Each year, between 1920 and 1958, holidaymakers walking along the pier at Llandudno on the coast of North Wales, could have stopped at a booth to have their silhouette portrait cut by Mr H. L. Oakley, otherwise known as the man with the magic scissors. He served as a Captain in the 8th Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War and after the war, he returned full-time to silhouette art dividing his time between portraiture, magazine and commercial work.

Martin O'Neill began taking photographs at the age of just 15, wandering his hometown streets in Eccles, Salford and Manchester from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. His archive of documentary and reportage photographs capture the people and places of the north west with a local's empathy and a wry sense of humour borne out of familiarity.

Vintage poster specialists, Onslows, have been exclusively represented by Mary Evans for over 12 years. Their image collection is one of our most visually stunning, with cracking poster designs from the early to mid-20th century. There are plenty of glamorous international travel advertisements to tempt you to sunny climes or fashionable ski resorts, and it contains a set of images of Titanic memorabilia including letters and White Star Line artefacts.

Vintage advertising, posters and memorabilia