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Waiting for Santa Claus by Muriel Dawson. 1926
Santa Claus with presents on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1950s
Santa Claus on a Christmas postcard, putting toys in stockings in front of a blazing fireplace. Date: circa 1890s
Realsilk Hosiery1930s advertisement for Realsilk Hosiery. The skyscraper girl and her stockings. Illustration from Delineator magazine February 1930. Artist anon. Date: 1930
Cartoon advert for Shuck Maclean and Co Ltd, makers of printing inks. The winner of a beauty competition writes: I ascribe my success entirely to the use of your charming inks. 20th century
Advert for Wolsey stockings 1928Pure silk stockings. Date: 1928
BEMBERG STOCKINGS 1931Three lovely ladies show a leg through the split in their skirts, revealing their Bemberg stockings. 1931
Father Christmas and Xmas stockingsFather Christmas about to fill the stockings hanging in the fireplace with presents Date: 19th century
Advertisement for Bear Brand superfine Stockings. Date: 1936
A member of the MacGillivray clan, in his tartan kilt, and feathered bonnet, his buckler with its projecting spike, his sword, and his dagger tucked into his stockings Date: circa 1850
Pin up girl Date: 1945
Elderly Couple on Christmas Morn
Family Christmas
Santa in the Artic Date: 1937
Korean man in hat, breeches and stockings, holding a stick.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
10939489Men in hooded cloaks, tunics and stockings of thee time of William II.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin
10936526Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621), in breastplate, trunk hose and cream stockings.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F
Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1934Bear Brand Supreme, womens stockings. Date: 1934
HOME MADE CLOTHES RACKA home-made drying rack, made from coat hangers and light rods, an ingenious way of drying underwear etc. in the days before tumbledryers. Date: 1930s
Florence Ward in silk pyjamas 1908Actress Florence Ward in silk pyjamas is ready for bed having removed her stockings, paste buckle shoes, petticoats & other attire. Date: 1908
HUNTING DRESS 1929Tailored d-b jacket with patch pockets, box-pleated skirt, ankle socks & lace up boots; jacket with back pleats, argyll stockings & high boots; motoring coat with fur collar. Date: 1929
FEMALE TYPE / READING BOOKA smiling young Frenchwoman in slip, hat, stockings and shoes - shes holding a book, but looking at the camera. Date: 1920s
ADVERT / HOLEPROOF 1924Advertisement for Holeproof Hosiery. Date: 1924
COSTUME AT BATH 1807A young man writing a letter wears a loose 3/4 jacket with stand fall collar & no fastenings over his breeches & waistcoat. He wears stockings & slippers on his feet. Date: 1807
MUSLIN GOWN 1795A young woman wears a white muslin, ankle length gown, muslin jacket, a fichu or neckerchief, a mob cap with pink ribbon, white stockings & black heeled shoes. Date: 1795
HIKING FASHIONS 1926Feminine rambling fashions of 3/4 length tweed or checked skirts worn with matching or contrasting jackets. Stockings or ankle socks are worn with various styles of shoe. Date: 1926
COSTUME / GINGERBREAD 1796A gingerbread seller wears black shoes, black half- gaiters, dark woollen stockings, rust-coloured plain coat and a small hat with the brim turned up. Date: 1796
Stockings - 1929An elegant lady in stockings and suspenders, in a Gossard corsets advertisement Date: 1929
GOLD PROSPECTOR / CANADAA gold prospector mending his stockings in his cabin. Date: 1878
WOMAN DARNING STOCKINGSA woman darning stockings Date: 19th century
Man in Black 1813Black woollen suit: cut-away coat, short waistcoat with stand collar, breeches with falls, knitted stockings, pumps, top hat & pink lining, white cravat & shirt ruffles. Date: 1813
Cami-Knickers PhotoA lady in her undies and gartered stockings leans cheekily on a pillar. Date: 1920s
Green Spots Slinky Stockings - Murrays Cabaret Club CostuGreen Spots Slinky Stockings - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London
Mail and FemaleA scantily-clad female post delivery operative delivering the mail in non-standard work attire.... Date: 1940s
Slightly Louche Girl in a Studio portrait pose in rather unusual boyish attire. Date: circa 1908
The American Child - Young girl in purple dressThe American Child - A sweet young girl in purple dress, striped purple stockings and a large spotty purple bow in her hair. Date: 1910
The English Child - Young girl in yellow dress - toy horseDelightful postcard illustration entitled The English Child - A young girl in yellow dress - pulling along a toy horse with a string. Date: 1910
Stylish French Girl in low-cut black and green dress, seated on a settee. Date: circa 1920s
A pretty girl adjusts her shoe on a bollard"...now the Boys away!" pretty girl adjusting her shoe on a bollard (revealing bright blue stockings and a frilly petticoat) as she heads out for a night on the town.... Date: 1910
Glamorous French Girl with Roses and a hat boxGlamorous French Girl with Mauve hat, choker and shoes, pink Roses and carrying a hat box. Date: circa 1920s
Glamorous French Woman in green ensemble with umbrella and yellow stockings. Date: circa 1920
Young people in punk style dressGroup of young people in punk dress, including leather jackets with studs, and spiky hairstyles, at the Cornwall Coliseum. Date: circa 1980s
Susi - ruining Mums stockings. 1950s
Three women in burlesque costume on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Inspector Sheila Ward, Met Police, LondonInspector Sheila Ward (b.c1937), Met Police, London, the first woman to hold the post of Station Inspector, at Kings Cross. Seen here speaking to a line of male police officers
Eight women police officers in new Surrey uniformEight women police officers posing in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, trousers were introduced as an option
Two women police officers in updated uniform, LondonTwo women police officers posing in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options. The checkered cravat replaced the bow tie, though here the cravat is not patterned
Foot torture method from the 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries