Straw Collection (page 5)

Lady with safety bicycle, Hereford Cathedral
Lady with her safety bicycle outside Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire. circa 1898

Bijou Theatre
Exterior view of the Bijou Theatre, unknown location, where the Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian Variety Theatre Company were appearing at the time. circa 1920s

Two men and their bicycles. circa 1900

Couple in a country lane, Blanefield, Scotland, August 1894. 1894

Woman in a park with her bicycle. circa 1900

Three men on a bench, Littlehampton, West Sussex. 1900

Miss Libbys Juices - Pineapple
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Juices - Pineapple. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Juices - Tomato Juice
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Juices - Tomato Juice. circa 1950s

Eighteenth century lady in white dress and straw hat
Eighteenth century lady in a white dress and a straw hat. 18th century

Young Edwardian woman in large hat and mink coat
Young Edwardian woman in a large hat and mink coat. Date: circa 1908

La Bateliere de Brienz (The Boatwoman of Brienz)
Elisabetha Grossmann (1795-1858), Swiss skipper who ferried tourists across the lake in Berne, Switzerland, and herself became a tourist attraction - La Bateliere de Brienz (The Boatwoman of Brienz)

Congratulations card, Stork on her nest
Congratulations card for arrival of new baby, showing a stork on her nest. 20th century

Millinery shop workers. Women in lowcut muslin dresses trying on hats, holding a hat box, fixing feathers to a headdress and reading a notebook at the counter

Woman in the fashion of 1788
Woman in jacket of Naples blue, petticoat in Naples yellow, large fichu jabot, straw hat decorated with a large violet ribbon tied to the front of her bodice

Woman in yellow taffeta demi-redingote, 1788
Woman in canary-yellow taffeta demi-redingote, pink pointed bodice, white taffeta petticoat, and fichu. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and plumes

Bonnet a l Iphigenie and chapeau a la Colette
Bonnet a l Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and chapeau a la Colette, straw hat decorated with ribbons

Peasant girl of the environs of Kell am See, Germany, 19th century. She wears a small bonnet over her long pigtails, and carries a straw hat decorated with knots

Servant woman of Fribourg, Switzerland, 19th century. Her large straw hat is decorated with feathers and ribbons. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by

Alsatian peasant woman of Kochersberg, 19th century
Alsatian peasant woman in festival costume, Kochersberg, 19th century. Her bonnet and bodice are embroidered with silver thread. The black cravat is traditional to the town

Peasant woman of Baden, Switzerland, 19th century
Peasant woman of Baden, near Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with silk pompons, and her toque with bows

Young girl of the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a straw hat decorated with ribbons, a fichu worn like a scarf, laced bodice, apron and petticoats

Young girl of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with regular loops of ribbon, her apron bib is decorated with floral laces, and her apron is striped

Girl of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and bows. She wears a ruff over a laced bodice, apron and short petticoats

Girl of the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, 19th century. The dress has a very high waist, the chemise has puff sleeves

Woman picking grapes, Vaud, Switzerland, 19th century
Woman picking grapes in the traditional costume of Vaud, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat has a protruberance in the shape of a bottleneck, and is worn over a black bonnet tied with ribbon

Young woman of Valais, Switzerland, 19th century, in traditional costume of fichu, laced bodice, petticoats and apron. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and worn above a muslin bonnet

Single woman of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century
Single woman of Bern in distinctive straw hat decorated with flowers, Switzerland, 19th century. Her chemise is embroidered with her initials, E.B

Flower seller of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a large straw hat over a small bonnet, and her long pigtails show that she is single

Italian fan or Ventarola of the late 16th century
Italian woven straw fan or Ventarola A, noble Venetian woman in a shell cloak B, noble Venetian C, and noble Genoan D. After paintings in a famous costume book by Jost Amman

Buddhist monastery of straw huts and temple in the Kingdom of Siam, Thailand. The monks are called Talapoini or bonzi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Chinese men playing the game of go. A musician with gong, man with pigtail, and peasant in straw hat play the board game go, while a farmer with hoe and musician with flute watch

Rattan table and baskets made by the Island
Rattan table and baskets for food and fish made by the Island Carib or Kalinago people, West Indies. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Interior of a house in Unalaska
Interior of an underground Aleut house in Unalaska, with women caring for children and weaving straw goods. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Natives of Unalaska and the Aleutian Islands
Natives of Unalaska wearing traditional hats and facial piercings, and natives of the Aleutian Islands in hunting garb with kayak

Hairstyle with large curls and a straw hat
Woman in hairstyle with large curls and a straw hat decorated with flowers. Coeffure a grosses Boucles avec un Chapeau orne de fleurs

Woman in hairstyle with large curls under a straw hat, 1783
Woman in hairstyle with large curls under a straw hat. Coeffure a grosse Boucles avec un Chapeau de paille. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable

Woman in English-style hat decorated with ribbons and flowers. Chapeau a l Anglaise. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable Hairstyles of 1783

Woman in straw hat tied with a ribbon called the Jeannette. Coeffeur a la Jeannette. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable Hairstyles of 1783

Straw-hat makers, women and girl, sewing hats from braided and plaited straw in a milliners shop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts

Summer dress, French womens fashions, Napoleonic era, 1810. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France)

Farmhand using traditional binder at harvest time, Cornwall
Farmhand using a traditional binder in a cornfield at harvest time, Cornwall. Date: 1979

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, girl with a daisy -- He loves me, he loves me not. Date: late 19th century

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, flask of red wine, dated Florence, 1882. Date: 1882

Victorian Scrap, Girl holding kitten in straw hat
Victorian Scrap, Girl holding a kitten in a straw hat. 19th century

Oh So Good by Muriel Dawson. 1937

Box lid, Happy Families playing cards

Backstage at a the Variety Theatre, Paris, France
Backstage at the Variety Theatre in Paris, before the show begins. Names include Castera, Duvernon, Brossard, Valentino, Dea, De Prony, Lassouche and Darbel

Edwardian child with doll
Lovely photograph of a little girl (or boy?) holding a doll. Date: c.1900

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