Childrens Collection (page 65)

Girl holding a parasol
Little girl holding a parasol and looking glumly at the camera. Date: c. 1910

A Little Cock Sparrow Sat on a Tree
Black and white. Young boy and girl with bow and arrow, looking at a bird in a tree. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 114 Date: late 19th century

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
Hand coloured. Young boy with hands in pockets in front of gate. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 8 Date: late 19th century

Little Tom Tucker
Black and white. Two girls sitting and offering a plate to a young boy, who is singing to them. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 111 Date: late 19th century

Jack the Giant Killer
Black and white. Grown man wielding stick at young boy, who is holding a sword. They are both in costume. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes

Sweets to the Sweet
Black and white. Young girl sitting in garden, holding a basket and feeding a sweet to a small child. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes

Rock-a-bye Baby
Black and white. Young girl cuddling baby next to fallen cradle and branch. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 110 and 2 Date: late 19th century

Tom, the Pipers Son
Black and white. A boy wearing a hat sitting astride a wooden fence in front of a brick building, holding a piglet. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes

No use crying over Spilt Milk
Black and white. Boy carrying a hamper and pitchfork, and two girls (one is holding flowers behind her back). They are standing around a pail of spilt milk on a leafy pathway

Twos Company
Black and white. Girl in dress and bonnet with her arm around a boy in a boater hat, both walking along a path. The girl is waving back to a younger girl who is standing on the side of the path

Georgy Porgy
Hand coloured. Two crying girls, one standing and one sitting. There are also three boys, two of whom are comforting the girls and one who is peeking around a wall. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes

Buttercups and Daises
Black and white. Two young girls in a field picking flowers, one wearing a hat with flowers. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 120 Date: late 19th century

Old Woman Whither So High?
Black and white. Young girl dressed as a witch, riding on a broomstick with a black cat. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 117 Date: late 19th century

Dunkleys prams and nursery toys advertisement, 1888
Advertisement for a variety of prams, bassinettes, childrens wheeled toys and rocking horses available from Dunkleys of 76 Houndsditch, London. 1888

Home for soldiers children, Lady Maud Barrett Home, WW1
The indoor playground at the home established by Lady Maud Barrett at Rustington, Sussex. The Lady Maud Barrett Home was founded for the purpose of looking after children whose fathers were at war

Advert for Debenham & Freebody childrens summer wear 1939
Charming Design for Sunny Days. Attractive pin spot muslin frocks, with periwinkle or red spot, rouleaux to match. 1939

Sunny Stories. Front cover of poular childrens weekly depicting a girl and four pixies. Date: 1938

Mr & Mrs Mouseykins. Childrens story book cover published by Humphey Milford. Date: circa 1918

Hyams of Oxford Street, boys outfitters, advertisement
Advertisement for Hyams of Oxford Street, Leeds, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, one of the oldest established houses for boys tailoring and outfitting, providing first class goods at moderate prices

Scouts on Belgian Childrens Day, Pune, India
Scouts of the 1st Kirkee (Khadki) and 1st Poona (Pune) Troops on Belgian Childrens Day, Poona (Pune), India, 10 July 1916. Date: 1916

NCH Childrens Home at Farnborough, Hampshire
Boys in the playground of the National Childrens Home at Farnborough. Date: Date unknown

Hospital at the NCH Childrens Home London
A nurse tends two young patients at the National Childrens Home London branch. Date: Date unknown

Boys Repair Boots at the NCH Childrens Home, Harpenden, Her
Boys in aprons repairing boots in a workshop at the National Childrens Home in Harpenden. Date: Date unknown

NCH Childrens Home, Sheringham, Norfolk
An aerial view of the National Childrens Home at Sheringham. Date: Date unknown

Hospital Ward at the NCH Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, O
Interior view of a sick ward at the Chipping Norton National Childrens Home. Uniformed nurses attend their young patients. Date: Date unknown

NCH Childrens Home Hamilton, Ontario
National Childrens Home Hamilton, Ontario Date: Date unknown

Hospital block at NCH Childrens Home Alverstoke, Hampshire
An exterior view of the hospital block at the Alverstoke National Childrens Home. Some of the staff, inmates and visitors are sitting outside. Date: circa 1912

Receipt for Workhouse Childrens Outing Subscription Receipt
Receipt made out to W.W. Brocklehurst for a subscription to the Childrens Outing fund at Macclesfield Workhouse. Outings for children had to be financed by private donations. Date: 1913

Leicester Children at Poor Childrens Summer Homes, Mabletho
Children from Leicester in the dining room of the Poor Childrens Summer Homes, Mablethorpe. Date: 1914

Babies Tea Party, Hollymount, Tottington, Lancashire
Young inmates of the Hollymount (or Holly Mount) Roman Catholic childrens home enjoy a tea party. A dolls house stands in one corner of the room. Date: circa 1910

Becoming fashions combined with true economy, WW1
A double page spread from The Tatler giving examples of economical outfits which could be purchased in wartime. Extravagant evening dresses are not featured but instead coat frocks

Royal childrens fashion - Nursery woollies knitting booklet
Front cover of a knitting booket, with patterns based on fashions worn by children in the royal family and featuring portraits of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II)

H. L. Oakley silhouette advertisment Bournemouth
Advertisement for the silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley, setting up a studio at J. E. Beale in Bournemouth where he cut silhouette portraits in the Art Salon on the 2nd Floor. Date: 1920

Rudyard Kipling - English novelist
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Cigarette card showing both the front and back sides. Date: 1926

Geppetto and Pinocchio
Geppetto finds that the wooden puppet, Pinocchio, is already displaying signs of bad behaviour despite not being finished. Date: 1936

Out of Doors -- children looking at wrens nest
Out of Doors -- three children with their father take it in turns to look at a wrens nest in a hedge. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- boys watching a hare
Out of Doors -- two boys, a man and a dog watch an escaping hare. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- mother and children in a wood
Out of Doors -- a mother and three children gathering flowers in a wood. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- label design with two children. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- two children meet a goat
Out of Doors -- two children out walking with their father meet a goat. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- two children at the seaside
Out of Doors -- two children with their father at the seaside stand on a rock looking down at the waves. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- horse with stone in hoof
Out of Doors -- a horse (Bob) has a stone in his hoof. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- two girls in a field, looking at the nest of a harvest mouse. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- children watching deer
Out of Doors -- two children (Frank and Flossie) watching two deer in a wood. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- two children exploring rock pool
Out of Doors -- two children at the seaside, exploring a rock pool. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- mother, children and peacock
Out of Doors -- a mother and her two children watch a peacock on the lawn. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- two children feeding pigeons in a garden. Date: 19th century

Out of Doors -- cover design, showing three children with a kite. Date: 19th century

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