Images Dated 13th May 2016

Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise

Chad, Central Africa - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this mobilises blood flow in order to promote healing. Suction is created using heat (fire), mechanical devices or the use of a tube or horn (as shown on this postcard). Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Two exclusive fashion designs for dancing frocks by Jean Pat

Two exclusive fashion designs for dancing frocks by Jean Patou, Paris, 1924. (Left ) made of finely pleated black mousseline over a whote foundation with a rolled edge of black panne, (Right) made of white over black edge with swansdown and embroidered inisde in jet so that the jet and swansdown edge are seem alternately when the wearer is dancing Date: 1924

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

Suzanne Lenglen & Mrs Jay Gould at Monte Carlo

Mrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him, patronised the arts and helped to develop areas of the French Riviera including Juan-les-Pins. Pictured with tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen, in shorts, at Monte Carlo. Date: 1934

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans