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A narrow Canal - Venice, Italy. Date: 1916

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens fur garments 1905
Edwardian woman wearing a fur Russian sable bolero. 1905

Noble & Middle Class C14
Clothing of the upper & middle class: voluminous outer garments resembling cloaks or mantles, fur hats with narrow up-turned brims. N.B shoes with bars, pouch & dagger. Date: 14th century

Tunic dress circa 1912
Exotically patterned & brightly coloured tunic dress: narrow skirt, over-skirt draped to form a polonaise & a pleated tunic with a wrap over corsage. Worn with a soft hat. Date: circa 1912

Chinese Embroidery 1913
A narrow fitting dress with bateau (boat) neckline made from an oriental (Chinese) fabric depicting cranes & flowers. She wears 2 long strings of beads. 1913

Billie Burkes Packard
Actress BILLIE BURKE wears an ensemble with a narrow draped skirt & round necked blouse which partially covers the skirt to create a short tunic & is worn with a belt. Date: 1913

Woman wear a merry widow hat and Plumes
Young woman in a narrow fitting skirt, high necked blouse, full-length coat with black lapels & turned-back cuffs & a broad brimmed hat with plumes. Date: circa 1913

3-PIECE SUIT 1909
A sobre looking R G Tatlow wears a dark chalk stripe 3- piece suit with narrow trousers, waistcoat with a collar, shirt with a turn down collar, tie & black boots. Date: 1909

Fur Trimmed Tunic 1914
Narrow fashionable silhouette of narrow skirt worn with a fur-trimmed V back tunic. Her hair is dressed simply with a soft hat worn close to the head. Date: 1914

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

Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, WW1
Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, a comment on the changing fashionable style from the narrow long skirts with tunics and drooping feathers to short, bell-shaped skirts, vertical hats and high boots

Feminine Boater 1919
Soft crowned hat with chin strap, accordian pleated short tubular skirt, short coatee, boater style hat, checked suit with open jacket with a narrow belt at the bustline. Date: 1919

Evening Dress 1919
La Robe Dindon: barrel-line evening gown with narrow shoulder straps with a long train descending from them - the whole ornamented with plumes as is the high headdress. Date: 1919

Costume / Fantasio 1915
He: short trousers with turn- ups, high heeled town boots with spats, jacket with narrow shoulders & tight waist, hair in the aviator style. She: tricorn hat & cape coat. Date: 1915

Cairo: Sharia Bab-el-Wazir. Date: 1904

Social / Granada Street
People and a donkey in a narrow, cobbled street in Granada Date: 1908

Ladies Treasury 1880
Jacket body: pointed side basques, wrap-over front & buckle, skirt of narrow flounces & slight train. Plum & grey tunic: pleated bodice, cord & tassel belt. Date: 1880

Balak Egypt 1904
A street scene. Date: 1904

Park Wear 1898
Narrow sleeves, slight puff at shoulder, d-b jacket bodice, pointed revers, border of machine stitching, scallop edge over-skirt with side split, 3/4 rounded cape. Date: 1898

DRESSES 1954
Two elegant, pencil-skirted dresses. One has 3/4 length sleeves and gathered detailing at the neck and waist; the other a diagonally buttoned bodice. Date: 1954

Spain / Fuentarabia 1906
Fuentarabia: a narrow street with tall buildings on either side Date: 1906

Walking Dress 1819
Lemon coloured pelisse, trimmed at hem, collar & cuffs with 2 narrow fluted full flounces; large pink bonnet, red Parisian reticule & Marine boots. Date: 1819

1879 / Afghan Accident
Members of the Royal Horse Artillery have an accident while attempting to manoeuvre along the narrow road over the Lundi Kotul Pass in the Kyber. Date: 1879

Paris fashion plate 1878
Silk Christmas and New Years party dresses. Hair arranged high, the front parted and waved, or the ends curved forward in crescent shape on the forehead, chignon on the nape of the neck. Date: 1878

Main street, Saint Malo, Britanny, Northern France. Date: circa 1905

Wilhelm Ii / Stafford 1896
WILHELM II depicted as the modern Caesar bestriding the narrow world like a Colossus 1896

Elegant tailored summer dress 1909
Woman wearing Merry Widow hat with plumes and pretty tunic frock with rats tail embroideries in mauve and gold on net. 1909

Modelling Gown 1930S
Two potential customers watch a mannequin model a gown with a gored skirt, pointed panels forming a yoke on the hips, a loosely tied narrow sash & a marabou trimmed cape. Date: early 1930s

Summer frocks 1907
Two women wearing charming summer frocks, (left) white muslin with black spots, valenciennes lace and narrow rouleaux of pale blue silk

Womens country clothing 1886
Two women wearing beautiful summer clothing with narrow waists and bustles. 1886

Advert for Peter Robinsons corset 1901
Maravel guinea corset, low in bust and deep over the hips. Date: 1901

Il Gridone, Naples, Italy
Il Gridone, leading up from the Via Chaia, a popular flower market in Naples, Italy. 1904

Derb Skaf, Ouezzan (Ouazzane), Morocco
Derb Skaf, a narrow lane between high walls in Ouezzan (Ouezzane, Ouazzane, Wazzan), Morocco. Date: circa 1910

People in a narrow street, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1930

Sint Janstraat, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands
View of Sint Janstraat (St John Street), Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. Date: 1913

Windmill with platform, The Hague, Netherlands
Windmill with platform, and locals walking along a narrow road, The Hague, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910

Swallow Street, Piccadilly, London, with the Swallow pub on the right. Date: circa 1910

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens undergarments 1912
Annual sale available at Oxford Street and Regent Street department stores. Two models wearing long-line corsets, with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. Date: 1912

Calle de San Vicente, Valencia, Spain
Calle de San Vicente (St Vincent Street), Valencia, Spain. Date: circa 1905

Mesopotamia Island, Oxford - Flooding
Mesopotamia, a narrow island that forms part of the University Parks, Oxford, England. It lies between the upper and lower levels of the River Cherwell. Flooding of the river over the area. Date: 1904

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Mangues Channel (Canal). Date: circa 1920s

Berthe Vincourt wearing a beautiful dress 1904
Pretty parisian Berthe Vincourt (maybe an actress), wearing a S-bend dress with a thin V - shaped waist, lace sleeves and her hair is in the door-knocker style. Date: 1904

Calle Esmeralda, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
View of Calle Esmeralda, a shopping street in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1930

Calle Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
View of Calle Florida, a shopping street in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. On the left are the offices of La Fronda, a nationalist newspaper. Date: circa 1930

Couples taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Couples in a sloping street, taking part in the Midday Dance during Helston Floral Day, Cornwall. Spectators watch from either side. Date: circa 1970s

Aerial view of Wijk aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands
Aerial view of Wijk aan Zee, a rural location with farm buildings in North Holland, Netherlands. circa 1900

Royal Poincianas in Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies
Royal Poincianas (Poinciana Regia), referred to as the glory of the summer season, in Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: circa 1940

Narrow gauge railway with men and skip wagon
Narrow gauge railway with men, tipper skip wagon loaded with rocks, and quarry buildings. Date: circa 1920

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