Decide Collection

Spies Sent to Canaan
Moses sends spies into Canaan to assess the quality of the land : they return with fine grapes, so the Hebrews decide to go there despite the hostility of the Canaanites

FROZEN FOOD SHOP / 1970S
People with trolleys lift the lids and peer into the chest freezers trying to decide which foods to choose. There is a good selection including Kosher meat and poultry. Date: early 1970s

LIFE-IN-DEATH WINS
Life-in-Death dices with Death himself to decide the fate of the sailors; Life-in-Death wins the Mariner alone The game is done! I've won, I've won! Date: First published: 1798

Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose -- a satirical comment on the rivalry between Disraeli (left) and Gladstone (right) over the electoral reform question

THE STROWGERPHONE
Decide NOW to instal the Strowgerphone - as Ive done ! Date: 1933

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Two knights dispute whether the Immaculate Conception is true or not, and decide it with a joust : needless to say, the believer is the winner... Date: 16th century

Beautiful Legs Contest
A group of young women competing in a contest to decide which of them has the most beautiful legs, the prize being a pair of silk stockings! Date: early 1930s

Ufos / Burtoo / Aldershot
Alfred Burtoo, fishing at night, is approached by aliens who take him into their spacecraft but decide that he is too old for their purposes

Le Mot Juste: WWI cartoon by H. M. Bateman
" Le Mot Juste: A careful and economical person. Much given to niceness of expression. Trying to decide upon which adjective to risk his brown." This cartoon satirises how the British press

Female / Scanty / Dressing
A scantily-clad young woman can t decide what to wear; her gentleman friend peeps round the curtain unconcerned

Perplexed Newsagent / 1922
A gentleman asks his horrified newsagent to decide each day which newspaper will be most suitable for him. (A result of rival offers by London newspapers). Date: 1922

Boers before the tribunal during the Boer War
In the Transvaal during the Boer War, Boers have to appear before tribunals who decide if they have defended their homes with too much enthusiasm. Date: 1900

WW1 - Balkan Indecision
WW1 - An illustrated personification of Romanias and Bulgarias indecision and role in the war. The two countries are personified as two men in conversation to decide whether to take a swim in

WWI Poster, Join Under the Group System
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Join Under the Group System, It Is Simple and Fair, It Relieves You of Responsibility

Maillards Tribunal
Stanislas-Marie Maillard heads a tribunal which will decide who should be guillotined as enemies of the Revolution : this leads to the Massacres de septembre. Date: September 1792

1904 Meiji Japan Navy seventy seven brave soldiers decide die company get in the transportation ships and themselves sink is picture stoppaged Port Ryojun

View of Rome
An imaginary view of Rome in a marginal drawing. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Man at a Road Sign
A walker contemplates the signpost, unable to decide whether to make for a meal at Middleton or settle for a snack at Straitford. Date: 1893

Life / Fashion, hair 1924
To bob, or not to bob - The girl who couldn t make her mind up. When a girl has to decide upon a short hair style, its not a decision to be taken lightly, especially when her hair is his long

When Will the War End?
Military experts, blindfolded and clueless, decide when the war will end and why in 1915. Nobody looks as if they have a clue

Man Power in the Recruitment Office
A perfectly impartial way of dealing with doubtful cases at the recruitment office. Bemused individuals are placed upon a roulette wheel in order to decide their future in Britains army

A Gurkha Charge
German troops decide to turn and flee rather than face the ferocity of the charging Gurkhas

The Potsdam Conference; Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing the leaders of Great Britiain, the Soviet Union and the United States of America meeting at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945

Cortes & Tlaxcalans
Tlaxcalan warriors decide to befriend Cortes and his men

Twin puppies and water
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, find some water and decide its time for a drink

Twin puppies explore
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, decide to venture outside and explore

Abraham and Lot Quarrel
The shepherds of Abraham and Lot quarrel, and they decide to go their separate ways - Lot goes to Sodom

Judgment of Solomon
HIS JUDGMENT : He has to decide which of two claimants is the real mother of a child : he orders a guard to cut it in two - the real mother says no, let the other have it

Frozen Food Shop / 1970S
People with trolleys lift the lids and peer into the chest freezers trying to decide which foods to choose. There is a good selection including Kosher meat and poultry

Solomon Judgment / Dore
King Solomon has to decide which of two women, claiming a baby, is the rightful mother

Solomon Judgment / Poussin
King Solomon has to decide which of two women, claiming a baby, is the rightful mother

Ladys Leads in Tangle
A lady crossing a street with an armful of parcels gets into difficulties when her two dogs each decide to chase a cat - and another dog comes to share the fun

MINERS STRIKE, 1920
After a secret ballot, British miners decide to go on strike

Wall Street 1644
In 1644 the city fathers decide to build a wall from the Great Bowery to Emanuels Plantation, and the wall gives its name to the street which runs beside it

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