Parties Collection (page 4)

1920s cocktail party gossip
" I wonder why one always has a cherry in a cocktail?" " So that one shall not drink on an empty stomach" Witty exchanges at a well populated, glamorous

The Venetian party held by Mrs Keiller, July 1914
Page from The Sketch reporting on a lavish party hosted by Mrs Alexander Keiller, formerly Miss Doll Phil-Morris, the artist

1937 Coronation - street party in Fulham
A street party in Edenvale Road, Fulham, London to celebrate the Coronation of Kinlocal children seated at a long table for a tea party and flags and bunting festooned across the street. Date: 1937

Mrs & Mrs Sweeny at an Ascot House Party
A group present at the Old Malt House in Bracknell, for an Ascot house party hosted by Mr and Mrs William Garthwaite. The group shows, from left, Mrs Charles Sweeny

India Kasauli
Kasauli (or Kussowlie) near Sanawar, not far from Simla. Hilary Evans has been to tea- parties in this village... Date: circa 1840

Childrens party, 1953
Four children enjoy a charming (if a little sparse) looking Christmas tea party. The girls are wearing smocked party dresses by Lindsay Maid

The Mdivanis 7000 party - Barbara Hutton
Page from the Sketch with photographs of one of the most wonderful parties of modern times held at the Ritz Hotel in Paris by Prince Alexis Mdivani and his wife, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton

Victorian childrens Christmas party by Pauline Baynes
A Pauline Baynes illustration of a Victorian childrens Christmas party showing a typical Victorian drawing room with its homely clutter of bric-a-brac and elaborate decoration

Group of people in ragtime fancy dress
A group of people in ragtime style fancy dress, including a cowboy on a mule, two policemen, men in drag, a pierrot, a chef, and a few blacked-up faces. Date: 1920s

A Christmas Party / Wain
A group of naughty cats go bonkers at their annual Christmas bash. Cats and alcohol clearly don t mix

Family Dinner Party 1880
A big family party - a guest proposes a toast, children play, servants bring more food

Street party, Coronation of King George V
A large crowd of people taking part in a street party for the Coronation of King George V. The location is Acland Street, Limehouse, London E14

The Childrens Fancy Dress Ball
A childrens fancy dress ball with youngsters dressed in a wide variety of costumes from Pierrots to jesters. Date: 1903

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 4
The debutante treats a double blue with indifference. Date: 1929

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2
The hearty shows enthusiasm at a gathering of intelligentsia. Date: 1929

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 1
The stout young man breaks tradition by not going to the fancy-dress ball as a baby. Date: 1929

Betty Balfour at Antibes, French Riviera
The famous English film actress, Betty Balfour, pictured standing on a table playing a banjo at Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1928

Cocktail Time
A group of fashionably-dressed couples at Deauville, Normandy enjoy cocktails and cigarettes. 1928

Working parties in a mine
Photograph: Working parties in a mine. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One (1914-1918)

The Chelsea Arts Ball by A. Davis
An impression of the Chelsea Arts Ball, held each year at the Royal Albert Hall. The ball held New Years Eve 1929 was on the theme of Noahs Ark hence a number of enormous puppet animals represented

Authors Club reception at Whitehall Court, 1962
Column of photographs reporting on a party for the Authors Club at Whitehall Court in December 1962 at which Sir Charles and Lady Petrie received guests

Fancy Dress Party, Mahe, Seychelles
Entertainments at Government House, Mahe, Seychelles, often included fancy dress parties. 1913

Swan and Edgar fancy dress advertisement
Advertisement for fancy dress outfits for girls from Swan and Edgar, the famous department store in Piccadilly Circus. Examples shown are a Little French Girl and a Little Dutch Girl. Date: 1938

Dora Bryan at a party
Actress Dora Bryan (1923-2014), " the dolly of Drury Lane", laughs with a guest at a party she was throwing, backstage at the Theatre Royal

Dancers at a 1960s party
Michael Pohl and Carole West, " a TV dancer", dancing at the El Cubano restaurant. Carole West demonstrates the See-Saw, " a new dance she has thought up". 1966

Gathering in Sidi-el-Kebir, Blida
A local gathering in Sidi-el-Kebir, Blida Province. Sidi-el-Kebir is named in the honour of Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, the founder of Blida. Date: circa 1910s

Wonderful war work of the women of Ireland. Splendid energies of Irishwomen of all the political parties during the First World War. 1916

The Opening Bar by Blam New Year celebrations
Vivid illustration celebrating with entertainers celebrating and wishing good luck for the New Year of 1926. Date: 1926

Captain Molyneux throws party at his Riviera villa
Photograph of the party given by famed dress designer, Captain Edward Molyneux at his French Riviera home, the Villa Capponcina at Cap d Ail

Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician, at this time MP for Woodstock. At the time he was making his mark at Westminster by criticising members of both political

Metal Baking Tins
Spooning cake mix into baking tins in the shape of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, to make cakes into playing card suits, perfect for serving at your Whist parties! Date: 1930s

FOOTBALL PARTY GAME
The party is divided into two teams. A dividing tape is stretched across the floor of the room and the teams have to to blow a balloon over the heads of the opposition! Date: 1930s

SHOPPING PARTY GAME
Each girl represents an item of male apparel, eg. socks in an imaginary shop. The man, blindfolded, asks for socks and the socks girl kisses him and he guesses who she is! Date: 1930s

ASCOT PARTY GAME
Playing Ascot at a Christmas party. The horses have to cut down the centre of a piece of tape with curved nail scissors, the winner being the one to pass the post first! Date: 1930s

Masquerade Beardsley
A man and a woman wearing masks, illustration by Aubrey Beardsley, on the cover for the first Yellow Book. Date: 1894

Henkell Trocken Drinking
A row of seated diners raise their glasses of Henkell sparkling wine - its splendid stuff you know! Date: 1909

Children Peek at Party
Three children in their nightgowns stand on the stairs and peep at the adults at their Christmas ball. Date: 1886

Masked Girl / Party 1897
A masked girl at a masquerade Date: 1897

Garden Party Dinner 1920
People at a garden party in Baroda, in honour of Lord Chelmsford. Date: circa 1920

Bal Des Livres 1909
Le Bal des Livres : M et Mme Adolphe Brisson invite their friends to a ball where each must come as a character from a famous book Date: 1909

Fancy Dress, London
A fancy dress ball at the Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1914

Parisians in Fancy Dress
Parisians in fancy dress Date: 1928

Bal Gavarni 1904
Le Bal Gavarni : to raise money for a monument to the artist Gavarni, a ball is held in Montmartre where guests come dressed as characters from his illustrations Date: 1904

Jovial Party Goers / Sie
Jovial guests at a party. Date: circa 1908

Garden Party, Hatfield
Garden party in honour of the Shah of Persia, then visiting Britain, at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury Date: 1889

Crackers by Charles Robinson
Children have fun pulling Christmas crackers, wearing the paper hats and reading the jokes that came out of them Date: 1906

Social Groups / Parties
A party with streamers Date: 1890s

Champagne and Dessert
Dinner guests affable over the dessert course, while a waiter hovers with more champagne Date: 1903

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