Casual Collection

Houseless and Hungry by Luke Fildes
A study entitled Houseless and Hungry by Luke Fildes depicting homeless paupers queuing outside the casual ward of a London workhouse. A policeman stands at the left of the scene

Met Police officers during Grunwick dispute
Two Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin

Union Workhouse, Brighton, Sussex
Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867. From 1915 to 1920 it was the Kitchener Indian Hospital and later became Brighton General Hospital

Advertisement for hammocks for workhouse vagrant wards
A 1900 advertisement from the Grantham company of Carlton * Co. for the supply of hammocks to workhouses for use in their casual wards which provided overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

Leslie Howard as RJ Mitchell in The First of the Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943) photographed on the film set for The First of the Few, in which he played the Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell. 1942

Jaeger advertisement, 1956
Advertisement for quintessential British fashion brand, Jaeger showing two smart but casual looks in Bedford cord and cashmere. Date: 1956

Complaint by Workhouse Master at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshir
A formal complaint by Richard Brown, master of the Chipping Norton workhouse, against casual ward inmate Charles King who had refused to perform the work demanded of him. Date: 1904

Cartoon portrait, Charles Kelly, performer
Cartoon portrait, Charles Clavering Wardell Kelly (1839-1885), actor and journalist -- a sound actor. 1884

Printed matching shorts and shirt outfit, 1956
Gaily patterned Italian shorts and shirt in a multi-coloured cotton from Finnigans. Date: 1956

Britannia and Eve magazine, September 1932
Front cover illustration featuring a pretty 1930s woman in casual attire. She wears blue trousers with a matching short-sleeved jacket and white camisole and holds a straw hat with blue ribbon

Male Type / Bowness C1850S
Man wearing a tweed lounge suit consisting of a lounging jacket, waistcaot & trousers all of the same fabric. He holds a straw boater across his knee

Four young women walking along a street, London
Four young women in Central London walk together down a street, passing an older woman. Date: circa 1960s

The Suitor
An illustration of a gentleman looking confidently casual as he speaks with a woman leaning forwards to pick up a bucket from the well. Date: circa 1901

The Little Girl In White
A portrait painting of a young hirl wearing a white dress, seated in a casual, yet bored, or spiritless manner, which is reflected in the large mirror beside her. Date: circa 1916

Yvonne Pelletier
Canadian dancer and actress Yvonne Pelletier (1915-1995). Date: 1931

Prince of Wales Golfing
The Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII, pictured at the French golf course at Chiberta, with a female caddy. Date: 1931

Mrs MacDonald Buchanan with Mr Hector MacDonald
Catherine MacDonald Buchanan (b. 1895) was the only surviving child of James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington. Here she is pictured at the family seat, Lavington House

Glenn Ford, American actor Date: 1951

Waving not Drowning, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Roberta Huby
Actress Roberta Huby (1913-1995) was appearing in Dick Whittington in Blackpool. Date: 1940

General Smuts
General Jan Smuts (1870-1950), recently appointed Prime Minister of South Africa in the run up to World War II. Date: circa 1939

Anthony and Beatrice Eden
Anthony Eden (1897-1977) and his wife Beatrice Eden (1905-1957) out for a stroll. Eden had resigned his post as Foreign Secretary the year before

Advert for Player's cigarettes
A young, fashionable couple smoking on the beach, in this advert for Player's cigarettes. Date: 1939

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) the American actress, wearing what was viewed at the time as relatively masculine clothing. Date: 1939

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, writer, poet and traveller
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945)was a prolific poet and novelist, penning more than 70 books. As well as being married to a man for fifteen years

Knitted jacket and slacks, with a fashionable nautical theme. Date: 1954

A striped jumper, knitted "on the cross". Date: 1954

A drop shoulder cardigan in honeycomb stitch, published with instructions on how to create the garment at home. Date: 1954

CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES Looking relaxed during a visit to Canada in 1984. Date: 1984

Comic postcard, Woman and boy outside a pub Date: 20th century

Jewish man, north Africa, probably Algeria
19th century vintage photograph: Jewish man, north Africa, probably Algeria

Portrait of two north African men, Algeria
19th century vintage photograph: two north African men, Algeria

Japan - young woman in ornate kimono, smiling
Vintage 19th century photograph Japan - young woman in ornate kimono, smiling

A group of happy holidaymakers at the Rathcoole guest house, pose for a photograph outside the entrance. Date: c.1925

Two young women reading and staying warm, Japan
Two young women reading and staying warm under blankets around a stove beneath a kotatsu table, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

The Taverna of the Excelsior Palace, Venice Lido
Luncheon at the Taverna restaurant of the Excelsior Palace Hotel at the fashionable Venice Lido. Diners were encouraged to visit the Taverna in their swimwear or beach pyjamas

Our New Electorate - Votes for Women. circa 1918

The Loiterers

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Lotus Eater. 1901

Recruiting London dock labourers. 1887

A long queue to buy railway tickets - and an opportunity for casual flirtation ! Date: 1872

FRENCH THEATREGOERS
La Loge: a colourful group of French theatregoers lounge in a box to watch the play Date: 1850

COMMUNITY / CASUAL WARD
Waiting outside the Casual Ward Date: 1875

CASUAL WARD, LONDON
Admission - by ticket - to a London casual ward. Date: 1870

French man smoking pipe
A French man sits at a table smoking a pipe and drinking Date: 1818

Reg Carter, artist, outside his studio, Southwold, Suffolk
Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist, outside his studio at Granville House, High Street, Southwold, Suffolk

Reg Carter, artist, in his studio, Southwold, Suffolk
Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist, at work in his studio at Granville House, High Street, Southwold, Suffolk

Princess Elizabeth dancing during Royal Tour of Canada 1951
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) dancing a Canadian Square Dance at Government House, Ottawa during he Royal Tour of 1951. Date: 1951

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