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Background imageCaps Collection: Little boy playing near garages, Foxhill Road, Eccles

Little boy playing near garages, Foxhill Road, Eccles
A little boy playing in a garage area at the bottom of Foxhill Road, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1975

Background imageCaps Collection: Boating party, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Boating party, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A boating party off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They have gone out to view an old wreck (visible just behind them), and are having a break for refreshments

Background imageCaps Collection: British car in the South of France

British car in the South of France
A British car with a GB plate, its driver standing alongside, in a cobblestone square somewhere in the South of France. The Hotel Mediterranee is in the background

Background imageCaps Collection: Salvation Army elevator

Salvation Army elevator
Men at work sorting waste paper in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working

Background imageCaps Collection: Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakes

Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageCaps Collection: Balfour and Chesterfield play golf at Sandwich

Balfour and Chesterfield play golf at Sandwich
Arthur James Balfour, Conservative MP and former Prime Minister (left), and the Earl of Chesterfield (right) photographed during a golf match at Sandwich, Kent

Background imageCaps Collection: Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakes

Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageCaps Collection: Women Sunbathers 1930S

Women Sunbathers 1930S
Three young women sunbathing in bathing caps, holding their faces up to the sun and sitting on wicker chairs

Background imageCaps Collection: A Cricketing Hero

A Cricketing Hero
A young cricketing hero is acclaimed by his teammates

Background imageCaps Collection: Boys Ferreting

Boys Ferreting
Two boys in caps set a ferret down a rabbit hole

Background imageCaps Collection: Middlebrough Cricket

Middlebrough Cricket
The Middlesbrough cricket team pose for a photograph on their ground; players wear a variety of check and striped shirts, caps and hats, and carry bats or balls

Background imageCaps Collection: Downstairs servants of a country house

Downstairs servants of a country house
Group photo, downstairs servants of a country house. circa 1900

Background imageCaps Collection: Playing Card Back - Bathers - Green and White - Art Deco

Playing Card Back - Bathers - Green and White - Art Deco Date: 1920s

Background imageCaps Collection: Playing Card Back - Bathers - Orange and White - Art Deco

Playing Card Back - Bathers - Orange and White - Art Deco Date: 1920s

Background imageCaps Collection: Advert for Gorringes womens bathing costumes 1927

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing costumes 1927
One piece swimsuits and separate tunics with knickers in a variety of styles in different colours and patterns and also rubber caps with flowers, available at Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road

Background imageCaps Collection: Lt Browning, Major Kinloch and Dr Francis Brett Young

Lt Browning, Major Kinloch and Dr Francis Brett Young
Lieutenant Browning, Major Kinloch (Calcutta Volunteer Battery) and Dr Francis Brett Young in East Africa during WW1. circa 1916

Background imageCaps Collection: Robert Abel, Surrey and England cricketer

Robert Abel, Surrey and England cricketer
Robert (Bobby) Abel, Surrey and England cricketer, nicknamed The Guv nor. Date: 1890s

Background imageCaps Collection: Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, XIII

Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, XIII
Cover design, Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, Part XIII, edited by C W Alcock. With a portrait of Lord Hawke, and a photograph of Essex County Cricket Ground, Leyton. Date: 1895

Background imageCaps Collection: Stripping Oak Bark

Stripping Oak Bark
Four working class men in flat caps work as a team, stripping bark off a huge oak tree, which has been felled for tanning

Background imageCaps Collection: King George V with RAF officers, Western Front, WW1

King George V with RAF officers, Western Front, WW1
King George V inspecting RAF officers on the Western Front in France during World War One, August 1918. The men belonged to the 11th and 2nd Balloon Wings (air reconnaissance). 1918

Background imageCaps Collection: Advert for Kleinerts Roxy watertight bathing caps 1948

Advert for Kleinerts Roxy watertight bathing caps 1948
Wonderful to know that dive, swim under water, do-what-you-will, weraing a Roxy cap your hair just womn t get wet. Tucked away above a patent inner flange - a simple but perfect device that forms an

Background imageCaps Collection: Policemen on their motor cycles

Policemen on their motor cycles
A long line of Metropolitan Police officers on their motor cycles. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageCaps Collection: British Expeditionary Force Machine Gun Team

British Expeditionary Force Machine Gun Team
Members of the British Expeditionary Force in action in France at the beginning of the First World War. This photographic card depicts a Maxim machine gun team in light uniform

Background imageCaps Collection: Team of Carpenters making a cart

Team of Carpenters making a cart
Three carpenters make a cart under the watchful gaze of an elder craftsman or the intended recipent of the cart. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageCaps Collection: A Devon beach scene

A Devon beach scene
A Devon Beach Scene. Two young boys in coast and caps build a sandcastle. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Background imageCaps Collection: Strike at Covent Garden

