Roles Collection (page 9)

Actors in the roles of Tamashima Itto, Tenjuku Tokubei, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto

Three actors in the roles of Hakata Kojoro, Kezori Kuemon, and Komatsu-ya Soshichi. Print shows three actors portraying a woman and two men on board a ship; one of the men holds a large ax

Three actors in the roles of Tsubo no Iwafuji, Churo Onoe, and Meishitsukai Hatsu. Date between 1848 and 1854

Actors in the roles of the warriors Sekiguchi Yataro, Yoshioka Kanefusa, and Miyamoto Musashi. Date 1848 and 1854

Actors in the roles of Ushiwaka Denji and Shinzo Shiratama. Print shows actors portraying the roles of a man and a woman. Date 1858

Three actors in the roles of Wadai Yoshimori, Tomoe Gozen, and Yamabuki. Date between 1848 and 1854

Three actors in the roles of Tanizawa Tanomo, Wakato Kihei

Actors in the roles of Kono Moronau and Kaoyo. Date 1855

Actors in the roles of Taira no Munemori, Mikazuki Osen, and Ebizako no Ju. Print shows three actors in a line, the one in the middle is wearing oversized garments

Actors in the roles of Soga no Juro Sukenari, Soga no Goro Tokimune, and Tegoshi no Tsukuna. Print shows a scene from a Soga play, with the Soga brothers and a woman. Date between 1844 and 1848

Three actors in the roles of Nagoya Sanzaburo, Katsuragi, and Fuwa Banzaemon. Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai

Changing Role of Women in the UK
The Girls reckon they can do anything without us men now-a-days - But can they? Interesting postcard highlighting the changing role of Women in the UK workplace in the early years of the twentieth

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of fathers ill health

Actors in the roles of Oyone Magoshichi and Taheiji. Print shows two warriors and a woman around a fire, one warrior appears to be protecting the woman from the other warrior

Actors in the roles of Igami no Gonta, Gontas wife Kosen, and the Kokingo. Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen

Actors in the roles of Hakata Kojuro, Kezori Kuemon, and Komachiya Soshichi. Print shows two actors on board a ship and one in the water; portraying Hakata Kojuro, the smuggler or pirate

Actors in the roles of Ibaragi-ya Denzo, Ibaragi-ya Kokonoe, Akita Hideie, and others. Print shows actors and musicians performing for a nobleman. Date between 1848 and 1854

Emancipated Woman - Husband doing chores
The Handy-man at home An Emancipated Woman reads happily by the fire whilst her sailor husband does his fair share of the household chores by scrubbling the floor. Date: 1915

Woman in the army
New role for the Emancipated woman - Gwendoline of the Queens Bays - a female soldier in the British army at the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

Copenhagen, Denmark - Pantomime Theatre with Pierrot and Harlequin characters Date: circa 1910s

Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women
I Wed Him. Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women take fullsome advantage of their right on a leap year to ask for the hand in marriage of their chaps

Alice Crawford
ALICE CRAWFORD Actress who played Shakespearean roles such as Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra. She married Valentine Williams. Date: 1882 - 1931

Who wears the Trousers?
With you... Who wears the Trousers? Date: 1902

Cora Urquhart-Brown. Actress. In 1898 she joined the company Herbert Beerbohm Tree andplayed a number important roles, esp. Shakespeares Juliet and Cleopatra

Flying Kites 1970S
Four boys engrossed in the various roles involved in flying kites. Date: 1970s

Massenet & his Heroines
JULES MASSENET with singers who have sung his leading roles - Emma Calve at top left, Lina Cavalieri standing on the piano, Mary Garden standing in foreground Date: 1842 - 1912

Nellie Farren / Alphabet
NELLIE (Ellen) FARREN Burlesque entertainer, specialising in the playing of boys roles, seen here performing with Messrs Terry and Royce. Date: 1848 - 1904

Cookery by Millicent Sowerby
A group of girl guides busy in a kitchen making pastry and cakes

Bridlington Dramatic Troupe - The Majors
Scene in Bridlington of a troupe of actors in the roles of The Majors along with a Scottish Piper Boy

Mlle Lina Cavalieri
The Italian singer Lina Cavalieri, renowned for her great beauty. Here on the front cover of Femina, the caption reads: The great singer after a triumphant season in America has just returned to

Gas Council advertisement 1954
Advertisement by the Gas Council stressing that the gas industry makes the best use of the nations coal, allowing busy housewives the luxury of instant hot water with Mr Therms Sink Water-heaters

Gas advertisement 1954
Advertisement by the Gas Industry promoting the use of coal-fired gas as fuel for gas cookers in the 1950s home. To drive home the point

Now that Women are doing Mens Jobs
Festive illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing a woman dressed up as Father Christmas. The illustration is a festive metaphor for the increase in women taking over mens roles during

Wars Transmutations by Helen McKie
A cartoon showing how World War One flipped roles. A youthful clerk is bullied by a manager, who then ends up as a private while the clerk becomes an officer

The R. A. F Girl
Part of series of illustrations by Fred Taylor depicting the various roles of women during World War I. Here, an RAF or WRAF female motorcyclist chauffeurs an officer in her motorbike and sidecar

The Railway Girl by Fred Taylor
A woman working as a railway porter during World War I, part of a series painted by Taylor for The Bystander entitled, " Carrying On" showing women adopting a variety of traditionally male

Women factory workers wearing respiratory-veils
A group of female factory workers wearing respiratory-veils and carrying a banner. The photograph was taken during a procession in London in July 1916 celebrating the many different roles of women in

Women on the land
Three female agricultural workers are pictured with a banner. The women were taking part in a procession through London in July 1916 celebrating the many different roles of women throughout the First

Randolph Churchill
Lord RANDOLPH SPENCER CHURCHILL depicted as a versatile actor capable of roles from Red Republican to True Blue Patriot, by way of the Artful Dodger !

Grace Huntley - Panto
Miss Grace huntely in various roles (Sinbad, Aladdin, The Bonnie Fishwife) in Sinbad at The Royal Theatre

Performing Street Dogs
Two dogs in male and female roles entertain a group of well-to-do ladies at the edge of a market or shopping street. The handler also has an owl and a cat

Jacob & Benjamin
Actors in the roles of Benjamin and his blind Father Jacob in the play Joseph - here Jacob parts from Benjamin

Sir Henry Alfred Lytton (1867-1936)
Photographic portrait of Sir Henry Alfred Lytton, the English actor and Savoyard, who was famous for his performance of roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas

Conscientious objectors parade for a photograph
Many men refused to bear arms, for a variety of reasons. These men are Quakers and opposed to fighting on religious grounds

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

Mrs Bernard Beere
FANNY MARY BERNARD-BEERE Whitehead), actress, known for many roles including that of Mrs Arbuthnot in Wildes A Woman of No Importance

Sophie Tucker / Nerman
SOPHIE TUCKER (Sophia Abuza) American vaudeville singer with occasional film roles

Womens Rights / Tradition
The main qualities of Woman 2 of 2

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