Hats Collection

Santa Clauss toy factory

At a Christmas party
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Shop assistant
People You See. Shop assistant. From Teddy Bear (13 June 1970)

Village dance

Christmas toys
People You See. From Teddy Bear (25 December 1965)

Three young girls. Three young girls in coats & hats out for a country walk. Date: 1904

Design for printed textile with hats and caps
Design for printed textile with a wide selection of hats and caps. Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1935

Xmas scene with children. With all kind thoughts. Three young girls in winter coats, hats and muffs in a winter landscape. Date: 1904

Business card design, man with large hat
Business card design, depicting a man standing inside a large round hat box, with a large trilby hat in his hand. 20th century

Business card design, young woman with hat
Business card design, depicting a puzzled young woman who has just taken a small red cloche hat out of a large yellow hat box. 20th century

Woman at Elephant Fayre, St Germans, Cornwall, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and colourful stars stuck on her face. July 1981

Wright you Are by David Wright - Calendar Girl
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

Two children in woolly hats by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

Fox hunt near Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Two people on horseback, taking part in a fox hunt near Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: 1962

Two children by Muriel Dawson
Two children in hats and coats by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

Pencil sketch of girl paddling
Pencil sketch of a girl in a wide brimmed hat paddling in the sea. 1920s

Cats dancing round the Xmas tree
Oh, here we go round the Christmas-tree; Theres cream for Tommy and fish for me, On Christmas Day in the morning. An illustration depicting five cats, dressed in clothes and party hats

The Hatters Shop. A smartly-attired young gentleman tries on a top hat in front of a full-length mirror in a Hatters shop

Two fairies sitting on toadstools. 1920s

The Dolly Sisters in Oh Look
Sheet music for Tell Me Why featuring the Dolly Sisters in Oh Look!, USA, 1918 1918

A Merry Christmas -- now trees their leafy hats do bare, to reverence winters silver hair. 20th century

Street children, Japan. circa 1890s

Childrens Christmas party. Fancy hats and Christmas crackers. Date: 1930

People in party hats
People walking along a pavement in party hats. 20th century

Queen Mary, Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles leaving Buckingham Palace for a drive. circa 1920s

Burba clothing advertisement
Advertisement for Burba of Berkeley Street, London, ladies tailors. Date: 1927

Group of Western people, Hong Kong, China
A group of Western people, surrounding a woman in a carrying chair, Hong Kong, China. circa 1890

Turkish musicians, Turkey
Five Turkish musicians, Turkey. circa 1870

Group of people in party hats
A group of people in party hats, posing for their photo in the sunshine. 20th century

Two men on a bench
Two men with walking sticks, relaxing on a bench in the sunshine. 20th century

Children of Rama VI of Siam
Three children of King Rama VI of Siam (modern Thailand). On the right is Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua (1893 - 1941), the future King Rama VII

Christmas Lanterns
Two small children dressed in party finery hang out a line of pretty Chinese lanterns. Date: c.1912

Archaeological excavations, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy

The Childrens Window
Children crowd round the window of a Toy Shop to look at the sale bargains within. Date: circa 1908

Little girl in a Milliners Shop
A little girl in a Milliners Shop tries on an elegant hat and checks her reflection in a full-length mirror. She holds an adjusting pin in her mouth. Date: 1902

Art deco fashion 1930
Very simple and stylised illustration typical of the art deco period, featuring two women dressed in fashionable clothes and hats. 1930

Children in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris
Two girls and two boys in a sandpit in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris. It must be cold weather, as the girls are wearing winter coats and hats. Date: 1955

Lur Tribesmen in felt coats. Lurs (also Lors, Lori) are an Iranian people living mostly in the south-west of the country. Date: circa 1925

Art deco lady with bouquet
Lovely, stylised illustration of a lady wearing a wide brimmed hat and scarf, laden down with a sumptuous bouquet of flowers. c.1925

Charity event at Kew Gardens, west London, with people fishing for beer bottles. In the lower picture, a woman tries to get onto a wooden horse. circa 1920s

Scene at the Rochdale by-election
A group of Rochdale residents sit in a school classroom listening to the Liberal candidate, Ludovic Kennedy, during the Rochdale by-election. Election day was 13 February 1958

Mossant Hats 1928

Dolly Sisters wearing the Bulldog collar
The Dolly Sisters wearing the `Dolly Dog Collar or the Bouledogue (bulldog) collar invented by Marthe Regnier, the famous French actress and couturier

Children with flowers
Six children, standing in couples look as if they are ready for a spring celebration or perhaps a wedding. Dressed in 18th century costume

The Delineator, October 1928
Front cover illustration featuring a fashionable woman dressed in a helmet style hat and coat with sumptuous fur collar against a backdrop of skyscrapers or mountains

