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Outdoor costumes for 1888Advertisement for Peter Robinson, department store in London, showing fashionable ladies clothing and petite accessories from mid to late 1880s. Date: circa 1888
Advert for Mappin & Webb luxury items 1916Varity of sterling silver luxury Christmas gifts for the homefront. 1916
Womens fashion 1909Two examples of summer Princess frocks, which are distinctly modelled, the pleated skirt falling from a tight-fitting tunic either long or short. Date: 1909
Guests Bearing Gifts Date: 1940
Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929 Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929Selection of the newest silk handbags with grip clasp. Date: 1929
Waiting for the mail train 1890sTwo officers of the Post Office fixing the mail-bag to the post outside Bletchley station on for the London and North Western Railway
Advert for W. Thornhill & Co. travelling bags 1880 Advert for W. Thornhill & CoSelection of travelling bags and dressing cases. Date: 1880
GERMAN MERCHANT CHARITYA German merchant digs into his money-bags and hands a fistful of coins to a poor family. Date: circa 1510
Advert for Swan & Edgar womens handbags 1932 Advert for Swan & Edgar womensA selection of 1930s pouch bags. Date: 1932
WALTER JONES SHOPThe exterior of Walter Jones, Sloane Street, London, a shop which sells hand bags, and other leather goods as well as photograph frames Date: circa 1912
SELLING HOT CHESTNUTSSelling hot, roasted chestnuts in paper bags in the street. Date: 1930s
MISER GUARDS HIS MONEYA miser guards his money
17th century PorterA porter staggers along a country road, bowed down beneath the weight of his bags. Date: 17th century
Crowds possibly at a school sports day or eventA rather unusual photo - possibly a school sports day or a sports event at a smart Boys Private School. The filled bags/sacks in the foreground are raher mysterious
An old woman wearing traditional costume, DubrovnikAn old woman wearing traditional costume, walks wearily though the cobbled streets of Dubrovnik in Yugoslavia. She carries heavy bags Date: 1985
Man and woman walk along the sea front in high winds, TroonA man and woman walk along the sea front in high winds at Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. It is winter, cold and the waves roll up the beach. The couple carry plastic shopping bags Date: 2004
An old man walks down a street in Menorca, Spain. He wears a black beret and carries a stick over his shoulder to carry his plastic shopping bag
Lady on Porthill footbridge, ShrewsburyA lady in a large white hat walks over the Porthill footbridge across the River Severn in Shrewsbury. It was opened in 1923
WW1 Poster, Thank them with War BondsPoster, Thank them with War Bonds. 1918
Jack Buchanan wearing Oxford bagsThe chorus girls in Charlots Revue at the Prince of Waless Theatre contemplate the Oxford Bags worn by actor Jack Buchanan in one of the numbers
Winter 1915, flooded British trench by Matania, WW1A British trench on the Western Front during the winter of 1915 drawn by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania and demonstrating the sort of flooded
Tank handbag advertisement, WW1A novelty hand bag in the shape of a tank, available from Mark Cross Ltd of Regent Street in 1918. 1918
Pregnant Woman 1960SA young pregnant woman waiting at a bus stop with her shopping bags. Date: 1960s
Bag with comic verse on a Christmas cardBag with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Comic postcard, help with suitcases Date: 20th century
Cats and dogs on bicycles on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Greetings card in the shape of a handbag, with ducksGreetings card in the shape of a handbag, with two ducks poking their heads out. Date: circa 1890s
Moth on a handmade Christmas card, with a handwritten label and a little pink bag, perhaps containing pot pourri. Date: circa 1890s
Advert for Margaret Marks of Knightsbridge 1933Models wearing ready to wear two-piece dresses, suits and coats. 1933
South America - The tango is no longer fashionable. A musician specialising in the music of the tango returns home from Europe once the craze for this particular style has passed... Date: circa 1916
Soho, London - Berwick Street and Broadwick Street W1Soho, London - junction of Berwick Street and Broadwick Street W1, with Gilberts luggage shop on the corner. 1973
father and sonwith a 1951 / 2 BSA Bantam motorcycleMan on a 1951/2 BSA Bantam D1 motorcycle in the garden with his son circa 1952
Autumn wardrobe 1935Back page of a fashion catalogue, showing three women wearing autumn wardrobe. Date: 1935
Caricature, Lillie Langtry and Henrietta HodsonCaricature, Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) and Henrietta Hodson (1841-1910) -- The best of friends must part. Hodson (referred to here as Mrs Labouchere because of her relationship with Henry Labouchere)
Group of six women police officers in London, WW2Group of six women police officers, one of them a sergeant, wearing air raid helmets and carrying canvas bags in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, WW1Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, illustrating a contemporary version of a childrens song about the Three Kings. Here, the three kings are from Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria
Boy in school uniform with luggageA boy in school uniform with luggage -- a bag and a rolled up blanket. Date: circa 1920s
WW2 Christmas card, patriotic dogs sheltering behind sandbags. Date: circa 1942
Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)
Advert for Asprey clutch bags 1937Asprey of Bond Street, London advertising a number of bags and clutches including a childs muff suede handbag, a pigskin pochette, a childs umbrella, a tweed scarf and handbag in various colours
Bag full of money on a cutout Christmas cardBag full of money (one thousand pounds) on a cutout card -- Just to go on with this Christmas. Date: circa 1890s
Mahatma Gandhi cartoonA cartoon on the subject of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, showing him making international calls on a telephone, with bags of money at his side
The man who won the lottery... I have arrived"The man who won the lottery... " I have arrived" and the ladies swarm around delighted! Date: circa 1908
Advertisement for British United Airways to London. circa 1960
High fashion city dresses 1912French models wearing smart tairored city suits, created by Zimmermann. Date: 1912
Horse-drawn flour cart, USAHorse-drawn flour cart, with a graceful pair of dappled greys, North America. Date: circa 1910
Luggage on a truck at Jersey Airport, Channel IslandsLuggage on a British United truck, about to be loaded onto an aeroplane at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s
Loading a plane at Jersey Airport, Channel IslandsLoading an aeroplane on the tarmac at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s