Break Collection (page 11)

Mary Weds Joseph / Fouquet
Mary, though committed to lifelong virginity, weds the elderly Joseph; disappointed suitors break their staffs, while Josephs staff bursts into flower

Children / Nursery Clock
Three children in the nursery break off from their game of battledore and shuttlecock to admire the cuckoo clock

Our Little Sailor 1890
Blonde sailor boy in red & white striped shirt, white sailor blouse with blue collar & a red sash sits on a wave break with a toy boat & spade waving his straw sailor hat

Water in Winter
A mother and her children go to the stream for water, where they have to break the ice. The duck will be pleased, too

Song of Solomon
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart... Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe upon the mountains of Bether

Frozen Horse Trough
The driver of a horse bus or cab picks up a sheet of ice from a frozen horse trough!

Hungarian Dismemberment
After World War One, the Allies proposed to break up Hungary into smaller units. This card protests against the dismemberment - but it happened anyway

Republican Demo
A Republican demonstration in the streets of Paris - the authorities break up the meeting at the Porte Saint- Martin

Republican Riots 2
The funeral of general Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a hero of the anti-royalists, is the occasion for a republican out- break in Paris; fighting at the Cloitre Saint-Merry

Republican Riots 1
The funeral of general Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a hero of the anti-royalists, is the occasion for a republican out- break in Paris, used by Hugo in Les miserables

Spion Kop - Anon
At SPION KOP, the British are initially successful, but are compelled to retreat from the hilltop they have captured, failing to break through the Boer lines

Spion Kop - P. Journal
At SPION KOP, Buller and Warren fail to break through the Boer lines despite taking Spion Kop; they have to retire with heavy losses

Morse / Electric Telegraph
Morse telegraphic apparatus Card 2 of 2 B - the receiving end C - the " key" which produces the break of contact

Hush a Bye Baby (Kate G)
A baby sleeps in its cradle among the apple blossom, unaware of the danger that at any moment the bough may break, in which case down will go cradle and baby and all

Henry VIII and the Pope at the Reformation
The Pope suppressed by King Henry VIII -- a contemporary satire on Englands break with Rome, showing Henry sitting on his throne with the Pope under his feet

Hungarian Salt Mines
A miner rests his pickaxe over his shoulder as he takes a break in the vast salt mines at Steinbruck (?), Hungary

Changing trains at Gloucester
The break of gauge from wide to narrow gauge at Gloucester means that cross-country passengers and their baggage have to change trains

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