1937 Collection

National Electric Grid
Part of Britains National Grid, this is the sub-station at Yoker, near Glasgow, Scotland. The tower is 90 metres tall and carries the lines across the Clyde

Hastings Lifeboat Horses
Lifeboat horses at Hastings used to haul the lifeboat from the beach to the water; two boys watch the scene

Rolex precision watches 1937
A selection of womens wristwatches for Rolex, Oyster watch that is waterproof, dustproof, anti magnetic and unbreakable glass. Products for Army & Navy catalogue. Date: 1937

Advert for Pilsner Urquell, New York, 1937 Date: 1937

Leon Trotsky in Mexico
The Bolshevik leader finds refuge in Mexico. Leon Trotsky pictured here with his wife on the left of the photograph and Senora Rivera (Frida Kahlo), wife of artist Diego Rivera

Me and My Girl - Instructions how to dance the Lambeth Walk
Type-written instructions on how to dance The Lambeth Walk, a cheery Cockney musical number, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. Date: 1937

Napier-Railton racing car driven at Brooklands track by John Cobb, 1937 Date: 1937

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938)

Joe Louis, 1936
Photographic portrait of Joe Louis (1914-1981), the American heavyweight boxer, pictured in 1936

Endeavour II
A drawing of Endeavour II, the British challenger in the 1937 Americas Cup races, which was paid for and helmed by Thomas Sopwith, the famous aeroplane pioneer

George Gershwin / Musician
GEORGE GERSHWIN American composer

GWR Refreshment Department Platform Trolley, May 1937
A GWR Refreshment Department platform trolley at Paddington station in London, May 1937

Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland
Portobello - a coastal suburb of Edinburgh. Formerly a beach resort, it is located three miles to the east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth Date: 1937

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937. Date: 1937

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a two-propeller plane nosediving. 1937

Map of the Coronation ritual within Westminster Abbey
A panoramic view inside Westminster Abbey to show the position, movements and sequence of ceremonies (indicated by numbers) of the Coronation ceremony of King George VI. Date: 1937

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

FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954). Mexican artist. Photographed by Toni Frissell, 1937

The Fox (1937). Luke, John 1906-1975. Date: 1937

The beehive terminal building at Gatwick Airport in 1937. de Havilland DH86 Express Air Liner, G-ADEA, of British Airways, flies past. Date: 1937

Launch of HMS Ark Royal, Birkenhead, 1937
Photograph showing the aircraft-carrier HMS Ark Royal being launched down the slipway at the Cammell Laird Shipyard, Birkenhead, 13th April 1937

Ballet dancers rehearsing Coppelia
Ballet dancers from the French Academie de Musique et de Danse rehearsing Coppelia (music by Delibes). Mademoiselle Carlotta Zambelli, Italian dancer and teacher, is in pink on the left

Me and My Girl - Lambeth Walk sheet music cover, 1937
Bill Snibson (actor Lupino Lane 1892-1959) peeps from behind his stately home on this music cover for The Lambeth Walk, as featured in Arthur Rose and Douglas Furbers musical Me and My Girl. 1937

EAST END:Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Stepney, Hackney, Mile End, Haggerston, 1937 map Artist/engraver/cartographer: The Geographia map company

Sports arena interior, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Interior of the Hershey sports arena, home of the Hershey Hockey Club (Hershey Bears), Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1937

Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA -- a new development of brick cottages overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, probably intended as short-stay holiday accommodation. 1937

The Coronation Coach
The State coach, weighing 4 tonnes, which first appeared on the streets of London at an opening of Parliament by George III has been used at every Royal coronation since that of George IV

Austin Seven Ruby 1937 Red

Seven Champion Diving In LA
Los Angeles, California: June, 1937. Champion divers preparing to participate in the National Aquatic Show to be held at the Olympic Swimming Stadium in LA

King George VI - Coronation Souvenir Postcard
King George VI (1895-1952), Elizabeth, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions (1900-2002) (later, Queen Elizabeth)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - One of the many steel mills. Date: 1937

Cardini - Magician (Richard Valentine Pitchford) (1895-1973)

