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Starr Woods Annual The Snark - ironingFront cover of Starr Woods Annual, The Snark, Summer 1928, featuring an illustration of a flapper girl with hair severely cropped and very short skirts
Sphagnum moss manufactured for surgical dressings, WW1Page from The War Budget reporting on the use of sphagnum moss, harvested in peat bogs, and processed into antiseptic surgical dressings during the First World War
Sunlight soap advertisement, WW1The CLEANEST fighter in the World - the British Tommy. Great War advertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers
War Budget cover - 1916Front cover of The War Budget showing a British soldier, bayonet fixed, looking determinedly into the future as a New Year - 1916 - dawns. Date: 1915
The Graphic Christmas Number 1914, front coverFront cover of The Graphic, 1914, its first Christmas number of the Great War, featuring two aeroplanes, the top one a German Taube, flying against a dark, ominous sky
Shooting Box to Let FurnishedAmusing illustration showing a sign which had genuinely been hung outside a dug-out in France. A photograph of it had been sent to its former tenant, a soldier in Llandudno Red Cross Hospital
The War Budget - Tommies in gas masksFront cover of The War Budget. Two British soldiers amuse a young woman when returning home on leave by sporting a gas mask. Date: 1916
British toys during WW1 - drums in a British toy factoryA girl making drums at an English toy factory. Stronger articles than the German variety. Before the war, Germany had been the premier supplier of toys to Britain
The War Budget - British Tommy reads letter from homeFront cover of The War Budget featuring illustration of a British soldier, dressed for winter with a fur or goatskin gherkin, seated contemplating a photograph of his wife or sweetheart. Date: 1916
Boots - Comforts for Campaginers advertisement, WWIAdvertisement for Boots the Chemists and their various suggestions for comforts - gifts to send to men fighting at the front during the First World War
The War Budget - black British soldierFront cover of The War Budge featuring a photograph of a black British soldier grinning widely. Date: 1916
The Slider by Arthur WattsSkaters in a winter sports resort watch with some consternation as a chap slides onto the ice in only his shoes. Date: 1930
Tatler cover - Marion Davies & Suzanne LenglenActress Marion Davies pictured making up tennis star Suzanne Lenglen for a film test at a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. Date: 1927
Sketch cover - the Lygon sistersFront cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph of Lady Lettice Lygon flanked by her sisters, Sibell (left) and Mary (right)
Lady Inverclyde by Madame YevondeJune Howard (nÚÑáTripp), Lady Inverclyde (circa 1900-1985), Actress; second wife of 4th Baron Inverclyde. Pictured with her spaniel wearing a brimless hat in which she has pinned a brooch in
Bystander cover - Lady Mary PakenhamLady Mary Katherine Clive (nÚÑáPakenham 23 August 1907 19 March 2010), British writer and historian, known for her memoirs of her family and her time as a debutante
Ponds skincare advertisement, Lady Mary PakenhamOne in a series of Ponds Cold Cream advertisements during the 1930s featuring a society lady, in this case, Lady Mary Pakenham
L Acaciosa de Caron fragrance advertisementAdvertisement for L Acaciosa de Caron, parfume de jeunesse (perfume of youth). Popular with debutantes during the inter-war years. Date: 1930
On GuardAn alert terrier stands by its owners gloves and lead, ready for a walk. Date: 1929
Blase by Webster MurrayA line of insouciant chorus girls doing high-kicks as the orchestra plays in the pit below. Date: 1929
Bystander front cover featuring Miss Mary AshleyHon. Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, daughter of multi-millionaire, Lt-Col Wilfred Ashley (1st Baron Mount Temple) and sister of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten
Summer in Silhouette by H. L. OakleySilhouette of a summer scene with a couple in swimwear punting on a river. Date: 1925
The Belle-Buoy by Douglas WalesThree 1920s bathing belles take a rest on a floating buoy out at sea. Date: 1929
Kensitas advertisement, 1929Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes featuring a footman in elaborate uniform taking his employers small dog for a walk while enjoying a sneaky ciggie! 1929
For the Fashionable Convalescent - Harrods advertisementAdvertisement for a charming reception outfit for when one is feeling a little wan, can t get out of bed, but wants to look ones best. Date: 1929
The Tatler Summer Number front cover, 1929Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number for 1929 featuring a delightful illustration of a lady in an elaborate swimsuit and marine-themed headdress exploring a rock pool. Date: 1929
La Poupee by Ernest HubbardA young woman in a slip admires herself in front of a mirror. Close by a poupee or boudoir doll sits with its arms outstretched looking up at its owner. Date: 1929
Inspiration by H. M. Bateman" Why, thats the very thing" ! A rather large and curvaceous 1920s lady contemplates a fashion magazine featuring the slim and sinuous fashions of the decade. Date: 1929
The Debutante - hairdressing from EmileAdvertisement for Emile Ltd of Conduit Street, hairdressers to high society offering a faultless method of dressing the hair for court presentations. Date: 1929
Advertisement for the Arandora Star cruise shipAdvertisement for the Arandora Star from the Blue Star Line, the worlds finest cruising steamer. In 1940, the ship was requisitioned to transport interned enemy aliens from the UK to Canada
Lip stick in Tutankhamens dayIllustration reflecting facts described in Adolph Ermans Life in Ancient Egypt showing an Egyptian woman applying rouge - apparently the Egyptians applied this even to corpses. Date: 1924
Couleur de Rose advertisementAdvertisement for Granvilles Couleur de Rose the only natural tint for the cheeks. Date: 1924
Juan-Les-Pins on the French RivieraJuan-Les-Pins a town and a health resort and spa in the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Cote d Azur on the French Riviera
The Galata Bridge - Istanbul. The capital city of the Roman Empire between 330-395 AD, in Byzantine times, Byzantium was considered the world centre of civilsation for 600 years
Torre dell Orologio, Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice, ItalyClock tower (torre dell Orologio), Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1908
Venice, Italy - Equestrian Statue of Gen Bartolomeo ColleoniVenice, Italy - Equestrian Statue of General Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400-1475) an Italian condottiero, who became captain-general of the Republic of Venice. Date: circa 1908
Hugh Wakefield by Giuseppe AmisaniPortrait of English actor Hugh Wakefield (1888-1971), possessing, according to The Sketch in which this painting was reproduced, a genius for the portrayal of inoffensive inebriates
The Dolmabahce Palace, IstanbulThe Dolmabahce Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853
Florence (Firenze), Italy - the famous Ponte Vecchio, a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the River Arno still topped with houses and shops. Date: circa 1907
Baby Artist - A (very) youthful photographer and his subject. Date: circa 1903
Siena, Italy - the Arch of S. Giuseppe (St. Joseph)Siena, Italy - Arch of S. Giuseppe (St. Joseph) and view of Via Giovanni Dupre toward the Campanile. Date: circa 1902
St. Marks College, Chelsea - South Building - between Kings Road and Fulham Road, London. Date: circa 1906
Lake Maggiore, Italy - Sunset. Date: circa 1904
Little boy in his winter woollies and the family pet dog Date: 1935
Stylish Woman - Barrow - 1920s. Note the fantastic Art Deco styling of the light fittings, cut-out alcove and the dress itself! Date: circa 1920s
The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London - on the corner of Hammersmith Road and Rowan Road. Date: circa 1907
Autumn Fashions displayed - C. W.s Societies, ManchesterAutumn Fashions displayed - C.W.S Societies Customers Department, Manchester Date: circa 1916
Cumbernauld New Town, Scotland - MuirheadCumbernauld New Town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland - Muirhead. Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. Date: circa 1969