cases ensuring double glass breakage. Date: 1934

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961). American writer. Hunting in Kenya, February 1934

SEAN O CASEY (1800-1964). Irish playwright. Photographed in 1934

Wedding cake
A photograph showing the finishing touches being made to the wedding cake of George, Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Greece in 1934

Front cover from the Bystander
Front cover illustration for The Bystanders Summer Number showing two sun tanned and swimsuit-clad women running on a beach

Three people who claim to have seen the Loch Ness Monster
Mr Alexander Ross, Mr Arthur Grant and Miss Janet Fraser, all of whom claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster between 1933 and 1934

Elgar out Walking
EDWARD ELGAR Postcard, Circa 1905

Queen of the South FC football team 1934-1935. Back row: McLachlan (Manager), Sneddon, Savage, Haywood, Fotheringham, Cumming, Smith, Culbert, Smith, Allan (Captain), Hutchison (Chairman)

Swinton RLFC rugby team 1934-1935. Back row: Lee, Stoddart, Wright, Hughes, Spruce, Armitt

bugatti type 55 2. 3 litre roadster
bugatti type 55 2.3 litre roadster

The Village Pond by A. E. Bestall
A winter scene by Alfred Bestall of people partaking in ice skating on the local pond

Dr. Beebe climbing out of his bathysphere, August 1934
Photograph of Dr. William Beebe and his two-ton iron bathysphere off St. George, Bermuda, 11th August 1934. Dr

The man who drank the bands champagne by H. M. Bateman
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man in evening dress quaffing a glass of champagne watched by an astonished orchestra

Advert / Lawrence / Squire
Personality endorsement of Whitbreads India Pale Ale: Gertrude Lawrence and Ronald Squire

RMS Queen Mary leaving Clyde shipyards, near Glasgow
RMS Queen Mary (Cunard-White Star liner) leaving the John Brown shipyards on the River Clyde, near Glasgow, on her completion. Date: 1934

de Havilland DH-80A Puss Moth
Hillmans Airways de Havilland Dh-80A Puss Moth Parked on Grass with a Pilot in Uniform Standing Date: 1934

Two girls on a 1934 Matchless motorcycle
Two young girls pose for photograph sitting on a 1934 Matchless 250cc ohv motorcycle, circa 1934

Advert for Curry & Paxton, binoculars 1934
Curry & Paxton, dispensing opticians, advertising binoculars with leather case. Date: 1934

BROOKLYN: WYCKOFF HOUSE. The Pieter Wyckoff House in Brooklyn. Photographed by E.P. MacFarland, c1934

Champion Six-horse team of Wilson & Co. Meat Packers
The Internationally acclaimed Six-horse Champion Clydesdale team of Wilson & Co. Meat Packers, Chicago

Bristol Temple Meads station alterations, 1934
Views of the cellars beneath the broad gauge platforms during the alterations at Bristol Temple Meads station in 1934

Empire Air Day Poster
Poster, Empire Air Day 1934, organised by the Air League of the British Empire. A civil aviation and RAF " at home". With a map of UK showing where the events are taking place. May 1934

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a pilot in flying gear, gesturing towards three biplanes in flight. 1934

Lady Charles Cavendish aka Adele Astaire
Adele Astaire (1896 - 1981) comedy actress and dance partner of her brother, Fred Astaire from childhood until 1932

DUKE ELLINGTON (1899-1974). American musician and composer. Photographed in 1934 by Maurice Seymour

Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, East Devon
View of Connaught Gardens at Sidmouth, East Devon, with an array of flowers in flowerbeds, with trees in the background

R. M. S. Queen Mary under construction, 1934
Photograph of Queen Mary, then known as 534, under construction at John Browns shipyard, Clydebank

Dionne Quintuplets / Bath
Cecile, Yvonne, Annette, Emilie & Marie Dionne; Canadian quintuplets b. May 28th 1934

Dionne Quintuplets / Cover
Cecile, Yvonne, Annette, Emilie & Marie Dionne; Canadian quintuplets b. May 28th 1934

Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35
Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, historical map. This expedition took place between 1933 and 1935, and followed an earlier expedition from 1928 to 1930

Swindon Works staff boarding Trip trains in 1934
Swindon Works staff and families making their way to board Trip Trains in 1934

Rush hour at a London tube station, by A. W. Wilson
A busy London underground station contasting two platforms, one side has happy holiday makers and the other sober looking business men

Bradman / Cricketer 1934
Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (1908-2001)

German Glider Meeting
Poster for a German gliding meeting

Alice as a Beggar Girl
ALICE LIDDELL Alice Liddell as a beggar girl

Opening of the Mersey Tunnel - Liverpool Date: 1934

Miss Elizabeth Egerton-Warburton
Elizabeth Egerton-Warburton (1911 - 2002), later Viscountess Ashbrook photographed prior to her marriage to the Hon. Desmond Flower in November 1934. Date: 1934

The 1934 Test Match at Lords: Verity wins the game
Verity winning the match for England, sending down a ball to Woodfall, the Australian captain

Somerset scenery 1934
Somerset scenery in art deco style. 2 of 2

England V Italy 1934
ENGLAND versus ITALY at Highbury

Dinner given by Alexander Duckham at the Savoy Hotel honouring Louis Ble

Start Nice GP 1934 Nuvolari in 2, Maserati 8CM

Cover design, Jersey Airways brochure
Cover design, Jersey Airways Ltd brochure. circa 1934

Dewars advertisement
Advertisement for Dewars White Label whiskey showing four gentlemen smartly attired in evening wear enjoying a game of cards - and a glass of Dewar s. 1934

The Hiker & Camper 1934
Stylised front cover of The Hiker and Camper magazine featuring an advertisement for Stormgard rain capes, leggings sou westers & rucksacks, all necessary for keen hikers

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934
Photograph of the launch of R.M.S. Queen Mary from John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, 26th September 1934

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In the year 1934, a myriad of remarkable events and iconic moments unfolded. The Turin Shroud Face captivated the world with its enigmatic presence, leaving many in awe of its mysterious origins. Meanwhile, on the silver screen, Ginger Rogers gracefully danced her way into our hearts alongside her partner Fred Astaire, showcasing their unparalleled chemistry. Cecil Aldin's artwork titled "Ticked Off" stirred emotions as it depicted a scene filled with frustration and annoyance. In the realm of science, a histological diagram of a mammalian retina shed light on the intricate complexities of vision. An advertisement for Sandeman Port enticed connoisseurs to indulge in its rich flavors and velvety texture. Amidst all this excitement, an infamous image emerged capturing what appeared to be the elusive Loch Ness Monster lurking beneath Scotland's waters. The invention of a transportable cider press revolutionized traditional methods of cider-making, making it more accessible than ever before. Thrilling spectators from around the globe was an International Air Display and Races Poster that promised adrenaline-pumping aerial feats. Tragically marking this year was the passing of Marie Curie; her groundbreaking discoveries forever etched in history books. Croydon Airport stood as a bustling hub for aviation enthusiasts who marveled at planes taking flight amidst clouds painted by golden sunsets. A poignant photograph captured Marie Curie herself—a symbol of perseverance and brilliance—whose legacy continues to inspire generations even after her departure from this world. As we reflect upon 1934, we are reminded that within one year lie countless stories waiting to be discovered and cherished for years to come.