Victorian Silk Parasol
Parasols have been used for thousands of years but only became popular in Europe in the sixteenth century.
Victorian women prized pale skin to show they did not have to work, so would use a parasol ...
Victorian Smoking Cap
Smoking caps were fashionable informal wear for Victorian gentlemen.
They were originally worn to keep the head warm and to prevent men’s hair smelling of smoke. They were typically simple designs that ...
Victorian Smoking Cap
Smoking caps were fashionable informal wear for Victorian gentlemen. They were originally worn to keep the head warm and to prevent men’s hair smelling of smoke. They were typically simple designs that ...
Victorian Walking Dress
The bodice and skirt ensemble were worn as a walking dress.
Walking dresses were tighter than normal clothes, typically with long sleeves and skirt. They also would have been worn with a small hat or ...
Victorian White Nightgown
Victorian nightdresses were always white with high necklines and long-sleeved demonstrating the modesty and purity of the wearer. Tucks and embroidery, such as broderie anglaise and feather stitching ...
Victorian White Chemise
The chemise was one of the first undergarments a Victorian woman wore, as it protected the skin from the corset and vice versa, as it was much easier to launder than a corset and cheaper.
We believe ...
Victorian White Nightdress
Victorian nightdresses were always white with high necklines and long-sleeved demonstrating the modesty and purity of the wearer.
Tucks and embroidery, such as broderie anglaise and feather stitching ...
Victorian White Nightdress
Victorian nightdresses were always white with high necklines and long-sleeved demonstrating the modesty and purity of the wearer. Tucks and embroidery, such as broderie anglaise and feather stitching ...
Victorian White Petticoat
The petticoat had a dual role as underwear and a structural garment, as it helped to shape the dress and mirrored the cut of the skirt.
It protected the dress from sweat and provided the wearer with ...
Victorian White Pettipants
Pettipants were popular female underwear in the nineteenth century, and were usually made out of cotton and lace with ruffles on each leg. They were worn underneath clothes for modesty and comfort. These ...
View of Horse Road, Alton
This photograph shows where Horse Road meets Red Road which goes to Oakamoor. The building that can be seen in the middle distance is the bottom lodge of Alton Towers on Farley Lane.
View of the Market Place, Leek
Village Stores, Hilderstone,
On the right, next to the delivery cart horse, is Matthew Henry (Harry) Meddings, age 30, grocer and baker. The woman in the doorway (front) is most likely Mary Ann Meddings, the small boy is possibly ...
Visit of the Duchess of Teck, Old Stockwell House, Leek
The photograph was taken in the garden of Old Stockwell House, which used to back onto the Nicolson Institute. Old Stockwell House was owned at this time by the Worthington family.
The lady with the ...
Walton Heath, near Stone
A tinted postcard view published by A.W. Tilley, Newsagent and Stationers of 7 Radford Street, Stone.
Washday in Longnor
Three generations of the Knowles family washing laundry. Mrs Knowles is using a dolly peg and tub, with her are her daughters Edith and Alice and granddaughters Jessie and Alice.
Watery Lane, Outlanes, Stone
A tinted postcard view published by A.W. Tilley, Newsagent and Stationers of 7 Radford Street, Stone.
Wedding of Arthur Campbell and Elizabeth Brown, Stafford
Wedding photograph of Arthur Campbell and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Brown, nee Gee. Possibly taken behind houses on Lichfield Road or at Queensville, Stafford.
Front row: Ellen Gee, Elizabeth Brown, Arthur ...