Fancy Collection (page 21)

Street Sellers in Cairo, Egypt - The gentleman on the left appears to be a seller of some form of fancy artisan goods. Date: circa 1900s

Family Christmas Dinner - 1950s. The young boy (front left) is wearing his Christmas present - a Martian Space Outfit. Date: early 1950s

Young boy posing in his Christmas Martian Space Outfit
Young boy posing in his Christmas " Martian Space Outfit", complete with walkie talkie radio. Date: early 1950s

British troops in India pretend to be rock-breaking convicts
British troops stationed in India having a bit of fun playing at being convicts! The caption " Ah (sic) we downhearted - roll on Oct"

Four girls promoting the News of the World
Four promo girls for the News of the World - circa 1905. Pictured outsides J Berrys Newsagents (also a postcard publisher) in Crediton, Devon

Norwich - Carnival - Seven Women as Portland Vase - Wedgwood
Norwich, Norfolk - A Carnival - Seven Women dressed as the Portland Vase advertising Wedgwood. The Portland vase was in the news at the time as th Earl of Portland tried to sell the original (Roman)

French Midget Entertainment Troupe - Les Colibris - Troupe Royal de Liliput. Date: circa 1910s

14th Anniversry celebration of the Turkish Republic - Turkey. Date: 1937

Young Gent - 12 Months before marriage - care and fancy free! Date: 1905

Festival float on Romford High Road, Essex, with chiclren dressed up as various characters (possibly types of the British Isles??). Date: circa 1928

Woman in Scottish fancy dress poses for a studio photograph in mid fling. Date: circa 1930

Women in fancy dress collecting for charity
Three women in fancy dress collecting for The Romford Cottage Hospital, Essex. Date: circa 1933

Portola Festival, San Francisco, USA
A night scene during the Portola Festival in full swing on Market Street, San Francisco, USA. The inset photograph shows Queen Virgilia (Virgilia Bogue), the Carnival Queen in 1913

Blind Musician, Bermuda with three young children persussionists accompanying his banjo playing. All are wearing remarkable costumes (which must have been seriously hot!). Date: circa 1909

Pigeons: Antwerp, Dragon. Illustration from John Matthews Eaton, A treatise on the art of breeding and managing, tame, domesticated and fancy pigeons. Date: 1858

Carassius auratus, carassin
LS Plate 169 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Paradisaea raggiana, raggiana bird-of-paradise
Trade skin of the Raggiana bird-of-paradise. Skins such as this were the first specimens of birds of paradise to reach Europe

Fancy domestic pigeons
Mounted fancy pigeon varieties, similar to those studied by Charles Darwin as he developed his ideas on evolution through natural selection

Columba livia, Jjacobine pigeon (domestic)
Watercolour by Edward Lear (c. 1835), Charles Darwin estimated that there were 150 different species of domestic pigeons

Sheltering from the sun
Gentleman shelters from the midday sun under his lovers wide-brimmed hat. Date: c. 1910

Charros (Mexican riders) dressed with fancy
" Charros" (Mexican riders) dressed with fancy clothing. Work by Mateo Salda񡬠 20th century. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas."

Tokyo Imperial Hotel garden - Japan - Imperial Hotel What a fancy rabbit warren this place is, and what fun Wright had making it seem like only a lot of little Japanese houses. Nice details Date: 1952

Harry Walker with David and Hermione Tennant
Harry Walker with hosts, David Tennant and his wife Hermione at their fancy dress ball at the Adelphi Terrace. Date: 25th July 1928

Children dancing in fancy dress

Canova (Suhrlandt)
Marchese ANTONIO CANOVA Italian sculptor wearing a fancy lace collar. Date: 1757 - 1822

Charlotte Ctss Canning 1
CHARLOTTE (nee Stuart) countess CANNING wife of Charles John, earl Canning. Wearing some kind of fancy dress, doubtless for a ball. Date: 1817 - 1861

Frog in your throat, a singing group dressed as frogs, 1899 Date: 1899

F. Moras Lithographic Establishment, Philadelphia, 610 Jayne St. Plain & fancy printing. Advertising or large business card shows two vignettes, on the left, a man is sitting at a table

The Wick fancy hat bands. Cheer up - show your colors. Poster shows baseball fans in the stands behind the catcher, with men and women wearing hats with special bands

Queens Coronation party June 1953
The winner of the fancy dress competition, at a party for the Queens Coronation, in London. Date: June 1953

The fashionable restaurant du Boeuf
The fashionable bull restaurant. 1792. Patrons make small talk whilst waiting for their meal. 1792

A Dainty Dish
Madeline Gibson in a hilarious costume she donned for Champagne Time at the Cochran show the Trocadero in London in 1927. She is arrayed as salmon mayonnaise

Pigeons and doves on rooftops
A variety of pigeons and doves on rooftops. Date: circa early 20th century

A Young Mans Fancy by Bevan Petman
A flirtatious looking young woman with shapely legs and a shock of red hair, smiles as she holds a silk slip to her cheek in delight, while seated at a dressing table

Chelsea Arts Ball - group including artists Howard Elcock
A group of revellers in fancy dress costume at the Annual Chelsea Arts Ball. Numbered as 1. Mr E. Sturt, 2. Captain A. Mills, 3. Major Blackwell, 4 Mr H.C.B

The Butterfly on the Wheel by Nick
A couple in fancy dress, the lady in a butterfly costume, ride together on a motorcycle through the night sky. The bikes number plate reads, I LUV U. Date: 1927

Dr Barnardos Homes Carnival Programme cover
Front cover of a souvenir handbook and Programme of Music accompanying a Carnival and Fancy Fair held at Bingley Hall, Birmingham from the 7th to 16th June 1923 in aid of Dr Barnardos Homes

Miss Revue by H. Folkard
A young woman dressed in a fanciful black and white checked costume with a long cane, ready to perform in a theatrical revue. Date: 1920s

Carnival fancy dress parade, Walton on the Naze, Essex
A carnival or fancy dress parade heading down the High Street at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1905

Queen Elizabeth II as an amateur actress
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number, featuring four photographs of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in costume for the annual Windsor Castle Christmas pantomime

Little Bo Peep carnival costume, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Guests at a Christmas or New Years Party, possibly at the Savoy Hotel, London. Some of the guests are in medieval style fancy dress, carrying in the traditional Boars Head decorated with holly

Liverpool Cottage Homes - Seniors in Fancy Dress
A group of older children in fancy dress at the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes at Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1908

Canvassing for votes, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Robert Cresswell, who operated the twice daily omnibus service from Walton-on-the-Naze to Colchester and back, pictured with his supporters canvassing for votes during the Town Council elections

Girls Life Brigade carnival procession, Walton, Essex
Girls Life Brigade youngsters in fancy dress during the annual carnival procession at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1953

Pram Race contestants, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
As part of the week-long fun and games organised for the Walton-on-the-Naze Carnival, these young men were pictured at the start of the annual pram race

Carnival Queen and attendants, Walton, Essex
The Carnival Queen and her two attendants during the 1955 carnival procession through Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1955

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