Strike at Covent Garden
Covent Garden market suffering from strike actions; a single cart leaving the market has to be protected by three policemen

Background imageCaps Collection: Merry Wives / Wind. Forest

Merry Wives / Wind. Forest
Act IV, Scene iii " let them all encircle him about" ; Falstaff trapped in Windsor Forest

Background imageCaps Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a Glengarry cap

Greetings card in the shape of a Glengarry cap
Greetings card in the shape of a British Army Scottish Glengarry cap with lion and unicorn badge. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCaps Collection: A group of working class men and boys, c. 1900. Date: c. 1900

A group of working class men and boys, c. 1900. Date: c. 1900
A group of working class men and boys, c.1900. Date: c.1900

Background imageCaps Collection: Group of factory workers, c. 1910

Group of factory workers, c. 1910
Large group of working class men outside a factory

Background imageCaps Collection: Cybele, goddess of the Phrygians, in a chariot

Cybele, goddess of the Phrygians, in a chariot
Cybele, goddess of the Phrygians, with orb and sceptre in a chariot drawn by four lions. With Attis in Phrygian cap holding syrinx panpipes and shepherds crook. Cibele, Ati, &c

Background imageCaps Collection: Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir?

Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir? 19th century

Background imageCaps Collection: Womens shingle cap 1929

Womens shingle cap 1929
Shingle cap, made of crocheted silk, with a choice of colours. Date: 1929

Background imageCaps Collection: The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Henry VIII and Francis I

The Field of the Cloth of Gold - Henry VIII and Francis I
The Meeting of King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of Francis at the Field of the Cloth of Gold or Camp du Drap d Or, the name given to a place in Balinghem, between Guines and Ardres

Background imageCaps Collection: Woman police officer in updated uniform, London

Woman police officer in updated uniform, London
Woman police officer in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, and the checkered cravat replacing the bow tie

Background imageCaps Collection: Swimmers at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight, 1920s

Swimmers at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight, 1920s
A group of women pose for a photograph on the beach at Thorness Bay on the Isle of Wight. The back of the photograph describes the day as a picnic for Gs 21st birthday. G is fourth from left

Background imageCaps Collection: WW1, Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery, Dardanelles

WW1, Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery, Dardanelles
WW1 - Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery in the Dardanelles. A slightly scruffy bunch, one with a pet kitten, one with a cornet and none in spotless uniform! Date: circa 1915

Background imageCaps Collection: Balaclava and sleeping cap knitting patterns, WW1

Balaclava and sleeping cap knitting patterns, WW1
Patterns from a plain helmet or balaclava cap (top) and a sleeping cap taken from a Great War era Baldwins knitting booklet with instructions for knitting various comforts for soldiers at the front

Background imageCaps Collection: Types of American Army headgear, WW1

Types of American Army headgear, WW1
Illustration in The Sphere showing the various hats and caps worn by enlisted men and officers of the British Army during the First World War. Date: 1918

Background imageCaps Collection: Scarlet Caps

Scarlet Caps
This painting, possibly a mural, shows two ladies dressed in red and black coats and caps, meeting with the gentleman on the left, in front of a colourful face of a building. Date: circa 1923

Background imageCaps Collection: Oxford and Cambridge Blues and Half-Blues

Oxford and Cambridge Blues and Half-Blues Date: 1921

Background imageCaps Collection: Football Teams, North and South, team photographs

Football Teams, North and South, team photographs
Football Teams: team photographs, captioned North v South Football Teams'. Top of page, photograph, South, with named players, Carey, Timlinson, Tucker, Thomas, Cattell, Byrne, Mitchell, Thomson

Background imageCaps Collection: Advert for Women's Hats

Advert for Women's Hats
Marshall & Snelgrove advertising their range of material hats for women, a craze fresh from Paris. Date: 1932

Background imageCaps Collection: German men, some in uniform or military caps, WW1

German men, some in uniform or military caps, WW1
Group of German men, some in uniform and/or military caps, WW1 Date: 1914-1918

Background imageCaps Collection: Crocheted Bicycle Cap

Crocheted Bicycle Cap Date: 1879

Background imageCaps Collection: Victorian-style parasols, and a pointed cap. Date: 1954

Victorian-style parasols, and a pointed cap. Date: 1954

Background imageCaps Collection: Life on a North Sea trawler - two men on deck in raincoat, jacket, and flat caps, close to shore

Life on a North Sea trawler - two men on deck in raincoat, jacket, and flat caps, close to shore. Date: 1960s

Background imageCaps Collection: Maria Bochkareva and Florence Harper, Russia, WW1

Maria Bochkareva and Florence Harper, Russia, WW1
Maria Bochkareva (right, 1889-1920), female Russian soldier who formed the Women's Battalion of Death and fought in the First World War



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