Cotton Collection (page 18)

Studio photograph of a British soldier in khaki uniform. Printed by The Clock Tower Studios, 1 Marine Terrace, Elephant Hill, Margate. On the reverse is written Feb 8th 1915. To Madam From 10608 Pte

Studio photo of three patients
Photograph by a Margate stuido photographer of three Belgian patients. They are wearing their uniform overcaots and two are wearing caps. Numbers have been written above them on the photograph

Four hospital patients ready for croquet
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients ready for a game of croquet in the garden at Quex Park. The men are are in shirtsleeves and wearing the trousers of the patients uniform hospital blues

Studio photograph of Belgian soldier
Studio photograph of a Belgian soldier with the rank of Lieutenant. There is no writing on either the front or back of the photograph to aid identification

Studio photo of Emile Verheyen
Studio photograph of Sgt Emile Verheyen, 3rd Regt de Ligne, Belgian Army. On the back is written Souvenir de Emile Verheyen, 1er Sergent, 3rd Regt de Ligne, 1er D.A

Studio photo of Arthur Colinet
Studio photograph of Arthur Colinet, Belgian soldier from Anor in northern France. He was a patient at the Quex Park VAD hospital between 11 December 1914 and 29 March 1915. He had a leg wound

Caroline Mss. Downshire
CAROLINE FRANCES, marchioness of DOWNSHIRE (nee Cotton) wife of Arthur, fourth marquess : depicted walking on a windy day - the engraving of her shawl is very fine. Date: ? - 1893

Sir Sydney Cotton
SIR SYDNEY COTTON Military commander, notably during the Indian Mutiny. Date: 1792 - 1874

Sir John Hynde Cotton
SIR JOHN HYNDE COTTON Statesman of Jacobite sympathies. Date: ? - 1752

St Vincent Cotton
ST VINCENT COTTON Noted man-about-town, gambler and coaching enthusiast. Date: 1801 - 1863

Sir Henry Cotton, Judge
SIR HENRY COTTON Judge Date: 1821-1892

Vct Combermere - 3
STAPLETON COTTON, first viscount COMBERMERE British military commander. Date: 1773 - 1865

Vct Combermere - 1
STAPLETON COTTON, first viscount COMBERMERE British military commander. Date: 1773 - 1865

Vct Combermere - 2
STAPLETON COTTON, first viscount COMBERMERE British military commander. Date: 1773 - 1865

Drying baby after his bath
A mother dries her baby after his bath, using talcum powder and a powder puff

Sewing / Faggotting
Faggotting, the decorative joining of two pieces of cloth, to form a lacy opening, often worked on cotton, lace and silk. Date: 1930s

Liverpool / Cotton Exchang
Liverpool: Cotton Exchange Date: 1910

Advert for Clarks Anchor Threads 1925
Clarks Anchor Threads Date: 1925

Haslam Spinning Co
John Haslam Cotton Spinning Co. Manchester - view at night with the windows illuminated. Date: 1920

R Bruce Cotton (Somer)
sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquary and collector Date: 1571 - 1631

R Bruce Cotton (Johnson)
sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquary and collector Date: 1571 - 1631

Heilmann / Cotton Machine
Josua Heilmann, the German innovator is inspired by watching his wife combing their daughters hair to invent a combing machine for cotton. Date: 1796 - 1848

Charles Cotton / Home
CHARLES COTTON Beresford Hall, home of the English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687

Charles Cotton / Duncan
CHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687

Charles Cotton / Corbould
CHARLES COTTON English poet, parodist, translator and angler Date: 1630 - 1687

Sir Henry Cotton (1821-1892) judge

Window display, Nehesco Fabrics. circa 1930s

I fall in love with you ev ry day - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Sam H. Stept, featured and broadcast by Billy Cotton and his band

McCalls dress patterns
Linen or cotton dresses by McCall.Date: 1938

African-American women and children sorting cotton at the Atlantic Cotton Compress Company in Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: 1900s

Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894

Birchington VAD nurses
Studio photograph (Houghton, Margate & Broadstairs) of the Birchington (Kent/178) VAD nurses. A group of ten nurses is shown

Powell-Cotton family with donkey
Hannah Powell-Cotton in her uniform as Commandant of the Birchington VAD, Major PHG Powell-Cotton and the familys Nanny Mrs Cook with three of the children (left to right)

Antoinette Powell-Cotton with Miss May Glass
Antoinette Powell-Cotton (1913-1997) by a tennis net in the garden at Quex Park with her fathers secretary, Miss May Glass in August 1916

Family camp, Quex Park
In early August 1916 Major Powell-Cotton put up some tents that he had used on his expeditions to make a camp for his daughters in a field on the estate

Major PHG Powell-Cotton, Quex Park on his 50th birthday
Major PHG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park wearing a head wreath of fuschias for his 50th birthday. His journal records D.(Diana, his eldest child, b. 1907) had made me a head wreath of fushias

Antoinette Powell-Cotton (1913-1997) with Nanny, Mrs Cook
Antoinette Powell-Cotton (1913-1997) with her Nanny, Mrs Cook, in the garden of Quex Park in August 1916. Antoinette was the third child of Major and Mrs Powell-Cotton of Quex Park

Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant of Kent / 178
A studio photograph of Hannah Powell-Cotton in her uniform as Commandant of the Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, without hat. This jacket survives at Quex Park today (2015)

Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD Hospital
A group of patients gathered in the Mess of the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Mess was sited in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Christmas 1918 in Hospital Mess at Quex
A group of patients and staff, together with the three Powell-Cotton daughters are gathered in the Hospital Mess in the Winter Garden at Quex Park VAD Hospital pn Christmas Day 1918

B Ward, Christmas 1918, Quex Park VAD Hospital
B Ward in Gallery 1 of the Powell-Cotton Museum on Christmas Day 1918. This was the first Gallery of the Museum, built in 1896

Armistics Day 1918 Patients and Staff at Quex Park
Patients and Staff of the Quex Park VAD Hospital on Armistice Day 1918. They are gathered in front of Quex House. With them are Major PHG Powell-Cotton and his wife Hannah

Christmas 1918 in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House on Christmas Day 1918. The room is highly decorated with flags, greetings, paper decorations and festive greenery

Christening 1918 Tree Planting Soldiers Group
Christopher Powell-Cotton (1918-2006) was christenend at All Saints Church, Birchington on 20 April 1918. Afterwards a tree was planted in the grounds of Quex Park

Christening 1918 Tree Planting Proxy Godfathers group
Christopher Powell-Cotton (1918-2006) was christenend at All Saints Church, Birchington on 20 April 1918. Afterwards a tree was planted in the grounds of Quex Park

C Ward. Quex Park Vad Hospital
C Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in the second gallery of the Powell-Cotton Museum. B Ward, in the first gallery, was through the archway on the left of the photograph

B Ward, Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was located in one of the galleries of the Powell-Cotton Museum (currently Gallery 2 (2014)

Masseur at work, Quex Park VAD Hospital
Jack Hedge, Masseur, at work in C Ward of Quex Park VAD Hospital in 1917. He is watched by eight patients and a VAD nurse

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