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1871 Japan - the Mint at Osaka - from The Far East magazine1870s Japan - the Mint at Osaka - from The Far East magazine
WW2 poster, For a Certain Harvest invest in National Savings. Date: circa 1945
WW2 poster, Join your savings group, now! Date: circa 1944
Homeless man asks for donation from PDSA collectorA homeless man asks PDSA collector for donation, Central London. Date: circa 1950s
Buskers on a street in North LondonOn a street in North London, one man plays the clarinet whilst his disabled partner waits to approach a passer-by for a donation. Date: circa 1940s
Fred Edwards in The Kleptomaniacs, variety sketch by Herbert Hall Winslow performed in Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1910
Comic postcard, Man falls out of bed onto chamber pot Date: 20th century
The Sinn Fein Loan. A treasury note with a Sinn Fein inscription stamped on it. Date: 1919
Comic postcard, Scotsman in the street - how to pick up a half crown? Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Scene at a matrimonial agency Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man racing for the train, pursued by his creditors Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man and porter on railway platform Date: 20th century
Valentine postcard, Man borrows money from his girlfriend Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man and woman in the street - no cash to buy her a drink! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man behind bars. In the Asylum - betting systems. Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man short of money at the seaside. I ve no money left at the end of the week, but I ve got a lot of week left at the end of my money! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man pushing pram - maternity benefit Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, fond of animals Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, four Scotsmen spending a penny Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Pretty young woman at the bank Date: 20th century
The Railway King! Down Upon Him! Satirical cartoon mocking the downfall of railway financier George Hudson. He is held upside-down by a bird - perhaps a crow or raven - dressed as a judge
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wish I could buy you somefinkThe Caption has the little boy saying that he has no money AND cannot buy the girl anything so he wishes her a NO COUPON HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944
Display of different Japanese shoe types.. Vintage 19th century photograph
Front cover of Printers Pie magazine illustrated by John Hassall showing Simple Simon rummaging in his pocket for money to give ye Pieman except in this case, the Pie is the magazine
A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916
St Marys, RotherhitheView of St Marys Church, Rotherhithe. It was built in 1714-15, to a design by John James, a major architect of his day (and an associate of Sir Christopher Wren)
Holy Trinity Church, in Marylebone, Westminster, London, is a Grade I listed former Anglican church, built in 1828 by Sir John Soane
English gentleman flirting with the Fair LimonadiereYoung English gentleman flirting with the Fair Limonadiere in the Cafe de Mille Colonnes, Palais Royal, Paris. Waiters bringing hot chocolate to fashionable ladies, soldiers and officers
English gentleman arguing with his wife over money in the dining room. She throws a cup of coffee at him and dashes a tray of crockery to the floor
Young English gentleman gambling at Newmarket racetrackYoung English gentleman placing a bet at a betting post at Newmarket racetrack. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The Dance of Life
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of JerusalemCanons of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Canonici del S. Sepolcro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient
Cartoon, A Tight Fit (Northcote and John Bull)Cartoon, A Tight Fit -- Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stafford Northcote, depicted as a tailor, measures John Bull with a tape measure labelled Budget 1876
Cartoon, Swift on a Large Scale (Gladstone)Cartoon, Swift on a Large Scale -- a comment on Gladstones assigning the surplus from Irish Church endowments (resulting from the disestablishment of the Irish Church) for humanitarian purposes
Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)Cartoon, Taking Stock -- a comment on Gladstones careful work as Chancellor of the Exchequer, resulting in a healthy economy
Joke money, Five Halfpence, Fort Montague BankJoke money banknote for five halfpence, Fort Montague Bank. 1827
Ceremony of Presenting the Sheriffs of London, Samuel Birch and William Heygate in the Court of the Exchequer. 1811
Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900-01Illustration summarising the delights of the newly-opened London Hippodromes first annual pantomime - Cinderella - which the management claimed was the most expensive ever to be staged
Advert, Chrysler Eight De Luxe car, available in five different body styles: Coupe, Roadster, Sedan, Convertible Coupe, and Phaeton. For those who enjoy luxurious travel. Date: 1931
Advert, La Salle V-8 two-door Coupe car, made at the Cadillac plant in Detroit, USA. Date: 1931
Early struggles 1858Interior scene of a city dwellings, in the harsh winter months with snow on the rooftops outside and few coal on the grate, a family have got behind in their rent and a broker has come round
Music cover, The Kerry Recruit, Old Irish Song, written by Miss Somerville, composed and arranged by Charles O Malley. circa 1900
Cartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as dentistCartoon, John Bull with William Gladstone as a dentist who has just extracted an eleven million pound tooth - And this is what you call painless dentistry, is it, William? 1885
Cartoon portrait, Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858-1896), who had just become engaged to Princess Beatrice, youngest child of Queen Victoria (they married in the summer of 1885)
Cartoon portrait, Mrs A de Parravicini, theatrical agent - He wouldn t care if all our theatres were turned into circuses. 1886
Cartoon, Squire Bancroft and General William BoothCartoon, Squire Bancroft, actor-manager, and General William Booth of the Salvation Army. To think the little house should come to this! I wonder if he will make as much money here as I did
Cartoon, Mr Arthur Roberts, music hall performerCartoon, Mr Arthur Roberts (music hall performer) will sure to be in pocket with managers squabbling over him. 1885
Cartoon, Henry Irvings return from America - The peoples idol is none the worse for his sojourn in America. Showing the famous actor-manager smoking a cigar and sitting on a pile of money. 1885
Cartoon, Thought-Reading, a comment on John Nevil Maskelynes doubts about the American stage mentalist, Washington Irving Bishop. 1885