Belts Collection

Power Loom Weaving
Interior of cotton mill in Lancashire: power loom weaving- man and woman tend machine

Christmas Frocks 1935
Eight chic xmas party frocks. One has a distinct Classical Grecian influence. Broad belts, corsages and puffed sleeves are also fashionable

Three men in traditional Greek Costume - Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Romanian Women - Traditional costume
A pair of Romanian women, in traditional National costume. A particularly fine example of the highly-decorative embroidery emplyed to decorate the skirts

Zulu Warriors - Southern Africa. Note the western-style belts incorporated into traditional body adornments. Date: circa 1910s

1960s crimplene fashion
Models wear outfits in crimplene by Lapidus of Sweden. Date: 1966

Japan, Imperial Mint, Osaka - Rolling Mills, Cutting Presses
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - Rolling Mills, and the Cutting-out Presses. Date: circa 1910s

Cotton Carding Machinery
Interior of cotton mill: girls and women tend carding, drawing and roving machinery

WW1 - Lifebelted passengers - Torpedoing of RMS Falaba
WW1 - Aboard the RMS Falaba on 28th March 1915, the photographer captures a moment showing passengers putting on their life-belts

Henry Armstrong and Joe Louis, boxers
Henry Armstrong (1912-1988), also known as Henry Jackson Jr, and Joe Louis (1914-1981), also known as Joseph Louis Barrow

Styles of women's accessories popular in Spring 1932. Date: 1932

A selection of women's loose jackets for sale. Date: 1921

Mill Room in the Staffordshire Potteries
Mill Room where the ingredients are mixed, Staffordshire Potteries. 1843

Three soldiers in walking out uniform. 1900

The Finishing Room, Black & White magazine. 1893

Cycle lever chain works in France 1896
English inventor William Spears Simpson invented the cycle lever chain that we still use today. It was such a success that they were unable to keep up with demand

David Frances Barry photo - Two young chiefs
Two young chiefs wearing American traditional dress, including beaded moccasin, beaded leather belts, hairpipe buffalo-bone breastplate and choker. The chief on the left is holding an axe

Womens corset 1911
Latest fashionable corset to provide the best shape for the womans dress

Patent Electropathic Battery Belt for men and women

Costumes include: hood with liripipe, hose, short doublet or jerkin, tall crowned hats, hood-like headdresses, pouches suspended from belts, short gowns with full sleeves. Date: 15th century

Gentleman and nurses outdoors (one with brassard), two with Sam Browne-type belts around a table with possible prizes.. Cut-down postcard Date: 1920-30

Nurses outdoors (one with brassard), two with Sam Browne-type belts, around a table with possible prizes, .. Date: 1920-30

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1895
Every man & woman in search of heath & strength, all sufferers from disorders of the nerves, stomach, liver or kidneys should procure and wear. Date: 1895

C16 GAMBLERS
Cards behind the back and daggers in belts: the stakes are high in this game. Date: 16th century

DANCE FLOOR FASHIONS
Dance floor fashions include winklepickers, suits and liberal amounts of brilliantine, bouffants, stilettos, chain belts & abstract print frocks. Date: 1962

WOMEN IN FACTORY / 1917
A Frenchwoman working in a factory during World War One. Date: 1917

Power Loom Weaving
Interior of cotton mill: power loom weaving. Man and woman tend machine. Date: 1835

Cotton Carding Machinery
Interior of cotton mill: girls and women tend carding, drawing and roving machinery. Date: 1835

John Lampert (Age 33) Wearing Safety Harness and Helmet ?
John Lampert (Age 33) Wearing Safety Harness and Helmet with His Man Powered Flexible Mambrane Variable Geometry Ornithopter at Bishops Rise, Hatfield, UK Date: 1975

The Royal Mint - The Cutting Room. Date: circa 1908

Rear view of two young Zulu Women, South Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Vickers. 303 in Class C medium machine gun, 1910 (c). Commercially produced model; fitted with blast deflector; associated mount and tripod, wooden box of spares

Georgia - Band of Khevsurians, Caucasus Mountains
Khevsurians ethnographical group of Georgians, mainly living in Khevsureti, on both sides of the Caucasus Mountain Chain in the watersheds of the rivers Aragvi and Argun. Date: 1909

A metal chastity belt from the 16th century
MusÚÑáde Cluny (Cluny Museum) A metal chastity belt from the 16th century

Advert for J. Roussel womens underwear 1930
One-piece girdle with high-waist that gives a slimmer figure, also giving a comfortable wear, freedom of movement by using a flexible, porous elastic. 1930

Pheltose - the New Sanitary Belt
" For the Outdoor Girl!" 1928

Advert for Gorke womens accessories 1898
Novelties Christmas gifts for women. A charming painted gauze and large ostrich fans, linen gloves for gifts Chevrette, fur tops, button ladies driving gloves

WW1 Machinery in a lead factory - shrapnel production
An array of machinery in a factory manufacturing white lead, used to make artillery shrapnel during WW1 Date: circa 1915

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

Trabzon, Turkey - Men of the Laz Tribe
Laz costumes worn by a group of heavily armed men at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province

Revolutionary Group - Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution. Men/chiefs/army from Taurus (Eastern Turkey) pictured the during revolution with their leader Schoud ja-i-Nizam

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

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

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

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

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