Laughing Collection (page 7)

Larus atricilla, laughing gull
Plate 314 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Gnu in a zoo. Cartoon

Children playing montage

The laughing success, Muggs Landing. Date c1886 i.e. c1887

The great laughing success, Newmann the Great in two hours of fun! science! mystery!. Date ca. 1930

Flints, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. the laughing event of the season. Date ca. 1899

Charles Frohman presents the newest laughing hit, Oh, Susannah! as played for over 100 nights at Hoyts Theatre, New York. Includes portrait of actress in upper right corner. Date c1898

Americas representative comedians, Murray and Mack creators of the laughing habit. Date c1906

A small dog dressed as a pilot ready for take off. He is surrounded by birds who find this hilarious. The caption reads: " What a get-up!" Date: 1928- 1929

Domestic Servants Insurance Act - Comic Postcard
Domestic Servants Insurance Act " I don t care how often I get hurt now, I am insured." A bandgaged housemaid shows her delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

Women at Army Cookery School, 1939
A merry moment during peeling onions with the new Army cooks at an Army cookery school in the south of England in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

The Servants Insurance Act - Are we downhearted? No! Three housemaids show delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

Lord Mayors Show, City of London
The Lord Mayor and other High City Functionaries show amusement at the dignity of the small boy leading the band. circa 1911

Street music: Paris balladeer
Two fashionably dressed young women laugh at a ballad singer as he sings in a Paris street. Perhaps he is singing a comic song. Date: 1912

Scout Leaders at a training camp, Grenada, West Indies
Scout Leaders at a training camp in Grenada, West Indies, enjoying some gymnastics. 1949

Two men, 1910
Posed friends, 1910. Date: 1910

Andre Morell and Joan Greenwood, Chichester Festival Theatre
Actor Andre Morell and his actress wife Joan Greenwood on a tea break between rehearsals at Chichester Festival Theatre. Joan Greenwood is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette

Proud girl with her dog

Crew of HMS Swift in group photo on deck, WW1
The happy crew of HMS Swift, a British high speed destroyer, in a group photo on deck during the First World War. The ship was launched in 1907. Date: 1914-1918

American soldiers relaxing with WaCs, WW1
American soldiers relaxing with members of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WaC) during the First World War. Date: June 1918

Laughing Thrush
A White-throated Laughing Thrush. Date: 1960s

Dunderpate and his three schoolfriends. He is late for school as usual, but is pleased to tell them that he has enough sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

Dunderpates schoolfriends laughing at him
Dunderpates six schoolfriends laughing at him. Date: 1938

Anti-German cartoon, German boar and French rabbits, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing some French rabbits making fun of a large German boar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

King George V on board the Medina
King George V (1865 - 1936) in relaxed mood, smoking a cigarette and smiling at the antics of crew members on the deck below on the Medina in 1911. Queen Mary can be seen alongside him. Date: 1911

President Nixon with Boy Scouts
Richard Nixon sampling camp food with American Scouts. circa 1950s

1960s fashion, wearing Ronald Paterson for the polo
A girl hugs her polo player boyfriend wearing a casual dress by Ronald Paterson in brilliant turquoise shantung. The dress is sleeveless

British 6 inch Howitzer, Battle of Albert, France, WW1
British gunners loading a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Albert, northern France, First World War. Date: 1 July 1916

Danish Royal Family Sharing a Joke
A candid photograph of Queen Alexandra and her family, laughing together at a sporting event in Copenhagen. From left: Princess Marie Bonaparte (wife of Prince George of Greece)

D Carleton-Smyth. Hey, Diddle Diddle
Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle... 20th century

Granpop Gets Down to Brass Tacks by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his orang utan character, Granpop, descending a ladder only to stand painfully on some brass tacks. His porcine companion seems to find this hilarious

Laughing Cavalier / C1930
The laughing Cavalier: the ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Date: Published: c.1930

Seaside bathers after their dip in the sea
Two friends at the seaside, who have just been enjoying a bathe in the sea. Date: 1930s

Mother Hubbard / Laughing
She went to the joiners To buy him a coffin, But when she came back The poor dog was laughing Date: 1890s

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Morning ablutions at a Pembrokeshire scout camp
Boys having fun washing their faces at a Pembrokeshire scout camp

Little boy paddling in a pond holds up his new shoes
A little boy paddling in a pond holds up his new shoes to make sure they don t get wet

Two middle aged women having a laugh
Two middle aged women, possibly Spanish, having a laugh

Kookaburra
The Kookaburra or Laughing Jackass

A Laugh between friends - Iran
3 Friends sharing a joke at Bushehr (Bushire), Iran

Presentation to Prince Charles, Royal Cornwall Show
A presentation is made to HRH the Prince of Wales by the Young Farmers Union at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year

Arab Dancing Girls - Algeria
Arab Dancing Girls - Algiers, Algeria

Their Winter Sport by Illingworth
Four local and proficient child skiiers have a laugh at the expense of a man (probably British) who seems to have come a cropper on the piste

Beaver by George Studdy
Bonzo and his brother spot a King Beaver. Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy roars (or yelps) with laughter at a passing Griffon breed of dog

Bishop of London giving a speech
The Bishop of London giving a speech in aid of a waifs and strays charity (probably The Waifs and Strays Society, now The Childrens Society) at Church House, Westminster, Central London

Boys Club morning exercise 1931
Boys from a Boys Club take their morning exercise in a field, standing in rows with arms out stretched, laughing and smiling broadly

Jovial elderly couple
A jolly elderly couple sit on a pebble-covered hillside by a hut, having a good old chuckle!

India - A happy country girl
A jolly country girl in India from the region close to Bombay (Mumbai), holding a small sickle in her right hand and standing alongside a large bale of hay

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