Garlands Collection (page 3)

Scenes in India during the First World War
In the top photograph British Territorials rest during manoeuvres in a hilly district. The lower picture was taken at a public reception to Major-General Sardar Puran Singh Bahadur

Children at a party, Soho Fire Station, London
Children at a New Year party, Soho Fire Station, London, 2 January 1955. A total of 65 children attended, seen here sitting at tables in the appliance room

Decking the halls: Christmas decorations, 1871
Women decorate the interior of a house at Christmas with festive greenery. A stags head is being festooned with garlands, whilst a ball of mistletoe hangs from the light. Date: 1871

Silver Jubilee street scene in London, with garlands and flags. Date: 1935

Silver Jubilee decorations, Ludgate Circus, London
Silver Jubilee decorations on a building at Ludgate Circus, London. Date: 1935

Scene in Ludgate Hill, London, with flags and garlands for the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

View of Fleet Street, London, with flags and garlands for the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Date: 1935

Coronation preparations at Harrods by Matania
A busy scene at Harrods department store, showing the vast array of Coronation novelties in the making to decorate the shop front and surrounding streets. Date: 1911

Christmas Delineator
Two women in elegant dresses deck a spectacular Christmas tree with baubles, candles and garlands. Underneath is a small mountain of presents. Date: December 1931

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

Portrait of woman wearing flowers illustrating Summer. Date: 1871

Royal visit of Queen Victoria to Liverpool, 1886
The royal procession passing along Castle Street, on the occasion of Queen Victorias visit to the Liverpool Exhibition, 1886. Date: 1886

Royal wedding 1863 - passing the curfew tower at Windsor
The reception of Princess Alexandra of Denmark(Princess of Wales)(1844-1925)in London on the occasion of her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)(1841-1910)

Illustration, Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway
Circular illustration, Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway. Showing children dancing in a circle with garlands of flowers. 1885

Kaiser Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria (1830-1916), seen here with others, all in ceremonial uniform. circa early 20th century

American Natives / De Bry
Native Americans as described by travellers, with a bow for hunting, a canoe for fishing and a basket for gathering Date: 16th century

Pieter Burman
PIETER BURMAN Dutch scholar and poet - Fame trumpets his praises, a cupid carves his name on a monument while others prepare garlands to ornament his brow... Date: 1668 - 1741

Stevenson / Tomb / Samoa
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Tomb of the Scottish writer and his wife on the summit of Vaea, Samoa Date: 1850 - 1894

Music cover for Julliens American Polka (part of Louis Antoine Julliens Celebrated Polkas series), based on popular American melodies and dedicated to Mr Thompson of Glasgow

Esmeralda Quadrilles, music cover
Scene from a ballet on a music cover for the Esmeralda Quadrilles by Charles W Glover. A male ballet dancer takes centre stage, with several ballerinas grouped round him

A community Christmas tea party, with adults and children. Decorations and garlands hang from the ceiling, and there are three long tables with plates of sandwiches and glasses

USA, Hawaii - three local women
Superb card depicting three Hawaiian beauties in traditional lack of costume!

Garlants Hotel - Suffolk Street, close to Pall Mall
Garlants Hotel - at the end of Suffolk Street, tucked between Trafalgar Square and Haymarket / Pall Mall, London SW1. The building still exists, although it is no longer used as a Hotel

The Republic of Ireland proclaimed: saluting the GPO
The troops of the new Eire salute as they pass the General Post Office, where the Easter rebels of 1916 proclaimed the Republic, 33 years earlier

Rustic wedding in Kent
A rustic wedding in Kent -- the bride sits on a horse-drawn cart which has been decorated with garlands, and receives a lucky horseshoe from the village blacksmith

Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts & his wife
Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts (1892 - 1991) & his wife decked out in floral garlands on an official visit. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Hawaian girl, with floral garlands
A very early postcard depicting a Hawaian girl, with floral garlands around her neck and head

Vaczrol - Hungary - The dedication ceremony for a military memorial

Olympic / Publicity 1932
Female athletes perform a routine to publicise the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics

Pan Honoured by Ladies
Pan - also known to the Romans as Sylvanus or Faunus - is honoured by half-a-dozen ladies who drape his statue with garlands

Costume October 1851
Gowns by Monsieur Gagelin. A Spanish style manteau or cloak of lace with a ?hood is worn by one lady while her companion sports a grey 3/4 length manteau

Scandinavian Festival
A Scandinavian Midsummer festival, centred around a large cross with floral wreaths on it, with girls wearing garlands sitting around guitarist

Wedgwood / Music Cover
An illustration of a typical Wedgwood design on the cover of the music sheet Wedgwood Blue

Cervantes / Madrid / Home
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Commemorative plaque on the wall of the Spanish novelists home in Madrid

May Queens Garlands
The May Queen is honoured by villagers with garlands

Gustavus Vasa / Stockholm
Gustavus Vasa enters Stockholm

Eveving Wear 1862
Evening or Ball dress: skirt with pink & white puffings, white overskirt caught up with bouquets & garlands of roses; green patterned dress, triple skirt & black trim

Costume January 1862
Ball / evening dress: pink & white ruched edged flounces, over-skirt hitched up at the sides & ornamented with pink roses. Black pardessus with pagoda sleeves

Bon Genre No. 78 Costume
High waisted white robe, long sleeves divided equidistantly with strings of roses, a floral border down the front & at the hem, roses adorn her petticoat & floral headdress

Roman Offerings
Three women decorate the Temple with offerings of fruit and garlands

Performing Horse C. 1700
The Finest Taught Horse in the World. The horse bedecked in floral garlands assists in a card trick. No doubt he just responds to small signals from his master

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