National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts

[Mountain scenery, location unknown]

PZ7890/45.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Upland limestone scenery, possibly on the road to Monte Grappa.

[Alpine scenery]

PZ7890/46.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

An alpine village in the distance, table and chairs in the foreground.

[David Lloyd George and members of his entourage inspecting a WW1 battlefield]

PZ7890/47.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

David, Megan & Gwilym Lloyd George with others inspecting a battlefield. Inspector Pavey is accompanying them. D Ll G is holding a pair of binoculars.

[Lloyd George family examining a WW1 battlefield]

PZ7890/48.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Members of the Lloyd George family, their backs to the camera, view a distant village from behind a barbed wire fence. They are (l-r) Megan, Margaret, David, Gwilym Lloyd George.

[Church tower, Freudenstat]

PZ7890/49.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

One of the two towers on the Evangelische Stadtkirche, Freudenstat.

[Unknown lady aboard a ship]

PZ7890/5.
Item
[ca.1925].

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Young lady in fur-trimmed coat aboard a ship.

[Lloyd George and entourage window shopping]

PZ7890/50.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

David Lloyd George looking in a bookshop window in Freudenstadt. Inspector Pavey is a few paces behind. A similar photo to this appears in the Daily Express of Sept 5th 1929 and identifies it as Freudenstadt.

[Rural landscape]

PZ7890/51.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

A flat, almost featureless plain with a village centre right. Reminiscent of the Picardy landscape this is possibly the site of a WW1 battle.

[The Lloyd George entourage in Freudenstadt]

PZ7890/52.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

David Lloyd George and others walking along a street in Freudenstadt. Sequentially this photo was taken prior to PZ7890/50 but after PZ7890/54. A sign behind them reads 'Eier/Butter Kase.' A similar photo to AJS050 appears in the Daily Express of Sept 5th 1929.

[Lloyd George entourage at WW1 battle site]

PZ7890/53.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Gwilym Lloyd George consults a map, David, Edna & Megan Lloyd George along with Mrs Sylvester are looking into the distance. All are standing on a road.

[Lloyd George entourage in Freudenstadt]

PZ7890/54.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Lloyd George and others walking along a street in Freudenstadt. Taken shortly before photos PZ7890/50 & 52. A similar photo to AJS050 appears in the Daily Express of Sept 5th 1929.

[Alpine scenery]

PZ7890/55.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Looking down into a cultivated valley far below, location unknown

[Aerodrome and plane]

PZ7890/56.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

An aeroplane on the ground at an unknown aerodrome. The plane is seen from a distance but is very similar to a Dornier Do-X seaplane. The Do-X was financed by the German Transport Ministry and built in a specially designed plant at Altenrhein, on the Swiss portion of Lake Constance, in order to circumvent the Treaty of Versailles which forbade any aircraft exceeding set speed and range limits to be built in Germany after World War I. The plane was completed in 1929. In his diary A J Sylvester writes that the Lloyd George entourage witnessed it taking off on a trial flight on Sept 4th 1929.

[The Lloyd George entourage parked on the side of a cobbled and tree-lined road]

PZ7890/57.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

The three cars in the entourage parked at the side of the road, Inspector Pavey is milling around.

[Lloyd George and other female members of the party at a WW1 battlefield]

PZ7890/58.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

Lloyd George in oratorical mode in the company of Mrs Sylvester, Margaret and Megan Lloyd George.

[David and Gwilym Lloyd George inspecting a WW1 battlefield]

PZ7890/59.
Item
1929.

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

David Lloyd George pointing at the horizon in the company of Gwilym Lloyd George and Inspector Pavey. Pavey is looking through binoculars. All have their backs to the camera.

[Four people aboard a ship]

PZ7890/6.
Item
[ca.1925].

Part of A J Sylvester Collection

L-R A bespectacled middle aged gent, lady in two piece suit, young lady in fur trimmed coat, gent in dark suit and hat photographed on the deck of a ship.Very similar to PZ7890/4.