Straight Collection (page 5)

Morris Park Race Track - The Bronx, NYC, USA Date: 1903

Canadian armourers repairing rifles, Salisbury Plain, WW1
Canadian armourers repairing Ross straight-pull rifles on Salisbury Plain at the start of the First World War. Another man in the background is repairing a bicycle. Date: 27 September 1914

Naughty Boy Eats Jam
A naughty boy eats straight from the jam pot, despite having promised not to. Date: 1939

Santa Filling Stockings
" He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, & filled all the stockings..." Date: First published: 1823

St Bernard drinking from a tap
A St. Bernard puppy, Totila, owned by McKenna, aged ten weeks. Totila drinks water straight from an outdoor tap while his little friend watches. Date: 1976

GWR navvies at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
A group of Great Western Railway navvies straightening the track at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales

Khyber Pass, Afghanistan - Straight Road
The straight road to Afghanistan - The Khyber Pass, North West Frontier Province

1926 Fashion
Latest trends from Paris in the spring of 1926. Here, the women are wearing a Flaring Skirt, Smoking Suit, Straight Suit and Picture Frock

Skirting The Difficulty
I won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925

Prince Albert playing tennis
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI (1895-1952), was a keen tennis player in the 1920s; in July 1920 with his partner Louis Greig he won the RAF doubles competition

He Soon Found It
An experienced American officer during World War One, advises a fresh-faced recruit to keep walking straight until he gets to the fighting in the front line

Mans Bedroom
A mans bedroom; masculine straight lines with furniture of mahogany and lubinga. The new British furniture, a complete home in the modern manner

Safety saddle
Advertisement from 1888 for Champion & Wiltons Safety Side-saddle offering the advantage of a straight sitting position and comfort, in comparison to the old style of side-saddle (illustrated)

An Immigrant arriving in London, 1904
Engraving showing a Jewish immigrant with his pack on his back, being greeted by a loved one, while an officer from the Jewish shelter looks on, London, 1904

Torpedo-shell
A French soldier about to fire a torpedo-shell from a trench-gun. The winged shell kept a straight course and exploded laterally, causing widespread damage to its target

Liverpool and Birkenhead Ferry-steamer Cheshire, October 1
Engraving of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Ferry-Steamer, Cheshire, 31st October 1863. This paddle-steamer ferry was built for the Woodside Ferry Commissioners to a design that allowed up to 2000

Spring fashions for 1925
A colourful design from Paris where the couturiers announced that skirts were to be shorter and a straight slender outline was the most desirable shape for spring 1925

Ooh! Lucky Lipstick
A model with long, straight dark hair, pouts as she applies her pearly pink lipstick!

Celebrating the Jubilee on Board a Man of War - Extra Ration
Engraving showing the distribution of grog (watered down rum) on board HMS Sultan to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887

History of Fashion 1880
Coat bodice, basques well over the hips, double-breasted, cut-away at the front & trimmed with cord; straight skirt with vertical stripes, train & diagonal drapery

I am Going Straightahead
This signal means : I AM GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD used when there is any doubt

The Mallard
The LNERs Mallard, the locomotive that attained 125 m.p.h - a record in 1938 for steam engines. The record took place on a straight stretch of track between Grantham and Peterborough

TAXI
A woman in smart stylish suit of straight knee-length skirt & a collarless sac like short jacket with tie fastening, fur hat & stiletto heels hails a taxi

60S Model & Union Jack
A British model with a fringe & straight dark hair, covers her modesty with the Union (British) flag, as she strikes a pose

Blonde Pin-Up 5 / Colour
Fifties blonde bombshell, in a strapless accordian pleated chemise, sits side on with one leg tucked beneath her & points the other straight down at the floor

Hunting Dress 1938
Knee-length straight skirt & matching coat with cape & deerstalker hat - all in a vibrant green, yellow & red tartan - perfect for shooting game birds in. Date: 1938

Fantastic Floral Hat
A young lady managing to keep a straight face while wearing a ludicrously large plaited straw hat profusely trimmed with flowers & bows & tied on like a bonnet with a ribbon

Tasting Order at Docks
Wine is tasted straight from the barrel at the London docks

Drinking from a Barrel
straight from the barrel... Date: circa 1670

Vaccination / Cow / 1894
Employees at the Paris Hotel de Ville are vaccinated against smallpox, straight from the cow

Lady Checks Stockings
A lady checks that her Bear Brand stockings are on straight

Dresses Late 1940S
Three dresses all with tight waists and calf-length skirts. One has a straight skirt with wrap-over, button bodice with fringing, plus white collar and cuffs

Cat Drinking Milk
A man working in a London cat hostel for stray cats looks as on as one happy cat tries to lick a drink of milk straight from the milk bottle!

Woman with Cherries 1896
A woman eating cherries straight from the tree

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