Headdress Collection (page 18)

Russian Countrywoman wearing floral headdress
Russian Countrywoman wearing a floral headdress Date: circa 1905

Sultan Khalifa II bin Harub of Zanzibar, East Africa
The Sultan of Zanzibar, East Africa, His Highness Sultan Sayyid Sir Khalifa II bin Harub. He ruled Zanzibar from December 9, 1911 to October 9, 1960. Date: circa 1950s

Woman in traditional Russian Costume
Reproduction of a painting by Viktor Alexejewitsch Bobrov depicting a young Russian woman in traditional costume - entitled Antonida. Date: 1902

America depicted on the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, London Date: 1904

Pipe Player of the Solomon Islands, a collection of nearly one thousand islands in Oceania (that form a sovereign country) - performing music for a traditional dance. Date: circa 1930s

Italian Beauty - Portrait
1920s Italian Beauty - Close-up Portrait Date: circa 1920s

Oriental Beauty - Turkish Ottoman Flags
A veiled oriental beauty with pretty eyes set in a frame beneath two Turkish Ottoman flags - patriotic postcard. Date: circa 1910s

Traditional Local Costume - Thessaloniki, Greece
Mother and Children in Traditional Local Costume - Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

Rita Sacchetto in Pierrot costume
Rita Sacchetto, born Margaritha Sacchetto, (1880-1959) - German dancer and actress - pictured here with a remarkable long-necked stringed instrument and dressed as Pierrot. Date: circa 1910

Lebanese girl in Festival Costume Date: 1907

Sarah Bernhardt - Publicity for her role in L Aiglon
Photograph of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in La Princesse Lointaine by Edmond Rostand (in 1895), used to publicise her latest role in L Aiglon (1900), also by Rostand. Date: 1900

Bosnian Bridesmaid with elaborate headdress
Bridesmaid from the territory close to Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina wearing a quite sensational headdress and rather low-cut blouse! Date: circa 1910s

Syria - Palestinian Freedom Fighter
This postcard depicting a Palestinian Freedom Fighter was sent as a gift to the Palestinian Newspaper (Jarida Filastir 1911-1948) by an opponent of the British Mandate. Date: circa 1920

Soviet Armenia - Collective Woman - Armenian Farmer
Beautiful photographic portrait from Soviet Armenia - Collective Woman - Armenian Farmer. Date: circa 1930s

Soviet Armenia - Collective Farmer - Ortakent Village
Soviet Armenia - Collective Farmer Matevasyan Zarmandukht - Ortakent Village, Mikoyan District. Date: circa 1930s

Two Japanese women cleaning a Geisha House
Beautiful postcard, depicting two Japanese women (O-Kiku-Ean and Ayame-San) cleaning a Geisha House. Date: circa 1910s

Woman from Vietnam - Tonkin
Woman from Northern Vietnam - Tonkin region, close to the Chinese border - wearing a fantastic vertigious turban headdress and a metal circlet around her neck. Date: circa 1910s

Singapore - A Young boy Chinese Actor Date: 1908

Norway - Traditional Costume - Mother and daughter
Norwegian Mother and daughter (and pet dog!) in traditional dress. Good examples of Hardanger embroidery or Hardangersom - a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white

Russian Singer - Madam Maria Karinskaya. Date: 1910

Alme - Bauty from the Caucasus
" Alme" - a Russian beauty from one of the Southern Turcic States (Turkmenistan?). Date: 1904

Antonida - Glinka Opera - Bobroff
Antonida, a character from the patriotic-heroic tragic opera A LIfe for the Tsar by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. Date: 1902

A High Ranking Boyar Woman
A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Woman in a fine and expensive silken gown Date: 1904

Russian Bride
From the Altar A Russian Bride. Date: 1903

Italy - Meran or Merano - Saltners
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Russian Boyar girl - portrait by Bobroff
Portrait of a Russian Boyar girl (high class/rank/status) with long brunette hair tied in a plait, in luxurious traditional costume. Date: 1901

A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar Woman
A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Russian Woman with elaborate headdress, sheer veil and strings of fine pearls. Date: 1909

Bride and groom from Hardanger, Norway
A bride and groom from Hardanger, Norway wearing the traditional marital costume, including the famous crown headdress worn by the bride. Date: circa 1905

Dr Syntax behind the scenes at the opera, in London. Date: 1820

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