Twisting Collection

Young North Africans dancing on the Paris Quais
Young North Africans (from Algeria) dance on the Paris Quais. Date: circa 1950s

Flashman and Tom

The Tatler cover - Fashion for debutantes - party
Front cover of society magazine, The Tatler featuring a photograph of people doing what looks like the twist at the annual ball of the Heythrop Hunt held at R.A.F. Little Rissington

Model in strapless full-skirted dress with bow
Model in an unusual pose, spinning to show off the large silk bow on her new look strapless full-skirted dress. Date: circa 1951

Miss Camille Clifford - Belgian-born stage actress
Camille Clifford (1885-1971) - Belgian-born stage actress, the model for the Edwardian Gibson Girl drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, who married the Hon

A twisting frame, linen production, Victorian period

Linen manufacture, Twisting frame

Twisting Frame in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

Cool Water
A drypoint showing a creek, sheltered by numerous crooked, twisting trees. Date: circa 1922

Historical views of Japan. Japanese woman riding in a sedan chair on wheels 22, Japanese Christians forced to step on a crucifix (fumie) in Nagasaki, 17th century 23

Chinese rope makers, Qing Dynasty. Workers twisting and weaving rope from bamboo on a horizontal frame. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Chinese silk-cord or silk-twist makers, Qing Dynasty. Women twisting silk thread on an uprtight cone. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Two Scotswomen washing clothes by a river, with tartan background. Date: circa 1910s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Pickles. Pickles tries to catch hold of his own tail. Date: 1909

Spinning machine or engine 1843
A steam-powered silk spinning machine or engine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843

BOY SLIPS ON STEPS
A young boy slips down a few steps, twisting his foot under him. Date: mid 19th century

Kabyle Olive Oil Press - North Eastern Algeria
A quite outstanding postcard (incredible detail) showing an olive oil press in operation in the Kabyle Region of Algeria. The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated

Anna Neagle dancing the twist with Grenville Collins
Anna Neagle (1904-1986) - popular British stage and film actress and singer dancing the twist with 19-year-old guest Grenville Collins (1943-) !

Silk Manufacture in China. 19th century

English couple on the dance floor in Nottingham
Nottingham. English couple on the dance floor - man with party hat, black suit and glasses and twisting. Woman in white dress and smiling

Pollan Fishers Twisting Lines for Nets, Lough Neagh
Pollan Fishers Twisting Lines forNets, Lough Neagh - a view of a man operating a large wheel to twist a net for a man in the background in a field

The Gorge of the Scalp, Co Wicklow - an elevated view of a twisting road with horse vehicle and passenger. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Wicklow: Bray). Date: circa early 1900s

N. of Ireland Spinning Industry, Twisting Yarn - a close in view of a machine for spinning yarn in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Book of Trades, The Rope Maker. 1841

Women police officers in training at Peel House, London
Women police officers in training at Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. They are wearing gym slips, and are receiving instructions from a male police sergeant (PS Bissell)

Beautiful Arab / Islamic Architecture - Tunisia with three women and a young child surrounding fine marble fountain in the centre of an elegant arcade courtyard with twisted spiral columns Date

Athletes. Twisting summersault. Photograph shows eight consecutive images of a man doing a twisting somersault. Date c1881

Royal wedding 1893 - weaving the wedding dress
The weaving of the wedding dress for the marriage of Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) to George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936)

Ring-a-RIng -- children dancing
Ring-a-rIng of little boys, Ring-a-rIng of girls; All around - all around, Twists and twirls... 1885

Twisting in a Hall
Young and older people dancing the Twist in a community hall; a young man shows off by sinking as low as he can, but the girl in white stilettos looks distinctly unimpressed

Twisting the Night Away
Dance floor fashions include winklepickers, suits and liberal amounts of brilliantine, bouffants, stilettos, chain belts & abstract print frocks

Women Twisting Yarn 1920
Women twisting yarn into thread at J & P Coats, Paisley

Twisting Vine, Medoc
Women workers twisting the vines in the Medoc (Bordeaux) region

Japanese Carp 18C
Japanese carp twisting, turning and twining with wonderful ease

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