Straw Collection (page 11)

The Fall Guy by James Gleason and George Abbott (Eltinge Theatre, New York on 10th March 1925). First produced in England at the Apollo Theatre, on 20th September 1926

Young men at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London
Two young men (Harold Auerbach and Raymond Squire) at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London, with people playing tennis in the background. Date: 1914

Young man at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London
Young man (Albert Auerbach) in a stripy blazer and straw boater, with his bicycle, at Hanger Hill Tennis Club, Ealing, West London. Date: 1914

Two brothers in Sunday best, Ealing, West London
Two brothers (Albert and Harold Auerbach) in their Sunday best, standing in their back garden at Ealing, West London. 1906

Small dog with straw hat
Unusual Friends - small dog with straw hat. 1950s

Small terrier dog with shopping basket
Unusual Friends - small terrier dog with shopping basket. 1950s

A Country Girl by James M. Tanner. Music by Lionel Monckton
A Country Girl by James M. Tanner. Barry, the heros faithful servant, and his sweetheart Sophie. Around the circle are a little of the words and music of their popular duet, Two Little Chicks

View of Tosari, East Java, Indonesia
View of the village of Tosari, including Hotel Tosari, East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1904

Model wearing a version of the fex 1933
Model wearing a very fetching brimless hat, expressed in a modish straw fabric, finished with a feather fantaisie that is held in position with a neat cravet bow. 1913

Little girl and boy in a nativity play
Little girl and boy as Mary and Joseph with a doll in a crib, taking part in a nativity play. Date: circa 1980s

Street scene with bullock taxi, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Family on holiday, Southwold, Suffolk
Family on holiday, standing on Southwold Common, Southwold, Suffolk, on a Sunday morning. 1909

Excuse Me adapted by Herbert C. Sargent from an American farce of the same title by Rupert Hughes, which was first performed in England at the Garrick Theatre on 6th March 1915

Two boys and a girl on holiday, Southwold, Suffolk
Two boys and a girl on holiday (Albert, Harold and Violet Auerbach), Southwold, Suffolk. Harold is in a bath chair following a sports injury to his knee. 1907

Last day of the holidays, saying goodbye, Southwold, Suffolk -- members of the Auerbach family (Albert, Harold, Lucy and Violet), and members of the Cattley family, September 1912. 1912

Two men and a little girl, Southwold, Suffolk
Two men (both called Smith) and a little girl, on the beach at Southwold, Suffolk. In the background on the left is a fisherman (Rogers)

Small dog intrigued by a straw hat
Unusual Friends - small dog intrigued by a straw hat. 1950s

Fashions for spring 1912
Three women models wearing attractive hats that are eminently suited for the sping of 1912. Date: 1912

The Sleigh by Charles Robinson
A wheelbarrow has been transformed into a sleigh by removing the wheels. We see a young girl standing up in it being pulled by two other children. Date: 1906

Two women and three children, USA
Two women and three children, including a toddler in a pushchair, North America, all wearing their Sunday best. Date: circa 1910

Studio photo, three people on board ship, The Fern
Studio photo, three people on a mockup of a ship, The Fern, with a painted backdrop. Date: circa 1910s

Group of adults and children with flags, USA, standing on the pavement outside a barber shop and cigar shop, possibly for 4 July celebrations. circa 1910

Two farmhands at harvest time, with chaff and straw blowing into the air. Date: circa 1960s

Elderly farmhand at harvest time
Elderly farmhand (80 years old) at harvest time, with chaff and straw blowing into the air. Date: circa 1960s

Fashion for the moment 1913
Women models wearing the latest fashionable straw hats, with flowered wreaths, bird of paradise plumes and embroidered ribbon. Date: 1913

Costume for April 1913
Three effective spring womens clothing. (Left), wrap-around afternoon frock, black Liberty satin contrast is obtained with gold embroidered brocade of the blouse-jacket, finished with tassels

Class of Bonde Women, Msalabani, Nyasaland
Class of Bonde Women, Universities Mission to Central Africa, Msalabani, Nyasaland (now Malawi). Date: 1910s

Curio Store, Livingstone, Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia
King Lewinikias (Lewanika) Curio Store, Livingstone, Barotseland (now part of Zambia), Southern Africa. Date: circa 1905

Colonial tea party with guitarist and servant
Colonial tea party for three privileged people with guitarist and servant, probably somewhere in India or Africa. Date: circa 1920

Butchers and others outside their work premises, USA
Butchers and colleagues outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Tennis - Then and Now
This cartoon from 1928 remembers fondly the days when tennis was an amateur pursuit. 1928

Waterside village, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Native waterside village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910

Outdoor kitchen, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Outdoor kitchen in a native village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

Beating the tom-tom, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Natives in a village beating the tom-tom, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

Rokele village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910

Making cloth, Sierra Leone Protectorate, West Africa
Natives making cloth on a loom, Sierra Leone Protectorate, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Protectorate Native Chief, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1912

Mafulomoo, Protectorate of Sierra Leone, West Africa
Mafulomoo village, in the Protectorate of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910

Native village and Tokeh Ferry, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920

Variable days of spring 1913
Women models wearing fashionable clothing for cold days of spring, left: spring suit with ribbed material in soft shade of stone

Fashionable womens clothing 1913
Women models wearing simple white chiffon tunic frocks with floral edging. (Top hat), is made from straw with a small brim composed of many little roses

Sir John Martin-Harvey - English stage actor
Sir John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944) - English stage actor Date: circa 1910

Japan - A Farmers Wife in her working attire, carrying two baskets on a yolk over one shoulder. Date: circa 1910s

Pupils from Fretherne House School, c. 1902
Pupils of Fretherne House School, a preparatory school in Welwyn Garden City up to the Second World War. On the far left is Cuthbert Gasemann who owned the album from which this photograph is taken

Fretherne House School 1900
Pupils and teachers at Fretherne House Preparatory School around 1900. From an album owned by Cuthbert Gasemann who is seated 2nd row, third from left. Date: c.1900

Cartoon, Lord Garmoyle in India
Cartoon, Lord Garmoyle -- in India. Very hot here, but it would be hotter at home! Arthur William Cairns, Lord Garmoyle (1861-1890), was in trouble with his father over debts

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Cream
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Cream the Farmers Son. circa 1950

Young woman with a jug. 19th century

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