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Japanese Geisha Ensemble with Musical Instruments (including bells and Shamisen), performing on a staging on the seafront. The tea ceremony appears to be occurring at the same time. Date: 1902
Girl Guides - 1941 - Thinking DayGirl Guides of the world united during wartime - 1941 - Thinking Day - sent from the 10th Dudley Troupe Date: 1941
Poland - Decking the Christmas TreeReproduction of a painting by Waclaw Boratynski entitled: Merry Christmas - showing two polish women decking the Christmas Tree with tinsel, decorations and little candles. Date: 1938
Candle holder and mouse on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holderHandmade Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder, with a string to pull to make the flame appear. Date: circa 1890s
Christmas tree with candlesA Christmas tree decorated with candles Date: c. 1910
Candle surrounded by holly c. 1910
Christmas processionWoman wearing conical hat and beautiful blue dress with holly and berry details, marches along with a candle, followed by a boy carrying an exceedingly large candle. Date: c. 1925
Winter silhouette with a deer, rabbit, squirrel and angelsTwo angels carrying candles and bells, hovering over the snowy countryside, looking down at the animals below. c.1910
Beautifully decorated Christmas treeA beautifully decorated Christmas tree, hung with brightly coloured baubles and red candles. c.1910
Girl dancing by Christmas treeA pretty girl wearing a red party frock, dances in front of a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. c. 1910
Woman lighting candles on a Christmas treeBeautiful magazine cover showing an elegant lady in yellow dress and long flowing shawl, lighting candles on a Christmas tree. 1926
Three Children ReadingThree children reading a book together by the light of the candles in a Christmas wreath on the table. Date: 1950s
Christmas designFrom a magazine advertisement -- the opening bars of Silent Night. 1927
Duke of Wellington lying in state at Walmer CastleThe remains of the Duke of Wellington lying in state at Walmer Castle, his residence. Date: 1852
L is the Light so clear & brightAdvertising for Arrow Candles. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912
A stands for Arrow CandlesAdvertising for Arrow Candles. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912
Christmas Tree - Paper cut-outA paper cut-out picture of a Christmas tree by an Austrian student (aged 12) at the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts Date: circa 1919
The Graphic Christmas Number front cover, 1927Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1927 entitled A Crinoline Christmas. A lady in a voluminous yellow crinoline dress stands precariously on a chair to place candles on the bough of a
Russian Christmas CardA photographic Russian Greetings Postcard, with three children enjoying the presents they have opened on Christmas Day, as they stand around the Christmas Tree. Date: circa 1910s
Viennese ResraurantOwing to the high price of electricity in Vienna, Austria, consumers have gone on stike, dining out in restaurants with candles burning from bottles! Date: 1933
Dogs Birthday PartyOne dog cuts slices of birthday cake for his doggy friends. Date: early 1930s
The Little Match Seller, a story by Hans Christian Andersen. 20th century
Postcard by George Ranstead - ladies in their boudoirAttractive illustration on a postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead; a decorative image featuring two ladies in 18th century costume, one at her dressing table. 1918
Edward VII lying in stateEdward VII - ( Edward the Peacemaker ) lying in state in Windsor Castle. Date: 1910
Poe / Tales / Pit & PendulumTHE PIT & THE PENDULUM Before the inquisitors; " I saw them fashion the syllables of my name". Date: First published: 1842
High Altar, St Davids Cathedral, South WalesThe High Altar, St Davids Cathedral, St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Man playing piano at ChristmasA man playing a piano with a decorated Christmas tree at his side. Three of the candles are lit. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Tombs of Sultans - ConstantinopleConstantinople - The Tombs of Sultan Aziz and Sultan Mahmud. Two Imams sit before the sarcophagi (flanked by some impressive candles) reciting the Koran
Mother, daughter and Christmas treeA mother and her little daughter admire their Christmas tree. It has lit candles, and sweets hanging from the branches. A black cat seems quite interested too
Tunisia - Arab GrocerArab Grocer in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, vegetables, candles, bottles containing drinks or potions, sieves, pans, baskets and rope
Tunisia - Perfume shopThe proprietor of a parfumerie peers above his reading glasses to observe the customer (or photographer!) approaching his shop
Tombs of Sultans Ahmed I & Murad IVThe Tombs of Sultans Ahmed I and Murad IV
Palermo, Sicily - Cappella PalatinaThe Palatine Chapel (Italian - Cappella Palatina) is the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily situated on the ground floor at the center of the Palazzo Reale in Palermo
Magician performing the cup and balls trick in front of a seUndated illustration of a magician performing the cup and balls trick in front of a seated audience, entitled " Champy dit Connus". HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi)"
Delineator Christmas Number 1927Festive front cover design by Helen Dryden featuring a woman with fashionably cropped blonde hair clutching a heap of wrapped up Christmas presents against a candlelit background
Dutch Stage EffectA spectacular scene in a production at Amsterdam : note the candles used to light the stage - no wonder fires were a frequent occurrence !
The great gallery, tombs discovered in SakkaraTombs discovered in Sakkara, 1853 - the great gallery. Candles were used to light the chambers to enable viewing of the interior
When the stars are litColour illustration by Louise Jacobs showing cherubs lighting up a night sky with oil lamps or candles
Blowing out CandlesTwo boys around a birthday cake, one of them about to blow out the candles
Vicar and Dinner FriendsA vicar has some ecclesiastical friends to dinner
Jablochkoffs electric light apparatusDiagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk
Lighting Candles on TreeA child watches its father lighting the candles on their Christmas tree
Wreath, Decking, TreeFestive wreath of fir with cones, imitation snow & red berries, a tinsel Christmas tree with baubles & red lighted candles & holly draped along the mantelpiece
Xmas Table SettingFestive Xmas decoration, possibly a table setting, consisting of Holly berries, a Christmas rose, pine needles, cottonwool & green & red striped candles
Candle Light at BedtimeA mother checks on her 2 sleeping children by candle light while they sleep
German Pipe Smokers C18Gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!
Breton PardonA Breton pardon - the men walk in procession, the woman line the streets of Douarnenez, seeking forgiveness and holding candles