Socialising Collection (page 2)

Market, Algeria
The fruit market at Biskra - a place for socialising as well as stocking the larder. Date: 1906

Tatler cover - London nightlife, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler for February 26 1958 featuring a photograph of a couple enjoying a night out in London. Date: 1958

Christmas Feasting in the 14th century
Artists impression of a banquet of the 14th century. The tables were narrow and movable, consisting of boards resting on trestles

Roof Garden, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Women relaxing on the Roof Garden of the H.J. Heinz company building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1900

Wartime in London, WW1
A two page spread, showing what happened in Hyde park during WW1, telling of the different lifestyles of each soldier. The illustration is showing how Hyde park had changed since the war started but

The Man Who Won the V. C. by Thomas Henry
An officer who has won the Victoria Cross is presented with a situation that finds him a little short of courage - a roomful of young women, eager to meet him. Date: 1915

Subaltern Stunts in Rome by H. L. Oakley
Scenes in Rome and Florence during World War One as witnessed by the silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley. Caption reads, As leave to " Blighty" is not very plentiful

Two British soldiers chat with millers daughter, WW1
Two British soldiers chat with the local millers daughter on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Hebe in Society by Teddy
The vogue of the cocktail party at its height in 1928. A chic woman in a short pink dress dishes out drinks to two male guests in evening dress. Date: 1928

A breath of air on the balcony at a London ball
A couple in evening dress take a moment to enjoy some fresh air by an open window or balcony, during a ball at one of the great London mansions at the height of the London Season. 1930

Society in Hyde Park during the London Season, 1886
Smart society promenading and riders on their horses in Rotten Row, in Hyde Park during the height of the London Season in 1886. Date: 1886

Miss Margaret Whigham seeks sylvan solitude
Exhausted from her relentless socialising (and appearances in society magazines like The Bystander!), Miss Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), later Mrs Charles Sweeny, then Duchess of Argyll

Mr Charles Birkin and Miss Margaret Whigham
Miss Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured at the first night of the new revue

Men and women taking tea in a garden
Three men and three women taking tea in a garden. A little dog looks up expectantly. The two younger women have tennis racquets. C.1900

The Gay Round at Roehampton
Scenes at Roehampton Club showing the entertainment on offer alongside polo, golf and lawn tennis. Fashionable ladies can be seen in the Wall Garden

The Gay, Warm South by C. Morse - Biarritz in the 1920s
A scene in Biarritz, France at the height of the Season, showing the famous Plage and Hotel du Palais, with a cosmopolitan crowd in fashionable clothes socialising

Sidelights of the Lido by Gilbert Rumbold
Artists impression of some aspects of life at the Lido in Venice during the 1920s, showing smart society attending fashion fetes, wearing period costume designed by Brunelleschi

A Case of Encirclement by Hookway Cowles
An attractive woman in a glamorous pink evening dress is surrounded by male admirers at a party. Date: 1939

The Return of the Native by Webster Murray
A bearded bohemian type appears in a cafe, making the rest of its patrons appear considerably less bohemian. Date: 1927

Delicatessen by W. S. Hutton
Two chic looking 1920s ladies enjoy some bar snacks while enjoying cocktails. A rather sinister bartender smiles an evil smile! Date: 1927

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1930
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number featuring a pre-WWI Christmas party with people enjoying a music recital. Date: 1930

Five men drinking
Five men have a drink Landskrona, Sweden, 1910 Date: 1910

Just As it Used to Be by Fred Purvis
A lively scene of revelry in a Chelsea artists studio showing some Bright Young Things of the 1920s dancing, drinking and smoking at a party

Two gentlemen

British soldier chatting to local woman, Flanders, WW1
A British soldier of the Liverpool Scottish regiment, off duty and behind the lines, chats with a local woman at Dicksbusch, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1915

Apres ski fashion 1953
Suggested outfits for apres ski socialising. On the left is a grey and yellow checked wool taffeta blouse by Jaeger worn with their huge, button-through circular felt skirt

Canada Dry advertisement, 1953
Mildly humorous advertisement for Canada Dry sparkling drinks featuring a photograph of two glamorous young women being flirted with by a sweaty rugby player after a game. Date: 1953

Three middle-aged women with their cats
Three middle-aged women out to tea with their cats. first published 1879

London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945
London girls dance with American GI soldiers during World War II in an unidentified bar. The GI at the far left of the picture is from the US Army 101st Airborne Division

Girls entertaining American GI in London bar
Two glamorous girls entertain an American GI, whose cap badge indicates he is an Infantry Paratrooper in an unidentified bar in London during World War II, while a third waits table

1960s fashion, courtship wearing John Cavanagh suit
A girl wearing a John Cavanagh suit of soft, feather-weight tweed by Otterburn Mills in a mixture of pale grey and white. The jacket is double-breasted with a rolled collar set away from the neck

Women and military men in a pub
Women and military men enjoying a drink in a pub, while a barmaid collects some empty glasses. circa 1940s

1930s cocktail bar
A group of glamorous friends enjoy each others company at a hotel cocktail bar in 1934. Date: 1934

Mrs Charles Sweeny with Mr Eustace Storey
Mrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later the infamous Duchess of Argyll (1912 - 1993) pictured at the Golf Ball with Mr Eustace Storey

Kitchen of a Common Lodging House
Residents eating and socialising in the kitchen of a common lodging house, location unknown. Such establishments provided cheap accommodation by the night for those of limited means

Island in the Sun: Barbados
Barbados- the most English in character of the sunny Caribbean islands appropriately attracts a large contingent of visitors from England seeking palm-shaded relaxation. Among them are The Hon

Russian German fraternisation WWI
Russians and Germans socialising during break in fighting in World War I

Pilots socialising WWII
Young pilots far outnumber the girls during World War II

Rich French Families in Algiers, Algeria
Rich French Families in the Square Bresson, Algiers, Algeria

Bernagousse 1918
French and British troops fraternising and sharing cigarettes in Bernagousse taking over the right of the new line from the French on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

Soldiers toast in 1917
A French and a British Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) sergeant toasting each other at Boesinghe in Belgium on the British front during World War I on 18th August 1917

Local and western men in Kashgar, western China
A group of local and western men inside a building in Kashgar, western China. They appear to be handing round drinks, perhaps after a hard days travelling. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Miss Barbara Hore-Ruthven and Mr Victor Hervey socialising together in London. The photograph is part of a montage of images entitled London Town After Dark

Arabian street Cafe scene - Cairo, Egypt. Men sit and drink and chat on the street and in the alcove recess behind the coffee / tea stall

Socialising at Beach
A fashionable group socialising on the beach in Trouville

Socialising at the Sea
A fashionable group socialising at a bar in Trouville

On the Trouville Beach
A fashionable group socialising on the beach in Trouville

Fishing, New Zealand
Men of Cape Maria van Diemen, at the very north of North Island, engaged in fishing and generally socialising

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