Afraid Collection (#3)

Pinocchio -- with the green fisherman
Pinocchio -- The green fisherman plunged him five or six times in the flour. Date: 1911

Italian recruitment poster, WW1
Italian recruitment poster during the First World War. A woman being led away with her baby by three enemy soldiers cries out to her brothers to save her by joining up. Date: 1914-1918

Baby Scouts -- running away
Baby Scouts -- But when cows moo, I much regret to say the whole patrol will often run away. Date: 1900

Nursery Rhymes -- man on horse, royal scene
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a black man riding a horse down the street. Below -- a royal scene. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Babes in the Wood. Date: early 20th century

Listening to the guns of deliverance in invaded France 1916
Stricken populations of invaded France, hiding behind bushes and a fallen wall, a frightened family listening to the guns and whirr of the aeroplanes, coming nearer every day. 1916

Beverley Nichols - 3
BEVERLEY NICHOLS Popular author who was not afraid to parade his feelings in a sentimental manner. Date: 1898 - 1983

Beverley Nichols - 2
BEVERLEY NICHOLS Popular author who was not afraid to parade his feelings in a sentimental manner. Date: 1898 - 1983

I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy & Patriotic Bulldogs WW1
WW1 - I m not afraid of the Germans - Boy sat between two Patriotic Bulldogs. Date: circa 1916

Afraid of nobody. Date 1833

Bather afraid to take a dip - Comic postcard
Comic Postcard from the Racing Illustrated series - " A poor display of Form" - this bather is certainly refusing the first jump!!! Date: 1903

Little Red Riding Hood by Felix de Gray
Little Red Riding Hood visits her Grandma only to find that her facial hair problem has got somewhat ou of control. Date: 1934

Pierre Simplin, the strangler
Pierre Simplon enters his victims room through the window; she is startled and afraid, as well she might be

Cycling replaces horseriding, 1895
Miss Diana(a novice): Oh Jack, I m certain this thing is going to shy at those horrid pigs! Do you mind leading it past?" Date: 1895

Four and Twenty Tailors went to kill a snail, the best man amongst them durst not touch her tail. She put out her horns like a little Keyloe cow

J Hassall. Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet... 20th century

Child on Chair and Dog
Whos afraid ? - but she finds it prudent to stand on a chair when the dogs around... early 20th century

Hunter attacked by pheasants
A hunter out shooting is attacked by pheasants, and he runs away in fear

A train of thought
This is Mrs. Tymmeruss notion of what goes on in a railway tunnel A popular notion of what happens when a train goes into a railway tunnel

American Indians. The American Indian rising. Pine Ridge Ag
The headquarters of the government agent in charge of the Sioux Indians Reservation in Dakota. Indian police at the Pine Ridge

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

Bathing / Torpedo C1910
A little girl is afraid to get into the bathtub: Willie said he saw a torpedo when he was in there!

Per Olsson protects Lisa Erkersdotter from a wolf -- depiction of an old Swedish tale

Encounter with a sea lion near San Francisco, USA
Bathers near San Francisco, California, USA, are alarmed when they encounter a sea lion

Young Girl-Still Sleepy
Still Sleepy! A mother checks on her tired little daughter

Salt on Dragons Tail
Todays youngsters aren t afraid of dragons : they know you only have to sprinkle salt on their tails, and the fearsome beast breathes fire no more

Mother and children frightened by wolves
A mother and her children, returning home through the snow in a sleigh, are frightened by wolves pursuing them

Scene from Shakespeares Richard III
A scene from Shakespeares history play, Richard III, showing the king haunted by his crimes on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth

Futuristic airborne explorer
A futuristic airborne explorer, frightening some natives as he flies above their heads

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