Notables assembled in the Abbey annexe at 1937 Coronation
Ecclesiastics, distinguished officers of state and regalia bearers awaiting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the tapestried hall of the temporary annexe of Westminster Abbey

ALL-STAR GAME, 1937. Major League baseball players Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey
ALL-STAR GAME, 1937

Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Mitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Austin Seven Ruby 1937 Red

Great Orders of Knighthood and other high decorations
Insignia of the chief orders following in importance that of the Garter. The ribbons are represented by the backgrounds, except in the Order of Merit, and that of the Companions of Honour. Date: 1937

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt
Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound

Crown of Scotland
The Crown of Scotland, last used at the coronation of Charles II at Scone in 1651, now in the Crown Room at Edinburgh Castle

Wolseley 1937
The distinctive radiator grille of the Wolseley - the car without a doubt, the advertising copywriter claims, whatever that means

Ewbank Master Washer
A housewife uses her Ewbank Master Clothes Washer for washing, wringing and ironing

Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters in a display at Lambeth HQ, London, on 28 July 1937, following a presentation of certificates for bravery by Mr E Cruse, Chairman of the London Fire Brigade Committee

Border Canaries
From a series of postcards. c.1937

King George VI in Coronation Robes by Albert Collings
Portrait of King George VI by the portrait painter Albert Collings. Collings originally painted the picture for the Coronation of King Edward VIII but, after the Abdication, repainted the face

Frazer-Nash Replica
A marque for the serious sports-car enthusiast, the oddly-named Frazer-Nash T.T. Replica is priced at over six hundred pounds. Date: 1937

The coronation of King George VI in Westminster Abbey, London, showing the moment the king is crowned.Date: 1937

Fiat 500 Topolino

Evelyn Waugh gets married
Photograph of English novelist and satirist, Evelyn Waugh (1903 -1966) on his marriage to Laura Herbert, which took place at the Church of the Assumption Warwick Street, London

Greyhound Derby at White City
A relatively small portion of the crowd at White City during the Greyhound Derby of 1937. A record crowd of 83, 000 went to the White City to see Wattle Bark win in the record time of 29.26 seconds

Tommy Farr using a punch ball, 1937
Photograph showing Tommy Farr (1914-1986), the Welsh heavyweight boxer also known as the Tonypandy Terror, training at a gym, 1937

Arriving at New York
Arriving in New York harbour aboard the Normandie - few ports give you the chance to anchor in the heart of a big city, and none quite so spectacularly as this !

Essex Union hunt. By Canewdon Church in the marshes by the River Crouch. Date: 1937

London - The Connaught Hotel, Mayfair. Date: 1937

Sunderland win FA Cup 1937
George VI and Queen Elizabeth present the FA Cup to Raich Carter, captain of the winning Sunderland team after the cup final at Wembley against Preston North End. 1937

Advert for Vega perfume by Guerlain 1937
An advertisement for the Guerlain perfume Vega. A woman resembling the statue of liberty with red lips stares out from the page. Date: 1937

Percival E3H Mew Gull, G-AFa, at Hatfield after finishing third in the 1937 Kings Cup Race flown by Edgar Percival

Turnout of vehicles from Lambeth HQ, with the River Thames and Houses of Parliament in the background

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady Elizabeth Paget
Lady Elizabeth Paget, daughter of the Marquess of Anglesey, was one of the train-bearers to Queen Elizabeth at the coronation of George VI

International Air Rally Poster 1937
Poster, High Speed Thrills! International Air Rally, Lympne, 28-29 August. Spectacular RAF Hendon Acrobatics, Racing, Live Parachuting, Foreign Aces. Organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. 1937

Woman reading a book
A beautiful young woman with blonde hair and red lipsticked lips, wears a lilac gown with sky blue fur trim. She reclines in her favourite chair to read her book. 1937

Goodwins toilet soap, 1930s
An advert for Goodwins toilet soap, featuring a smiling young woman holding a tennis racket. 1937-1938

Fiat 500 Topolino

Jaguar SS100 Britain

Mental Cruelty by H. M. Bateman
A banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter

