Practical Collection (page 7)

Barthelemy / Sew Machine
French tailor Barthelemy Thimonnier with his machine : he patented the first practical sewing machine in France in 1830

Ladys Tennis Outfit
This womans smart one-piece tennis outfit is both attractive to look at, and practical to wear

Beringers Lying Stones
BERINGERs LYING STONES Beringer (d.1740) a scholar of Wurzburg, was taken in by stones apparently bearing strange markings but actually fabricated by his colleagues

Great Moon Hoax
THE GREAT MOON HOAX A scene of life on the Moon, alleged to have been observed by Herschel through his telescope; it was a journalists fabrication

Linen Frocks 1929
Practical summer frocks in embroidered linen: collarless jacket & 2 piece dress with flounce, or gored skirt, scarf & plain trim, or a floral dress with coatee bodice

Girl Mounts her Bike
A sporty young Frenchwoman mounts her bicycle - a mans model, with crossbar : she is wearing a practical and picturesque divided skirt

Liverpool St Approach
The entrance to the station for passengers, cabs, cars and goods vehicles is practical but not very picturesque

German Dress Reform 1903
German New Artistic Reform Dress : design by Elizabeth Winterwerber. High waisted wrap-over gown with split sleeves, a flowing trained skirt & ornate embroidery

C18th Century Revival
Fine feathers in wartime: dress designers attempt to counter the practical move of wearing shorter, fuller skirts by employing impractical styles of previous centuries

First Montgolfiere 1783
THE FIRST PRACTICAL BALLOON Montgolfiers first air balloon, unmanned, was launched at Annonay, rose to 2000 metres; the Academie Royale des Sciences paid for the venture

1392 Masque / France / Burnt
During reign of Charles VI of France - a practical joke goes horribly wrong when a number of men are burnt alive in their costumes at a party

Gunpowder Invented
German monk BERTHOLD SCHWARZ is credited with the invention of gunpowder; though it certainly existed before his time, he may have improved its practical effectiveness

Grape / Practical Gardener
Black grapes of the Madresfield Court variety

French Oyster Woman - 2
A parqueuse d huitres - oyster gatherer - of Cap Ferret, near Arcachon in south- west France. Her shoes may lack Parisian chic but are eminently practical

On Biarritz Beach
A family stroll on the beach. Everyone, except papa and little Marie-Cecile, are wearing stockings by MONDIA, preferred by all smart and practical women

Door Knocker Joke
Two small boys amuse themselves by knocking at a front door then running away - but this householder intends to rap the rappers

Combinaison-Jupon 1913
Combinaison-Jupon from Au Frederic, modelled by French actress Lillian Greuze of the Athenee, who says that nothing is more elegant or more practical

BELLs COMET
Henry Bells Comet which plied on the Clyde from 1812 till 1820 - the first practical steamboat on any European river

Students Dissecting 1880
Young female students at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris dissect a body as part of their practical work

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