Chance Collection (page 3)

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
but my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Allegory of Fortune. Lippi, Lorenzo 1606-1665. The depiction of a human figure personifying an abstract concept such as youth or beauty is called an allegory

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Hobble skirt fashion victim
A fashionable ladys vision and gait is impaired by her enormous hat and tight hobble skirt. A chance encounter with a gentlemen friend, also out walking his dog, saves the day. Date: 1911

Cartoon, departure of Henry Irving for America
Cartoon, departure of the actor-manager Henry Irving for America -- With Henry leaving, there is a fine chance for some of our legitimate actors. 1883

The Gamblers, c. 1640, by David Teniers the Younger (1610-16
David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). Flemish painter. The Gamblers, c. 1640. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In
Cartoon, three prominent writers ill in hospital -- F C Burnand (1836-1917), H J Byron (1835-1884) and G R Sims (1847-1922)

Ascending ski slope 1931
Who needs ski lifts? Ascending the slopes in a horse-drawn sleigh, a young woman gets a chance to apply some lipstick so that she looks her best on the way down. Date: 1931

Peril! Tsar Nicholas II can t understand that the Duma is Russias only chance. Date: 1906

Enthusiast Preaching
Sunday Work which ought to be prohibited - a sectarian preacher harangues his congregation while a pickpocket seizes his chance - and a handkerchief ! Date: 1793

Jack Londons Rendezvous, Oakland, California, USA
Jack Londons Rendezvous, Heinolds First and Last Chance Bar, Webster Street, Oakland, San Francisco, California, USA, built from the remains of an old whaling ship. Date: circa 1930s

The Last Chance Saloon. Middlesbrough, 1970s Date: 1970s

Horse & Trap, Chorley, Lancashire, England. Addressed to Bolton Road, Chorley - no stamp and possibly hand delivered - and the tone of the message also suggests that they were nearby

D�de loter�y expresiones de jugadores en los
Dic de loteric y expresiones de jugadores en los dic; de ella.... (Lottery Day. Expressions of players in the days...). Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia

Suffragette Hammer in Pocket Policeman. Wily suffragette with half concealed hammer sees her chance as policeman sleeps whilst on duty. Although the suffragettes have nt votes

Life saving guide for seamen by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: a Government guide designed to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen during the Second World War

Scene in the Bank Club, Reno, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1930

Wheel of Fortune, Nevada, USA. Date: 1940

The Northern Club, Center Street, Reno, Nevada, USA
Scene at The Northern Club, 207 Center Street, Reno, Nevada, USA Date: 1931

Illustration telling the story of Chance the Fire Dog: Stop me not, but onward let me jog, For I am the London Firemens Dog. Date: 1834

William James Linton - 2
WILLIAM JAMES LINTON artist (Note - theres a chance this chap has been confused with a different William Linton, artist) Date: 1791 - 1876

Lady Fortune out to capture one more heart... Date: circa 1910s

Belly Cold - Chinese man causes linguistic confusion
Chinese man causes linguistic confusion... " Belly cold today, miss!" " Well - why don t you tuck your shirt in?" Date: circa 1940

Photographic, 10839166
10839166

Cukoo and host eggs
From the collection of ornithologist Edgar Percival Chance (1881 - 1955)

A young girl meets a troll
A girl meets a troll - rather a human-looking one 1908

Book of the Good and Bad luck (15th c. )
Book of the Good and Bad luck (15th c.)

Why not give real labor a chance to parade?. Illustration shows laborers watching a parade of workers from the advertising and journalism trades marching under banners that state

A chance at last. Illustration shows Alton Parker, David Hill, John Williams, Arthur Groman, Richard Olney, and Grover Cleveland riding on a camel labeled Reorganization crossing the Desert of

American hunting scenes: a good chance. Date 1863. American hunting scenes: a good chance. Date 1863

A bare chance. Date 1879. Published by Currier & Ives. A bare chance. Date 1879. Published by Currier & Ives

A snowball in hell - what chance has it got?. Illustration shows Hell labeled Wall Street, where a huge snowball shaped like a human head, labeled The Public, dripping money

An illustration of how the game of Roulette is played

Pollys chance to get some nice crackers. Illustration shows a well-dressed man labeled Plutocracy, wearing a top hat, holding a parrot labeled State Legislature on his right hand

The consumers only chance. Illustration shows a woman mooring an airship to the chimney on the roof of her home by the light of a full moon; on board the airship are American Goods Bought in England

Spring Voices - A K Macdonald
Spring Voices by A. K. Macdonald. A glamorous young lady (taking a stroll through the park on her way home from a serious hat-purchasing spree)

Hobble, hobble, toil and wobble
The hobble waltz-the dance of the season. The hazards of dancing in a fashionable hobble skirt, shown here gathered in at the knee

Casino Interior, Monte Carlo, Monaco - The Salle de Jeu (Games Room). This card also features two personifications of differing stages of the gambling process - Good Luck, shown by the wealthy

Exorcism, Medieval
Priests exorcise a man who has been possessed by a demon; with four crucifixes held over him, the demon won t have a chance... Date: 4th/5th century

Outside the Temple of Chance
Monte Carlo with the casino on the left and the famous Hotel de Paris on the right

Quick Cricket
A new method of giving both sides a chance of getting in an innings when playing one- day matches Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. Elcock
An impression of the famous Roulette Room in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Although baccarat and other games of chance are played

BILLETED
Two soldiers are aghast to discover they have been billeted at the Coldwater Temperance Hotel. No chance of a quick pint there

The debatable Land in British Guiana. A Gold Prospecting Par
Illustration showing a shanty town of gold propectors, out for the main chance, a British flag in the foreground

Duchesse D orleans
The duchesse d Orleans, keen that her son should take the place of Louis-Philippe, addresses the Chambre des Deputes : but the monarchist cause hasn t a chance

The Sea Messenger, 1870
Engraving of the Sea Messenger, a lifeboat designed for ships letters and papers, invented by J.A.R. Vandenbergh. As many ships carried mail and state papers

Diomedes Companions
Though he refuses to risk the wrath of Aphrodite, the companions of Diomedes take a chance - so they have only themselves to blame when she turns them all into birds

Thetis Taken by Surprise
Though wed to Peleus, the naiad resists his embraces, turning herself into a tree etc : but one day he finds her sleeping, seizes the chance, makes her mother of Achilles

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