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Braces Collection (#2)

In the midst of a chaotic world, one boy finds solace in his admiration for the Spitfire

Background imageBraces Collection: In front of Haly's Road House, Jim Haly holds a dog, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown

In front of Haly's Road House, Jim Haly holds a dog, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
In front of Haly's Road House, Jim Haly holds a dog, between c1900 and 1916

Background imageBraces Collection: Comic postcard, Servant and angry mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Servant and angry mistress Date: 20th century

Background imageBraces Collection: Models, Debbie Dunkerly of Middlesbrough, and Glen McEvoy of Thornaby

Models, Debbie Dunkerly of Middlesbrough, and Glen McEvoy of Thornaby, pictured wearing clothes they made themselves. They are taking part in an Evening of Summer Fashion shows held at the Marton

Background imageBraces Collection: Elton John in concert. Circa 1976

Elton John in concert. Circa 1976

Background imageBraces Collection: Colin Smith, merchandise director of Lambournes of Great Hampton Row, Birmingham

Colin Smith, merchandise director of Lambournes of Great Hampton Row, Birmingham, and his assistant, Mandy Langford, are spoiled for choice with their companys vast selection of braces. 24th May 1988

Background imageBraces Collection: Two young people wearing skinhead fashions. Glenda Peake and Tony Hughes

Two young people wearing skinhead fashions. Glenda Peake and Tony Hughes. Finchley, 7th October 1969

Background imageBraces Collection: Fashion in the 1960s male models wearing swimming trunks with braces

Fashion in the 1960s male models wearing swimming trunks with braces

Background imageBraces Collection: Rock Star Ian Dury poses during an exclusive interview for the Daily Mirror in his

Rock Star Ian Dury poses during an exclusive interview for the Daily Mirror in his offices in Paddington London 1981

Background imageBraces Collection: Siouxsie Sue from the group Siouxsie and the Banshees, December 1976

Siouxsie Sue from the group Siouxsie and the Banshees, December 1976

Background imageBraces Collection: Can Can Dancers, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. March 1990

Can Can Dancers, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. March 1990
An evening of song and dance held in Lostwithiel church hall culminated in a Folies Bergere routine by St Mabyn Young Farmers

Background imageBraces Collection: Un jour de fête et de bretelles, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un jour de fête et de bretelles, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un jour de fete et de bretelles, 1844. - Tiens bon ami...a l'occasion de ma fete je t'ai brode ces bretelles... - (Le monsieur a part)

Background imageBraces Collection: Prospector or guide, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Prospector or guide, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Wyo. - Yellowstone National Park: prospector or guide, 1903

Background imageBraces Collection: Actor John Bindon poses with model Vicki November 1979

Actor John Bindon poses with model Vicki November 1979

Background imageBraces Collection: Vampire braces

Vampire braces
Artem Pozdniakov

Background imageBraces Collection: Vampire braces

Vampire braces
Artem Pozdniakov

Background imageBraces Collection: Henry cartoon, boy takes a ride, by Carl Anderson

Henry cartoon, boy takes a ride, by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Background imageBraces Collection: Boy church bell ringers

Boy church bell ringers, young campanologists Date: circa 1890s

Background imageBraces Collection: Life on a North Sea trawler - man viewed through porthole. Date: 1960s

Life on a North Sea trawler - man viewed through porthole. Date: 1960s

Background imageBraces Collection: Three people in a tailors workshop

Three people in a tailors workshop. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageBraces Collection: Tailor at work on a garment

Tailor at work on a garment. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageBraces Collection: Le Lit Clos (b/w photo)

Le Lit Clos (b/w photo)
3092990 Le Lit Clos (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Lit Clos. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageBraces Collection: Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. 1942

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. 1942. Creator: Charles Fenno Jacobs
Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn

Background imageBraces Collection: Untitled, 1935-1942. [African-American man near a field of corn]. Creator: Unknown

Untitled, 1935-1942. [African-American man near a field of corn]. Creator: Unknown
Untitled, 1935-1942

Background imageBraces Collection: Bring it in Mary (colour litho)

Bring it in Mary (colour litho)
3642944 Bring it in Mary (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bring it in Mary! Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageBraces Collection: Applicants at registration tent on opening day... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939

Applicants at registration tent on opening day... Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Applicants at registration tent on opening day of mobile unit (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon

Background imageBraces Collection: New settler shows fish he caught this morning, Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939

New settler shows fish he caught this morning, Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New settler shows fish he caught this morning. He " likes it fine here." Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho

Background imageBraces Collection: Farmer starting out on cut-over land building... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939

Farmer starting out on cut-over land building... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939
Farmer starting out on cut-over land building an addition to his one-room cabin. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho

Background imageBraces Collection: Farmer starting out on cut-over land... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939

Farmer starting out on cut-over land... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer starting out on cut-over land building an addition to his one-room cabin. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho

Background imageBraces Collection: Burned out in Montana... Priest River country, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Burned out in Montana... Priest River country, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Burned out in Montana, this farmer is making a new start on cut-over land. Priest River country. Bonner County, Idaho

Background imageBraces Collection: Klamath Basin potato farmer, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Klamath Basin potato farmer, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Klamath Basin potato farmer. He remembers when the first carload of potatoes left this valley in 1910. In 1934 he lost thirty-five hundred dollars on forty-eight acres of potatoes

Background imageBraces Collection: New settler shows fish he caught... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939

New settler shows fish he caught... Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
New settler shows fish he caught this morning. He " likes it fine here." Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho

Background imageBraces Collection: Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh... near Independence, Oregon, 1939

Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh... near Independence, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales. From five a.m. until noon, when photograph was made, he had picked eighty pounds, which equals eighty cents. Temperature 105 degrees

Background imageBraces Collection: Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939

Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales, near Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939
Young migrant worker brings his hops to weigh scales. From five a.m. until noon, when photograph was made, he had picked eighty pounds, which equals eighty cents. Temperature 105 degrees

Background imageBraces Collection: Young farm boys, natives of North Carolina, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Young farm boys, natives of North Carolina, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young farm boys, natives of North Carolina. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageBraces Collection: Oregon farmers, old settlers, at farmers public sale, Saturday, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon

Oregon farmers, old settlers, at farmers public sale, Saturday, Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon
Oregon farmers, old settlers, at farmers public sale, Saturday. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imageBraces Collection: Farmer getting the morning mail, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmer getting the morning mail, Gem County, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer getting the morning mail. Gem County, Idaho

Background imageBraces Collection: Old Belt, (oil on masonite)

Old Belt, (oil on masonite)
985205 Old Belt, (oil on masonite) by Curry, John Steuart (1897-1946); 73.3x86.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Belt. John Steuart Curry (1897-1946). Oil on masonite

Background imageBraces Collection: Boy eating bananas (colour litho)

Boy eating bananas (colour litho)
7151108 Boy eating bananas (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Background imageBraces Collection: Rasmus Gaihede, 1881 (oil on canvas)

Rasmus Gaihede, 1881 (oil on canvas)
OVR390543 Rasmus Gaihede, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Krohg, Christian (1852-1925); 59x82 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Background imageBraces Collection: Bachelor cooking fried bread (colour litho)

Bachelor cooking fried bread (colour litho)
7150980 Bachelor cooking fried bread (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Background imageBraces Collection: Regardez, la Vistule n est pas loin... (Look, vistula is not far... )

Regardez, la Vistule n est pas loin... (Look, vistula is not far... ). Premiere guerre mondiale (1914-1918)
FIA5332795 Regardez, la Vistule n est pas loin... (Look, vistula is not far...). Premiere guerre mondiale (1914-1918), un gigantesque soldat allemand avec sa veste ouverte et un casque a pointe

Background imageBraces Collection: The Football Game (oil on canvas)

The Football Game (oil on canvas)
1765060 The Football Game (oil on canvas) by Webster, Thomas (1800-86) (follower of); 73.5x99.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Football Game. Follower of Thomas Webster (1800-1886)

Background imageBraces Collection: Uncle Pancha; El Tio Pancha, 1907 (oil on canvas)

Uncle Pancha; El Tio Pancha, 1907 (oil on canvas)
1197490 Uncle Pancha; El Tio Pancha, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (1863-1923); 63x81.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Spanish, out of copyright

Background imageBraces Collection: Professional Pride, (oil on canvas)

Professional Pride, (oil on canvas)
651106 Professional Pride, (oil on canvas) by Brown, John George (1831-1913); 112.6x82 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Professional Pride. John George Brown (1831-1913). Oil on canvas

Background imageBraces Collection: Round the fire an indescribably ridiculous little man was leaping, hopping on one leg

Round the fire an indescribably ridiculous little man was leaping, hopping on one leg
3474251 Round the fire an indescribably ridiculous little man was leaping, hopping on one leg, and singing, from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, pub

Background imageBraces Collection: The home-made christmas present (litho)

The home-made christmas present (litho)
1090742 The home-made christmas present (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The home-made christmas present)

Background imageBraces Collection: Braces, Christmas Card (chromolitho)

Braces, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731135 Braces, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Braces, Christmas Card.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection; English

Background imageBraces Collection: Steelworkers at Russian Boarding House, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Steelworkers at Russian Boarding House, Homestead, Pennsylvania
869757 Steelworkers at Russian Boarding House, Homestead, Pennsylvania, 1907-8 (gelatin silver print) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); 11.9x16.8 cm; Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College




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In the midst of a chaotic world, one boy finds solace in his admiration for the Spitfire. With dreams soaring high like the iconic aircraft, fifteen-year-old skinhead Chris Harward poses proudly at home with his mother Joan in their modest flat. On that fateful day, April 27th, 1970, a group of skinheads stood united - John Harmeston among them - bound by their unique subculture and shared values. Their braces symbolized resilience and camaraderie as they faced a society often misunderstood. Amidst the noise of life's challenges, there was always room for leisurely pursuits. The Teddy Bears Frolic adorned music covers, providing an escape into melodies that resonated deep within souls. Meanwhile, Mr A. W. Pearce from Lymington aimed to conquer new frontiers in horse ploughing; his determination knew no bounds as he sought to surpass all previous records on a global scale. Just as William Lillywhite mended baseballs with precision strokes on canvas, so too did individuals mend their lives with newfound confidence bestowed upon them by braces – those humble accessories that transformed smiles and self-esteem alike. A tale unfolded before our eyes - one where German woodworkers showcased their craftsmanship through intricate designs etched onto braces; each piece telling its own story while holding up trousers with grace. Even amidst wartime turmoil in 1916, Pravia Soap found its way into advertisements alongside braces – emphasizing cleanliness and style hand-in-hand. And who could forget vampire braces? An unexpected twist on traditional orthodontics brought forth an intriguing blend of darkness and fashion-forwardness that captivated both mortals and immortals alike. They have transcended time and cultures; they are not merely metal or fabric but symbols of identity, unity, creativity even. So let us celebrate this stretched-out tale woven around the new pair - connecting generations past and present through threads of resilience, artistry, and the pursuit of self-expression.