Beecham Collection

Promotional jigsaw, Beechams Pills and Powders. circa 1930s

Advert for Beechams Pills 1887
What are the Wild Waves saying ? Try BREECHAMs PILLS! 1887

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Promotional postcard for The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare; set to music by Adrian Welles Beecham. First produced at the Grand Theatre, Brighton

Leading musicians during the reign of King George V
Leading classical musicians and composers during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Wood, Beecham, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Walford Davies. Date: 1935

Caricature illustrations of Mr Thomas Beecham and Mr Richard Strauss. With description, Dr Richard Strauss as seen by a member of the Covent Garden Orchestra; Both gentlemen are once again very

Photographs of opera personalities, within illustrated frame with fuchsias. Including, Mr Robert Radford; A very fine basso, who has long been popular on the concert platform

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125-3B-RA G-AVVB
Hawker Siddeley HS.125-3B/RA G-AVVB (msn 25140), of Beecham. Date: circa 1990

Hawker-Siddeley HS-125-3B G-AZVS
Hawker-Siddeley HS-125-3B/RA G-AZVS (msn 25132), of Beecham Imperial Aviation Limited, at London Heathrow Airport in company with HS-125-400 G-AYNR. Date: circa 1975

Sir Thomas Beecham leaving the War Office 1939
Photograph of famous conductor Sir Thomas Beecham as he leaves the War Office, after a discussion concerning entertainment provisions for soldiers, following the outbreak of war in September

Front cover, Beechams Family Almanack, published by the proprietor of Beechams Pills. Date: 1905

The Marriage of Figaro by Claude Shepperson
An incident in the third act of the opera, The Marriage of Figaro in which the Count thinks he has caught the Countess philandering with Figaro

Thomas Beecham (1879-1961), English conductor and impresario. Beecham, seen here holding a cigar, founded the New Symphony Orchestra

Advert for Beechams Pills 1900
The before and after approach is a mainstay of medical advertising : here it is, used dramatically, if not credibly, by the manufacturers of Beechams Pills. 1900

Beechams Laboratories, St. Helens, Lancashire. 1930s

Advert for Beechams Pills 1886
Used in the Palace by Queen Victoria, in the cottage, at sea and when studying. Sold only at wholesale and retail, by the Proprietor, T. Beecham, chemist St. Heens, lancashire. 1886

Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) English conductor and impresario, in old age. Below the portrait is the entrance to Covent Garden Theatre, London. From card issued with Brook Bond Tea

Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) English conductor and impresario. Beecham holding a cigar. Photograph by courtesy of EMI

Advertisement for Beechams Pills from an American newspaper of 1890
PATENT MEDICINE PILL, 1890. Advertisement for Beechams Pills from an American newspaper of 1890

Sir Thomas Beecham Date: c. 1900s

Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the Beechum
A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised

Thomas Beecham and Sir Herbert Tree
The English Actor-Manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree (seated), pictured with Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor and impresario together in Trees study at His Majestys Theatre in London

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