Woolly Collection (page 2)

Curtis British Entomology Plate 332
Lepidoptera: Psyche radiella = Epichnopteryx plumella (Woolly Case-bearer, Transparent Sweep) [Plant: Ononis repens (Rest-harrow)] Date: 1824-39

Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940 Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940
Womens clothing in wool with stitch pattern. Date: 1940

Holding the Line - WW1 knitting postcard
Humorous postcard showing a British soldier in uniform helping a pretty young female companion wind her khaki wool - a comment on the popularity of knitting as part of the war effort on the home

Physiognomy - Northern Russian Type (1 / 2)
Physiognomy - Northern Russian Type (1/2) - Full front face view. Date: 1902

LAKE FISHING / 1970S
A lone fisherman on a cold day sits by Earlswood Lake Date: 1970s

Old Lady on bench, Starigrad, Warsaw, Poland
An old lady sits on a bench in the square of Starigrad, Warsaw, Poland. It is winter and snow is on the cobblestones of the square. See also Picture No. 12445701 Date: 1987

Farmer with lambs
Staffordshire farmer Gordon Blakemore, now deceased, with two spring lambs in the back of his Landrover. First published The Times Date: 1992

Starigrad, Warsaw, Poland
An old lady sits on a bench in the square of Starigrad, Warsaw, Poland. It is winter and pigeons fly overhead. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1987

Jolly old lady Whitby
Happy old lady on a winter day on the beach at Whitby, North Yorkshire. The pier head light is in the background. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1988

Model of the Ilford Mammoth
A model of the woolly mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England, held by Fossil Mammals, Palaeontology

1960s knitting crochet pattern for dress modelled by Twiggy
Front cover of a crochet pattern for a quick crochet suit in Twilleys Stalite wool, worn here by archetypal sixties model, Twiggy. Date: c.1966

Maxim Gorky / Sorrento
MAXIM GORKY Russian writer (born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov) at Sorrento in 1868 Date: 1868 - 1936

Girl and boy in knitted cardigans. The price of the pattern is shown in both old and new currencies (one shilling equalling five pence). circa 1971

Schiaparelli ski oufit, 1929
A ski-ing outfit by Elsa Schiaparelli featuring loosely cut breeches in dark blue toile and a novel fitted jumper, pointed hood-like cap

What to Knit for Baby - childrens knitting book
Charming illustration on the front cover of a knitting book published by Scotch Wool and Hosiery Stores. Date: c.1930

WWII knitting booklet, Home Front Woollies
Front cover of a knitting booklet produced by Weldons featuring a variety of patterns to make garments for war workers from a resolute looking member of the Home Guard to female members of the armed

WWII knitting, New Woollies for soldiers, sailors & airmen
Front cover of a knitting booklet from the Second World War published by yarn manufacturer Weldon, featuring woollen garments which could made for men in the armed services

Mittens and body belt, WW1 knitting, comforts for troops
Patterns for mittens and a body belt (designed to keep the midriff warm), two items of clothing which could be knitted for soldiers at the front featured in a Great War era knitting booklet published

Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting
Pattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert

Weldons garments & hospital comforts, knitting booklet, WW1
Be useful in this time of war. Front cover of a Weldons booklet with instructions on how to make a variety of garments for soldiers and hospital comforts for wounded men

Sentinel knitting booklet, socks, WW1
Front cover of the Sentinel Knitting Booklet published by Charles Sykes and Co, of St. Andrews Mills, Bradford during the First World War

Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers
Photograph and pattern written by Marjory Tillotson for Baldwins yarn manufacturers, to make a knitted helmet with cap pieces - one of numerous comforts for soldiers suggested during the First World

Man in Khaki WW1 sock knitting kit box and instructions
The Man in Khaki sock knitting kit, designed to make the knitting of socks for troops as simple and efficient as possible

WW1 knitting - comic postcard, Naughty Netta
Naughty Nettas Knitting Knickers for the Seat of War. Humorous postcard inspired by the national effort of knitting comforts for soldiers during the First World War

Checked knitted chess board vest, WW1
A British soldier proudly displaying a knitted vest under his jacket which, as well as eeping him warm, doubles as a portable chess and draughts board

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Mammoth thigh bone
Fossilised thigh bone of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from Siberia. About 40, 000 years old

Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926
RUDOLPH VALENTINO film actor, exercising his two dogs. His tragic early death resulted from peritonitis after an emergency operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers

Woolly Stockings C. 1940
A smiling young woman, reclining on tasselled cushions, pulls on a wool stocking while pointing her toe in the air

Woolly monkey and boy
Unusual Friends - Woolly monkey and boy. 1950s

Basset hound with woolly hat and hot water bottle
Unusual Friends - Basset hound with woolly hat and hot water bottle. 1950s

Tabby kitten and woolly monkey
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten and woolly monkey. 1950s

Man and mule
Unusual Friends - man and mule. 1950s

Highland cow, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Girl with dog in a pram
Girl with her dog in a pram -- she has dressed him in a knitted bonnet and cardigan, with glasses as a finishing touch. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, Hamilton Aide, writer, artist and composer
Cartoon, Charles Hamilton Aide (1826-1906), French-born writer, artist and composer -- described here as All-Round Talent. 1884

Boy with a model aeroplane -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

The Bern Bear helps a Swiss woman with her yarn winding. Date: circa 1903

Woolly Monkey and Kitten
Unusual Friends - Woolly Monkey and Tabby Kitten. 1950s

Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910

Furs Vaterland - German WW1 knitting postcard
German postcard featuring a row of little girls knitting For the Fatherland during the First World War. Civilians of all the warring nations knitted comforts for men serving at the front during this

Old man wearing a bobble hat. Date: 1970s

Sheep / Southdown Wether
A Southdown Wether. Date: 1907

Golfing couple in knitted jumpers
Golfing couple in ribbed knitted jumpers. 1960s

Young woman in a blue and white knitted top. 1960s

Young Mother and baby out for a winter walk in the park - wrapped up in many layers of winter woolies! Date: circa 1930

Young couple relaxing in a train compartment. Date: circa 1960s

Fisherman with lobster pots, Brixham Harbour, Devon. circa 1950s

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