Tinsel Collection

Italian Christmas Greetings Postcard
circa 1910s

NATIVITY PLAY C1970S
A school Nativity Play. Costumes have been created from nightshirts, tea towels, tinsel & foil. Date: circa 1970s

XMAS DINNER 1970S
A traditional Christmas meal with the family around the table, turkey and all the trimmings. Date: 1970s

Jean Shrimpton in Penzance, Cornwall
Jean Shrimpton (b 1942), nicknamed The Shrimp, fashion model and actress of the 1960s, an icon of Swinging London. Seen here at the age of 44 in a hotel in Penzance, Cornwall

Female Hippy 1967
HIPPIES A spaced-out hippy woman, wearing the obligatory flowers in her hair, transfers, beads, tinsel and floaty layers of chiffon etc. Date: August 1967

Xmas Siblings
A girl hands her delighted brother his Christmas present while the toy record player plays and the tinsel on the Christmas tree glimmers... Date: 1960s

Six sparrows on a Christmas card, nesting inside a wickerwork box decorated with silver tinsel. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas - Decorations being sold in Moscow
The interior of a 1928 Moscow shop laden with outlandish Christmas decorations available for purchase. Date: 1928

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove teagowns 1917
Two graceful teagowns. 1917

Xmas Dinner 1975
A traditional Christmas meal with the mother and father and two young boys in tank tops, turkey, wine and all the trimmings. Date: 1975

Wreath, Decking, Tree
Festive wreath of fir with cones, imitation snow & red berries, a tinsel Christmas tree with baubles & red lighted candles & holly draped along the mantelpiece

Decorating Xmas Tree
A little boy and girl, put the finishing touches to their fake Christmas tree, adding the last bits of tinsel and a bell. The presents will be opened tomorrow morning

Salmon Flies
Method of making a salmon fly

Christmas Decorations for a shop, Manchester
Two men prepare some street Christmas Decorations, Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Santa Claus building decorations
Building/shop decorations featuring Santa Claus. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

1930S Xmas Dinner
Four people prepare to enjoy their Christmas dinner at the table

Scarves from 1933
A selection of scarves including bias scarves in crepe de chine & wool mousselaine, also coatees: one in red velvet the other in tinsel with frilled collars

Family Xmas Presents
Father hands Mother her present and she leans over to kiss him. Meanwhile son and daughter (who wears an Alice band), unwrap their presents while a record plays

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