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Fancy Collection (page 8)

Background imageFancy Collection: Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - Huntingdon

Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - Huntingdon
Judging a Fancy Dress Competition at a Summer Festival Fair Parade Pageant at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The two (possible winners) are a pair of mice (with added hand-drawn tails!)

Background imageFancy Collection: Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trousers / culottes

Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trousers / culottes
German Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trouser suits / culottes - " You are in here if you are wearing trousers

Background imageFancy Collection: Niagara Falls, USA - The White Mans Fancy

Niagara Falls, USA - The White Mans Fancy Date: 1913

Background imageFancy Collection: Pierrot admiring the moon and the stars

Pierrot admiring the moon and the stars. Date: 1906

Background imageFancy Collection: Youthful Parisian Music Hall Revue Company

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

Background imageFancy Collection: Fun card series of a British dancer in a wide-skirt costume

Fun card series of a British dancer in a wide-skirt costume
Fun card series of a British cabaret dancer in a wide-skirt costume and a star-shaped hat! (1/4) Date: circa 1908

Background imageFancy Collection: Young people in punk style dress

Young people in punk style dress
Group of young people in punk dress, including leather jackets with studs, and spiky hairstyles, at the Cornwall Coliseum. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageFancy Collection: Woman in clown fancy dress outfit

Woman in clown fancy dress outfit
A woman poses for her studio photograph, looking quite pensive considering the wacky checked clown outfit shes wearing. Date: 1920s

Background imageFancy Collection: The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland

The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Background imageFancy Collection: Daisy, Countess of Warwick at Mrs Adairs Fancy Dress Ball

Daisy, Countess of Warwick at Mrs Adairs Fancy Dress Ball
Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861 - 1938), society beauty, and mistress to King Edward VII. Pictured here dressed in costume, as Semiramis

Background imageFancy Collection: Pointy Medieval Hat

Pointy Medieval Hat
A medieval fancy dress costume showing the late 14th century French fashion of the Hennin or steeple headdress worn with a veil. Date: 1930s

Background imageFancy Collection: Harem Girl / Woof

Harem Girl / Woof
Scantily clad harem girl, in a headdress & harem pants, sits demurely on a leopard skin rug while she admires her jewellery. Date: 1950s

Background imageFancy Collection: Cherry Ripe by John Millais

Cherry Ripe by John Millais
Cherry Ripe by John Milliais, as it appeared in The Graphic Christmas issue of 1880. The original painting depicted Miss Edith Ramage, a relation of William Luson Thomas, founder of The Graphic

Background imageFancy Collection: Fancy dress - Old Father Time

Fancy dress - Old Father Time
A man dressed up as Old Father Time with obligatory scythe and hour glass. Date: c.1920

Background imageFancy Collection: Bright Young Things at a United States Party

Bright Young Things at a United States Party
A group at a United States party given by Miss Joe Carstairs, the intrepid motor-boat speed merchant and Miss Ruth Baldwin. From left, Miss Studik, Mr Dennis Pelly, Mr Leveson, the Hon

Background imageFancy Collection: Pigeons - A Red Helmet, Black Lahore and Yellow Spot

Pigeons - A Red Helmet, Black Lahore and Yellow Spot
A portrait of three breeds of fancy pigeon illustrated inside their coop. The plain-headed Red Helmet presents its bicoloured plumage formation

Background imageFancy Collection: Pigeons - Varieties of Ice Pigeons, Fancy Breed

Pigeons - Varieties of Ice Pigeons, Fancy Breed
An Ural, Silver, Siberian and Blue Ice Pigeons are seen here illustrated inside a pigeon coop, as known as a loft. The Ice Pigeon is a domesticated and fancy breed of pigeon

Background imageFancy Collection: Pigeons - English Fantails or Garden Fantails

Pigeons - English Fantails or Garden Fantails
A portrait of a Black, White and Blue English Fantail pictured inside their coop. The English Fantail is a highly developed breed of fancy and exhibition pigeon, and sub-variety of the Fantail

Background imageFancy Collection: Pigeons - Black and Dun Barbs, English Fancy Breed

Pigeons - Black and Dun Barbs, English Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Black and Dun Barbs, and two White Barbs in the background. The Barb, also called the English Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding

Background imageFancy Collection: Red-Pied Pouter Cock Pigeon

Red-Pied Pouter Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a Red-Pied Pouter Cock pigeon, (Pigmy Pouter), standing with a view of tree tops. One other of its kind can be seen flying in the background

Background imageFancy Collection: Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon

Blue Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a Blue Carrier Cock standing in full-length. The Blue Carrier Cock (Blue Bar), is one of the oldest English fancy breeds of pigeon

Background imageFancy Collection: Black Carrier Cock Pigeon

Black Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of the Black Carrier Cock shown in a countryside landscape, with three of its kind visible in the background. The Black Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon

Background imageFancy Collection: Victory Ball at the Albert Hall, end of WW1

Victory Ball at the Albert Hall, end of WW1
Prominent members of society and notable personalities, pictured in fancy dress at the famous Victory Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1918 to celebrate the end of the First World War

Background imageFancy Collection: People wearing Venice Carnival Costumes

People wearing Venice Carnival Costumes, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Background imageFancy Collection: Woman wearing Venice Carnival Costume

Woman wearing Venice Carnival Costume
Woman wearing costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Background imageFancy Collection: Venice Carnival Jester Costume

Venice Carnival Jester Costume
Person wearing jester costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Background imageFancy Collection: Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding

Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936

Background imageFancy Collection: Half Pierrot costume

Half Pierrot costume
A gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s

Background imageFancy Collection: Royal Wedding 1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Royal Wedding 1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, pictured in a fancy dress costume at the age of six

Background imageFancy Collection: Gaby Deslys / Beagles

Gaby Deslys / Beagles
GABY DESLYS French singer and music hall artiste, wearing a fancy costume Date: 1884 - 1920

Background imageFancy Collection: Men

Men
Early 19th century fashion plate showing two designs for men. On the left is opera dress, complete with cloak and on the right a fancy dress costume for a page of the court of Francis I

Background imageFancy Collection: Spider Web Cloche Hat

Spider Web Cloche Hat
A rather unattractive young woman models a fantastical lace cloche hat with an elaborate spiders web radiating from the back - complete with spider



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