A demonstration of the Edvard Petrini pedalled roller skates, circa 1910, in Sweden.
Original B&W photo.
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Monday, 17 March 2014
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart in 1930, by which time she was heavily involved with promoting aviation, especially for women.
Original B&W photo.
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Karol Józef Wojtyła
A young Karol Józef Wojtyła, later to be known worldwide as Pope John Paul II, probably in 1938, while at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Original B&W photo
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Michael Foot
Michael Foot in 1935. That was the year of his first attempt to be elected a Member of Parliament, so this photo might have been taken to use in his campaign.
Original B&W photo.
Friday, 14 March 2014
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, seen here in 1961, the year he won a by-election but lost his parliamentary seat of Bristol South East, which he had held since 1950. Benn had inherited the title of Viscount Stansgate when his father died in 1960, so was disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons. Despite this, he stood in the 1961 by-election and won, but an election court declared the seat won by the Conservative runner-up, Malcolm St Clair. Benn then campaigned for a change in the law, which resulted in the Peerage Act 1963, allowing renunciation of peerages. Malcolm St Clair, honouring a promise he made in 1961, stood aside and prompted another by-election, which Benn won.
Original B&W photo.
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