mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
From the Highlands by Mabel Gear
Friendly Relations by Mabel Gear
Bo-Peep by Mabel Gear
Bath-Time by Mabel Gear
A Place in the Sun by Mabel Gear
A Gentle Hint Dogs Watercolour painting MabelA, Gentle, Hint, Dogs, Watercolour, painting, Mabel, Gear, 12022674
A Basket of Mischief by Mabel Gear
Mabel Love, British dancer and actress Date: 1890s
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We have no CouponsThe long Caption blames the patches on the lack of clothing coupons but says what does that matter - to loyal pals like me and you
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whos making the Brave New WorldThe Caption verse is Whos making the Brave New World - lets see - Whos making the Brave New World? You-and-Me! This is a reference to Aldous Huxleys dystopian novel Brave New World - a world that you
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - When am I goin to see you againOn the back of the card is a plaintive message to David.. Do you still miss us my darling? I will be delighted to have a little card from you
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Now this economy is hereThe Caption is Now this economy is here - we ll have to darn the darns Ole dear. They have been darning since 1941 so they probably really are down to the darns
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wool without couponsThe Caption is Wool without coupons. Although the card was posted in 1947, the drawing is about wartime clothes rationing which did not finish until 1949. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1947
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tearsThe rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Heres another blue-pencil P. CThe Caption refers to..another blue pencil postcard. In WW2 Bue Pencil referred to the Censor who crossed out in indelible blue any text that he thought might be of use to the enemy
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Takes all sorts to make a worldThe caption says It takes all sorts to make a world and I m glad that you re one of the sorts! The postcard was sent one month before war was declared. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1939
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I C I. O. U. A P. CThis is a particularly interesting card. The girl with the pen is writing a message in a simple code. The card was posted from Bletchley - the hub of the code breakers of WW2
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ve gone crackers over a soldierThe Caption is I ve gone crackers over a soldier. Curiously MLA has not drawn in a box of crackers! Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men areThe Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Whether you ve goneComic cards were much brighter at this stage of the war when the end seemed to be in sight. The little girl is anticipating the return of her loved one whether you ve gone for a year or a day
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m sticking it jus for youThe Caption reads I m sticking it jus for you. It looks as if she is not just going to stick the stamp but also is putting on lipstick. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knitThe Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Every nice boy loves a sailorThe Caption reads Every nice boy loves a sailor - a take on the popular song. This lass has pictures of soldiers and airforce men on the wall behind her. Busy girl
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is OutThe verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expectsThe Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wats doingThe Caption reads W.A.Ts Doing? Women were called up from early in 1941 and this little lass may well be in the Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1941
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Johnny get your gunThe Caption is Johnny get your gun! Mabel Lucie is perhaps unwittingly relating this card to the anti-war novel Johnny got his gun published in 1938 in which a soldier loses all his limbs in
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot won t we doThe Caption reads Wot won t we do - when I gets you home! Most such captions are more frequent towards the end of the war when one could look forward to the soldier boys coming home
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m Missing You Somefing OrfulThe Caption is Missing you somefing orful! If her love is in the Forces the War has another 5 months to run in Europe, and demobilisation was slow for many.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outsThe Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message. The initials of the feet
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy BirthdayThe ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to haveThe Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Darlin MineThe Caption is Dear Darlin Mine - I m feeling fine! The romantic message on the back emphasises the first three words.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944
A sketch by costume designer Mabel E. t for aA sketch by costume designer Mabel E. Johnston for a spanish themed dress, New York, 1929 Date: 1929
A portrait of costume designer Mabel E. Johnston, New York, 1929 Date: 1929
Two costumes sketches by Mabel E. Johnston and Charles LeMaire, for Broadway, 1931. Johnstons creation is for a gay tap number. LeMaires creation is for Nell O Day in Fine and Dandy. Date: 1931
Mabel Love, British dancer and stage actress. 1904
The Butterfly Series - Would You Like to See Our Baby?
The Butterfly Series - Please Come In! early 20th century
The Butterfly Series - Would You Like Some?
The Butterfly Series - Gee Up! early 20th century
The Butterfly Series - I se Got You! early 20th century
Mabel Lucie Attwell designing dollsMabel Lucie Attwell (1879 - 1964), artist best known for her pictures of chubby cheeked children and fairies, pictured in her studio designing a group of dolls based on her famous drawings. Date: 1924
Children, nursery rhymeBye Baby Bunting. Baby in cradle surrounded by rabbits. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1935
Mabel Lucie Attwell, birthday card, age 2 (front). 20th century
Mabel Lucie Attwell - Whos Afraid Date: 1939
Mabel Lucie Attwell - The Girl Who Didn t
Mabel Lucie Attwell - Give me the moonlight, give me the boyMabel Lucie Attwell - Give me the moonlight - give me the boy - and leave the rest to me