Women Collection (page 5)

Women working in the Swindon Works laundry, c1930

Cissbury and Findon, near Worthing c.1895. Cissbury Ring in background, three women stand on Church Hill in the foreground, looking across the valley at the view towards Cissbury

Cupping
MODEL RELEASED. Cupping. Therapist heating cups on a clients back. Cupping, or fire cupping, is a is a practice derived from Chinese medicine

Immigrant waiting-room at Ellis Island, circa 1900
Detained immigrants waiting, Ellis Island, New York, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Dutch colonists in early New Amsterdam
Dutch settlers outdoors along the Battery, New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Mermaids
Two mermaids playing in the waves, " a Nixies legend." Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Natives gathering food in Florida, 1500s
Florida Native Americans gathering crocodiles, fish, and other wild animals and plants, 1591. Hand-colored Debry engraving of a LeMoyne painting

Hawaiian women dancing the hula, 1800s
Hula-hula performed by Hawaiian natives, mid-1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dancing the minuet, 1700s
Couples dancing the minuet in an 18th-century ballroom. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Victorian era picnic
Families having a summer picnic, England, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russian boyars, 17th century
Russian boyars, or nobles, during the time of Peter the Great, 1600s-1700s. Antique hand-colored print

Russian women and a Finn
Russian women from the Ryazan region (left) and St Petersburg (right), and a Finnish woman (seated). Antique hand-colored print

Tea-time, England, 1880s
Upperclass family enjoying afternoon tea in a hothouse, England, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval rose garden
Garden with roses enclosed by a wattle fence, from Boccacios " Cento Norelle, " 1490. Hand-colored woodcut reproductioin of a 15th century illustration

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French-Canadian woman baking bread in an outdoor oven, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a turn-of-the-century illustration

Girl rides HORSE - galloping along sea edge
CRH-806 Girl rides HORSE - galloping along sea edge Nordhoek Beach, Cape Town, South Africa Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display purposed only

No 9 Carriage Trimming Shop, c1930s
Two ladies are sat weaving luggage racks for the carriages built at Swindon Works. The majority of women were employed at the Works in roles that required good dexterity and skill

Soldiers and Sailors Buffet at Paddington Station, 1919
A shot capturing the last servicemen to be offered refreshments at the Soldiers and Sailors Free Buffet at Paddington Station on 28th June 1919

Medical College For Women Women Woman Dissecting
A student dissecting a leg at the Medical College for Women on East Twelfth Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA. After an illustration from an 1870 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated

Queen Anne of Cleves
Vintage coloured engraving from 1875 showing the costume of Queen Anne of Cleves the wife of King Henry VIII of England [b]View More:[/b] [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php

The Last Supper
Antique illustration of The Last Supper Engraving

1981 Italian GP
AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 13: Glamour on the pits during the Italian GP at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 13, 1981 in Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. (Photo by LAT Images)

Women employee in the Road Motor Department at Slough, 1944
The Road Motor Department at Slough was another area that saw the employment of women in traditionally male roles. This photograph was taken on April 18th 1944

Swindon Works employees manouvering a wheel set by crane, c. 1940
In this photograph a female crane operator is working alongside two male colleagues, manoeuvring a locomotive wheel set into place

Who Comes Here?, A Grenadier - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A British Grenadier from a later age approaches a tavern - " Ye Bleeding Horse" - where some medieval characters are imbibing ale

Mother Mary with Jesus and angels
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Female ballet dancer
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Eyelash Combing
A woman using an eyelash comb while looking in the mirror circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

Ulysses as supplicant at Nausicaa, Greek mythology, published in 1880
Ulysses (Odysseus) as supplicant at Nausicaa. Scene from the Greek Mythology. Wood engraving, published in 1880

Japanese Woodblock Townscape Print by Hiroshige
"Japanese scene from the master Utagawa Hiroshige 1797 aa October 12, 1858 forms part of my own private collection of original woodblock prints

Paternoster lift, usage and drive wheels, wood engravings, published 1888
Schematic representation of use, and the drive wheels of a paternoster lift. Created by Peter Hart (British engineer). Wood engravings, published in 1888

Bleak House
Vintage engraving from the works of Charles Dickens. From Bleak House. I m Fly, says Jo. But Fen larksm you know. Stow hooking it!

Hayball family, from a Collodian negative by Arthur Hayball, photographed on the backsteps of 50 (later 112)
Mr and Mrs John Hayball, Mr and Mrs Thomas Hayball and Mrs Hannah Hayball with her daughters Edith, Miriam and Laura on the backsteps of 50 (later 112) Hanover Street

Eirene with the infant Ploutos

Two female Judoka or Judo fighters wrestling each other

Three women chippers working in a shipbuilding shipyard, 1942

Oberammergau
The village of Oberammergau in Bavaria, with its famous Passion Theatre, circa 1770. The villages Passion Play dates back to 1634

The King of Prussia Inn, Fowey, Cornwall. Pre 1886
A view of The King of Prussia Inn before its rebuilding in 1886. At this time it had two floors, a third being added on demolition and rebuild

Foxhounds invading a Victorian house
A member of the local fox hunt has followed the foxhounds into a smart house - thankfully, without his horse - where the behaviour of the hounds is causing considerable uproar

Womens Vote
1853: A cartoon about the effects of giving women the vote with the ladies candidate being a dashing young man and the mens just the opposite

Scotch lassies engaged in curing kippers at Douglas, on the Isle of Man September 1916 Fish where the fish are!

First Thanksgiving
A depiction of early settlers of the Plymouth Colony sharing a harvest Thanksgiving meal with members of the local Wampanoag tribe at the Plymouth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1621

The beach and promenade at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. 1928

At Blickling Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, the famous staircase. 25 September 1925

Wedding of Lady Edith Stopford and Major Walter Brooks at St Paul s, Knightsbridge 23 October 1923

A general view at Lady Crossfields tennis club party at Highgate 8 July 1935

A Lacrosse match; East versus West at Farringtons School, Chislehurst, Kent. 1938

Beehives at Dungeness, Kent. 1936

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