Children Collection (#13)

Boy and girl in paper hats pull a cracker at the party table Date: circa 1929

Rat-Tat-Tat by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl opens a door. Date: 1931

CHILDREN / SEASIDE / GIRL
A little girl sitting on a rock by the sea on a windy day. Date: circa 1880

Paddling at Heyst
A group of children in striped bathing costumes paddle happily in the surf at Heyst sur Mer, Belgium. Date: circa 1905

Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s

Maypole dancing Blists Hill, Shropshire -1
Children in traditional costumes celebrate May Day as they dance around the Maypole at Blists Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Date: 1990

Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Children stand outside the former Wheatsheaf Inn at Edgworth, Lancashire. In 1872, the building was converted to form the nucleus of a branch of the National Childrens Home. Date: early 1900s

Boy and girl on the beach, Saltburn, North Yorkshire
Boy (Albert Auerbach) and girl (Violet Auerbach) on the beach at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, August 1906. The pier can be seen on the left. Date: 1906

Postman delivers a letter to two children
A postman delivers a letter to two children and their dog. Date: c.1920

Little girl and goat in caravan park
Unusual Friends - little girl and a goat in a caravan park. 1950s

Lucky Little Owner-Drivers
Advertisement offering children the chance to own their own automobile. " Juvenile Cars", produced by Lines Bros

Advert for Peter Robinsons boys clothing 1902
Winter sale for boys outdoor clothing, tweed and cheviot overcoat, boys Eton suit and tweed Buckingham suit. 1902

Children in 1864
Latest Paris fashions for Victorian children, girls from two to eight years of age wearing three quarter length frocks and the older boy wearing knickerbockers. 1864

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland. early 20th century

Jumbo the elephant giving a ride at the zoo
Jumbo the elephant giving children a ride at the zoo. 1891

Two boys playing near a haystack. circa 1937

Vim advertising insert -- A Child Can Use It. circa 1900

Wedding of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg
Marriage of Princess Beatrice (1857 - 1944) youngest child of Queen Victoria, to Prince Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham, Isle of Wight. 23 July 1885

Susi - with girl, mixing bowl and kitten. 1950s

High St. Holywood and Maypole from N. E
High St. Holywood and Maypole from N.E. - a street scene with shop fronts and a large group of children around the maypole and a horse vehicle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Holywood)

Kircubbin Looking South - a street scene with shop fronts and children to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Kircubbin). Date: circa early 1900s

Children with IRA graffiti, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A group of children with IRA graffiti on the wall behind them, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Flying Santa Claus on a Christmas card. 1910

St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children, West Byfleet, Surre
A group of children in the garden at the St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children, West Byfleet. Several hold dolls, one carries a pair of crutches. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society

Happy Land
Children out on a windy day; one taking a pick-a-back ride, painted in Art Deco style. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: 1926

Buckets and spades at the seaside
Two little girls on the beach at an unidentified British seaside resort, carrying their buckets and spades. Date: 1950s

Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons, a painter working in the realist style between the wars. Date: 1930

Musicians in the snow on a Christmas card, about to have something poured on them from a jug. circa 1890s

Princess Louise Home, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
The Princess Louise Home at Kingston Hill was run by the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls. Date: circa 1905

People on the beach at Salcombe, Devon. circa 1960s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jim, a bobtail sheepdog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Jim, a bobtail sheepdog, owned by the actress Fabia Drake. The dog was a perfect actor, taking part in a childrens play called The Happy Family

Illustration, The Cat and Mouse in Partnership -- The Cat stole away behind the city walls to the church. Date: 1909

St Marks Home, Natland, Kendal
St Marks Waifs and Strays Home at Natland, near Kendal

Allamakee Hotel, Waukon, Iowa, USA
The Allamakee Hotel, Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA, with people in their cars outside. Date: circa 1910

Girls with dolls and prams, Balham, SW London
Two little girls with dolls and prams on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Girl with doll in pram, Balham, SW London
A little girl hugs her doll in a pram on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Babies Castle, Barnardos Home, Hawkhurst, Kent
Children and nurses at Dr Barnardos Babies Castle at Hawkhurst, Kent. The home was opened in 1884 for the reception of babies. Date: Date unknown

Lady Curzon of Kedleston and her children, 1917
Tatler front cover featuring Mrs Alfred Duggan, born Grace Elvina Hinds (1879-1958daughter of Mr. Monroe Hinds, the second wife of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston)

Pussys Breakfast by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy bends down to give a kitten a saucer of milk. Date: 1945

Was it a Mermaid? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her dog look into a rock pool on the beach. Date: 1940

Transfer of inmates to new Fylde Union Workhouse
The removal of inmates from the Fylde Unions old workhouse at Kirkham to its new premises at Medlar-with-Wesham. Scenes include children, elderly inmates, staff, and beds in a dormitory. Date: 1907

The Water Nymph by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl paddling in the sea. Date: 1933

Little Brunette by Muriel Dawson -- a cute little girl with brown hair and a mauve woolly hat. Date: 1936

Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936

A group of people hop picking in Kent. Date: circa 1910

Gipsy woman with four children
A gipsy woman with four children, standing outside their caravan

Snow babies - A Christmas Carol by Dorothy Wheeler
A snow baby, dressed all in white, sits on a snowy branch, singing a Christmas carol with a robin. Date: c.1925

Prams on Brighton Beach
A mother and her young children play on the pebbled beach at Brighton, almost hidden behind three large prams Date: Early 1960s

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