Sunglasses Collection

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

George Harrison and Patti Boyd
Beatle George Harrison (1943-2001) with his new wife, the model Patti Boyd (born 1944), pictured in London Life magazine in 1966 both wearing green-tinted sunglasses. Date: 1966

Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart of 10cc
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart of the rock band 10cc, before an open air rock concert at Penwith, Cornwall. Date: 1983

Tatler cover - Winter Sports & Spring Cruise Number 1959
Front cover of The Tatler magazines Winter Sports and Spring Cruise Number for 1959 featuring a girl in snow-appropriate clothes wearing mirrored sunglasses in which are reflected a Cunard cruise

Child and dog lifeguard
Young child wearing red swimming costume sitting on the beach with her black scottish terrier, both wearing sun glasses. Date: 1929

Tatler cover photoshoot focusing on sunglasses. A variant shot from this particular photoshoot was used for the cover of The Tatler issue for 4 November 1959. 1959

What now for the Beatle-maker? Brian Epstein - English music entrepreneur who managed The Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. Date: 1966

60S Girl / Window
A blonde model in a striped jacket adjusts her sunglasses in the window of a boutique. Date: 1960s

Summer Happening at Harvey Nichols
Shoot for Harvey Nichols - Summer Fashions ('Summer Happening') - bold patterned silk blouse and smart white trousers (best accompanied with large sunglasses!) Date: circa late 1960s

Duchess of York and Helen Wills Moody at Wimbledon
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) and Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998) at the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon

Ringo Starr, English musician, singer-songwriter, Beatle
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey, b 1940), English musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles pop group

A young woman in trendy sunglasses dances with her friends at the Port of Spain Carnival, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: 1968

Woman walks past bronze dog, London
A woman dressed in furs walks past a bronze dog outside St Georges Church, Hanover Square, London. Date: circa 1950s

King Edward III of England after the Siege of Calais in 1347. Philippa of Hainault on a stool cuddles up to the king, while the burghers of Calais kneel before them with ropes around their necks

Sitting against a stone wall on a pebbly beach
Mother, daughter and (possibly) Grandmother sitting on a pebble beach against a stone wall with a small black pet dog. Date: circa 1930s

Family on holiday, 1930s
A family relaxing on the beach at an unidentified seaside resort. Behind them, can be seen the backs of other people lined up on benches along a promenade. Date: 1930s

Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow at Monte Carlo Beach pool
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress pictured by the Monte Carlo Beach Hotel swimming pool on the French Riviera. 1936

Mrs Arthur McGrath (Rosita Forbes) on the Riviera, France, wearing beach pyjamas and a spotted silk coat. Date: 1933

Lady Warwick in a beach robe at Monte Carlo
Society beauty, the Countess of Warwick, wife of the seventh Earl and formerly Miss Rose Bingham (later Mrs Billy Fiske), pictured in a yellow beach robe on Monte Carlo Beach

Lady Castlerosse at Deauville
Doris Delavigne, Lady Castlerosse, pictured at the fashionable French resort of Deauville wearing sunglasses and her signature playsuit, this one in pale blue crepe de chine. Date: 1936

Poster, Fly Cunard Eagle to your holiday. circa 1960

Fashion for a September cruise, 1939
A grey jersey shirt-waister dress from Lillywhites, perfect attire for a September cruise. On the arm of the deck-chair is a camel-hair coat. Date: 1939

Speakers at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, with several photographers alongside. A large banner behind them reads: Scrap Polaris. Date: late 1960s

Sunglasses and People Date: 1950

Fifteen Jolly Skiers having fun on the slopes - Austria. Date: circa 1940s

MENS WINDOW DISPLAY
Rather camp outfits for well-dressed men-about-town, including a blouson jacket, safari shirt, flared slacks and (of course), sunglasses pushed back on the head! Date: circa 1980

60S SUNBATHER
A blonde model, wearing a white bathing costume and sunglasses, reclines on a sun lounger on a balcony. Date: 1960s

Barbara Moore, John o Groats to Lands End walk
Dr Barbara Moore (1903-1977), Russian-born health enthusiast, during her walk from John o Groats to Lands End. Seen here on the road. She completed the walk in 23 days. Date: 1960

Sweet Fanny Adams, Carnaby Street, 1960s
A woman in large sunglasses sporting a feather boa poses outside Sweet Fanny Adams, a Carnaby Street womenswear boutique founded by Henry Moss

British Caribbean woman trimming plants in Oman
Oman. British Caribbean woman trimming plants. Woman wearing hat and sunglasses. Date: 1976

Two boys with teddy boy hairstyles, Winton, Eccles
Two boys with teddy boy hairstyles and casual clothes pose under the motorway bridge in Winton, Eccles. Date: 1970s

Peggy Moffitt
Margaret Anne " Peggy" Moffitt (born May 14, 1940)former American model and actress. During the 1960s, she was muse for fashion designer Rudi Gernreich

Mike Read with Radio 1 Roadshow group
Mike Read (left), radio DJ and presenter, with a BBC Radio 1 Roadshow group

Studying at Winchester College
Boys studying and making notes outside at Winchester College, a boys public school in Hampshire, England. One boy wears a straw boater and sunglasses. Date: C.1960

John Smedley knitted swimsuits
Advertisement for John Smedley knitted swimwear. Good quality but no doubt rather itchy after a dip. 1938

Advert for J. B Jacquemin Bros eye protectors
Jacquemins patent eye protectors, lightweight material that clips on the bridge of your nose, and can be worn as well as ordinary glasses

Woman on St Ives beach with yacht sail -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Omani elders in traditional dress
Salalah Sultanate of Oman Two Omani elders wearing traditional clothes and hats. Man with white hat wearing sunglasses Date: 1977

Seven black British Caribbean and African students having a
Nottingham. Seven student nurses out of uniform having a day out. Black British Caribbean and African students- four men and three woman line up for a group picture

Youngster in sunglasses plays whilst his mother attends Mass
A youngster in sunglasses plays whilst his mother attends Mass at Holy Cross church in Eccles. Date: circa 1975

Hippy man blowing bubbles at Woburn Park
Hippy man blowing bubbles during the Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire. Date: August 1967

Woman police officer with couple, London
Woman police officer (Diana Hill or Adam) giving directions to a couple, London. Date: 1961

Cover design, The Dressmaker magazine
Cover design, The Dressmaker family fashion magazine, May 1973. 1973

Family fashion in The Dressmaker magazine
Family fashion for the summer holidays in The Dressmaker magazine, May 1973. 1973

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

1950s sunglasses
A trio of novelty sunglasses from Marshall and Snelgrove, 1956. Date: 1956

Lilac velvet trouser suit by Bagatel, 1966
Lilac embossed velvet trouser suit with long lean jacket by Bagatel worn with a navy woollen scarf from W. Bill, sunglasses from Correna and gloves by Morley. 1966

Daks menswear advertisement, 1965
Stylish advertisement for a Daks summer suit in pure wool worsted available from Simpson of Piccadilly. Date: 1965

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