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Cub Scouts taking part in Operation ShoeshineTwo Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro
Poster advertising Holland America LinePoster advertising the Holland America Line from Rotterdam, calling at Le Havre, Southampton, Cobh in Ireland, New York and Canadian ports
Nude pin-up by David WrightPin-up by David Wright, almost entirely nude, save for a pair of high heeled shoes and a book she has been reading placed strategically in her lap. c.1945
Bathing Beauty 1924The last pose of summer: a slim woman in her swimsuit on a diving board, while others watch from a raft
Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail barA flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne
English Rose Corsetry advertisementAdvert for the new corselette from English Rose corsetry, exquisitely styled and entirely without bones. It is described as a corselette with wired
The Tatler Autumn Fashion Number 1955A stunning, bold front cover design featuring a tall and elegant woman wearing a simple black strapless evening dress and a sumptuous lime green wrap with matching choker necklace
Pifco electric vibratory massagerBeauty that is yours sincerely: 1950s electric vibratory massager, claiming to help you keep slim and trim, promotes a healthy scalp, affords relief for tired feet and many muscular aches and pains
Advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corsetAn advertisement for Thomsons glove-fitting corset, promising the wearer comfort and elegance
Two types of dresses, 1954On the left, an 1890-inspired party frock in striped taffeta with the stand-up collar, tight bodice, near-crinoline skirt, and steel-buttoned
Chesterfield / Vanity FairLord Chesterfield elegantly dressed in morning coat, grey striped trousers, town boots, shirt with high all-round collar, black tie, top hat, pink carnation & white gloves
Fashion for 1956A bolero and dress of lightweight wool georgette with all accessories from Debenham and Freebody, is a spring winner. The bolero
Advert / 4711 Cologne Ils4711 Eau de Cologne - perfect elegance
Powder Monkey by David Wright, showing a back view of an elegantly slim woman only just covered by a fur evening coat, looking at herself in a powder compact mirror
Tyldesley / CricketerJ L Tyldesley, English cricketer who achieved 46 centuries in 11 years
Exercise MachineTwo young women, toning up and staying slim with the aid of their new fangled rowing exercise machines!
The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter BrueghPieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c.1550. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
1960s woman by David WrightA woman wearing a salmon pink blouse and white pencil skirt with a typical 1960s bouffant hair style by David Wright, best know for his pin-ups during the 1940s and 50s. c.1960
Mr Jingle, Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens Characters by Frank Reynolds for Buchanans Whisky - Mr Jingle, Pickwick Papers. 1912
David Wright woman in black evening dressElegant woman with red hair, wearing a black evening dress with a red flower on the bodice, and matching red material below the waist
G O Smith, footballer and cricketerGilbert Oswald Smith (1872-1943), amateur footballer who played for Oxford University and the Corinthians, and was captain for England. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey
George Woodcock, TUC General SecretaryGeorge Woodcock (1904-1979), British trade unionist and TUC General Secretary from 1960 to 1969. Date: 1963
Not Every Bathing Dress Spells a Plunge in the River! by Barribal. 1925
The Princess of Wales, later Queen MaryQueen Mary (Princess Mary of Teck) (1867-1953), wife of the future King George V, when she was Princess of Wales. Date: early 20th century
Fine Feathers by Webster MurrayA glamorous cabaret star or showgirl, shows off her shapely legs on stage while wearing an extravagantly enormous feather headdress. Date: 1930
Calendar girl by David WrightA blonde woman dressed in a transparent black teddy which leaves little to the imagination relaxes on a chaise lounge and enjoys the sensation of a new pair of silky stockings through her elegantly
Le Furet Corsets PosterArt deco style poster advertising Le Furet corsets, depicting a slim and glamorous woman wearing the said item
Jennie Churchill / CdvJENNIE JEROME LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL Later wife of George Cornwallis-West
Fashion design by Eva Lutyens. 1936
Programme for the Brighton FestivalProgramme cover for the Brighton Festival, probably in 1951, Festival of Britain year, showing a giant and fairly slim Prince Regent looking approvingly at the Brighton Pavilion
Augustus Leopold EggAUGUSTUS LEOPOLD EGG English painter and friend of Dickens
Sir Edward Richard HenrySIR EDWARD RICHARD HENRY Irish policeman and fingerprint expert
Dancing Tango 1919Seriously passionate couples dance the tango
Comic postcard, Couple riding tandem on a country lane Date: 20th century
Lady Arnold, third wife of Sir Edwin ArnoldLady Arnold, the only Japanese Lady in Debrett. Tama Kurokawa, Lady Arnold (1869-1962) was the third wife of Sir Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist. They married in 1897. circa 1900
Comic postcard, Woman in bikini and beach inspector Date: 20th century
Annotated illustration warning about the dangers of tight laced corsets on the female body. Date: 1906
Ava Lowle Willing, Lady Ribblesdale (1868-1958), American socialite, wife of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale. late 19th century
Stinson-Faucett F-19 OB-PAH-140 (msn 25, re-registered as OB-R-140 in 1964), outside the Faucett HQ in Lima. The Stinson-Faucett F-19, built in Lima, Peru
Sir Frederick Ashton, ballet dancer in Apparitions, the Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937
Advert, Cosmos Lamps, Art Deco design, woman reading Date: 1920s
Giuseppe de Begnis, Italian operatic bass singerGiuseppe de Begnis (1793-1849), Italian operatic bass singer Date: early 19th century
National Waists in Austria, England and FranceWomen's National Waists, the Corset in Austria, England and France, with a statue showing the more natural Classic Waist. Date: 1888
Music cover, Patches & Powder Entracte by Cecil Wynne Date: 1915
Paul Deroulede, French author and politicianPaul Deroulede (1846-1914), French author and politician, seen here at the age of 18. Date: circa 1864
Jean-Leon Gerome, French painter and sculptorJean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904), French painter and sculptor, at the age of 31. Date: circa 1855
Gerald du Maurier in Trelawny of the WellsGerald Du Maurier early in his career in the role of Ferdinand Gadd in Pinero's play, Trelawny of the Wells Date: circa 1900
Advert, The London Corset Co, New Bond Street, London Date: 1910
