Attire Collection (page 9)

A Scottish Highlander Piper plays Auld Lang Syne whilst strolling through the thistles and the heather... Date: circa 1942

Two Middle Class Edwardian ladies take tea in a suburban back garden and indulge in a little light gossip.. Date: 1909

Maltese Grass Seller - Malta. Date: 1906

Mrs Wheatley in 1788 - Winter - Francesco Bartolozzi
Mrs Wheatley (the artists wife) in 1788 - Winter - Francesco Bartolozzi RA (1727 - 1815), reproduction on a postcard - she is wrapped up against the winter cold and carries a big muff

An Udi man from Armenia
People of the Caucasus series by Max Karl Tilke - An Udi man from Armenia. Date: 1910

A Yazidi woman
People of the Caucasus series by Max Karl Tilke - A Yazidi woman (Yezidi). The Yazidis are an endogamous and mostly Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) speaking minority, indigenous to the Kurdish regions

Khevsur woman from Georgia
People of the Caucasus series by Max Karl Tilke - Khevsur woman from Georgia (based heavily on a photograph by D A Nikitin of 1881). Date: 1910

Ingiloy Woman, Georgia
People of the Caucasus series by Max Karl Tilke - Ingiloy Woman, Georgia. Date: 1910

Turko-Tatar Woman from Sheki, Azerbaijan
People of the Caucasus series by Max Karl Tilke - Turko-Tatar Woman from Sheki (Shaki - formerly Nukha), Azerbaijan. Date: 1910

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Un vago es un faccioso (A lazy is a factious). Poster edited by the Departament of Public Order of Aragon

Last Night at Drury Lane 1872
Men and women in their best attire at the theatre in Drury Lane, London, to watch Christine Nilsson a Swedish operatic soprano. Date: 1872

Park at Yokohama, Japan - late 1920s - the boys and men have adopted European Western dress, however, the women still wear traditional costume at this point. Date: 1929

The Wedding of The Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future King George VI)
The Wedding of The Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - herself later The Queen Mother)

Sue Carol - American actress
Sue Carol (1906-1982) - American actress and later a talent agent. The last of her four marriages was to one of her clients, Alan Ladd, from 1942 until his death in 1964. Date: circa 1920s

Cheeky French Bathing Beauty posing for a Studio Shoot. Date: circa 1920

Young folk of a Polish Village by Zofia Stryjenska
Painting from the series Young folk of a Polish Village by Zofia Stryjenska (1891-1976) Date: circa 1930s

Scottish lasses knitting jerseys for the fishermen during their dinner hour. Date: November 1912

Herring Harvest in Great Yarmouth 1934
A small group of the 2, 000 Scottish herring gutters which came to Great Yarmouth in the October to earn some money. Date: October 1934

Herring Harvest in Great Yarmouth 1932
Some of the 3, 000 Scottish women which could gut about forty fish a minute, arrived on the east coast of Great Yarmouth. Date: October 1932

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men are
The Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Free Press
The Caption is Free Press. The Prime Ministers message is This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

Italian Christmas Greetings Postcard
circa 1910s

Monna Delta enjoying the Riviera at Cannes and Eden Roc at Cap d Antibes, 1927 giving a bathing-suit parade Date: 1927

Men and women dressed up in Japanese costume
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Joan of Arc - How Joan the Maid, clad in Pages Dress, had audience of the Dauphin Charles - Kay Nielsen artwork. Date: 1922

In front of the Palais de l Industrie, Paris, 1866. Coming back from the races. Woman in fur hat in grey and black crinoline dress

A group of friends in the sea at Margate, Kent - displaying a fine variety of bathing costumes and caps! Date: 1919

Two smart young boys play with their model tin soldiers
Two smart young boys (in matching bowties!) play with their model soldiers in this studio shoot. Date: circa 1910

A VE Day party in Pontardulais, Glamorgan, a strict methodist community. The party was probably dry and there isn t much food on the table; maybe it had all been eaten but it wouldn t have been a

Proud horseman
Gentleman wearing a top hat and riding attire with is dog, proudly stands by his horse. Date: circa 1905

Good horsewoman
Lady wearing a top hat and riding attire feeding her horse. Date: circa 1905

Ascot Week 1900
The Grand Stand and lawn. Date: 1900

Bride in classic 1920s bridal dress, heavily influenced by the wedding attire of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother). Date: circa 1924

Postcard of effete French man, 1920s Date: 1920s

Prince of Wales at Le Touquet with favourite girl caddy
The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, pictured at fashionable French resort, Le Touquet in 1930 with his favourite girl caddy, Adolphine Lamour

Woman is displeased by her portrait photograph
A woman criticises a photographer after viewing the portrait he has captured of her. She believes he has manipulated her appearance, changing the shape of her nose and the size of her mouth

Scotsman with map of Scotland, pinpointing Pitlochry, Perthshire. Date: circa 1910s

Scottish highland dancer. Date: circa 1910s

Seaforth Highlander. Date: circa 1908

Lady in Toronto, Ontario, Canada posing with a bear cub circa 1929

Young nurse with bonnet tied on with fancy white ribbon
Cabinet photographic portrait of a young Victorian nurse with bonnet tied on with fancy white ribbon Date: circa 1890s

1923 Fashion - Remarkable feather and fur-trimmed outfit - possibly at Ascot? Date: 1923

Gibson - different styles in bathing suits - 1900s
Illustration by Charles Dana Gibson showing different styles in bathing suits circa 1907. Date: circa 1907

Village of d Heremence, Switzerland - Woman and Mule Rider on one of the narrow streets between the traditional wooden buildings. Date: 1908

Paris Spring fashions 1874
Parisian women wearing the latest fashionable dresses for the races. 1874

Hunting clothing 1880s
Gentleman wearing hunting attire. Date: 1880s

Black mourning boa 1910
Very much in demand the black boa, due to the recent death of King Edward VII. May 1910

Attractive black mourning clothing 1910
Suggestion of black mourning clothing for women due to the recent death of King Edward VII. Date: May 1910

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