Chance Collection (page 4)

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

America and Vatican
Pope to Wilson : Theres not much chance of peace so long as you keep your pockets stuffed with grenades !

Jonathan Hulls Steam Tug-boat of 1736
Engraving of Jonathan Hulls steam tug-boat, which he patented in 1736. It is doubtful whether Hulls ever had the chance to build his tug-boat, much less use it to haul a fully rigged ship

Viv Nicholson Wins Pools
Viv Nicholson, with her husband Keith, of Castleford, Yorkshire, winners of the Littlewoods Treble Chance Pool, are presented with their cheque by Bruce Forsyth

A Reminder to Write
Heres a pencil... heres a pen... heres a stamp... nows your chance to write

Customs / Leap Year / Card
The chance of love and money on a card celebrating a leap year

Collecting Rainwater
Many a siege has been won when the defenders run short of water : ths castle is taking every chance to gather rain water to augment its supply

Hamburg Street Scene
Trams dominate this busy scene in the centre of the city : a young girl and her father wait for a chance to cross the street between the many horse drawn vehicles

The Game of Chance / 1900
The game of chance, taken from a satire on the revolutionary period

Caproni Ca-90
The worlds largest landplane (for the time being) this six engine heavy bomber will never have the chance to prove its worth, being obsolete by the next time Italy goes to war

Ww1 Armenian Soldiers
Armenian soldiers, glad to have a chance to fight the Turks during World War One

Colour Films in 1911
The Scala Theatre, Charlotte Street, London, offers its patrons a chance to see the Worlds Events in their natural colours !

Billiard Room. France. C19
The billiard room in a French household - but not much chance of a quiet game !

British Campers 1930S
Teenage boys and girls enjoying a chance to mix freely with one another, on a camping holiday at Boxhill, Surrey, England

Baggage at Croydon
Little chance of baggage going astray ! Luggage of passengers arriving at Croydon from Zurich is unloaded into a handcart and taken into the terminal by hand

Sleeps during Battle
He sleeps during the battle of Wagram, snatching the chance to rebuild his strength

Tom Sawyer / Whitewashing
Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence : " does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"

Hanging Stocking
An American boy hangs up a very big stocking - a chance to test Santa Clauss generosity

John Eliot preaching to Native Americans
John Eliot (1604-1690) known as the apostle to the Indians, offers Native Americans the chance to save their souls the Christian way

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