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The Graphic, March 22, 1919
Ephemera · 1 page
A full-page advertisement from The Graphic of 22 March 1919 for Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company of Manchester, titled "Back to Our Looms." It presents the end of the Great War as a return to peacetime cotton manufacture and promotes the firm's research laboratories, employee continuation school, and guaranteed fabrics. It lists branded products such as Tobralco, Tarantulle, Tootal Piqué, Namrit voile, Tootal Cloth velvet, and Lissue and Pyramid handkerchiefs, with widths and overseas offices.
Hat and Frocks from Paris
Hat and Frocks from Paris
The Graphic, December 21, 1907
Article · 1 page
A single page from The Graphic of 21 December 1907 showing five photographs of Paris fashions for the winter season. The items are a mauve cloth frock with buttons, a white satin high-crowned hat with tulle ruche and marabout, a pearl grey mousseline evening dress with Chantilly lace, a chinchilla cloak, and a black and white check velvet frock. Captions name the couturiers (Beschoff-David, Gélot, Doucet, Martial Armand) and the photographers (Reutlinger, Henri Manuel).
A Miracle in the Training of Blinded and Maimed Soldiers in France
A Miracle in the Training of Blinded and Maimed Soldiers in France
The Graphic, August 2, 1919
Illustration · 1 page
A double-page illustrated feature from The Graphic (2 August 1919) showing a knitting workshop in France where blinded and maimed soldiers are taught by women instructors. The accompanying text describes the institute at Neuilly-sur-Seine, organized by a French committee and funded by the French Permanent Blind Relief War Fund, founded by Mr. and Mrs. George A. Kessler of New York. It concerns vocational rehabilitation of disabled World War I veterans through knitting.
A Nice Way of Taking Their Medicine
A Nice Way of Taking Their Medicine
The Graphic, January 12, 1918
Illustration · 1 page
A single illustrated page from The Graphic, 12 January 1918, showing New Zealand soldiers in occupational therapy at a hospital in Essex run by the New Zealand Y.M.C.A. The photo collage shows wood-planing, wood-carving, pewter metal-work, carving walking-sticks with Maori designs, and a group doing basket-work, described as suited to hand and finger injuries. Captions name the Y.M.C.A. class organiser Mr. H. Fawcett and the carving instructor Cross.
Sketches at a Northampton Wool Fair
Sketches at a Northampton Wool Fair
The Graphic, September 28, 1872
Illustration · 1 page
A single page of wood-engraved illustrations from The Graphic, 28 September 1872, depicting a wool fair at Northampton, England. Four scenes show weighing-in of wool, buyers and farmers buying and selling, filling the bales, and the market cross. It is useful as visual documentation of the 19th-century English wool trade and marketing.
Through the Heart of Tibet
Through the Heart of Tibet
Sven Hedin · The Graphic, December 8, 1908
Illustration · 2 pages
Two illustration pages from The Graphic (December 8, 1908) showing Sven Hedin's 1908 expedition in Tibet. One shows Hedin disguised as a Ladakhi, driving the caravan's sheep and goats; the other is a photograph of the caravan's flock gathered among stone walls on a plateau. Captions explain that sheep and goats were used as food and as pack animals alongside ponies and yaks.
[Weaving Departments at the Belfast Municipal Technical Institute]
[Weaving Departments at the Belfast Municipal Technical Institute]
Illustration · 1 page
A single page from The Graphic (1907) with two black-and-white photographs of weaving rooms at the Belfast Municipal Technical Institute. The upper photograph shows the power-loom weaving department with rows of machines, and the lower one shows the hand-loom weaving department. The captions are the only text.
Worldly Woman
Worldly Woman
The Graphic, October 12, 1907
Article · 1 page
A fashion column from The Graphic of 12 October 1907, signed L. S. R., reflecting on Parisian dress exhibition (the Hôtel des Modes) versus English display, and on the season's fashions. It discusses the Empire and Japanese influences, elaborate embroidery, tall hats, the cloche hat, sleeveless coats and lace blouses. Illustrated with photographs of a black velvet and net restaurant frock, a mauve velvet cloche hat with violets, and a frock with a long chiné sash.
Worldly Woman
Worldly Woman
The Graphic, November 23, 1907
Article · 1 page
A one-page fashion column from The Graphic, signed L. S. R., that imagines a 'censor of fashion' and comments on the new skirts and hats and on furs in the winter of 1907. It discusses Paris designers such as Worth, Redfern and Drecoll, the cloche hat, and the prices of sable, ermine, silver fox and broadtail. Three photographs show a velvet cloche hat, a chiffon double skirt and a chiffon velvet dinner dress. A short unrelated notice about Orient-Royal Mail Line postcards follows the column.
Worldly Woman
Worldly Woman
The Graphic, October 26, 1907
Article · 1 page
A one-page fashion column from The Graphic, 26 October 1907, signed L. S. R. The writer comments on the nature of Fashion and the fall 1907 trends: velvet coats, tunics, purple and blue shades, larger furs, and the Diabolo craze. Three photographs by Henri Manuel show Paris models: a sable muff and tie, a purple tunic dress, and a blue velvet frock with ermine.
Worldly Woman
Worldly Woman
The Graphic, December 7, 1907
Article · 1 page
A fashion column from The Graphic of 7 December 1907, signed L. S. R., on Paris fashion and the influence of "snobisme" on dress in Paris and London. It covers hats (satin and feather models, cloche hats, fur toques), the pleated skirt and "le smoking" coat, furs, muffs, and triple sleeves. It also reports on the trousseau of Princess Marie Bonaparte. Three photographs show two hats by Paris milliners and the trousseau on display.
Worldly Woman
Worldly Woman
The Graphic, November 9, 1907
Article · 1 page
A fashion column from The Graphic, 9 November 1907, signed L. S. R., commenting on Parisian fashion for autumn and winter. It discusses the new skin-tight, Empire-inspired skirt, satin knickers in place of petticoats, tunics and draperies, trimmings of silk fringe and lace, sleeves, purple satin hats and elaborate hairstyles. Three photographs by Henri Manuel show a pastel blue chiffon dress with filet and Irish lace, a broadtail fur coat, and a ceremonial gown of black cloth and embroidered chiffon velvet.
[Young Lady Lace-Maker]
[Young Lady Lace-Maker]
Illustration · 1 page
A single black-and-white photograph from The Graphic showing a young woman in profile seated beside a leaded-glass window with a potted plant. She wears a head covering and dark dress and works bobbin lace on a pillow, with bobbins at her lap. No text could be read from the page.
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