Belt Collection (page 7)

A metal chastity belt from the time of the Crusades
MusÚÑáde Cluny (Cluny Museum) A metal chastity belt from the time of the Crusades

Charles Rowell. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, August 12th 1853. Height 6 ft. 5 ins. Weight 140 lbs. Winner of the Astley Belt

Herero man, German South West Africa
A native Herero man in German South West Africa (now Namibia), either before or during the First World War. A rebellion by the Hereros against the German colonists took place between 1904 and 1907

Royal Horse Artillery on parade with gun carriages, WW1
Men of the Royal Horse Artillery on parade, with horses and gun carriages, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

A Kenyan Askari - Nairobi, Kenya (then British East Africa), standing to rigid attention in full ceremonial costume Date: 1918

Unloading Bananas, New Orleans
Unloading and processing of imported bananas in New Orleans, USA. The fruit is conveyed directly from the holds of the arriving ships into the dock into the refrigeration wagons (right)

A Bedouin Guard with his trusty steed
A wonderful photographic card showing a Palestinian Bedouin Guard, a rifle across his back and his horse, with decorated tack

Moorish Woman - Algeria
A stunning postcard depiction of a Moorish woman - leaning against a doorway in a fabulous floral print dress with headdress Date: 1908

The traditional costume of an Albanian from Shkoder
The wonderful traditional costume of an Albanian from Shkoder, which includes an embroidered waistcoat, pistol, bullet belt, rifle, white fez hat and upturned waxed moustache

Milk for school children, 1955
Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school

Old man in traditional costume - Albania - amking a cigarette using a cigarette holder

Albanian woman from Shkoder, with an embroidered waistcoat/jerkin, a substantial belt (with hoops for hanging things off it) and floral headscarf

1860 Wedding Dress & Boy
Boy: brown & black tunic with sash. Woman: blue dress with pagoda or funnel sleeves, belt with a gold clasp, 5 narrow flounces & undersleeves with reverse cuffs

1930S Swimwear Photo
A woman in a boyish tank style swim-suit with a ship design belt buckle, and wearing a magnificent wide-brimmed hat, admires the view out to sea

History of Fashion 1830S
Late 19th century interpretation of clothing from the 1830s. Pink gown with round, unadorned skirt & imbecile sleeves. Black scarf & belt & large white bonnet. Date: 1830s

De we Corset & Bra 1950S
A young woman with a ponytail models a corset belt with suspenders & a matching brassiere

Evening Dress / Poiret
Tunic dress by Paul Poiret: tubular skirt in a green spiral motif print, bronze coloured sleeveless tunic worn with a belt across the hips. Accessories: armlets & pearls

Theatre Coat 1913
Fur-trimmed kimono style evening manteau / coat in an oriental floral (peonies) fabric. Worn with a V -necked gown with a high-waisted cord belt & a toque with a feather

Pin-Up & Autumn Leaves
Cheesy blonde, grinning insanely, sweeps autumn leaves with a besom broom, wearing nothing more than a short checked shirt, belt & white knickers

1890S Blouse & Hairstyle
Satin blouse with deep lace falling tucker, puffed half- length sleeves with gathered cuff & frill, checked skirt with Swiss belt waistband. N.B doorknocker top knot hairstyle

Boer War soldier in South Africa
George Coulson, Imperial Yeomanry, while serving in the Boer War, South Africa. He died of malaria on 7 June 1901. 1890s

Soldier at training camp holding two puppies, WW1
Soldier at a training camp holding two puppies. circa 1917

Advertisement for British United Airways to London. circa 1960

High fashion 1912
French models wearing creations by Zimmermann. (left), Charmeuse dress with intricate lace on the bodice, two points of black tulle form small setbacks and a thin plaited jet black belt

Autumn fashion for coats 1929
Model wearing tailored tweed coat with fox fur collar and leather belt and trim. Date: 1929

Two women and three children, USA
Two women and three children, including a toddler in a pushchair, North America, all wearing their Sunday best. Date: circa 1910

Rural ball dress 1832
Woman wearing off shouldered white rural ball dress with bishop sleeves. Date: 1832

Farming family, South America, showing a man wearing a fancy silver belt, another man operating a sewing machine, and a seated woman. Date: circa 1900s

Dresses for morning, evening and afternoon wear 1913
Three women models wearing pretty fashionable frocks for morning, evening and afternoon, Morning clothing, khaki tailor-made jacket with belt and brown velvet collar

City ​​dress and evening coat 1912
French model wearing long narrow sleeved velvet city dress with leather belt and fur collar. And an evening dress with a wide sleeved fur coat made of diagonal stripes and silk lining. 1912

Advert for Debenham & Freebody corsets 1915
Inexpensive, best quality tricot corset with hip belt, woven to shape with two suspenders. 1915

Advert for Goochs winter clothing 1915
Winter double breasted tweed coats for little boys. 1926

Lady Milford Haven, 1928
The Marchioness of Milford Haven, Nadejda Mountbatten (1896-1963) (right), pictured on the front cover of The Sketch magazine in front of a beach hut, wearing black trousers

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1885
Electropathic Battery Belt, restorer of impaired vital energy and its unvarying success. 1885

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1885
Patent harnesses for men and women, effectual remedy for illnesses, with testimonials. 1885

Other ranks shoulder belt plate, 1st West India Regiment, 1800 (c). Oval metal shoulder belt plate, inscribed, 1ST WEST INDIA / REGIMENT, with monogram in centre. Date: circa 1800

Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884
Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies

Advert for Harness Electropathic corset belts 1888
Harness Electropathic belt treatment. 1888

Mr Warde as the Prince of Wales in Shakespeares Henry IV
Mr Warde (probably James Prescott Warde, 1792-1840) as the Prince of Wales (Hal) in Shakespeares Henry IV. 1827

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1886
Heath restored by means of mild continuous currents of electricity (without shock) generated by wearing. Thousands have been successfully treated for nervous exhaustion, brain-fag, melancholia

Advert for Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt 1893
Dr Carter Moffats electric body belt, scientifically tested and guaranteed genuine. 1893

Foot soldier, Turkey
Turkish Foot Soldier. 19th century

Advert for D. H Evans girls school uniforms 1915
Double and single breasted school overcoats with wrap around belts. 1915

Studio portrait, young man in uniform. Date: circa 1940s

Man & family on 1915 Triumph motorcycle
Man & family on 1915 Triumph Model H motorcycle & sidecar circa 1915

Beauty and the Beast 1912
Front cover of Femina magazine, showing an elegant women wearing cartwheel hat, white cotton dress with high waist, sash belt, pleated yoke, and embroidered hem, with white elbow length gloves

Cartoon, Councillor Wilders at his Engine
Cartoon, Councillor Wilders, Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee, at his Engine. 1888

Advert for Le Gant corsets 1937
Le Gant, to show your clothes to the best possible advantage. 1937

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