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An all-girl pierrot troupe from the First World War, together with one chap (who is perhaps their musician?). The back of the postcard goes
A little girl dressed up in costume, perhaps as a Romany gipsy or similar due to her head scarf and her tambourine. Date: c.1950
Group of children in fancy dress, in costumes ranging from an angel, to cowboys to a bride. Date: c.1950
Cartoon, A Holiday (Disraeli)Cartoon, A Holiday -- a satirical comment on disagreements Benjamin Disraeli was having within his own governing party. He is depicted as a haughty female servant, off on a days holiday
Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! (Disraeli)Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! A satirical comment on Benjamin Disraeli apparently managing to use common sense to balance Labour and Capital, and put an end to destructive industrial action
Cartoon, The End of the Season (Disraeli)Cartoon, The End of the Season -- Benjamin Disraeli (Miss Dizzy), dressed as a debutante, gets ready for the last event of the season
A Bare living by Wilton WilliamsA cabaret dancer wearing very little entertains diners at a smart restaurant. Date: 1928
The Tatler and Eve at the Advertising Ball - fancy dressMiss Lily St. John, representing The Tatler and wearing a replica costume of the eighteenth century gentleman who appears on the cover, together with Evelyn Laye representing its sister magazine
LingerieAdvertisement for Gaine par Roussel undergarments depicting well dressed couple at horse racing event. Date: circa 1930s
Uncle SamSmall child dressed as Uncle Sam and smoking a cigar. Artist: Flora White Date: 1915
Playing with hoopsYoung boy and girl dressed in sailor suits are playing hoops. Artist: Ellen Jessie Andrews Date: 1904
Young sweetheartsRegency couple dressed for a ball. The boy helps his girl with her cloak. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1901
An ostrich farm in South Africa, Hoffman Girls at HippodromeThe famous Hoffman Girls performing as ostriches (!) in the London Hippodromes 1924 revue, Leap Year. 1924 was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley
Performing cats and dogs at the London HippodromeProfessor Leonidas and his troupe of performing cats and dogs at the London Hippodrome, shortly after the new theatre had opened in January 1900. Date: 1900
Duke of Marlborough dressed as his ancestorJohn Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough, (1897 - 1972), dressed as his ancestor, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, the victor at the Battle of Blenheim. Date: 1938
Racecourse and grandstand, Shanghai, China, with a smartly dressed man posing in the foreground. Date: circa 1900
Man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr MicawberStudio photo, man dressed as Charles Dickens character Mr Micawber (from David Copperfield). circa 1860
Studio portrait, woman wearing the latest fashionWoman wearing the latest fashion in a studio portrait with a painted backdrop. late 1870s
Woman with muffA woman dressed for winter in hat and muff. Design for Edwardian Christmas card. Date: 1904
Edwardian maidenA lovely young girl in a dreamy pose, dressed in Edwardian style. From a Valentine postcard. Date: 1904
Medaeval maidenA lovely young girl in a dreamy pose, dressed in medaeval costume. From a Valentine postcard. Date: 1904
Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar in The House that Jack BuiltTheatrical double act Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar dressed as what appears to be Mickey and Minnie Mouse in a scene from " The House That Jack Built"
Music cover, The Dark Girl Dress d in Blue, sung by Kate Harley, and written and sung by Harry Clifton at the London Music Halls. With the International Exhibition of 1862 in the background. 1862
Cartoon, The Coming Rosalind, Violet Vanbrugh and F C Burnand - Shall I be safe in these, Mr Burnand? Burnand is holding a copy of the Fortnightly Review
Alfred Lester impersonating Gwen FarrarActor Alfred Lester doing a very decent impression of actress Gwen Farrar, with whom he was starring in the revue, Rats at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1923. Date: 1923
