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Men Evening Dress 1893Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white
Formal Menswear for 1963French mens formal wear for Spring-Summer 1963: evening dress of tail coat, white tie, wing collar & waistcoat; daywear of morning suit with morning jacket & top hat
Social / Men in Bar 1913Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels
Social / Night on TownShe wears an evening coat by Worth: oriental cherry blossom fabric, wide full sleeves, fur cuffs & collar. He wears a black tailcoat & white tie
Arthur Bourchier / Vf 1896Black tailcoat & trousers, white waistcoat with roll collar & cut low revealing an expanse of shirt front, stand collar & white tie, gold watch chain & orchid buttonhole
London Life - The Bus Driver. See 13924942 for the card reverse (a fine example). Date: circa 1908
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, Tucks postcard, sent from Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912, sailing day of the Titanic?s maiden voyage
Grandy Nook, Hawkshead, Westmorland, Lake District (now Cumbria) Date: 1937
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic - three postcards, Tucks Oilette celebrated liners series. Date: early 20th century
West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire
The Little Church, Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales Date: circa 1950
The Courtyard, New Inn, Gloucester Date: 1935
TEENAGE EVENING GOWNVictorian Fantasie: Evening gown for a teenage girl in red spotted taffeta with ecru lace edging to the square neckline. Gauging & tiny tucks ornament the skirt & puffed sleeves. Date: 1930s
1890s CoupleHe: straw boater, cane, wing collar & single-breasted suit. She: hat adorned with chiffon & plumes, blouse ornamented with pin-tucks & feather trim & a plain skirt cut in panels. Date: 1890s
PINAFORE 1909Pinafore with bretelles (braces), box pleated skirt, button detail, high necked blouse with tucks; finely pleated low waisted dress with a yoke & lace trim & a sunbonnet Date: 1909
OUTDOOR GIRLS 1832Girls: white knee-length dress ornamented with tucks, black velvet spencer with imbecile sleeves, pantalettes, pelerine with vandykes; red & black plaid mantle with a cape. Date: 1832
Costume - Women 1816Staw bonnet with a high crown, white percale robe with tucks on the cuffs, bodice & hem possibly worn over a chemisette & with an embroidered ruff. Date: 1816
Tucks Great Postcard Competitions - Sandwich Man and VendorLondon Life - Raphael Tuck and Sons " Great" Postcard Prize Competitions - Sandwich Man and News Vendor. Prize pot of 6
The Design Department of Raphael Tuck & SonsThe designing room at Raphael Tuck & Sons, fine art publishers of prints, cards, Almanacks and postcards, staffed largely by women
Dress and matching coat by Norman HartnellA dress and matching coat by Norman Hartnell who follows the vogue for diaphanous fabrics by using mushroom silk organza. The dress has a deep V neckline
Suits & Dresses 1935Stylish & unusal details enliven these dresses & suits. Some features include a 3- piece suit, jabot, pleated cape sleeves, over-stitching, patch pockets & angular panels
Evening Dress / Men C. 1900Cigar smoking gentleman in a black tail-coat & trousers, white waistcoat, bowtie & gloves, top hat & leather pumps. A large gardenia graces his buttonhole
Tucking in at BedtimeMother (in a dressing gown, with bouffant hairstyle), tucks her son into bed at bedtime. Date: 1960s
Polonaise Dresses 1882Polonaise dresses: cross-over bodice, horizontal drapery & loosely pleated skirt with tucks & bow; bodice with velvet collar & cuffs & plaid under-skirt. Date: 1882
COSTUME FOR 1818-1819Dress of 1818-1819 according to a later source. Man: greatcoat with velvet collar. Women: pelisse, spencer, white dresses ornamented with tucks, mancherons & flounces. Date: 1818 - 1819
Seaside Frocks for 1899Yellow tunic dress, rows of tucks on the sleeves, waist & under-skirt. Grey & purple dress with yoke skirt with curved flounces, lace bodice & jabot & saucer collar. Date: 1899
Striped Dress 1899yellow & black vertically striped tunic dress ornamented with rows of tiny flounces on revers, cuffs, epaulettes, over-skirt & cravat. Worn with a blouse with horizontal tucks Date: 1899
Costume / Women / 1826Front & back views of dress with gigot sleeves, skirt ornamented with tucks, plus a canezou-pelerine & belt. Hat trimmed profusely with wheat ears, flowers & bows. Date: circa 1826
Pont-y-pair, Bettws-y-Coed, GlamorganPont-y-pair, Bettws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Glamorgan, Wales. Raphael Tucks Oilette Date: 1910s
Oliver Stanton - Motoring Adviser to King Edward VII, England. Raphael Tucks Oilette - Motoring Celebrities Date: 1900s
Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing weather - tucks in one foot away from cold - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celsius (Parus maior L.)
Blitz in London -- fire at Albert Embankment, WW2Blitz in London -- aerial view of fire damage caused by an air raid, Tucks India Rubber Works, Albert Embankment, 17 April 1941. Date: 1941
Coachman from Saint Petersburg, Russia - note his white gloves, tucked into his thin belt. The distinctive uniform of a coachman of long flowing robe and short-flat-topped hat is in evidence here
Camping Beans
Cheating with CardsA man tucks a card up his sleeve in an attempt to cheat. Date: late 1960s
Gringoire Pate AdvertA gourmet tucks into a huge slab of Gringoires game pate, just one of their range of pates and conserves
Evening Dress / DrydenTwo women and a man in evening dress
Blue Pelisse 1824Blue pelisse with sleeves full to the elbow (gigot / leg of mutton), button fastening & 3 tucks at the hem. Worn with a muslin, round-edged collar & feather trimmed hat
WELL AGAINHe has been sick, but is well on the way to recovery - he tucks into a hearty meal !
Underwear C. 1923A silk crepe nightgown with wing sleeves & pin tucks & chemise & knickers to match; pleated cami-knickers; princess petticoat & knickers composed of fine pleats
Robins Head under WingA robin in winter tucks its head beneath its wing. (Erithacus rubecula)
Mother Tucks Son InA rather glamorous mother looks dotingly at her son whom she has just tucked into bed with his cuddly koala bear for company
Mother Tucking Son InA mother tucks her rather excitable-looking son into bed
Fashion 1900 / LizTunic dress. The simulated tunic is pointed front & back with a chevron design to which is attached accordian pleated flounces. A double ruffle ornaments the bodice
FRENCHWOMAN 1780 - 2Frills and tucks galore on this impractical gown, worn by a lady of Louis XVIs court shortly before the Revolution
Dryden / Car & Group / 138Elegant men and women gather round a pedal car
Dryden / Car & Group / 140Elegant men and women gather round a sports car
Food and Drink / GluttonyA glutton in a jesters hat tucks into a variety of foods, while a wild pig cleans up the scraps