Images Dated 5th August 2015 (#27)

Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War. The advertisement reads

Four kittens with watering can on a New Year card
Four kittens in the snow with a watering can on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Roman peasant woman carrying water, Italy Date: 1918

Harrods head dresses 1919
A variety of head dresses for evening, a popular accessory during the First World War and early 1920s. Date: 1919

Bibbiena, Italy - a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany Date: 1905

Croupier dealing cards
Marilyn Rugg portrayed while pleasantly working as a croupier. About her job she said: " Its what I call basically an enjoyment job - everyone is out to relax and ejoy themselves

Harrods advertisement Yves St Laurent dress
Advertisement for London department store, Harrods, featuring a knee length, long-sleeved shift dress designed by Yves St Laurent but made in London exclusively for Harrods

P J Proby
P.J. Proby (born James Marcus Smith, November 6, 1938), American singer, songwriter, and actor. He also portrayed Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison in musical theatre productions. Date: 1965

Viola Tree (17 July 1884 15 November 1938) English actress, singer, playwright and author. Daughter of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Tampax advertisement, 1965
Go, Girl, Go! Advertisement for Tampax tampons from the 1960s encouraging women to join millions of young moderns this very month ! Date: 1965

Old houses in Chinon, France
Chinon is a commune located in the Indre-et-Loire, Region Centre, France. The regional area is called the Touraine, which is known as the " garden of France". Date: 1904

Proud owner and his penny farthing bicycle

Evening photo of lights along the Embankment with the Houses of Parliament as a backdrop. Date: 1950s

Happy familyyoung boy and his sisters. Date: 1950s

Tulipa sp. tulips
Watercolour on paper, 1800s by Maria Geertruida Barbiers (nee Snabilie) (1773-1838). From the Dutch collection of Botanical drawings. Held in the Library and Archives

Mammoth and Hyaena
Sheet 6 of a series of posters by Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862 showing Mammoth elephas primigenius, Hyaena spelaea, Hippopotamus major, Ursus spelaeus & Machairodus latidens. Date: circa 1862

Plesiosaur
An illustration by Neave Parker of the extinct marine reptile, Plesiosaur. These lived throughout most of the Mesozoic (MZ) era becoming extinct 65 million years ago at the time of the K-T extinction

Young Totties. Southbank, Middlesbrough. 1970s Date: 1970s

A Girl Of Our Time 2. Middlesbroufg 1970s Date: 1970s

Bang Goes my No Claims. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s

Browns Foundry 9. Stockton on Tees 1970ss Date: 1970s

Browns Foundry 8. Stockton on Tees 1970s Date: 1970s

Untitled. Middlesbrough docks, sunset 1970s Date: 1970s

Fairy on a dragonfly
Pub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Fairy Wings series. Artist: Hester Margetson Date: 1930

FA Cup winners - Sheffield United, 1925
FA Cup winners in 1925, Sheffield United. Association Cup Winners Players Cigarettes card set, c. 1930. Date: 1925

FA Cup winners - Aston Villa, 1913
FA Cup winners in 1913, Aston Villa. Association Cup Winners Players Cigarettes card set, c. 1930. Date: 1913

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Stories from Puppyland. Mr Terrier, proud father of ten puppies, smokes his pipe and reads his newspaper. Date: 1904

Winston Churchill arriving in America, 1943
In 1943 Winston Churchill went to America - and gave his famous V for Victory sign to sailors as he disembarked. Date: 1943

The birthday cake
Pub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Mouseykins series. Young anthropomorphic mice dancing around a birthday cake. Artist: Lilian Amy Govey Date: 1924

Dog with a teddy bear
Pub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Our Puppies series. Artist: Florence Jay Date: c.1930

FA Cup winners, Tottenham Hotspur, 1901
FA Cup winners in 1901, Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur). They drew 2-2 with Sheffield United in the first final, and beat them 3-1 in the replay. Association Cup Winners Players Cigarettes card set, c

Frontispiece design by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses -- Moreton Old Hall, Congleton, Cheshire, also known as Little Moreton Hall, a moated, half-timbered manor house dating back to the 16th century

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker and Bogie
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker subjecting a small dog called Bogie to a nightly ordeal, holding her collar in his mouth and dragging her round the lawn on her back. Date: 1927

Wall Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
View of Wall Street, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, with traffic and pedestrians. Date: circa 1905

Main Street, Aztec, New Mexico, USA
Part of Main Street, Aztec, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1907

Thrilling Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover - THE DOUBLE MINDS
THE DOUBLE MINDS (John W Campbell junior) The Earthpeople fight the shleath of Ganymede. Date: 1937

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Kerry Blue terrier
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a Kerry Blue terrier. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, puppy lying down
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a puppy lying down, being trained to stay in one particular place. Date: 1927

Hotel de Soto, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Hotel de Soto, on the corner of Liberty Street and Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Date: 1904

Flowing oil well near Sapulpa, Oklahoma, USA. Date: circa 1920

16th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
View of 16th Street, looking south from Douglas, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: circa 1908

Great Northern Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA
Great Northern Railroad Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA, with a train in the station and people on the platform. Date: 1911

Meynell Hunt fox terrier
A fox terrier belonging to the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt. Date: 1930

Yale Art School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1908

Venetian Pools, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Swimmers enjoying the Venetian Pools at Coral Gables, just south of Miami, Florida, USA. Date: 1952

Comtesse A de Chabrillan at Persian ball, 1912
Comtesse A de Chabrillan, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, terrier and pig
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a terrier and a domesticated pig named Peter running side by side across a farmyard in response to a whistle. Date: 1927

Main street in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
View of the main street in the city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. Date: circa 1905

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