ALT Colourful montage of TV Times front pages and articles, showing the likes of Dick van Dyke, the Duke of Windsor, Prince Charles, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Dusty Springfield and the cast of The Avengers. In the centre is the British Newspaper Archive logo.

ALT Front page of the Daily Mirror with the headline 'The Duke of York To Wed Earl's Daughter.' On the left is a photograph of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, in a white dress. On the right is photograph of the Duke of York, in military uniform. His is a side profile whilst Lady Elizabeth looks at the camera. The photographs take up the whole of the front page.

ALT Front page of the Sunday Pictorial in a sepia tone, displaying four photographs of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The photograph on the left shows Lady Elizabeth leaning against an 'old cannon' from the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, which is positioned against a wall. She is looking down at her 'favourite dog' Peter. On the right hand side, the top image shows Lady Elizabeth in the same outfit, of a light coloured jacket with a fur collar and matching skirt, with her mother, the Countess of Strathmore, who is wearing a black hat and outfit. They stand beside an 'ancient sundial.' The photo below shows Lady Elizabeth in the uniform of the Girl guides, 'thanking her own Gil Guides for' their wedding gift, and the final photograph is a portrait of Lady Elizabeth 'by the doorway of the historic castle.'

ALT A black and white photograph of a Roecliff & Chapman's black velvet and white net evening gown, with a white lace overskirt and tiny puff sleeves. The bodice is black, which falls into a wide white skirt, with black diagonal lines. The sleeves are white, and the model wears black gloves and rows of pearls. Her hair is up, and she holds a gloved hand to her chin, as she walks down a corridor, which is lined with paintings.

ALT Montage of different newspaper front pages, from top left clockwise: Y Goleuad, The Era, The Illustrated Times (with large drawings of Christmas scenes), the American Settler (with an elaborate masthead and map of the United States), The Ipswich Journal, the Isle of Man Times, the Labour Pioneer, the Leeward Islands Gazette (in a sepia tone), London Life (with an illustration of a fairy on a stage), the Dublin Hospital Gazette, the British Yachtsman (in a sepia tone) and Holme's Brewing Gazette.

ALT A woman, with her hair up, models a sumptuous dress in caramel satin. The bodice is tight-fitting, and goes into a wide quilted skirt. She wears dark gloves, and a shimmering necklace and matching earrings.

ALT Front page of The Sphere, showing a full length portrait of four generations of the Royal Family. The group is pictured in the gardens of Marlborough House, on the grass, a path visible behind them. Princess Mary is sat on a chair, wearing a white dress, and white shoes with silver buckles. She holds her son, who wears white dress, and looks to be asleep. Standing behind her on the right is her father King George V, who wears a three piece suit and tie, his hand resting on the back of the chair. Beside him his his mother Queen Alexandra, who stands with her hands on the back of the chair, wearing a dark velvet jacket, and lacy blouse.

ALT A black and white photograph of a model standing on a flight of steps, outdoors, which feature a set of classical urns, all looking very weathered. In the distant background, a uniformed man on horseback can be seen. She stands on the bottom of the steps, one foot placed in front of the other, the white of her shoe visible. She stands with her right arm straight out, over which is draped the skirt of her dress, her left arm is raised high, curved in the manner of a ballet dancer. The dress is white and pink, three striped folds visible on the bodice, which is high necked and without sleeves. Her blonde hair is styled in an up-do, and she looks wistfully away from the camera.

ALT A close up black and white portrait of a model in profile. She wears a black and yellow hat, a wide knit veil covering part of her eyes. The main body of the hat is in black velvet, with yellow velvet detail at the back, from which springs a bunch of buttercups. The model looks thoughtful, she wears a black jacket to match the hat, and metallic round earrings.

ALT Front page of the Nottingham Guardian with the headline 'Good Morning Europe!', and the flags of France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark and Ireland. A map of the members of the Common market is also included, with a quote from Prime Minister Edward Heath - 'I am moved and excited.'

ALT Sepia toned front page of the Daily Mirror, with a large portrait of Lady Louise Mountbatten on the left hand side. Lady Louise is dressed in a nurse's uniform, with a long veil on the back of her head, and she is pictured in profile. Her husband to be is pictured on the right in a studio portrait, and below that he is pictured on horseback as a Swedish cavalry officer.

