Girls Collection (page 7)

Princess Louise Home, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
The Princess Louise Home at Kingston Hill was run by the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls. Date: circa 1905

Wallis suit with Biba accessories, 1966
Military influence in this navy suit, about 11 guineas at Wallis. Jazzed up with a yellow and plum striped tie and matching bag from Biba. Gold hoop earrings by Jewelcraft, gloves by Morley. 1966

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Girls with dolls and prams, Balham, SW London
Two little girls with dolls and prams on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Girl with doll in pram, Balham, SW London
A little girl hugs her doll in a pram on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Scouts, cubs and guides at Simla, India
Scouts of the 1st Simla (The King s) Troop, Wolf Cubs of the 3rd Simla Pack (BP), and Simla Girl Guides, India

Peter Pears, Emanuel Hurwitz violin and chorus
Peter Pears rehearsing the title role in Brittens Saint Nicolas at Orford Church, 23 June 1963. The Aldeburgh Festival Choir and the choir pf Ipswich High School for Girls fills the background

Guides and Scouts at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Was it a Mermaid? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her dog look into a rock pool on the beach. Date: 1940

The Water Nymph by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl paddling in the sea. Date: 1933

Little Brunette by Muriel Dawson -- a cute little girl with brown hair and a mauve woolly hat. Date: 1936

Viscountess Harcourt and daughters by Madame Yevonde
Viscountess Harcourt and two daughters by Madame Yevonde. She was the wife of the 2nd Viscount Harcourt. Her daughters are the Hon. Elizabeth Ann Harcourt (b. 1932) and the Hon

Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, North Africa
Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, showing their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Madagascar - A Group of Betsileo Women, a highland ethnic group. Date: circa 1910s

St Katharines Home for Girls, Southbourne
The St Katharines Home for Girls, Southbourne. The building shown here, in Church Road, was purpose built for the Home and completed in 1920

Little girl watering flowers by Muriel Dawson
A little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s

The Not Forgotten Royal Tea Party, 1937
Cutting the cake for wounded soldiers at Buckingham Palace: Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth attend the Not Forgotten Tea Party at the Royal Riding School at Buckingham Palace

A Little Supper Party by Hal Bevan Petman
Front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration of a flirtatious looking flapper girl, enjoying a drink and a cigarette, but, apparently, very little food

The Peachcomber by Rick Elmes
A dapper chap in a sharp white suit and cane enjoys the attentions of several young women in bathing suits on a beach. Date: 1927

Programme for Murrays Cabaret Club
Programme cover for Murrays Cabaret Club, London. Date unknown circa 1930s

Town Topics rehearsal in New York
Theatrical, Ned Wayburns Rehearsal for Town Topics. The ladies chorus dressing room of an unidentified theatre with women pictured in various stages of dressing and grooming. Date: c. 1915

Album no3 L Art et le Nu au Music Hall, Paris, 1925 1925

Princess Mary as a Girl Guide Commissioner
Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, as a Guide Commissioner presenting a Union Jack flag to a Girl Guide Corps. Date: 1922

Gibson Girl - Dorothy Date: circa 1910s

Gibson Girl - Bertha Date: circa 1910s

Dutch Girls
Two Dutch girls, probably sisters, in traditional costume, the older girl carrying the younger girl in her arms. Date: 1930s

Susan sits alone on the fence, unhappy to think that Dunderpate is going to marry the tailors daughter or the pastrycooks daughter. Date: 1938

Fairyland Fancies -- a little girl gazes into the fire, seeing imaginary figures of fairies, witches and goblins. late 19th century

Fine Feathers by Webster Murray
A glamorous cabaret star or showgirl, shows off her shapely legs on stage while wearing an extravagantly enormous feather headdress. Date: 1930

Programme cover for La Pie Qui Chante Theatre, Paris, 1919. Artwork by Marcelle de Saint Martin. 1919

Programe for the Concert Mayol
Programme cover for the Concert Mayol, Paris, 1925-1928. Artwork by Barjansky Date: 1925

Victorian girl with her nanny (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian girl, Beatrice (Emily Beatrice Violet, d 1930), standing on a chair, with her nanny standing next to her. They lived at Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire

Welsh woman in traditional costume on a donkey
A young Welsh woman in traditional costume, riding a donkey sidesaddle. This was the usual form of transport at the time -- for example

The Fairies Aeroplane by Muriel Dawson
Two little girls sit in a field of flowers looking at a hovering dragonfly

Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening

Soldiers in Lille 1918
British soldiers greeted by children in Lille on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

Workhouse Apprentices Handbill, Kendal, Westmorland
Copy of a handbill, thought to date from the 1820s, advertising the availability of boys and girls at the Kirkby, Kendal workhouse for being put out as parish apprentices

Northumberland Village Homes for Girls, Whitley Bay
The Northumberland Village Homes for Girls, Whitley Bay (or Whitley-on-Sea), was an industrial school established in 1879 for 140 girls. It became an Approved School in 1933

Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, Glasgow
The Glasgow Industrial School for Girls at Maryhill was established in 1855. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons

Laundry at National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Herts
Girls iron and fold clean washing in the laundry at the National Childrens Home, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Blything Union Childrens Home, Yoxford, Suffolk
Children and staff stand in front of the Blything Union childrens home at Yoxford, Suffolk. The home, opened in the early 1900s, accommodated pauper children away from the workhouse

Christmas children sledging
Four small girls dressed in matching festive red capes and with fur muffs share a rather long sledge decorated with holly, forming a very pictureseque scene as they whizz down a snowy slope

Calendar girl by David Wright
A blonde woman dressed in a transparent black teddy which leaves little to the imagination relaxes on a chaise lounge and enjoys the sensation of a new pair of silky stockings through her elegantly

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1932
Jolly front cover design for the Tatlers Summer Number featuring two cheery beach belles wearing fashionable pyjama suits. One smokes a cigarette while the other grins under a wide brimmed sun hat

The Bystander Summer Number 1928
A bold, colourful cover for The Bystander Summer Number featuring two attractive young women in beachwear. One, wearing a hat and holding a parasol, is more sensible of the sun

Between Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing distressed needlewomen below decks on an emigrant ship, with their belongings, making themselves confortable before the voyage begins

Girl on Stile / Spring
A little girl in a blue dress stands on a stile: spring is well under way, with blossom on the trees and birds flying

1950S Girl and Flowers
A blonde model with typical short, set fifties hairstyle and glossy pink lipstick poses with a bunch of pink roses

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