Pinning Collection

Arts of Peace by David Wright, showing a woman pinning up hair in front of a mirror. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Kitting Up by David Wright, showing a woman pinning up her hair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Pyrenean Woman force-feeding a goose in order to fatten up the liver of the bird for making foie gras pate. Date: circa 1910s

Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan
Beautiful photograph showing the complicated shapes, folds and pinning of a Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan. Date: circa 1910s

George VI Distinguished Flying Cross
This illustration shows King George VI pinning a Distinguishes Flying Cross badge to a deserving officer of the Royal Air Force. Date: 1941

Politics!
This sketch shows a band of what must be criminals, terrorising a community, some are pinning women to the floor, while another slits the throat of a lady on the left, under the title of politics

Mussolini / Little Girl
BENITO MUSSOLINI Italian dictator pinning a medal on a little girl, whose mother gently holds her hand as if to steady her Date: 1940

Boy and girl attaching New Year greeting to a tree
Boy and girl in historical costume attaching a New Year greeting to a tree. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl attaching Christmas greeting to a tree
Boy and girl in historical costume attaching a Christmas greeting to a tree. Date: circa 1890s

Flagging his home town at the Eagle Hut, WW1
An American sailor sticks a flag into a huge map adorning the wall of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London, in order so he may meet other American soldiers and sailors from the same area

Prince Arthur of Connaught in France, WW1
Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant on the Western Front during World War One. Watching is General Fayolle, Commander of the 6th Army. Date: circa 1916

Arthur, Prince of Connaught and French General, WW1
Arthur, Prince of Connaught presents a military decoration to a French General on the Western Front during World War One. Two men in the background stand with their cameras at the ready

Tassigny Photo
General JEAN de LATTRE DE TASSIGNY French military commander, here seen pinning a medal on his son Bernard in 1951. Date: 1889 - 1952

Decorating a Canadian Soldier - WWI
Decorating a valiant Canadian Lance-Corporal with the DCM on the field of Battle - WWI. The Distinguished Conduct Medal - a second level military decoration awarded to other ranks of the British Army

Archduke Karl Franz Josef of Austria with soldiers
Archduke Karl Franz Josef of Austria (1887-1922), future Emperor of Austria (Charles I of Austria, 1916-1918), seen here pinning medals on some of his Austrian troops

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