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Advert for household cleaner an polisher. Date: 1910
Advert for Mappin & Webb luxury items 1916Varity of sterling silver luxury Christmas gifts for the homefront. 1916
A variety of Advertisements from 1889. Date: 1886
A range of hand silhouettes of animals, to advertise Borwicks Baking Powder
Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605
French female munitions worker making powder primers 1916A photograph of a female munitions worker, as she makes the primers and other associated percussion cap parts for shells, in a French munitions factory
TALC ADVERT 1919Williams Talc Powder Date: 1919
Face Powder AdvertThree girls of the Ginger Rogers era who use SNOWFIRE FACE POWDER Date: 1935
Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Dressing RoomFinishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in her Dressing Room Date: 1894
Lady bursts through Hoods Latest Newspaper full of healthLady bursts through Hoods Latest Newspaper, full of health and vitality! Hoods Saponaceaous Tooth Powder apparently cleanses the teeth, sweetens the breath, and hardens the gums. Date: circa 1900s
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, IndiaPounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920
Droste Drinking Chocolate Tin - Haarlem, The NetherlandsDroste Drinking Chocolate Tin - manufactured at Haarlem, The Netherlands. Date: circa 1930s
Cutout advertisement for Birds Egg Powder. Date: early 20th century
The Ancient English Musket & Halbert Exercise, Plate 3. 1794
Giant Powder Works, Point Pinole, California, USAGiant Powder Works, an explosive powder (gunpowder) manufacturing company in Point Pinole, Richmond, California, USA. Date: circa 1892
Page of adverts from The Illustrated London News, 1912Page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, dated November 1912.Carters reading chair, Calverts tooth powder and Sanitas disinfectant are promoted, as well a Blo, an electric hair dryer
Advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 1896A page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1896. Products promoted include Halfords curry powder
Halfords Curry sauce, 1900An advert for Halfords curry sauce-makes a perfect curry immediately, of hot or cold meat. Date: 1900
Woman Munition Worker WW1. Woman in munition factory, powders her nose in view of male supervisor, Captioned, Don t go putting the powder where it is not wanted. Date: circa 1916
A young woman at her dressing tableA woman applies powder puff to her face as she beautifies herself in the mirror; make-up, perfume and clothes are scattered around the room which the maid in the background seems to be sorting out
Kief (Hashish / Maruijana / Cannabis) Smoker - AlgeriaHashish Smoker (or Kif (kef, Kief, keef), Cannabis, Marijuana) - Algeria. Traditionally kief has been pressed into cakes as hashish for convenience in storage and shipping
William Doran, veteran of the Battle of Navarino, at St GeorWilliam Doran ( Old Navarino ), aged 96, was once a powder monkey on the Genoa at the Battle of Navarino. In his old age, he was discovered to have entered the St Georges Fulham Road workhouse
1950s beautyA colour photograph showing a model replicated five times to demonstrate the fact that five different face powders in an identical shade will produce five different results and trial
The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Ashanti implements and weaponsA. Sanko, musical instrument B. Cushion C. Ashanti Ministers state bag D. Fantee stool, cut out of solid block of cotton wood E. and F. War Greegrees or charms made of leather and straw worked in G
Powdering a Wig C18A French coiffeur powders his customers new wig. The customer is wearing a protective mask with eye holes cut out !
Tom Sawyer / Huck / TreasureTom, Huck & the treasure: " It was the treasure box, sure enough, occupying a snug little cavern, along with an empty powder-keg, "
Boots - Comforts for Campaginers advertisement, WWIAdvertisement for Boots the Chemists and their various suggestions for comforts - gifts to send to men fighting at the front during the First World War
Couleur de Rose advertisementAdvertisement for Granvilles Couleur de Rose the only natural tint for the cheeks. Date: 1924
Christmas arrangement of tree, holly and candlesChristmas arrangement of tree, holly, red candles, white flowers and small parcels, with a bell and mistletoe hanging above. Date: circa 1960s
Tatler Christmas Number cover 1928Front cover of The Tatler Christmas Number featuring illustration by Lewis Baumer of a young woman with an Eton crop getting ready for a night out. Date: 1928
Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs GoodCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Good the Grocers Wife. circa 1950
Cadburys Happy Families - Mr GoodCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mr Good the Grocer. circa 1950
Preparing for the ball by Rene LelongA fashionable pair prepare for a fancy dress ball, by dressing up in 18th century attire, complete with powder, flounces, perriwigs and patches
Ideas for New Years Eve Fancy Dress, 1926Two suggestions for outfits to wear to the Happy New Year Ball to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on New Years Eve 1925/6
Letterhead design - Louise Perfume, ParisLetterhead design - Louise Perfume and Cosmetics, Paris, France. 1936
Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897Is the best Liquid Dentifrice in the World. Prevents the decay of the teeth. Renders the teeth pearly white. Is perfectly harmless and delicious to the taste. Date: 1897
Advert for R. Hovenden and Sons, puff powder 1889In three tints; Blanche for fair skins, Naturelle for darker complexions and Rachel for use by artifical light. Toilet powder combining every desideratum, hygienic and cosmetic
Liberty wrapper for travellingA Liberty wrapper, or dressing gown, in printed satin - perfect for relaxing when travelling by train in 1933. Date: 1933
Advert for Frys Cocoa - Mother prepares drinks 1912Advertisement for Frys Cocoa - Mother prepares some cups of hot chocolate for her brood, occupied happily building a huge snowman in the garden. Date: 1912
The Watchers by TrematorA beautiful young woman sits at her desk and powders her decolletage as fate and a ghostly figure dressed a Mephistopheles lurk in the shadows watching her - a metaphor on the fleeting passage of
The Confession - A Romantic Affair in the days of powder and patches. 1926
Little child with a yellow towel, ThailandLittle child lying down in the sunshine, Thailand. Date: circa 1970s
Modern Painters - Two Ladies applying their make-up, accompanied by this comparative quote by John Ruskin. Date: 1904
Czech Republic. Prague. Powder Tower. Gothic, 1475 by MatejCzech Republic. Prague. Powder Tower. Gothic building from 1475 built by Matej Rejsek. Rebuilt between 1875-1886 (J. Mocker, B. Schnirch). Old Town (Stare Mesto)
Powder horn. HungaryPowder horn. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary
Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV filling the musket sFrance. Army of the 18th century. Musketeer of the Infantry of Louis XIV filling the muskets bowl with black powder. Colored engraving
Poster advertising L T Piver cosmeticsPoster by Charles Martin advertising L T Piver cosmetics -- perfumes, powders, lotions and soaps. An elegant young woman sprays herself with perfume. circa 1920
Advertisement for Elsa Schiaparellis Shocking productsAdvrtisement for Elsa Schiaparellis Shocking perfume, powder and lipstick Date: 1937