Handbag Collection

Nun looking at the camera, with her finger covering her lips as if in a conspiracy of silence. Date: circa 1970s

Woman police officer in new Surrey uniform
Woman police officer (Eileen Greenwood) in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, and the hat was in black and white with a checked design

Diana, Princess of Wales in St Columb, Cornwall
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), chatting to a member of the 650th anniversary Pageant cast during a visit to St Columb, Cornwall

Two women out walking with dogs
Two women out walking with terrier dogs. Date: circa 1930s

King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand
An official two-day state visit to the UK by King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) (1927-) and Queen Sirikit (1932-) of Thailand - arriving at Gatwick Airport. Date: 1960

Two women police officers and woman with suitcase
Two women police officers (Jean Grasy and Margaret Findlay or Knight), one of them a sergeant, talking to a young woman with a suitcase on a London street. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1960s

Chic model in shirtwaister dress
Chic model with tied-back hair, a shirtwaister dress with revere collar and belt, leather gloves, handbag and multiple strings of pearls. Date: circa 1959

Model in outdoor setting with teddy bear coat
Glamorous model in outdoor setting with teddy bear coat with matching fur hat and fur collar. Date: circa late 1950s

Client: Woollands Brothers - black cocktail dress
Client: Woollands Brothers - Model in black cocktail dress with long black leather gloves and handbag and gentleman seated in evening dress, smoking a cigarette - September 4, 1957 Date: 1957

Client: Linzi - Pink Lace Evening Dress - September 26, 1957. Date: 1957

Shoot for Vanity Fair - Tweed Coat and small car - July 5, 1960 Date: 1960

Mother and daughter (and teddy bear)
A Mother and daughter (who has dropped her teddy bear). Shoot for Maternity outfits Woollands on January 10, 1957 Date: 1957

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and cow Date: 20th century

Two people pass each other in a London street
Two people pass each other in a Central London street. Date: circa 1950s

Comic Postcard - feeble Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl
Comic Postcard - ( My Word !) Get Thee behind me Temptress - a feeble and effete Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl, although one wonders if she is quite his type anyway... 1910

Woman police officer in updated uniform, London
Woman police officer in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, and the checkered cravat replacing the bow tie

Beauty Contest Participant and Proud Parents
A Bathing Beauty Contest Participant and her Proud (if slightly shy) Parents! Date: circa 1949

Lili Alvarez - Spanish Tennis Champion at Wimbledon in 1926
Elia Maria Gonzalez-Alvarez y Lopez-Chicheria, also known as Lili Alvarez (19051998) - a Spanish multi-sport competitor, an international tennis champion, an author, feminist and a journalist

Gas Mask Handbag by Dolcis, 250 Oxford Street, London and branches, studio fashion photograph. From an advertorial article, Women at Home and on Parade'. Date: 1939

Advert showing Vani-Tred's Carlton range of women's shoes. Date: 1943

Styles of women's accessories popular in Spring 1932. Date: 1932

A sketch of a woman in a fashionable tweed suit, accessorised with hat, scarf and handbag. This sort of outfit was popular for wearing in the country, or for mornings in town. Date: circa 1932

Art deco lady with handbag, long coat and high heels
Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi was born in 1879 and died in 1949. He lived for many years in Paris working as a caricature cartoonist

1928 WOMAN LIPMANN
Spring fashions on the cover of Die Dame - a woman carries her handbag under her arm Date: March 1928

Comic postcard, Woman at cafe counter, short of money Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman annoys Scotsman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman chats to a friend about her husband Date: 20th century

Original Artwork - Budget for Lewiss Summer Sale
Original Artwork - Design for a Lewiss Summer Sale promotional item or advertisement - Woman in a wide-brimmed spotty hat checking the money in her purse. Date: circa 1937

Cute dog being carried in a handbag, London, 1931

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Who Cares a Darn
The Caption is Who cares a darn. A watrtime slogan was Make do and Mend. Clothing was rationed but this young lady seems prettly cheerful. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1942

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Booked
This is a typical Dinah play on words. Dinahs children always have shiny shoes. The boy has a satchel while the girl has a handbag. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

Sketches of a complete Spring outfit from Gordon Conway, London, 1925 - comprising dress, shoes, handbag, hat and coat Date: 1925

Young woman in dress of white crepe de chine, 1913
Young woman in dress of white crepe de chine decorated with black velvet in garden with roses on lattice. Robe de jeune fille en crepe de chine blanc et garnie de velours noirs

Ethel and her young brother in fancy dress
Ethel and her younger brother in fine fancy dress costume - this scene is in part a satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Date: 1913

Cartoon, A Holiday (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Holiday -- a satirical comment on disagreements Benjamin Disraeli was having within his own governing party. He is depicted as a haughty female servant, off on a days holiday

Advert for Dunhills Lytup Handbags 1923
Advertisement for the Lytup handbag from Alfred Dunhill, with a small electric light illuminating the contents whenever it is opened up

Womens fashions from Paris, three summer dresses. 1929

Fashionable woman of Martinique, French West Indies
Fashionable woman of Martinique, West Indies (then a French colony). Date: 1922

Couple at Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Couple outside the Rambla Casino at Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa late 1940s

Holly and mistletoe in a handbag on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Two Years After. 1901

Mabel Knibbs of Windsor with her new handbag, 1941
The Sketch featured this picture in their We Take Off Our Hat To- page on 18th June 1941. " Mabel Knibbs of Windsor, fourteen year old member of the Windsor Youth Club detatchment

Princess Margaret attends Wimbledon, 1959
Princess Margaret arrives at Wimbledon for the tennis championship finals in 1959, dressed in a green dress with a matching hat Date: 1959

Advert for J. C Vickery clasp bags 1918
Two clasp bags, left; solid tortoiseshell and silk hand-bag, right; black mole grey, real antelope, with marcassite and silver clasp, lined grey fitted with mirror and power-puff. Date: 1918

Advert for Parkins & Gotto 1895
Selection of novelty Christmas presents. 1895

RECEIVING A LETTER
A decorative lady slips a letter into her handbag Date: 1928

Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929 Advert for Swan & Edgar handbags 1929
Selection of the newest silk handbags with grip clasp. Date: 1929

London Shoppers - 1908
London shoppers during the sales. Date: 1908

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