Child Hood Collection (page 10)

Anon. Feeding the Birdies 1916
Two small children, smartly dressed in coats, leggings and matching hat feed a small flock of tiny birds bread crumbs in the snow

Christmas Lanterns
Two small children dressed in party finery hang out a line of pretty Chinese lanterns

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. MNO
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with M for magpie, N for nest and O for oyster

The Yule Log by John Hassall
A group of children pull a Yule log through the snow, hampered by the fact that two little boys have decided it is a good idea to sit on it

The Army and Navy by John Hassall
A group of ragamuffin children play at soldiers by using various bits of home hardware such as buckets and brushes as their armour and weaponry

Skating by John Hassall
A group of boys enjoy some rough and tumble while sledging and skating in the snow

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. DEF
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with D for donkey, E for eye and F for fox

Seaside frolics by John Hassall
A group of children enjoy themselves at the seaside. Some dig in the sand, build sandcastles and play games on the beach, while some others splash around in the shallows using a plank of old wood as

Playing at Indians by May Smith
A group of children play at being native American Indians while camping in a woodland glade

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. JKL
Page from a19th century alphabet book with J for jar, K for kitchen and L for lion. Date: 1875

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. STUV
Page from a 19th century alphabet book withs for saucepan, T for tree, U for uncle and V for violets

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. GHI
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with G for girls, H for hand and I for Inn

Mother & children at table
A mother sits down to a meal with her two little daughters, and ladles soup into bowls

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. PQR
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with P for police man, Q for quail and R for rabbit

We Anchored by the Moon by Hilda Miller

Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with W and X, inexplicably, for bees, honey and hives (?), Y for yacht (thats better, back on familiar territory) and Z for the good old zebra

Sliding
A Victorian little girl, dressed in a fancy coordinating frilled coat and bonnet slides on some ice

The Bran Pie
A small pie waves a parcel he has just drawn out of the bran pie - or tub - at a Christmas party

Blackberry time / childrens book
Two children picking blackberries in the Summer

Brocks Christmas crackers
Label for a box of Brocks Christmas crackers featuring the heads of three children wearing brightly coloured party hats

Christmas cracker box design
A jolly design for a box of Christmas crackers featuring three children; two are taking wicked enjoyment in pulling a cracker and frightening an innocent looking little blonde girl

Posing with a toy pedal car
Two children, probably a brother and sister pose for the camera with a toy which looks half way between a pedal car and a tricycle

Boy on a wheeled horse
A very solemn and serious looking little boy, trussed up in a white sailor suit sits astride a toy horse which is fixed to three wheels - a sort of horcycle?

Pedal car fatigue
A small child with a shock of blond hair, looks a bit fed up as they pose in a pedal car with a woman, possibly mother

A boy and his car
A little boy of about five or six years old looks as pleased as punch as he poses next to his very smart, luxurious and large toy pedal car

Three children in a toy car
Three children pose for a picture while crammed into a rather complex and expensive looking toy car

A boy, his dog and a car
A boy of about ten or eleven poses in front of a car with his pet dog, a clipped Airedale terrier

Portrait of a small boy in Devon
Portrait of a small boy, Cecil Watts, on holiday in Devon. He is wearing a warm coat, hat and scarf, so it must be a chilly day

Holly O! and Mistletoe, by Ethel Parkinson
A Christmas Greetings card, showing children carrying bunches of holly and mistletoe in a snowy landscape

Homeward Bound by Ethel Parkinson
Homeward Bound -- three children make their way home across the ice. Two boys are skating, while a little girl sits on a sled, cradling her doll. One of the boys is carrying a large holly branch

Help! by Ethel Parkinson
A little Dutch boy calls for Help! as a little Dutch girl gives him a kiss

Three children in a snowy landscape. The two girls are carrying bunches of holly, while the boy is carrying a large supply of firewood on his shoulder

Good Cheer by Ethel Parkinson
Good Cheer -- four children dressed in medieval costume bring in the Christmas feast, consisting of a large turkey, glasses of steaming punch, a large round pudding, and a plate of fruit

Ladies Home Journal illustration
Illustration for the Ladies Home Journal, showing Father Christmas with a group of children

Little boy brushing his teeth
A little boy brushes his teeth -- he can only just reach over the washbasin. (2 of 2)

Two little girls with an ice cream cone
Two little girls holding an ice cream cone carefully between them -- perhaps it is melting and dripping. They are wearing winter coats, so its not the usual ice cream weather

Brother and sister facing each otherm, kneeling on cushions. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Little girl on the verge of tears
A little girl who appears to be on the verge of tears. She is sitting on a table top, wearing a knitted cardigan and a dark skirt

Little girl who has been crying
A little girl who appears to have been crying, but is now recovering as something has attracted her interest. She is sitting on a table top, wearing a knitted cardigan and a dark skirt

The Battle by George Studdy
Two small boys, watched by their pet dog and various toys, play soldiers. Each carries a sword and shields marked " hero"

Little girl in a knitted cardigan, smiling
A little girl in a knitted cardigan, relaxed and smiling. She has short, curly hair

Young woman in a kitchen with two children
A young woman in a kitchen with her two children -- a girl of about four or five, and a baby. The baby has just had her bath and the woman is drying her with a towel

Happy little girl in a knitted cardigan
A happy little girl in a knitted cardigan, holding her hands above her head in delight. She has short, curly hair

Little girl eating a crust
A little girl with curly hair, eating a crust. She is crouching on top of a table and gazing at the camera

Childrens entertainment
A large group of children sitting on the floor, watching some kind of entertainment. Some are smiling, others looking up in shock or wonder, or just concentrating hard

Three sisters sitting on a front garden wall in a street of Victorian terraced houses

Five little girls in East European folk costume
Five little girls and a baby wearing traditional East European folk costume, probably from Moravia or Slovakia

Princess Elizabeth on her trike
Princess Elizabeth of York, our present Queen Elizabeth II, pictured through the railings of the Yorks London home in Piccadilly, London riding a new tricycle given to her for her fourth birthday

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