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Original Artwork - Card design for second birthdayOriginal Artwork - Design for a folding second birthday card. A Lovely party tea in full swing with jelly, cake and party hats. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1937
Postcard design artwork - We wish you a quick recovery. Three schoolgirls, in matching outfits and wide-brimmed hats, carrying bunches of flowers to wish somebody well. Date: circa 1937
St Marylebone Workhouse InmatesAged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905
Chinese peasants in grass coats, c. 1880 sChinese peasants in grass coats, c.1880 s
c. 1880s Japan - farm labourers
Fish market, Lisbon, Portugal, c. 1890Fish market, Lisbon, Portugal, c.1890
Headgear on display in the Mall, LondonA variety of headgear on display in The Mall, Central London. Date: circa 1960s
Family sorting shoes in Berwick Street Market, LondonFamily search for matching second hand shoes in Berwick Street Market, London. Date: 1950s
Duke of Gloucester wedding procession, LondonProcession after the royal wedding of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester to Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, London, 6 November 1935. Date: 1935
A wet day in the City of LondonTwo bowler-hatted city gents stride through puddles on their way to work, City of London. Date: circa 1950s
Comic postcard, Two women in the street Date: 20th century
Tew & Lea, Comedy Artistes, Hippodrome, Leeds - undoubtedly hold the key to the floodgates of mirth. Date: circa 1912
The Scarlet Mr Es and their Jester, the Famous Masked Entertainers, Palace Theatre, Brighton Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Water Chute, Edinburgh Exhibition - shooting the chute Date: 20th century
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Free PressThe Caption is Free Press. The Prime Ministers message is This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c. 1900Three ladies posing for a studio photograph in a fake car. Date: c.1900
Back view of two ladies walking along an unidentified sea front arm in arm. Date: c.1948-1952
Spring Notions for Hats and Shoes in London, 1925 from Dolcis Shoe Company and Wolland Brothers, Date: 1925
Advert for Bogey Sports Hats from Lincoln Bennett, London, 1925 Date: 1925
Cover of Eve Magazine, 11 March 1925 featuring A Churchill Hat model Date: 1925
New hats for the coming Spring from Peter Robinson, London, 1925 Date: 1925
Fashion examples of prepartion for the Spring, 1925, including a dinner frock worn by the American film actress Norma Shearer (top centre) Date: 1925
The latest hat designs sketched by Porter Woodruff, Paris, 1925 Date: 1925
Hat styles sketched by Soulie, Paris, 1925 Date: 1925
Some new hat styles from Marthe Regnier and Jane Blanchot, Paris, 1925 Date: 1925
Advert for the Parisian couturier Marthe Regnier, 1925 showing a portrait of Jeanne Provost Date: 1925
A band, most of whom are wearing disguise of heavy eyebrows and moustaches, presumably a gimmick during a performance, or just for the hell of it
Four Cloche Hats. 1 - Striped crochet cloche in red, white and blue by Jane Gozzet at Spice No.1 accompanied by patriotic bead and pearl earrings from Harrods
Selection of womens brimmed hats. Date: 1916
Six delightful young ladies - actually men dressed up as women. They do look rather fetching though. Date: 1920s
Captain Newcome is shaved roughly on the Equator inCaptain Newcome is shaved roughly before being dunked in a tub of bilge water on the Equator. A sailor dressed as Neptune holds a trident and sits on a throne on a gun carriage
Arrival of aristocracy at a dance ball in a grand house, 19th century. Sir Roger Ferguson is accompanied by Lady de Tabby and Mrs Freezer in crinolines
Costume of the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, 18th century. Two women in their distinctive small round caps, and a lazy young man in the slovenly clothes of the Lower Valais. Costume dei Vallesiani
Woman in marine blue chiffon skirt and turquoise vest, 1913Woman in skirt of marine blue chiffon, vest of turquoise crepe de chine, seated on a chaise longue. Jupe de mousseline de soie marine
Seven hats designed by French milliner Arlette Carus. Chapeaux par Arlette Carus. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Eiger from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et
Woman in vest of Scottish silk vest, crepe cotton skirtWoman sitting in armchair wearing a vest of Scottish silk vest, crepe cotton skirt, with a cat playing with her parasol. Veste de soie ecossaise, jupe de crepon de coton souris
Children in hats and coats with a dog on a farm. Costumes du matin. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des
The visit of the Shah of Persia to Britain - meeting the Royal family at Portsmouth on 20 August, 1902. Group photograph onboard the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert. Date: 1902
A jolly mens drinking club - the table is well stocked with beer and glasses and everyone is very smartly-dressed in top hats ans suits, some with additonal badges of office ! Date: circa 1920
Large group of holidaymakers on a British beach - looking up at the photographer (possibly stood on the promenade?) - the photograph was taken at 8pm on July 11, 1925
A group of five women posing for a photograph in the 1920s, all in hats, mainly of the cloche variety. Date: 1920s
Two children in fancy dress; the little boy is dressed as a chef while a little girl makes a very respectable maid or waitress. Date: 1920s
Workmen on oil rig supply ship off The Lizard, CornwallWorkmen on the supply ship of the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s
Cartoon, A Tight Fit (Northcote and John Bull)Cartoon, A Tight Fit -- Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stafford Northcote, depicted as a tailor, measures John Bull with a tape measure labelled Budget 1876
Cartoon, Permissive Government (Disraeli and Hartington)Cartoon, Permissive Government -- a conversation between Lord Hartington, new leader of the Liberal Party (in opposition), and Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister
Cartoon, Good-Bye! (Gladstone and Disraeli)Cartoon, Good-Bye! Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli says goodbye to his political rival, William Gladstone, who was giving up the leadership of the Liberal Party
Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander (Gladstone and Disraeli)Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander -- in a fairground analogy, Gladstone criticises the Conservative governments Savings Banks Bill, which was later withdrawn
Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! (Disraeli and Tax)Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! A satirical comment on Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer, raising of income tax by two pennies in the pound