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Sunny Snaps postcard - Bognor Regis - Two elderly ladies strolling along the street - one may think they decided not to take this home as the souvenir of their day out....!!! Date: 1934
A Typical Navajo Indian Couple Date: 1943
Ossalois Men, one riding on a donkey - Pyrenees, FranceOssalois Men, one riding on a donkey - from the far south Pyrenees region of France - they are on route into town. Both are Mountain guides and are wearing the traditional costume for this role
Tango Dancers. Date: circa 1910s
Advertising / Promotional card for Dr Jaynes Remedies featuring a milkmaid and a pair of Jersey Cows. Date: circa 1890s
British Seaside scene, surrounded by kissing couplesMaking new friends at the seaside. Illustration showing an aerial view of a classic (yet unnamed) British Coastal Seafront, set within a border of illustrations of sixteen kissing couples
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret - 1933Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) at the annual sale of work by the Disabled Soldiers Embroidery Society, held in the grounds of Violet
Duke and Duchess of York at Royal AscotAlbert Duke of York (1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900-2002) at Royal Ascot - on the lawns during an interval in the afternoons racing. Date: 1931
Couple water skiing passed the Hotel Saint Georges, BeirutA couple water skiing passed the Hotel Saint Georges, Beirut, Lebanon. Date: circa 1911
Kitsch French romantic postcardYour eyes shun me, but I feel all your movements. Suddenly I can sense your slightest feelings. Kitsch French romantic postcard with some wonderfully-vivid and vibrant colouration
VasesOne of two clear glass vases with a spreading foot and a long slim stem rising to a pinched neck opening with a serpentine three lobed rim. The glass has twisted ridges and dates from c.1870-1910
Windsor armchair and ladder-back armchairWindsor armchair with a high-back double-bow and fleur-de-lys motif in the pierced central splat, made from beech, cherry and willow, with an elm seat
A pair of decantersDecanter of tapered form made from blown and bevelled blue glass, with a later pear-shaped stopper, one of a pair made in England c.1790. Date: c.1790
Tea bowls and saucersPorcelain saucer with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China
CandlesticksBrass Heemskirk candlestick with a circular base, circular central drip tray and turnings in the stem, made in the Netherlands c.1570-1615. Date: c.1570-1615
Fire screensOne of a pair of firescreens with a brass and rosewood stand and an embroidered decorative panel depicting a hen pheasant with white plumage, made in England c.1840-50. Date: 1840-50
Walnut India-back chairs
India Back ChairsOne of a pair of walnut India-back chairs with a drop-in seat upholstered in modern but historically correct textiles, bearing the stamp RR, made in London c. 1725. Date: c.1725
WW1 - British soldiers in a wood wearing sheepskin jacketsPhotograph of a pair of British soldiers in a wood wearing sheepskin jackets and soft caps, 1914 (c)-1915 (c). One is carrying a haversack and using binoculars
Hammer and Sickle statue, Moscow, RussiaSymbolic statue of a couple holding the symbolic Hammer and Sickle, silhouetted against a clouded sky in Moscow, Russia. circa 1968
Holy Roman Emperor with costume itemsHoly Roman Emperor (possibly based on Ferdinand I or Maximilian II) in full regalia at the centre, surrounded by costume items -- four crowns, a pair of gloves, a pair of sandals
Duke of Windsor with Mrs Wallis Simpson - Chateau de CandeDuke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII (1894-1972), with Mrs Wallis Simpson (1896-1986), Chateau de Cande, near Tours, France in May 1937
Bronze Sphinx on the Thames Embankment, LondonOne of a pair of faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy at the foot of Cleopatras needle on the Thames Embankment. They were brought to London in 1878
Myanmar - Couple holding hands over a low wall Date: circa 1907
St. Victor and St. Corona, c. 1350, by Master for Palazzo VenMaster of Palazzo Venezia Madonna (1340-1360). Italian painter. Saint Victor and Saint Corona, c.1350. Part of the St. Victor altarpiece at Siena Cathedral. Tempera on panel. National Museum of Art
Bottlenose dolphins - pair dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions
COLLARED LEMMING - x 2 in winter feed on dwarf willow (Dicrostonix torquatus). Tundra of Taimyr peninsula, Russian Arctic
Sheer stockings packaging design by David WrightPackaging for Glamour Girl sheer stockings from the Sherwood Knitwear Company, Burbage, Leicestershire, designed by pin-up artist David Wright
Beautiful Legs ContestA group of young women competing in a contest to decide which of them has the most beautiful legs, the prize being a pair of silk stockings! Date: early 1930s
Kikuyu Warriors - Kenya, East AfricaKikuyu tribal Warriors - Kenya, East Africa. They form the largest ethnic group in Kenya and speak the Bantu Kikuyu language as a mother tongue. Date: circa 1909
Two Indigenous Alaskan WomenTwins - Two Indigenous Alaskan native Women wearing strings of beads (and little more..). Date: circa 1910s
Fortune Telling on ChristmastideTwo Russian girls Fortune Telling on Christmastide. Date: 1888
Ezra F. Kendall, the natural eccentric comedian in his latest laughing success, A pair of kids. Date 1892
Patriotic Postcard - Royal Navy and British BulldogsPatriotic Postcard for the Royal Navy, featuring two fierce British Bulldogs and the strapline: " We ll fight and we ll conquer again
The Dolly Sisters and Maurice Chevalier in Paris En Fleurs, Paris, 1925 1925
Lowering the Titanic life boatsA view of the mechanism by which the Titanic lifeboats were lowered, showing a pair of Welin Davits on board. The Davit, an invention by Mr Axel Welin, could be found on most passenger liners
Frilly French KnickersA young woman lifts her dress to reveal a lace edged pair of camiknickers (French knickers or step-ins )revealing a glimpse of her stocking tops, suspender belt and garter
Saint ValentineSAINT VALENTINE depicted here as boy bishop; he was martyred on February 14 day when birds are supposed to pair, hence Saint Valentines Day