Entertaining Collection

The Party by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a pink dress entertains her toys with a tea party in her playroom

Hurdy-Gurdy Man 1867
Victorian hurdy-gurdy man entertaining children

Christmas cracker box label
Label for a box of Batgers crackers depicting three performing monkeys, one balancing with a parasol, another playing the ukelele and a third banginga drum

A Concert behind the Lines by Fortunino Matania
Somewhere 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 Workers
Josephine 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

Feasting in the Middle Ages by Pauline Baynes
A 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

Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex
Biddy " The Tubman" Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex - Acrobat and Seaside Entertainer (1910s - 1930s). There are a number of (hilarious)

Victoria Palace Theatre playbill
Front 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, 1935
Advertisement 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, WW1
A 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, London
The 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 evening
Men 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 bench
A humorous postcard cataloguing in 6 frames, the perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench. A masher " the vacant seat

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, Jordan
Arab 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 down
A travelling Salesman (for Sweatem, Grand & Co.) is spectacularly failing to keep his expenses down! He is piling through the whiskey, occupying a private room

Fifty Weeks Labour and Fourteen Days Swank!
Comic postcard - Fifty Weeks Labour... and Fourteen Days Swank! Date: 1930

L'Offre Et La Demande
This 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 Gate
A 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 musician
Fats 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

After dinner at the Sailors'Home, in Wells Street, near the London Docks in the East End
After 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 End
Market 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 1920
Various 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 room
Female performers entertaining admirers in a Parisian theatre dressing room. circa 1900

Childrens Christmas party 1847
Little 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 Nickleby
Charles 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 Ball
Group 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 20C
Advertisement 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 advertisement
Advertisement for the Hawkins Electric Hostess Trolley for gracious living, enabling you to entertain with dignity even when domestic help is not available

The Tatler front cover - Christmas Number 1937
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Christmas number featuring a jester laughing heartily. Date: 1937

Queen of Spain and Duchess of Westminster at Eaton Hall
Queen 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

A Glass of Wine by Cesare Borgia by John Collier
A Glass of Wine by Cesare Borgia and Pope Urban VI by John Collier. Date: 1893

Publicity for the whizz-bangs concert party, WW1
A 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, WW1
Fair 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 troupe
The 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 - WWII
U. 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

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