The great financial crisis of 1931, clerks rushing out of the bank after the fall of the bank rate to tell the brokers on the Stock Exchange. From...
Poster for Rouben Mamoulian's 1931 horror 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' starring Fredric March and Rose Hobart.
Princess Elizabeth of York seen here in 1931 aged 5, arriving at the Royal Tournament with her parents the Duke and Duchess of York. Princess...
Nautilus submarine during the last preparation before the Wilkins' expedition's departure to the North Pole, New York, United States, from...
Flooding at Anqing near the Zhenfeng Pagoda on the Yangtze River, Anhui Province, during the great Yellow River Flood of 1931 which included the...
Chinese prisoners guarded by a Japanese soldier after the Japanese occupation of the Manchuria region, Mukden , China, from L'Illustrazione Italiana,...
Actors James Cagney as Tom Powers and Jean Harlow as Gwen Allen in a publicity still for the gangster film 'The Public Enemy', 1931.
British Royalty, circa 1931, H,R,H,Princess Elizabeth , daughter of The Duke and Duchess of York pictured walking with her mother The Duchess of York
Poster for James Whale's 1931 horror film 'Frankenstein', starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff as the monster.
American director and former child actor Norman Taurog at the Academy Awards with the gold statuette or Oscar he has just received for Best Director,...
American actor Fredric March as Edward Hyde in a publicity still for 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', California, 1931. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, and...
Photograph of Adolf Hitler with his bodyguards, Bad Harzburg, 1931. A photograph of Adolf Hitler with his bodyguards at mass meeting of the Nazi...
Lili Alvarez also known as Lili de Alvarez of Spain wearing a pleated trouser-skirt outfit serves during the Women's Singles competition at the North...
Proclamation of the Catalan Republic in 1931 by Francesc Macia, first President of the restored Generalitat of Catalonia ..
The 'Empress pf Britain' berthed at Southampton being repainted. The aft funnel is 68 foot high and there is room for two railway engines to pass...
Bas-relief in the Yazilikaya Hittite rock sanctuary, with the German archaeologist Kurt Bittel in the centre, Turkey, 1931.
The American airship Akron, the biggest of the world, inaugurated a few days before, Akron, Ohio, United States, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year...
Pope Pius XI , center, on the inauguration of the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, April 24, Rome, Italy, photo by Felici, from L'Illustrazione...
Niceto Alcala-Zamora y Torres , Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, future President of the Republic, and Francesc Macia , President of...
November 1931, HRH,Edward, Prince of Wales, 2nd right, with Lady Milbanke, left, Charlie Chaplin and the Duchess of Sutherland at a London Halloween...
Poster for James Whale's 1931 horror film 'Frankenstein' starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, and John Boles.
Poster for the 1947 French re-release of James Whale's 1931 horror film 'Frankenstein', starring Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein, and Boris Karloff...
Poster for Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1940 adventure film 'Dr. Cyclops' starring Albert Dekker, Leslie Goodwins' 1944 horror film 'The Mummy's Curse'...
Full-length portrait of Anne Frank sitting on a tricycle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. From Anne Frank's photo album.
Anne Frank playing with a ball on a street curb in front of a fence, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Behind her is a tricycle. From Anne Frank's photo...
Full-length portrait of Anne Frank sitting on a lawn in a small chair, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. From Anne Frank's photo album.
Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe poses with his sons Phil and Billy on September 3, 1931 in front of their home.
High angle view of filming in the set of 'Street Scene', filmed at United Artists Studios in West Hollywood, California, July 1931. Directed by King...
High angle view of American banker, businessman and financier Charles Hayden , holding a ceremonial gold trowel, American hotelier Lucius M Boomer ,...
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 1931. Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist.
Phyllis Holden sitting on the carpeted floor during a demonstration of a psychograph, operated by A Fischer. Measuring the subject's head at 32...
Middle East History - Pan-Islamic conference gathers at Shunet Nimrin Transjordan. King Ali and Emir Abdullah: a close-up group
Middle East History - Pan-Islamic conference gathers at Shunet Nimrin Transjordan. Closer view of the royal cavalcade. King Ali and Emir Abdullah.
Unemployed men queuing at a labour exchange, October 1931. By August 1931, employment in Britain had risen to two million, its highest level since...
The Duchess of York at an Art Exhibition at the Goupil Gallery to see an exhibition of Indian water colours by Brigadier-General CE Johnson, 1931
Sir Malcolm Campbell driving his motor car Bluebird, Brooklands racetrack, Weybridge, Surrey, 25 May 1931. Sir Malcolm Campbell , the English...