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Parisian Officer directing traffic on Les Grand BoulevardsA French Traffic Gendarme with a VERY fine moustache and beard combo direct traffic at a junction on the Grand Boulevards, Paris at the Porte Saint-Denis. Date: circa 1920
Youthful Parisian Music Hall Revue Company pose in costume for their satirical number lampooning Emile Pataud, the deeply unpopuar (at the time) Secretary to the French Union of Electricians
Patara, Maori Chieftain, New Zealand. Date: 1900s
Lands End, Cornwall - Dr Syntax rock - bearing a remarkable similarity to the profile of the comic character created by William Combe and the cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson in 1812. Date: circa 1907
Madagascan Sakalave (Sakalava) WomanWoman from the Sakalava Tribe, who live on the western edge of Madagascar from Morandava to Nosy Be. Date: circa 1910s
Congo, Africa - Terrifying Warrior with bullet piercingsA Bougbou Tribesman from the region close to the start of the Kotto, a major tributary of the Ubangi right bank, so a sub-tributary of the Congo River - Congo, Central Africa - Terrifying (pre-punk)
Ornamental scars on face and sharpened and filed teethPhotograph of a couple from upper Congo, Central Africa - bearing facial scarification and sharpened upper teeth and filed bottom teeth
Helena Rubinstein advert, The War Face, WW1Advertisement for Helena Rubinstein beauty treatments, asking, Is yours a " war face" ? It It claims that 99 out of a 100 women were showing the strain of the war in their faces and that
Traditional facial scarification in Congo, Central AfricaTraditional facial scarification of a woman in the Congo, Central Africa. The text on the back of the card reads thus: " The old man and her have not fallen out - oh no
East African Woman - Braided Hair, shell necklaceEast African Woman with Braided Hair, shell necklace and extensive additional face and neck jewellery. Date: circa 1930s
Matene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Tribe, New ZealandMatene Te Nga, Chief of the Ngati Maru Maori Tribe with tattooed face, New Zealand. Date: circa 1900
Dachshund with a movable tail on a novelty postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Brazil - Kadiweu Woman - Nabileque River, Mato GrossoArgentina - Kadiweu Woman living close to the Nabileque River, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Gran Chaco, southwestern Brazil. The Kadiweu are last surviving group of the once great
Tattooing Styles from around the world: 1. West African Woman 2. New Zealand Maori Chieftain 3. New Zealand Maori King 4. Caroline Islander 5/6. Hand and foot tattoos of a Dayak of Borneo 7
The Last Pinch - old man taking snuff. circa late 19th century
Studio portrait, little boy cryingStudio portrait of a little boy crying, with tears running down his cheeks. Date: circa 1960s
Studio portrait, little child cryingStudio portrait of a little child crying. Date: circa 1960s
Medici porcelain. Three grotesque-style spouts. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. China / Porcelain. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. HAUTS-DE-SEINE. S趲 es. Sevres National Museum for Ceramics
ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Holy Face. 1631. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. EUROPE. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Sevilla. Parroquia de San Pedro
Head of young boy. 3rd BC. Etruscan art. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology
Children from Sierra LeoneTwo young children from Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1910s
Looking in the MirrorA lady looking at herself in a dressing table mirror, holding her face and scrutinising her features. Date: early 1930s
Advertisement for National Benzole petroleum -- boy model (Denis Gilmore) in school uniform. 1959
A Sydney Larrikin. Larrikinism is the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety
Street Vendor selling Nuts to Gentleman with a Simian VisageStreet Vendor cheekily offering the sale of some nuts to a diminutive Gentleman with a distinctive Simian visage!! Date: 1899
Homo sapiens cranium (Irhoud 1)Lateral and frontal view of a cast of an adult male Homo sapiens skull discovered at Jebel Irhoud (formerly Ighoud), Morocco, by Mohammed Ben Fatmi, Summer 1961
Homo sapiens cranium (Cro-Magnon 1)Lateral and frontal view of a cast of a skull belonging to Homo sapiens Le Viellard, adult male about 45 years of age. Discovered near the station, Les Eyzies de Tayac, France by workmen, March 1868
Homo sapiens cranium (Irhoud 2)Lateral and facial view of a cast of a skull belonging to an adult male Homo sapiens discovered at Jebel Irhoud (formerly Ighoud), Barytes mine S.E of Safi, Morocco, by Mohammed Ben Fatmi, summer 1961
Homo sapiens cranium (Qafzeh 9)Lateral and frontal view of a cast of a Homo sapiens adult skull discovered at Dkebel Kafzeh, Israel by B. Vandermeersch, 1965-1969
Female Hippy 1967HIPPIES A spaced-out hippy woman, wearing the obligatory flowers in her hair, transfers, beads, tinsel and floaty layers of chiffon etc. Date: August 1967
Bedouin Woman with interesting chin tattooBedouin Woman from Egypt with a very interesting chin tattoo
Tribesman of the Jarawa TribeFacial Scarification evident on a tribesman from the Jarawa Tribe. The Jarawa are one of the adivasi indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands. There are only 250-350 members of this tribe alive today
Hat & Mask in One 1929Dual purpose headwear: cloche hat worn so low over the eyes that it doubles as a mask. Eyeholes are cut in the crown. Perfect hat for hiding upper facial flaws
A stern pair of Ladies stride down a London Street - they seem to have clocked the photographer and the lady on the left look ready to make her thoughts on the matter known... Date: 1933
A clay reconstruction of the face of Piltdown ManA clay reconstruction of the face of the paleoanthropological hoax Piltdown Man, discovered in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown, East Sussex
Scenes from a Parisian Beauty Parlour" One must suffer in order to be beautiful." This page from " The Sphere" depicts the latest treatments being employed in Parisian beauty parlours
Advert for Mrs. Adair, Genesh Patent chin strap 1905Genesh Patent chin strap, cures double chin, and takes away the line from nose to month. Strong straps to cure snoring and Domino straps to cure puffiness under eyes and takes away lines
Large ape in a zoo. circa 1966
Alabaster Sphinx - Memphis, EgyptThe Alabaster Sphinx - Memphis, Egypt. The facial features imply that the Sphinx is honoring Hatshepsut or Amenhotep II or Amenhotep III. Date: circa 1910s
Modern Painters - Two Ladies applying their make-up, accompanied by this comparative quote by John Ruskin. Date: 1904
Pop singers on stage at Woburn Park, BedfordshireMembers of the group The Tomorrow. The woman is wearing a minidress, one man (crouching) wears a full length floral coat facial paint, and another man plays the drums
Pop singer on stage at Woburn Park, BedfordshireA male hippy and pop singer, a member of the group The Tomorrow, wearing little more than a full length floral coat, beads and facial paint, singing on stage at the Love-In at Woburn Park
Japan - Geisha Girl - Studio portrait. Date: circa 1907
Facial ExercisesA young woman in a bathing cap and face cream, twists her mouth as part of her routine of facial exercises to tone the muscles and keep her face looking young and fresh. Date: 1930s
A NightmareHo(a)rse laughter - a study in a horses facial expressions and a bit of a nightmare. Date: 1930s
Ralph Brownrig, BishopRALPH BROWNRIG Bishop of Exeter, whose Calvinist views are reflected in his sombre facial expression... Date: 1592 - 1659
MADRID BARBER 3 / 5 1987Part of the tiled fascia of a Madrid barber shop: the barber cuts a little boys hair. Date: 1987
Cosmic Facial LinesMETOPOSCOPY : Even the furrows in your brow are due, not to intense mental effort or worry, but to the activities of the stars in their courses... Date: 16/17th century