Balls Collection (page 4)

Christmas card in the shape of three snooker balls and a chalk cube. Date: circa 1890s

Cutout Christmas card with cricket ball
Cutout Christmas card with a hand holding a cricket ball -- a right good innings! Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a rugby ball. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a ball
Greetings card in the shape of a blue and yellow ball with a tabby kitten standing on its hind legs juggling. Date: circa 1890s

Susi - resting on a football. 1950s

Susi - with football and boot. 1950s

Greetings card in the shape of a pair of binoculars, with three humanised birds playing snooker in the foreground. Date: circa 1890s

Young brothers playing with ball at a holiday camp
Two young brothers playing football at a holiday camp, with caravans in the background. Presumably somewhere in Northern England. Date: 1960s

Little girl with ball on a medallion-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl and boy on a cutout Christmas card
Girl and boy (Daisy and Fred) on a cutout Christmas card, with verse (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Father Christmas with presents on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Costumes at the Artists Costume Ball
A variety of outfits, purchased from London department store, Marshall and Snelgrove, worn by guests at the Artists Costume Ball held at the Princes Galleries in February 1914

Historical fancy dress costume, 1911
The Fancy Dress Ball Season: Some Historically accurate Dresses Suitable for Coming Dances. In a bid to help out guests at fancy dress balls and to obviate the absurdity of not knowing what you are

Futurist costumes at the Artists Costume Ball
Futurist costumes worn by guests at the Artists Costume Ball held at the Princes Galleries in February 1914. The Tatler comments that the costumes were purchased from Marshall and Snelgrove

Dog in a garden with a ball. Date: circa 1930s

American tennis players
Two American couples take to the court for a Love Match ! Date: 1907

Society at a costume ball, 1912
Society in fancy dress at a costume ball held at the Savoy Hotel on 23 May 1912. Photographed at a time of great popularity for fancy dress balls

Fancy dress costumes at the Artists Fancy Dress ball
The Bystander magazine passes comment on the various fancy dress costumes seen at the Artists Fancy Dress ball at the Albert Hall in February 1911

Lady Diana Manners as an Etruscan at the Picture Ball
Lady Diana Manners (later Cooper) dressed as an Etruscan figure at the Picture Ball, held at the Albert Hall in 1913 in aid of the Invalids Kitchens of London

Miss Marjorie Bagot as an Etruscan at the Picture Ball
Miss Marjorie Bagot dressed as one of the figures from an Etruscan frieze, one of a number of costumes on artistic themes

Teddy bear playing croquet. Date: circa 1900s

Couple at the Cambridge Uni Conservative ball
A couple - Miss Colette Hinedson and Mr Leslie Thornton-Wallis - dancing the samba (apparently!) at the Cambridge University Conservative Association Ball. Date: 1949

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - card back, red
Run-It-Out card game - card back, red. mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - card back, blue
Run-It-Out card game - card back, blue. mid-20th century

Cheery Families - Miss Bounce the Barristers Daughter. 1890s

Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881

Christmas card - Jolly Christmas. 20th century

Furs Vaterland - German WW1 knitting postcard
German postcard featuring a row of little girls knitting For the Fatherland during the First World War. Civilians of all the warring nations knitted comforts for men serving at the front during this

Bowling club event. Date: 1970s

Four hospital patients ready for croquet
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients ready for a game of croquet in the garden at Quex Park. The men are are in shirtsleeves and wearing the trousers of the patients uniform hospital blues

Roast Chicken
A whole roast chicken served with stuffing balls and croutons Date: 1950s

Lady and Begging Dog
Theres a good dog, beg ! A lady throws tennis balls to her little dog. Date: 1888

Fall / Griffon / With Book
Unnamed griffon owned by Balls sits in front of an open book. Date: 1948

Balloon Seller / 1971
A balloon seller with an extremely large balloon, annoys a man by trying to read his newspaper over his shoulder. Date: 1971

Golf / Advice from Pro
Advice from the pro Date: 1933

Is it Worth It? Page from The Sketch on debutante season
Page from The Sketch featuring an article by the photographer Tom Hustler reporting on whether the season, for the debutante was worth it

Music cover, The Silver-Lake Varsoviana, composed by W H Montgomery, danced at all the Nobilitys Balls. 1850s

Advert for Alexander Clark novelty jewellery 1901
Edwardian novelty jewellery, aromatic scented lucky pigs and spheres containing a woollen pad saturated with a fragrance, leaving a beautiful odour, comes in gold

Advertisement for Southvale Hawk golf ball
Advertisement for the Southvale Hawk rubber core golf ball, known for its durability. Date: early 20th century

Advertisement, Miss M E Fisher, theatre costumier, fancy dress balls, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London. 1883

The 1958 Season - Dresses for Dancing into the Dawn
Two suggestions for dance dresses for debutantes for the 1958 Season, the last year in which debs were presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace

Costumes from The Dazzle Ball
Attendees of The Dazzle Ball in costumes inspired by dazzle camouflage from the First World War, at the Albert Hall, March 12 1919. Date: 1919

Chelsea Arts Dazzle Ball
People dancing in dazzle costume at The Dazzle Ball, Albert Hall, March, 1919 Date: 1919

Women in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball
Examples of women dressed in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball at the Albert Hall in March 1919. Date: 1919

Three Arts Ball at The Albert Hall
An impression of the Dazzle Ball at The Albert Hall, 1919 Date: 1919

Three dogs throwing snowballs on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Mother Christmas on a Christmas card -- With trumpets and with drums, Lo! Mother Christmas comes. Date: circa 1890s

Girl and doll on a New Year card
Girl with Punch doll and ball on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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