Veil Collection (page 13)

Queen Victoria in Bridal Dress on her wedding day - 10th February 1840. Date: 1840

Turkish women and hookah
Three Turkish women and a hookah. Date: circa 1870

Pencil sketches of adults and children, with a range of head studies. Date: 1920s

Georgina Houghton, spiritualist writer and medium
Georgina Houghton (?-1887), spiritualist writer and medium, seen here with her mothers spirit hovering behind her. The photographer was later exposed as a fraud. Date: 19th century

Contrasting hats 1933
1930s hats for women, above: a black straw Suzanne Talbot model from Debenham and Freebody. Below: two views of a new felt hat from Scotts which may be obtained in several different colours. 1933

A woman looking into a makeup mirror. A letter and quill lie beside it

Suffragette selling copies of The Suffragette
London Life - A Rotary Postcard photograph showing a suffragette selling copies of The Suffragette paper - October, 1912. The woman in the image is wearing a Holloway brooch

Womens elegant afternoon dresses 1929
Women wearing elegant afternoon dresses. Date: 1929

Bridemaid frock 1912
Bridemaid wearing knee length chiffon frock in cream and pink garlanded with tiny pink roses, holding a large bouquet of flowers. Date: 1912

Gas masks of 1915
Photograph showing two gas masks in 1915, (above); a cotton-wool pad of April 1915 and (below); Hypo Helmet gas-mask of November

Home-Made Wedding Dress
A Society girl and a friend making a home-made wedding dress. Date: September 1932

Advertisement for Knights Castile soap -- female model (Sandra Paul) holding a pair of nylon stockings. 1959

Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish girl by the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Turkish girl - 1920s - Liberation in Dress
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Turkish girl by the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

Hong Kong - China - Chinese Couple just married - The bride does not uncover her face until the very last minute, when the groom sees her for the first time. circa 1906

Veiled Turkish Woman turns with a coy gaze toward the photographer. Date: 1920s

Egytian Coptic Woman. Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East, as well as the largest religious minority in the region. Date: circa 1907

Participants in female circumcision ceremony, Africa
Participants in a female circumcision ceremony line up in Ubangi-Shari (Oubangi Chari), a French colony in central Africa, now part of the Central African Republic

You need a... and you know it
Comic Postcard - You need a... and you know it ! A lucky groom about to enjoy the ebenfits of marraige to a pretty young girl. Date: 1911

Exotic Turkish Dancer in Egypt Date: circa 1908

Veiled Egytian Woman - Cairo Date: circa 1904

Couple from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
Portrait photograph (on a postcard) of a couple from Sandpoint, the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, USA

Oriental Beauty - Turkish Ottoman Flags
A veiled oriental beauty with pretty eyes set in a frame beneath two Turkish Ottoman flags - patriotic postcard. Date: circa 1910s

Algerian woman behind the veil
An absolutely stunning photograph of an Algerian Veiled Woman. Her piercing gaze is the only clue to her hidden visage. A study in reserved modesty Date: 1906

Antonida - Glinka Opera - Bobroff
Antonida, a character from the patriotic-heroic tragic opera A LIfe for the Tsar by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. Date: 1902

Russian Bride
From the Altar A Russian Bride. Date: 1903

A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar Woman
A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Russian Woman with elaborate headdress, sheer veil and strings of fine pearls. Date: 1909

Maud Allan / Chopin 1908
MAUD ALLAN Actress and dancer, portraying Chopins Funeral March Date: 1880 - 1956

Head of the Madonna. Date 1921 or 1922

Native transport in Cairo, Egypt, consisting of a cart pulled by a donkey. Date: 20th century

Christmas greetings postcard with dance-related poem
Christmas greetings postcard featuring an inset photograph of a pretty girl wearing a sheer veil, over a sprig of holly, above the following dance-themed poem: " Like a dance be your Christmas

Marriage of Princess Helena to Prince Christian
The marriage of Queen Victorias third daughter, Princess Helena, to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein from Germany. They married in the private chapel, Windsor Castle on the 5th July 1866

Bystander Royal Wedding Number - Duchess of York
Lady Elizabeth Angela Margeurite Bowes-Lyon (1900 - 2002), Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, specially drawn for The Bystander Wedding Number by Alan Stern in her bridal veil

Royal wedding: Princess Victoria Melita & Prince Ernst Ludwig
The royal wedding of Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Prince Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse. Queen Victoria embraces the bride after the wedding ceremony. Date: 1894

A wedding party in Mecklenburg, Germany
The bride and groom sit in the middle of a large group of family and friends, on the wedding day in Mecklenburg, Germany. Late 1890s

Duke of Fife marries Princess Louise of Wales
Alexander William George Duff, 6th Earl and 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912) marries Princess Louise Victoria (1867-1931), eldest daughter of Edward Prince of Wales (Later King Edward VII)

Royal wedding 1893 - the Queen Victorias dress
Queen Victoria, in the dress she wore to the wedding of George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) to Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953). Date: 1893

A Syrian Woman
A opulent studio shot of an exotic Syrian Woman, in a fine dressed and wearing a veil. Date: 1908

Veiled Turkish Woman and boy - Balkans
Veiled Turkish Woman and a young boy somewhere in the Balkan Region Date: 1908

Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women
I Wed Him. Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women take fullsome advantage of their right on a leap year to ask for the hand in marriage of their chaps

Wedding group photograph
The happy couple, the groom wearing uniform, with their two bridesmaids and best man. Date: circa 1940

Newly married couple on church steps
A newly married couple appear on the church steps on their wedding day. Date: circa 1930s

Egyptian Muslim Woman
A mohammedan muslim woman with her face covered, probably in Egypt or another North African country. Date: 1930s

Model Bride
A lovely model bride, wearing a tiara-like beaded head- dress, worn with a simple dress, the unusual feature of which are the sleeves and the gathered front. Date: 1930s

German Rural Wedding
A wedding in the Valley of the Spree, near Berlin, Germany. The bride follows the ancient custom of wearing a thick veil over her face. The bridegroom wears a frock coat. Date: 1930s

Bulgarian Muslim Women
Veiled Muslim women (but not the little girl with them), Bulgaria. Date: 1930s

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