Lines Collection (page 12)

High-Waisted Frocks 1918
The silhouette at the close of decade: skirts have become less full but narrow at the hem, waist-lines remain high. Hats: high crowns & narrow brims. Shoes: high heals & bows. Date: 1918

Ball Dress Dec. 1824
White gown with gallo-greek bodice & short puffed sleeves. The hem is decorated with rouleaux - some applied in wavy lines. Bows adorn the skirt, sleeves & bodice. Date: 1824

Stonehenge Reconstructed
A model of Stonehenge, reconstructed along the lines suggested by William Stukeley - compare this with our prints from Stukeleys book. Date: circa 1900

Paper Printing Machine
A machine for printing the lines on paper for accountants ledgers. Date: mid 19th century

Rus-Jap War Reported 2
RUSSIA-JAPAN WAR : the war correspondent of Le petit Journal exposes himself to enemy fire as he watches from the Japanese lines in Manchuria Date: 1905

Paratroops Landing 1944
Allied paratroops land behind the enemy lines, to take the German defences in the rear Date: 6 June 1944

Letter Press Printing
A letter press printer being operated with both hands and feet. A typesetter works in the background and sheets of printed paper are drying on lines above him. Date: 1827

Euripides / Anon / Circle
EURIPIDES Greek playwright Date: 5th Century BC

German gas attack on the Russian front; three lines of troops wait to attack after the gas has done its work. Date: 1915

Cosmic Facial Lines
METOPOSCOPY : Even the furrows in your brow are due, not to intense mental effort or worry, but to the activities of the stars in their courses... Date: 16/17th century

Dryden / Washing Lambs / 50
A girl uses Persil washing powder to keep her lambs white - she then pegs them out to dry on the washing line! Date: 1930s

Naples / Side Street 20C
A side street, with the inevitable washing lines Date: early 20th century

Railway line disappearing into the distance. Date: 1970s

Telegraph lines crossing the American Great Plains
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway line, crossing the American Great Plains. Date: circa 1880

General view of Fairon, Belgium
General view of the town of Fairon, Belgium. Date: circa 1905

My own Darby & Joan - Music Sheet Cover broadcast and recorded by Jack Simpson. An illustration of hearts and lines with a photo of Jack Simpson on the left bottom. Date: circa 1947

Pointed stakes of the Eastern Front, Russia, WW1
Pointed stakes on the Eastern Front, Russia, First World War, to supplement a shortness in supply of barbed wire. Date: circa 1917

Well-kept section of the Eastern Front, Russia, WW1
A well-kept section of the Eastern Front, Russia, during the First World War, with lines of wire creating a double barricade in front of the Russian trenches. Date: circa 1917

Ardwick Industrial School, Manchester - campsite
Lines of tents at the annual camping expedition from Ardwick Green Industrial School, Manchester. Date: Date unknown

Railway strike 1911: Manchetser terminus, walking passagers
Passagers walking along the metals into London Road, their trains having been deserted. August 1911

Bird and cottage on a Christmas and New Year card
Bird singing in front of a cottage on a Christmas and New Year card, surrounded by white and gold decoration. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas and New Year card with flowers and birds
Christmas and New Year card in green, grey and red (front cover) with flowers and birds. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Rooftop view, Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Rooftop view of Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA, with a sign for H Warshow, paints and oil suppliers, and washing lines with clothes drying. Date: circa 1890s

American football game in progress, USA
American football gridiron game in progress, USA. Date: circa 1910

Railway strike 1911: London lines being guarded
Great Western Railway was being protected by Grenadiers against any vandalism coursed by protesters. August 1911

Summer Fashions by Zyrot, 1927
The height of summer and summer modes - exquisite models in which lovely lines and colours etherealise. English beauty created by Zyrot et Cie Date: 1927

New summer fashion models from Sara Camerons London salon
Lovely lines and subtle drapery distinquish the models of the moment from Sarah Camerons collection, London, Date: 1927

Cover of a souvenir booklet for the Docks at Southampton, shaped into the form of an ocean liner. Date: circa 1935

Boat day in, Honolulu harbour, Hawaii, USA
Boat day in Honolulu harbour, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Street scene in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
A colourful street scene in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. circa 1930

Advert for Eastern Greyhound Lines, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Advertisement on a postcard for Eastern Greyhound Lines, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, showing people taking a break from their journey from New York to Los Angeles to enjoy the country scenery. Date: 1930

Trigloporus lastoviza, or Streaked Gurnard, a species of searobin. Date: 1863

Art nouveau design with geometrical shapes. Date: circa 1920s

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