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Delineator Christmas Number 1927Festive front cover design by Helen Dryden featuring a woman with fashionably cropped blonde hair clutching a heap of wrapped up Christmas presents against a candlelit background
Dutch Stage EffectA spectacular scene in a production at Amsterdam : note the candles used to light the stage - no wonder fires were a frequent occurrence !
The great gallery, tombs discovered in SakkaraTombs discovered in Sakkara, 1853 - the great gallery. Candles were used to light the chambers to enable viewing of the interior
When the stars are litColour illustration by Louise Jacobs showing cherubs lighting up a night sky with oil lamps or candles
Blowing out CandlesTwo boys around a birthday cake, one of them about to blow out the candles
Vicar and Dinner FriendsA vicar has some ecclesiastical friends to dinner
Jablochkoffs electric light apparatusDiagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk
Lighting Candles on TreeA child watches its father lighting the candles on their Christmas tree
Wreath, Decking, TreeFestive wreath of fir with cones, imitation snow & red berries, a tinsel Christmas tree with baubles & red lighted candles & holly draped along the mantelpiece
Xmas Table SettingFestive Xmas decoration, possibly a table setting, consisting of Holly berries, a Christmas rose, pine needles, cottonwool & green & red striped candles
Candle Light at BedtimeA mother checks on her 2 sleeping children by candle light while they sleep
German Pipe Smokers C18Gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!
Breton PardonA Breton pardon - the men walk in procession, the woman line the streets of Douarnenez, seeking forgiveness and holding candles
Birthday PicnicA group of very well-behaved children as well as an obedient cat and dog sit down to a birthday picnic in the country. A cake with candles takes centre stage
Candle Lights the WayA girl uses a candle to light her way
Susanna is Three 1930SSusanna is three years old
Christmas Fayre 1930SA festive spread of Christmas fare, including strawberry cream, orange souffle and turkey and sweet corn salad
Lourdes / View in 1877Lourdes in 1877; the Basilica has been erected above the grotto, but the esplanade and the places for obtaining holy water and candles have as yet to be constructed
Xmas in SwedenLighting the candles on the tree before the children are let in to receive their presents
Candlemaking / 19ThcenturyMan manufacturing drip candles
Misbehaving Horse 1898Mr Popples horse, Candles, bought from the local grocer, causes a bit of consternation when Mr Popple introduces himself to the Hopham Hunt
Christmas Decorations for a shop, ManchesterTwo men prepare some street Christmas Decorations, Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Santa Claus building decorationsBuilding/shop decorations featuring Santa Claus. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Advert / Rashleigh LampsRashleigh electric lamps
Mama Plays, Family EnjoyMama plays the piano, with candles and an oil lamp to read the score by, while papa and the four children listen and enjoy
WAGNER / LIEBIG / 2 / 1831RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1831, studying with Weinlig at Leipzig
Candle TimerKing Alfred is credited with the invention use of CANDLES as timekeepers, time being measured by how long it takes for the candle to burn from one mark to the next
Tin Miners / CamborneMiners climbing from the sixty- to the fifty-fathom level in King Edwards mine, near Camborne, Cornwall
Xmas Tree & ChildrenMother lifts her daughter onto the table to admire the tree, beautifully decorated with candles and toys. Her little son stands by the table in admiration.. bedtime looms
Candles for LuckGood luck will come to the one whose candles burns the longest
Choral Procession 1888A choral procession the Catholic Church of St Ignatius, New York, with incense and candles
Domestic LighterThe domestic lighter enables one to light a number of items without requiring a match for each - useful, for example, when lighting the candles on a Christmas tree
Perfume SellerShop of a Cairo attar, who sells drugs, candles, perfumes and that sort of stuff
French Town Hall LitFor special occasions, public buildings such as this French hotel de ville would be lit with chandeliers burning many candles
Roman home LightingWell-to-do Romans on special occasions light their homes with torches and bronze candelabras : more commonly, clay oil lamps are used
Church Cashes InThe Catholic Church cashes in on Lourdes, offering cures (65 years of success !), the story of Bernadette, and the only brand of candles officially approved by the Virgin Mary
Angel, Children, TreeA helpful angel accompanies two children into the woods to help them choose their tree; thanks to her help, they find one already decorated with candles and dingle-dangles
Halloween CardPumpkins, cake, crackers and candles - all the ingredients of Hallowe en, and a knife and fork to help yourself with
Christmas / Tree FairyOne of the Christmas Tree Fairys duties is to light the candles on the tree
French lady at her writing tableAn elegant French lady at her writing table
Bleeding cross at Meliapur, IndiaA bleeding cross in a Portuguese mission at Meliapur, near Madras, India