Checked Collection (page 5)

Edwardian golfer about to tee off. Date: early 1900s

Fashionable young woman in a train, gazing out of the window. Date: circa 1960s

Mother and daughter party fashions, 1966
Woman wears an emerald green Irish wool shirt and matching skirt checked with purple from Laura Desmond with silver cover-up shoes from Elliott. The little girls green dress is by Popchicks

Amanda Sturge in a checked trouser suit by Bee Young
Amanda Sturge, featured in the pages of London Life magazine in 1966 in a feature called, What People Are Wearing in Bri-Nylon

Advert for Viyella dress by Digby Morton, 1941
Advertisement for Viyella frocks designed by Digby Morton during the Second World War. The advert urges women to find time to be gay and that Viyella wears tirelessly and washes like a kittens ear

Wetherall advertisement 1959
Advertisement for Wetherall coats in a variety of houndstooth and plaid patterns - just the thing to ensure elegance on a rainy day at the races. Date: 1959

The Prince of Wales wears checks & pullover for golf, 1930
Article featured in the magazine, Man and his Clothes commenting with interest on the ensemble worn by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor) to play golf

Man thatching a roof, Colyford, East Devon
Man thatching a roof at Harkness Farm, Colyford, East Devon. Date: circa 1980s

Dog dressed as a man-about-town on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sixties winter fashions
Winter fashions from the 1960s. The model seated upright on the boat wears a cable-knit sweater in gold from Marshall and Snelgrove, brown, red and blue checked skirt by Slimma

1960s Parisian fashions
Fashions in Paris- Clockwise from top left: Stunning coat and matching gaiters by Lanvin in tomato-red window-pane checked wool ratteen (by Garique)

Checked jersey dress from The Shop
Photograph from an article entitled What People are Wearing showing Alexa Sich in a brown and white checked jersey dress from The Shop, and brown and white shoes by Lotus. 1966

Tatler front cover - More News from Paris - 1965
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a huge pink-checked silk Breton hat by Patou. Date: 1965

The Senlac Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite in Dove Tigrato, Veneto Crocicohio or Cippolino Versilla. Date: circa 1920s

The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite
The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) Suite in Breche Violetta Rose Aurore Date: circa 1920s

Rags the dog decides on his costume for a fancy dress ball -- he will go as a Horsey Gentleman, with checked jacket and cap. Date: 1914

Six people and a dog, France
Six people (a woman, four men and a girl with a scooter) and a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s

Three women in a tent on a beach with a white terrier
Three young women in a tent on a beach with a white terrier dog at their feet. Date: circa 1930s

Children with puppy, Balham, SW London
Group of children with a cute puppy, sitting in an open doorway of a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Blitz in London -- LFB control car, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB District E (West) control car, used during the Second World War. Seen here in front of LFB HQ. Date: 1940s

A Fashion Phantasy by Mackenzie
" Danse de Chapeaux" - an elegant, monochrome illustration by Douglas Mackenzie showing a woman in a revealing outfit and large hat, dancing en pointe with several hats on stands. Date: 1918

Check Mate by S. Abbe
Illustration of a pretty young woman in a swimsuit and a fetching checked bathing cap. Date: 1915

Ladies Burberry coat, WW1
A smart sport or wrap coat of brown and white saddle tweed with claret-coloured over-check from Burberry s. Date: 1916

Coat by Scott Adie, WW1
A smart wrap coat of Glenfishie check cheviot available from Scott Adie s. Date: 1916

Checked Tipperary costume from Paris, womens fashion, WW1
A striking outfit of Celtic-inspired checked or tartan material with a cap and cape by Maison Lewis and Maison Dolnillet, a style guaranteed to be popular in both Paris and London in autumn 1914

Patterned stockings, WW1
Three types of patterned stockings - checked, geometrical and unconventional floral selected from the range available at Peter Robinson of Oxford Street

Advert for Gor-ray skirts 1948
Gor-ray skirts one better! and no nonsense. 1948

Miss Bunting Stephenson by Madame Yevonde. Seen here (left) modelling a Mainbocher evening gown of white linen, checked in coral and green stripes, from Kay Norton

Rags the dog wearing fancy dress
Rags the dog dressed as a Horsey Gentleman for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Scottish inspired fashion, 1915
A new spring fashionable fancy in tartan, the result, The Tatler decides, probably of the popularity of the Scottish soldiers in Paris. Date: 1915

A Scotch Military Suit - fashion for women, 1915
A Scottish military style suit of navy blue suiting and blue and white plaid, suggested in The Tatler in February 1915. Date: 1915

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1946
Good cut always looks cut. A Gor-ray skirt always smart, with its good cut, good material, Zwow pocket and no placket, and low price too, it hangs witha swing and never seats. 1946

Football supporters on a London street
Three football supporters on a London street, wearing checked caps and rosettes and holding rattles

Whites Tree
Tree in a wood in Lincolnshire in whose bark the poet HENRY KIRKE WHITE cut his initials. Are they to be seen to this day ? To be honest with you, we haven t checked. Date: CIRCA 1800

Young woman modelling a suit in a garden
Young woman (Model - Geraldine Hill) modelling a suit in a garden. 1959

Lazare Weiller (in the checked cap) and Wilbur Wright at Camp dAuvours, Le Mans, 1908. Weiller was a leading member of the French syndicate La Compagnie Generale de Navigation Aerienne (CGNA)

Teddy Bears (with hidden images)

Miss Revue by H. Folkard
A young woman dressed in a fanciful black and white checked costume with a long cane, ready to perform in a theatrical revue. Date: 1920s

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

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

Girl and boy playing shuttlecock and battledore

Apres ski fashion 1953
Suggested outfits for apres ski socialising. On the left is a grey and yellow checked wool taffeta blouse by Jaeger worn with their huge, button-through circular felt skirt

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

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

Britannia and Eve magazine, June1935
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman attired in a green hat with red ribbon, and a green and white checked scarf

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