Tight Collection (page 3)

Sir Philip Sydney, poet, wearing tight short breeches and mittens, 1586.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Lady in winter dress, 1641, reign of Charles I, from Hollar
Lady in the court of Elizabeth I, 1559, from the Procession of Queen Elizabeth to Hunsdon House.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by

Tying on a pack, Toyah, Texas, USA
Three men tying a pack onto a patient horse at Toyah, a small town in Texas, USA. Date: circa 1908

Dutch sea scouts with leader, Holland
Two Dutch sea scouts with their leader, Holland, learning the ropes. Date: 1972

Suffragette, Suffragist Muzzle. Addressed to Suffragist who wears a skirt and jacket embroidered with broad prison arrows and a muzzle round her mouth

Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1
An air tight, watertight tobacco and cigarette box to keep your smokes dry at the Front, available from Silver and Edgington of Eastcheap, London. The advertisement contains testimonials from J

Ships during winter months by G. H. Davis
Naval notes of the week (lightships and buoys). Above: revictualling a lightship during the winter months. Below: hold tight for your life -- attending to the Mariners Fingerposts in winter

Mrs Vyvyan Drury by Madame Yevonde. Seen here modelling a garden party dress by Lelong in white marquisette, with a tight-fitting bodice, and a wide-brimmed straw hat from Albert and Johnson

Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis
The deadly teamwork of the Flying Fortresses: massed precision bombing and defence gunnery during the Second World War. Flying in a tight formation designed to give the closest cooperation in attack

Hungry Peter dressed as Fat Boy in Pickwick
Hungry Peter the pig dressed as the Fat Boy in Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers, ready for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Advert for Mexi-Coolee by Joyce California shoes 1946
Red criss cross sandals by Mexi-Coolee, Joyce California, fitted by Saxone. 1946

Knitting pattern 1944
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a tuck in blouse and three-toned jacket. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Snow Babies - Hold Tight by Dorothy Wheeler
Two sweet looking snow babies, who appaer once the flakes begin to fall at night, cling to each other on a flimsy branch against the light of a large, yellow moon. Date: c.1925

Fashionable Woman 1911
Lady wearing a very large floral hat, with her contents shattered on the floor. 1911

Twixt Love and Duty - WW1 - Soldiers leaving for the front say goodbye to their loved ones at the railway station. Date: circa 1915

Alice de Tender - performer at the Eldorado Club, Paris
Alice de Tender - singer, dancer and actress - pictured here when a performer at the Eldorado Club, Paris, France in December 1903. Date: 1903

Gentleman not at all aghast about the Harem Skirt
" Everyone is up " in arms" against the harem skirt" ! This very contented Gentleman certainly is, although not in the way one may initially read! Date: 1912

Full Speed Ahead
Having persuaded his lady friend to come for a ride, a little Dutch boys commands his wooden hobby horse to travel " Full Speed Ahead" ! (2/3) Date: circa 1920

Scotsman shocked by expensive of the Worlds Fair in Chicago
The Chicago Exhibition McPherson - " Four Dollars for a bed! The extravangance. I canna sleep for thinking o t." Date: 1893

Elderly lady not overly generous with her tipping
" Have you got change for a threepenny-piece, Adolphus? I want to give the porter a gratuity." The porter appears to already be expecting the impending disappointment! Date: 1894

Concert in aid of Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital
Drawing done by Phil May to be used to publicise a Flower Concert to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital Date: circa 1890s

Two elderly widows discuss the catering at a wake
" Did you go to Smiths burying?" " Yes, I did, an a mighty measly affair it was. Tea and bread and butter! I ve buried two usbands, but, thank goodness

A ginger-haired young lady golfer, completing her swing
Winsome - A ginger-haired young lady golfer, completing her swing having driven down the eighth hole. The tight short blue jumper and thin red and white stripe mini-skirt seem par for the course

Cycling beauty waving
Care-Free. A sporting young brunette peddling through the countryside on he bicycle, waving to those who are lucky enough to witness her passing. Date: early 1940s

Saucy Sailorette ready for a dip in the sea
A Saucy Sailorette in long white trousers and a (very) tight red top, accentuating her curves. Standing by a groyne on a beach and holding a beach towel as if a little sea dip is in the offing

Pretty French Girl in Fashionable Swimwear
Superb portrait of a Pretty French Girl in a fashionable dark red Swimsuit, green scarf tied on her head and hands clasped in a slightly suggestive pose... Date: circa 1910s

General Picquart - Satire - Dreyfus Affair
Marie-Georges Picquart disguises himself by strapping on a tight corset. This cartoon is a sature on Picquarts position as head of the counter-espionnage bureau during the Dreyfus Affair

S. S. Trinidad entering Two Rock Passage, Bermuda
The S.S. Trinidad entering Two Rock Passage, Bermuda Date: circa 1913

A blind man walks across Niagara Date: 1912

Toungthou women - Kalaw - Dark, short, stocky women of Toungthou. Wear black loose hanging nightshirts some with baggy black pants, tight like jodhpurs over the calf

Rusty shield bearer - Rangoon - deep gold yellow, tight clustered blossoms, pea family Date: 1952

A tight squeeze for a giant. Source unknown

The tight rope walker

Advet for Kestos panty 1935
Two blondes model the skin- tight, boneless, seamless " Silicute" pantie-girdle by Kestos teamed up with Kestos bras. Date: 1935

Bulls eye hairstyle 1940s
During the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses

A tight race ahead. Illustration shows Alton B. Parker, William Jennings Parker, David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman, an unidentified rower, William Randolph Hearst, unidentified rower

French Cavalry - Just prior to WWI
French Cavalry - pictured just prior to WWI - on manoeuvres. Under a law passed in 1912, the French cavalry increased in size to 91 regiments of 52 squadrons each

Brunigbahn Railway - Switzerland
Brunigbahn Railway - a narrow gauge railway of the Swiss Federal Railways. This postcard shows a high narrow pass cut through the mountainside, affording a spectacular view of the peaks of the Alps

Tunis, Tunisia - A Local Barber Date: circa 1903

Child embarrasses an up-tight man
Its Rather Embarrassing An up-tight Gentleman doesn t know how to react to the playful young companion in his railway compartment. Date: 1904

Hobble, hobble, toil and wobble
The hobble waltz-the dance of the season. The hazards of dancing in a fashionable hobble skirt, shown here gathered in at the knee

Drunk Insects
Make me a new suit with wings, master, for the old one has become too tight for me. Here comes the fine beer... Date: 1930s

Weddiing dress 1937
Heavy white satin weddiing dress, exquisitely draped and moulded to the figure so that the line about the waist is emphasised, it has a heart-shaped neckline with fern clip at either side

Title Page of My Own Dolly
A toddler clutching her many dolls tightly Date: 1882

Sleigh Racing at St. Petersburgh, Russia, 1877
Engraving showing a horse-drawn sleigh race in progress in St. Petersburgh, Russia, in 1877. This image shows two men riding the sleigh, round a tight corner. Date: 26 May 1877

Aberdeen - humourous card
Aberdeen on a flag day... and on a house-to-house collection day! Satire on the more frugal nature of the Scottish psyche. Date: circa 1930s

Sailor binding a swab, sitting on a rope, WW1
A British sailor binding a swab, and keeping a rope tight by sitting on it, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Japanese martial arts
A satirical comment on Japanese martial arts, one of the opponents tucked up in a tight ball so as to avoid serious injury. Date: 1901

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