Check Collection (page 10)

Woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding fan in right hand, wearing kimono with check design. Date between 1830 and 1850

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1941
The Worlds most beautiful skirts. In a variety of fabrics, worsted, authentic tartan, flannel, tweed and check. 1941

Valentines Postcard - Chef makes Sweet Hearts Lets be Sweet hearts together. Date: 1907

American Dress Pattern Cover for Simplicity. Two smart jacket and skirt suits in check and red fabric. Date: circa 1940

Soldier firing gun at American Indians
A Check. Keep Your Distance! Soldier firing gun at American Indians Date: 1853

Hunter with game and shotgun
A hunter stands with one foot on a tree trunk, two dead birds in one hand and his shotgun in the other. Date: circa 1970s

Man with champion shire horse at a County Show, Cornwall
A man with his champion shire horse at a County Show in Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Dior check suit, 1965
A smart suit in grey and black chequerboard wool by Marc Bohan for Christian Dior with a long, slim jacket, slightly basqued with a large bow at the collar, and a narrow matching skirt

Picking up a girl at the Bristol skating rink -- a woman has slipped on the ice, and a man takes the opportunity to pick her up

Hippos Dental Check
A little girl helps the zoo keeper to give a hippopotamus a dental check! Date: early 1930s

Australians Check Planes
Australian ground staff working on a new twin engined bomber aeroplane. Even when the machine has just arrived from the manufacturer it is always throughly checked. Date: early 1940s

Aircraft Safety Check
A routine aircraft saftely check being carried out at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Brtish corporal checking shell delivery, WW1
A British corporal checking a delivery of shells which have arrived by rail, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

1950s fashion in the Sanderson showroom
A woman contemplates various fabric and wallpaper designs in the Sanderson showroom on Berners Street, London wearing a rough tweed suit in yellow and grey check by Frederick Starke

Fashionable ladies in designer outfits
A group of fashionable ladies in outfits by various designers. From left to right: a green, red and white outfit by Madeleine et Madeleine, a white

Three autumn outfits by Beer, Redfern and Jean Patou
Three elegant young ladies in the latest autumn outfits. On the left, a blue and black coat with black fur trimming, by Beer

German artillerymen checking weapons, WW1
German artillerymen checking weapons towards the end of the First World War. Large shells can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1918

Summer hats by Agnes and Lucie Hamar
A selection of stylish summer hats from the 1920s. The three at the top are designed by Agnes, the three lower ones by Lucie Hamar. 1924

Three women in outfits by Doeuillet
Three women wearing outfits by Doeuillet. On the left, a grey sleeveless tubular dress with scattered gold design, and red trim around neckline, hem and hips

Three checkered dresses by Martial et Armand

Three sports outfits by Jean Patou and Bernard
Three young ladies wearing sports outfits. On the left, a striped short sleeved dress and parasol, by Jean Patou. In the middle, a three-piece white suit with high collar and ribbon bow

Stock Exchange Notes - Bear Party Checked
Stock Exchange Notes - " The Bear Party received a sudden check!" A Bear market is a period of the stock market when prices are falling

Sir Richard Turnbull inspecting Scout quadrangle
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout for Scouts Arabia, inspects the quadrangle of the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association in Aden. circa 1966

Officials inspecting Scout headquarters
Sir Richard Turnbull, G.C.M.G. Chief Scout of Aden, led by the Chief Commissioner, Mr J.J. Greene O.B.E. inspecting the new Headquarters of the South Arabian Boy Scouts Association. circa 1966

Maratha Family, India
A superb photographic postcard depicting a Maratha Family. A Maratha is a member of one of the major Hindu Kshatriya (warrior) groups (castes)

Little girl writes a letter to her granny
A little girl writes a letter to her grandmother, and makes sure to check her grammar before posting it. Date: 1908

Young Victorian couple in an outdoor setting
A young Victorian couple pose for their photograph in an outdoor setting. They are wearing their best clothes, perhaps attending a wedding

Gipsy woman with washing-up brush
A close-up of a gipsy woman sitting in the open air with a washing up brush in her hand

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

Harrods advertisement for jumper suits
A Harrods advertisement for jumper suits in artificial silk milanese. The jumper has a check design, and the skirt is pleated. Only six guineas

Colliers wife in garden, Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The elderly wife of a miner from Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She is sitting on a chair in a garden, and appears surprised to be having her photograph taken

Girl and boy with a tricycle in the street
A little girl and boy with a tricycle in the street. The girl is riding the tricycle, while the boy holds the handlebars in front of her

Close-up of fishermans hands, mending a net
A close-up of a fishermans toil-worn hands, as he sits mending a net

Two mothers and three children, Scotland
Two mothers and three children outside a building somewhere in Scotland. One girl holds a bicycle, another stands on her scooter, and the child on the right holds a walking stick and a toy bugle

European woman near a river, Middle East
A young European woman standing at the side of a river where dhows are sailing, somewhere in the Middle East

Air and Petrol test - Hackey Wick
Female employees at the BP works at Hackney Wick, London perform an air and petrol test

France - Perreux (Ile de Re) - family off fishing
A Family heading off fishing at Perreux, Ile de Re - an island off the west coast of France. The donkey transporting the Mother and young child (in basket pannier)

Two little girls with an ice cream cone
Two little girls holding an ice cream cone carefully between them -- perhaps it is melting and dripping. They are wearing winter coats, so its not the usual ice cream weather

Fashionable young woman in checked coat
A fashionable young woman in a large-checked coat and a military style hat. (3 of 3)

Girl in bonnet
A young girl in blue check bonnet with her hair in pigtails and tied with ribbons. Watercolour study by Raymond Sheppard

LMR Dual-Purpose Maintenance Depot
The Depot at Allerton on the outskirts of Liverpool, opened to serve the maintenance needs of the London Midland Railway (LMR) to maintain and service electric and diesel rolling stock

Woman from North Central Portugal
A woman from North Central Portugal - Beira Alta, shown reclining in a field, holding a yellow flower and smiling. She wears a red and black check shirt

German-French Customs Post 1930s
German-French Customs Post, the Goldene Bremm, on the border between Saarbrucken and France in the 1930s

A printer checking a large proof
A printer checks a very large proof, hot off the press. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Two technicians check a computer printout
Two bespectacled computer technicians, both wearing suits, view a readout from the terminal of an IBM computer system. A promotional photograph taken for the company

Garter banner of Queen Mary
The garter banner of Queen Mary, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

What to Wear for Winter Sports
An ideal outfit for skiing in 1935 from Army and Navy Stores consisting of black and white check plus fours in proofed serge

Printing Machine Operator checks a proof
A printing machine operator checks proofs, as they leave the press. A fine study in concentration. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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