Tailor Collection (page 4)

New fashions notes by Gordon Conway, 1927 - black satin dinner gown, a hat, tailor-made jacket and skirt and printed chiffon frock 1927

Tailor-made summer frocks from London salons, 1927
Tailor-made summer frocks invade London salons this summer from Sara Cameron and Thomas of Brook Street Date: 1927

Cartoon, the French aviator as hero, WW1
Cartoon, the French aviator as hero -- everyone admires him! Date: 1915

Illustration, the late John Howell, the Sporting Tailor, driving his horse-drawn carriage through Margate, Kent. Date: 1832

Illustration, The Valiant Tailor -- Pulling the piece of soft cheese out of his pocket, he squeezed it till the moisture ran out. Date: 1909

From khaki to civvies, end of WW1
A tailor measures a demobbed soldier for civilian clothes after his return from the Great War. Date: 1919

Tailor bird, Orthotomus sutorius Two young
Tailor bird, Orthotomus sutorius. Two young tailor birds in a nest sewn from a leaf.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany

Boy and dog on a pavement, South London
Boy and dog on a pavement, Coldharbour Lane, South London, outside O Hughes tailors shop. Date: circa 1910s

Pixie tailors
While one pixie irons the fabric, the other sews the parts together to make a garment. In pixyland buttons seem to grow in pots and threads hang down from trees. Date: c. 1930

Advert for Peter Robinsons autumn tailor-mades 1913
Two stlyes of autumn coats tailor-made in Peter Robinson for 1913. 1913

Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns, Paris
Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns by H.L. Oakley, showing a stylised view of the Place Vendome, Paris

Advertisement for Fenwick tailoring
Advertisement for Fenwick ladies tailoring department, , with a silhouette of tailors at work by H.L. Oakley. Tailor gowns to order, twelve and a half guineas (just over thirteen pounds)

Scene in Oxford Street, London, on a busy day, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: circa 1930

Firefighters in action in Commercial Road, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at business premises, 81/85 Commercial Road, East London, 18 June 1957. The first floor, a large tailors workshop

A fashionable tailor suit, 1914
A fashionable tailor suit of pavement-grey whipcord. The skirt is pleated on a high corselet belt, thereby hanging in graceful folds, The coat is long-waisted, the basque full

No Objection Taken - womens war work, 1916
A page of sketches of mans work the men want the women to want, a humorous (and slightly chauvinistic) comment on the traditionally male jobs taken by women during the First World War. 1916

Street scene near St Pauls Cathedral, London. Date: 20th century

Advertisement for Shoolbreds ladies shirts
Advertisement for Shoolbreds ladies tailor-made shirts, made by expert tailors in the mens shirt department. Materials available are spun silk, taffeta silk, spunella

French tailor fitting John Bull with a Jean Debry 1799
A French revolutionary tailor fitting John Bull with a Jean Debry (or de Bry) coat, in 1799, named after the President of the National Convention in revolutionary France

Mrs Thomas Everitt, English spirit medium
Mrs Thomas Everitt (1825-1915), English spirit medium from 1855 onwards, wife of a North London tailor. She was the first to produce direct voices in England, claimed to be of John Watts and Znippy

Nursery Rhyme -- The Carrion Crow. A tailor sits sewing, and is irritated by a carrion crow making a noise in a tree. He aims at the crow with his crossbow

Tailors dummy, head and shoulders
A tailors dummy, head and shoulders, with wavy blonde hair and long eyelashes

Advert for Peter Robinsons tailor -mades 1913
Early spring smart tailor suits. 1913

Rooftop Tailors
Tailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Tailors Working Outdoors
Tailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s

JOHN JONES Tailor and art collector Date: 1800 - 1882

Johnsons Workshop Etc
ANDREW JOHNSONs workshop, where he was apprenticed to a tailor, and his residence at Greenville, Tennessee. Date: 19th century

Andrew Johnson, Pres
ANDREW JOHNSON 17th president of the USA, tailors apprentice who reached the White House only to be impeached for his policies : he was acquitted. Date: 1808 - 1875

Central High Street - Chatteris - Cambridgeshire Date: circa 1903

Woman wearing the trousers
" What material would you like for your trousers, Sir?" " Oh! The same as my Wife s." !! A comment on a strong woman, most definitely wearing the trousers in this relationship

Very tatty sandwichboard man advertises smart Gents suits
Visual irony of a very tatty sandwich board man advertising a Gentleman Tailor and his smart suits, retailing for 12/6. Date: circa 1890s

Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais, France - The Red Cross Date: circa 1909

Regimental Tailor at a country show - displaying uniforms made for the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Date: circa 1910

Tailor and dress maker
People You See. Tailor and dress maker. From Teddy Bear (30 November 1963)

Tailor sewing by a stream

The Brave Little Tailor. From Once Upon a Time no. 14

LCC-LFB AFS volunteer measured for uniform, WW2
A volunteer for the newly formed AFS being kitted out with his uniform. The Service was created in 1938 to supplement the regular firefighters on the home front, to tackle fires from bombing raids

The tailor becomes a storekeeper A grotesque comedy by David Pinski : Dalys Theatre. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper at Dalys Theatre

European Lady and her Durzee or Tailor
An European Lady giving instrucions to her Durzee or Native Indian Tailor. (Plate 13 of 20). Date: 1813

Tailors 1952
Tailors are sewing and ironing.Landskrona, Sweden 1952. Date: 1952

Village tailor
A village tailor. Sweden. 1790s. Date: 1790s

A Moroccan Tailor Date: circa 1910s

Dunderpate speaks to the tailor about marrying his daughter, but the tailor doesn t like the idea of making him free clothes for the rest of his life. Date: 1938

Indian Street Tailors
Indian street tailors with their sewing machines. Date: 1930s

I m in love with my Tailor (2/2) A woman with a definite crush on her tailor, asks him to move his measuring tape a little higher please ! Date: circa 1910s

Henry Pooles of Savile Row illuminated, 1863
Savile Row, London, is illuminated to celebrate the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. A number of buildings in central London were illuminated as part of

Henry Pooles of Savile Row illuminated, 1902
Savile Row, London, is illuminated to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. A number of buildings in central London were illuminated as part of the celebration of the happy

Marwari Tailors, India - Manufacture Clothing Fabric
India - Manufacture of Clothing Fabric - Marwari Tailors. Marwaris are a Rajasthani people (an Indo-Aryan ethnic group), who inhabit the Rajasthan region of India. Date: 1904

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