Cotton Collection (page 20)

Nurses & Patients, Winter Garden, Quex
A group of VAD nurses and patients outside the Winter Garden, Quex Park, dated February 1916. Standing beside her mother, Hannah Powell Commandant

Patients boxing
Quex Park VAD Hospital patients. Entertainments and diversions were a regular part of the life of the hospital. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919

Menswear 1965 from London Life magazine
Two fine cotton shirts, both crisply collared and cuffed in white and both fly-fronted. Flowery one is beige and white with tie to match by James Douglas, 4 guineas at Clobber in Blackheath

Various outfits from the 1960s
An article entitled What People are Wearing showing an assortment of 1960s fashions, including a cotton jersey dress by Biba; purple

Mexican dress, 1965
Model wearing a Mexican lime green hand-woven cotton dress with an embroidered yoke and peasant buttonholes in sugar pink and yellow - from Mexicana boutique. Date: 1965

Playsuit by Tiktiner, 1965
Playsuit in stretchy cotton jersey, striped in navy and white by Tiktiner, worn with a navy straw hat from Fortnum and Mason. Model holds a pair of sunglasses by Correna. Date: 1965

Fredrica trouser suit, Marimekko dress, 1965 fashion
Trouser suit by Fredrica in linen-textured rayon by Manko covered in stylised flowers scattered lightly on the top, closely massed on the trousers

1960s Jaeger fashion
Model wears a navy, red and emerald green cotton shirtwaister, and pillarbox red leather keyhole gloves from Jaeger. Date: 1966

Sultan of Zanzibar at Manchester
The Sultan of Zanzibar, his Highness the Seyyid Burghash bin Said, pictured during his stay in Manchester in July 1875. He is shown at various stages during his visit to Mr R.Haworths cotton mills in

Loading cotton, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Men loading cotton on board a steamer for export, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: 1912

Henry Cotton, English professional golfer
Sir Thomas Henry Cotton (1907-1987), English professional golfer who won three Open Championships, seen here on a golf course checking his clubs and putters. Date: circa 1930s

Bystander annual mixed foursome, Beckenham, Kent
People gathering at the Bystander annual mixed foursome at the Foxgrove Golf Club in Beckenham, Kent. Those attending include Henry Cotton (1907-1987), English professional golfer

Brokenhurst Manor Silver Jubilee Golf Match
Group photo of golfers gathered for the Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club Silver Jubilee Golf Match, New Forest, Hampshire. They are (from right to left) Captain A E Phillips (Referee), Laurie Ayton

Bobby the dog wearing a dunces cap
Bobby the dog belongs to a little girl called Elsie. Sometimes Elsie places Bobby in the corner of the room and puts a dunces cap on his head. Date: circa 1933

Civilian Clothing utility label, WW2
Civilian Clothing utility label inside a cotton garment. The labelling was introduced during the Second World War to help conserve resources

Cover design, Weldons Beautiful Needlework, No. 2, showing a young woman in a crinoline dress sewing. Date: circa 1920s

Servant at Carentan The simple cotton bonnet
Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Woman in costume of Lisieux She wears a cotton
Woman in costume of Lisieux. She wears a cotton bonnet decorated with a ribbon.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Brazilian farmer riding a horse loaded with bales of cotton to market.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Musician playing the saringee (Indian violin).. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Dace or ayah, Indian nurse, with European child.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Indian musician with khol drum.. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Mill Dam, Tutbury, Staffordshire
Mill Dam, Tutbury, Burton upon Trent, near Horninglow, Staffordshire, England. Early Cotton Mill Date: 1900s

Group of girls on a Balham street, SW London
Group of girls playing on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Sewing machine at hatworks
Photographed at Battersbys hat factory in Turncroft Lane, Offerton Stockport, note the industrial sized cotton reel on top of the sewing maching. Date: circa 1906

Charles Cotton Hotel, Hartington, Peak District
Still in business over 100 years later, and recently refurbished, the Charles Cotton Hotel is seen here around 1906 - Photogrpaher Ernest Battersby sits on the wall outside with friend Ted Ellis

View of the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Aerial view of the State of Louisiana Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, USA, showing the public cotton warehouses and terminal, with trains and ships. Date: circa 1910s

Willimantic Thread trade card, with the profile of a young woman in a red scarf. The Willimantic Thread Company won three medals at the New Orleans World Cotton Exposition of 1884 for the excellent

Football team, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, USA
Group photo of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange football team, Louisiana, USA. At the time they were playing charity games to raise money for poor children of the city. circa 1910

DEGAS, Edgar (1834-1917). The New Orleans Cotton Exchange. 1873. Detail. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. AQUITAINE. PYRɎ Ʌ S-ATLANTIQUES. Pau. Pau Fine Arts Museum

Cotton weaver, 17th c. Early Modern Era. Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museo Correr

Cotton carder, Jerusalem
Cotton carder working in a street, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Entrance near Suq al Qattanin, Jerusalem
Entrance near the Suq al Qattanin (Souk el Kattanin, Market of the Cotton Merchants), Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Neil Kenney Suffragette. Sarah Ellen (Nell) Kenney (1876-1953) portrait. Nell Kenney was elder sister of Annie, Jessie, Caroline and Jane

Riddle rhyme. Old Mother Twitchet had but one eye? Answer: Needle & cotton. Date: circa 1917

Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East London
Firefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint

Hand embroidered cotton square - badge of Royal Artillery
Hand embroidered cotton square, with silk border, with the badge of the Royal Artillery in the centre. Commemorative Art

Flags of UK, Egypt, Australia, Italy, France, Belgium - WWI
Printed Cotton. Souvenir of Egypt. Flags of UK, Egypt, Australia, Italy, France and Belgium. God Save The King printed in English and Arabic. Portraits of the Allied Leaders

Cotton hankerchief - National Anthems of the Allies
Cotton hankerchief printed with the National Anthems of the Allies of the First World War (Russia/Belgium/France/Great Britain), including music. Commemorative Art

Souvenir printed cotton square. This England never did, nor never shall lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. Flags of all the allies represented. Commemorative Art

Advert for Aertex athletic vest 1932
Aertex for buoyant health! The innumerable air cells of the wonderful Aertex Cellular weave keep the body refreshed with a constant supply of vital oxygen

Bonzo Suffers From Overwork by George Studdy
Bonzo Suffers From Overwork. He is fast asleep after a rummage through his mistresss sewing basket. Date: 1923

Young China members
Young female students in the straight blue cotton dresses of Young China, also known as the Chinese Youth Party Date: 1937-1945

Levant and Tree cotton
Gossypium herbaceum (Levant cotton) and Gossypium arboreum (tree cotton) Date: 1839

Yunnan cotton workers
Some of the 600 young Chinese women employed in the Yunnan Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company, pictured during their hour long break in an eight hour working day

Submarine mines, WW1
How submarine mines look when laid on the seabed. Each one contains a charge of gun cotton, and explodes on contact. Date: 1914

Tatler front cover, June 1963
Front cover of The Tatler magazine for June 1963, featuring a model wearing a flame-printed cotton shift lined with silk with a rouleau tie by Spagnoli

A tale of Clarks O. N. T. Spool Cotton
A tale of Clarks O.N.T. Spool Cotton. Mournful the tale, and sad the sight, o, shed a tear for Joness plight. His clothes were new but ah, the cotton theyd sewed them with, alas was rotten

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