Wide Collection (page 10)

Sun Suits 1931
Three holiday outfits for making the most of the sun in 1931. Top is a Jack Tar model in scarlet and white with a matching cap

Vivacious new beach hats, Harrods advertisement 1931
Advertisement for wide-brimmed beach hats from Harrods. Brims are a yard across and the shallow crowns cleverly reveal hair. Date: 1931

We are IT - a (slightly unlikely) couple of fashionistas
We are IT - a (slightly unlikely) couple each totally confident they are displaying the height of style. They both have everything they want. Date: 1915

Womens hats of 1926
Creations by Lewis, three styes of hats for summer 1926. Date: 1926

Unter den Linden, East Berlin, Germany, not far from the Berlin Wall, with the Neue Wache (left), the Historical Museum (right), and the recently built TV Tower (far right). Date: 1960s

Pagoda overlooking the wide span of the Yangtze River, China Date: circa 1903

Kago Travelling Chair at Hakone, Japan. The porters each wear a mino, a traditional Japanese garment, a raincoat made out of straw

Caricature of Arthur McKee Rankin, Canadian actor
Caricature of Arthur McKee Rankin (1844-1914), Canadian actor active in America, especially California. He toured England with Joaquin Millers play, The Danites, which was performed at Sadlers Wells

Caricature of Fred MacCabe, actor -- Multum in Parvo. 1880

Paris Ball - Bal Mobile. mid-19th century

Paris Ball - Bal d Asnieres. mid-19th century

Little Folk Misfitz - Goosey Goosey Gander. Date: circa 1910

Rough Rides at the Sea Side - Bathing Machine. circa 1850s

Birthday card - A Birthday Wish, with people in Georgian-style costume. circa 1930s

Jan Gildemeester
JAN GILDEMEESTER Dutch physician and artist, to judge by two of the cupida accompanying his portrait - the third is trumpeting his fame to the wide world... Date: CIRCA 1800

Crinoline by Barbier
La Rose de l Infante: a woman in a wide-skirted crinoline, possibly for a theatrical performance. Date: 1924

Blonde in White Top
A cheery, busty blonde with a wide smile wears a white top with blue edging to the square neckline. Date: 1950s

Various Reptiles / Lizars
1. Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) 2. Mephitic Toad (Lacerta aurita) 3. Green Frog (Rana clamitans) 4. Horned Toad (genus Phrynosoma) Date: mid 19th century

LITTLE WIDE AWAKE BOOK
Cover of Little Wide Awake, possibly illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Date: 1880

Prince, Noble, Page C14
Prince: gipon (doublet), soled & piked hose, knightly-girdle, dagged mantle. Noble: shoulder cape, hood & cloak. Page: wide short sleeveless tunic with side vents, funnel sleeves. Date: 14th century

German Noblewomen C15Th
German ladies of rank: gown with deep fur hem & falling collar over an ornate kirtle. A loose belt is worn. Or a gown with a square neckline, wide funnel sleeves & girdle. Date: late 15th century

Courtiers Dress C15Th
Garments: chaperon, dagged (scalloped) huke, two colour jacket worn over a doublet, riding buskins & spurs, hooded houppelande or gown with dagged, wide funnel sleeves Date: 15th century

Costume / Brass of C15Th
Monumental brass in Digswell Church, Hertfordshire: wide, padded headdress with veil, houppelande with turned down collar, long funnel sleeves, kirtle sleeves visible. Date: early 15th century

Woman in a wide-brimmed hat
Young woman sitting on a hammock, wearing knee length dress red dress, wide-brimmed sun hat with red roses to the side. 1927

Girl & Fox Fur Stole
A pretty young blonde woman in a wide-brimmed hat & tailor- made costume wears a white fox fur stole across her shoulders. Date: circa 1917

Three German Diners 1910
Three diners sit in a corner booth, enjoying a glass of champagne. Date: 1910

Types of Masonry
Examples of masonry types as seen in the White Tower, London, Chichester Cathedral and Winchester Cathedral Date: 1840

Brown D-B Coat 1928
Smartly dressed middle-aged gentleman wears a brown double-breasted overcoat with collar, long wide lapels & hip pockets with flaps, also a black bowler hat. Date: 1928

New Year - the Reality
How fashionable Parisians actually see the New Year in (picture 2 of 2) Date: 1904

Ladies hats 1919
Hats for 1919, a charming trilby style hat obtained in a variety of shades, woman on the right wearing a wide brim hat with two argus quills round the crown. Date: 1919

Gazette Du Village
La Gazette du Village : During the Crimean War, a mounted newsman tells the inhabitants of a French village what is going on in the wide world. Date: 1855

Advert for Jays womens coats 1923
Utra-smart autumn race coat, single breasted with two large buttons, high stand wide collar with fur trim and also to cuffs. 1923

Napoleon-Victor Bonapart
NAPOLEON-VICTOR BONAPARTE French statesman, grandson of Jerome Date: 1862 - 1926

Englishman of 1685
The body-coat has now become the universal fashion, as have the wide knee-breeches : wigs are universally worn by men with any pretensions to being in the swim Date: circa 1685

Hans Holbein / French Eng
HANS HOLBEIN (the Younger) Portrait painter to English Royalty and others Date: 1497? - 1543

Popular Healer
Madeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880

Edwardian bows, floral and feathered hats 1909
Seletion of fashionable hats: toque, brimless hat that had a very wide crown and Merry Widow a large hat with a large brim, trimmed with bows, satin ribbon, plumed feathers and flowers. 1909

Child with Spinning Top
A little, long-haired boy in a green suit and matching cap demonstrates his whip and top to a wide-eyed little girl in a big straw hat Date: Late nineteenth centuty

Mrs Dennistown & Child
Mrs Dennistowns child: a lace frock with a wide, low neckline exposing the shoulders, bows at the shoulders, wide sash, lace bonnet and square-toed shoes. Date: 1841

Elsworthy Road, St Johns Wood, NW London. Date: circa 1905

Four fashionable ladies at a soiree
Four society ladies: two wear wide shouldered gowns with transparent over-sleeves marking the transition to the new fashion. The other two have short puffed sleeves. Date: late 1820s

Fifth Street, San Diego, California, USA. circa 1905

Avenue Aristide-Briand, Constantine, Algeria, with the Citroen building in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930

Holland Villas Road, Holland Park, West London. Date: circa 1910

Nurse in uniform
Studio portrait of nurse in wide starched veil and apron. Inner cover page reads Off Night Duty end of Gen training Date: circa 1925

German plane brought down in Russia, WW1
German plane brought down by a Russian anti-aircraft gun during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Holiday clothing 1933
Models wearing summer fashion for their holidays. 1933

Fashionable jewellery 1933
Model wearing simple clothing with jewelled clip that is fastened to the top of her sweater and a wide decorative bracelet. Date: 1933

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