ALT Black and white photograph of a country line, surrounded on each side by high trees. Down the lane comes a shepherd, holding his crook, in front of a herd of sheep.

ALT Colourful front page of The Sketch, showing a woman dressed in the style of the 1850s, in a green dress with a large hooped skirt. The dress is decorated with red flowers, and she wears a black and green striped shawl, which is draped over her arms. She holds a blue umbrella, which matches the blue of her bonnet, to which is attached blue ribbons, which blow in the wind behind her as she looks down. In the background, on the left hand side, is a woman dressed in an orange and yellow outfit, whilst on the right, two young women are pictured under a tree, one wears a white dress, the other a pink one.

ALT Artist Eric Ravilious is pictured in a sepia toned photograph. He sits on a table in the foreground of the photograph. The table is littered with paint pots, a bottle of wine, paintbrushes, and other material. He leans back against his display for the exhibition, which is a 3D sculpture of figures playing lawn tennis, a grandstand of people looking on.

ALT Three black and white pictures of Elsa Schiaperelli designs, two portraits are shown left and right with the headline 'Summer Silhouettes' written vertically between them, and a third portrait inset. The design on the right is a dark-coloured 'spring suit' with a short jacket and large sleeves, accessorised with a 'black felt television hat.' A small potted tree is placed beside the model. On the right, a model is shown in an evening dress in 'heavy double-faced satin in two shades of pale rose,' with a 'violet-blue marabout' jacket. The dress is accessorised with a 'bouquet of white wax jasmine' at the shoulders. The inset model is shown wearing a 'black and white satin crepe' evening dress, with halter neck draping. The tight skirt has a floral design.

ALT Montage of 10 different front covers from Country Life, some in colour, some in black and white, with 5 on the top and 5 on the bottom. From top left clockwise: a woman is shown in a purple dress (Feb 1897), a woman sits on a bench with her dog (Jan 1907), Pauline Duleep Singh with her cat (Jan 1911), Mrs Wyndham-Quin and her 3 daughters (May 1930), Deborah Mitford (Mar 1941), the Prince of Wales (Jul 1994), a village green with a cricket match in progress (June 1997), Anne McCormick (Jan 1971), Chatsworth house in autumn (Oct 1963) and Broadway village, Worcestershire (Jun 1963).

ALT Clipping from the South Wales Echo, 1888, describing a person named Tom O'Brien, who had been admitted into the Clogheen Workhouse. Upon their arrival, Tom was found to be 'a woman wearing male attire,' and it was discovered that they had been dressing as a man for some fifty years.

ALT Front page of the Sunday Illustrated in a sepia tone, declaring '£2,000 Won!' and featuring a montage of photographs of winner Jack Barton. The photograph on the top left shows Jack at a desk, 'making out a forecast for the matches' to be played on the following weekend, on the right a portrait is shown of a smiling Jack, inset over both is a photograph of the £2,000 cheque from 'Pictorial Publications Ltd.' The photograph on the bottom right is of Jack's winning coupon with his predictions, whilst the one on the bottom left shows Jack with his parents outside the offices of the Sunday Illustrated, they smile happily.

ALT A black and white picture of a counter, behind which two women, wearing white blouses and hats, serve tea. Mugs of milk are visible, as is a tea urn. Next to them a dog is pictured, on the counter. Queueing up to receive the tea are sailors, who are in uniform. One receives a cup of tea from one of the women, whilst another already holds his cup and saucer.

ALT A model perches on a shooting stick, as she wears a checked suit, the skirt of which falls to just below her knees. She wears sheer stockings, and buckled shoes, gloves, and scarf at her neck. Her hair is pulled back into a bun, and she is pictured in profile. On her left hand side is a fence and gate, with a barn visible in the background, and the surrounding trees are bare. On the right, a car is parked, muddy tracks visible beside its tyres.

ALT Black and white illustration from 1879 showing a 'performing cat in court.' In front of a packed court room, in what is presumably the witness box, a man stands with his arm raised, holding a long stick. From the stick a large black cat dangles, its paws pointing towards the court, its feet around the stick. The court looks on with fondness and amusement.

ALT Front page of the Daily Mirror in a sepia tone, with the headline 'To-Day's Great Abbey Wedding.' The entire page is taken up with a portrait of the Duke of York with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. His arms are crossed, as he sits, with Lady Elizabeth standing beside him, her hands behind her back.