Chin Collection (page 3)

British Home propaganda
The young girl in a sailor's uniform is wearing a hat with Iron Duke on it. On the reverse is a written message saying that the girl recipient has been to several theatre performances - ZigZag

G W Nichols, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
G W Nichols, Secretary, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa

Woman in traditional Welsh costume. Date: circa 1960s

Victorian scrap - Salvation Army bulldog
Victorian scrap - Blood and Fire, Salvation Army bulldog. late 19th century

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907

Chins Restaurant, Broadway, New York City, USA
Chins Restaurant, Broadway, corner of 44th Street, New York City, USA, with band instruments on the left and a dance floor on the right. Date: circa 1920

Dacia the dancer (Miss D. Allwood)
Miss D. Allwood, aka the dancer Dacia, well-known for her role in the popular wartime musical, Chu Chin Chow. Appearing in The Tatler at the time her engagement to Colonel Critchley Salmonson of

Queen Alexandra with Japanese Chin
Queen Alexandra consort to Edward VII of Britain, photographed here with one of her Japanese Chin dogs

Victorian woman in frilly costume and hat
A Victorian woman in a hat and dress with frilly white ruff and cuffs, possibly an actress in theatrical costume. Date: circa 1870s

Advert for Kensitas Cigarettes, 1929
Its better to be fit than fat Kensitas Cigarettes marketed as a appetite suppressant in 1929, recommending substituting snacks between meals with a cigarette instead

Wrestling Tackle
A wrestling hold under the chin and around the neck! Date: 1960s

Bedouin Woman with interesting chin tattoo
Bedouin Woman from Egypt with a very interesting chin tattoo

African man with lip plate
An African man from the Zambezi region in Africa, with an extraordinary lip plate, haning from the top of his mouth below his chin. He also wears a series of metal rings around his ankles

Greek Anti-Turkish Propaganda Postcard (2 of 2)
A Greek Anti-Turkish propaganda postcard, showing a disgruntled Greek soldier, standing in front of a very Islamic skyline in reference to the displeasure at the Turkish arrival in Salonica

Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche. The forty thieves descend into the robbers cave (scene 7). Despite the title, the story was taken from the Arabian Nights

Victorian scrap - The hunting squire
Victorian scrap - The Hunting Squire, Good Old Style. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Democratic beauty
Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Democratic Beauty. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - I cannot quite make up my mind
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - I cannot quite make up my mind. late 19th century

Advert for Mrs. Adair, Genesh Patent chin strap 1905
Genesh Patent chin strap, cures double chin, and takes away the line from nose to month. Strong straps to cure snoring and Domino straps to cure puffiness under eyes and takes away lines

Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S. P. G
Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts). Date: circa 1910s

Oscar Asche - Theatre Writer & Director
Oscar Asche (1871-1936) - Theatre Writer & Director, responsible for Chu Chin Chow (which ran from 1916 to 1921). Date: 1907

Victorian Scrap -- Salvationist. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Democratic Beauty. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Not Open to Conviction. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap -- Scots Guard. late 19th century

Mlle Dacia, formerly premier danseuse in Chiu Chin Chow and now appearing in I.B. Davidsons British silent film Down Partridge Lane, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Portrait of the dancer Dacia, London, 1921, the premiere danseuse of the stage show Chu Chin Chow Date: 1921

Pinus roxsburghii, Chin pine - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on a watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer. A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t. 21 Date: 1803

Susi - rearranging a vase of flowers. 1950s

The Military Mandarin of Ching Chin - China
The Military Mandarin (High-level Government Bureaucrat) of Ching Chin - China Date: circa 1907

Chinese Toddlers - one of whom is rather upset
Chinese Toddlers - one bawling his/her eyes out at some frightful injustice (or having just been poked in arm/eye/back by another 2-year-old...). Date: circa 1910s

Young Woman in Fantasy Costume, 1633, by Rembrandt (1606-166
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Young Woman in Fantasy Costume, 1633. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Edmund Burke (1729-1797). Colored engraving
Edmund Burke (1729-1797). Irish writer and politician. Engraving in The American Revolution. Colored

Morning dress 1807
Morning dress for ladies and gentlemen, Date: 1807

Four young children topple a Japanese handcart as a prank - much to the consternation of the driver, who has whacked his chin on the handle and seen his vegetables fly out all over the road

Snap Playing Card - Man shaving and cutting his chin. circa 1910s

Cartoon, behind the scenes in a theatre -- A member of the audience who likes to go behind the scenes and chat up the actresses. 1880

Caricature of David James, English comic actor
Caricature of David James (1839-1893), English comic actor, seen here dressed as Mr Punch. 1881

Katherine Clarke
KATHERINE CLARKE wife of the rev. Samuel Clarke, biographer. She is wearing a hood tied under her chin. Date: ? - 1671

Andre Tardieu
ANDRE TARDIEU, When Premier of France, an office he held three times (1929, 1930, 1932). A conservative who championed French security from German aggression. Date: 1876 - 1945

Women Reads Book
A young girl wearing round glasses sits reading a book. She rests her chin on her hand. Date: 1940s

Women wearing victorain headwear 1886
Selection of fashionable bonnets with ribbons and floral decorations. 1886

Afternoon hats 1867
Two women wearing finely woven straw circular bonnet without a brim or crown, decorated with wheat and clover leaves, tied loosely with lace around the chin. 1867

English Costume C16Th
Royal Costume. Men: flat caps, fur-lined gowns, doublets, heavily embroidered sleeves, duck-bill toed shoes. Woman: ruff split at the front under the chin. 16th century

Feminine Boater 1919
Soft crowned hat with chin strap, accordian pleated short tubular skirt, short coatee, boater style hat, checked suit with open jacket with a narrow belt at the bustline. Date: 1919

Woman in 1911
Edwardian woman powders her chin with a powder puff, while holding a hat box in one arm and a handbag in the other. 1911

Morning Dress 1815
Woman in a white muslin, long- sleeved gown worn with a white cap: possibly a mob cap or a cornette, decorated with pink roses and tied beneath the chin with a pink ribbon. Date: circa 1815

Fashionable 1950S Hat
The hat is made out of lace and has been sewn on to a black fabric. It also has black netting which covers the chin and has little white dots attached to it - very elegant. Date: 1950s

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