Wide Collection (page 9)

Bathing Machine - Rough riders at the Seaside. circa 1850s

Middelburg, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa
Market Street, Middelburg, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Costume styles, 18th century, from left to right: middle class couple circa 1740, couple from Berlin in special evening dress circa 1780, French couple in Revolution-era costume

Dresses by Marcel Rochas fashions 1930
Dresses by Marcel Rochas fashions, showing three elegant women in leisurewear at the Lido. 1930

Bilbao, Spain - Giant Figures - Festival
Semana Grande Festival, the gigante of modern fiestas of Bilbao, Spain - Many Latin festivals include costumed figures known as gigantes y cabezudos, roughly, Giants and Big-Heads. Date: circa 1905

Jeanne Lanvin costume designs in theatre tableau
Jeanne Lanvin costume designs after Winterhalter, set at the time of the Second Empire, in a tableau at the Theatre Pigalle, Paris. 1929

Lima, Peru - Panoramic View Date: circa 1905

Greek Man in ebullient rich local costume
Greek Man in traditional ebullient rich local costume, featuring silver briads, tassles, daggers white stockings and various medallions and metal plates. Date: circa 1910s

O Connell Bridge and Sackville Street, Dublin, Ireland. Date: 1904

The Netherlands - The perils of smoking (2 / 2)
The perils of smoking. A group of young Dutch Boys suffer the consequences of having a puff on their Fathers pipes! Date: circa 1910s

The Netherlands - The perils of smoking (1 / 2)
The perils of smoking. A group of young Dutch Boys suffer the consequences of having a puff on their Fathers pipes! Date: circa 1910s

Volendam, The Netherlands - Two young Dutch Boys with a beautiful model toy sailing boat. circa 1910s

Traditional Dutch Dancing - Marken, The Netherlands circa 1910s

The Netherlands - Two boys from Volendam, a town in North Holland in the municipality of Edam-Volendam. circa 1910s

Modes Pour Rire by Charles Vernier -- A woman (left) asks her ladys maid (right) whether the crinoline she has brought will be full enough. She doesn t want to be ridiculed for being too flat

Chicago Worlds Fair - Drexel Boulevards - Wide, Tree lined Avenue. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

Fashionable ascot frock 1933
Woman wearing a fashionable Ascot frock designed and carried out by The White House of 51 New Bond Street. It is expressed in white organdie, patterned with pastel black

London, England - Battle Village - Wide empty street, houses stretching into the distance. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - London. Date: circa 1900

South Africa Cape Colony - King Williamstown Street - Wide, dusty street low buildings on one side, three storey on other side. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony

South Africa Cape Colony - Cradock Street - Wide concourse - people and buildings on left, church tower in background. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

Mare Street, Zoutpansberg, Transvaal, South Africa
Mare Street, Zoutpansberg (Salt Pan Hill), Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1902

Plein Street, Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: 1908

Castlewellan - a view up a hill with a wide road, with shop fronts both sides and motor vehicles and horse vehicles and people. At the top of the hill is a Church

Poster, Bottle Dance, Hungary. circa 1950s

East Africa - Mouth of Zambesi - Wide stretch of river, boats beached on sand. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa

South Africa Cape Colony - Dutch Church - Wide road, trees, bushes, church with spire in background. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

South Africa Cape Colony - Wide Dusty Street - Wide open space, trees hiding buildings. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

Modes for the Riviera sunshine, 1931
Fashions for wearing on the French Riviera. Above is a frock of pale eucalyptus green hopsack and a jacket of the same light woollen material in a deep shade of myrtle

Trousers and swim top for cruise wear, 1934
A pair of well cut wide trousers in grey flannel worn with a regulation swimmer with a white ground and design expressed in red and green

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

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