Elderly Collection (page 10)

Inmates of Union Workhouse, Shipston on Stour, Worcs
Aged female inmates of the Union workhouse believed to be at Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. The women are wearing the typical workhouse uniform of long dress, shawl, apron, and bonnet

Franky Shagg, Isle of Wight tramp
Franky Shagg, a well known tramp on the Isle of Wight in the early 1900s

Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, womens ward
An old womens ward in the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London

Old lady wearing a hat and coat
An old lady wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a coat with a large black fur collar

Union Workhouse, Beaminster, Dorset
The Beaminster Union workhouse was erected in around 1837 at Stoke Water, near Beaminster, Dorset. Designed by HJ Whitling and Edward Mundey

Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, Norfolk
Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, near Sandringham in Norfolk. When these elderly women enter the almshouses (known collectively as Trinity Hospital) they are required to wear an old Welsh costume

Old Kate, seller of race cards
An elderly woman known as Old Kate, who makes her living from the sale of race cards. She is seen here sitting in an open carriage

Old man in traditional costume - Albania - amking a cigarette using a cigarette holder

A Grandfather and Grandson - Devon
A Grandfather and Grandson, in a very lavish interior in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Elderly Berber Women, Algeria
Berber Golden Oldies - A group of elderly Algerian Berber Women, heavily wrapped up against the elements, but still displaying traditional costume and jewellery including large hooped earrings

Old Husband / Young Wife
An elderly husband reads his newspaper, while his younger wife longs for a bit of passion

Mrs Ann Perriam
Ann Periam of Exmouth, aged 93. Her husband, Edward Hopping, was a seaman on board HMS Crescent and she witnessed many minor engagements whilst with him on the ship

Prince Paul Anton Esterh
PRINCE PAUL ANTON ESTERHAZY VON GALANTHA Austrian diplomat in later life

Daniel Auber / Postcard
Daniel Francois Esprit Auber French Composer

Joseph Joachim / Eichhorn
JOSEPH JOACHIM Hungarian musician

Portrait photograph of elderly woman in fur coat
Portrait photograph of an elderly Victorian woman in a fur coat, set against an illustrated backdrop. late 19th century

Young woman prepares a hot meal for her parents in her cottage. Her man stands to one side (looking on admiringly) whilst a pair of young kittens frolic before the fire. Date: circa 1890s

Platform of Museum Underground Station
Central Line series. A variety of passengers awaiting their train on the platform at Museum - two prim and proper Bloomsbury Spinsters

Children and elderly lady at a street party
Children and an elderly lady at a street party, with a table full of food. Date: circa 1970s

Couple strolling down a street in Worthing - Sunny Snaps
Couple strolling down a street in Worthing, West Sussex - Sunny Snaps. Date: 1933

Charles Coburn (June 19, 1877 August 30, 1961) billed here as The Tramp Comedian, Vocalist, Reciter and Story Merchant. The text refers to The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1890)

Home scene - couple and elderly parents
A young woman and her husband look at a book in the home of her elderly parents. Date: circa 1890s

Elderly blind couple having a sing-song at the piano. Date: circa 1980s

Children taking part in a fashion show, possibly for a local Womens Institute group. Date: circa 1980s

Grandmamma Telling a Story by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Grandmamma Telling a Story. Five children and their Grandpappa are seen listening to the Grandmamma telling them all a story. Date: 1906

Grandpapas Game by Charles Robinson
Illustration to accompany the Chapter titled Grandpapas Game. We see Grandmamma with her back towards us standing below a large bough of mistletoe

Two farmhands at harvest time, with chaff and straw blowing into the air. Date: circa 1960s

Sailmaker at work, Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall. circa early 1980s

Charlwoods Oldest Parashot
Seventy-eight-year-old John Chandler on the lookout for German paratroopers in Charlwood, Surrey. He was a member of the Local Defence Volunteers (later renamed the Home Guard )

Charlwood, 1940
Two elderly members of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard) in Charlwood, Surrey, stand armed with shotguns in front of the village war memorial. The L.D.V

The Naughty Nineties by Arthur Wragg
Scene from the 1890s showing four elderly gentlemen visiting theatre chorus girls in their dressing room after a show. 1930

Victorian scrap - The Dowager Duchess. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Wanted wife and caretaker
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted Wife and Caretaker. late 19th century

Misfitz - Rip Van Winkle. early 20th century

Elderly Chinese man in an empty red rickshaw
Elderly Chinese man in an empty red rick shaw waiting on the pavement. Two men, back to camera walking away, left of picture Date: 1980

Chinese people shadow boxing in the park in Hong Kong. Man and woman in front view shadow boxing with elderly woman, in black trousers and white/ grey printed blouse sitting back left of image

Misfitz - Old King Cole. early 20th century

Misfitz - Don Quixote. early 20th century

Booklet cover, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Are We Heading For War? published by the Labour Party in 1934. Date: circa 1933

Old Man from the Crimea, smoking a cigarette in a holder. Date: circa 1910

Communist China - State Propaganda Booklet
Young woman member of a communication team, reading Maos Little Red Book with a poor female farmer during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China

Two men in conversation, Liverpool, England
Two elderly men in conversation, Liverpool, England. circa 2013

Beachy Head, Sussex
Elderly couple relaxing on Beachy Head, Sussex, England. circa 1966

Village scene with elderly man and children
Village scene with an elderly man on crutches and two children in a town or village, with a car in the background. circa 1920s

Moorish musician with instrument
Elderly Moorish musician playing a stringed instrument, possibly a gimbri. circa 1895

A Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump
An older Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump. Date: 1925

Characters and adverts in Princess Ida programme
Two characters and adverts in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London. circa 1880s

Last of the Royal Stuarts
An old man playing the violin, claimed to be the last of the Royal Stewarts (Stuarts) who died at Berwick-on-Tweed at the age of 116

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