Caption Collection (page 4)

Teresa Billington-Greig Suffragette. Mrs. T. Billington-Greig (1877-1964) portrait. W.S.P.U member until Autumn 1907 when she left to join the Womens Freedom League. Caption - Mrs

Suffragette, Cat In Muzzle, the Vote. A Cat sits with a muzzle round its head, while caption reads, The Vote, I ve Had some! Date: circa 1912

Suffragette Scared by Mouse. Suffragette stands on stool, shrieking with panic as a mouse runs towards her. In the series, This is the House that man built Caption reads

Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare. Man wakes up to find a ghost in shroud, holding a gun to his head, and brandishing a VFW placard. Caption reads, A Horrible Nightmare Date: circa 1907

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty

Speakers Corner, Hyde Park, London, 1892
Illustration showing a socialist speaker (on left) holding forth in Hyde Park on a Sunday afternoon, London, 1892. The original caption for this image read: Socialism in London

The Sketch front cover: Mrs Ernest Simpson
Front cover of The Sketch magazine in March 1935, featuring a portrait by Dorothy Wilding of Mrs Ernest (Wallis) Simpson. The caption reads: Mrs Simpson is the beautiful wife of Mr

Trench Rats
A greater trench-worry than the Germans were the rats, according to the caption to this photo

The Broken Wing by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. First produced in England at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on 15th August 1922

Photograph with the caption It Pays to Advertise of a massed crowd with advertising banners Date: 1922

Suffragette Annie Kenney Policeman
Suffragette Annie Kenney pictured amongst a group of W.S.P.U members. The caption, hand written on the reverse reads, Miss Annie Kenney interrogating a policeman at the House of Commons

Suffragette Womens Exhibition 1909 Cartoon Model
One of a series of 12 Cartoons in Model, part of the Political Peepshow exhibit at the W.S.P.Us Womens Exhibition, May 1909

Women Munitions Work WW2
A munition worker in green hat, overalls and a dirty face stands proudly in front of a pyramid of shells. The caption reads, May be I do look black but I ain t no slacker

Couple attacked by a bull
Cartoon. A day in the country. Caption: This place is full of surprises. Date: circa 1918

Horseplay
This is some sort of ritual amongst the fire-fighters. Photo caption reads horseplay.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

Robert Gamble
ROBERT GAMBLE at age 25 The caption - A child of many mercies - is suggestive of a dissenting churchman of some kind, but we have not been able to trace him. Date: CIRCA 1800

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Can-Can or Skirt Dance
The caption calls it THE SKIRT DANCE but to all intents and purposes its the Can-can. Date: circa 1900

Writing a Will / C 1950
Writing a will. The original caption reads: " It is always wise to make your will... and in no way hurries ones departure to the other world". Date: circa 1950

William Ballantine, Cartoon
William Ballantine (1812-1887) Figaro cartoon, the caption reads " By this hand I ll have that gown". Date: circa 1850

The icebreaker before its launching, 17 June 1899
The Russian caption translates as The icebreaker-ferry before its launching, 17 June 1899. Date: 1899

Launch of the icebreaker on L. Baikal 17 June 1899
The Russian/French caption translates as Irkutsk. Listvenichnoye village. The launch of the icebreaker on Baikal on 17 June 1899. Date: 1899

The Angara approaching the dock at Port Baikal. The Russian caption translates as The icebreaker Angara and the dock - this refers to the floating dock at the right-hand side that was used for

Greetings from Lake Baikal
An artist-drawn card with a vignette illustration taken from a photograph of the icebreaker Baikal. The Russian caption translates as Heartfelt greetings from Lake Baikal. The icebreaker on the ice

Loading wagons on the Baikal
The Russian caption translates as Baikal station. Loading wagons on to the icebreaker. Date: circa 1905

The icebreaker Baikal
The Russian/French caption translates as The icbreaker Baikal Date: circa 1905

The pier at Lake Baikal
The Russian/French caption translates as Views of Transbaikalia. The pier at Lake Baikal. Date: circa 1900

Subsidance Work, Northwich, England
Subsidance Work, Northwich, Cheshire, England. Caption: Street Lifting and Shoplifting in Northwich Owing to Subsidence. Date: 1910s

Early Vintage Car Drawing, USA. Caption: Toot and be Darned. Date: 1910s

Victoria Street, Westminster, London
Victoria Street, Westminster, County of London, England. Suffragette - Caption: Mrs Pankhurst Arrested in Victoria Street, Feb 13, 1908. Date: 1908

Oldsmobile Vintage Car, Which was based at Euston Station, London, County of London, England. Caption: Motor Car used by Carriage Inspector, London District

Exercises in garden details in caption July 1919 Date: 1919

Four in pyjamas with cigarettes named in caption Date: 1928

Suffrage Parliament M. P Woos Maiden
A Member of Parliament attempts to woo a Suffrage campaigner (Lydia Becker?) with the promise of a bill to secure Womens Franchise

Suffragette Votes for Women Match Holder
A ceramic figure of an Old Maid suffragette painted in the colours of the W.S.P.U. She wears a Votes for Women sash and a rather sour expression. Below is the caption, A Match for Any Man

Suffragette Cat and Dog Ceramic
A ceramic figurine showing a bulldog with its head through a fence and a black cat, tail in the air, and the caption, Who says Votes for Women! Date: circa 1910

Suffragette Crested Bell Forcibly Fed
A two-sided china bell, on one side is the face of a young woman with long hair and a pearl necklace. Below is the motto, This lady shall have a vote with the crest of Southport

Suffragette Moveable Card Toy Elusive Christabel
A moveable card or optical toy referring to the W.S.P.U leader Christabel Pankhurst, who eluded police by fleeing to France in 1912

Women War Work Chauffer WW1. Young woman chauffeur drives army officer as caption reads, Driven from home by a woman.. Date: circa 1918

War Work Policewoman WW1. Policewoman causes quite a stir amongst her male colleagues. Caption - Carrie the Cop Copping Coppers. Date: circa 1917

Post Woman Delivering WW1. Post woman hands letter to chap in Khaki with caption, A nice post to get hold of. Drawn by Fred Spurgin. Date: circa 1917

Suffragette Card Game Snap Organizer. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows The Organizer with caption, I want my vote Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Card Game Snap Policeman. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows the policeman with caption

Suffragette Play Suffragette and the Man. A group of (amateur?) actresses and a man in the centre, hold up Votes for Women and Meeting Tonight signs

Suffragette Arson Hatcham. A view of St Catherines church, Hatcham. S.E London, destroyed by fire on 6th May 1913. It was blamed on militant suffragettes and caused damage amounting to 15, 000

Womens War Work WW1. Shows a woman station porter, beside the caption, A credit to their country. The accompanying rhyme states

Women Munitions Work WW1. Rather glamourous munitions worker in purple dungarees standing next to 2 shells, with caption, You should see how the girls fill them! Date: circa 1916

Woman in Munitions Factory O. H. M.s WW1
Woman in Munitions Factory O.H.M.S WW1. Munitions worker holding a shell case with caption, O.H.M.S shells for Jack and Tommy Date: circa 1916

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