Loos Collection (page 2)

Small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error
Where are you going my pretty maid? - A small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error of choosing the wrong entrance to the public lavatories... Date: circa 1910s

Guests of Mr Randolph Hearst
Page from The Tatler reporting on a weekend house party held at the home of American newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst. Top left shows Cecil Beaton giving Anita Loos a piggy back

Private J. Mackenzie, 2nd Scots Guards VC
John Mackenzie (22 November 1871 17 May 1915), who was awarded a VC for the Batlle of Loos Date: 1915

WATER CLOSET (1858)
A diagram showing an early Water-closet and rainwater cistern system. Date: 1858

Cartoon, and Officers? WW1
Cartoon, and Officers? A military man seeks a toilet appropriate to his rank. Date: 1918

Public Chalets
Picturesque Chalets de necessite for ladies caught short in the streets of Paris Date: 1881

Waterless Closet
Waterless closet - thousands already in use - it uses domestic garden peat instead Date: 1900

Governor / Scarborough Spa
The self-styled governor of Scarborough Spa (Spaw), Dicky Dickinson, who built a spaw house in 1700. The springs and original buildings were buried by a landslide in 1737 Date: 18th century

Advert for Twycliffe ornate toilet
Patent pedestal syphon w.c basin, supplied with either centre outlet or back outlet. Connection to outlet of trap made by means of porcelain. late 19th century

Lieut Angus Richardson, son of Lieut. -Col. Richardson
2nd Lieutenant Angus M. Richardson, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, younger son of Lieut.-Col. Edwin Hautenville Richardson, the renowned dog trainer

Mike St. Maur Sheil, photographer of the Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace 14-18 exhibition at the pre-launch exhibition at the Houses of Parliament in London holding the Loos football Date: 2013

Scottish soldier in Loos rescuing French girl, WW1
Scottish soldier in Loos rescuing a French girl. Date: 1915

Ian Hay - The first Hundred Thousand
Captain John Hay Beith (1876-1952) the soldier-author with the pen name Ian Hay who wrote The First Hundred Thousand (of which he was a member of) as well as various other military books

Christmas Card - 7th Division 1917
Christmas Card. Xmas Greetings 7th Division 1917. Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Givenchy, Loos, The Somme, The Ancre, ɣ oust-Croissilles, Bullecourt, Passchendaele Ridge.. Commemorative Art

Christmas and New Year Greetings card from XII Division
Christmas 1916 and New Year 1917 Greetings card from the XII Division. Hohenzollern, Quarries, Ovillers, Loos, Somme. Commemorative Art

Christmas and New Year card - XII Division, 1917-1918. Loos, Quarries, Hohenzollern, Somme, Ovillers, Pozieres, Arras, Monchy. Commemorative Art

Slag heap and mining complex around Loos February 18
Slag heap and mining complex around Loos. February 18. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Tower Bridge, Loos, c February 18
Tower Bridge, Loos, c. February 18. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

NIVER MIND ABUT LOOS WWI drawing
NIVER MIND ABUT LOOS. HAV YER EVER BEEN UP THE CUTTING. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

La Targette - Howie next our dugout, dated September 14th 17. Pencil sketch for Digging in the 3rd Battery behind Loos. - No. 4698

La Targette - Digging in the 3rd Battery behind Loos (see drawing dated September 14th 1917). 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Letter opener Engraved Loos 1916
Letter opener. Engraved Loos 1916. Trench Art

Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, WW1
Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, by Lieutenant Morris Meredith Williams, Royal Engineers (b.1881), commissioned 1.7.17. Date: circa 1917

Victorious British advance at Loos
Part of one British battalion, with a strong party of bombers in advance, charged across the interveniing space between the British and the first-time German trenches. Date: 1915

Gas Alarm at Loos / Wwi
British troops don their gas masks in the face of a gas attack at the Battle of Loos in autumn of 1915. Date: 1915

Mens Lavatory
A rather dodgy looking gent emerges from a mens lavatory in central London. Date: 1980s

TURKEY: HAGIA SOPHIA, 1710. Interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. Drawing, c1710, by Cornelius Loos, a Swedish officer and engineer

BATTLE OF LOOS, 1915. British soldiers wearing gas masks attacking the German second-line trenches at Loos, France, during World War I 25 September 1915

