Straw Collection (page 7)

Motoring attire for women 1905
Edwardian womens clothing for motoring excursions, left; model wearing leather jacket, right; motoring toque hat with veil over face. 1905

Advert for Woollands of Knightsbridge womens hats 1937
Latest styles of womens hats with pretty trimmings. 1937

Breton onion seller in a Bristol street. Date: circa 1960s

Breton onion seller with straw base for onions
Breton onion seller making the straw base on which the onions are fastened. Date: circa 1960s

Poster, TAI to New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean. Date: circa 1950s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 467
Lepidoptera: Aspitates gilvaria (Straw Belle) [Plant: Poa bulbosa (Bulbous Meadow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Womens fashion 1912
Delicate colouring in chiffon and gauze, swathered round the straw hat and hanging in graceful folds at the back which almost reaches the waist. Date: 1912

Patent Traction Engine 1863
Patent traction engine, manufactured by Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter of Rochester. A trial took place on the 17th September 1863, of two of Avelings Patent Road Locomotive Engines

GERMAN STRAW BOOTS
A German soldier makes himself boots of straw - a hopeful attempt to keep out the cold Date: circa 1943

Woman wearing lace straw hat with deep maize shade, trimmed with maize crepe and a bunch of field flowers in a flot of crepe. Date: 1886

Woman wearing a coarse brown straw hat, lined with brown velvet shade mordore and trimmed with velvet bows and pink roses. Date: 1886

Moonlight on the Beach is Grand. A smart young gent seeks to entertain two young lovelies with witty tales of daring do

Native Village - Chagres, Panama. circa 1910s

Orellana in the Loreto Region on the Ucayali River, Ucayali Province, Peru. Date: circa 1910s

Boy and Nest of Chicks

Busy Bee Date: 1865

Brittany, France - Traditional male costume - Douarnenez
Brittany, France - The traditional costume of a man from Douarnenez. Date: 1906

Jamaica - Villagers resting outside house after days work in the banana fields. Date: 1917

Advert for Woollands womens hats 1929
Selection of ladies Spring hats for the late 1920s. Date: 1929

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Red Puppy Book. Poppy the red puppy visits the rabbits in their hutch and pulls faces at them because they wont come out and play. Date: 1910

Vietnam - Chinese man selling small pieces of roasted meat at the side of the street Date: circa 1910s

Womens sun hats for the spring 1930
Model wearing the latest style in wide brimmed hats. Date: 1930

America. American Drink Glasses 1850
Prototype for the cocktail shaker, 2 glasses, that fit together, used to shake ice, flavourings and alcohol. The drink depicted is a mint julep with lemon peel, ice

A mobile, military washing machine being guarded by troops
Horse-drawn machine was designed to rid a soldiers bedding from lice and infectious diseases. Steam is used to clean the bedding and uniforms. Straw-filled mattresses can be seen in the foreground

JACK STRAWS CASTLE
This famous public house on the edge of Hampstead Heath, north London, is named after a ringleader in the Peasants Revolt of 1381. Destroyed in World War Two, rebuilt 1960s. Date: 1920s

HOME MADE LEMONADE
Home made lemonade is the nicest, made with plenty of sugar, and served in lovely glasses from a decorative glass jug, with straws. Date: 1940s

RATS & TRAP C1840 RATS & TRAP C1840
Two black rats nibble at a piece of cheese in a trap. Date: circa 1840

STRAW HAT 1912
A rather knowing brunette in a broad brimmed straw hat tied under the chin with a black ribbon. Date: 1912

1890s Couple
He: straw boater, cane, wing collar & single-breasted suit. She: hat adorned with chiffon & plumes, blouse ornamented with pin-tucks & feather trim & a plain skirt cut in panels. Date: 1890s

OVERNIGHT LODGING, ROME
The dormitory of the night refuge in the via Laricana, Rome - straw and a blanket. Date: 1876

Our Little Sailor - 1890
our little sailor - equipped with boat and spade Date: 1890

LADY PUTTS OUT 1895
A lady putts out on a green, watched closely by her partner. Date: 1895

UTENSIL SELLER 1850
A street seller offering various household utensils. Date: 1850

SAILOR AT MAST HEAD
A sailor up in the clouds atop a mast head waves his straw boater at his ship mates below. Date: circa 1830

Girl in Sailor Suit
A girl in a nautically inspired costume of sailor blouse, box pleated skirt & broad brimmed straw hat prepares to take her dolly for a ride in a pram. Date: circa 1909

FEMALE TYPE / NET HAT 1946
Outlandish net hat decorated with flowers and straw worn by a very brave young woman! Date: August 1946

STREET ACROBATS / C. 1816
A Paris street acrobat stands on one leg on a candlestick which her partner holds steady, while their child does a handstand and a mother gives her daughter a coin for them Date: circa 1816

SHEPHERD & DOG IN WINTER SHEPHERD & DOG IN WINTER
A shepherd and his dog feed their flock on a winters day - note the straw cutter used to chop up the straw Date: circa 1860

CHILDREN PICNIC IN WOODS
Children having a picnic in a wood Date: 1900

SURGERY CURES STUPIDITY
SATIRE:RESULTS OF ETHER - surgery as a cure-all: young mans stupidity cured by replacing straw head- stuffing with a brain! Date: 1847

Dustman collecting refuse
Bring out your dust, the dustman cries, whilst ringing of his bell: If the wind blows, pray guard your eyes, to keep them clear and well. Date: 19th Century

Daisy Bell, in Flewso the Flier, a pantomime
Daisy Bell, in Flewso the Flier, the Summerdown revuesical panto, at the Pier Theatre, Eastbourne. 1917

Eva Moore as Eliza, in Sandy and his Eliza, Cambridge
Eva Moore as Eliza, in a farcical comedy, Sandy and his Eliza, by H V Esmond, at the New Theatre, Cambridge. 1912

Woman wearing coolie straw hat, Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong
A woman wearing a coolie straw hat sits among baskets on the harbourside of Aberdeen harbour, Hong Kong. She covers her face and takes a snooze Date: 1984

Man sits beside a small food stall in Houmt Souk, Djerba
A man wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and a blue coat, sits beside a small food stall in the market at Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. The stallholder can be seen through the glass of the stall

Madeira - Monte sledge drivers, or carreiros, look bored as they wait for tourists to push downhill in their wickerwork sledges Date: 2007

Girl climbing on a sundial outside Tulle House Museum
A little girl pulls herself up to see a sundial outside Tulle House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria. She wears a summer dress and a straw boater hat with a ribbon at the back

Child sticks toungue out, Bangkok
A small boy in traditional Thai straw hat pulls his tongue out at the camera at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Bangkok Date: circa 1985

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