Tatters Collection

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters chasing the car
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, not wishing to be left behind, chasing his masters car on hearing the horn sounding. Date: 1927

Racial Type / Lady Tatters
LADY TATTERS We know nothing about this romantic light opera except for this splendid Hassall poster : looks as though it might be like My fair lady. Date: 1907

Theatrical and vaudeville presentations, December 1923
Three photos from theatrical and vaudeville presentations, December 1923: the 8 Embassy Girls in vaudevile; the Childs brothers in London Calling

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Punish the PIrates
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - The great seal of the United States Navy lies in ruins after a successful attack by Vietnamese forces - Punish the PIrates'. Date: circa mid-1970s

WW1 poster, Souscrivez a l'Emprunt National - Pour le Drapeau! Pour la Victoire! (Subscribe to the National War Loan - For the Flag! For Victory!) Date: 1917

Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines, WW1
Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines. Showing a scarecrow version of Paul von Hindenburg holding a sword, with Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince on the right

Annie Myers, opera and stage singer Date: 1890s

Before and After, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor. 1899

Juhu Beach, Bombay
Out of season hand-powered fairground carousel on Juhu Beach, Mumbai (Bombay). First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1992

German caricature of Russian soldiers, WW1
German caricature of Russian soldiers in 1914 at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 1914

Hic Jacet - Here Lies - drunken man collapsed in gutter
(hic!) jacet (translated from the Latin: " Here Lies" ) - a drunken Londoner collapsed in gutter, his umbrella and hat discarded onto the street in his stupor. Date: circa 1890s

Russian Serf / Peasant - A Muzhik
Muzhik or mujik - a Russian peasant, usually from pre-1917 Imperial Russia. The term confers a certain degree of poverty, as most muzhiks were serfs before the 1861 agricultural reforms

A poor young boy tucking into a hunk of bread - Italy. Date: circa 1906

Persian Dervish in Chechnya. Date: circa 1905

We Gladstone / Umbrella
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister struggling with an old umbrella (alias the Liberal Party) Date: 1809 - 1898

Music cover, Love and Pride, comic medley duet sung by Harry Clifton and Fanny Edwards. circa 1870

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure. Pat follows her pet terrier Tatters through a hole in the roots of an old oak tree. Date: 1921

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dog being given a bath
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, being given a bath in the scullery sink, an operation which he hated. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters exploring a town
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, exploring a town while on a trip with his master. Date: 1927

War Economy by A. Wallis Mills, WW1
Lady Sybil de Vere: " Do look at those extraordinary people. Their clothes are quite new!" Sir Hugo: " Rotten bad form

Washing day - Before and After marriage! Before, " when I was a young and single chap I wore some shirts like this" (complete)

Two young Moroccan Girls with buckets on their heads Date: circa 1930s

Serbian Beggar - clutching a handful of unusual root vegetables... Date: circa 1910s

Wandering Algerian musician
Itinerant Algerian musician playing a local three-stringed guitar-type instrument. Date: circa 1910s

Cissie Milford as Skittles - At The Worlds Mercy
Cissie Milford as Skittles " At The Worlds Mercy." Date: circa 1911

Two extremely ragged men reading a smart fashion magazine. Bill Snooks (reading from a fashion paper) - " To be really well dressed

Chas. H. Yale & Sidney R. Ellis present golden voiced Al. H. Wilson in A prince of tatters by Sidney R. Ellis. Date c1903

Golden voiced Al. H. Wilsons songs in A prince of tatters. Date c1903

Kabyle Women and babies - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s

Chinese Beggar Date: circa 1910s

A very poor man - Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1920s

Denis Diderot / Gown
DENIS DIDEROT French encyclopaedist and philosopher, lamenting the loss of his nightgown Date: 1713 - 1784

Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit Pegg
Photograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit " Peggy", led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933

Tunisia - Old Beggar
A fine photograph of an old Tunisian beggar in rags

Two young Tunisian beggar children
Two pretty young Tunisian street beggar children

Chinese Dung Collectors
Young children scrape animal droppings off a paved walkway

Rag-And-Bone Man
A ragman picks up pages from stories and plays discarded on a French street and fills the basket on his back, seemingly content to ignore the wild dog snapping at his heels

Generous Beggar / 1833
TRUE GENEROSITY " When I see anyone worse off then myself I pity them" ( Where will he find one ) A ragged yet forthright beggar offers a generous view on life

Zena Dare / Postcard 1907
ZENA DARE Actress, dressed as Cinderella

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