Bare Collection (page 13)

Coryphaenoides sp. rattails
Four specimens of rattails on sand

Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two R

A bare chance. Date 1879. Published by Currier & Ives. A bare chance. Date 1879. Published by Currier & Ives

The grizzly bare. Illustration shows an attractive young woman and an old, bald man dancing the Grizzly Bear dance on the shore of a beach next to lobsters, crabs, and fish

Sea Scouts washing the deck of a boat or ship. 20th century

Cairo - Sellers of Bouza
Itinerant sellers of Bouza, a fermented alcoholic beverage produced from wheat in Egypt. Is this the origin of the English term booze??? Date: circa 1910s

The Toilet of Helen by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to his novel Under the Hill. A bare-breasted Helen is preened and pampered by decorative ladies in 18th century dress

Birds on a tree
Many varieties of birds, including an owl, perch on the bare branches of a tree. 1925

Messalina by Aubrey Beardsley
Messalina and her companion by Aubrey Beardsley, an illustration to an edition of the Roman satirist Juvenals Sixth Satire. Messalina was the wife of the Roman emperor Claudius. Date: 1895

African Coptic Priest - probably in Ethiopia. He is wearing a spectacular tradional hat and carries a staff and a Coptic cross. Date: circa 1930s

Dugouts and trenches on a battlefield, WW1
Dugouts and trenches on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Little boy with spaniel on a birthday postcard
A little boy with a King Charles spaniel on a birthday postcard. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Guinea, Africa - A Fula Girl
A young Saussai girl, from Senegal, West Africa, carrying her baby. Date: circa 1910

Kabyle Women and babies - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

Young woman, Miss Peggy Kurton
Absence makes the heart grow fonder -- a young woman (the actress Peggy Kurton) in a relaxed pose with roses. Date: early 20th century

Father and daughter outside beach hut
A father and his daughter outside their beach hut at a seaside resort. He looks at her, she looks at the camera. Date: late 1950s

Baby on cushions, sitting up in a chair
A baby, around six months old, sitting up in a chair on some comfy cushions. Date: November 1954

Advert for Craven Cigarettes 1939

Art Nouveau scene with Handwalking greek girl
An Art Nouveau picture depicting a young handwalking greek girl along with an accompanying musician, playing a set of pipes

Bringing home the turf
A Colleen (a young unmarried Irish girl) bringing home a wicket backpack full of cut turf. Date: 1909

Tangiers - Morocco - A Woman of the Mountains carrying her sleeping child in a sling across her shoulders and wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and very large scarf/shawl. Date: circa 1910s

Lopped Tree Branches
Lopped tree branches. Date: 1930s

Winter Beech Trees
The bare branches of beech trees amid winter snow in Reynolds Park, Woolton, Lancashire, England. Date: 1950s

Bare Spring Branches
Bare branches, an early spring study, Raby Woods, Raby, Wirral, Merseyside, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Bare Winter Trees
The Bare Trees of Winter. Date: 1960s

TREES-TRACERY
Trees-tracery - bare tree branches in early Spring.y Date: 1930s

Winter Trees
Winter reveals the feathery grace of this picturesque group of trees. Date: 1950s

David Wright woman with a bare back
Elegant woman with a bare back, wearing a skirt decorated with star-shaped flowers, and black stockings. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Greek Artistic Beauty, elegantly draped in thin pink chiffon and holding a variety of metal amphorae. She seems to have forgotten some of her clothing however.... Date: circa 1910s

Bear Garden in Bern, Switzerland
Bears in their enclosure at the zoo in Bern, Switzerland. The bear is the emblem of the city. Date: circa 1908

Sailors repairing a boat on a ship, WW1
Men of the British Royal Navy undertaking repairs on a boat on board a ship during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Little girl in yellow dress with basket of fruit
A little girl in a frilly yellow dress with a basket of fruit on her lap. 1915

David Wright woman in bare-backed evening dress
Elegant woman in a bare-backed evening dress, with long black gloves, looking back over her bare shoulder. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

David Wright woman in a pink and black evening dress
Elegant woman in a pink and black striped evening dress, with a mirror and powder puff in her hands. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

David Wright woman in a red bikini on the beach
Elegant woman in a red bikini and wide-brimmed hat, sitting on the beach. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Sappers and miners working on a tunnel, WW1
Sappers and miners working on a tunnel during the First World War. Date: 1916

Two ladies in summer outfits by Bernard

Djibouti, East Africa - Hairdressers
Djibouti, East Africa - Traditional methods of hairdressing. Date: circa 1910s

David Wright woman in black evening dress and gloves
Elegant woman in a black evening dress and black gloves, with a cigarette. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

David Wright woman in red evening dress
Elegant woman in a red evening dress and black fur, checking her face in a mirror. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

David Wright woman in green and white outfit
Elegant woman in a green and white outfit. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Young lady in backless evening gown by Premet
Young lady wearing a backless evening gown in gold with large printed roses and fur hem, by Premet. 1924

Djibouti, Two women water carriers
A very odd photographic postcard from Djibouti, East Africa, featuring two women of starkly differing physical stature. On the left is a small woman smoking a large cigarette

Christmas decorative frieze - snowy landscape
Simple snowy Christmas landscape featuring fields under a blanket of snow and bare tree branches in dramatic silhouette. c.1925

People in a cafe, sitting at tables and serving behind the counter. The lighting comes from bare, unshaded lightbulbs. circa 1940s

British 12 inch Howitzer, Western Front, France, WW1
A British 12 inch Howitzer being fired at Louez, northern France, on the Western Front during the First World War. The three gunners are working without their shirts

Battle of Pozieres, northern France, WW1
Scene at the Battle of Pozieres, northern France, during the First World War. Gunners firing an 18 pounder for curtain fire or barrage, in Carnoy Valley, near Montauban. Date: 30 July 1916

Malay Seller of Satay Beef with his portable shop - Singapore Date: circa 1910s

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