Curls Collection (page 5)

Grecian contour hairstyle 1940s
During the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses

V-shaped roll 1940s
During the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses

Portrait of a pretty smiling Russian girl, wearing an elaborate part-feather headress over her dark brunette curls, . Date: 1916

Fashionable young lady in a pearl necklace
A fashionable young lady of the late 1930s, wearing a pearl necklace. Date: late 1930s

Scones and Jam
Freshly baked scones, served with jam and butter curls. Date: 1980

Young girl in pretty white dress
Unnamed young girl in pretty white dress, standing by a white armchair with bobbled scrolling on the turned arms and legs. Date: circa 1903

Young French girl practising her division
The Four Rules - Division. I am cutting this terrine in two..... but I am eating the whole thing!!! Date: 1905

Girl in studio pose in swimwear
Girl in a rather splendid swimming costume Date: circa 1910s

Two young ladies with feather boas. Illustrator Anon. From a contemporary colour editorial. 1926

Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1934
Front cover illustration featuring a beautiful, blonde 1930s woman holding a large, grey, fluffy cat, with a pink bow tied around its neck

Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1937
Front cover illustration showing an old-fashioned wintry scene, with a central oval portrait of a bonneted woman, with golden curls, her hands safely tucked inside a muff

Britannia and Eve magazine, July 1936
Front cover illustration featuring a scantily-clad blonde bombshell, dangerously close to revealing herself even further

Britannia and Eve magazine, April 1938
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman with blonde pin curls, wearing a puff-shouldered lilac blouse and carrying a matching bouquet of lilac and white flowers

Britannia and Eve magazine, January 1938
Front cover illustration featuring a curly-haired woman, wrapped up in a woollen hat and scarf, with a pair of ice-skates slung over her shoulder

As Good as Gold by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration of a little girl with rosy cheeks, brown eyes and golden curls

Young girl with long dark hair
A fabulous photographic postcard of a young girl, barely into her teens with extraordinary long brown, slightly wavy hair, resting against a stone table

Folies Bergere - dancer portrait
A portrait of a dancer/performer Emman Brisard of the Folies Bergere, Paris in medieval-style costume with headdress and bodice with circular breastplates

The Beautiful Miss Marigo. An attractive lady in sheer see-through semi-transparent silken drape with white polka dots

Turkish Movie Star from Izmir
Unidentified 1920s Turkish Film Actress from Izmir (Smyrna)

Advertisement for Kestos Backless Brassieres and girdles

Fashionable young lady of the 1930s
A fashionable young lady of the 1930s, with dark red lipstick and a light green woolly jumper and darker green scarf

Fashionable young lady
A fashionable young lady of the 1930s

Diane De Poitiers / Clothe
DIANE DE POITIERS Mistress of Henri II of France

Myth / Hercules Bust
A colossal head of Hercules, and a very fine example of Greek sculpture. This was probably a copy of a famous statue by Glycon found in the Baths of Caracalla

The Trossachs
The charm of the Trossachs. The road which curls around Loch Ard, near Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland, with the lofty peak of Ben Lomond in the distance

Alcibiades / Chapman
ALCIBIADES Greek soldier and statesman Oval portrait in profile

Fifties Curls / Woof
A short fifties hairstyle with soft curls piled up off the face

Costume / G R Ward C. 1815
A young dark haired woman in a white gown with short, full sleeves and a red shawl. She wears her hair in soft curls. Her jewellery is of gold

Opera Dress 1859
Green silk dress worn with a fichu Antoinette; grey dress with tablier of black lace; striped mantle / shawl. Hair arranged in stiff curls & chignons adorned with flowers

Big Hair of C. 1918
An example of the big hair style fashionable around this date. The hair is curled & piled high up on the head, with large curls at the cheeks & a short fringe

Evening Dress 1839
Man: black pantaloons, cut- away tail coat, top hat & green waistcoat. Woman: dress with lace bertha & basques, over-skirt caught up at the front with large bows

Siddons / Fair Penitent
SARAH SIDDONS Actress in the role of Calista in Rowes Fair Penitent

Henrietta Maria / 30 / 50
HENRIETTA MARIA Wife of Charles I, mother of Charles II

Madame De Lefebvre / Minia
MADAME DE LEFEBVRE Duchess of Danzig, French social leader

Christina / Sweden / Miniatu
QUEEN CHRISTINA of SWEDEN Reigned 1632-54, patron of arts and learning

Theatre Going 18th Cent
Four elegant theatre lovers enjoy La Petite Loge, their own private box

Edward Topham / Jesse
Edward Topham Writer

1st Earl of Lytton
EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON 1ST EARL OF LYTTON Viceroy of India (1875-80), failed to avert Second Afghan War (1878)

Sir William Rowley
SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY Admiral of the British Fleet

Governor Joseph Dudley of Massachussetts
Joseph Dudley (1647-1720) - English colonial administrator, a native of Roxbury, Massachusetts - played a leading role in the administration of the Dominion of New England

Boy in Knitted Outfit
A small boy with aesthetic curls wears a hand-made knitted costume of jumper and shorts with short white socks & leather shoes with a bar across the front

Fashions May 1868
White paletot with peplum points. Girl: habit shirt with a puff at the sleeve top, skirt with pyramid trim, tunic with peplum skirt ends. N.B use of broad ribbon trimmings

Racial / Norway / Lady 1821
Red dress: square neckline & short, puffed sleeves ornamented with cord trim, tucker & cuffs possibly of muslin & a broad black belt with a silver clasp

Exotic Lady 1830S
Hair dressed in large sausage curls; large red turban; huge pearl drop earrings; pearl necklace; red scarf; gown with black bodice, lace tucker & striped gigot sleeves

Queen Anne / Davidson
QUEEN ANNE Reigned from 1702

Nightie or Pyjamas ? - cabaret actress Enid Taylor models both... The lounging pyjamas have wide-legged trousers & an unusual jacket with a cape effect

Photo of Boy Late 19C
Boy in a pale coloured long sleeved frock with narrow frilled collar & cuffs & a dark coloured fringed sash round his hips, socks & shoes with a bar over the instep

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