Cards Collection (page 82)

Medieval Card-Playing
A group of men and women playing cards in medieval times; they are kept refreshed with water drawn from a fountain Date: 14th century

Alice: rose-Garden, Cards
The Queen orders the Knave to turn over the cards (who have been painting the roses). Date: First published: 1865

Card; Floral Car
Motor car made of flowers Date: circa 1903

Children, Broken Doll
Two children mourn a broken doll early 20th century

Children & Washing
Children doing their laundry early 20th century

Alice: cards Fly Up
The pack of cards come flying down on Alice Date: First published: 1865

Playing Cards Workshop
Men making playing cards in a French workshop in the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Mme Lenormand Fails
Mme Lenormand sees the futures of her clients, but fails to foresee that she will be arrested at Brussels on a charge of smuggling Date: circa 1820

Boy with Clover
A boy carries a basket of four-leaf clover which will surely bring you good luck during the year to come... Date: 1909

Champagne and Dance 20C
Has the gentleman absorbed too much of the champagne to be capable of joining the lady in a dance ? Date: early 20th century

Dog and Clover
New Year terrier with four leaf clovers Date: 1900

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 4 of 8
and took them right away

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 6 of 8
and beat the Knave full score

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott
Front cover of The Queen of Hearts illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, showing the Queen of Hearts walking upon a carpet of playing cards and proudly displaying one of her famous jammy treats

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 7 of 8
The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts

Monte Carlo fancy dress costume
A fancy dress suggestion of a costume representing Monte Carlo. The dress is half red satin and half black velvet with one red shoe and the other black

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 February
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 February. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Examining fraudulent financial documentation - cheques and credit cards are checked for authenticity by the Metropolitan Police force

Man reading the rules of the board game Frogger
A man reading the rules of the board game Frogger, which was based on the popular arcade and video game of the same name and was brought out by Milton Bradley in 1981

Census tabulation in former Lambeth workhouse
Data from the 1931 census being transferred to punched cards in the former Lambeth workhouse - presumably the one on Princes Road (now Black Prince Road), Lambeth, south London

Revolving table seat / W H Robinson
Post War Britain. When each of these card players experiences a dull moment in their game, they can swivel on their revolving seat

Legless bridge table / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - Social reform. A legless bridge table, kept in place instead by four balloons, hovers, allowing a more intimate game to be played

Refugee distribution centre WWII
An official interpreter at the distributing centre helps Belgian refugees fill our food ration cards during World War II

Selfridges, London - Postcard Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Postcard Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

A Kimball Punched Card Machine
The punched cards manufactured by a Kimball machine were attached to merchandise and were used to provide machine-readable sales data. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Mortar pile 1916
Members of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps take time out from fusing the Stokes Trench Mortars on which they are sitting to play cards, using a copy of the Daily Mail as a playing surface Date: 1916

The Subscription Rooms, Brookes Club(Whig)
Gentlemen relax by the fire, reading and playing cards in the luxurious comfort of the Subscription Rooms of the Brookes Club, Pall Mall, London

A gambling den in Spain
A large group of Spaniards sit round a table. All eyes are on the dealer as he turns the next card, waiting to see if they will win or lose

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

Magician performing card trick to gathered crowd
Undated colour illustration of magician performing card trick to gathered crowd after an aquatint by J J Chalon, entitled L Escomoteur - 1814. HPG/8/2/1 (xliii)

Alices Adventures Underground: the croquet game
The croquet game, complete with hedgehogs, playing cards and misbehaving flamingoes. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground

Christmas Post by Ethel Parkinson
A woman, accompanied by a small girl, posts a rather large stash of Christmas cards off to lots of lucky recipients

Boys Club evening activities, February1930
Evenings at a Boys Club needn t be a dull affair with plenty of activities to get involved in, including chess, playing the piano, playing cards, and reading. Not a Playstaton or iPod in sight!

Titanic Ismay silver tray
A circular silver tray for letters and calling cards, engraved with the names of Joseph Bruce Ismay and his wife. Ismay was Managing Director of the White Star Line

Selection of Titanic cards and postcards
A selection of four Titanic cards and postcards: 1. A Bookpost postcard of the cruise liner at the Harland and Woolf yard. 2. An In Memoriam card. 3

Titanic plate and two cards
A rectangular plate from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912, together with two cards advertising the White Star Line Olympic and Titanic cruise ships

Personalised postcard to send home from Turkey

Britannia and Eve front cover, February 1954
Front cover of Britannia and Eve featuring an elegant lady in a smart 1950s dress (with typical full skirt and nipped in waist) standing by a table where a game of cards is in progress

Posting Christmas parcels
Photograph showing a young boy with his mother posting Christmas cards and presents

Festive Card / Bystander
A Christmas card opens, releasing a whole host of festive imagery: dancers, Santa, music, balloons, and plenty of cheer!

Egyptian Beauty and scenes from the country
An Egyptian beauty is framed in a diamond, surrounded by scenes from the country including the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, an avenue of Palm trees

The Emigration of Russian Jews. Sketches on Board
Engraving of a group playing cards on deck. Ladies in headscarves watching. The point behind the drawing is that Jews do not observe Sunday as their sabbath, Christians would not play cards on Sunday

The Deck of the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882
Engraving of the passengers on board the ship North Britain fleeing from Egypt, 1882. This engraving shows children playing cards and a lady in eastern dress smoking a hookah

Sketches in the United States. Sunday in a frontier town. O
Three men playing cards, one in a top hat, one in a sombrero

An Artists Notes in California. Three Card Monte Sharps
Scene in an empty hut with a card table and professional card players, chips and cards on the table. A mangy dog sits under the table and an indian girl looks from the doorway

A Chinese Lottery in San Francisco, 1884
Engraving showing a group of Chinese men, in traditional clothing, and white Americans gambling, San Francisco, 1884. The men are seen gathered around a card table, with a game in progress

A CARD SHARP / C. 1850
A card sharp tries to con two naive country folk at an inn; they are using a barrel as a playing surface

Police Coffee Break
Group of Metropolitan Police officers on a coffee break, playing a game of cards

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