Straw Collection

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

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

Street vendor and customer, Japan

Farmer and wife, Japan. circa 1890s

Street entertainer in Soho, London
A street entertainer in Soho, London, dancing in the roadway, watched by passers-by. Date: 1956

Scene at a cattle auction in Exeter, Devon, with a large crowd of potential buyers. Date: 1961

Advertisement for Cork Distilleries Whisky
Advertisement for Cork Distilleries Co Ltd Old Irish Whisky, pure pot still. Showing a bottle and a wooden crate. 20th century

Native group, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Native group outside a hut in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

Farmer in grass coat, Japan. circa 1890s

Maori group, New Zealand. circa 1890s

Coolie in grass coat, Japan
Coolie (manual labourer) in grass coat, Japan. circa 1890s

Komuso Buddhist monks, Japan. They wear a straw basket (tengai) over their head and play a bamboo flute (shakuhachi). circa 1890s

Farmers in grass coats, Japan
Three farmers in grass coats, Japan. circa 1890s

Young woman in rickshaw, Japan. circa 1890s

Little girl at harvest time by Muriel Dawson
A little girl helping out in the fields at harvest time, by Muriel Dawson. 1920s

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

Countrymen in a London street
Countrymen in smocks, with a haycart and horses, in a London street. 20th century

Harvesting scene with soldiers, Western Front, WW1
A harvesting scene with soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Street Scene, Philippines
Street scene, Philippines. circa 1890

Children in the fields
Illustration depicting an older girl holding a baby girl on a bale of straw, while another girl shows her a bunch of freshly picked flowers. c. 1901

Advertisement for Decontractyl to promote relaxation. Showing a woman in holiday mood, in a straw hat. 20th century

Advertisement for Cacao Lacte (cocoa with added milk powder), marketed by Charles Gravier, Rue du Louvre, Paris, France. Showing a boy doing his best to keep his bowl of cocoa away from his pet dog

Thomas Edison with his phonograph
The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (right) with his phonograph. On the left is another man, with a contraption containing what appear to be recording cylinders. circa 1920s

Two thatchers at work
Two thatchers repair the thatch on the roofs of two traditional country cottages. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

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

Dreamlike painting of a flowergirl and whicker chair
A young girl festooned with flowers holding a bouquet, stands alongside a whickerwork chair. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Two puppies and a yellow chick

Kitten and two rabbits
A kitten and two rabbits in a barn

Three kittens watching a bumble bee
Three cute kittens watching a bumble bee

Two cats in a barn

Two kittens in a barn. 1901

Rumplestiltskin
The scene where a gnome appears in the room and spins the straw into gold for the millers daughter in return for her necklace. Date: 1924

Having Fun by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl at the seaside with bucket, spade and pet dog. 1943

One For You? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a wide-brimmed straw hat offers a daisy from a bunch of flowers. Date: Circa 1925

Little girl watering a garden by Muriel Dawson
A little girl watering a garden by Muriel Dawson. 1924

Man with pony on country lane, Scotland
A man with a pony carrying bales of hay on a country lane in Scotland

Two oxen outside a barn

Group of colonials with Indian servant

Men and women taking tea in a garden
Three men and three women taking tea in a garden. A little dog looks up expectantly. The two younger women have tennis racquets

Harvesting scene with laden cart
Harvesting scene showing a cart laden with hay, and two oasthouses in the background

Two men playing leapfrog

Farming with steam-powered tractor
People farming with the aid of a steam-powered tractor

Three women in summer dresses
Three women in their best summer dresses, holding cooling drinks in their hands

Boys drinking school milk
Three boys at Gibbs Pre-Preparatory School, Kensington, London, drinking the traditional mid-morning bottle of milk, which was eventually done away with by Mrs Thatcher ten years later. Date: 1961

Rows of empty chairs in Hyde Park, London
A man in a white suit and straw boater hat walks between rows of empty folding chairs in Hyde Park, Central London, on a sunny day. Date: 1955

Poster advertising A Brace of Partridges, a farcical comedy in three acts by Robert Ganthony. Date: early 20th century

Bartering with Indians
Native American Indians trading goods on the platform of a train station for a bottle of liquor from a gentleman in a straw boater, U.S.A. early 1930s

Hat Wireless 1930S
A man tunes into his hat radio! Date: early 1930s

Poster design for Cherry Maurice Chevalier, an extra dry cherry brandy endorsed by the singer and entertainer

My Birthday Month -- July
Calendar design for My Birthday Month -- July. Showing a brother and sister on holiday at the seaside, paddling in the sea and playing with a toy boat. 1912

Filling traditional horse collar rings
A craftsman fills collar bodies and collar rings with straw on a farm, as a collie dog watches on and an associate holds other items of the horses tack. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Label design for Jamaika Rum Verschnitt, a fine blended rum marketed by Illert of Klein-Auheim, Hanau, Germany. Showing a smiling Caribbean man with a pipe in his mouth and a straw hat on his head

Advertisement for Campbells Tomato Soup -- summers goodness and health treasured for winters enjoyment and nourishment

My Birthday Month -- August
Calendar design for My Birthday Month -- August. Showing three children on holiday at the seaside, building a sandcastle. 1912

Filling working horse collars
A rural craftsmans fillas a collar for a working horse with straw. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Making horse tack in a workshop
Two craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Men and women collect and tie reed bundles
Collecting and tieing reed bundles by a stream in a province formerly part of India and now wiithin modern Pakistan. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940s

Ox cart and driver, Madhya Pradesh, India
A cart drawn by two oxen, and its young driver, in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940s

Japanese Straw Boaters
If we MUST bring back the straw hat, why not copy the Japanese method of popularising it? Three straw boaters, worn with advertising sandwich boards! Date: 1933

Noh Theatre Restaurant
Two women dine with two children at the restaurant of the National Noh Theatre, Tokyo, Japan. Date: 1986

A Magpie Drinking Whisky
An old man in a straw boater giving whisky to a magpie! Date: early 1930s

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