Boater Collection (page 6)

London finance district at the start of World War I
Financiers 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 WWI
The 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 Chaplin
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor (1889-1977)

Couple rowing
Edwardian scene depicting man in a boater rowing his lady. Date: circa 1906

Group of Western people, Hong Kong, China
A group of Western people, surrounding a woman in a carrying chair, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1890

Keir Hardie speaking in Trafalgar Square, London, WW1
James 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 Office
A 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

Seaside scene, Saucy Sue, showing a far from saucy woman in masculine-style clothes, sitting on a beach reading a book on Ethics, while children play in the sea in the background. Date: July 1914

Group of colonials with Indian servant
A group of eight colonial types, four men and four women. An Indian servant stands alongside, holding a bag of golf clubs. Date: circa 1910s

Men and women taking tea in a garden
Three men and three women taking tea in a garden. A little dog looks up expectantly. The two younger women have tennis racquets. C.1900

Two men playing leapfrog

Watching a Brass Band
An audience in a London park enjoy the music of a brass band playing on a bandstand. late 1930s

Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (188811972) - French actor, Cabaret singer and entertainer. Date: circa 1932

Crowds at Dreamland, Coney Island, New York, USA Date: 1907

Queen Victoria of Spain, Prince Jaime and Prince of Asturias
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain as husband of King Alfonso XIII (1887-1969) pictured cradling her son Prince Jaime

Smart young Gent, on the prowl at the seaside
A smart young Gent, on the prowl at a fashionable late Victorian Seaside resort. Date: circa 1890s

Schoolboy asks other to play cricket with adult terminology
A 13 year-old Senior Schoolboy asks his 12 year-old Junior fellow other to play cricket. " Say, Brown, will you play cricket for us tomorrow? - We re short of a Man!" Date: 1900

John Burns - caricature by Phil May
Caricature by Phil May of John Elliot Burns (18581943) - an English trade unionist and politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Date: 1892

Wesleyan High School, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
The Wesleyan High School, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: 1910

Design for printed textile with hats and caps
Design for printed textile with a wide selection of hats and caps. Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1935

Smartly-dressed woman 1898
A smartly-dressed woman with a brown parasol, on a country walk. Date: 1898

Danish Fashions 1921
Lounging suits: narrow ankle revealing trousers with turn- ups, lounging jackets with sloping shoulders, high all round shirt collars & a flat cap or straw boater. Date: 1921

A young lady with her fine grey horse - all ready to pop out for a canter before returning for afternoon tea... Date: 1910s

Fisherman and record trout
An extremely dapper Fisherman (the sender of this card!) with the largest trout ever caught in Dean Clough Reservouir, Great Harwood, Lancashire

Feeding pigeons before St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Cricket Team in Oxford
A superb photographic postcard of an Oxford cricket team, sporting a fine selection of patterned blazers, straw boater hats, flannel whites and boots

Japanese Straw Boaters
If we MUST bring back the straw hat, why not copy the Japanese method of popularising it? Three straw boaters, worn with advertising sandwich boards! Date: 1933

PARTY WEAR
A cheeky young woman, sporting a mini boater hat, an eye mask and holding a glass of bubbly - perfect for that naughty fancy dress party! Date: 1930s

Trading with Indians
Native American Indians trading goods on the platform of a train station for a bottle of liquor from a gentlman in a straw boater, U.S.A. Date: early 1930s

Demonstration in Berlin, Germany, beginning of WW1
A demonstration in Berlin, Germany, on the outbreak of the First World War, after diplomatic relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had broken down

Belgian civilians, WW1
Belgian civilians, including a child, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Morris Park Race Track - The Bronx, NYC, USA Date: 1903

Two outfits by Philippe et Gaston and Jean Patou
Two fashionable ladies wearing the latest outfits. On the left, a plain off the shoulder blue dress with white collar, by Philippe et Gaston

Disembarking from a ship - Mollendo, Peru. Crew members from arriving ships were lifted from their boat via a crane, the Pacific swell being too great for normal landings! circa 1930s

Warren G Harding, 29th US President
Warren G Harding (1865-1923), 29th President of the United States (1921-1923). Seen here with a group of people, including a clergyman and a man in uniform. Date: 20th century

Dr W G Grace and HRH The Prince of Wales
Famous (and infamous) English cricketer Dr William Gilbert Grace ( WG ) (1848-1915) and HRH Edward The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) (1894-1972)

Music at home, 1906
A young lady sporting a straw boater sings, whilst a serious-looking senior chap accompanies on the piano. 1906

Picnic by the seaside
A couple have a picnic by the seaside, using a fishing boat as a shelter from the stiff breeze (possibly!)... Date: circa 1940s

Last Look in Mirror
The last look in the mirror - before she goes out Date: 1900

Promenade Dress 1899
Open jacket bodice, irregular shaped revers, high necked blouse, gored skirt trimmed with concentric narrow bands, puff at top of sleeves, profusely ornamented straw hat Date: 1899

Middle aged man in straw boater in a garden, Mid Wales
A smartly dressed middle aged Edwardian man poses for his photo in a garden, Mid Wales. He is wearing a three-piece suit and a straw boater, and sits on a wooden chair on a slightly overgrown lawn

Family at the beach in Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An Edwardian family with their two dogs at the beach in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The sea is visible in the background, with two boats

Family group with pets in a Pembrokeshire garden
A family group of five Edwardian sisters, with two cats and a dog, in a garden somewhere in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Three people on horseback, Tregwynt, West Wales
Three people, a man and two women, prepare for an outing on horseback at Tregwynt, near Granston and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The women are riding sidesaddle

Family group on Newgale beach, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
An Edwardian family group, with two dogs, on Newgale beach, Pembrokeshire, West Wales

People on deck during a sea trip, South Wales
A group of people -- guests and crew -- on the deck of the good ship Effort, during a sea trip, probably off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Coal screening machine, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a jigger or coal screening machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Not keen on Egyptian Food
A British Tourist wearing a straw boater and white suit, takes offence at " the smell" of the Egyptian seafood dish he is presented with

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