University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Two photographs - on the left, 'A Pretty Equestrienne' shows a girl, Miss Ashton Wilson from Chicago with her horse; and on the right, 'A "Woman Hater"' shows a horse being trained for police work in London rearing up at the sight of dummies dressed as women in the early/mid 20th century.

Magazine photograph of three images of horses used on stage for the musical revue 'The Whirligig' at the Palace Theatre, London in [1919]. The next beneath the image notes that the actors attend the Army riding school in North-West London as a way to keep fit for the show.

Photograph of four members of the London Mounted Police leaping a fence in Kensington Palace Gardens in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that the horses taking part in the horsemanship display 'did their bit' during World War I.

Photograph of the London Fire Brigade showing three firefighters riding on a horse-drawn wagon at a gallop answering a call in the early 20th century.

Photograph of the horse who used to pull the Lord Mayor of London's carriage and then a Russian sledge at Olympia during a pageant in the early 20th century.

Photograph of police Sergeant P.S. Thorp on a horse jumping over a gate during the Metropolitan Police mounted branch sports at Wanstead. Sergeant Thorp was the winner of the individual jumping competition on 21 May, 1921.