Bowler Collection (page 9)

Portrait photograph of Stanley Holloway, English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist

Pity the Poor Bowler by A T Smith
Humorous cartoon showing a small boy in church with his mother, pointing out the hymn numbers on the wall, and mistaking them for cricket scores

The Duke of Norfolk by Glan Williams
The Rt. Hon. Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Englands premier duke and Earl Marshal (responsible for ceremonial arrangements on behalf of the monarchy)

Tatler front cover, February 1964
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model posing in a turquoise tweed spring coat, fastened with eight pearly buttons by Mono. The jaunty white bowler is by Dolores Boutique. Date: 1964

Fruit Label -- Mr Glad Brand, from Valencia, Spain. Depicting a man who looks very much like Stan Laurel. Date: 20th century

Women workers in a factory - WW1 era
A group of manual workers, mostly women, inside a factory - WW1 era. Date: circa 1915

Group photo with conservatory backdrop
A group photo of men and women taken in a photographers studio using a conservatory backdrop. Date: circa 1930s

Caricature of Movie Star Charlie Chaplin
Postcard caricature of Movie Star Charlie Chaplin Date: circa 1916

Sammy Loates
Samuel (" Sammy" or " Sam" ) Loates (1865 - 1932) - A British thoroughbred racehorse jockey from the famed Loates Family - his nickname at the time was Sammilotes

Joe Thompson - Bookmaker - late 19th century
Portrait by Phil May of Joseph (Joe) Thompson (18381909) The Leviathan - an Australian (although born in England) bookmaker and well-known figure in the racing (and other sports)

Arthur Coventry - Jockey Club Starter
Arthur Coventry - Former jockey, who became the Official Starter for the Jockey Club (see: 10073346). Date: 1892

A smart Black American Model. Date: 1898

Caricature of William Ewart Gladstone by Phil May
Celebrities and Personages - The Grand Old Man - William Gladstone (18091898). Date: 1893

Comic Postcard - Romance at Piccadilly Circus " I meant t ge on the tube at Piccadilly last night, but I Got Off there instead!

Discussion on merits of Smoking for Health reasons
First Johnnie: " Aw -why do you make your own cigarettes?" Second Ditto: " My-aw-doctor ordered me some light exercise." Date: 1894

Wasp nest in a bowler hat
This bowler hat containing a wasp nest was found in an outhouse on the estate of Walter Rothschild in Tring. The nest was built by the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Edwardian couple posing
An Edwardian couple pose by an open window c. 1910

Boy riding a rocking horse

Mermaid in the park

The Chauffeur
People you see - the chauffeur

Loung Suits Photo 1890S
Dapper young men in lounge suits, shirts with all-round stand collars, side buttoning boots & pinkie rings, also a tie fastened with a ring, a bowler hat, cane & a monocle. Date: 1890s

Paris-Madris Race 1903
Hon. Charles Rolls, son of Lord Lllangattock, a leading English automobilist, and the car with which he started in the ill-fated race from Paris to Madrid. Date: May 1903

Edward VIII Visit
EDWARD VIII Edward VIII (perhaps when Prince of Wales, before his brief reign in 1936) meeting working class people outside their homes (location unknown) Date: C.1918

Mothers Little Darling by Chloe Preston
Illustration by Chloe Preston showing a small boy in a seated in a compartment of a train carriage wearing a suit and bowler hat

Sporting Gal and her horse - Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds A smiling, jolly Sporting Gal and her fine horse (and doesn t he just know it...). Date: circa 1910

Small boys clamouring for free plants and shrubs. The London County Council made an annual gift of surplus bulbs and bedding plants to poor people living near one of the parks. circa 1911

Lord George Sangers horses at auction, London
Lord George Sanger (1827-1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor who ran shows and circuses throughout much of the 19th century and early 20th with his brother John

King Alfonson XIII at Ranelagh
King Alfonso XIII of Spain, on a visit to England, visits society playground, Ranelagh for the polo Coronation Cup. He is accompanied by the Duchess of Peneranda. Date: 1927

Peg-leg peddlar with his tray of items for sale
" Any article on the board a penny" A man wounded in the Boer War, his leg lost resort to life as an itinerant tinker or peddlar, peddling his wares on the street

Metropolitan Police group photograph
A Metropolitan Police group photograph -- most of the men are in uniform, with three men in civilian dress, and two boys. Date: circa 1885

Skating with the Gentry by J. S. May
A man with whiskers, bowler hat, checked trousers and walking cane, stands and admires some young women skating on a frozen pond in the 1890s, rather voyeuristically in my opinion. Date: 1928

Boys playing cricket
The boys play cricket, ignoring Jack Sparrows request for help. Date: 1937

Lloyd George, Clemenceau and others during WW1
Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and others meeting for talks during the First World War. Date: 28 November 1917

Lloyd George and others on a railway platform
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), British Prime Minister, together with a group of other men on a railway platform, with a Pullman train carriage behind them. Date: 20th century

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

George Robey / Signed
GEORGE ROBEY Music hall entertainer Date: 1869 - 1954

Costume / Children / 1880
Boys: knickerbockers, bowler hat, tunic with cape. Girls: low waisted dress with yoke, striped stockings; coat- bodice, kilted or flounced short skirts, trimmed hats. Date: 1880

Edward Vii / Alexandra Cdv
EDWARD VII Wales, with his bride, Princess Alexandra, at Sandringham in 1863, the year of their wedding Date: 1841 - 1910

Matchmakers filling frames with wax strands
Women working at a matchmaking factory fill frames with wax strands

Victorian father and son in studio setting
A Victorian father and his son pose for their photograph in the studio. The man is wearing a three-piece suit and a bowler hat, while the boy wears a sailor suit and wide-brimmed straw hat

Three Victorian men with four assorted dogs, in an outdoor rural setting. One man wears a top hat, one wears a bowler, and the third wears a cap

Gentleman driving a horse and trap, Mid Wales
A gentleman driving a horse and trap on a street in Mid Wales

Gentleman on horseback, Mid Wales
A gentleman on horseback in front of a stone wall, probably somewhere in Mid Wales

Group of soldiers and civilians at a training camp
A group of soldiers and civilians at a training camp, posing for their photo outside a tent. The soldiers are dressed in a variety of uniforms, and two are holding bicycles, while one holds a spade

Whitewashed Georgian house in Mid or South Wales
A whitewashed Georgian house in Mid or South Wales, with a plump man and a skinny boy standing in front of the entrance

Edwardian group at the seaside
An Edwardian group at the seaside (four women and one man), sitting in front of some rocks. The man is holding a dog, which seems eager to go racing off

Early London to Paris flight, aircraft and passengers
A group of passengers with an aircraft taking them on a London to Paris flight, in the early days of aviation. The pilot stands on the left, with his goggles up on his forehead

Edwardian passengers waiting to board a boat
A group of Edwardian passengers waiting to board a boat

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