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Japan - Japanese Geisha Girls posing with fans. Date: circa 1903
A decorative box seller and three geisha customers - Japan Date: circa 1906
Women in Fashionable Oriental Costume with fans Date: circa 1920s
Japan - Women dancing and playing musical instruments, including a Shamisen (right). Date: circa 1906
Japanese Geisha Ensemble with Musical Instruments (including bells and Shamisen), performing on a staging on the seafront. The tea ceremony appears to be occurring at the same time. Date: 1902
Widow in conversation with a French CountMrs Willson-Blobbs (widow of a wealthy pork butcher) - " My Dear Count, when you come to England, you must come and see me at Blobbs Court
Group of Buddhist Monks, MyanmarGroup of Buddhist Monks (Pongyi), Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s
Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Imperial ChairCarrying the Imperial Chair at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926
Section of a Portuguese Football Crowd Date: circa 1920s
Spain (1810-1814). Cᤩz Cortes. Fan decoratedSpain (1810-1814). Cᤩ z Cortes. Fan decorated with an allegory of the Constitution. SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum
Indian nobleman. Hindu art. Miniature Painting
Japanese Dancers 1930STwo Japanese dancers with their fans. Date: early 1930s
Fans Wait for BeatlesNew York police officers keep young fans firmly back behind barriers as they wait excitedly for the Beatles to arrive Date: September 1965
LCC-LFB - Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets)Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets) were introduced for use in an atmosphere dense with smoke and dangerous fumes. A special motor appliance fitted for smoke helmet work was based at Southwark HQ
Portrait of two young women in a fan motif Date: c.1910
Chinese men and women labeled Rusticks From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655
Chinese women on a street in China From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655
Susanna and the Elders by Wilmot LuntA young pretty actress entertains two mature admirers in her dressing room, hence the play on the Biblical title to the picture. Date: 1927
Two hand-held fans, one with circular design. Date 1878 Oct
Advert for Yardley perfume 1948Bond Street by Yardley... provocative as the skilful play of a fronded fan... as full of beguilement as your eyes can be when you choose
Racehorse Aldaniti at a charity fundraising eventThe racehorse Aldaniti (1970-1997), a chestnut gelding, meeting admirers at a charity fundraising event. Aldaniti won the Grand National in 1981, and his jockey, Bob Champion
Dog Baseball FansPuppy baseball fans peeping over a fence. Date: early 1930s
Kirk Collection of bygones - Fan CollectionYork Castle Museum - One of ten panels of ladies fans of the late 18th century in the Kirk Collection of Bygones. Second from top right is a Neopolitan painted fan which belonged to Queen Charlotte
Concert craze in GermanyA violinist is mobbed by his fans as he takes a bow following a performance
Woman holding a fan 1889Attractive woman holding a fan 1889
Bewitched book front cover by David WrightFront cover of a pulp fiction novel by Louis Charles Royer, featuring an illustration by British pin-up artist, David Wright
Edwardian performers in oriental costume, Mid WalesA group of Edwardian performers in oriental costume, with fans and parasols, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. The most likely production would be The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan
Seven Mikado cast membersSeven cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado -- six women and one man. The women are wearing kimonos and holding fans, and one has an open parasol over her shoulder
Mikado cast members in kimonos with fansSix female cast members of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, The Mikado, wearing their kimonos and brandishing their fans
Darth Vader in CornwallDarth Vader turns up in Cornwall and chats with a group of puzzled looking boys. Perhaps his spaceship took a wrong turning and he is having to ask the way
Scene from a Turkish playA scene from a Turkish play
They carried him off with three cheers and three times threeThe star player of the cricket team is paraded past a crowd of admiring fans
A pause in the dance by Florence HardyTwo children dressed in 18th century costume stop for a breather during a dance
The Minuet by Florence HardyTwo children in 18th century costume, the boy wearing a wig and frock coat, dance an elegant minuet together
A new Christmas Entertainment: Childrens Japanese QuadrilleThe Japanese Quadrille being performed, which formed part of the entertainment provided at a childrens Christmas party
Half-Time by StuddyThe Kaiser fans down the beleagured monster of Prussian militarism as the Allies enjoy a comfortable Christmas dinner in the opening months of World War One
Tommy Farr and Clarence Burman, 1939Photograph of Tommy Farr (1914-1986)(left) and Clarence Red Burman, after their heavyweight boxing match, Harringay, London, 1939
Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904
A Female Football Fan, 1908Illustration of a female football supporter celebrating a goal, somewhat to the detriment of her fellow fans
Three Baseball Fans Enjoy the Highs and Lows of the Game, 19Cartoon showing three spectators at a Baseball match enjoying the feeling of success (top image) and the crushing sense of defeat (bottom image)
Bolton Wanderers and West Ham Supporters before the F. A. CupPhotograph of thousands of football fans heading for Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United
Miss Gabrielle RayGabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing
FAN / BALLOONS / 1785A silk folding fan with decorative carved sticks depicting various balloons and other attempts at flight, including those by Dollfus and Montgolfier
Archery at Crystal PalFemale archers line up during an archery meeting in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, London
Racial / China Dancer 1904Elegant Chinese dancer with a fan in each hand
Lady with Peacock FanThe comtesse Georges de Mniszech stands by the fire holding a rigid fan made from peacocks feathers
An Intermezzo with FanAn attentive gentleman fans a young lady while they sit out a dance
Girl ReadingA young woman wearing sunglasses relaxes, reading a newspaper declaring that the singer Mel Torme has " won a million fans in a weekend" during his British tour!