Factor Collection

Piccadilly Circus by night, London. Date: 1960s

HMS RODNEY
British battleship whose finest hour will come in May 1941 when her accurate gunfire is the crucial factor in the sinking of the German warship Bismarck Date: 1927 - 1941

Female munitions workers. By Fortunio Matania
As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I, the constant demand for munitions increased

Paper bag design, c. 1890
Paper bag design from the late nineteenth century for Albert Smith, Baker, Confectioner and Corn Factor, of Derby Road, Nottingham, featuring a rather lovely border showing various crops

Advert for Max Factor face powder, Lana Turner
Advert for Max Factor face powder, as worn by Lana Turner, MGM film star in Green Dolphin Street Date: 1948

Advert for Max Factor eye make-up. Date: 1954

Piccadilly Circus at night
Piccadilly Circus, London, at night, with advertisements reflected in fountain. Date: circa 1950s

Advert for Max Factors makeup featuring the Albertina Rasch dancers, 1930 in MGMs The Rogue Song Date: 1930

Advert for Max Factors makeup featuring the Sisters G, 1930. They had appeared in the Universal Pictures film King of Jazz Date: 1930

Straw stetson hat by Peter Shepherd
Model wearing a navy straw stetson with blue, pink and white band by Peter Shepherd. Worn with make-up by Max Factor. Date: 1966

Straw hats by Otto Lucas Junior and Chez Elle
On the left: model wearing a plum straw hat with versatile brim by Otto Lucas Junior. To give her that natural, glowing look

View of the lights at Piccadilly Circus, London
A view of the lights by night at Piccadilly Circus, central London. There are various neon adverts for Max Factor, Associated Rediffusion, Gordons Gin, Wrigleys Chewing Gum, BP, Skol

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco, France. Designed by Charles Garnier, it has frescoes in the style of Bouchier, and an amazing gold and marble atrium. Date: built 1863

Max Factor make up studio
Exterior of the Max Factor Make-Up Studio, situated off Hollywood Boulevard in the 1930s. Max Factor (15 September 1872 30 August 1938), born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-Jewish businessman

Max Factor make up booklet with Hollywood stars
Rochelle Hudson and Bette Davis demonstrate how to apply powder and rouge respectively in a Max Factor promotional booklet. Date: 1937

Una Merkel, MGM star, applying Max Factor make up
Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress. Pictured in applying Max Factors eyebrow pencil in a promotional booklet for the cosmetics company

Patricia Ellis, Warner Bros star applying Max Factor make up
Patricia Ellis (May 20, 1916 March 26, 1970), American film actress of the 1930s pictured in a Max Factor promotional booklet applying the cosmetics companys mascara (called eye-lash make-up here)

Ginger Rogers, applying Max Factor make up
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 April 25, 1995) American actress, dancer, and singer, best known for dance films in which she was partnered with Fred Astaire

Sir Richard Clough
SIR RICHARD CLOUGH London merchant, factor for sir Thomas Gresham. Date: ? - 1570

Beret covered in lilac flowers
Model wearing an Easter beret covered in lilac flowers. Worn with make-up by Max Factor. Date: 1966

Speed of the great liners by G. H. Davis
The speed of the great liners: a factor which makes head lights and other precautions necessary. Above: a dotted outline shows where the ship would be after 30 seconds movement

An important factor

Two aspiring musical comedy artistes, London
Minter and Osborn of Manchester, contestants in the 13th Encore Competition staged in Collins Music Hall, Islington, London

Petula Clark and Max Factor
Petula Clark (b. 1932) English singer kissing Max Factor (1877-1938) Polish American businessman and cosmetician, at a party at the Dorchester that he gave to meet the stars

Scottish girls making shells
Female munitions workers in Scotland depicted in an illustration by A. C. Michael. As it became clear there would be no decisive swift victory for either side in World War I

Women workers at a naval ship-building yard
Female workers at a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Polishing a war-ships propellor
A woman ship-yard worker polishing a war-ships propellor in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Women at work in a naval ship-building yard
Women workers handling long steel bars in a naval ship-building yard in 1916. World War I saw women taking on traditionally male jobs for the first time

Chemist Window 1970S
The window of a chemist shop displays beauty products

Mutiny / German Fleet / 1918
The German fleet refuses to put to sea at Kiel. A wave of revolutionary activity followed across Germany, but war weariness was also a factor in the mutiny

Bond St Shopping 1960S
A smartly dressed lady strides along Bond Street whilst on a shopping trip

Chemical War in London
Chemical warfare will be the determining factor in the next war : London will be destroyed by chemical attacks on its inhabitants, leading to fires and other destruction

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