Caps Collection (page 5)

Three women wearing braided bathing frocks suitable for the summer months, available from Swan & Edgar s, department store. Date: 1909

The maids at St Peter?s Hospital
A large group of maids in mob caps and two orderlies with matron at centre. Reverse reads The maids at St Peters Hospital Date: 1922-26

Albert, Duke of York - Honourary Degree for Taft, Cambridge
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - receiving an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Law along with the ex-President (and then Chief Justice)

Group on rear verandah, Quex Park
Group of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer

Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny

Hop pickers in Kent 1911
Kent hop pickers. Date: 1911

Sixteenth century men hats
Mens caps, hats and bonnets. Date: 16th century

TELEPHONE ENGINEERS
Three G.P.O. engineers, happy in their work, think nothing of sorting out a mind-boggling mess of telephone wires and cables. Date: early 1930s

FISH MARKET / FRANCE 1930S
A fish market in Boulogne Date: 1930s

Ladies Soire Early 1850s
Dark red dress: open bodice, basques, pagoda sleeves & 2 bands crossing over a habit shirt. Pink dress: vertical striped fabric worn with black lace fingerless gloves. Date: early 1850s

GAMBLING IN RENO
Rows of men seated at tables engage in an unspecified form of gambling in Reno, USA. Date: 1930s

Group Photo of Bathers
A mixed group of men, women and children all having a good time bathing in the sea Date: circa 1910

RUNNING AT WOOLWICH 1867
Running at Woolwich via a rather hazardous looking ditch. Date: 1867

Two stylish ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach
A stylish jovial pair of ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach beneath a pretty oriental paper parasol. circa 1930s

Three Nurses in uniform - WW1 era - North London. Date: circa 1917

Traditional flower sellers in Madeira, Portugal. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 - Brigade of Guards - Depot Cooks - July, 1916. It is worth noting that only four of the gentlemen pictures are not proud owners of a moustache....!!! Date: 1916

Preparing for the Snow-Ball Fight by Charles Robinson
Illustration titled Preparing for the Snow-Ball Fight. This image shows a group of children making a pile of snow balls in preparation for a fight

Three farmers at sheep sale
Three male farmers study the stock at a sheep sale in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales Date: circa 1975

The Northwestern High School Basketball Team 1913-1914. Date: circa 1914

Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at Mont-Dore, France
Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at the Galerie Pasteur, Mont-Dore (Mont Dor in Occitan), formerly called Mont-Dore-les-Bains, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in Auvergne in central France

Variety of Fashionable headwear in the 1910s
Variety of Womens Fashionable headwear in the 1910s, from wide-brimmed hats with bows and feathers to smaller caps and bonnets - paving the way toward the familiar styles of the later 1920s

Thirteen seaside bathers in swimming costumes and caps
Thirteen seaside bathers in swimming costumes and bathing caps. Many look similar and were likely all rented from the same outlet for this purpose. Date: 1920s

Margate, Kent - Jolly bathers having fun in the sea. Date: circa 1920s

Lancashire engineering factory workers including a very young apprentice (front centre). Date: circa 1910s

Hastings, East Sussex - 3 brave lady swimmers on a cold day
Hastings, East Sussex - Three brave lady swimmers on a cold day! Date: circa 1920s

Gun salute Russia - Collectors card Biscuits Lefevre-Utile
Gun salute for Russia - Collectors card for Biscuits Lefevre-Utile of Nantes Date: circa late 1880s

The Bund - Yokohama Harbour, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1909

Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains
Massage at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, a thermal spa town on Lake Bourget, Savoy, France. Note the attractive tiling typical of establishments of this period and type (now very collectable)

Wounded French Soldiers - Saintes, France
WW1 - Wounded French Soldiers at Saintes - a commune and historic town in southwestern France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Date: 1914

A Group of Albanians. Date: 1821

Fashionable bathing suits of the 1920s
The cover illustration of The Spheres womens section features an array of fashionable outfits. The woman on the right sports an American wasp-stripe bathing suit

WW1 - British soldiers in a wood wearing sheepskin jackets
Photograph of a pair of British soldiers in a wood wearing sheepskin jackets and soft caps, 1914 (c)-1915 (c). One is carrying a haversack and using binoculars

Mao Zedong with delegation from North Korea
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China. Seen here in a group photo during a visit from North Korean comrades

Young man on a 1910 / 14 Triumph motorcycle
Young man on a 1910/14 Triumph 3.5 HP 500cc Single motorcycle circa 1914

Gentleman & lady on 1920 Rudge Multi motorcycle & sidecar
Gentleman & lady on a 1920 Rudge Multi 500cc Single motorcycle & sidecar combination on a cobbled street circa 1920

Family on a 1910 Harley Davidson motorcycle & sidecar
Family of five pose for photograph on a 1910 Harley Davidson 1000cc V Twin motorcycle & sidecar combination circa 1910

Family of five on a 1917 / 18 Indian motorcycle & sidecar
Family of five on a 1917/18 Indian Powerplus motorcycle & sidecar combination circa 1918

Lady on 1912 Sunbeam motorcycle
Lady on a 1912 Sunbeam 500cc direct drive motorcycle, circa 1912

Family of three on a 1915 Indian motorcycle
Family of three on a 1915 1000cc Indian motorcycle & sidecar circa 1915

Two women police officers at work in a station, London
Two women police officers at work in a London police station, having a discussion in an office. Date: circa 1950s

Two police officers in SPG van, Met Police, London
Two police officers, one male, one female (WPC McKay), in an SPG (Special Patrol Group) van, Met Police, London. The SPG was set up in 1961 to provide a centrally-based mobile capability for dealing

Woman police officer riding horse, London
Woman police officer (Marion Hatton) riding her horse in a park. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Eight women police officers in new Surrey uniform
Eight women police officers posing in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, trousers were introduced as an option

Male and female police officers on duty in London, walking along a pavement with traffic on the road in the background. The WPC (Siobhan Clark)

Two women police officers in updated uniform, London
Two women police officers posing in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options. The checkered cravat replaced the bow tie, though here the cravat is not patterned

Two women police officers outside a police station. On the left is a sergeant, on the right WPC Daphne Acton in the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Male and female police officers in a London street, with a building called Benson Court behind them (probably in N19). The WPC is wearing the reinforced bowler hat introduced in 1985

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