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Cotton Carding MachineryInterior of cotton mill: girls and women tend carding, drawing and roving machinery
Womens Hats 1916What the well-dressed American female is wearing on her head in 1916 - from a mail order catalog by Bellas Hess
Flapper / Ascot Dress / 1926An Ascot gown of georgette trimmed with bands of emeralds and diamonds. A fringe of uncurled ostrich feather is caught at one side with a rose and foliage
Egyptian Dress / VionnetBlack dress by Madeleine Vionnet inspired by recent archaeological discoveries in Egypt: tubular long bodice with horizontal bands, gored skirt with handkerchief hem
Menat TalismanMENAT TALISMAN Incorporating the emblem of Hathor, the goddess of motherhood, this talisman protected ancient Egyptian women
Pope Joan or Joanna, legendary female popePope Joan or Joanna, a legendary female pope, thought to have reigned for a time during the Middle Ages, but probably a fabrication, as there is no contemporary evidence
Resemblance of animals and their ownersAnimals who resemble their owners - or vice versa -- a sheep and a cat
Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, horned womanMargaret Vergh Gryffyth, Welsh woman who exhibited herself with a 10 centimetre horn growing from her forehead
Cecilia Leitch in match against Harold Hilton, Walton HeathCharlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch (13 April 1891 ? 16 September 1977), often known as Cecil - British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England
India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan 1860s19th century vintage photograph India - the Amir of Kabul Afghanistan Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s
India - a maharaja, child prince and his officials 1860s19th century vintage photograph India - India - a maharaja and his officials, Shepherd and Robertson, 1860s
India - a maharaja and his officials19th century vintage photograph - India - a maharaja and his officials
Persian women using a large grindstone, Iran Date: circa 1900s
Comic postcard, born on St Swithins Day Date: 20th century
Page from The Sketch featuring photographs of scenes from the play, Distinguished Villa, written by Kate O Brien and playing at the Little Theatre, starring Una O Connor, Gillian Lind
Woman being pulled in rickshaw, jinrikisha, JapanYoung woman being pulled in a rickshaw, jinrikisha, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph
Back view of three geishas displaying obi sashes. Vintage 19th century photograph
Young Edwardian woman and plantinsertcaption Date: circa 1920s
A game keeper giving directions to a couple fox hunting, 19th century. Facey Romford and Lucy Somersville on the trail of a fast bag fox. Fresh as a four year old
Queen Alexandra. 1910
Margaret Morris, principal classical dancer in Orpheus. 1910
Advert, Fels-Naptha Soap -- I just couldn t keep house without it! 1926
Four people with a veteran antique car. 1904
Downstairs servants of a country houseGroup photo, downstairs servants of a country house. circa 1900
Satin gown by RevillePhotograph of a rose-pink satin gown with pink and grey beads by Reville, Hanover Square. Date: 1921
Two women preparing for show at Windmill Theatre 1939Two women in tin helmets photographed as they prepare for a show at the Windmill Theatre. The Windmill Theatre, which today uses the motto " we never closed"
Little Miss Muffit by Lesley Butler - golf humour 1930A nervous female golfer watched by other golfers, some encouraging, some obviously impatient. Date: 1930
Margaret Wintringham during her election campaignMargaret Wintringham (1879 - 1955), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Louth between 1921 and 1924. She was the second woman, and the first British-born woman
Cartoon, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa, Irish FenianCartoon, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa (1831-1915), Irish Fenian leader - The terrible monster who was frightened by a woman! He was a pioneer in the use of explosives for political persuasion
Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon in The P)rince of JapsCartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon (1858-1923), English actress and singer, as Cammpi in The Japs, or The Doomed Daimio, a burlesque by Harry Paulton and Mostyn Teddea. 1885
Little Women - Professor Bhaer entertains the childrenLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Professor Bhaer from Berlin entertains the children (Tina and Kitty) during Jos visit to New York. 1880
Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire 1843Drawing heckled flax at Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds. Female workers operate machines to create an even strip from the flax fibres that have previously been heckled, 1843
Fashion design by Eva Lutyens. 1936
Norma Shearer, Canadian actress. Date: 1934
W Heath Robinson - Peeling Potatoes by Gramophone
W Heath Robinson - Opening the Wine Bottle
Poster, Gilbert and Sullivans operetta, PatienceTheatre poster, Gilbert and Sullivans comic operetta, Patience, showing the title character, a dairymaid
Large operating room, Dental School, Paris, France 1885Large operating room at the Dental School, Odontotechnical Institute, Paris, France. Date: 1885
Cottage built out of hard stone, Kinver Edge, West MidlandsCottage built out of the hard stone of the Holy Austin Rock at Kinver Edge, on the border of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, with a toddler at the doorway and an elderly woman at the well
Men and women playing golf at Beaconsfield, BuckinghamshireMen and women playing a round of golf on a course at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1922
Googie Withers in film, It Always Rains on SundayGoogie Withers in the film, It Always Rains on Sunday. 1947
16-year-old Dinah Sheridan as Peter Pan in a touring production. 1936
Women lumberjacks sawing trees, WW1Women lumberjacks sawing trees during the First World War. 1914-1918
Furnivall rowing eight on the River ThamesWomens Amateur Rowing Association - Furnivall rowing eight on the River Thames. 1907
Woman in a crinoline dress on a greetings cardWoman in a crinoline dress in a garden on a greetings card, with verse below. Date: early 20th century
Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr (1800-1885), amateur silhouettist. circa 1850s
April Love by Arthur Hughes, Pre-Raphaelite artist. 19th century
Her Royal Highness, Princess Royal and her four sistersMorning Amusements -- Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766-1828), and her four sisters (Augusta Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia), all daughters of King George III
