Elastic Collection

Wartime Robertson Rubber Advertisement
A wartime advertisement for Robertson Rubber Co. Ltd, promoting the use of elastic hosiery to fight varicose veins, which must not impede the war effort. Date: circa 1940s

Advert, Binyon's Elastic Chest Expander - avoid stooping of the shoulders and contraction of the chest. Date: 1848

RMS Titanic - cigar case recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - a silver cigar case of rectangular outline with rounded corners

Advertisement for women's undergarments. Date: 1936

Advert, Surgical Hosiery Co Ltd, Nottingham
Advert, Surgical Hosiery Co Ltd, Russell Street, Nottingham - manufacturers of elastic knee caps, anklets (plain, felted or padded), jock straps, suspenders etc. for all athletes Date: 1933

Bloomers - latest in fashion 1909
Suzanne Bergere walking around Paris, quite radical clothing for the late Edwardian era, a pair of nickerbockers

Saddle mushrooms
White saddle mushrooms, Helvella pityophila and Helvella crispa, and elastic saddle, Helvella elastica. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Elastic bulla, Bulla resiliens, and pale or cylindric bulla, Bulla pallida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Rubber tree and gum arabic tree
Rubber tree, Hevea guianensis 1, and gum arabic tree or thorn mimosa, Vachellia nilotica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Advert for Aertex men and womens underwear 1933
Aertex underwear, little cells in the fabric that allow the body to breathe. Date: 1933

Advert for Lastex womens corset 1934
Model wearing a corset with elastic. Date: 1934

Advert for J. Roussel womens underwear 1930
One-piece girdle with high-waist that gives a slimmer figure, also giving a comfortable wear, freedom of movement by using a flexible, porous elastic. 1930

Advert for John Barker womens underwear 1911
Models wearing slender fitted corsets with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. 1911

Advert for Acaric mens sock suspender 1898
For gentlemen the Acaric, sock suspender, preventing slipping down of socks! Date: 1898

Advert for Gorringes lingerie 1923
Gorringes lastest models in elastic wear and bust bodices. 1923

De we Corset & Bra 1950S
A young woman with a ponytail models a corset belt with suspenders & a matching brassiere

Ascot knicker elastic advertisement
Advertisement for Ascot knicker elastic, made from artificial silk. Washing won t spoil it - neither will boiling. Endorsed by actress and entertainer Ivy Tresmand who says, I like Ascot elastic

Vintage Hair Net Packaging - Elbee Nylon Hair Net with elastic, medium brown. circa 1950s

Vintage Hair Net Packaging - Elvetta Nylon Hair Net with elastic, woven of Dupont nylon in dark brown. The final touch of loveliness. circa 1950s

Advert for Barkers corsets 1914
Elegant designs from Barkers of Kensington. 1914

Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Royalty Hair Net
Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Royalty Invisible Hair Net with elastic - woven of DuPont nylon - new Duroy processed - " Fit for a Queen" ! circa 1950s

Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Duro Belle Nylon Hair Net
Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Duro Belle Invisible Nylon Hair Net with Elastic, made of DuPont mylon in blonde - Every net guaranteed - " Its all in the Duro-knots" ! circa 1950s

Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Tru-fit Nylon Net
Vintage Hairnet Packaging - Tru-fit Invisible Nylon Net with Superfine Mesh and Elastic Edge - made of DuPont nylon in Auburn - Guaranteed perfect ! circa 1950s

Advert for FITU muti-stretch skin- fits underwear 1935
FITU muti-stretch skin- fits, newest creation in elastic fabric for corsetry, combining perfect fit with delightful freedom. 1935

Advert for Le Crepe de Sante underwear 1906
Le Crepe de Sante - elastic and spongey - is the ideal undergarment for elegant ladies who are concerned with their health 1906

Advert for Twilfit underwear 1928
Girdles and corsets for women, English made and fully guarenteed. 1928

Letting Himself Down, by Bairnsfather
Letting Himself Down Having omitted to remove the elastic band prior to descent, Herr Franz von Flopp feels that the trial exhibition of his new parachute is a failure

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

Advert for Le Gant corsets 1935
Le Gant made of the uncopyable youthlastic... Has infused a new tradition of elegance into modern corsetry everyone of these beautiful garments is a distinctive creation with its own peculiar charm

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for men & women 1936
Youthful lines come naturally with swim suits by J. Roussel in airollasta the new weave in pure wool and elastic. Date: 1936

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for women 1936
You must look slim and shapely in a swim suit by J. Roussel. In airollasta, a weave of pure elastic wool. 1936

Advert for Frederick Gorringe womens corsets 1914
Exposition of the AUTHENTIC new spring models of Royal Worcester kidfitting corsets, a range of curve boneless and free-hip-bone corsets. 1914

Advert for Daniel Neal childrens holiday wear 1938
Varied ideas for girls and boys for summer clothing, sunsuits, swimwear and shorts for boys with elastic belt, available at Portman Square, london. 1938

Advert for Le Gant corsets for the larger women 1936
Le Gant of youthlastic stretches allways. For the larger women. Yes! Le Gant does give the woman of larger proportions perfect figure control

Advert for J. Roussel lingerie with elastic lace belt 1936
Roussel creates for you a belt in elastic lace... so light... so dainty... yet so firm in its moulding action. Roussel has created amasterpiece in this luxuriously feminine belt - woven for each

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for men & women 1935
The new swim suit by Roussel in airollasta Swim suits by Roussel gently control the figure and mould it to slim beauty without the least restriction to the most vigorous movement. 1935

Brassierette 1938
Kleinerts brassierette: a lightweight bra without fastenings but with a shirred elastic back. Suitable for sports. It is also fitted with dress shields. Date: 1938

Lady Bends in Corset
A lady bends to pick up the soap tablet she has dropped - thus demonstrating the remarkable flexibility of her Guzzi girdle Date: 1928

Argosy Braces advert
An advertisement for Argosy Braces, made from elastic

Poro-Plastic Corset
The patent Poro-Plastic corset is composed of felt & is seamless, boneless & stitchless and yet affords excellent support being elastic & porous & lightweight

Corset Belt Circa 1929
A woman wearing a blue elastic corset belt with built in suspenders & a matching bra demonstrates how easy it is to bend while still enjoying maximum support

Wind-Up Plane
A young boy plays with his model aeroplane. It flys as its propeller is turned by a wound-up elastic band

Vigorous Underwear
Underwear for Vigorous Men ! You re a Real Man when you wear an Aertex Athletic Vest and Elastic Waisted Trunks, (not requiring braces.)

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