Images Dated 3rd August 2015 (#28)

Man in tight stays 1788
Tight lacing 1788. A painfully fashionable young man wearing corsets to achieve a fashionable figure, bowing, perhaps in a dance. "These tight stays will be death of me, " he says

Cartoon, Close Formation, WW1
Cartoon, Close Formation, commenting on harsh German tactics on the battlefield during the First World War. Before the war, Kaiser Wilhelm defended his use of close formation of troops

Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, American writer
Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945), American novelist, poet and playwright, best known for two novels: The Quick or The Dead? (1888) and World's End (1914). Date: 1914

A Corporal of the Scots Guards in Battle Order on a stepped white marble base of 2 - 5 cm high. Sold to James B - 12.11.10. Payment next year. 3950.00. Lady Kathleen Scott (1878-1947)

Corporal Billy Lance-Corporal stretcher bearer of RAMC
Corporal Billy. A Lance-Corporal stretcher bearer of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Emma Rose Mead (1867-1946)

Lieutenant General Robert L Bullard - AEF
Lieutenant General Robert L. Bullard, American Expeditionary Force, dated 9th July 1918. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915

Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, dated 11th October 1918. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Tasker H Bliss, American Expeditionary Force
General Tasker H. Bliss, American Expeditionary Force, dated 18th April 1918. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915

General The Honourable Julian Byng, dated 18th May 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie, dated 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney, dated 23rd May 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In

General Sir Edmund Allenby, dated 20th May 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

Field Marshal French, dated June 8th 1915. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Robert Nivelle, dated 1917. Jean Coraboeuf, (1870-1947)

General Guillaumat, dated Sepember 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Anthoine, dated 9th May 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Berthelot, dated October 1915. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Umbert. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Roques, dated May 1915. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General de Maud huy, dated 1915. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Maunoury, dated 22nd / 23rd June 1915
General Maunoury, dated 22nd/23rd June 1915. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General D Urbal, dated 11th November 1915. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

General Debeney, dated 16th March 1917. Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). In February Of 1915, Jonas Was Offically Accredited As Military Painter To The MusÚÑáDe L ArmÚѺ In Paris

Nieppe, just outside Northern boundary of Armentieres, WW1
Nieppe - just outside the Northern boundary of Armentieres. The old Mill, where eggs and fresh milk could be obtained almost up to the time the Bosche attacked

Portuguese Army mule cart en route through Erquinghem, WW1
Portuguese Wagon - Portuguese Army mule cart en route through Erquinghem - 14.7.17. Shows regimental insignia in red and green with the figures 13 and 169 on the cart

Armentieres area, billets on front edge of town, WW1
My return to France in February 1917 as Officer commanding 505th Field Co. RE, found me once again in the Armentieres area with billets on the front edge of the town

Storeyard from farmhouse Delacroix Farm, WW1
View of the RE storeyard from farmhouse, Delacroix Farm, Sailly-sur-la-Lys. Birds eye view of the Delacroix Farm as laid out as our depot

Typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix, WW1
A typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix. Here I took my cafe au lait each morning before going down line. Annotated on back of picture - Hortense Delacroix

Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1
The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!

Signpost Lane, from British lines to German lines, WW1
Signpost Lane, which ran from the British lines, through the German lines into the village of Neuve Chapelle. This sketch was made from a ditch in No-Man s-Land during a reconnaissance for

RE wiring party in front of the trenches, WW1
An RE [Royal Engineers] wiring party in front of the trenches. Until about late 1915, wiring was exclusively the work of the RE, but the casualties sustained in doing this work

Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, RE store destroyed by shell fire, WW1
Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, another RE store, destroyed by shell fire, 26th January 1915. A considerable amount of constructive woodwork was stored here

Trenches at La Boutillerie, forward of Fleurbaix, WW1
By the light of the flare. My first impression of the trenches, at La Boutillerie, forward of Fleurbaix, Jan.15. The front line consisted of separate trenches of primitive construction without any

Corporal of the Scots Guards in Battle Order, WW1
A Corporal of the Scots Guards in Battle Order. By Lady Kathleen Scott (1878-1947), widow of Scott of the Antarctic, a gifted sculptor

Eileen Barton - El Rancho Vegas
American Singer Eileen Barton (1924-2006) pictured on a publicity card from El Rancho Vegas - a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, located at 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard

Pakistan - Lahore - Wazir Khan Mosque
The Wazir Khan Mosque (Masjid Wazir Khan), Lahore, Pakistan - famous for its extensive faience tile work. Build in the 17th century during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan. Date: 1910s

Dasara festival - Gurkhas - NWFP
Gurkhas sacrificing a water buffalo as part of the Dasara festival, held for 10 days in September October. This regiment are British colonial forces stationed in the North West Frontier Province

Swiss Gymnastic Group Exercise Date: 1903

Zermatt, Switzerland - Matterhorn
Zermatt, Switzerland - with the distinctive shape of the Matterhorn in the distance. In Visp, a district in the Canton of Valais in southern Switzerland. Date: circa 1907

Zurich, Switzerland - The Covered (Gedeckte) Bridge
Zurich, Switzerland - The wooden Covered (Gedeckte) Bridge over the Limmat River Date: 1909

Chiffa, Blida, Algeria - Chef feeds an Old Barbary Macaque
Chiffa, Blida, Algeria - a town and gorge in the Tell Atlas Mountains of northern Algeria. This gorge is one of the few habitat areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the Barbary Macaque

The Womens Army Corps - USA - WW2 Propaganda
The Womens Army Corps (WAC) - USA - WW2 Propaganda. Made part of the Army August-September 1943. Date: 1943

Lets Make em Holler Uncle - USA - WW2 Propaganda
" Lets Make em Holler Uncle". The leader of the Axis powers crushed in Uncle Sams fist - USA - WW2 Propaganda Date: 1943

American mule kicks out at Japanese Agressor - WW2
American mule kicks out at Japanese Aggressor (Emperor Hirohito?) - WW2 - USA - Propaganda First Day Cover envelope Date: 1943

Forcing Italy to surrender - WW2 Propaganda
To Unconditional surrender. When success goes to the head - defeat goes to " de-feet" !. Allegory on Allied advances toward defeating Mussolini in Italy. Date: 1943

Elbbrucke, Hamburg, Germany
Elbbrucke ( The North Elb Bridge ), Hamburg, Germany Date: circa 1910s

Death Valley, California, USA Date: circa 1920s

Harold Lloyd in Speedy
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) - American comic film actor, producer and director - seen here as Harold Speedy Swift in Speedy (1928). Date: 1928

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