Powder Collection (page 6)

Jewellery 1933
Necklaces in crystal, paste, mirror, galalith, stone or a hand-painted floral motif, dress & bar clips, brooches, pendants, hat or bag clips, bracelets & a powder case. Date: 1933

Clothes Soak in Rinso
Clothes soaking in Rinso in the washtub of an American home : more than a million packages are used every week ! Date: 1924

Birds Custard advertisement 1927
Advertisement for Birds Custard Powder featuring a rather lovely silhouette illustration showing a woman at a stove preparing some more custard for her husband who is slurping it with relish at a

The California Powder Works. Santa Cruz County Cal

Orange sporting powder. Laflin & Rand Powder Co. New York

Thompsons vegetable cattle powder For diseases of horses, cattle, hogs & sheep. Print shows a horse, cow, pig, and a sheep in a farm yard. Date c1868 June 13

Powder monkey by gun of USS. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C. Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy - the Federal Navy, 1861-1865

Powder monkey on USS. New Hampshire, off Charleston, S. C
Powder monkey on USS. New Hampshire, off Charleston, S.C. Young man or boy leaning against cannon. Date photographed between 1864 and 1865, printed later. Powder monkey on USS

Y is for Yes
Advertising for Soako Soap Powder. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

R is the Rest that you will get
Advertising for Soako Soap Powder. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Eau de Cologne Tooth Powder prepared by Curtis and Company pharmaceutical chemists, London. Date: C.1895

Ws the Welcome Soako gets
Advertising for Soako Soap Powder. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Harris Powder Dentifrice
A bottle containing Harris Powder Dentifrice, Astringent Antacid. Date: C.1900

Prague, Czech Republic - The Powder Tower
The gothic Powder Tower in Prague, Czech Republic. Built in 1475 during the reign of King Vladislav II at the site of an 11th century gate, one of Pragues 13 original city gates. Date: circa 1930s

Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR ALFRED FREDERICK BIRD, 1st Baronet (1849-1922) British chemist, Conservative Party politician, food manufacturer and proprietor of Alfred Bird & Sons, a company founded by his father Alfred Bird

Advert for Asprey cigarette cases
Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas for the woman, including lots of cigarette cases, cigarette holder, vanity case and powder boxes. Date: 1930

Film clip Johnson Baby Powder Date: 1961

Dried Foods
Instant, dried and powder foods, such as mashed potatoes, soup and stuffing. Date: early 1980s

Powdering her Chin
A brunette with a centre parting powders her chin with a powder puff and a stylish powder compact. Date: 1940s

Three women in outfits by Premet, Bernard and Jenny
Three fashionable women wearing the latest outfits. On the left, a black and powder grey tailored suit trimmed with white crepe de chine, by Premet

Two women in outfits by Bernard and Premet
Two fashionable women one wearing a navy dress coat with multicolored lining and matching brimmed cloche hat and handbag, by Bernard

Cake and cake maker, 1898
Advertisement for Robert McGhies icing powder, as produced by the British Malt Products Co, London. Used by all the icing experts and leading confectioners of the world. Date: 1898

Lady on a postcard by George Ranstead
A lovely, dramatic illustration on a postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead showing a lady in a turban or toque style hat applying powder to her face

Powdering - Hand drawn postcard by George Ranstead
A lady dressed in a diaphanous nightgown looks at her reflection in a hand mirror as she delicately powders her nose. circa 1916

Royal Baking Powder
The boy in bed smells the griddle cakes made with ROYAL BAKING POWDER - and he ll be down to breakfast in a jiffy ! Date: 1920

Using her powder puff
A young woman checking her appearance in the dressing table mirror Date: 1923

Female Type / Rice Powder
An elegant 18th century lady, only half dressed, uses her Poudre de Ris to make herself even more attractive. Date: 1911

Advert for Bon Ami powder
Bon Ami - gives nickel the glow of polished silver, a damp cloth, a bit of a rub, a moments wait while the magic-white cloud foams..... then whisk

Britannia and Eve front cover
Front cover illustration featuring a blonde woman applying make up while looking in a compact mirror

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

Getting baby ready for his bath
A mother gets her baby ready for his bath. Soap, talcum powder and cotton wool are ready on a table at her side

Testing the water for babys bathtime
A mother tests the temperature of the water for her babys bath. Soap, talcum powder and cotton wool are ready on a table at her side

1950s cosmetics
Two women wearing make up recommended for the skin tones. Above is make up devised by Helena Rubinstein for fair skins with all dark colours and black

Face Powder / Sparrows
The sparrows don t seem to mind that they are feeding on face powder dropped by this lady who sits crossed legged on a chair

Morocco - Fete de la Poudre - Tangiers
The Fete de la Poudre (Festival of the Powder), Tangiers, Morocco. The crowd awaits the commencement of the display of horsemanship in front of the city gate

The Power of Make-up
Little Bits of Powder - Little Bits of Paint - Make a Girl with a Face like this - Look like what she ain t! The powers of correctly applied cosmetics - making a face that might not launch a thousand

Force of Habit, by D. L. Ghilchik
A comic strip styled illustration showing a couple trying on fake noses, the lady then tries to powder hers

A powder primer from the Victory
A powder primer bearing an inscription that says it is from Nelsons flagship the H.M.S. Victory. These primers were as food for Nelsons guns on the Victory which led in the famous Battle of Trafalgar

Relics of the Battle of Balaklava, 1875
Engraving of relics and souvenirs of the Battle of Balaklava including: a Russian Helmet, a pioneers sword, a knapsack, a pipe, a drum, a bugle from Inkerman, a helmet, leather gauntlets

Cherry Blossom Toiletries Advertisement, 1887
Engraved advertisement for the Cherry Blossom line of perfume, toilet powder and soap, with the assurance - Nun Nicer

The Civil war in America: Midnight storm on the Missippi
Federal flotilla at anchor, off Fort Pillow. The storm occurred on the night of May 20th 1862, when lightning just missed hitting the amunition boat with 25, 000 pounds of gun powder on board

London Opinion 1936
Illustration showing a bemused motorist driving his car past a SLOW sign and a rather seductive looking hiker busy powdering her nose

Pigtails and Powder
Engraving of a watercolour by Frank Dadd showing a group of naval men or soldiers braiding and powdering their hair in a typical 18th century fashion

France in a Fix
As Macmahons conservative regime succumbs to growing Republicanism, France sits on a powder-barrel of factions ranging from revolution to monarchism

Advertisement for tooth powder
Calox oxygen tooth powder, for cleaning teeth

Communard Suspects
Captured suspects are examined for powder marks on their hands which would imply that they have been active in the fighting

Using Williams Talc
Williams Talc Powder

Window Wash Stuff 1919
Bon Ami for crystal-clear windows - in both cake or powder form

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