Functions Collection

Spitfire Colour Photo
The legendary fighter is seen here in its original format; later it will be modified in various ways to adapt it to specific functions and enhance performance

ST Therese Sacristan
Therese Martin (1873 - 1897) performing the functions of sacristan in her convent

Comic postcard, Two women discuss illness Date: 20th century

Glimpses of guests at the Beaux Arts and Silver
Glimpses of guests at the Beaux Arts (with costumes of the First Napoleonic Era) and Silver Balls, annual society functions held in New York, 1931 with Elizabeth Wallace Taylor Hardin

Waits at Seven Dials, London, 1853
Group of Christmas Waits or street musicians playing at Seven Dials, London. Until the middle of the 19th century Waits had been town musicians

A 1920s garden party
Several fashionably-dressed people enjoy a garden party in radiant sunshine. 1927

Irish Druid and Ollamh
An Irish Ollamh, a high- ranking bard, talks with a Filidhe, or herald bard, who holds a traditional Irish harp. Both had functions within the Druidic order. Date: BCE

England Stonehenge
Celebrating a grand conventional festival at Stonehenge : priests and bards perform their functions, oxen drag the Avane, containing a monster from the lake. Date: BCE

Franz Joseph Gall (1758 -1828). Neuroanatomist and physiolog
Franz Joseph Gall (1758 -1828). Neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Colored engraving

Dominique Joseph Garat
DOMINIQUE-JOSEPH, comte de GARAT : French statesman from Bayonne, whose task it was to tell Louis XVI he would be guillotined. He later served Napoleon in various functions. Date: 1749 - 1833

Hair styles for state functions in 1937
Suggestions for hair styles to be worn with regulation headwear at court presentations or state functions in 1937, the coronation year. Emile of Conduit Street advises curls dressed high on the head

Polygraph for brain and body monitoring in ESP testing
A multi-pen polygraph for the monitoring of brain and body functions during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

Exhibition Functions of the Federal Art Project. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of the functions of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. Date between 1936 and 1939

Queen Elizabeth II at functions and on holiday
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number showing Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II at various functions including Hurst Park, Ascot

Fighting it Out at Glorious Goodwood
Artists impression of a fighting finish at Goodwood, described in The Bystander magazine (from where this image is taken) as the most popular and prettiest of meetings

Bard and Ovate
A Bard and an Ovate (soothsayer) whose functions accompanied those of the druids, as two associated professional classes of religious practitioners. Date: BCE

Holborn Schools Band, Mitcham, Surrey
Boys band at Holborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation

Dance / Nautch Girl / India
A Nautch or dancing girl (also known as a Bayadere). Besides entertainment their dancing had religious functions & these women were sometimes connected to temples

Commissionaire Petherick
London characters: The commissionaire, who performs much the same functions as the couriers of the 21st century

Evening Dress Suit 1938
Evening dress suit worn with white waistcoat & bowtie. Perfect the formal evening functions

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping