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Hairpin Collection

Background imageHairpin Collection: Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition

Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition
The (folded-open) interior of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition 'Feminine Eye View' at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London - December 1955

Background imageHairpin Collection: Queen Nenzima, Belgian Congo, Central Africa

Queen Nenzima, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Queen Nenzima of the Mangbettus (Mangbetu) tribe, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Background imageHairpin Collection: Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, 1787

Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, 1787
Woman in a sea-green redingote with two collars, gauze fichu, felt hat in canary decorated with ribbons, her hair tied with a hairpin a la Cagliostro. She holds a long cane or badine

Background imageHairpin Collection: Kirbigrip Hair Pins on a card

Kirbigrip Hair Pins on a card, for bobbed and shingled hair. 20th century

Background imageHairpin Collection: Hairpin bends, Denver Mountain Parks, Colorado, USA

Hairpin bends, Denver Mountain Parks, Colorado, USA
Famous double hairpin bends on the road to Lookout Mountain, Denver Mountain Parks, Colorado, USA. Date: 1920

Background imageHairpin Collection: Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England - The West bend

Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England - The West bend - The Ladder. Date: 1930s

Background imageHairpin Collection: Road sign in Scottish Highlands, Devils Elbow

Road sign in Scottish Highlands, Devils Elbow
Road sign on the Cairnwell Pass in the Scottish Highlands, warning drivers that they are approaching Devils Elbow, a dangerous double hairpin bend. Date: 1960s

Background imageHairpin Collection: Advert for Lefebvre Fils Aine, art nouveau jewellery 1910

Advert for Lefebvre Fils Aine, art nouveau jewellery 1910
Art nouveau jewellery by Lefebvre Fils Aine. 1910

Background imageHairpin Collection: Eritrea - Nefasit and winding road from Asmara

Eritrea - Nefasit and winding road from Asmara
Nefasit, a small town in the Northern Red Sea Region of Eritrea (formerly Italian East Africa). View across to the winding road that starts at Asmara. Date: 1930s

Background imageHairpin Collection: Advert for Hindes Limited the new hair pin 1893

Advert for Hindes Limited the new hair pin 1893
A hair pin without points has good points! see the point? New patented at home and abroad, Hindes hair pin. Can t scratch the head and won t fall out

Background imageHairpin Collection: Conejo Grade coast road, Ventura County, California, USA

Conejo Grade coast road, Ventura County, California, USA
Scene on the Conejo Grade coast road, Ventura County, California, USA. Date: circa 1915

Background imageHairpin Collection: Geisha with hairpin, Japan

Geisha with hairpin, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageHairpin Collection: Red Indian Hair Care

Red Indian Hair Care
The dressing table of a Seminola Indian from the Everglades, Florida, U.S.A. The sausage-roll shaped rat serves as a support for the coiffure built upon it. Date: 1930s

Background imageHairpin Collection: Tramp asks a horrified lady for a hairpin to clean his pipe

Tramp asks a horrified lady for a hairpin to clean his pipe
A Tramp asks a horrified smart lady, seated on a park bench for a hairpin to clean his pipe! Weary Willy seating himself beside nervous Miss Jones) - Will yer lend me a nairpin, Lidy

Background imageHairpin Collection: Diamond spikes

Diamond spikes


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