BATTLE OF LOOS, 1915. British troops charging into German lines at Loos, France, during World War I on 25 September 1915 near the Tower Bridge of the Loos mines

Loosing Guns
October 1915: German field guns captured at Loos on display in London during WW1. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

WW1 - Loos - Tower Bridge - pithead gear towers
WW1, Loos Tower Bridge - the name given to a pair of pithead gear towers here (also sometimes known as Crystal Palace ). Men from the Black Watch

Antwerp, Belgium - Souvenir Views
A souvenir of Antwerp (and of the Creoline Pearson Disinfectant Company). The Dry Docks, The Statue of Loos, the Palace of Justice and a.... Disinfectant Office at Antwerp, Belgium (Anvers)

World War I: Battle of Loos. Scottish regiments, with bayonets drawn, charging and overwhelming German trenches

Row of blue Portaloos installed on pavement outside Woodmancote Junior School during water crisis when Mythe water
MAB-830 Row of blue Portaloos installed on pavement outside Woodmancote Junior School during water crisis when Mythe water treatment station in Tewkesbury was flooded July 2007 UK Mark Boulton

ANITA LOOS (1893-1981). American writer. Photographed in the 1920s by Nickolas Muray

Chamber Pot
The chamber pot shown as part of the bedroom furniture in a 15th century household Date: 1501

Loos at Paris Expo
Water Closet - Dames : the most popular attraction in the entire Exposition ! Date: 1889

FILM: METROPOLIS, 1927. Film still with Theodor Loos as Josaphat and Alfred Abel as Joh Frederson

Gents toilet with slate roof, North Wales
A circular gents toilet, built in 1850 with stone walls and a slate roof, somewhere in North Wales where the slate is quarried

Loos 1915

Battle of Loos 1915
British troops returning from the line after the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1915

Captured German trench 1915
Captured German trench seen from a machine gun emplacement near Loos on the Western Front in France during World War I on 28th September 1915

Anita Loos by Olive Snell
Portrait of Anita Loos (1888 - 1981), American screenwriter, journalist, novelist and producer, most famous for writing the novel on which the film " Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was based

British troops charging at Loos
An illustration showing British troops charging over German trenches at the Battle of Loos. Between September 25th and October 13th, the British lost over 8000 out of 30, 000 men

German prisoners in Southampton
Photograph showing around 300 German prisoners captured at the Battle of Loos in 1915, being marched through the streets of Southampton, UK. Date: October 9th 1915

Enemy guns at the Lord Mayors Show
Enemy guns captured at Loos paraded through the streets of London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915

Edwardian Lavatory
A late Victorian or Edwardian latrine, boxed into a room decorated with patterned yellow wallpaper

1940S LOO
A typical 1940s lavatory, with green walls and black and white floor tiles, separated from the bathroom

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"Piper Daniel Laidlaw V. C: The Heroic Tale of Loos" In this captivating image from c1920, we are transported back to the historic events of September 25, 1915. Piper Daniel Laidlaw emerges as a true hero, winning the prestigious Victoria Cross for his bravery and valor during the British Territorials' charge at Loos. As hooded British soldiers fearlessly stormed the German trenches on that fateful day in 1916, their unwavering determination forever etched in history. But amidst the chaos of war, there were also moments of respite and everyday life captured within these hints. An intriguing urinal advert from 1889 reminds us that even in times of conflict, mundane matters still persisted. Meanwhile, deep beneath Hulluch's underground system in 1918, soldiers sought refuge and solace from the horrors above ground. The mention of a chamberpot being emptied brings forth images of ordinary human needs amid extraordinary circumstances. A child sitting on a potty serves as a poignant reminder that innocence was not spared by war's reach. Yet it was during World War I when new tactics emerged; gas became an insidious weapon employed by both sides starting October 1915. This devastating development forever changed warfare strategies and added another layer to the already complex narrative surrounding Loos. Twyfords Showcard takes us into more peaceful times where practicality meets elegance with its paper holder design—a testament to human ingenuity even amidst adversity. Finally, we find ourselves transported to Loos once again—this time on September 30th, 1918—where remnants of battle scarred landscapes stand witness to past conflicts but also symbolize hope for a brighter future. These diverse hints offer glimpses into different aspects surrounding "loos, " reminding us that history is multifaceted and encompasses both grand acts of heroism and ordinary moments that shape our collective memory.