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Friends of the Old School on a New Year card, designed by Robert Dudley -- four polite robins socialising. Date: circa 1880s
Comic postcard, Woman chats with soldier, WW2 Date: circa 1940s
Comic postcard, Underground Movement Date: 20th century
Three Men at a Cafe - Algiers, AlgeriaThree Algerian Men at a Cafe - Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1930
Police officers relaxing, Met Police, LondonA group of male and female police officers, some of them sergeants, relaxing in a rest room, some reading newspapers or books, others chatting. Among them, on the right, is WPS Beatrice Bygrave
Chief Superintendent Winifred Barker in her officeWinifred Theodora Barker (c1909-1995), third commander of the Met Police A4 (Women s) Branch, rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent in 1960
Woman police officer standing by mounted policeman, LondonWoman police officer standing by a mounted policeman just off Hammersmith Bridge, West London. Date: circa 1950s
Franciscan monks beggingBefore the order was reformed in 1528, the Franciscans had fallen from the high standards set by Francesco d Assisi... begging, and chatting up the girls... Date: 15th century
Dutch childrenDutch boys chatting up pretty Dutch girls. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1907
WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malariabut my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper
Austrias oldest scout at World JamboreeAustrias oldest scout, Fieldmaster Josef Gradwohl of Vienna, aged 77, chatting with a young scout at the 1951 World Jamboree, near Bad Ischl
Poster advertising Austin Cambridge carPoster advertising Austin A55 Cambridge Mark II car. Two fashionable women chat to a fisherman at a harbour. Date: circa 1959
Cubs in the gift shop at Baden Powell House, LondonThree cubs in the gift shop of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, chatting to two assistants. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s
In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not
Harbin, China - Russian Schoolgirls chatting on a streetsideHarbin, China - the largest city of Heilongjiang Province - Russian Schoolgirls chatting on a streetside bench. Almost a Wild West town with transient populations
General von Hoeppner, Wolff and Richthofen, WW1General Ernst Wilhelm von Hoeppner (1860-1922), German cavalry officer who commanded the Air Service during the First World War
Queen Elizabeth and scouts, 1952Queen Elizabeth II chatting with international scouts in the Windsor Castle quadrangle, where she took the salute at a scouts march past. Accompanying her is the chief scout Lord Rowallan
Queen Elizabeth II meets Sherpa TensingQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh chatting to the famous Mount Everest guide, Sherpa Tensing Norgay (1914 - 1986) at Rashtrapati Bhaven
Field Marshal August von Mackensen, German army officerField Marshal August von Mackensen (1849-1945), German Army officer, seen here on his 88th birthday. He is in uniform, including a deaths head on his headgear
Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South WalesA group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones
Father Christmas chats to boy on bikeFather Christmas chats to a boy on a bike. Date: circa 1970s
Father Christmas with children in his grottoFather Christmas with two children in his grotto, based on Walt Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Date: circa 1970s
Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show, Wadebridge, standing with the Show Secretary Albert Riddle, and a prize bull wearing three rosettes. Date: circa 1982
Fishermen and boat at Newlyn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1950s
Two young children talking - Elizabeth BemPainting by Elizabeth Bem (1843-1914) - " There will be a lot of Honey and Flies". Date: 1910
Two sisters conversingThe Sisters - two sisters conversing. 1851
Girls chatting on the steps of The Cabin, St Ives, CornwallTwo girls chatting on the steps of The Cabin, St Ives, Cornwall -- one of a great series of studies of the town. circa 1946
Robert Morley and Michael North on a trainRobert Morley (1908-1992), British actor, and Michael North (Charles Edward Fletcher Stokes, 1902-1960), BBC producer and light music composer
Fashionable ladies discussing a set of undergarmentsFashionable ladies discussing a set of hand-embroidered undergarments (a crepe-de-Chine set from Dickins & Jones, London). Date: 1923
Pere Damasene and Rev Newsam, Mahe, SeychellesCatholic and Anglican priests, Pere Damasene and Rev Newsam, chat amiably in Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. 1912
Mexican dating - Lovers chat through a barred windowMexican 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
Four medieval scenes on a set of Christmas cards -- four friends together, a couple with lute and mistletoe, three men, and three people by a table. Date: circa 1890s
Medieval scene on a Christmas cardMedieval scene with three people on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Two girls in a garden on a Victorian scrapTwo girls sitting in a garden on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s
Benz car on a postcard -- the driver stops to ask the way. Date: 1914
Cartoon, Meeting in the fog, WW1Cartoon, Meeting in the fog. And you, old man, what do you do? General! Ah, you ve got a cushy job! Date: 1917
Cartoon, Before the review, WW1Cartoon, Before the review. A soldier explains that he joined the band because by carrying the drum he doesn t have to carry a bag! Date: 1917
Cartoon, Cushy job, WW1Cartoon, Cushy job. One soldier asks another: What do you pay the sergeant to get all the cushy jobs? Date: 1917
Two Chinese women in traditional garb Date: circa 1905
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - chatting with neighbour. circa 1910s
Cartoon, New taxes on dogs, WW1Cartoon, New taxes on dogs (to help pay for the ongoing war). Women discuss a man who has replaced his dog with a goldfish in order to avoid paying the tax, and is taking it for a walk. Date: 1917
Two men resting, Fribourg, SwitzerlandTwo men resting and chatting on the road, Fribourg, Switzerland. 19th century
Caricature of F B Chatterton and Leopold LewisCaricature of Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, and Leopold Davis Lewis (1828-1890), dramatist. What will they do at the Wells? 1881
Four police officers playing mixed doubles tennisFour police officers (including WPC Alison Blair, right) playing a mixed doubles tennis match. Date: circa 1960s
Woman police officer with two men on a London streetWoman police officer chatting with two men on a London street on a sunny day. She is wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Woman police officer outside a furniture shop, London, chatting with a man and a woman. The WPC is wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Woman police officer and two young women, LondonWoman police officer with notebook and pencil, talking to two fashionable young women on a London street. Date: circa 1960s