String Collection (page 9)

Ladies wristwatches with silk and cord straps 1937
A selection of womens wristwatches with silk and cord straps. Products for Army & Navy catalogue. Date: 1937

Kitty Gordon (1878 1974), English stage and silent film actress, wearing a tiara, pearl drop earrings & a double string of pearls around her neck. Date: circa 1905

Marchioness of Breadalba
MARCHIONESS OF BREADALBANE Alma Imogen, wife of Gavin the 7th Earl of Breadalbane

CATs RUN AWAY 1818
Sing, Sing; What shall I sing? The cats run away with the pudding-bag string. Date: 1818

Members of a mandolin orchestra - London
A superb photograph, showing members of a mandolin orchestra (consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola)

I ll string along with you - Music Sheet Cover from 20 million sweethearts a Warner Bros and Vitaphone picture featuring Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Pat O Brien, the 4 Mills brothers

Traditional Christian string courses
Repeating patterns used in string courses

Cross-shaped metal bookmark with devotional words -- The Lord is Good. Date: circa 1890s

Woman in a garden admiring blossom
Woman in a garden admiring pink blossom on a tree. Date: circa 1960s

Father Christmas apparition on a Christmas card
Father Christmas awful apparition on a Christmas card -- he appears to be terrorising three edible birds with strings of sausages and onions. Date: circa 1890s

Hospital Sports, Quex House garden
Patients in shirtsleeves are playing the game of trying to eating an apple hanging from a string tied to a horizontal line

Cherub with flowers on a romantic German greetings card with the inscription: Belief, Love, Hope. Date: circa 1890s

Three kittens playing cats cradle on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

White pique dress from Horrockses
A white pique dress from Horrockses. The full skirt is supported by a stiffened new petticoat, shoe-string shoulder straps and neckline edging are of narrow fondant pink cotton

Eaton Fishing Band, Eaton, Ohio, USA
Men of the Eaton Fishing Band with their musical instruments, Eaton, Ohio, USA, and a line of fish strung up in front of them

Illustrations of a black dog by Cecil Aldin
Illustrations of a black dog called Caro, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here getting hold of meat and sausages in a butchers shop. Date: 1932

Japan - Woman and Young Girl Play with a Kitten. The round window is an eminent feature of the Japanese style of architecture, reminding people of the elgance and refinement old Japan. Date: 1932

Tabitha the cats wolf on wheels -- part of her Red Riding Hood fancy dress costume. Date: 1914

Cover design, Paris Plaisirs no. 81 for March 1929, depicting a female performer in a multi-coloured, tight-fitting costume. Date: 1929

Origins of the bow.. Origins of the bow. Medieval paintings, stuatus and objects depicting early violins or fiddles. Copperplate engraving by John Lee from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Two men, a little girl and a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

Soldiers & sailors blinded in war learning useful trades
Patients at the Blind Soldiers and Sailors Hostel of St Dunstan in Regents Park being taught new skills to equip them for life

Children running with string, Balham, SW London
Children running with string tied round their waists, on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

WW2 greetings card, Safety First, showing a sleeping bear with a barrage balloon on a piece of string. Date: circa 1942

STRADIVARI, Amtonio (1644-1737). Italian luthier and a crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas, and harps. Oil

Dutch boy scout cooking at camp, Holland
A Dutch boy scout cooking at camp, Holland

Dutch boy scouts in water, Holland
Dutch boy scouts putting up a wooden structure in water, Holland

German boy scouts with camp loom
German boy scouts operating a camp loom

Cub Scouts of Episkopi pack tying knots, Cyprus
Three Cub Scouts of the 57th Cyprus (Episkopi) pack learning to tie knots, under the instruction of their leader. Date: 20th century

Boy scout from Fiji, South Pacific
Paul Houng Lee, a boy scout from Fiji, South Pacific, balancing a large roll of string on his head. Date: 1954

Boy scout in camp, Denmark, with a contraption called a jellyfish

Frances Day (1908 - 1984), born Frances Schenk, revue, cabaret, television and film actress and one of the original blonde bombshells

Art Nouveau Girl adorns a marble bust with flowers
An Austrian art nouveau postcard (potentially by Raphael Kirchner?) of some style and grace, depicting a pretty girl in a yellow dress

The Vision Feminine
An ilustration showing a woman knitting during WW1 and using a specific technique with a ball of wool. Date: 1916

Led along the street in a long string of horses. This pencil drawing was an illustration in Moyra Charltons book Three White Stockings - Chapter V. The book was published in 1933

King George & Queen Mary Silver Jubilee
King George V and Queen Mary of Teck consort, photographed in May 1935, to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. Date: 1935

Jimmy the Bulldog at the Royal Society
Jimmy, a Bulldog owned by Dr A.D.Waller, takes part in an experiment at the Royal Society, Burlington House, London. With one fore-leg

Tabitha dressed as Red Riding Hood
Tabitha the cat dressed as Red Riding Hood, with a toy wolf on wheels, ready for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

The Ice Hole Clam Spearer by Heath Robinson
An ingenious, though perhaps rather complicated device to catch clams through ice in the frozen north, part of a series of drawings in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News entitled

Workman standing in a yard
A workman in waistcoat and trousers, standing in a yard with a sack on a trolley behind him. Two other men look out from a doorway

Advert for Ciro jewellery, for coronation 1937
Ciro will be well represented at the Coronation. 1937

Advert for Ciro ladies diamond wristwatches 1937
Advert for ladies diamond cocktail wristwatches. Date: 1937

Georges Sand Photo
GEORGES SAND French writer and folklorist, famous for her unconventional life-style and her string of lovers who included de Musset and Chopin. Date: 1804-1876

Bronson Crocker Howard
BRONSON CROCKER HOWARD American playwright who had a string of successes commencing with Saratoga 1870. Date: 1842 - 1908

Advertisement for Nescafe -- female model with tray. 1959

Pretty Hungarian Girl reclining amongst cushions Date: circa 1925

Buddhist Tibetan Lama holding a prayer wheel. Date: circa 1910s

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