Hair Collection (page 10)

China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a long pigtail
China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a traditional long pigtail Date: circa 1910s

Usherette of 17 chosen Finchleys Beauty Queen. After entering for a beauty contest without telling her father, Miss Joan Edwards of Hendon, a 17 year old cinema usherette

Portraits of two ladies - July 1944
Head and shoulder shots of two young women in contemporary clothes George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N23372

Gecko foot, SEM
Gecko foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the underside of a geckos foot (Tarentola mauritanica). The foot is covered with ridges and microscopic hairs

Late 19th century American patent medicine poster for Halls Hair Renewer
HAIR RESTORATIVE. Late 19th century American patent medicine poster for Halls Hair Renewer

Cartoon - WWI - Haircut
A cartoon making light of the perils of life on the front line and the frequent need for surgical intervention to operate on soldiers

Chinese Barber
In a Chinese barbershop, short back and sides is taken literally. circa 1911

E. coli bacterium, TEM
E. coli bacterium. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an Escherichia coli bacterium in the early stages of binary fission, the process by which the bacterium divides

Aubergine flower petal, SEM
Aubergine flower petal. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of an aubergine (Solanum melongena) petal

Banksia stem, SEM
Banksia stem, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The stem is covered in fine hairs

Root of a germinating red chard seed, SEM
Root of a germinating red chard seed. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a red chard seed (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) root

Spider lily flower stamen, SEM
Spider lily flower stamen. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cilia (hair-like structures) from a spider lily flower (Hymenocallis sp.) stamen

Leaf oil glands, SEM
Leaf oil glands. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a thyme plants leaf surface (Thymus vulgaris). Two types of leaf trichomes (hairs) are seen

French lavender leaf, SEM
French lavender (Lavandula dentata) leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section of a French lavender leaf, showing the tooth-like structures (trichomes)

Periwinkle petal surface, SEM
Periwinkle petal. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a periwinkle flower petal (family Apocynaceae)

Britannia and Eve front cover, September 1947
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring an illustration of a pretty young woman with blonde, wavy hair, red lipstick and a smart, striped blouse

David Wright woman in black negligee on red telephone
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black negligee. She is lying on a furry white rug, speaking on her red telephone. David Wright (1912 - 1967)

Miss Gwen Farrar, entertainer and musician, about to appear with Norah Blaney at the Cosmopolitan, New York, in a Ziegfeld production entitled Going South

His Share by Muriel Dawson
A tiny child with a shock of red hair struggles up to bed in a dressing gown carrying as many toys as he possibly can

Police radio operators

Adjusting a tape storage device
A computer technician adjusts the large reels on a computer tape storage device. A promotional photograph for ICT. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Turkish Beauty and Crescent Moon
Turkish beauty with flowers in her hair, merged into a backdrop of a misty crescent moon

Britannia and Eve September 1942
Second World War era front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a blonde nurse with immaculately coiffed hair and obligatory red lipstick. Theres glamour in wartime nursing you know!

Art is Long by Pica
A woman with a svelte figure and an Eton crop hair style studies the latest elongated fashions of the 1930s in the pages of a womens magazine

Japanese girl playing violin
A stunning photographic postcard depicting a young Japanese girl playing the voilin

Curtain Fire
A coy red-haired temptress hides her modesty behind a curtain

Lloyd George / Haines / 1909
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1909 Date: 1863 - 1945

Robert Graves / Morgan
ROBERT RANKE GRAVES British poet, novelist and critic, with a reference to his autobiography, " Goodbye To All That"

Evans Vacuum Cap advertisement, 1906
Advertisement for the Evans Vacuum Cap, an invention intented to promote the re-growth of hair, 1906

Young Girl and Pet Dog
A young girl dressed in her best white dress, with her pet dog, a Manchester Terrier

England / Nether Stowey
A young female rambler takes time out to sit and rest and admire the fine view over the village of Nether Stowey, Somerset, nestling at the foot of the Quantock Hills

Pin-Up in Blue Shorts
A pretty blonde with plaited hair & wearing tight blue shorts & white bikini top with the straps dangling in front, leans against the trunk of a large tree

Goats / Olaus Magnus 1555
Goats

Goat / Syrian 19C
Syrian goat

th Huxley / Downey Photo
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientist and champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution

Augustus Leopold Egg
AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD EGG English painter and friend of Dickens

A Barber Distracted
THE RED-HOT POLITICIAN A barber is more absorbed in the latest political gossip than his hot curling tongs, with painful results for his singed customer

Sir James Brooke / Census
SIR JAMES BROOKE Governor of Labuan, later Rajah of Sarawak, at a time when the overseas population of the British Empire numbered 139 million

Toilet / Tying Hair 1918
Attractive young woman at her dressing table, tying up her hair

Female Type / Poiret Dress
Elegant young woman, happy to be wearing an evening dress by Paul Poiret

Snowfall over the Kentmere fells of Ill Bell and Yoke in the Lake district UK with Highland Cattle in the foreground
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Fell Ponys on Caudale Moor above Ambleside in the Lake District UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Steel band festival, Point Fortin, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Maine Coon Cat - kittens on rush matting
JD-18187 CAT - Maine Coon kittens on rush matting John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Rum Pony - Isle of Rum - Scotland
CAN-3024 Rum Pony Isle of Rum, Scotland John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dog - Papillon, lying down
LA-1316 Dog - Papillon, lying down Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Joan of Arc / Buttre
JOAN OF ARC French heroine in armour on the battlefield

Hannibal / Naples Bronze
HANNIBAL Carthaginian general, famous for his crossing of the Alps

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