Making a posy of summer blooms
A mother and daughter make a posy of summer blooms in a meadow. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: early 20th century

Dancing children
A group of five children in spring-like attire dance and play musical instruments. c.1925

Horseracing scene
Horses and their riders approach the line at speed. Pencil and crayon sketch by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

The Delineator November 1927
A fashionable woman peers out imperiously from under the brim of her cloche hat as she pulls the fur collar of her coat around her. November 1927

Into Battle by David Wright - original gouache
Pin up by David Wright of his wife, Esme, wearing a pink turban and an elegant blue shirt. Original illustration of image which later appeared as a print in The Sketch. 1947

Bulldog in a bowler hat

Boy and girl on the sea shore
Traditional concept of children with buckets & spades in sailor suits and sun hats. Date: circa 1897

Tea Time in silhouette
Two chic women of the 1920s enjoy a gossip over a cup of tea and a cigarette in a tea shop. Date: 1926

David Wright pin-up from Men Only, August 1952
Pin-up of a red haired woman in a large frilled sun hat and spotted bikini. Date: 1952

Black soldiers keeping warm, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers keeping warm at a brazier in a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1917

Black soldiers preparing food, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers preparing food at a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1917

The New Bonnet by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a traditional style bonnet tied under the chin with a long ribbon. 1942

Winter Morning by Muriel Dawson -- two children out walking in the snow with three dogs. 1941

May Flowers by Muriel Dawson -- a girl and a boy walk through long grass with flowers. 1940

British soldiers returning after fighting, Western Front, WW
British soldiers returning for a rest after fighting on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Two toddlers paddling in the sea, each one with a bucket in hand. The one on the right also carries a small watering can

Three children paddling in the sea
Three children in stripy swimsuits, paddling in the sea

Three bridesmaids in identical costumes, with bouquets

Baby Scouts -- climbing a wall
Baby Scouts -- Scouts Frank, and Jack, and Jim are rather small, and yet they ll show you how to climb a wall. 1900

Baby Scouts -- title page design, showing three scouts in wide-brimmed hats. 1900

Group photo with conservatory backdrop
A group photo of men and women taken in a photographers studio using a conservatory backdrop. circa 1930s

Art deco sketches of hats from Paris, Paris, 1922
Art deco sketches by Porter Woodruff of hats from Paris, Paris, 1922 Date: 1922

Fashionable ladies in town
From magazine illustration. Three fashionable ladies in town in day wear. 1927

Crowd at a bullfight, Granada, Spain
View of the crowd at a bullfight in Granada, Spain. The man nearest the camera stands and raises his arm in excitement. Date: 1962

Two men in Modena, Italy
Two middle aged men while away the time in Modena, northern Italy. One of them is asleep, while the other sits with his head resting on his fist

Easter Greetings by Florence Hardy
An Easter Greetings card by Florence Hardy, with a procession of young ladies carrying pink flowers. Date: early 20th century

Fathers sack race in Seaford
Sporting fathers take part in a sack race designed specially for them at a school sports day in Seaford, Sussex. Several of them have fallen over, or are in the process of doing so. Date: 1934

Lambeth Palace garden party
A group of people sit drinking tea and chatting politely at a Lambeth Palace garden party, in aid of the Missions to Seamen charity. Date: 1956

Old man in Kashgar, western China
An old man sitting at the side of a road in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Old ladies chat in St Stephens Gardens
Two old ladies stand chatting outside a pub in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. A man in a flat cap leans against the wall, perhaps waiting for the pub to open. Date: 1958

Man and woman in Nerja, Costa del Sol, Spain
An old man and a young woman relax on chairs on a street in Nerja, on the Costa del Sol, Andalusia, Spain. Date: 1962

Watching a comic sketch at a WI meeting, Essex

Faces in the crowd at a rugby match, Richmond
Faces in the crowd at a rugby match in Richmond, Surrey. Date: 1962

Kashgar Trip
Two siblings ride on a small pony, wrapped up against the cold. Both are from the Xinjiang province of China - close to Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Four women - Cubist Style
A cubist-style painting of four women by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

People at a cricket luncheon, Westminster
People eating, drinking and socialising in a marquee at a cricket luncheon in Westminster, Central London. Its a rather grand affair, with champagne, fine wines, and a printed menu

Playmates by Ethel Parkinson -- three children and their doll in a snowy landscape. Date: early 20th century

Two women in a Richmond supermarket
Two older women in a supermarket in Richmond, Surrey. One woman is pointing to something or someone, and the other woman is looking and smiling. Date: 1965

Elizabethan style Christmas card by Ethel Parkinson
A Christmas card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a young couple dressed in Elizabethan style costume in a snowy landscape. The greeting reads

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