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Background imagePermanent Collection: O Connell Street, Limerick City, Republic of Ireland

O Connell Street, Limerick City, Republic of Ireland
O Connell Street, Limerick City, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Background imagePermanent Collection: Bouquinistes, Paris Quais - Book and Print Sellers

Bouquinistes, Paris Quais - Book and Print Sellers
The bouquinistes whose stalls form a permanent book and print market lining the Quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the River Seine, Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePermanent Collection: Permanent Hair-Waving machine, 1928

Permanent Hair-Waving machine, 1928
Curls are attached by the flex to the chandelier-like electrical machine. This device was exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibion at the White City, 1928

Background imagePermanent Collection: Sandwich Board Man - Oxford Street

Sandwich Board Man - Oxford Street

Background imagePermanent Collection: Gwendoline Dyer hair salon

Gwendoline Dyer hair salon, offering permanent waving. Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePermanent Collection: Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist has got carried away

Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist has got carried away
Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist (Professor Smith) has got carried away... " Its taking you a long time to write I love Annie !" Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePermanent Collection: Old railway track at Winsford, Cheshire

Old railway track at Winsford, Cheshire
Bullhead rail on stone sleepers at Over & Wharton (Winsford, Cheshire) on the LNWR. Possibly a re-use of redundant tramway blocks? Date: 1905

Background imagePermanent Collection: Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928

Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928
A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Background imagePermanent Collection: Glamorous young French woman

Glamorous young French woman with a set waved hairstyle, string of beads and coquettish smile Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePermanent Collection: New Toys for Sale

New Toys for Sale
An original Mansard Gallery exhibition poster by the English artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. The Mansard Gallery was located on the top floor of Heal's Department Store

Background imagePermanent Collection: RMS Titanic - Guglielmo Marconi, signed photograph

RMS Titanic - Guglielmo Marconi, signed photograph
RMS Titanic - Guglielmo Marconi signed sepia photo in brown ink Yours very sincerely G. Marconi R.M.S. Campania 10th June 1904'

Background imagePermanent Collection: Permanent trustee Company Advertisement

Permanent trustee Company Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for the Permanent Trustee Company of New South Wales Limited, executors and trustees of wills, agents for absentees and residents. Image shows their business premises

Background imagePermanent Collection: Wunderlich Advertisement

Wunderlich Advertisement
Advertisement for Wunderlich Limited, founded in Sydney, 1887, promoting metal ceilings, which satisfy artistic taste, are practical, permanent and economical

Background imagePermanent Collection: A page of adverts from - February 1954

A page of adverts from - February 1954
Three fashion adverts for women's permanent hair styles at Vasco's Hair Bubbles, tailored lingerie at and Supalese early spring tailored suits at Swan & Edgar. Date: 1954

Background imagePermanent Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Primer de marc

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Primer de marc. Diada de Madrid. Ajudem-lo (1st March. Madrid's Day. Let's Help Him). Poster edited in Barcelona by the Committee of Permanent Help to Madrid)

Background imagePermanent Collection: Spanish Civil War Ajut Permanent A Madrid Help

Spanish Civil War Ajut Permanent A Madrid Help
spanish, civil, war, ajut, permanent, a, madrid, help, to, poster, by, durban, vertical, upright, colour, color, family, with, people, person, persons, relative, relatives, old, age, woman, women

Background imagePermanent Collection: Road sign, drive carefully

Road sign, drive carefully
A road sign in English and German: Death is so permanent, drive carefully. Date: 1940s

Background imagePermanent Collection: Cenotaph Unveiled - 1920

Cenotaph Unveiled - 1920
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - In Memory of The Glorious Dead. King George V unveiling the permanent memorial on 11th November 1920 - the anniversary of Armistice Day Date: 1920

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1929

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1929
Eugene Permanent Wave, with a slightly fuller growth at the back and sides. Date: 1929

Background imagePermanent Collection: The Three Meers, Permanent Address: 14 Leicester Street, London - new tricks for 1910

The Three Meers, Permanent Address: 14 Leicester Street, London - new tricks for 1910, a surprise for 1911, up to date ideas for 1912, and some more for 1913. Date: 1910

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Stewart hair specialists of permanent

Advert for Stewart hair specialists of permanent waving, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Eugene wavy hair, 1925

Advert for Eugene wavy hair, 1925 Date: 1925

Background imagePermanent Collection: I always go the Permanent Way to Paris - Business Travel

I always go the Permanent Way to Paris - Business Travel with British Railways - advertisement. 1949

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Eugene permanent wavy hair 1937

Advert for Eugene permanent wavy hair 1937
Ordinary waves can look so ordinary! Date: 1937

Background imagePermanent Collection: Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 204

Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 204
Koninklijke Marineluchtvaartdienst - Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 204, (base code V) of 320Squadron, based at Valkenburg Air Base, visiting RAF St.Mawgan in Cornwall

