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Boy Admires SpitfireSpitfire Summer: A little boy wearing shorts and braces admires a Spitfire on the runway at Biggin Hill, Kent, England
BOOKMAKERSKendall and McManus bookmakers stand by their blackboards as the race commences. Top tips include No.2, Westcroft
Music cover, The Teddy Bears Frolic by Theo Bonheur. circa 1920s
William LillywhiteWILLIAM LILLYWHITE The Father of Modern Cricket A right-handed bowler, who played for Sussex in the 1820s. Date: early 19th century
A stretched out tale of the new pair of bracesA poor man, initially very pleased with his splendid new braces, struggles to make them fit and eventually lands on his bottom with the unruly braces still undone
German WoodworkerDER DENGLER (" THE HONER/SHARPENER" ) Idealised German woodworker in traditional clothes
Comic postcard, Servant and angry mistress Date: 20th century
Henry cartoon, boy takes a ride, by Carl Anderson Date: 1936
Boy church bell ringers, young campanologists Date: circa 1890s
Life on a North Sea trawler - man viewed through porthole. Date: 1960s
Three people in a tailors workshop. Date: circa 1960s
Tailor at work on a garment. Date: circa 1960s
Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple in bedroom, phone call Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bedroom Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Little boy getting ready to go out Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Two girls discuss little boy Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man washing in a bowl Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Soldier joining the British Army, WW2 - medical examination Date: circa 1940s
A group of children lined up for a photograph in a terraced street. Date: 1930s
Tyrolese man, Switzerland. 19th century
Happy Easter - German greetings card showing a young lad, his large green shorts held up by red braces, wheeling a basket of Easter Eggs passed a group of rather non-plussed chickens! circa 1910s
PINAFORE 1909Pinafore with bretelles (braces), box pleated skirt, button detail, high necked blouse with tucks; finely pleated low waisted dress with a yoke & lace trim & a sunbonnet Date: 1909
GIRL IN STRIPES 1868Girl: habit shirt with a puff at the sleeve top, skirt with pyramid trim, tunic with braces & peplum hem, small hat perched at the front of her head & blue boots. Date: 1868
GLASS FURNACE 1930SA glassmaker heating glass in a furnace. Date: 1930s
Appleby Horse Fair, Cumbria, England - a bookmaker writes the odds for a horse trotting race on a board. He wears braces and a straw sun hat. Date: 1990
Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the NetherlandsTransporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. Date: 1920s
Old man laughing, Balham, SW LondonAn old man laughing, Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1960s
Boy Holding a KittenA boy in a striped shirt and trousers with braces holds a fluffy tabby kitten
People witha 139 BSA motorcycle & sidecarMan, woman & young boy in sidecar of a 1939 BSA M20 motorcycle combination in a residential road circa 1940
Stooking corn, Exmoor, near Porlock, SomersetTwo men and a boy stooking corn on Exmoor, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: 1971
Group of men in fancy dress and makeup, USAGroup of men and boys in fancy dress and makeup, North America. Date: circa 1910s
Paine Bros & Co, Groceries, USAPaine Bros & Co, Groceries, North America. Date: circa 1910
Boy holding a fox cub. circa 1940s
Farmer and his cropFarmer standing amid his crop holding two sheaves of corn. Date: 1945
Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the NetherlandsTransporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s
Easel and boy on a cutout Christmas card -- he has stuck his head through the canvas from the back, making the shocked artist fall backwards on the other side. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Man in garden in shirtsleevesMan posing for his photo in a garden in shirtsleeves. circa 1920s
Cartoon, New Bridge from Sparkbrook to SmallheathCartoon, The New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath (Small Heath), Birmingham. Dr Hugh Thomas and Labourer Tipper. 1888
Weighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - The NetherlandsWeighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s
Skirt suit for holidays or cruises, 1932A skirt suit of uncrushable silk wool blend in an off white shade with cream tints, with a vest, braces and scarf in a polka dot pomegranate shaded material. Suitable for holidays or cruises
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and Charlot, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and Charlot (Charlie Chaplin). The Kaiser, dressed as a clown, asks Charlot to crown him emperor of the world. (1 of 2) Date: 1917
Music cover, I m an Airman ! (And I Fly, Fly, Fly, Fly, Fly). By Thomas McGhee and Hal Russell, sung by J W Rickaby. 1925
Glassmaking - CuttingThree men working in the glass industry, cutting a block of glass Date: 1933
Man and dogs in cornfield, Countisbury, SomersetMan and dogs in a cornfield, Countisbury, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: 1971
Locals with cart, Sacandaga Park, New York State, USALocals with bullock cart in the Backwoods, Sacandaga Park, Northampton, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908
Utility bib and braces, 1943 - WWII fashionA pair of bib and braces (dungarees) for women in navy drill, part of a range of Utility clothing available from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, procured for three coupons
Rags the dog decides on his costume for a fancy dress ball -- he will go as a Horsey Gentleman, with checked jacket and cap. Date: 1914