Parties Collection (page 6)

The Onions, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Onions, a concert party entertaining troops on the Western Front during the First World War, so-called because they said they were always

The Gamecocks, WW1 entertainment troupe
The Gamecocks, one of the many divisional concert parties entertaining troops on the Western Front. Despite the deceptive appearance of the girl in the middle, she really is a man. Date: 1918

Childrens Coronation Fete in Victoria Park, 1902
A fete for children in Victoria Park, East London, in celebration of the Coronation of King Edward VII on 24 June 1902. Entertainment was provided by a number of music hall stars who dressed up for a

Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde. Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian (1906-1991) and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant (1907-1985) married in 1930

Art Deco party game card
Cover of a card for a party game called gooseberries, featuring a lovely art deco illustration of people in evening dress thinking deeply about the game. Date: c.1933

The Jazz Age - scene from Champagne
On with the dance - a study in modernity from the film, Champagne, a British movie shown by the Wardour Company, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Mayfair Catering Company advertisement 1928
Advertisement for the Mayfair Catering Company, offering everything a society hostess might need for successful entertaining during the Season from silver and glasses to flowers

Crash on the dancefloor
Two girls crash into each other on a dancefloor and exclaim, Why does a girl have to dance backwards?. Date: 1955

Hebe in Society by Teddy
The vogue of the cocktail party at its height in 1928. A chic woman in a short pink dress dishes out drinks to two male guests in evening dress. Date: 1928

The Va et Vient at Rout and Revel by H. C
A typical scene outside a great London mansion (now sadly the majority have been demolished) showing smart society coming and going, or taking the night air on the steps to avoid the crush inside

A Society ball in a London mansion during the Season
An impression of one of the many formal Society balls in a big London mansion during the Season showing an ambassador approaching two ladies (possibly with his dance card)

A breath of air on the balcony at a London ball
A couple in evening dress take a moment to enjoy some fresh air by an open window or balcony, during a ball at one of the great London mansions at the height of the London Season. 1930

The Gala of the Ton, Carlton House Terrace during the Season
A huge house on Carlton House Terrace, ablaze with lights during the London Season. Elegant guests at a ball or party can be seen arriving by car, while up on the verandah or portico

A Vignette of the London Season
Two elegant young women discuss the number of invitations they have received to parties during the London Season of 1931. Date: 1931

Dancing to Tommy Kinsmans band at Quaglino s
A ball during the 1959 London Season held at Quaglinos in aid of the National Playing Fields Association and Surrey County Cricketers

Guests arrive at a ball during the London Season, 1886
Hundreds of guests ascend the stately staircase of a large hall inside a London mansion to attend a ball or reception during the London Season. Date: 1886

Uninvited Spectators at the Christmas Revels
This is an early Victorian party scene showing two young girls looking through a door decorated with holly at a party full of adults in fine evening wear

Morris flip top table advertisement
The Morris Triple Fliptop table, the table that actually grows and grows and grows. The accompanying photographs show a table four ingeniously transformed into a table for ten with the help of a

Tatler front cover, Entertaining issue, 1964
Front cover of The Tatler magazine showing a girl acting hostess, representing Tatlers devotion to autumn entertaining in this particular issue

The Debutantes Birthday Ball - Queen Charlotte s
Scenes at Grosvenor House for Queen Charlottes Ball, the pinnacle of the Season for a debutante by the 1950s, showing the girls arriving in their white dresses

Silhouette Calendar -- December, Christmas Parties. Showing a little boy running away from a girl who is standing expectantly under the mistletoe. Date: 20th century

Arrival of the royal party at the Devonshire House ball
Arrival of the royal party, including the Prince and Princess of Wales (the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) at the Devonshire House historical costume ball

Elves jumping over toadstools
A party scene with elves jumping over toadstools as a mouse provides the musical entertainment. Date: 1912

Spain. First Carlist War. Frontispiece of Historia
" Spain. First Carlist War. Frontispiece of " Historia de la guerra civil y los partidos liberral y carlista" (History of Civil War and the Liberal and Carlist Parties), volume II

Prudentius (348-415). Roman Christian poet. Manuscript of his work Psychomachia. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Hot-air balloon piloted by Lunardi, which took of from Buen Retiro Gardens on 12th August 1792 in the presence of Ferdinand VII of Spain. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Dinner Party / Du Maurier
Guests finding their places at dinner Date: 1882

Royal Jubilee Dinner 1887
Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee, Royal Jubilee Dinner and street party, Market Place, Wisbech, 1887 Date: 1887

Queens Coronation party June 1953
The winner of the fancy dress competition, at a party for the Queens Coronation, in London. Date: June 1953

Chelsea Arts Ball - group including artists Howard Elcock
A group of revellers in fancy dress costume at the Annual Chelsea Arts Ball. Numbered as 1. Mr E. Sturt, 2. Captain A. Mills, 3. Major Blackwell, 4 Mr H.C.B

1953 Coronation street party
Photograph of a childrens street party in an unidentified but bunting adorned location, with children enjoying some teatime treats and parents

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Coronation street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens street parties at various locations around the town

The Dance magazine front cover 1931
Front cover of The Dance magazine featuring a stylised illustration of numerous personalities of the New York stage in the early 1930s. Date: 1931

A Case of Encirclement by Hookway Cowles
An attractive woman in a glamorous pink evening dress is surrounded by male admirers at a party. Date: 1939

Watching fireworks from the balcony
Two fashionable women wearing long, figure-hugging dresses, are joined by a suited gentleman to watch a spectacular firework display from their balcony. 1937

Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 1927
A panoramic view of a large number of guests strolling in the grounds of Buckingham Palace at a Garden Party given by King George V and Queen Mary in 1927. Date: 1927

Coronation party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens parties at various locations around the town

The General Election, 1924, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and H. H. Asquith the leaders of the competing political parties appear to be playing musical chairs

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Childrens Coronation Party 1953
Fourteen-year-old Maureen Atkins being crowned by Father Douglass Lott at the Swinbrooke Road, Kensington, Coronation party on June 6th

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1930
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number featuring a pre-WWI Christmas party with people enjoying a music recital. Date: 1930

The Girl of the Period by Balliol Salmon
A typical girl of 1924 in a red dress and with bobbed hair, dances with a dashing partner at a ball. In the background are numerous other couples dancing. Date: 1924

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1929
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number 1929 featuring a group of stylised and rather angular dinner party guests around a table. Date: 1929

Just As it Used to Be by Fred Purvis
A lively scene of revelry in a Chelsea artists studio showing some Bright Young Things of the 1920s dancing, drinking and smoking at a party

Bockelsen Parties
Though food is short and many of his people are hungry, Bockelsen and his entourage indulge in feasting and dance. Date: 1535

Landing parties on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, WW1
The first landing parties on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, in preparation for the March on Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 20 March 1917

Childrens fete at the Savoy Hotel, 1911
The scene in the magnificent ballroom of the Savoy Hotel, London on December 23rd 1911, where a fete for children was held when hundreds of pretty children were gathered together for an hour or two

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