Skin Collection (page 8)

Pomeroy skin food advertisement, skincare for munition worke
Advertisement for Pomeroy skin food, ideal for vanquishing the complexion ills of Munition work during the First World War. 1917

Helena Rubinstein light treatment for wrinkles, 1917
The blue light treatment at Madame Helena Rubinstein s, to transform the woman with lined and tired eyes, as it feeds the skin and overcomes wrinkles. Date: 1917

Helena Rubinstein facial, 1917
A lady receiving the famous skin-clearing treatment at the beauty salon of the legendary Madame Helena Rubinstein. Date: 1917

Lady chauffeur costume from Dunhills, WW1
A tailored suit of velvet Persian skin with hat to match for the lady chauffeur obtained from Dunhill s. Date: 1916

British veterinary hospital in France, 1916
Men at a British Veterinary Hospital in France scrubbing a skin disease on a horse after a warm bath during the First World War. Date: 1916

Mussocks (animal skins) for river crossing, India
People carrying mussocks (animal skins) for river crossing, India. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens gloves 1935
A selection of wrist gloves: suede simplex fabric, hog skin, reynier quailty seleted French kid gloves, novelty French Chevrette Kid gloves with black patent leather bars

Gipsy woman with children by Muriel Dawson
Gipsy woman with three children by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Woman aged 108, Japan
Woman claiming to be 108 years old, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for De Bret beauty masks 1934
Flawless skin in 25 minutes. A modern beauty miracle! Applied simply and quickly. Whist on the face you can act with the utmost freedom of movement. It does not crack or cause any discomfort

Advert for Eleanor Adair, herbal pack 1934
Adairs new achievement in beauty aids. A herbel pack, created by Eleanor Adair to enable you to avoid the distressing effects of a relentless sun

Advert for Mayflowa town walking womens shoes 1923
Mayflowa shoes. Every ladys wardrobe should contain one or more pairs of the shoes shown in our new brochure. Date: 1923

Electrical Skin treatment Demonstration, 1887
Aleksei Gerasimovich Polotebnov (1838 to 1907) was a pioneering Russian Dermatologist. He invented and demonstrated numerous skin treatments designed to prevent or cure skin diseases of all types

Eskimo children
Three happy eskimo children dressed in their fathers catch of seal skins. Date: 1934

Girl and toddler in studio photo
A young girl holding a toddler in a studio photo, with a painted backdrop. circa early 20th century

Advert for Gorringes reptile shoes
Lizard skin shoes for women, sport shoe with low leather heel and welted sole, and buckle to the side, graceful court style is made in black

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Tatler fashions by Gordon Conway
A fashion illustration of a light green suit with matching jacket. The outfit is worn with a soft straw hat and peach kid skin shoes. Date: 1929

Advert for Mayflowa reptile women shoes 1926
Mayflowa reptile shoes. A seletion of mid 1920s lizard, leopard, snake, crocodile skins. 1926

Advert for Lilley & Skinner tennis shoes 1928
Seletion of tennis shoes for women. 1928

Beauty Products
A young woman applying beauty products at her dressing table. The bottles are labelled Skins Food, Plaster etc. Date: early 1930s

Advertisement for Remington shavers -- three models posing as a happy family (J Fenton, Sarah Branch and Jane Hancock). 1959

Djibouti, East Africa - Sellers of Animal Hides
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - Sellers of Animal Hides. Date: circa 1910s

A native of Northern Russia with longbow and arrows wearing decorated skin clothing Date: circa 1901

Argentina - Objects and weapons of the Indigenous Indians Date: circa 1910s

Vietnam - preparing (drying) the skin of a shot panther, pictured with the French hunter who realised his demise... Date: circa 1910s

Eskimo in his Kayak - Covered in sealion skin - Alaska, USA Date: circa 1909

St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada - Sealer unloading catch
Wharf at St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada - Sealer unloading catch. Date: 1902

Livingstone, Zambia - Native Craftsmen, Shapiros Curio Store. Date: circa 1906

Yessentuki, Russia - Spa Town
Yessentuki - a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located at the base of the Caucasus Mountains - Health Resort town in the Stavropol Krai region

Eskimo couple with skin boat - Alaska, USA. The boat has been upturned (for repair?) with a long fishing spear, two caught salmon and a paddle resting alongside. Date: circa 1910s

Orange segment on a plate-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Inflating the goldbeater skin 500 cubit feet balloon
Inflating the goldbeater skin 500cu ft balloon before letting it up to take photographs

Goldbeater skin balloon of 500 cubic feet
Goldbeater skin balloon of 500cu ft inflated with coal gas, with camera attached being let up from 20 Waldegrave Park, Strawberry Hill

Skin from a Ground sloth
This rare sloth skin, one of the best examples of its kind, was found in a cave in Chile in the early 1900 s

Oceanites maorianus, New Zealand strom petrel
This skin is one of only three in the world that can prove the New Zealand storm petrel is a living species

bird
A specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus variegatus

Earwig skin in Baltic amber
A shed earwig skin in Baltic amber, this specimen has very long pincers. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule

Ventral surface of a mite from the prostigmatic species
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Certhidea olivacea, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Nesomimus parvulus, Galapagos mockingbird
A specimen of a Galapagos mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) collected by Charles Robert Darwin in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Certhidea olivacea fusca, warbler-finch
A specimen of a warbler-finch (Certhidea olivacea fusca) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Camarhynchus prosthemelas
A specimen collected by Dr A. Habel, labelled Camarhynchus prosthemelas

Dusicyon antarcticus, Falkland fox
Study skin of a female specimen from West Falkland Island. Scale is in centimetres

Nesolagus netscheri, Sumatran rabbit
Photograph, viewed from above, of a Sumatran rabbit skin specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Mite in amber

Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground finch with labels
A specimen of a sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) collected by Dr. A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Camarhynchus psittacula habeli, large tree finch
A specimen of a large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

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