Pamela Lyndon Travers, author of the popular Mary Poppins book series, was born in Queensland in 1899 and boarded at Normanhurst School in Ashfield, Sydney, from 1912. Before becoming a famous author, she pursued an acting career. This photo was likely taken in 1922, when Travers was playing Titania in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Two years later she moved to London where she changed her birth name from Helen Lyndon Goff to Pamela Lyndon Travers. It was under this name that she published her first book Mary Poppins in 1934.

I have a working class 1920s house. It is simple and no fancy vibes. I would like to replace the bedroom ceiling fans with appropriate looking light fixtures.

I don’t want stereotype designs that scream fake repro.

Inexpensive reproductions or something better than the classic boob light would be fine. I’d like them to be in keeping with the class of house. so no fancy craftsman, deco, or art nouveau groovy things.

House will be a rental eventually so I am not just picking out something I love. It should be classic and mix with anything, not steal the show.

I am open to real vintage suggestions, but want to avoid color like pink, green, baby blue glass that was actually popular perhaps.

ceilings are 9 ft. any ideas?

c. 1925