The Party by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a pink dress entertains her toys with a tea party in her playroom
Hurdy-Gurdy Man 1867Victorian hurdy-gurdy man entertaining children
A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino MataniaSomewhere in France - a concert behind the lines. A concert troupe or divisional entertainment company often made up of a mix of professional and amateur actors
Josephine Baker singing to British Factory WorkersJosephine Baker (1906-1975) singing to British Factory Workers for ENSA (The Entertainments National Service Association) in July 1951, her first visit to England since the end of WW2. Date: 1951
Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East SussexBiddy " The Tubman" Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex - Acrobat and Seaside Entertainer (1910s - 1930s). There are a number of (hilarious)
Feasting in the Middle Ages by Pauline BaynesA detailed scene depicting a medieval feast with a jester and performing monkeys entertaining diners while they are served exotic looking roast birds (heron and peacock). 1958
Victoria Palace Theatre playbillFront and back page of a promotional booklet for the Victoria Palace Theatre, London for the week commencing December 19th, 1927
Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935Advertisement for a variety of cocktail trays and trolleys from the luxury brand, Asprey, in chrome and glass, all of which have the nifty advantage of never spilling your drinks
Reading The Tatler in Gallipoli, WW1A Topping Tonic after taking Turkish Trenches - some officers of the gallant Lancashire Fusiliers enjoying a short respite with an old and valued friend
Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, LondonThe Latest Fashion : " Pour Passer le Temps." Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London (on Shaftesbury Avenue), where the stalls have been removed and replaced by tables
Firefighters in costume for an entertaining eveningMen and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920
The perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park benchA humorous postcard cataloguing in 6 frames, the perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench. A masher " the vacant seat
Fifty Weeks Labour and Fourteen Days Swank!Comic postcard - Fifty Weeks Labour... and Fourteen Days Swank! Date: 1930
L'Offre Et La DemandeThis illustration, titled Supply and Demand shows a large gentleman having dinner at a fine restaurant, with a lady opposite, a red coated waiter is standing between
Charles Bannister Singing His Way Through A Toll GateA cartoon by Steven Spurrier, showing an episode in the life of actor and singer Charles Bannister (1738-1804). Returning to London from Epsom
Fats Waller, legendary American jazz musicianFats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller, 1904-1943), legendary American jazz musician, composer, singer and entertainer. Date: circa 1930s
Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) (right), English playwright, actor and composer, talking to Lieut-General Sir H. Pownall during a tour of North Africa in 1943
WW2 - A drag show by British PoWs held at Stalag XXI-D, a German World War II PoW Camp based in Poznan (Posnan), Poland - the scene seems to be about a beauty contest in USA as the "
Arab flute player, JordanArab flute player makes music during a horse race in the desert near Petra, Jordan. He wears a dagger - Janbiya - on his leather belt Date: circa 1995
Travelling Salesman failing to keep his expenses downA travelling Salesman (for Sweatem, Grand & Co.) is spectacularly failing to keep his expenses down! He is piling through the whiskey, occupying a private room
After dinner at the Sailors'Home, in Wells Street, near the London Docks in the East EndAfter dinner at the Sailors Home, in Wells Street, near the London Docks in the East End. A sailor dancing the hornpipe accompanied by a harp. Date: 1873
A group of amused London children gather round to watch a traditional Punch and Judy, show on a street corner in New Oxford Street entertained by Mr. J Bland. Date: late 1890s
Market trader in Londons East EndMarket trader giving crowd of onlookers his sales pitch. Date: circa 1960s
Spotlight on five international dancers, 1928. Nila Nicolaska (top left) who has made a hit in the new Folies Bergere show in Paris
The ballroom dancing team of Barabara Bennett and Charles Sabin, 1931 entertaining at Delmonicos in New York. Sabin is the protege of Maurice Mouvet, the first true star of ballroom Date: 1931
A little girl does the splits in a jolly stage costume of striped trousers and top hat. Date: 1930s
Unknown Warrior procession going to Westminster Abbey 1920Various photographs of the Unknown Warrior travelling on a gun-carriage pulled by six black horses to Westminster Abbey, London with crowds of people watching. 11th November 1920
Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters. Woman smoking hookah pipes, spinning yarn, embroidering, etc. Appartement d une dame Mahometane avec le tandour
Entertaining admirers in a Parisian theatre dressing roomFemale performers entertaining admirers in a Parisian theatre dressing room. circa 1900
Childrens Christmas party 1847Little ones in high glee, the room decorated with holly and brilliantly lighted with candles. Neighbouring children come to celebrate the Christmas season
Dickens scrap - Newman Noggs in Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens scrap - Newman Noggs entertaining three children in the novel Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 65. 19th century
Madame Parsons and her Seven Daughters, the Little Lancashire Lasses, a family of performers. (There was also Papa Parsons and Boys.) Date: circa 1910s
Firefighters and guests, Whitefriars LFB Annual BallGroup photo, firefighters and their guests, some of them in fancy dress, at the Whitefriars LFB Annual Ball, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920
Christmas Dinner, How it was stolen & what became of it?Storyboard showing rich Victorians entertaining guests for Christmas dinner, while the cooks out of the kitchen the turkeys been swiftly stolen out of the window
Harry Seacome whilst entertaining troops in Aden Yemen Date: circa 1967
SOCIAL / COUNTRY CLUB 20CAdvertisement for Dunlop tyres showing a number of cars drawing up to a very modern house (or possibly club house) where an outdoor party is taking place
The only troupe of performing Geese in the World, pictured with their owner/trainer, Olga. Date: circa 1928
Summer Fun on a British Beach - lots of people in two seated rows forming a fun composition for this candid seaside snapper. Date: 1920s
Royal Italian Circus - Performing Goat and dogs" Royal Italian Circus" - Performing Goat Liza and dogs climbing up a Japanese ladder. Date: 1904
Hawkins electric hostess trolley advertisementAdvertisement for the Hawkins Electric Hostess Trolley for gracious living, enabling you to entertain with dignity even when domestic help is not available
Queen of Spain and Duchess of Westminster at Eaton HallQueen Ena of Spain (1887-1969), formerly Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, pictured at Eaton Hall in Cheshire with her hostess, Shelagh
Publicity for the whizz-bangs concert party, WW1A sign advertising the Whizz-bangs, one of the most well- known concert party troupes entertaining soldiers during the First World War, ensuring there would be absolutely no duds in their show
Female impersonator in trench pantomime, WW1Fair but False -The Coldstream " Girl." A Remarkable Impersonation in a trench pantomime. Among the numerous female impersonators among soldiers providing entertainment for the troops
The Varlets, WW1 entertainment troupeThe Varlets, a British troupe entertaining men on the Western Front during the First World War. Their theatres included barns, fields, dug-outs
U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWIIU. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - the United Services Organization Inc. a private, non-profit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military
Brahmins at a feast in a Maratha Camp, IndiaA Mahratta Surdar entertaining Brahmins. Brahmins at a feast in a Maratha Camp. Some are playing musical instruments while others are eating, and servants are carrying dishes of food
Readers Digest vending machine, Exeter stationA vending machine dispensing copies of the Readers Digest at Exeter St Davids station in Devon. At this date, before decimalisation of the currency
A dancing bear and musicianA musician singing and playing a tamborine and his dancing bear at Constantinople, Turkey
