Social Collection (page 11)

Social / Cowboys Wagon
A cowboy cook and the chuck wagon

Social / Paris Opera 1912
The audience arrives at the Opera, Paris Date: circa 1912

No Money for Social Serv
- Sorry, can t spare anything for schools or social services

Social Scene Ascot 1911
A group of smartly dressed men and women enjoying a day out at Ascot

Dancing at Coconut Grove
Elegant couples dine and dance to the calypso beat of Edmundo Ros and his band at the New Coconut Grove, Regent Street, London

Paris Lodge 1740
A Parisian Lodge in 1740

Initiation to Master
A French Lodge ceremonially inducts a member to the grade of Master

Remington / Cowboys Lasso
Cowboys roping with lassos in a horse-corral

Remington / Cowboyexplore
An exploring outfit - two cowboys on horseback with a spare horse to carry extra supplies

Russian Sailor on Steps
A sailor walks down the famous Odessa Steps, Russia

Beaux & Belles / Cassell s
Beaux and belles of the Regency period in Vauxhall Gardens

Noblewoman & Son, Knole
A noblewoman and her son sit looking at a book by the fireplace in the Brown Gallery at Knole, Kent

Bjornstjerne Bjornson / Ph
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON Norwegian poet, dramatist, novelist and political and social leader photographed with Grieg in 1903

JUBILEE / ST JAMESs 1897
VICTORIAs DIAMOND JUBILEE decorations in St. Jamess Street

Initiation / Secret Master
Initiation of a Secret Master

Westminster / Lantern Slid
A view of Westminster by night

W minster Bridge / Lantern
Westminster Bridge Street by night

Social / Grand Salon C1800
Fashionable Parisiens and Parisiennes in the Grand Salon de Frascati, Paris

Afternoon tea in a fashionable French home

Pioneer settlers outside their log cabin. A woman cooks over a fire, watched by two children

Traffic at Oxford (Regent) Circus, Central London
Cabs, carriages, buses and pedestrians at Oxford (then Regent) Circus, at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street, Central London, during the season

Western passengers on a Nile steamer
A group of western passengers on a Nile steamer, listening to a young woman play the piano

Specimens of evolution at a grand dinner
The survival of the fittest -- specimens of evolution take part in a grand dinner. The handsome and the clever walk arm in arm, watched by many servants

Social Scenes Britain
Hastings, late 19th century

Bradford School for Deaf and Disabled Children
Children, some in wheelchairs, others sitting on buses, outside the City of Bradfords special school for what were then referred to as crippled and physically defective children

Guests at the Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt Ball at Kirtlington Park, home of the Budgett family. Pictured in the Monkey Room, with the magnificent painted ceiling by Clermont in 1745. Date: 1964

Decorations on E P Rose & Son Ltd Department Store, Bedford
Decorations outside E P Rose & Son Ltd Department Store in Bedford - Coronation of Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Cartoon, Specimens from Mr Punchs Industrial Exhibition of 1850 (to be improved in 1851). A satire on the forthcoming Great Exhibition, under the leadership of Prince Albert

Cartoon, Excelsior! (Suffragist as Sisyphus)
Cartoon, Excelsior! A Suffragette depicted as Sisyphus pushing the large boulder of Womens Suffrage up the Parliament Hill

Interior of a working class home 1920
Decor of early 1910s working class home, but photograph taken near the end or just after the First World War, showing carpeted floor, wallpaper, photographs in frames and ornaments on shelving

The Pilgrimage of Grace (October 1536-October 1537) - a massive protest against Henry VIIIs break with the Roman Catholic Church, the Dissolution of the Monasteries

London Ragged School, Battersea 1890s
The London Ragged Schools Union was established in April 1844 to combine resources in the city, providing free education, food, clothing, lodging and other home missionary services for poor children

The former Whitechapel Union workhouse on Southern Grove (formerly South Grove), Mile End, was designed by Richard Robert Long and erected in 1870-71. Date: 2002

Donkey Rides on the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
Donkey Rides on the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea, known colloquially as Gorleston, a town in Norfolk, England (to the south of Great Yarmouth). circa 1920s

1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeler car
Jolly woman posing for a photograph seated in a fabulous 1927 Morgan Aero 1100cc three-wheeled car at the seafront in Margate, Kent. 1927

Hermeswiese Settlement, Vienna, Austria
The Hermeswiese Settlement (Siedlung Hermeswiese), designed as a garden city, was created in cooperation with the municipality of Vienna with the cooperative " Altmannsdorf-Hetzendorf"

Tanganyika (Tanzania) - East Africa - Group of Ikoma People - an ethnic and linguistic group based in Mara Region in northern Tanzania. Date: circa 1909

Juliette Recamier by Francois Gerard
Francois Gerard (1770-1837) painting of Juliette Recamier (born Bernard, 1777-1849), French woman of letters. Date: 1805

Luddites smash weaving machinery in a Nottingham textile factory. The Luddites were a movement of radical group of English textile workers

Cartoon - sex before marriage?
"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940

Cecil Aldin, The Christmas Dinner at the Inn

Miss Inez Holden. Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (1903-1974) was a British writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, also known for her association with George Orwell. Date: 1932

A large crowd gathering - north of England (possibly Leeds or Sheffield?). Date: 1908

Deaf and Dumb Finger Alphabet
A chart of the finger-spelling alphabet used by many deaf people. Date: circa 1905

Ovaltine advertisement designed by Gladys Peto in her usual gorgeous, decorative style, showing women of all ages partaking of Ovaltine in a garden because it

Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI
The Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI (1 player short!)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as baby in pram with nanny
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a baby in her pram, with nanny

Isle of Wight Guesthouse - Occupants and Staff
The guests and some of the staff of an unamed Guesthouse. The sign on the right of the doorway reads: Orders received for Meguyers Omnibus which suggests this photograph was possibly taken

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