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Masks Collection

Background imageMasks Collection: Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 80, February 1929

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 80, February 1929
Illustration Mascarade by de Lugo from Paris Plaisirs number 80, February 1929 Date: 1929

Background imageMasks Collection: Two soldiers in flooded trench, Western Front, WW1

Two soldiers in flooded trench, Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers in a flooded communication trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. 1917

Background imageMasks Collection: Funeral procession, Naples, Italy

Funeral procession, Naples, Italy. late 19th century

Background imageMasks Collection: Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy

Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy, a charitable institution dating back to the Middle Ages. Seen here transporting a sick man. Masks are worn to preserve anonymity. late 19th century

Background imageMasks Collection: Street parade with people in costume

Street parade with people in costume
A street parade with people in costume, including big heads

Background imageMasks Collection: Children in masks, Noyes Fludde, Aldeburgh Festival

Children in masks, Noyes Fludde, Aldeburgh Festival
Children in their animal masks, ready to perform in Benjamin Brittens opera Noyes Fludde, a setting of the Chester Miracle Play, at the 14th Aldeburgh Festival. Date: 1961

Background imageMasks Collection: Masks from the Ivory Coast

Masks from the Ivory Coast, one representing an Antelope. African masks such as these were to prove a fertile source of artistic influence to abstract artists (such as Picasso)

Background imageMasks Collection: Javanese Dancing Masks

Javanese Dancing Masks
Native dancing girls in traditional masks and elaborate dress, Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Background imageMasks Collection: Children & Masks

Children & Masks
A group of children playing with masks on Edenham Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

Background imageMasks Collection: Javanese Dancers

Javanese Dancers
Native dancing girls in traditional masks, veils and elaborate costumes, Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Background imageMasks Collection: Gebrauchsgraphik front cover 1930

Gebrauchsgraphik front cover 1930
Simple, striking front cover of Gebrauchsgraphik, the journal of international advertising art, featuring a stylised image of a woman wearing a party mask. Date: 1930

Background imageMasks Collection: Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label

Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label
Rather odd scene featuring an adult in a sinister party mask trying to lasso a group of children in fancy dress masks and head dresses at a party. Date: c.1925

Background imageMasks Collection: Metalworkers welding a railway carriage

Metalworkers welding a railway carriage
Three metalworkers wearing protective masks weld large metal boxes together to form the shell of a railway carriage. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Background imageMasks Collection: Anti-Flu Masks

Anti-Flu Masks
A man and a woman wearing anti-flu masks. These masks cover the nose and mouth and are designed to prevent germs spreading. They may work but they look very curious! Date: 1920s

Background imageMasks Collection: Industrial Gas Masks

Industrial Gas Masks
Industrial gas masks, used to protect workers from noxious fumes. Date: 1930s

Background imageMasks Collection: German Gas Masks

German Gas Masks
German girls are taught the use of gas masks under the auspices of the Air Protection Society. Date: 1933

Background imageMasks Collection: Couple with Flu Masks

Couple with Flu Masks
Another bout of flu that killed so many in Britain after WW1 lasted from 1929 to 1937; people wore surgical masks or as this couple show stylish nose caps Date: 1929



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