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The Illustrated London News 1921

April 23rd

dissapointed comet

Not to hit earth after all !! A disappointing Comet

An event that was expected to occur next June, but, it is now stated, will not take place:
The Pons-Winnecke Comet approaching the earth, as imagined by an astronomer

If you would just like to donate something to
NSPCC

 

April 2nd

Ugandan King eating

Death if he touched the King's teeth!
A cook ceremonially feeding a King of Bunyoro with meat on a two-pronged fork.

 

Some Adverts

Advert electrify your gramophone

Electrify your Gramophone!

 

Triumph motor cycle

Triumph Motor Cycle

 

Austrian bank notes as beer labels

Bank notes used as beer labels: Austrian "Famine Money."

 

 

de valera

 

burns red tape whisky advert

Some Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

February 16th - Unemployment in Britain exceeded 1 million, by June it was 2 million

February 18th - Etienne Oehmichen made the first flight by helicopter

March 17th - First Birth Control Clinic opened in London by Marie Stopes

August 4th - Lenin asked for world help to overcome Russian famine

November 5th - Prince Hirohito appointed Regent of Japan

December 7th - Agreement signed by Eamon de Valera, Sinn Fein leader, to setup the Irish Free State with Dominion status

Lloyd George sold Titles! - reported to be �10,000 for a Knighthood and �50,000 for a Peerage

Rudolf Valentino starred in The Sheikh

Cricklewood, London had it's own Stoll film Studios (Hollywood! Pinewood!)

Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics (Relativity was the buzz word)

MK Gandhi campaigned in India to boycott all european goods he became known as a "Mahatma" possessed of miraculous powers

Enrico Caruso dies, aged 48

 


Some of the more unusual collection

of inventions from the Patent Office of 1921

patent office

that appeared in the Illustrated London News

1.Watering crops by Airship etc

2.A device for collecting hair at the barbers etc

3.A new rainhat etc

4.New railway across channels etc

5.A Coat brushing device etc

6.Golf swing analyser etc


March 19th


Frontispiece - Crowd at Execution of Sinn Feiners


Our Notebook
Books of the Day by E.B. Osborn
Art in the Sale Rooms by Arthur Hayden
The Haunts of Life: The Fresh Waters by Professor J. Arthur Thomson
Wonders of Little Known Central Africa by Rev. John Roscoe
The World of Theatre by J.T. Grein
Ladies Page
Science Jottings
The Playhouses
Adventures of Fifty Years
The Chronicle of the Car
Our Friends in France
The Cult of the Postage Stamp by Fred J. Melville


A Great Crowd of Sympathisers in Dublin, Outside Mountjoy Gaol

Mr. Bonar Law Installed as Lord Rector of Glasgow University

The First Woman DCL of Oxford:
The Queens Degree
Lady Margaret Hall Students
Her Majesty sees Mrs. Julian Huxleys Baby Son
Miss Butterworth Giving the Queen a book
Her Majesty in her DCL Robes
The Queen Cheered by the Students
Her Majesty Shaking Hands with Miss Jex Blake

British Tanks in Dusseldorf:
The Occupation of the Three Rhine Towns by Allied Troops
Genera. Gaucher
A Regiment of French Troops Marching into Dusseldorf
The Park Hotel
General Morland
The Rhine Flotilla
A Long Column Winding Through the Town
German Civilians with Some French Soldiers
Entering Dusseldorf to Control the Southern Part of the Town
Tanks

Personalities of the Week:
The Late Mr. A.O. Capper
Alderman George Clancy
Mr. M. OCallaghan
The Late Lady Henry Somerset
Col. T.E. Lawrence
The Late Senor Dato
The Late Mrs. Florence Barclay
Sir Courtenay Ilbert
Capt. Evans  
The Late Lord Moulton

News of the Week
The Military Funeral of Col. Commandant Cumming at Golders Green
The Burial of the Mayor and Ex-Mayor of Limerick
The King Greeting the Irish Team at Beckenham
Old Temple Bar, now in Theobalds Park, Waltham
Mr. Joseph Gibb with his Invention at a Match
The King and Queen of Spain leaving the House of the Late Senor Dato
The Back of Senor Datos Motor car

Kiplings In Sight of Mount Monadnock-Original Wrappers

Military Racing at Sandown
Mr. W. Filmer Sankey
Huguenot Leading from Razzle Dazzle
Prince Henry, the Duke of York and the Prince of Wales
Comte H. D'Oultremont
Talking to an Officer who Rode in the grand Military Gold Cup
The Prince of Wales from Right Against the Wall
The Prince of Wales, The Duke of York, and Prince Henry

The Prince of Wales at Glasgow
The Prince Between Lord and Lady Blythswood in a House Party Group
The Prince at St. Andrews Halls Distemper
Speaking after Laying the Foundation
HRH Leaving the Kelvin Grove Art Galleries
HRH at the Perguslie Mills of Messrs J and P. Coats
The Prince among Cheering Workmen
The Prince at the Wheel of a Hydro Glider
Presenting the Kings Flag to the 1st Glasgow Troop

