Couples Collection (page 11)

Grand Canal Venice
Grand Canal, Venice, Italy 1920s. Date: 1927

Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women
I Wed Him. Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women take fullsome advantage of their right on a leap year to ask for the hand in marriage of their chaps

Tango teas, Paris 1913
Paris, little interested in ragtime dancing, makes the tango fashionable: a new dancing craze in 1913. 1913

The Minuet- in silhouette
A beautiful silhouette of couples dancing the minuet. Date: 1899

The Embassy Club, 1924
The Embassy Club in London in 1924, owned by restaurateur Luigi with entertainment supplied by (Bert) Ambrose and the Embassy Club band

Camping Couples
Three happy couples enjoy a meal on a campsite at Tylers Causeway, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Helston Floral Dance
THE FLORAL DANCE takes place during Furry day at Helston, Cornwall, England. At noon, couples in evening wear dance between the houses to bring the occupiers good luck. Date: 1950s

Dancing Couples
Young couples dancing together. Date: early 1960s

Gretna Marriage Room
The Horseshoe Marriage Room at Gretna Green, Scotland. Established in 1830; a haven for young English couples wanting to marry quickly without parental consent. Date: established 1830

Slow Dancing
A young couple slow dancing at the end of a gig by London beat group The Triffids. Date: mid 1960s

Ginger Landale Jiving
A young couple jiving at a Ginger Landale dance club. Date: early 1960s

Jiving Couple
A Teddy Boy wearing Beetlecrushers, jiving with a girl with a suede jacket with tassles at a dance club. Date: 1980s

South Devon Hunt Ball
Singer Betty Miller with bandsmen and dancers at the South Devon Hunt Ball, in Torquay Town Hall. Date: 1954

A well-to-do couple in country clothing
Mr and Mrs Frankie More O Ferrall at the Newmarket bloodstock sale for breeders of thoroughbred racehorses. Date: 1954

Dancing after supper at the Savoy Winter Garden
Dancing after dinner: normality resumed as the the tango craze, described here as a continental novelty peters out, to be replaced by more traditional dances

London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945
London girls dance with American GI soldiers during World War II in an unidentified bar. The GI at the far left of the picture is from the US Army 101st Airborne Division

Tonik fabric advertisement, 1962
Advertisement for Tonik, the aristocratic mohair cloth by Dormeuil. Its crisp, impeccable, superbly comfortable qualities make a Tonik suit the ideal thing to step aboard a glamorous Pullman train

Couple in love, 1940s
A man and woman, obviously very much in love from the way they are looking at each other. 1940s

Duke and Duchess of Connaught, c. 1879
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850 - 1942), third son of Queen Victoria, with his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (Louise Margaret). The couple married at St

Soldier and his lady
Lieutenant Frick and his lady. He is wearing his uniform with riding breeches and riding boots. 1910 Date: 1910

Wartime cover of Weldons Ladies Journal
Front cover of Weldons Ladies Journal for August 1940 with a wartime couple, smiling together, he in RAF uniform. The cover also advertises patterns inside of pretty undies and a smart frock

Val d Ossau couples dancing
Two couples from the Val d Ossau about to commence a local dance Date: circa 1910s

Copenhagen Park Sunday
Sunday afternoon in the Oster Glacis, Copenhagen - couples and families sprawl on the grass, flirting, drinking, telling stories, gossiping or playing games. Date: 1888

Danish Couple 1902
Two at a ball Date: 1902

Racial / Sri Lanka 1880
Two Sri Lankan couples: the men wear ornate hats Date: 1880

London / Grosvenor Square
People relaxing in Grosvenor Square, Central London, on a sunny day. Date: 1970s?

Royal marriages dissolved
King Faruk of Egypt(1920-1965) pictured here with his wife Queen Farida(1921-1988), and the Shah of Iran and his wife Empress Fawzia(eldest sister of King Faruk)

That Newest Step by Laurie Tayler
That Newest Step, by Laurie Tayler. Young couples on the dance floor comment jealously on the couple in the middle doing the latest dance

Two couples sitting on a cliff top
Two middle class couples sitting on a cliff top. The women are dressed identically, and could be sisters or even twins. Their hats have dark veils which cover their eyes and noses

Married Inmates Quarters, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
Married inmates quarters at what is believed to be the Holborn Union workhouse at Merton Lane, Mitcham, Surrey. This type of accommodation was reserved for couples both of whom were over 60

Two couples on an outing in a boat
Two youngish couples enjoying an outing in a boat. Two of them are standing, and two are sitting. The oarsman, wearing a spotty bowtie, holds the oars in a cross shape in front of him

Two couples enjoying a champagne picnic
Two couples, one young, one middle aged, , enjoying a champagne picnic in front of a stone wall

Music cover for Julliens American Polka (part of Louis Antoine Julliens Celebrated Polkas series), based on popular American melodies and dedicated to Mr Thompson of Glasgow

Julliens Chimes Quadrilles, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet containing the French conductor Louis Antoine Julliens Chimes Quadrilles, building on the success of Charles Dickens second Christmas book, The Chimes

The aristocracy in Nassau
A montage of photographs depicting royals and aristocrats living or holidaying on the Bahamas

The season in Nassau, The Bahamas
Aristocrats holidaying in Nassau, including the Marquess and Marchioness of Normandy with their children

Popular Caucasian dancing, Russia
Djighite Festivities at Piatigorsk, Russia - Popular Caucasian dancing tom

German beach holiday 1930s
German couple on a beach holiday with their pet dog in the 1930s

A Minuet
A dance scene showing a minuet. The couple in the foreground take each other by the hand and parade in a circle using short steps known as pas menus

Couple are Interviewed on a Train
An interviewer holds up a microphone to ask a jolly middle aged couple a few questions on a train journey. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Braemar Gathering, the Highland Fling
Scene at the annual Braemar Gathering, showing two boys and two girls dancing the Highland Fling on a wooden platform. Braemar in Scotland holds an annual Highland Games Gathering on the first

Cussons Soap advertisment
Advertisement for Cussons soap with illustrations of elegant Regency couples by Pauline Baynes

Children with flowers
Six children, standing in couples look as if they are ready for a spring celebration or perhaps a wedding. Dressed in 18th century costume

The Tatler, London Season Number 1956
Front cover of The Tatlers London Season Number featuring a stylised illustration showing couples in evening attire at a society ball

Richmond Hill, Surrey
Fashionable promenaders on Richmond Hill, formerly in Surrey but now part of the London Borough of Richmond

Tea Dance Paris 1926
A raucous tea dance, somewhere in the heart of swinging Paris

Dancing at Keble College, Oxford
A summer ball at Keble College, Oxford: couples dancing in archway were Miss Wendy Milnes with Mr P Alun Jones, and Miss Susan Allen with Mr Patrick Higgins

A Dahebeeyah Night at Helouan, near Cairo, by Howard. K. Elc
A romantic scene showing couples relaxing and dancing on a balmy evening in Cairo

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