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Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing cases 1907 Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressingTwo travelling vanity cases made of crocodile and Morocco leather. Date: 1907
MELLE HENRY AS RIFLEMANMademoiselle Henry in the role of the Chief Rifleman in the play Oh! La! La! Qucest bete tout ca Date: circa 1860
Advert for W. Thornhill & Co. travelling bags 1880 Advert for W. Thornhill & CoSelection of travelling bags and dressing cases. Date: 1880
Lace Dressing Room at a Nottingham Lace Factory 1843The lace-dressing room at a Nottingham Lace Factory where the lengths of material are checked and finished. Date: 1843
WINDOW DRESSING, PRAGUEA young woman puts the finishing touches to the window display of a grocery shop in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Date: 1930s
GIRLS & TOY PRAMS GIRLS & TOY PRAMSTwo little girls dress up in scarves and gloves and pretend to be grown-up women, chatting in the street, pushing their dolls in prams. Date: 1940s
Bitten by rabid dog 1870A hotel guest in Saratoga (California) is bitten by a rabid dog while dressing for dinner, but with great fortitude she cauterises the wound herself with a hot iron. Date: 1870
WOMAN WAKING 1940SYoung woman, in a nightdress with gathered bodice & broad straps, stretches as she wakes up. A quilted dressing gown hangs up near her bed. N.B Satin quilt or eiderdown. Date: 1940s
Putting on Shoes 1903A young lady sits down to put on her her black Louis heel shoes. Date: 1903
Dressing - Theatre 1910Showgirl at her dressing table, visited by an admirer carrying a bouquet of flowers. Date: 1910
LADY TYING ON HAT 1904A lady sits at her dressing table and tries on a new hat. Date: 1904
MALE TYPE / BEAU NASH 1700Richard Beau Nash: the famous dandy at the dressing table, applying beauty spots. Date: circa 1700
GIRL WITH NEW DRESS 1905A little girl has a fitting for her new dress. Date: 1905
Jerry - Tailor 1820A gentleman wearing a form of undress in patterned silk coat with roll collar & slippers while a tailor takes the measurements of a man in short coat & breeches. Date: 1820
Porter (Petherick)London characters: in these days of hatboxes, parasols, dressing cases and all, the STATION PORTER takes them from cab to train and puts them in the luggage rack for you. Date: circa 1870
YVONNE PRINTEMPS French actress with her husband Sacha Guitry during a visit to London in 1929 Date: 1895 -
Fashions for May 1843Two women wearing the fashions of 1843. Date: May 1843
Man in Dressing GownMan models a jersey wool dressing gown, and his wire haired fox terrier poses for the camera Date: 1930s
CHILD WATCHES MAMA DRESSA daughter watches while a maid helps her mother get ready in front of her dressing table. Date: 1909
COMPETING WITH PEACOCKA peacock (Pavo cristatus) is admired by a mother and daughter who try to compete by dressing in the height of fashion. Date: 1840s
Costume - Lady at TableA woman sitting at her dressing table Date: 1778
LACING UP A CORSETA young lady is laced into her dress by her maid Date: 1880
PLAIN PARISIENNESLes Trois Graces Parisiennes three Frenchwomen, despite their years, persist in dressing as fashionably as they can Date: circa 1805
LACING UP A LADYA ladys maid laces up her mistress who ought to be taking LES SELS CLARKS in her bath to reduce her obesity Date: 1924
CHILDRENS XMAS PARTY / 79Children going downstairs to a Christmas costume party Date: 1879
A dandy at his dressing table, 1818A dandy getting himself dolled up at his dressing table. Date: 1818
Water Babies - FairiesThe fairies came flying in at the window & brought her such a pretty pair of wings. Date: First published: 1863
Cartoon, Dilettanti TheatricalsContemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray
Leading Ladies at Cambridge University. Date: 1925
Sinbad, pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW LondonSinbad the Sailor, grand pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW London. early 20th century
Pantomime, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, with Annie PurcellPantomime at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, with Annie Purcell as Principal Boy. circa 1905
A False Wife, by F Marriott Watson, Opera House, TorquayA False Wife, by F Marriott Watson, at the Opera House, Torquay. 1908
Finks I ve been an gone an lost the mail again! A little girl in bridal attire but not a groom in sight... Date: circa 1935
ACTRESSES DRESSINGROOMActresses doing a quick change in their dressing room, helped by their dressers Date: circa 1895
Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Dressing RoomFinishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in her Dressing Room Date: 1894
Dorothy - dressed up as a Star or as The Fairy Queen. Taken by a photograph in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1920s
A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beachA wonderful photograph of a very jolly group (possibly one large extended family) playing with a huge ball on the beach - note the variety of magnificent beachwear on show!
Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - HuntingdonJudging a Fancy Dress Competition at a Summer Festival Fair Parade Pageant at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The two (possible winners) are a pair of mice (with added hand-drawn tails!)
Stylish French Girl in pink and blue pyjamas Date: circa 1920s
The Carnival of Basel, SwitzerlandThe Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel
Dressing doll. Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Dressing doll. Little Miss Muffett. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
A Day in the Life of the Debutante - Miss Margaret WhighamA scene from a number of tableaux staged at the London Hippodrome in May 1931 in aid of the Highway Club for Boys and Girls in the east end of London - it was attended by the Duchess of York
Bourgeoisie. Gentleman with a lady in the living room. Colored engraving. 1897
Girl Undressing XIYoung lady undressing in stages - No.XI of XII Falling out of her night dress she climbs into bed and blows out the candle Date: 1892
Girl Undressing VIIIYoung lady undressing in stages - No.VII of XII Sat on a cushion she removes her shoes and stockings! Date: 1892
Girl Undressing IIIYoung lady undressing in stages - No.V of XII Bloomers around her ankles exposing her garter tops! Date: 1892
The Dance of the Forty-One, Mexico -- a notorious society scandal uncovered by a police raid on a private residence on 17 November 1901, where a group of men were dancing