A Battleship seen from an Aeroplane

The Sacred Milk Ceremonies of Bunyoro
Bringing Sacred Cows to be Milked
Royal Milk Pot
One Milkman on Duty
Royal Milk Pots
Pipe Clayed Bunyoro Milkmaids
A Bunyoro Royal Milkmaid
Royal Milkmaids with the King of Bunyoro
Bunyoro Milkmaids in Attendance at the Milking of a Sacred Cow for the King

A Scene at the Chauve Souris Theatre

Miss Meggie Albanesi

Miss Jessie Winter

Afternoon Dress

Offertory Dish for King Henry the Sevenths Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Miss Jose Collins in Sybil

Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen in Bean Car

Talbot Darracq Saloon

The Present by Alfred Stevens

The Concert Aux Tuileries by Edouard Manet

An Irish Grievance in the Art World
La Douane by Antonio Mancini
Loves Offspring by Narcisse Diaz
The Bird Cage by Jacob Maris
Honore Daumier by Charles Daubigny

Eels

Drawing - Haunts of Life the Dim Water World of Lake and River by W.B. Robinson  

The Beggars Opera

British Battle ships the Iron Duke, Emperor of India,
Benbow and Marlborough by Norman Wilkinson

A Bunyoro Milkmaid Handing his
Majesty the Sacred Milk by A. Forestier

Adverts
Anglo American Oil Co. Ltd
Ciro Pearls
Sonora Gramophone
Genasprin
Henry C. Quelch and Co.
Bengers Food
Astol
Kings Head Tobacco
Stetson Hats
Van Houtens Cocoa
Lea and Perrins Sauce
Empire Fence
Oxo
Robinson and Cleaver
Berkefield Filter
Hindes Hair Tint
Cramer Pianos
Smiths Allies Watch
Triumph Motor Cycles
Sharps Super Kreem Toffee
C. Brandauer and Cos Ltd. Circular Pens
Foster Clarks Cream Custard
Tamar Indien Grillon
Browne and Lilly, Ltd
Lt. Col. Richardson Airedales
Morny Bath Salts Tablets
Cuticura Talcum
Clincher Tyres
Ruston Hornsby Cars
Pytchley Hunt Sauce
Standard Light Car
Stephensons Floor Polish
Newton, Chambers and Co. Ltd
Matinee Turkish Cigarettes

 


 

April 2nd

The 72nd Oxford And Cambridge Boat-Race,

The Dark Blues Team; Oxford
Mr W H Porritt (Wygglston And Magdalen) The Oxford Cox
Mr W E C James (Eton & Magdalen)
Mr G O Nickalls (Eton & Magdalen)
Mr M H Ellis (Shrewsbury & Keble
Mr R S C Lucas (Eton & Magdalen)
Mr D T Raikes (Radley & Merton)
Mr P C Mallam (Lancing & Queen's)
Mr F B Lothrop (Eton & Magdalen)
Mr S Earl (Eton & Magdalen)

The Light Blues:- Cambridge
Mr L E Stephens (Felsted And Trinity Hall) The Cambridge Cox
Mr H B Playford (St Paul's And Jesus)
Mr A G W Penney (Repton & Pembroke)
Mr A B Ritchie (R.N. College, Osborne & Trinity Hall)
Mr A D B Pearson (Winchester & First Trinity)
Mr H O C Boret (Eton & Third Trinity)
Mr J A Campbell (Melbourne Grammar School & Jesus)
The Hon. J W H Fremantle (Eton & Third Trinity)
Mr P H G H Hartley (Eton & L.M.B.C.)

Frontispiece:- Drawing - Death If He Touched The King's Teeth!}
A Cook Ceremonially Feeding
A King Of Bunyoro with meat On A Teo-Pronged Fork


Our Notebook GCK
Prominent People; An Ambushed Train; A Bomb In A Theatre
The World Of Theatre
Abroad And At Sea; Political And Naval Occasions -
A French Tank Entering Kattowitz-The Funeral Service For "K5"
On Board HMS "Barham" Showing Buglars Who Sounded The "Last Post" Above The Big Guns -
Refugees From Konstaft In Finland; Sailors And Artillerymen Who Escaped On Horseback, At Terijoki
Art In The Sale Rooms

Where Oxford Tries To Upset Cambridge; A Hindu Boat-Race


The Old Testament Filmed; Wonderful Scenes

from a £1,500,000 Picture, "The Dawn Of The World"


The Irish Problem Through French Eyes


Haunts Of Life;
Animal Flight - Glides; Leaps; Parachutes
The Mastery Of The Air; Creatures Described In Professor
J Arthur Thomson's Sixth Lecture At The Royal Institution

Twice As Old As Caesar; Models Of Ancient Eygpt
Found In A Rock-Chamber; Nile Craft Of 4000 Years Ago
Lord And Labourer 4000 Years Ago; Ancient Eygpt Revealed
In 2000 B.C.; A Slaughter-House, Brewery, And Bakery In Egypt


Books Of The Day


News From Four Capitals;

Athens, Washington, Paris And Berlin - Ladies News


Science Jottings
The Playhouses
The Chronicle Of The Car;

No Driving Licence Examinations- Headlight Dazzle - Fleecing The Unwary Motorist


July 2nd

Cover page picture of Irish leader Valera

Double page article with illustrations of British Officers killed by the Sinn Fein.

Full page pictorial of Sinn Fein attack on the Royal Escort train. .


July 16th


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