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Doctors AdviceA doctor gives a female patient a ticking off. Date: 1960s
Dogs Lay down the LawLaying down the law A learned dog dispenses information and advice to his fellow dogs. Date: 19th century
A sitting roomAdvice on how a girl should do up her sitting room. Date: 1887
Bothered by RelationsA 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 ProAdvice from the pro Date: 1933
Policeman giving directionsA London policeman giving directions to a member of the public in a crowded street. Date: 1871
The Cost of Coming Out - 1958 SeasonPage 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 racesRacehorse 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 advertisementAdvertisement 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 cardSix 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 AdviceWWI 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 dayTablet day! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. Medical related poster for British soldiers on active service in Italy
WW2 Poster -- be discreetYou 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 HintsTwo 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, WW2Wartime information poster -- turn that GAS down! Less gas -- more ships. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, don t walk on aluminium sheet metalWW2 poster, By all means walk out with your girl, thats your affair. But on no account walk on our aluminium sheet metal, walk round it! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Don t do things by halves! Attention to detail is essential. Only on good workmanship can the sails of victory be set. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Elephants know no arithmetic. Its the little things that count. Attention to detail is vital to all good work. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Get this into your head, Mister! When material in short supply is received, it must be supplied to production floor at lightning speed. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Tommys always on the job! Are you? Stick to your guns. Victory won t wait for the worker whos late! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, cut this out of working hours (petty jealousies, bickering), remember its the enemy you re fighting! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, careful handling of materialWW2 poster, knockabout comedy is funny on the films but its not funny in the factory. Careful handling of material costs you nothing -- carelessness costs the nation pounds! Design by Victor Hicks
WW2 safety poster, Don t Take Risks, Take Care. Use a ladder to top bins or the unexpected is just what is to be expected! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key NotesWW2 poster, G R [Goods Received?] Notes are the Key Notes of harmonious store keeping. Wrong information and careless handling causes discord. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, quality and quantity of goodsWW2 poster, the quality of our incoming goods is ok -- see that your checking of quantities is ok -- other departments depend on your ok... ok? Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low StockWW2 poster, Draw Attention to It -- Low Stocks are the forerunner of No Stocks. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Load Your Van With Care, having regard to items loaded. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Tidy Stores -- theres a place for everything -- put everything in its place! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 safety poster, Use Your Head Brother! Unpack and handle all materials with care. By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
Poster, Walk Short Distances says Shanks Pony, and leave room for those who have longer journeys
Cobbetts Advice to Young MenFront cover of Advice to Young Men by William Cobbett, an instruction booklet for the eighteenth century youth. Date: 1887
Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. DavisBlast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage
Advert for the Ministry of Food 1946Is your child missing something ? You are, naturally, eager to do the best for your under-five child. And if you don t give him his Cod liver Oil and orange juice, you ve a reason
The Prince of Orange is given conflicting advice how to play his game of dice with the king of Spain. Date: circa 1639
Casimir Graf WartenbergCASIMIR GRAF WARTENBERG WARTENBERG German soldier and statesman and author of advice to his children. Date: 1584 - 1661
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
Discussion on merits of Smoking for Health reasonsFirst Johnnie: " Aw -why do you make your own cigarettes?" Second Ditto: " My-aw-doctor ordered me some light exercise." Date: 1894
No creature in this world so ignorantly nurtured as the average baby Advice at your health bureau. Poster promoting proper health care for children, showing a girl with a fawn
Expecting? Get the right advice from the right sources, your doctor or health bureau. Poster promoting proper health care for pregnant women, showing a stork. Date between 1936 and 1938
Good Things to Know - Woolworths bookletA booklet produced by high street retailer Woolworths, entitled Good Things to Know and including numerous tips on how to clean your house, save money and of course
Pucks advice gratis to some editorial shriekers for Grant Don t forget your Man on Horseback - but your man on foot has too many curs at his heels
A man buying a new suitA Changed Man. This Man by his Wifes Advice, Bought one of our Suits so nice, Reader his advice to you, Is - Walk in and do so too. Date: 1880