Victorian style domestic interior with fireplaceA Victorian style domestic interior with fireplace, and different patterns everywhere you look
Cub Scouts taking part in Operation ShoeshineTwo Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro
Male Type / Naked BeauteA naked man in only a loin cloth. Fitness and beauty combined
Advertisement for linoleum manufacturersAn advertisement for M Nairn & Co, floor cloth and linoleum manufacturers of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with premises also in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Paris. circa 1883
Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas cardA family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s
Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, KirkcaldyAdvert for Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Manufacturers of Floor Cloth, Linoleum and Cork Carpet, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. 1905
Hewenden Viaduct, YorkshireRetired farmer Tom Ackroyd mends a dry stone wall on his farm in the Hewenden Valley, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In the distance is the Hewenden Viaduct
Rubans de Paris - Corner of Maddox Street / St George StreetRubans de Paris (Milliner and Draper) - Corner of Maddox Street (39a) / St George Street, London. Date: 1930s
Artistic Italian nude standing amid stylised watery backdropdraped drape sheer white cloth nudity nude model poses pose posing stylised artistic postcard erotic naked woman Italian backdrop studio photography photograph attractive form body Date: circa 1905
Men standing around an Ariel motorcycleMen in street gathered around a 1934 Ariel Red Hunter motorcycle in the 1930s
Poster advertising Acel chamois leather for cleaning cars, showing a chauffeur in green uniform holding a miniature red car. early 20th century
Lady Laverys sitting roomA corner of a room belonging to Hazel, Lady Lavery, wife of the society portrait painter, Sir John Lavery. Hazel was strongly connected with Ireland
Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, office and factory -- trade design. 1920
Helen Duncan - Ectoplasm & Teleplasmic handPiece of card showing two undated photographs of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand"
Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines - showing a good patriotic wife using her sewing machine to produce a white ensign for a Royal Naval Seaman husband. Date: circa 1916
Krakow, Poland - Renaissance Cloth Hall - Main Market SquareKrakow, Pland - The Renaissance Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) in the Main Market Square Date: 1906
The parable of the laborers in the vineyard: The payment of the denarius. ca. 1500. Second Series cloth. Manufacturing in Brussels, possibly in the workshops of Pieter van Aelst
Cub Scout washing a window, Scout Job WeekA Cub Scout washing a window which displays a poster advertising Scout Job Week. 1970s
Ancient OlympicsIn the earliest times, a simple foot-race was the only event in the Ancient Olympics
Field / Cloth / Gold: DebayFIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD Francois I of France meets Henry VIII of England for a social/political get-together near Calais
Tarzan & GorillaTarzan: the untamable
Dressing frame in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
Lancashire Spinning Mill Victorian period
Decorated Christmas tree with toys and food below. Date: circa 1890s
Adverts, five Scottish businessesAdverts for R E Walker, Reid & Co Limited, Albany Works, Dunfermline, Inglis & Co, textile manufacturers, Dunfermline, Andrew Reid & Co, Pilmuir Works, Dunfermline, Hay and Robertson
Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Cloth Hall on fire, Ypres, Belgium, WW1The Cloth Hall on fire, Ypres, Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914
Busts of seven principal heroes of the Trojan War. From left to right: Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Ulysses, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon. Sette principali Eroi della Guerra Trojana
Scheffers Restaurant and Tearoom, Rotterdam, NetherlandsScheffers Restaurant and Tearoom, Lijnbaan, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Date: circa 1950
Newspaper Seller 1933A newspaper seller in a flat cap and overcoat stands next to his stall on Wednesday, March 1st, 1933. Headlines include The Times: The Arms Embargo - Geneva Comment and Dictatorship in Germany
Old Men on Park BenchTwo elderly men in cloth caps take a breather on a park bench
Boys Watching ShipA group of boys lean against the dock railings and watch a steamship being built
The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as The SynRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as The Syndics, 1662. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Barman standing by well-stocked barBarman standing by a well-stocked bar. The cash register displays an advertisement for Bass & Co Barley Wine. Packets of Capstan cigarettes are on display below. Date: circa 1910
Ruins d Ypres with wooden frame from a Cloth Hall beamRuins d Ypres 1918. Framed in a wooden frame with an inscribed plaque which reads This frame made from a piece of beam from the Cloth Hall, Ypres. Paul Mansard
Minehead Hobby HorseMINEHEAD HOBBY HORSE Seen here at the opening procession of Sidmouth Folk Week. The horse is made from painted hessian, cloth strips & has a painted mask face
A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
The Trojan War: The Destruction of Troy. ca. 1470. Detail. Hecuba entrusts her daughter Polyxena to Antenor during the assault of the Achaeans
Balloon ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, the first voyage made in a hydrogen balloon. After sending off a trial hydrogen balloon, Charles designed
Alleged Abnormal levitation of a tableUndated photograph of the alleged abnormal levitation of a table (inverted), photographed at a sance with Mrs Poole of Winnipeg. HPG/1/7/25
The Red IbisA fantasy postcard depicting a naked woman, lying on the ground, turned away from the viewer, reaching out toward and cluthing hold of, the leg of a giant red ibis
James Chadwick cotton mill, LancashireFinishing : pulling down cloth at James Chadwick & Co, Lancashire
Still Life with Peaches and Pears Date: 1890
Advert for Gorringes womens bathing costumes 1927One piece swimsuits and separate tunics with knickers in a variety of styles in different colours and patterns and also rubber caps with flowers, available at Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road
A British Advanced observation postA ruined house is used as an advanced observation post by British officers. Situated close to German lines, the officers relay information back about the accuracy of artillery fire
A Picnic PartyA large picnic for several colonial familes with food and drink spread on a large white cloth and a gramophone playing music behind. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and the end tucked into her nostrils, May 1931
Paris fashions for November, 1864A selection of dresses designed for the winter of 1864. From left, The manteau marchesa made from cloth and velvet, trimmed with a silk border