Traditional Collection (page 10)

Girls / Mistletoe & Holly
Two girls accompanied by a small dog gather holly and mistletoe

Chinese woman playing a Ruan (note the Western influence in her choice of footwear!). Date: circa 1910s

Man of Lahore (Punjab) in black suit, turban and cape, carrying a bow.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Girl from the Himalayan mountains playing with a parrot
Siamese man (Thailand) in pointed hat, shirt, dhoti, and slippers.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan
Beautiful photograph showing the complicated shapes, folds and pinning of a Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan. Date: circa 1910s

China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a long pigtail
China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a traditional long pigtail Date: circa 1910s

Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistere, Brittany
Traditional local costume and house interior at Plougastel-Daoulas - a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Date: circa 1930s

Richard Green, (with hat), 5 year old newsie, Richmond, Va. Willie - -, who said he was 8. (Compare them.) Many of these little newsboys here. Location: Richmond, Virginia. Date 1911 June

Highland dancers at Braemar Highland Games
Highlanders dancing a reel for the royal party at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, attended by King George V and Queen Mary. circa 1911

- Argentina
Young Argentinian men in traditional costume drinking Mate, a traditional South American infused drink, prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (llex paraguariensis)

A woman of the Auvergne collecting walnuts
A woman of the Auvergne region of France loading a wickerwork pannier backpack with the walnuts she has been collecting in her straw basket Date: 1910

Dorset Town Crier
Oh yeyh, oh yeyh!. The Town Crier of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, wearing the traditional costume. Date: 1950s

Irish Village Colleens, Franco-British Exhibition, London
Three Irish Village Colleens with a donkey and a spinning wheel at the Franco-British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. Date: 1908

Mcdougalls Cake
Traditional Christmas Cake made with McDougalls flour Date: 1931

A Charles Wells Public House, in an unidentified location. This brewery company, based in Bedfordshire, is still in existence today, with over 200 pubs to its name

Man and Woman of Cacongo on the coast of Angola (formerly part of the Congo, Central Africa). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Man and Woman of the Congo. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Greece, Crete - Cretan Men - a souvenir card released in 1907 to bolster the Cretan national identity following the withdrawal of control over the Island by the Great Powers

Cretan Military Leader
A Greek Cretan patriot

Pals - National Archetypes
The national archtypes of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, represented by an Irishman in green holding a shillelagh, a Scotsman with ginger beard and a kilt

At Eve I Bring Thee Roses by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch girl sits by a spinning wheel while her suitor peers through the window having presented her with a bouquet of red roses

Moroccan Pouf Makers
Moroccan Pouf makers

Shepherd at rest
An elderly shepherd rests on a small hillock with his collie dog as his sheep graze contentedly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Conservative Ladies
A Meeting of Primrose Dames - leading conservative ladies in Lady Salisburys drawing room. Few if any of them favour the emancipation of woman

Fishing with Cormorants
Fishing using cormorants in China

Farandole at Aix
LA FARANDOLE The people of Aix-en-Provence perform their traditional dance

Greeting Soviet Tank
Ukrainian farmer greets a Soviet Tank crew with traditional gifts - bread and salt

Girl has Fairy Dreams
A small girl sleeping by the fire with her dolly dreams of the joys of Christmas Day

Dutch Girl (Hardy)
A Dutch girl in traditional costume

Easter egg customs in a Russian village
In a Russian village, friends and neighbours exchange eggs and kisses at Easter

Japanese Snow Ghost
JAPANESE SNOW GHOST If a Japanese dies in the snow, s/he becomes a yuki onna - a snow ghost - as in the story of Oyasu who died in a great snowstorm

German Woodworker
DER DENGLER (" THE HONER/SHARPENER" ) Idealised German woodworker in traditional clothes

Puppets, Tournai
TOURNAI, Belgium Traditional Guignol de la Maison Tournaisienne (puppet theatre)

Pyne - Chelsea Pensioner
CHELSEA PENSIONER A survivor of one of Englands periodic wars, he wears the traditional uniform of the military asylum at Chelsea

Ghosts in Churchyard
A countryman passing through a churchyard at night is surprised to see three elegant female spirits floating in the air

Lady Cook & Boars Head
The cook bears in the Boars Head

Puritan & Bible, C1650
English Puritan (also known as Oliverian) in traditional dress holding a bible

Schoolgirls Dream
The schoolgirl at her desk day-dreams of the pleasures of the Christmas holidays

Father Christmas and a child

Richard Burton in eastern costume
Richard Burton, traveller, in the costume he wore as a pilgrim to Mecca

Ship canal, isthmus of Corinth, Greece
A man in traditional costume crosses a bridge above the newly built ship canal linking the Adriatic with the Aegean at the isthmus of Corinth, Greece

Archery competition, Leamington Spa, 1870
Vintage 19th century photograph: Very early image of an archery competition, competitors with bows and arrows, Leamington Spa, 1870

Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Two Nuer Girls - Upper Nile, Bahr-el-Zaraf, Sudan, Africa
Two Nuer Girls - Upper Nile, Bahr-el-Zaraf, South Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1910s

Five Nuer Girls of the Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa
Five Nuer Girls of the Upper Nile, South Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1910s

Zulu warrior and his five wives
A Zulu warrior and his five wives - South Africa Date: circa 1905

Vintage 19th century photograph: Nepalese, Nepali, Nepal woman in traditional clothes, image taken in northern India

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