Background imagePermanent Collection: Hibernia, a converted Thames sailing barge, luxuriously fitted as a permanent

Hibernia, a converted Thames sailing barge, luxuriously fitted as a permanent home. Date: 1930s

Background imagePermanent Collection: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, England, is a French style chateau

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, England, is a French style chateau, housing a permanent collection of art, furniture and ceramics. Date: opened 1892

Background imagePermanent Collection: The Language of Hairstyles

The Language of Hairstyles - what one can glean from the state or choice of hairtsyle! On this card the different styles include: The Joan of Arc - The Permanent (wave) - After the Melee

Background imagePermanent Collection: Edmund Hammond, Vanity Fair, Ape

Edmund Hammond, Vanity Fair, Ape
EDMUND HAMMOND, 1st Baron Hammond of Kirkella (1802-1890) British diplomat and civil servant, serving as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1854 to 1873

Background imagePermanent Collection: DANTE & VIRGIL IN HELL DANTE & VIRGIL IN HELL

DANTE & VIRGIL IN HELL DANTE & VIRGIL IN HELL
Sinners stand in a frozen lake, with only the tops of their heads above the ice; the rest of their bodies are subjected to a permanent cold bath: Dante & Virgil look

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1922

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1922
Peggy appeared at our salons, just as you see her in the left-hand photograph, Peggys hair had been the despair of her mother

Background imagePermanent Collection: Animals of Mount Everest, 1924

Animals of Mount Everest, 1924
Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18

Background imagePermanent Collection: Toilet / Loos

Toilet / Loos
TWYFORDs UNITAS combining W.C.basin, urinal and slop sink, avoiding the wetting so objectionable in Closets having permanent seats

Background imagePermanent Collection: Hairdressing advert for Eugene, perfectors of permanent wavi

Hairdressing advert for Eugene, perfectors of permanent waving, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Brodies Imperial Hair Dyes 1898

Advert for Brodies Imperial Hair Dyes 1898
Permanent harmless hair dyes in a range of colours, black, dark brown, light brown, golden, brown or auburn and pure auburn. 1898

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Imperial hair dyes 1896

Advert for Imperial hair dyes 1896
Permanent and odourless hair dye in 6 colours; black, dark and light brown golden brown or auburn, pure golden and brodies hair grower and restorer. 1896

Background imagePermanent Collection: London, England -s Kensington Museum

London, England -s Kensington Museum
London, England -s Kernsington Museum - Square Brick Building, Colonnaded roof top. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.The Victoria and Albert Museum

Background imagePermanent Collection: Underwater house, Plymouth

Underwater house, Plymouth
A female physicist multitasking (reading a magazine whilst knitting) in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet below the waves off the coast of Plymouth, Devon

Background imagePermanent Collection: Museum of Ethnography. Main hall. Budapest

Museum of Ethnography. Main hall. Budapest
Hungary. Budapest. Museum of Ethnography, built by Alajos Hauszmann (1847-1926), 1893-1896. Main hall

Background imagePermanent Collection: VDNKh - trade show and amusement park in Moscow

VDNKh - trade show and amusement park in Moscow
VDNKh - a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia. The acronym VDNKh stands for Russian vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Eugene permanent wavy hair 1937

Advert for Eugene permanent wavy hair 1937
A beautiful wave discovers new beauty in you ! 1937

Background imagePermanent Collection: Stewart Hair Advert, 1927

Stewart Hair Advert, 1927 featuring shinglette and permanent wave Date: 1927

Background imagePermanent Collection: Jamestown, Virginia, USA

Jamestown, Virginia, USA
View of Jamestown, Virginia, USA, as it appeared in 1907. It was the location of the first permanent English settlement in America, and was the capital of the colony from 1616 to 1699

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1922

Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1922
The Nestla permanent hairwave. Isn t it perfect? Just look at this photograph. Aren t the hairwaves indescribably lovely? Curl for curl, were for ave

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1923

Advert for Nestle permanent hairwave 1923
What would you not give to have naturally wavy hair ? Iy cost the lady whose photographs are pictured here, but 3 guineas to have her hair permanently waved by Nestle into these gloriously becoming

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1923

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waving 1923
Naturally wavy hair in 2 and a half hours. From straight to naturally curly hair in 2 and a half hours! Permanent curls and waves, soft and exquisitely becoming - glowing with life and colour

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1930

Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1930
Grey hair. It is womens privilage to claim a youthful appearance yet greyness frequently bars the way. Gey hair can be banished easily and quickly with Inecto

Background imagePermanent Collection: Advert for Jamal machineless hair lotions 1938

Advert for Jamal machineless hair lotions 1938
The most comfortable permanent you can get... Secret of Jamals miraculous results and success with difficult hair lies in the five lotions which recondition your hair during the process



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