String Collection (page 6)

1910s 1920s Flower Flowers Floral Plastic Card
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Cottage on an embossed greetings card
Cottage with purple flowers, ivy leaves, horseshoe and handshake on an embossed greetings card - With Best Wishes. Date: early 20th century

Windmill on an embossed greetings card
Windmill with pink flowers and ivy leaves on an embossed greetings card - Loving Thoughts. Date: early 20th century

Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: 1895

Piece of string with comic verse on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic verse instructions on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Flags and string with comic verse on a Christmas card
British and Welsh flags and string (representing a noose) with comic verse on a Christmas card at the time of the Boer War, with references to Steyn, Kruger, Buller and the Transvaal. Date: circa 1900

1900s Card Cards Greetings Wooden Frame String
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Christmas card in the shape of a wooden crate tied with string, with blue flowers on top. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a wooden crate. Date: circa 1890s

Robin and goose on a Christmas and New Year card
Robin riding a goose on the ice on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Moth on a handmade Christmas card, with a handwritten label and a little pink bag, perhaps containing pot pourri. Date: circa 1890s

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a flower, with a string to pull to reveal the seasonal greeting. Date: circa 1890s

Handmade card in the shape of a wishing well
Handmade greetings card in the shape of a wishing well, with a handle to turn to make the red bucket appear. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a shrimp
Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a shrimp, which comes out of its shell to reveal a seasonal greeting. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder
Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a candle and holder, with a string to pull to make the flame appear. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Training camp for Scouting Jamborette, Labasa, Fiji
Training camp for the 1st Nebala Troop, Labasa, in preparation for the 2nd Scouting Jamborette, Fiji, South Pacific. A leader instructs boys in woodcraft

Musique - music - musical instruments
A dizzying array of musical instruments. Date: 1930

Arab Girl - Cairo, Egypt - wearing coins and medallions on a beaded string around her hairline and neck. Date: circa 1907

Suk el Turk - Tripoli, Libya
Myanmar - Women of the Akha Tribe in traditional headdresses. Speakers of Tai languages in Myanmar and Thailand refer to them as " gaw" or " ekaw" (ikaw/ikho)

Wernyhora, 1883-1884, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893)
Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Polish painter. Wernyhora, 1883-1884. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Apollo. Olympic deity. Sculpture. Imperial Era. Ny Carlsberg
Apollo. Olympic deity in ancient Greek and roman religion. Sculpture. Imperial Era. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Jean-Antoine Watteau, The Music Lesson
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). French painter. The Music Lesson (1717). Wallace Collection. London. England. United Kingdom. Date: 1717

Mens winter clothing 1936
Various outfits for men in a fashion catalogue, from golfers trousers, gentlemens winter coats, dressing gown with rope string, underwear and Pyjamas. Date: 1936

Silver Evening Jacket
A silver lame evening jacket with large, pointed, over- stitched revers, waistcoat basque & half-length sleeves with gathers at the shoulder. Date: 1930s

Childs slate and toy gun on a Christmas card. early 20th century

People at a comic sports event in a field
People taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s

Old man with prams and junk, Balham, SW London
An old man with a line of prams containing junk on a street in Balham, SW London. He is outside a rag and bone merchants premises where he hopes to get money in exchange for the junk

Princess May of Teck (Queen Mary)
Princess May of Teck (1867 - 1953), later Queen Mary. In December 1891, May was engaged to Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of Edward VII, However, Albert Victor died six weeks later

Princess May of Teck, (later Queen Mary), (1867 1953). Photograph taken in 1893, when she was Duchess of York. Date: 1893

Nude Blond & Sheik
Symbolic or pornographic? Two white doves hover above a blonde wearing only a string of pearls & high heel mules while flirting with a sheik who might want her for his harem. Date: circa 1950

HRH Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968). Date: circa 1930

Ainu Couple - Japan
The Ainu (also called Aynu, Aino and in historical texts Ezo) - indigenous people or groups in Japan (Hokkaido) and Russia (Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands). Ainu men often wear heavy beards

Girl from Bukina Faso - Profile
Pretty Girl from Bukina Faso - shot in profile and showing the distinctive braided hairstyle, and varieties of beads worn around the head as well as the neck

Welsh Crwth - Rare Musical Instrument
Welsh Crwth - a very rare musical instrument - this example is held in a private collection on Anglesey. Hollowed out of a single block of wood, with the soundboard glued

Viola da Gamba (Leg Viol) - a Bass Viol, played held betwen the knees of the player (hence the name!). Shakespeare mentions the Viola da Gamba as viol-de-gamboys

Bribri People - Talamanca Canton, Costa Rica
The Bribri - an indigenous people of Costa Rica. They live in the Talamanca (canton) in Limon Province of Costa Rica. The Bribri man pictured is about to head off fishing. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Wilson & Gill, Ermeto ladies pocket - bag watch
The most practical and stylish watch ever introduced, commencing the third chapter in the history of the watch. Shock-proof, dust-proof and damp-proof; protected against glass breakage

Kathleen Clifford - Who is Number One?
Still from Paramount Picture Production Who Is Number One? - starring Kathleen Clifford (1887 - 1962) in the role of Aimee Villon

A Mexican girl carrying her younger brother
A delightful photographic postcard of a young Mexican Indian girl carrying her even younger brother in a shawl sling on her back. She is wearing sandals and chews on a piece of white cord or string

Theseus Enters Labyrinth
Ariadne, daughter of the Cretan King, Minos, watches Theseus as he enters the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. The string will help him trace his way out again

Game / Rebus / 19C
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Mr Taylor of Marlborough College, Wiltshire
Mr Taylor, House Master at Marlborough College, Wiltshire. 1911

Scots terrier with a burst balloon on its head
Unusual Friends - Scots terrier with a burst balloon on its head, and the string hanging down its face. 1950s

Tabby kitten with string of sausages
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with string of sausages. 1950s

Princess Mary, daughter of Prince George later King George V
Princess Mary (1897-1965) - daughter of Prince George, later King George V & the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary. Married Viscount Lascelles reluctantly in 1922

Garrard advertisement
Advertisement for Garrard & Co, crown jewellers featuring a minimalistic illustration of an elegant woman defined by her jewellery. 1929

The Black Coat by Albert Bailey
An elegant woman wearing a black coat complemented by a yellow cloche hat and string of pearls. 1929

The Tatler Christmas number cover by John Hassall
Front cover of The Tatler, Christmas Number 1935 featuring a medieval minstrel playing some form of string instrument - a lute? Date: 1935

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