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German Knight & Lady C15German Knight and his lady. He wears a full suit of armour, she wears an ornately patterned gown and a burlet and barbette over plaited hair. Date: 15th century
English Costume Mid C14Woman: cote-hardie with long tippets, kirtle buttoned over the hands, ornamental fillet, veil & plaits coiled over the ears. Men: mantle, fur hood, houppelande, girdle & pouch. Date: 1365 - 1376
GERMAN COSTUME 1300-1349Men: gipon, dagged hood, cote- hardie with dagged tippets, girdles, swords & daggers. Woman: garment with elements of a cote-hardie & sleeved surcoat, ornamental fillet. Date: early 14th century
Italian Dress of C. 1400Italian costumes differ from those of Northern Europe. N.B chemise drawn through apertures made in the sleeves. N.B horned headdress & fur lined houppelande. Date: circa 1400
Noblewoman of C14ThNoblewomen: fur-lined mantle with heraldic embroidery & a garment that resembles a kirtle, being front fastening but with funnel sleeves. N.B knightly- girdle. Date: 14th century
German Peasants C. 1515German peasants of the early 16th century. Date: circa 1515
Burgundian Dress 1470Short jacket or jerkin with hanging sleeves & collar worn over a doublet, hose & piked boots (cracowes), jerkin with a heraldic eagle worn over armour, fur hat with feather. Date: 1470
Aristocratic Dress C18ThFontange headdress, petticoats are lavishly & horizontally trimmed with lace & jewels, over-skirts anticipate the polonaise of the late C18th. N.B handscreen & face patches Date: 1700 - 1707
Costumes of the 1640SCostumes of various European women not all of them ladies of fashion. N.B decollete bodice with lace falling collar & cuffs & gowns hitched up to reveal petticoats. Date: 1640
FIAT 1908A Fiat, looking pretty much like any other car of its generation... Date: 1908
Racial / Iroquois 1905Iroquois chief wearing a feathered headdress, to illustrate Longfellows Song of Hiawatha Date: 1905
Confusion at Plane-ParkCar parks can be nightmares, but they are nothing to the confusion that will come when we all go to the shops in our private planes ! Date: 1927
Marie Bancroft / Picc 1889MARIE EFFIE BANCROFT nee WILTON Actress, wife of Sir Squire Bancroft Date: 1839 - 1921
Solomon Islands WomenWomen of Rennell Island, Solomons (Polynesia) tattooed on arms and legs, chest and belly Date: 1908
King John with warriors, hunter and the foolKing John (1166 1216), King of England, also known as John Lackland, with warriors in armour a hunter with falcon, a jester and ladies of rank with modest and restrained floor-length dresses
Pilgrims at the Grotto, Lourdes, FrancePilgrims at the Grotto in Lourdes, France. More benches have been added, and the quantity of discarded crutches has increased over the years, each one of them representing a miracle cure ! Date: 1905
Hare coursing Date: 1807
Gay Young Man C18A romantic young man contemplates : " Who can paint like Nature ? Can Imagination boast, amidst his gay Creation, hues like these ?" Date: 1795
Tattooed MarquesanA man of the Marquesas Islands, tattooed from top to toe Date: 1850
Fashion for hats in 1927Three different style cloche hats from the 1920s, (left) panama hat with pleat at the side, which is held in position with a rather wide band of soft ribbon. (Right) hemp straw, with curved brim
Jam-tin, hand-throwing grenade 1914British soldiers in the early part of World War One at the front. Using Jam-tin, a home-made grenade which was made with jam and bully beef tins filled with small pieces of iron
Coronation Durbar, Delhi - King George and Queen MaryKing Emperor (George V) and Queen Empress (Mary) seated upon the dais, presenting themselves to their people, at Coronation Park, Delhi, India. Date: 12th December 1911
Britainnia ready by E. T. ReedReady! Decks cleared and mistress of herself. Britainnia stands posed with sword and shield, surveying the British naval fleet at the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914
Mrs. Boyd-Rochford, wife of the Kings trainer, 1947Mrs. Boyd-Rochford, nee Rohays Burnett, on the cover of The Sketch, 9th July, 1947. Mrs Boyd-Rochford at this time was the wife of Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochford, trainer of royal race horses
Advert for J. Roussel lingerie 1939Personally for you. A belt by J. Roussel gives you the feeling of slimness and freedom. The Roussel method of expert individul consideration given to each figure control problem
Poster, The Speaking ClockPoster, The Correct Time by the Speaking Clock. 20th century
Poster, Come on the Telephone, designed by E McKnight Kauffer. 1934
Poster, Night Mail. 20th century
Poster, Post That Parcel. 20th century
Poster, The Way to the Complete Home, advertising the need for a telephone. (2 of 2) 20th century
Poster, The Way to the Complete Home, advertising the need for a telephone. (1 of 2) 20th century
Poster, Night Telegraph Letters. 20th century
Poster, Use the Transatlantic Telephone, Europe Welcomes You, designed by Eric C Owen. 1937
Poster, Telegrams to Europe at Half Rates. 20th century
Poster, Anglo-Swiss Telephone Service, showing a man doing a ski jump in the Alps. 20th century
Poster, The Telephone in Business, showing a female telephone operator and a map of England. 20th century
Poster, Air Mail, designed by Lee-Elliott. 20th century
Poster, Christmas Greetings to Ships at Sea. 20th century
Poster, Telegrams, in black, grey and beige. 20th century
Poster, Mails for East and South Africa, India, Malaya etc. 20th century
Advert for Mappin & Webb unusual presents 1936If you or your friends are requiring smart and unusual presents.... remember Mapplin & Webb.... Date: 1936
Advert for Ciro diamond watches 1936Fashionable diamond watches for women, with string straps and also a ring watch. Date: 1936
Advert for Dolcis shoes 1936Three Hi-tied model direct from New York. Trimmed black suede is the fashion note for Autumn graduated fittings aA & C. Date: 1936
Testing for flaws in the sound, Creusot works, France 1915Every shell was tested for flaws by the sound, being hammered, in the background a man seen weighing each shell, in order to ensure its nanswering to the exact regulation weight
Advert for Floreine creamFloreine beauty creams and perfumes Date: 1919
Valentine border design with cupids kissing and a heart to the centre. Date: circa 1915
Evening coat with inner lining design 1922Loose fitting cape style evening coat with huge fur collar, inner lining fabric design and matching dress. Date: 1922
Young woman wearing hat and scarfYoung woman wearing winter bobble hat with fur trim and warm fur neck scarf. Date: 1919