Chats Collection

Bismarck & Napoleon III
After the battle of SEDAN, a triumphant Bismarck chats with the defeated Napoleon III

German Seaman chatting up a Chinese girl
German Seaman (with his battleship visible in the rear of the shot) chatting up a Chinese girl

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (2 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (2/4) Burmese courtship - a young man wearing a headscarf holding a large cigar chats up a coy young Burmese girl, leaning against a palm tree

Portage des Chats
Tinted steel engraving by British artist W. H. Bartlett of portage or carrying of canoes and equipment where waterfalls occur, 1840 Date: 1840

Girl and Lamb 1912
A little girl in a meadow chats to a lamb. Date: 1912

Gibson Girl - Kate (on the telephone) Date: circa 1910s

Bloomers in Hyde Park
A view of things to come - women wearing the trousers. All of female kind take to wearing bloomers. A kilted scotsman chats to a newly emancipated lady

Two Middle Class Edwardian ladies take tea in a suburban back garden and indulge in a little light gossip.. Date: 1909

An stall holder chats up two young women at Portobello Road antiques market, London. Date: late 1960s

Man and woman chatting, Cotswolds, England
Young woman visiting the Cotswolds, chats to a local man. Date: 1940s

Music cover, Les Chats Quadrille, The Cats Quadrille for piano, composed by C Redler. 19th century

Music cover, Les Chats Quadrilles, The Cats, composed by G Redler. 1843

Have you heard
circa 1910s

Ted Heath at a Conservative Party event
circa 1910s

Engineer Chats with Boys Date: 1950

Albert, Duke of York - Point-to-Point at Great Brington
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - having a cigarette whilst sharing a bit of local gossip with Old Smiler (a character present at most hunt meetings)

Catherine of Aragon
CATHERINE OF ARAGON Ist Queen of Henry VIII, walks tearfully along while Henry VIII chats to Anne Boleyn in the background. Date: 1485 - 1536

WW1 - German Humorous Postcard - Counter-intelligence. A German soldier takes a tactical approach to chatting to a pretty young nurse in a train carriage

Five women in an outdoor domestic scene by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795). Date: late 18th century

Public learn of Constitutional Crisis in the British Royalty
December 3rd, 1936 - A group of women discuss the Constitutional Crisis in the British Royalty they have been reading about in their newspaper Date: 1936

Three Men at a Cafe - Algiers, Algeria
Three Algerian Men at a Cafe - Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1930

Mexican dating - Lovers chat through a barred window
Mexican dating ( Novios Mexicanos ) - A pair of lovers chat through a barred window - it doesn t look as if she is going to shutter him out of her life any time soon.... Date: 1906

Collishaw, Raymond, chats to one of his RNAS Sopwith Camel pilots

Barber and two passing gentlemen having a chat
The local barber having a chat outside the barbers with the local bakery delivery man and another local younger lad. They are photographed in The Horsefair, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. England

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Here is the News! Three women gossip over a mid-morning cup of tea. Lets hope secrets of national importance are not being flagrantly shared! Date: circa 1942

Suicide - the last thng he did
" So Poor Old Mike committed suicide." " Yes." " That was the LAST thing I thought he d do." " Which it were, Sorr." Date: 1894

Two Racehorse Trainers share an in-joke
The Long Un - " I think I shall go an see my Osses To-Morrow." The Short Un - " Yes? Where do you keep em - Attenborough s

Racegoers - Mr Jo Leigh, J. Watt and Captain Mitchell
Mr Jo Leigh, J. Watt and Captain Mitchell - three well-known racing types in the 1890s standing around having a chat. Date: circa 1890s

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Sisters discussing their much-hated Stepmother
Ethel to Maud (discussing their much-hated Stepmother) - " Never mind, we only have her in the da-time. Think of poor Pa - he has her all night as well!" Date: 1892

Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames Overheard on an Atlantic Liner Colonel Moses R. Hankey - " Theres one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names

A French Gentleman enquires after the health of an idiot
A smart French Gentleman enquires after the health of an obvious idiot. " Vat as been ze mattare? Zey tell me you af not ad ze good ealths

Acting conversation at the bar - former colleagues reminisce. She - " Dear me: I haven t seen you since we played in Romeo and Juliet You ARE looking well!" He - " Think so

Actors discuss rates of pay
First Budding Actor (to second budding actor) - " Oh yes, you hear about those salaries of Twenty-five and thirty shillings, but you never get em." Date: 1901

Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman
Mistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900

Coachman talking with the Landlord of the pub
A Coachman talking with the Landlord of the pub. Date: 1895

Phil May having a funny chat to an actor - Off for a drink
Phil May (on the right): " By the Way, when does your American Tour come off?" Famous Actor: " Oh not for about a year"

Two ragged street women disgust respectability
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting two poor ragged street women disgusting another who they describe, with no hint of the obvious irony, as " not respectable"

Domestic Violence discussed on a London street
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a conversation on a London street discussing domestic violence

British Servicemen at Piccadilly Circus, London - WWII
British Servicemen (Army and Navy) at Piccadilly Circus, London during World War Two Date: circa 1943

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

A pair of young French lovers talking sweet nothings to one another as a large heart appears (transported by cherubim) above their heads. Date: circa 1910s

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Unites Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs H.H.Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (L) stick out his tongue as he chats with United Kingdoms Prime Minister David Cameron (C)

European lady attended by a servant using a hand punkah
A European lady and guests attended by a servant using a hand punkah (or fan). (Plate 16 of 20). Date: 1813

Youthful Manners
Saucy young girl back-chats her elders. A well brought girl who ought to know better, omits to say please and is corrected by Aunty. Date: 1915

Normandy, France - Elderly couple chatting
An elderly couple having a chat on a set of steps, Normandy, France. The old lady carries a large water or milk jar/pail, whilst the straw boater-wearing gentleman carries an umbrella

Entre Chats Six
A male ballet dancer demonstrates a entre chats six move. Literally translated as between six cats. He crosses and uncrosses 2 feet 3 times! Date: 1930s

Scottish Inn Scene C1800
A merry scene inside a Scottish tavern. Two drunken fellows exchange pleasantries whilst another man chats with the serving maid, who unawares spills drink from her jug. Date: circa 1800

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