Plastic Collection (page 3)

Forgetmenots and harp on a greetings card. Date: early 20th century

Plastic Surgery - Before and After
Examples of patients who have undergone plastic surgery in the 1920s, to accompany an article in " The Sphere" magazine, entitled " New Faces for Old." 1927

Chimpanzee eating at a table, watched by smiling and laughing children. Date: circa 1970s

Advert for Pliofilm from Goodyear 1944
What is Pliofilm ? Developed by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, was a rubber-based clear plastic used to protect equipment, especially weapons, from water and sand during the D-Day landings

Metal Disc Dress 1968
Mini-dress: bodice & skirt are joined by a band of flat metal discs riveted to transparent plastic - a futuristic style reminiscent of Paco Rabannes metal dress of 1967

Boy / Girl Pick Fruit 1950
A boy and a girl pick blackberries and place them in a plastic trug

Three tabby kittens with a pink bucket
Unusual Friends - three tabby kittens with a pink bucket. 1950s

A colouorful display of local fresh fish, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Cornish fishermen at sea
Cornish fishermen out at sea on their fishing boat, the Little Pearl. Date: circa 1980s

Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, New York City, USA
Plastic card, Dollar Savings Bank, Third Avenue near 148th Street, New York City, USA -- one one side a calendar for the year, on the reverse details of opening times and services offered. Date: 1916

Rosita Forbes endorsing Mr Willi, plastic surgeon
Explorer and writer, Rosita Forbes appearing in an advertisement endorsing the skills of Mr Willi at the Hystogen Institute, Baker Street, London. 1930

Duckling with Donald Duck toy
Unusual Friends - duckling with a plastic Donald Duck toy appearing to bite its bottom! 1950s

Soho, London - Street Scenes - young people in typical 1970s fashions. 1974

Soho, London - 73 Shaftesbury Avenue, at the corner with Dean Street. 1973

Susi - splashing about in a plastic bowl, watched by a kitten. 1950s

Susi - with kitten, bowl and towel. 1950s

Susi - with kitten, bowl, brush and towel. 1950s

Susi - under a plastic bowl. 1950s

Replica of the lab worktable of the Italian chemist Giulio N
Replica of the lab worktable on which the Italian chemist Giulio Natta (1903-1979) worked and invented the first synthetic plastic of second generation: the isotactic polypropylene

Woman police officers accessories: a whistle on a chain, a plastic-covered notebook, a wooden truncheon with leather strap, and the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985. Date: circa late 1980s

INSTANT POTATO MIX
Pouring powdered potato mix into a plastic bowl with a plastic spoon in it, ready to make instant mashed potatoes. Date: 1960s

White Sliced Bread
White sliced bread in a plastic wrapper. Date: 1980s

Air Stewardess 1960
An Air Stewardess serves a meal aboard a BEA flight from London to Gibraltar. Date: 1960

Children playing in a pool on a sandy beach. Date: circa 1960s

V for Victory Brooch - Morse Code for V
V for Victory Brooch in worked (carved) plastic - a red letter V with a bar bearing the Morse Code for V. Date: circa 1941

Two boys in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall
Two boys paddling in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall, near a boat called Josephine. Date: 1970s

Fishermen landing mackerel, Newlyn, Cornwall
Three fishermen landing mackerel at Newlyn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Father Christmas with sack of presents
Father Christmas with a sack full of presents, standing on a doorstep. circa 1970s

Chimpanzee drinking milk
Chimpanzee sitting at a table drinking milk from a bottle, helped by a man. Date: circa 1970s

Two boys emptying a piggy bank onto a table. The coins seem to be mostly penny and threepenny pieces (pre-decimalisation). Date: circa 1960s

Little boy and dog in pool of water, West Country
Little boy and dog playing in a pool of water, West Country. Date: circa 1970s

Boys with toy gun, Balham, SW London
Two boys on a Balham street, SW London. The younger boy has a plastic bottle in his mouth, while the older one holds a toy gun. Date: circa 1961

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, with reconstruction to the stonework taking place. The Floral Hall is just visible on the left

Suffragette Novelty Toy Jumping Suffragette
A novelty toy, entitled, The Jumping Suffragette or, How the Suffragette Lost Her Head. Consists of a plastic doll, dressed in the colours and a Votes for Women sash, carrying an umbrella

Toddler playing in garden
Toddler playing in the garden with a plastic spade. circa 1970s

Man in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
A man adjusting his tie in the mirror of a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961

Advert for Beatl table lamps 1930
Beatl is a word that will soon be well known as word china - for Beatl is the name of the wonderful new material that is rapidly replacing china and glass everywhere

Advert for Beatl picnic basket 1930
No more breakages, no soggy paper plates and cups. Bright and colourful Beatl picnic basket. Date: 1930

Advert for Beatl coffee service 1930
Bright and colourful Beatl coffee service with tray to match, complete with quaintly-formed sugar and cream. Date: 1930

Foraminifera and ostracods models
Bees wax models of foraminifera and ostracods made by Clive Sheppard for an exhibition in the Invertebrates Gallery, at the Natural History Museum, London

Stone age horse
A plastic replica of amber stone age horse carving. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule fig. 23

Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle model
A large scale model of the devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). A beetle that is commonly found beneath logs. Held within the Natural History Museum, London

Dolomedes fimbriatus, great raft spider model
A large scale model of a great raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), a semi aquatic spider native to Britain held within the Natural History Museum, London

Human Brain Display

Scene outside a souvenir shop, Yugoslavia
Scene outside a shop in a street in former Yugoslavia. The shopkeeper (on the left) has a discussion with a potential customer

Advert for British Industrial Plastic Limited 1942
Shush - secret session for advancd thinkers. Post-war planners have been told - sometimes rudely - that we ve got to win the war first. We agree - absolutely

Advert for British Industrial Plastic Limited 1944
Don t imagine that all you ll need is a moulding press and some moulding powder and you ll by ready for the competition. The plastic moulding business is probably already overcrowded by peace-time

Advert for British Industrial Plastic Limited 1943
What are Plastics ? One might a well ask What are metals ? - for Plastics are becoming as numerous and varied as the older raw materials

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