Puffing Collection

Puffing Billy engine
Puffing Billy, steam engine invented by William Headley in 1813. Headley solved the problem of slippage on the iron tracks by applying power through two sets of driving wheels

Evening Dress / Doucet
Doucet sleeveless Empire-line tunic dress: bouillonnee / puffing at the hem, a gathered tunic with beaded fringing; worn with a vibrantly patterned fur-trimmed coat

English Dresses Oct 1838
3 gowns all with bishop sleeves, 2 with reverse cuffs, V necklines and pointed waists. Hemlines are trimmed with flounces, embroidery, rouleaux and puffing

Playing the Puffs: a Musical version of Smoke
Mademoiselle Lipovska, in an illustrated photograph, puffing a cigarette by music, with musical notes in smoke clouds. Captioned, Playing the Puffs: a Musical version of Smoke'

George Stephenson's Locomotion aka Puffing Billy Locomotive Railway Train Date: 1825

Musical terms up to date - Fortissimo - very loud
1903

Tugboat at Sea Date: 1948

Puffing Billy, steam locomotive 1813
Puffing Billy, steam locomotive, constructed by William Hedley, engine wright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett

Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904

Open Robe 1888
Green open robe: loose sash at the waist, tall soft hat with stuffed bird. Striped robe: pointed bodice, skirt with 3 rows of puffing & tunic fullness draped at the front. Date: 1888

Puffing Billy, Hedleys improved Wylam engine
Hedleys improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy Date: 1813

Man pulling pram and children uphill, c. 1820
A rotund gentleman struggles to pull his two children in a pram uphill as his over-dressed wife follows on behind. The children look like they are rather enjoying this experience

Willss tobacco advert by H. M. Bateman
Advertisement by H. M. Bateman for Willss Cut Golden Bar tobacco featuring a gent seated in a comfortable armchair wearing a smoking jacket in a state of pipe smoking ecstasy. Date: 1929

The modern invention - the art of puffing
Slide shows a photograph of a woman looking into a mirror and applying make-up to herself. Part of Box 366. C.1880s

Greetings from Normandy
" I send you greetings from Normandy". A Norman man in white smock, puffing on a thin pipe and doffing his remarkable hat. He carries a small wicker basket - I wonder what it contains

Gentleman puffing away at his pipe in a No Smoking Carriage - " So what??" Date: circa 1940s

Arab Musician blowing a small horn - Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Hedleys Puffing Billy

Pompeii Forum 1850
The ruined Forum in 1850 : Vesuvius is puffing away in the distance. Date: 1850

Sailor from HMS Lion smoking his pipe - this card is captioned: " Peace in War." Date: 1917

Paddlesteamer on the Shatt al-Arab
A paddlesteamer on the Shatt al-Arab, Basra, Iraq Date: circa 1910s

Fashions 1 July 1883
Girl: long bodice & kilted skirt. Women: jacket bodice, waistcoat front, horizontal bands of gaging & puffing on the skirt; black beaded mantle, flounces & apron front Date: 1883

Old steam engine still in use
An old steam engine, puffing away in a field, still in use for something or other

A Swiss Shepherd Watching a Battle by the Frontier
The absurdity of war summed up by Heath Robinson as a shepherd puffing peacefully on his pipe sits in neutral Switzerland

Moscow over River
The Kremlin seen from the far side of the Moskva river, on which an early steamboat is proudly puffing though I don t see how its going to get under that bridge

Walking Dress 1840
Grey dress with a single flounce & bouillon (puffing) on the skirt, lace ruff & brown fur muff & fur-trimmed pelerine-mantlet, broad brimmed bonnet with plumes

Girl in Green / White 1870
Girl with ringlets: green & white striped tunic dress, square cut corsage, ribbon ceinture & pointed hem drawn up over a short green skirt with flounce & bouillon trim

Nice, the Harbour
The harbour at Nice : a steamer is puffing out to sea, while several sailing vessels ply hither and thither

Puffing Billy, designed by William Hedley
The Puffing Billy locomotive, designed by William Hedley

Puffing Billy
Hedleys improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy

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