Caption Collection (page 6)

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928). Founder of the W.S.P.U (Womens Social and Political Union) Portrait issued by the W.S.P.U Votes for Women caption. Date: circa 1909

Suffragette Male and Female Political Prisoners. Contrasts the treatment of male and female political prisoners, with the caption, Comparisons are Odious. Date: circa 1908

Formidable looking Suffragette. Formidable looking Suffragette in pork pie hat and tie, with Votes for Women flag, with caption, A Merry Xmas. Date: circa 1908

Meeting tonight, Votes for women.. Mr. Asquith scurries away from two suffragettes beside the caption, Meeting tonight, Votes for women. Date: circa 1909

A Womans place is the Home.. Shows two young women in shawls, (mill girls?), an elderly mother and a crippled father. Caption reads, Who will then earn the Daily bread? Date: 1909

Policeman Carries off Suffragette. Very vocal suffragette hauled off her feet by a policeman. Caption, with reference to parliamentary proadires reads, Carried! on a show of hands (8-feet)

Suffragette, the New Man. Man with moustache dressed in the colours purple, white and green, wears an enormous hat. Caption reads, The aim of the suffragette is the equality of the sexes

Suffragette, Blokes for Women. Stereotypical ugly suffragette stands on a stool seeking converts to the cause, while two children wave placard with caption, Blokes for Women

Ciss, with hockey stick, pictured on card No caption
Ciss, with hockey stick, pictured on card. No caption. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

B. R. S. M Tea Party
Children, attended by adults, sit at trestle tables in a small hall. Their mugs are filled from watering-cans. A hand-written caption states B.R.S.M. perhaps part of the Ragged Schools Mission

Homeless Men in a Royal Park, London, 1903
Illustration showing a group of homeless men sleeping on the grass in one of Londons Royal Parks, 1903. The original caption for this image ran: The Submerged Tenth - Lounging in Londons Royal Parks

Mungo Watson
MUNGO WATSON - beadle of Lady Yesters church, Edinburgh : the caption reads Prayers at all prices which suggests that his conduct was not above reproach. Date: ? - 1809

Linlithgow Viceroy
VICTOR ALEXANDER JOHN, second marquis of LINLITHGOW viceroy of India, who once had the privilege of meeting the writer of this caption when I was very young. Date: 1887 - 1952

Watling Drawing 194
Caption describing a lizard in New South Wales, Australia

Church Parade in Rotten Row, London, 1901
Illustration showing London Society figures promenading along Rotten Row, on Sunday morning after church, London, 1901. The original caption for this image explained

On US 99 between Bakersfield and the Ridge, en route to San Diego. Migrant man shaving by roadside. See general caption 1. Date 1939 Feb

World War veterans homecoming and carnival, London, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

White migrant mother with children. Weslaco, Texas. See general caption 32108-D. Date 1939 Feb

Migrant potato pickers. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1. Date 1939 Sept

Scene at Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, near Columbus, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

Sign on camp site opposite potato packing sheds. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1. Date 1939 Sept

Three of the four Arnold children. The oldest boy earned the money to buy his bicycle. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general Caption number 36. Date 1939 Aug

Street scene, Circleville, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

Was Nebraska farmer, now migrant farm worker in the West. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption 62-111. Date 1939 Sept

Priest River Valley, where many settlers grow hay between the stumps. Bonner County, Idaho. See general caption 49. Date 1939 Oct

Horses pasturing among stumps and snags. Priest River Valley, Bonner County, Idaho. General caption 49. Date 1939 Oct

Sideshows at the Ashville, July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

Mrs. Hull, in one room basement dugout home, late afternoon. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 67-111. Date 1939 Oct

Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Note social security number tattooed on his arm. Oregon. See general caption number 46. Date 1939 Aug

Chinese Actors
Chinese actors during a performance. The caption describes the principal performer as an actress - is she in drag ? circa 1911

Workhouse inmate Mary Jane promoting charitable work
A postcard promoting the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). Its caption reads Mary Jane, who is a deaf and blind inmate of a Workhouse in Devonshire

Bathing through Histoty
Three scenec of bathing throughout history. The caption suggests that seeing less, is more

Christian propaganda postcard
A postcard depicting the Ayasofya Mosque with a fascinating inset picture showing the Turkish crescent shoe stamping on the Christian cross and on the reverse of the card the caption reads

People left in London during the Summer Holidays, 1881
Engraving showing a number of the types of people left in London, whilst more fortunate folk went on holiday in the summer of 1881

Recruiting the Sandwich Men, London, 1894
Engraving showing a businessman inspecting a line of men, whom he has just employed as sandwich men, London, 1894. The original caption for this image was Recruiting the Sandwich Men: Accepted

Two people using a Sailing Kayak, Britain, 1898
Engraving showing a young couple enjoying a ride in a sailing kayak somewhere on the British coast, 1898. The original caption for this image was: Canoedling

Serbian Refugees; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing Serbian refugees travelling along a track in the Balkans, during World War One, 1916. The original caption for this image suggested that these people were returning to their

French soldiers hoisting an artillery shell
Photograph of a sixteen-inch shell being hoisted into position by French soldiers for loading into its gun. The caption described the weapon as the modern lord of battle

A column of British grenadiers
British grenadiers, armed with what the caption described as the most deadly weapon of this murderous war, marching towards the front lines in July 1916

New Zealand soldiers resting in shell-hole
New Zealand soldiers are pictured resting in a shell-hole near German front lines in September 1916. The caption to the image notes that the New Zealand men had done great deeds in the recent fighting

Shopping at the Sales, 1930
Illustration showing a riotous scene at a fashionable clothing store as a number of female shoppers fight to acquire their next purchase. The original caption for this image was The Material-istic Age

The Summer Horse Show, Islington, 1892
Engraving of a scene at the Summer Horse Show, Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, May 1892. The original caption read Having his portrait taken by a London Artist

The First Modern Telephone, 1909
Photograph of the first automatic telephone exchange system (modern telephone), installed by the German Post Office in 1909

Official at the Castle Garden Depot, New York, 1886
Engraving showing an official reading out messages to the newly arrived immigrants at the Castle Garden Immigration Depot, in New York, 1886

Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing a potential immigrant being rejected by US officials, one of whom is marking him with chalk to signify his rejection, Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Germans taken by the French
Germans photographed in their trench by a French soldier from a distance of 15 metres. The Germans were asked if they would like to have their photograph taken

Lady Passenger on a Trans-Atlantic Steamship, 1888
Illustration showing a female passenger on the trans-Atlantic steamship Moselle, relaxing on her deckchair with a book, 1888

British Major and Lieutenant, near Arnhem; Second World War
Photograph showing a Major (on left) and Lieutenant of the British First Airborne Division in the woods near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944

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