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Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mr Bone the Butcher. circa 1935
Caricature of Henry Irving, English actor-managerCaricature of Henry Irving (1838-1905), English actor-manager, relaxing at the seaside during the summer holidays. 1882
Cartoon, Launching the New Boat, Youth. A reference to a new play, Youth, co-written by Augustus Harris and Paul John Merrit, first performed at Drury Lane, London, on 6 August 1881. 1881
Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Master Carr the Rusk Makers son. 1928
Scene outside the Blue Bell pub, with people taking part in a fun event. Date: 1970s
Boy in the snow on a fabric Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Two men fishing on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset. Date: circa 1890s
Costume for a boy 1867Three year old boys clothing for 1867 1867
GREY SUITEarl Waldegrave in pale grey informal suit with single- breasted jacket worn with a wing collar & tie & a straw boater hat. Date: 1912
Advert / Kuppenheimer CloThe Beltsac: double-breasted jacket with belted back, long lapels & large patch pockets - a somewhat effeminate style! Worn with a straw boater, spotted tie & cane. Date: 1917
Feminine Boater 1919Soft crowned hat with chin strap, accordian pleated short tubular skirt, short coatee, boater style hat, checked suit with open jacket with a narrow belt at the bustline. Date: 1919
Harold LloydAmerican film actor, Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), seen here in a caricature surrounded by scenes from the film Speedy. Date: 1928
Kay JohnsonKAY JOHNSON (Catherine Townsend) (1904 - 1975), American film actress
Family on Beach, C. 1910A family group, including dog, enjoying sitting in the sun on a sandy beach against a backdrop of beach huts Date: circa 1910
COUPLE YANKEETwo girls wearing costumes allegorically representing a French persons conception of what is characteristic of America... Date: late 19th century
Santos-Dumont / Vfair 1901ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT Brazilian aviation pioneer Date: 1873 - 1932
Cheylesmore, HerbertHERBERT FRANCIS LORD CHEYLESMORE Military Date: 1848 - 1925
John Burns / Vanity FairJOHN ELLIOT BURNS English labour leader and book collector Date: 1858 - 1943
Mens jackets and coatsMan wearing lounge suits, boater, holding a cane, single breasted overcoat with lepel and spats. Circa 1912
Womens seaside clothing 1886Three women at the seaside. 1886
Cafe La Rotonde, ParisCustomers seated outside Cafe La Rotonde, Paris. circa 1900
View of St Jamess Park, London, looking towards Horse Guards Parade. Date: circa 1910
Children at the seaside on a New Year card. Two boys in sailor suits play with a large model sailing boat. circa 1890s
Three children playing shuttlecock on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Tatler front cover - Summer at Henley, 1965Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring girl in a traditional straw boater worn at Henley and, less traditionally, eye make up by Maybelline. Date: 1965
Reldan Digby Morton tweed suit, 1965An Edwardian style suit in oatmeal tweed with patch pockets below a high waistline designed by Reldan/Digby Morton. Burnt sugar straw boater by Moriot. Date: 1965
The Hon. Mrs MitfordSidney Gibson Bowles (1880 - 1963), daughter of Thomas Gibson Bowles (founder of The Lady and English Vanity Fair and MP). Mother of the famous (and infamous) Mitford sisters
Amy Johnson with flowersMiss Amy Johnson, the pilot, with many bouquets of flowers. She is surrounded by men, many of which wearing straw boater hats. Date: 1932
Group of people in the countrysideGroup of people, including two clergymen, relaxing in the countryside in their best Sunday clothes. Date: early 20th century
People outside a sports pavilionA crowd of people outside a sports pavilion. Date: circa 1930s
Boy doing high jump at athletics eventA boy doing the high jump at an athletics event. Date: circa 1930s
Boy scouts boarding a railway trainBoy scouts and others boarding a railway train. Date: circa 1930s
Young man with a dog in a gardenSmartly dressed young man with a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s
Family group with dog, Llandrindod, WalesFamily group of seven with a dog at Llandrindod, Wales. Date: circa 1900s
Man and four dogs outside a large houseA middle aged man in a straw boater sitting on a bench with one dog on the bench with him, and four small black dogs on the pathway outside a large house. Date: circa 1914
Studio photo, people in a car, Seattle, Washington, USAStudio photo of four people in a car with a painted backdrop, taken by A. J. Park of Seattle, Washington, USA. 1909
Tourists at Bruin Inn, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USATourist group of three pose at the Bruin Inn, near the Helen Hunt Falls, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 17 August 1906. Date: 1906
Two ladies sitting on what appears to be a beachBlack and white (appears sepia in some lights). Two ladies sitting on what appears to be a beach in patterned dresses and boater hats, with a young boy carrying a pail of sand towards them
Twos CompanyBlack and white. Girl in dress and bonnet with her arm around a boy in a boater hat, both walking along a path. The girl is waving back to a younger girl who is standing on the side of the path
Recruitment in the City of London, WW1A recruiter and his capture in the City - a well-dressed young man willingly assents to the recruiting sergeants arguments in December 1915. Date: 1915
Suffragette, Will Women Ever Have Votes?. Woman asks a man in a straw boater, Sir, will women ever have votes? He wags his finger and replies, Wait and SEE Date: circa 1910
London finance district at the start of World War IFinanciers took a very grave view of the European situation in July 1914, and the dislocation of normal conditions was felt at once in the banking
Closing of the Stock Exchange in London at the start of WWIThe prospect of widespread European war naturally brought down stocks and shares with a run, so to prevent further fall, the London banks urged the closing of the Stock Exchange
Tatler cover - Charlie ChaplinFront cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor (1889-1977)
Couple rowingEdwardian scene depicting man in a boater rowing his lady. Date: circa 1906
Group of Western people, Hong Kong, ChinaA group of Western people, surrounding a woman in a carrying chair, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1890
Keir Hardie speaking in Trafalgar Square, London, WW1James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish socialist politician and Labour leader, speaking to a crowd of people in Trafalgar Square, London, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: August 1914
Proclamation of World War One, outside War OfficeA scene outside the War Office on Whitehall, London, on the proclamation of war on Germany in 1914. Crowds of men on the street by the equestrian statue of Prince George