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Wedding Dress 1899Unadorned trained skirt, floor length veil, gauged yoke, double flounce descending from the shoulders to the waist, high collar & long, knuckle length sleeves. Date: 1899
Major Richardson leaves for Belgium with bloodhounds, WW1Major Edwin Hauteville Richardson, Army officer and famous dog trainer, pictured at Charing Cross station with his Red Cross bloodhounds leaving for the seat of war in Belgium
Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatusBlitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth
Boys Drilling, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, EssexBoys at drill on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the River Thames off Grays, Essex
Dinner Dress 1913Sprigged print robe by Doucet based on classical drapery: V -neck bodice with fill-in, dolman sleeves, tunic draped from a high waist, trained tango style skirt
Bayonet training H. A. C. Reserve 1916Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising close combat with bayonet and sandbags. Date: 1916
Training H. A. C. Reserves 1916Honourable Artillery Company at Camp en Route training ground, practising essential requirements needed for battle at the Front in World War One. Date: 1916
America troops training at Aldershoot and France 1917On the 6th April 1917, the U.S. joined its allies; Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. Photograph showing America troops training in Aldershoot, Britain and France. Date: 1917
Modern women wearing beautiful dresses 1912Women models wearing simple spring dresses for afternoon and evening. Date: 1912
Fashions of the hour, for tall and medium figures 1912Women models wearing the pretty danity frocks. Date: 1912
Advert for Charles Lee & Son dressmakers 1909Gorgeous figure hugging eveing dress with fishtail train. 1909
Trained dancing staff arriving at the Palais de Danse, Birmingham and a typical scene at that venue, 1921 Date: 1921
Woman wearing evening dress with flowing fishtail train 1912Evening dress with high waist tunic and flowing fishtail train, fur collar silk satin wrap around coat closely fitted to the figure with a fasten and turban 1912
Red Cross in Japan, nurses for the front, 1904The Red Cross in Japan: nurses for the front during the Russo-Japanese War. Trained nurses leaving Tokyo on their way to the front, marching to the railway station. Date: 1904
Tuskless Elephant trained in MyanmarTuskless Elephant (Hind) trained in Myanmar by the Karens. The Karen (Kayin, Kariang or Yang people) reside primarily in Karen State in southern and southeastern Myanmar
Woman police dog handler with drug sniffer dog, LondonWoman police dog handler Sandra Kertzen with drug sniffer dog Snoopy in action, Met Police, London. The yellow labrador was one of the first to be trained by a WPC. (4 of 5) Date: 1971
NFS firewomanMay (Mary) Belbin was a firewoman at Testwood where the Canadians trained. She served refreshments when the service had field days
French Police CadetsFrench police cadets being trained in self defence at a police school in Paris, France. Date: 1930s
Woman wearing tea gown 1907Graceful tea gown in white and blue. Date: 1907
Trained Bear 1892Villagers gather to see a trained bear, in Eastern Europe. Date: circa 1892
Wedding gown 1912An exquisite example of a wedding gown in peau de soie interwoven with silver leaves and true-lovers knots. The train is veiled with tulle
Evening Dress 1899Pink spotted gown (possibly a net over dress ornamented with sequins), corsage en ceour, cascade of lace from the bodice to the hem, trimmed with sinuous gold braid. Date: 1899
Lilac Stripe Dress 1899Lilac & lace vertical striped tunic dress, vandyked tucker, trained triple skirt with accordian pleats. Black & pink tunic dress with simulated open bodice & fringing. Date: 1899
Fashion / Tweeddale 1884Marchioness of Tweeddale wears a brown & ivory dress, low cut, tight-fitting bodice, bows on the shoulders & 1/2 length sleeves, panniers & trained skirt. Date: 1884
Princess Lind Dress 1880French fashions: princess dresses with tie-back skirts ornamented with embroidered panels, flounces & gauging or in lilac with lace, gauging & a quilted & trained skirt. Date: 1880
Evening Dress ?1882Low cut with pointed bodices, decorative plastrons, epaulettes & trained skirts. Black: checkerboard fabric, jet & diamante trim. White: pearls & artificial flowers. Date: ? 1882
Dog War Work Red CrossA Belgian Sheepdog (Groenendale) trained by the French Red Cross, wearing the distinctive medical marking, stands waiting, ready for action. Date: World War One 1914-1918
Nautch girl dancingA nautch girl (dancing girl) performs rhythmic steps emphasised by the bells around her ankles. The nautch girls were often courtesans highly trained in dance & music. Date: 1870
The Man in the MooneC17 space traveller Domingo Gonsales, who has trained wild swans to tow a burden through the air, is carried by them to the Moon, where they are accustomed to hibernate. Date: 1638
Simple dining dress 1907Two Edwardian women wearing simple dresses with hair loosely put up with ribbon and flowers. Date: 1907
Edwardain women wearing tea frock and bridge dress 1907The tea gown on the right, is printed with tussore in rose-pink and black is worn with a coat of lace outlined with pink taffetas and laced with ribbon to match
Wedding dress and bridemaids frocks 1907Beautiful laced wedding dress and bridemaids frocks with large bouquet of flowers. Date: 1907
The BrideYoung bride wearing a loose fitted dress with trail and long veil. Date: 1905
Society dresses 1907Society dresses designed by Redfern, showing the newest styles for the forthcoming autumn season. (left) Shows a charming dinner gown, of white silk tulle over a soft shade of vieux rose
Portrait photo of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kern and trained dog Bobbie Date: 1900s
Advert for Jays courts gowns 1933Limited amount of courts gowns, available from Jays. Showing a model wearing a beautiful slimline gown with white long gloves, train, feathers and tiara. 1933
Three trainee Japanese pilotsThree Japanese women are being trained as pilotos by a man. One is seated and the other two stand, they all dressed in pilot attire and are looking at the demonstration. Date: 1932
War dogs - Major Richardsons stag houndsMajor Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, posing with his stag hound, whose special work was to attack cyclists. During the Great War Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School
Letter from Lt. Colonel Richardson, dog trainerLetter from the renowned dog trainers Lt. Colonel Edwin Hautenville Richardson to the Royal Society of Arts, confirming that he would give a lecture for them on the subject of dogs in peace and war
Major Richardsons war dogs - bringing in a dispatchMajor Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, with two of his messenger dogs. During the Great War, Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness
The Dogs of War - trained animals at work at the frontMessenger dogs, trained at the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness, pictured in action delivering messages at the front in a page from the Illustrated London News. Date: 1918
The Red Cross for the Russo-Japanese WarAn ambulance dog supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer to the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904
Major Richardson & ambulance dogs during Melillan campaignMajor (later Lieut.Col) Edwin Hautenville Richardson with one of his trained ambulance dogs, a bloodhound, in the trenches at Melilla
Major Richardsons sentry dogs advertisementAdvertisement for sentry and police dogs trained and supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, who in 1917
Messenger dog depot on the Western FrontJournalists visiting a messenger dog depot on the British Western Front in 1918. Date: 1918
Womens Emergency Corps making toys, WW1Members of the Womens Emergency Corps learning to make toys in September 1914. Before the war, Germany was the main exporter of toys to Britain but a number of voluntary organisations
Sphere cover - French War Dog on GuardFront cover of The Sphere magazine showing a French war dog in a trench keeping watch for enemy snipers or patrols wandering too close to the French lines. Date: 1916
WWI Poster, What in the end will settle this war?WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What in the end will settle this War? Trained Men. It is your duty to become one. Enlist Now. Date: 1915