Kind Collection (#2)

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Nice Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Nice
Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Miss Nice the Nurse. Date: 1928

OSTRICH HUNT WITH BOLAS
Three men pursue an ostrich across the pampas of South America, hoping to catch it with a bolas - a kind of weighted lasso. Date: 1894

NATURE VERSUS SCIENCE
SCIENCE DEFEATED BY NATURE A train is halted by snow. - Ah, but its because its the wrong kind of snow, the railwaymen explain... Date: circa 1850

1790S GAMBLING PARTY
The participants at a gambling party wear every kind of facial expression. Date: 1790s

MONTAGNES RUSSES 1799
The first slide of its kind in Paris Date: 1799

Street Arab
London characters : even the barefoot street Arab must work for his living, doing cartwheels and handstands in hopes that some kind gent will chuck him a copper. Date: circa 1870

C17 COOKING SCENE
Preparing foodstuffs of every kind - fowls are dressed, cows are milked, grapes are trod, soup is heated, bread and other items are carried by porters, biscuits are tasted Date: 17th century

SISTER OF ST JOHN
Nursing sister of the ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM at the convent of Toulouse : she wears a habit de coeur, evidently a ceremonial habit of some kind

DANISH WARRIOR
This decoration, embossed on a Danish shield, presumably represents the dress of a Danish warrior of the kind who caused such grief to king Alfred and his people Date: circa 10th century

PARIS / TOUR ST JACQUES
Tour Saint Jacques, with the Cour de Commerce, a kind of shopping precinct Date: circa 1830

Romulus and Remus suckled by a wolf
Romulus and Remus are suckled by a kindly wolf. Romulus goes on to found the city of Rome. Date: circa 780 BC

Two white doves on a balcony with green shutters, Palma, Mallorca, Spain Date: 2006

Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse and talks to a young inmate, who is resting in a cane day-bed and playing his mandolin. Date: 1904

Lusitania Cross Section
Cross section of the Cunard passenger liner which, at the time of her launch, is the largest of her kind. Date: 1906

Christmas cheque from the Santa Claus Banking Co, Merry Lane Branch, sending ten thousand kind greetings from N A Aplin to Miss Gerty Doggett. Date: 1891

Child Models
Little girl mannequins, child models, putting make-up on in their dressing room in Paris, France, presumably for some kind of fashion show or photo shoot. Date: early 1930s

Lady in a garden on a greetings card -- With all Kind Thoughts. Date: early 20th century

Paper lace card in white, silver and blue -- IHS, With United Kind Regards. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of an apple -- Under the rind my wish you ll find, May Christmas be bright and Fortune kind. circa 1890s

Sister Helps Brother 19C
A kind sister helps her younger brother with his homework Date: 1883

Cheque from the Bank of Health and Happiness Unlimited
Christmas cheque from the Bank of Health and Happiness Unlimited, paying to all true friends 365 happy days, from Mr and Mrs Kittridge of Bridge Street, Cambridge. Date: circa 1920s

Cheque from the Bank of Friendship Unlimited, Goodwill Square Branch, with one thousand kind wishes from Ernestine Edgcumbe to Ernest Cust. circa 1890s

Steam Roller Accident
A man sits down on the pavement in shock and is comforted by a kind policeman. Behind him is the cause of his consternation: a steam roller in the bay window of a house! Date: 1960s

Auxiliary Steamship
At first, steam engines are fitted in ships only as a back-up to sail, hence vessels of this kind are known as auxiliary steamships. Date: 1882

A Sectional Boat used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley in Africa
Engraving of a sectional boat, used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) during his 1874 expedition to central Africa, being carried by a number of local porters

Spooky Street
A night scene on the kind of spooky street which would make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck

Pyne - Tanner
LEATHER DRESSING A feltmonger (a kind of tanner) at work at an ooze- pit, while his companions are frizing, removing the hair from the skin

The Orphans - two children play draughts, watched by a woman. 19th century

Caricature, George Bickerdike -- a Good Samaritan to the actor. 1884

Rebekah giving drink to Abrahams servant and drawing water for his camels - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 24.18. 1787

Nursery Rhymes - Be Kind to thy Mother
Be Kind to thy Mother - words of be kind to thy mother. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s

King Alfonso IV the Kind (1299-1336). Engraving
Alfonso IV called the Kind (1299-1336). King of the Kingdom of Aragon. Engraving in Spain Illustrated History, 19th century

Fantastic Adventures - Mistress of the Djinn
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, November 1950, featuring the story Mistress of the Djinn by Geoff St. Reynard. The Queen and the Kind from a deck of cards come to life and are in each others arms

Detail from a folio of Codex of the Usages depicting the
Alfonso IV of Aragon called the kind (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou

Birthday card, Dog with basket. early 20th century

One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 1 of 2
A fabulously elegant and sedate picnic, with the diners being waited on by a team of servants as a gramophone plays. One of two cartoons by H. M

Elevated rail road, Houghton st, New York
The New York elevated rail road company was founded in 1872, building a standard gauge rail road under the control of Jay Gould

Two frogs playing leapfrog on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Robert Gamble
ROBERT GAMBLE at age 25 The caption - A child of many mercies - is suggestive of a dissenting churchman of some kind, but we have not been able to trace him. Date: CIRCA 1800

David Baker, Benedictine
DAVID BAKER (in religion, Augustine) Lawyer, Catholic convert : became a Benedictine monk, writing quantities of theology of a spiritual and ascetic kind. Date: circa 1610

Offering a Lift
A kind lady invites two soldiers into Bath with her, but they may get into hot water if they accept... Date: 1916

Bathing Beauty / Sporty
A sporty young woman balancing on a kind of raft towed by a powerboat, and loving every minute of it. Date: 1917

Englishman 1440
His tunic is cut full and loose; that thing on the floor is his roundlet, a kind of cap with frills Date: circa 1440

Menander (Bust)
MENANDER Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind Date: 343 - 219 BC

Menander (Seated)
MENANDER Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind Date: 343 - 219 BC

Maria Pazzi / Piattoli
Maria Maddalena de Pazzi, Italian mystic, as a child is noted for her benevolence to people in the prisons of Florence. Date: circa 1560

Rw Emerson / Roberts
RALPH WALDO EMERSON American essayist and poet Date: 1803 - 1882

Preparing for Flight
Preparing a biplane for flight at the Semaine d Aviation, Nantes (France) : this kind of air show is repeated throughout France, attracting immense public interest. Date: 14-21 August 1910

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