Pearly Collection

Pearly Kings & Queens
A procession of pearly Kings and Queens, Southwark, London

The Pearly King and Queen of Thornton Heath
Larry Barnes (1926-2011) - Pearly King of Thornton Heath and one of Variety Theatres last specialist acts. Pictured with his Pearly Queen Maggie (1932)

London Life: Costermonger Pearly Kings and Queens, Southwark Date: circa 1940

Pearly King & Queen 1920
A Pearl King and Queen with a seaside studio backdrop behind them

Pearly King / Collection
A pearly King collects money for charity from a group of women enjoying a picnic

Arthur Godfrey music hall coster act
Arthur Godfrey of the music hall coster double act Duncan and Godfrey with Minnie Duncan. Wearing coster costume of suit with long jacket and bell bottomed trousers trimmed with pearly buttons

Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, North London
Pearly King, Pearly Queen and daughter, riding in a cart drawn by a mule, North London. Date: 1922

Wartime Pepsodent Advertisement
A wartime advertisement promoting Pepsodent tooth paste, the illustration shows a young woman smiling to reveal her pearly white teeth. Date: circa 1940s

The Charm of Beautiful Teeth
An illustration for an article entitled, The Charm of Beautiful Teeth, showing a glamorous woman revealing her pearly white teeth with a smile, behind a decorative fan. Date: circa 1915

PEARLY KING GRAVE
A group of Pearly Kings and Queens pay their respects to Henry Croft, London's first Pearly King, who died on 1 January 1930, aged 68. Date: 1930s

Pearly King - or Pearly Prince? Little boy in fancy dress
A little boy posing for his photograph in a Pearly King costume. Date: 1920s

A Coster Group at the Westminster Hospital Ball
A group in costermongers costumes at the Westminster Hospital Ball at the Dorchester Hotel in June 1931. From left, Simon Elwes, Mr Francis Toye

Pearly King collecting for Arthritis Research charity

Pearly Kings and Queens gather at their patron church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their charity work

Pearly Queens
Pearly Kings and Queens gather at their patron church of St Martin-in-the-Fields for their charity work

Pearly King and Queen, Peckham Derby Show, London
A Pearly King and Queen, with a boy on a donkey, at the Peckham Derby Show, SE London. Date: 1911

Pearly Kings Carriage
Pearly Kings and Queens riding their horse and carriage past Kings Cross St. Pancras stations, London. Date: 1930s

Variety of molluscs including terebratula, pearly fresh water mussel, and jingle shells.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Pearly Kings & Queens, Hythe, Hampshire
Pearly Kings & Queens, Hythe, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Pearly Kings & Queens in Pageant, Hythe, Hampshire
Pearly Kings & Queens in Pageant, Hythe, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Tatler front cover, February 1964
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model posing in a turquoise tweed spring coat, fastened with eight pearly buttons by Mono. The jaunty white bowler is by Dolores Boutique. Date: 1964

Pearly Queens at Races
Two old Pearly Queens out for a day at Epsom Races, Surrey, England. Date: early 1930s

Pearly King at the Derby
A Pearly King and his son pose proudly for the camera among a crowd at the Epsom Derby (horse races), Surrey, England. Date: early 1930s

Ammonite, scaphites nodosus
A Cretaceous ammonite from Badlands, South Dakota, USA. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre

Scaphites nodosus, ammonite
This Cretaceous ammonite originates from The Badlands, South Dakota, U.S.A. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre

Southend - Fancy Dress Photographic Studio
You could visit a fancy dress photographic studio and have your picture taken in a variety of mixed garb - here a group of spirited young ladies have donned naval attire for their group snap

Weddiing dress 1937
Heavy white satin weddiing dress, exquisitely draped and moulded to the figure so that the line about the waist is emphasised, it has a heart-shaped neckline with fern clip at either side

Pearly Kings Count Up
Counting up money donated to a Pearly King charity. Date: 1930s

Pearly Kings Charity
London Pearly Kings and Queens visiting young women in their hospital beds. Date: 1930s

Pearly Girl
A young Pearly Queen, who seems very pleased with her sequined costume. Date: 1930s

Pearly Kings Shopping
A Pearly King and Queen choosing buttons or sequins for their costumes. Date: 1930s

Coster King by William Barribal
A coster complete with traditional pearly king outfit

Ooh! Lucky Lipstick
A model with long, straight dark hair, pouts as she applies her pearly pink lipstick!

Pearly King / Buttons
A pearly King looks at pearly buttons with two shop assistants

Pearly King / Headstone
The elaborate headstone of Henry Croft who died on 1 January 1930

Pearly King / Funeral
Hundreds of people watched the funeral of Henry Croft, Londons Pearly King. It was attended by other costers in their picturesque uniforms

Pearly King in Australia
A Pearly King at Ingleburn, Australia, asks a group of Diggers to guess the correct number of buttons on his coster suit

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