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Au Pair AgencyThe receptionist of an Au Pair agency answers a telephone enquiry and makes a booking in the office diary. Date: 1960s
Tunic Dress 1920Young lady in a tunic dress with tubular under-skirt, V neck bodice & broad sash. She wears Louis heeled buckle shoes & her hair is cut into a bob with a thick fringe. Date: 1920
Elegant Evening DressBack view of a dress in heavy crepe-satin with gored skirt trimmed with skunk fur at the hem & with an unusual segmented back detail to the bodice with triangular shaped voids. Date: 1930s
Where will the dimple be? - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Bob Merrill and Al Hoffmann and recorded by Rosemary Clooney on Philips Records
Major P. C. G. Haywood judging Golden Retrievers at Crufts. Date: 1936
Terylene advertisement, 1965Advertisement for Terylene polyester fibre featuring a model with bobbed hair wearing a pink and white striped blouse. Date: 1965
Mlle Lily Scott in Paris PlaisirsMlle Lily Scott of the Casino de Paris in Paris Plaisirs, Mirror of Beauty series, sitting on a stool fully clothed, showing off her legs. Date: circa 1920s
Young woman with large dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
Two women with three dogs in a field. Date: circa 1920s
Five girls with tea tray in a gardenFive girls with a tea tray in a garden on a summers day. A badminton net is set up on the lawn in the background. Date: circa 1920s
Girl holding a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
Studio portrait, young woman with terrier dogStudio portrait, young woman with a terrier dog wrapped round her neck. Date: circa 1920s
Bobbed hair going out of fashion, 1919 Harlene advertAdvertisement for Harlene hair tonics from 1919 claiming that the bobbed hair women had cut during war-time was now being grown long again. How wrong they were. Date: 1919
The Origin of the Bob by William Heath RobinsonAnd the first realisation of its advantages. A lady struggling to maintain her hair style while on board a board, looks with envy at a decks mop and its unmoving head
Princess Marijke with Dutch boy scoutPrincess Marijke (Maria Christina, right), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, watching a Dutch boy scout who is polishing a brass kettle at Soestdijk Palace as part of
Scouts and cubs, Bob A Job Week, Ghana, West AfricaScouts and cubs taking part in Bob A Job Week, Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Seen here cleaning gutters and streets
Boy scouts washing a dog, Georgetown, British GuyanaThree boy scouts washing a dog during Work and Earn Week in Georgetown, British Guyana, South America. They belong to Troop 27, Queens Colours. Date: 1955
Scouts from Fiji, South Pacific, during Bob-a-Job Week, giving a dog a bath. From left to right, they are an English Sea Scout, a Fijian Scout, and an Indian Scout
Advert for Hindes hair wavers 1925Pattern Hindes hair wavers, for shingled and bobbed hair. 1925
Out of Doors -- horse with stone in hoofOut of Doors -- a horse (Bob) has a stone in his hoof. Date: 19th century
Captain Robert Hook, lifeboatmanCoxswain Robert William Hook (1828 -1911) of the Lowestoft lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll, the saviour of more than 200 lives. Pictured here at Lowestoft harbour entrance in 1883, in a heroic pose
Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1923What would you not give to have naturally wavy hair ? Iy cost the lady whose photographs are pictured here, but 3 guineas to have her hair permanently waved by Nestle into these gloriously becoming
Irene Castle in 1923Irene Castle (1893 1969), American Dancer most famous for dancing with her husband Vernon Castle. The bob was named after her in 1915, when she cut her hair short for convenience
Little girl in red by Muriel DawsonA little girl in red, with dark hair, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s
Owd Bob - famous film dog - star of the film Owd Bob (1924), produced by Atlantic Union. Date: 1924
Business card design, woman at dressing tableBusiness card design, depicting a woman squirting perfume at a dressing table mirror. Date: 20th century
Label design with elegant womanLabel design featuring an elegant woman in colourful costume
Advert for Debenham & Freebody teagown 1928Model wearing a teagown made from soft metal brocade, with drapery lace down the sides. 1928
The revenge of SamsonA series of photographs showing a fashionable 1920s lady going from long hair to a bobbed style. The period saw a huge shift in hair styles with the majority of women choosing to bob or shingle their
Christmas TattooA young woman with dark hair having a tattoo put on her shoulder. It reads: Merry Xmas Bob from Annie. Date: early 1930s
Piano Lesson 1930SA female piano teacher turns over the pages of the sheet music as little girl pupil plays the piece. Date: early 1930s
Making a Doll 1930SA woman doll maker combs the hair of a doll with bobbed hair in the style of film star Louise Brooks. Date: early 1930s
Sqn Ldr Bob Moore climbing into the cockpit of the proto?Sqn Ldr Bob Moore climbing into the cockpit of the prototype Saab J29, 29001, for its first flight, 1 September 1948
The Duchess of Bedford with Capt C. D. Barnard, left, pil?The Duchess of Bedford with Capt C.D. Barnard, left, pilot, and Robert ?Bob? Little in front of their Fokker FVII, G-EBTS, The Spider, in August 1929 following their record-breaking flight of 10
French Model with fun Vampish expressionFrench Model wearing dramatic make-up with a marvellous Vampishexpression! Date: circa late 1920s
Blitzen Benz record-breaker - painting by Andrew McGeachyThe Blitzen Benz car, built in Mannheim by Benz & Cie running a full speed. At Brooklands on November 9, 1909, at the Brooklands circuit at Weybridge, Surrey
Pyrus indica, Indian pearOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Nicotiana tabacum, tobaccoOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Gossypium barbadense, sea cottonOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton
Myroxylon pereirae, balsam of PeruOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Myroxylon pereirae, balsam of Peru
Quercus tinctoria, black oak
Prunus amygdalus, almondOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Prunus amygdalus, almond
Magnolia auriculata, big-leaf magnoliaOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Butea frondosa, flame of the forestOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Butea frondosa, flame of the forest
Cornus capitata, dogwoodOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Citrus bergamia, bergamot orangeCitrus aurantium var. bergamia (Family Rutaceae). A variety of orange, known as the bergamot orange, from which a perfume is obtained
Garcinia hanburii, gamboge treeOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Garcinia hanburii, gamboge tree
Bird from decorative ceiling panelsA photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a bird painted in gold