Advertisement for the Flying Standard Twenty car
Full page photographic advertisement for the Flying Standard Twenty car, showing two photos of the car in front of large houses, a typically aspirational car advert of the 1930s period

Maurice Ravel / Photo
MAURICE RAVEL French musician

Imperial State Crown
CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLAND The Imperial state crown

Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (2 of 2)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning, Campus of the University of Pittsburgh, also showing (albeit rather small)

Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE AMICE FRAeS (1895-1937)
Reginald Joseph Mitchell, CBE, AMICE, FRAeS, 1895-1937

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth consort 1937

Sealyham Riding a Sheep
Jimmie, a tame sheep belonging to Mr V. Payne, a garage proprietor of West Malling, Kent, takes its Sealyham doggy friend for piggy backs ! Date: 19 February 1937

Patriotic dogs
An English Bull Terrier, a Scottish terrier and an Irish terrier make ready for the Coronation as canine representatives of England, Ireland and Scotland

Metropolitan Police Association Football Team
The Metropolitan Police Association Football Team prior to boarding a KLM four engine Fokker plane to Amsterdam

Fall / Bedlington / 1937
ROBIN OF SIMONSIDE Owner: Carr(?) Date: 1937

Bamforth Comic Postcard, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Date: 1937

Advert for Dewars White Label Scotch Whisky
No Faults The umpire and a tennis player having a drink of Dewars White Label Scotch Whisky, at the end of the match. 1937

The Nile -- Notes for Passengers on Cooks Steamers
A bust of Queen Nefertiti in profile, with a sketch of the River Nile in the background, on a Thomas Cook publication, Notes for Passengers on Cooks Steamers

Supermarine stranraer
One of the last of the stately biplane flying boats, the Stranraer is the first of its kind with an enclosed cockpit : it will be obsolete by WW2

Climbers on Chomolhari, Bhutan, May 1937
Photograph showing two climbers on the 24, 000 ft. Himalayan mountain Chomolhari, near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E

Gipsy Wedding
A gipsy wedding at Baildon, Yorkshire. The King of the Gipsies in England, Petulengro performs the ceremony, cutting the hands so the blood of both can unite

Hungarian Grand Prix
Rudolf Caracciola for Mercedes at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. He took the first championship title in 1935 and again in 1937 and 1938

Ernest Rutherford
ERNEST RUTHERFORD British physicist, awarded 1908 Nobel prize for chemistry, president of the Royal Society 1925-30

All products are expertly crafted, using premium materials, tailored to your specifications and promptly shipped

"1937: A Year of Dance, Adventure, and Innovation" Step back in time to 1937, a year filled with vibrant culture and remarkable events. As the catchy tune of "Me and My Girl" echoed through dance halls, people eagerly followed instructions on how to master the Lambeth Walk, a popular dance craze that brought joy and laughter to many. Meanwhile, an enticing advert for Pilsner Urquell tempted beer enthusiasts with its golden brew. The taste of this refreshing beverage transported them to a world where relaxation met indulgence. In the realm of timekeeping precision, Rolex watches made their mark in 1937. These exquisite timepieces became synonymous with elegance and reliability as they adorned wrists around the globe. On the political stage, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk left an indelible legacy before his passing in 1938. His visionary leadership shaped modern Turkey into a progressive nation that embraced change while preserving its rich heritage. Across continents, Leon Trotsky found refuge in Mexico amidst political turmoil. Despite being exiled from his homeland, he continued advocating for his revolutionary ideals until his untimely demise. Closer to home in Portobello, Edinburgh's seaside town came alive with bustling promenades and lively beachside activities. Families reveled in sun-soaked days by the shore or explored charming streets lined with quaint shops and cafes. Speed enthusiasts were captivated by the Napier-Railton racing car thundering down Brooklands' iconic track. Its sleek design combined power and grace as it pushed boundaries on every lap. For automobile lovers seeking something more accessible yet equally stylish, the Austin Seven Ruby 1937 Red proved irresistible. This compact beauty turned heads wherever it went – a symbol of freedom on four wheels during an era defined by innovation. Entertainment took center stage as The Marx Brothers delighted audiences in Sam Woods' comedic masterpiece "A Day at the Races.