Advice Collection (page 2)

Poster, He risked an accident just to clean a machine
Poster, Ministry of Labour and National Service, ROSPA, He risked an accident just to clean a machine. Designed by H M Bateman. 1931

Poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours, WW2
Wartime poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours -- how to avoid congestion on the London Underground. Designed by Misha Black and David Langdon. 1942

THE HIKER & CAMPER 1931
Front cover of The Hiker & Camper magazine, giving advice and suggestions to hikers during the 1930s when the hobby was at its peak. Date: August 1931

Advice to a Young Artist by Honore Daumier (1808-1879). Date: after 1860

Young woman hiding a love letter
The Love Letter. A young woman hides a love letter from an older woman who seems to be giving her some unwelcome advice. Date: circa 1832

WOMAN BUYS KNITTED TOP
A shop assistant behind a counter gives a customer some advice about buying knitted tops. Date: early 1960s

TATTERSALLS / HORSE C1820
Tattersalls, London: Tom taking Jerrys advice when buying a horse Date: circa 1820

Page from the Palace of Hope
An illustrated page from the Palace of Hope, from the Documenti dAmore (Teachings of Love) of the Tuscan poet, Francesco da Barberino

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Keep mum, shes not so dumb
Keep mum, shes not so dumb! Careless Talk Costs Lives. Colour photolithograph poster, modern reproduction of a World War Two poster

Road safety poster, Keep a Good Look-Out! Two children take care when trying to cross a country road

Poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, WW2
Ministry of Health poster, Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases -- trap the germs in your handkerchief. Help to keep the nation fighting fit. Date: 1940s

Road safety poster, Zebra Crossings
Road safety poster for children -- for safetys sake use the Zebra Crossings. Z is for Zebra,s for his Stripes

Quintus Sertorius
QUINTUS SERTORIUS Roman general and governor, who as independent ruler of Spain is said to have listened to the advice of his pet deer

Comic postcard, Couple about to fly in a monoplane - alarming advice from an expert pilot Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Mother and daughter at station
Comic postcard, Mother giving her daughter advice as she is about to leave on a train Date: 20th century

Ministry of Food poster, WW2, advertising various information leaflets, recipes, etc. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Use less Water! Less Water -- More Shells. Date: 1940s

WW1 - League of National Safety - set up to promote the value of rationing, the efforts to avoid wastage, to further the objects of the Food Economy Campaign

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkey
What my beautiful Councils have given me! Sultan Mehmed V Reshad as a monkey representing Turkeys involvement in World War One

The Complete Pessimist by H. M. Bateman
" Father, what is life?" " Life, my son, is a game - played against an invisible opponent, who invariably win

Fashion advice in The Sphere
The Spheres womens section offers a range of ࠬ a mode style tips: the woman in the top-left has visited Mrs. Adairs salon on Bond Street; the woman in the top-right has used Swedish rubaway in

The First Born by Mary Y. Hunter. A new Mother tenderly cradles her infant son whilst a small girl fairy whispers words of advise (or comfort?). Date: 1912

WW1 - The advantages of using Quinine to treat illness
WW1 - Soldier! Take your daily quinine - the advantages of using Quinine to treat illness, due to its antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling)

WW1 poster, US Food Administration
Poster, Advice on kitchen waste for recycling, US Food Administration. circa 1918

Boy stuntman on bed of nails
Britains youngest stuntman, 8-year-old Tom Paynton, is encouraged by his father Eric as he practises on a bed of nails in the garden. Date: circa 1960s

WW2 poster, The driver who wouldn t stop for passengers lost his fares and found his number up. Productivity propaganda poster for display at bus depots. Date: 1942

Doctors Advice
A doctor gives a female patient a ticking off. Date: 1960s

Dogs Lay down the Law
Laying down the law A learned dog dispenses information and advice to his fellow dogs. Date: 19th century

A sitting room
Advice on how a girl should do up her sitting room. Date: 1887

Bothered by Relations
A lady is disturbed by the page boy announcing the arrival of her less well-off relations. Her advice: never be at home to them or your social standing may suffer. Date: circa 1850

Golf / Advice from Pro
Advice from the pro Date: 1933

Policeman giving directions
A London policeman giving directions to a member of the public in a crowded street. Date: 1871

The Cost of Coming Out - 1958 Season
Page from The Tatler featuring an article about the cost of coming out as a debutante in 1958, the last year debs were presented to the Queen at court

Dan Bulger racehorse and Prince Monolulu at the races
Racehorse Dan Bulger with jockey on horseback, and Prince Monolulu, horseracing tipster, at the races. circa 1936

Womens Beauty Tips - The Best Colour for Your Type - colour suggestions for different hair colours, blonde, brunette, grey, white, medium and redhead. 1958

Debutante - Elizabeth Arden advertisement
Advertisement for cosmetics brand Elizabeth Arden aimed firmly at the debutante market, with tips on how a deb might avoid anything that be allowed to detract from her elegance. Date: 1937

Six boys pillow fighting on a New Year card
Six boys on a New Year card, being told by their mother to behave and not do any more pillow fighting. A notice on the wall reads: Love one another. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Bank Notes, Paper Money, French Alarmists, o the Devil, the Devil! ah! poor John Bull!!! by James Gillray. Showing the Prime Minister, William Pitt

Illustration, The Twelve Huntsmen -- There was a Servant who favoured the Huntsmen, and who overheard the Lions advice to the King. Date: 1909

Gramophone, England. Advice to young men before marriage. Date: 1920s

WWI Poster, The Prime Ministers Advice
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Prime MInisters Advice to the Young Unmarried Men and Pledge to Married Men. Date: 1915

War Work for Women Bus Conductress. Lady bus or tram conductress offers the advice, If you want to Get Off, Stay on, which could be a double entendre directed at the male passenger? Date: circa 1917

WW2 Poster -- Tablet day
Tablet day! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Medical related poster for British soldiers on active service in Italy

WW2 Poster -- be discreet
You may be a walking RAF - but don t let everyone know it! Be discreet! Colour lithograph by Sgt Norman Tiger Harrison, Royal Corps of Signals, India

Fire safety at bedtime -- a staged photograph for a Safe at Night fire prevention scheme, 28 February 1969. This family have been woken by a smell of smoke

Two firefighters, Fire Prevention Hints
Two firefighters on the front cover of a booklet entitled, Fire Prevention Hints, published by London County Council and the London Fire Brigade

Wartime information poster, WW2
Wartime information poster -- turn that GAS down! Less gas -- more ships. Date: 1940s

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