Words Collection (#10)

Suffragette Song Anthem Womens Marsellaise. Words for The Womens Marsellaise by Florence Macauley, sung to the tune of the French National Anthem

Suffragette Raid on the House. Dog sleeps soundly in his kennel, unaware that three kittens, one with a VFW flag, are on the attack. A play on words. Date: circa 1909

Suffragette Cats Embracing Words Fail Me. A cat exclaims, Words fail me. We will never get our votes this way! In the background, two more cats are sitting

WW2 music cover -- The Army, The Navy and the Air Force
Music cover, Dedicated to/ the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, words and music by Herman Darewski and Edward Lockton. Published by Keith Prowse and Company Limited, London

Kisses postcard - Valentines
A postcard bearing the single word, Kisses - adorned with roses. See picture numbers 10796397 and 10796397 for two more in the series - Mother and Father. Date: c.1910

Mother postcard - Mothers Day
A postcard bearing the single word, Mother adorned with sprigs of Lily-of-the-Valley and violets. See picture numbers 10796398 and 10796399 for two more in the series - Father and Kisses. Date: c.1910

Father postcard - Fathers Day
A postcard bearing the single word of Father adorned with autumn leaves and forget-me-not flowers. See picture numbers 10796397 and 10796399 for two more in the series - Mother and Kisses

Crown Devon china mug with flags of the Allies
Crown Devon (S. Fielding & Co. Stoke on Trent) china mug. Transfer shows Britannia and the flags of the Allies with a Dove of Peace and the words Liberty, Justice, Truth, Honour

Bone china cup and saucer - WWI
Bone china cup and saucer manufactured by Diamond China, England. Shows the flags of the Allies, the centre vignette shows a Royal Naval battleship with an aeroplane

Till the Boys Come Home - words and music. Flags of all the Allied Nations together with an aeroplane, a section of Scots charging, an artillery team and a family scene at home. Commemorative Art

The joys of Patrol Words fail
The joys of Patrol. Words fail. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

The Rage - Somewhere in France. Plus the words to the song I want to go home. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Fall In - words of Harold Begbie, reproduced from The Daily Chronicle. Centrepiece of a bugler, together with the four verses of the song in each corner. Outer edge framed with flags of the Allies

British propaganda leaflet - AP No. 56, Serial No. 12816 - What are you doing in Lithuania Approximately 600 words in German script - translation available. Commemorative Art

Words and music of Till the boys come home (Keep the home fires burning). Words by Lena Guilbert Ford. Music by Ivor Novello

Oval tobacco box with lid, WW1
Oval brass tobacco box with lid bearing an enamel and metal badge showing the arms of the City of Bradford with the words In Honour of Bradford Territorials 1914. Commemorative Ware. Date: 1914

Boys in khaki, boys in blue, WW1
Boys in khaki, boys in blue : words and music with military and naval scenes - flags of all the Allies with portraits of the Tsar, King Albert I

Two uniformed women in France, WW1
Two uniformed women in France during World War One. They are standing in the doorway of a log cabin with the German words Waldes Ruh (Peaceful Woods) and a Salvation Army sign above them

B. R. S. M Tea Party
Children, attended by adults, sit at trestle tables in a small hall. Their mugs are filled from watering-cans. A hand-written caption states B.R.S.M. perhaps part of the Ragged Schools Mission

Cover design, Animal Frolics, words by May Byron, illustrations by Cecil Aldin. Showing a pig and two rabbits in humanised form and costume, walking along hand-in-hand. Date: 1914

Yes, we have no bananas! by George Studdy
Yes, we have no bananas! Bonzo sits on a street corner with an empty basket in his mouth, while a man runs away with a bunch of bananas

Sigurd the Crusader by E. Burne Jones from Good Words 1862 Date: 1925

Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You, a Womans Recruiting Song, dedicated by special permission to Her Majesty the Queen

Sheet music cover, Money is the Root of All Evil (Take It Away, Take It Away, Take It Away), with words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, as performed in the revue High Time

Sheet music cover, Don t Ever Walk in the Shadows, with words and music by Art Noel and Clem Bernard. Showing a young couple walking along arm in arm. Date: 1942

Sheet music cover, I ve Heard That Song Before, with words and music by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. From the film Youth on Parade, starring John Hubbard, Ruth Terry, Martha O Driscoll, Tom Brown

God Save the Queen
Arrangement of people spelling out God Save the Queen. Date: victorian era

Sheet music cover, Just a Little Fond Affection, with words and music by Elton Box, Sonny Cox and Lewis Ilda. Showing a couple close together inside a heart framework

Sheet music cover, Let By-Gones Be By-Gones, with words and music by Joseph George Gilbert. With a portrait of Issy Bonn (Benjamin Levin, 1903-1977), British-Jewish actor, singer and comedian

WW2 - British Serviceman arm-in-arm with his ATS Girl
WW2 - W.A.T.S. the use of worrying? - A British soldier and his ladyfriend, who is part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service for Women (ATS). Date: circa 1940

Spoof postcard on the Colchester Native Oyster Beds ! Date: circa 1910s

Very un-stuck-up woman, stuck-up with sticking plasters
" Gracious me. But, ain t you the stuck up thing!" Very un-stuck-up American woman, stuck-up with sticking plasters Date: 1908

Belly Cold - Chinese man causes linguistic confusion
Chinese man causes linguistic confusion... " Belly cold today, miss!" " Well - why don t you tuck your shirt in?" Date: circa 1940

Its a long way to Tipperary - A Mouse heads up a ladys leg, who is standing on a chair in obvious terror! Date: circa 1915

Comic Postcard - Slops removed and served
Comic Postcard - A Housemaid removes and empties the slops from a bedroom chamber pot (potty), whilst at the same time a (hopefully different type of)

Suicide - the last thng he did
" So Poor Old Mike committed suicide." " Yes." " That was the LAST thing I thought he d do." " Which it were, Sorr." Date: 1894

Young children on the street with the youngest in a pram
Carriage Folk? Certainly not a fancy carriage in sight for these three! Date: 1900

Furious Frenchman shouts at a Cheeky Englishman
English as She is Spik. Furious Frenchman (to Arry, who has just knocked his hat off " for a lark" ) - " Sacre

Two Actors outside a theatre comment on a Flea Circus
Two Actors outside a theatre (on observing the playbills displayed) pass comment on a Performing Flea Show. First Actor (resting) - " H m - a scratch company." Date: 1892

Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman
Mistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900

A rather feeble suitor with a rather loud suit
He: " Oh! Smile upon my suit." She: " I do, I do. I can t help it." Date: 1895

Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil May
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900

Drunk writer refuses tract from a benevolent lady - Irony
Drunk refuses temperance tract from a benevolent lady, unaware that her sizzled target was actually the author of the aforementioned words of wisdom - wonderfully ironic cartoon by Phil May

Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life
Two Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life - cartoon by Phil May. There appears to have been a muddle up between the word clandestine and the word incandescent

Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read by pointing to words on posters on a brick wall. Date: 1902

Canadian postcard mourning death of Edward VII
Commemorative Canadian postcard mourning the death of King Edward VII - " The Peacemaker" (1841-1910). The card features the Kings last words: " Well, it is over now

Comic Postcard - Romance at Piccadilly Circus " I meant t ge on the tube at Piccadilly last night, but I Got Off there instead!

Humorous postcard - Worthing, West Sussex
Humorous postcard for the seaside resort of Worthing, West Sussex, featuring a bear who has caught a fish and bearing the caption

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