St Vincents Orphanage, TorquayAs part of a fete at St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Children, Torquay, Devon, boys portray Red Cross stretcher bearers while another, dressed as a nurse, examines the patient. Date: Date unknown
Belfast workhouse Boys WardBoys in their beds in a ward or dormitory at the Belfast Union workhouse, Ireland. The room is decorated for Christmas and a figure dressed as Santa Claus stands next to a Christmas tree. Date: 1906
Norah Blaney at Bright Young Things partyMiss Ila Fink, Mr B. Leonards and actress Miss Norah Blaney at a Bright Young Things party given by Captian MacEachan at Brook Street
A Childrens Fancy Dress Party by John HassallJolly and heavily populated scene showing a childrens fancy dress party with revellers dressed in all manner of costumes from cavaliers to Georgian dandys, soldiers, jesters and Native Americans
Ceremonies of knighthoodKnighthood ceremonies: a knight kneels to be dubbed with a sword 358, a squire attaches spurs to the knights armour 359, a knight is dressed in armour by women 360
Annie Raven-Hill as Cleopatra at Artists Ball, 1910Annie Raven Hill, wife of Leonard Raven Hill, the well-known Punch artist, dressed up as Cleopatra for the Artists Ball held at the Grafton Galleries in 1910. 1910
Fashion for spring 1915Fashionably-dressed woman in 1915 during the First World War. " Theres a lot of talk, of course, about the wickedness of changing the fashions in the middle of the war...all the same
Children in fancy dress - old woman who lived in shoeWonderful photograph showing a group of children in fancy dress. Most spectacular is the huge shoe accommodating about six of them
Couple in fancy dressA couple in fancy dress. The man is dressed in a clown outfit while his partner sports traditional dress that looks Russian or somewhere Balkan? Date: 1920s
Lady in incredible fancy dressPhotograph of a lady called Rosie dressed in an incredible fancy dress costume consisting of countless items hanging from her dress. Date: 1926
Children in fancy dress - bird costumeTwo children in fancy dress - the child on the left is in a particularly fabulous bird costume. Date: c.1950
Cicely Courtneidge as an Eton-cropped flapperActress Cicely Courtneidge made up as a typical eton-cropped, cigarette-smoking flapper in Cleansing the Stage sketch in the revue, " By the Way". Date: 1925
Steve Donoghue wins fancy dress competition at St. MoritzChampion celebrity jockey Steve Donoghue dressed as a sailor, his winning costume at a fancy dress competition at the smart ski resort of St. Moritz
Well dressed man with saddled horse. Date: circa 1910
Group photo of men at a club dinner, Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, possibly related to a shipping business. Date: circa 1910
Famous Trains and their DestinationsPage from The Bystander featuring five of the society women wearing their costumes for the Railway Ball to be held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in aid of the Kensington
America - The Boston Tea PartyThe Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16th 1773. 6 December 1773
Florence Gould in costume for the Perian Gala, Juan les PinsFlorence Gould, wife of Frank Jay Gould, the famous millionaire and controlling genius behind the Palais de la Mediterranee at Nice
Samoset Visits Pilgrims at PlymouthSamoset, an Abenaki Sagamore, or lesser chief, who had learned English from fisherman and sailors off Maine, walked into Plymouth colony and startled the pilgrim colonists by speaking English
Sergeant in the Paraguayan WarSergeant Gonzales, a soldier in the Paraguayan War in 1865, stands at rest dressed in a military shirt and plaid long loincloth. Date: 1865
A Sentinal in the Paraguayan WarA Paraguayan sentinel is depicted dressed in only a long loincloth and a cloth sash across his chest, and a military cap. He clasps a rifle between his arm and ribs. Several dead men surround him
Columbus First VoyageChristopher Columbus on his first voyage, dressed in armour and holding a standard as two ichthyocentaurs play horns behind him. Date: 1492
Countess Robilants Baby Party, Venice, 1926One of the most discussed social events of the Venetian season - the " Baby Party" given by Count and Countess Robilant in their home, the Mocenigo Palace, where Byron once lived
