ZUM4878946: Sep. 09, 1953 - Ice cream man offers Epsteins for sale.: Jacob Epstein, the famous sculptor, said last night:” Is am disgusted with the commercialisation of my art”. He had just been told that his three-ton alabaster statue of Adam and two more of his masterpiece were advertised for sale. Adam, the 7 ft. symbolic interpretation of Man, which infuriated some people and enraptured others, then drew in the thousands as a sideshow, is in store. With him are Jacob and the Angel, and the advertisement. And up in Blackpool where Adam was once a sideshow hit - Epstein's dusky bronze figure of Eve lies under dust covers in the office of an amusement and catering fim. She is for sale too / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4879016: Sep. 09, 1953 - Egyptian Ex-Premier on Trial in Cairo.. Abdel Hadi accused of Treason: Ibrahim Abdel Hadi, leader of the dissolved Saadist Party appeared before the special Revolutionary Tribunal in Cairo. The first charge of the indictment accuses him “of getting in touch with foreign circles with the object of damaging the present regime and harming the highest interests of the country”. The Tribunal is formed of three members of Gen. Neg ~ ib's military junta all were obscure junior officers in the Egyptian Army when Abdel Hadi was head of the government / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4879093: Sep. 09, 1953 - The Duke of Edinburgh in Germany! Prince Philip visited the 8th Irish Hussar in Germany today. Since the coronation of Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh became Colonel in Chief of the 8 Hussar, which is stationed in Lueneberg. Pictured: The duke surveys th / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4880837: Sep. 09, 1953 -” Lucky” Lithgow Will Probably Attack Duke's Air Speed Record. A new speed record attempt will be made soon in a Supermarine Swift. It was learned at Farnborough that the pilot will probably be Test Pilot M.J. Lithgow and the attempt will be made at Castel Benito in Tripoli. In order to set up an official record, Lithgow would have to average almost 735 m.p.h. The present record (subject to confirmation) is 727.6 m.p.h. which Neville Duke set up last Monday. Keystone Photo Shows: - The Supermarine Swift. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4880911: Sep. 09, 1953 - Introducing” The Black Bomber” Vickers Valiant B. MK II: View of the new Vickers Valiant B. Mk. II known at its home airfield, Wisley, Surrey - as “The Blake Bomber”. It is a new and longer version of the four-jet Vickers Valiant. It will carry a greater weight of bombs faster and farther. New bogle under carriage wheels are fitted. This is one of the new machines to be seen at the Farnborough Air Display. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4881273: Sep. 10, 1953 - A new guest at the” Jardin Des Plantes” in Paris: A new guest has enriched the” Jardin Des Plantes” in Paris. It is a crab, native from the Islands of Comoros (Madagascar) they name it the” CPCPA-tree Crab” or Birgus Latro Li it is the first time that this rather” Gentle” animal has been brought alive to Europe. / Bridgeman Images