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Two Ladies of 1800Two ladies in morning dress; both wear round gowns caught at the neck, one carries a capacious bag - too big for a handbag, so perhaps its her knitting or sketch materials Date: February 1800
Breton Fair / In the RainA rainy day at a Breton fair. The women wear their regional costume and most have colourful umbrellas. Date: 1905
Racial / Sri Lanka 1880Two Sri Lankan couples: the men wear ornate hats Date: 1880
Costume / Loungers 1820Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, a greatcoat, a frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & cossack trousers. Date: 1820
BOYS WEAR ADVERT 1920A boy dressed in TOM SAWYER WASHWEAR - the boys wear for Real Boys Date: 1920
Anglo-Saxon WomenTwo Anglo-Saxon women, one side-saddle on horseback. They wear long house-gowns, and hoods wrapped round neck and shoulders; the rider also wears a short cloak. Date: 750
1920s beach scene Date: 1927
Sketch of girl in bathing suit, 1918
Sketch of fashionable beach, 1920sSketch of fashionable beach at Deauville, 1920s. Artwork by Wynn Date: 1929
Art deco illustration of women swimming, 1924 Date: 1924
Britannia and Eve magazine, May 1935Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman with piercing green eyes, wrapped in a fur stole and wearing dangly red earrings
Winter Sports, Cooks World Travel ServiceCover illustration for Winter Sports, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an aerial view of three skiers in Alpine ski wear skiing down a snowy mountain
Cooks for Winter SportsPoster or handbill advertising Cooks for Winter Sports, showing a cartoon of a couple skiing downhill, dressed in blue and red ski wear
Wolsey knitwear advertisementAdvertisement for Wolsey clothing, showcasing their sleek vest and pantie sets
Hand knitteds conserve couponsInstructions on how to make a ribbed sweater with peep bo front, and a green jerkin with full pink sleeves and detachable dicky-collar
A Fool and his money is soon parted A bellboy and a lady are doing their best to remove the money from a gentlemans wallet!
Croatia - National CostumeCroatians in National costume. One of the Gentlemen is smoking a long pipe, the other holding a long stick. Both seated women wear headscarves
The hat bulge / W H RobinsonA special car conversion for those who like to wear head accessories when driving. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture
What to wear in the seaThree sketches showing the latest in summer beach wear, . The womans bathing suit in the middle is described as a most charming and useful gown, with an emphasis on simplicity and light
The suffrage debate: two extreme portraitsThe anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer
Redex Tuning ServiceA tin/alloy sign advertising Redex Modern Additive & Tuning Service. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*
Welder using an Oxyacetylene TorchA welder wearing protective clothing and mask welds metal uses an oxyacetylene torch as he works on the shell of a metal vehicle enclosure or train carriage section. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
A male quartetFour men link arms and sing to their hearts content. They are all smartly dressed in waistcoats and jackets, and wear tricorne hats
Paper Bag Race party gameA guest at a party takes part in a paper bag race game where two teams must sit on rows of chairs, and blow up a bag and pop it after racing around the line once, before it is the next persons turn
Britannia and Eve, November 1933Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous couple, the woman swathed in a huge fur collar and her beau in top hat and tails
And So To Bed by David WrightIllustration by pin up artist David Wright featuring one of his trademark Lovelies wearing a diaphanous night dress through which you can see her shapely legs and pert figure
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Cottage Homes, PontelandChildrens cottage homes at Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne. The homes were erected in 1901 by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union to accommodate pauper children away from the workhouse
Knitted dress, 1954It is hard to believe that hand knitting could produce the delicate laciness of this evening gown. A cobweb design of palest grey wool interwoven with silver thread
Flounces and Frill Dispute the Favours of the Evening ModeColourful fashion illustrations for evening wear
DURHAMDurham seen from the Wear : the cathedral dominates the scene
Durham ViewDurham : the Cathedral seen from the Wear
Skirting The DifficultyI won t marry a man who can t look me straight in the eye Then wear them longer! Woman upset at the affect that her exposed legs are having. Date: 1925
Belgium: the coastPoster from the Belgian Luxembourg tourism office in Brussels proclaiming the attractions of the Belgian coast with a female figure in beach wear and sun hat against a blue ground with beach huts
To wear on the Riviera by Gordon ConwayA fashion design by Gordon Conway, taken from a series of monthly supplements drawn by the artist
Stylish summer fashionsA stylish fashion illustration showing summer leisure wear
Queen Sophie of the Hellenes and granddaughter AlexandraQueen Sophie of Greece holding her granddaughter Alexandra in 1921. The Queen wears mourning here for her son Alexander, the babys father, who died five months before the child was born
The Show Boat. By Jorgen MyllerStylised illustration by Jorgen Myller showing a couple punting on a river. The male characters outfit is an exaggerated version of what typical upper class men, particularly students
Lotus Boots 1912Advertisement for ladies boots, " the emodiment of ease and refinement, beautifully made and delightful to wear" manufactured by Lotus of Stafford
Hiking Sanitary TowelsAdvert for Southalls compressed sanitary towels, each one packed with two safety pins and made especially for hikers! Talk about cashing in!
People watching Television at home, 1946Illustration showing a group of people, in formal evening wear, watching a television in a sitting room, 1946. One might reasonably suppose that this shows a dinner party having a little televisual
Bridal Fashions 1929For a spring wedding, Brides dress is of white net embroidered in silver; bridesmaid in apple green satin while the small attendants wear Greenaway
Summer Fashions / DrydenSummer fashions
Cycling in Evening WearA fashionable group in evening wear, the men on bicycles, standing under a palm tree
Elegant Ladies / DrydenTwo elegant women in evening wear
The Church in the firing-lineA French soldier-priest ministering to his comrades under fire. In 1915, it was estimated that over 20, 000 priests served in the French army in some capacity
Emigrants sighting Australia, 1887Engraving showing a group of emigrants on the deck, sighting Australia in the distance, 1887. The men are shown dressed in suits and bowler hats, whilst the women wear skirts, jackets, hats and shawls
Chas Baker and Co. StoresAdvertisement for gentlemens high class clothing, for immediate wear or made to measure, showing five different outfits and illustrations from the four London Chas Baker stores
SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846
