Choice Collection (page 2)

Young cat (humanised) torn between Good and Evil
A young (humanised) cat, torn between Good and Evil, represented by a cat angel and a cat devil. The setting appears to be a rooftop with smoking chimney pots. Date: circa 1840

Pretty young woman in Harem Pants
A tall glamorous lady draws approval (and less favourable opinion!) with her choice of new style Harem Pants. Date: 1911

Twos Company - Threes Trouble! A pretty girl is creating certain jealous thoughts between her TWO male companions. She seems happy just to have the choice on each arm! Date: circa 1910s

Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trousers / culottes
German Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trouser suits / culottes - " You are in here if you are wearing trousers

Seaside, Oregon, USA - The Moose Bar, which offered a fine choice of wines, liquors and cigars. 5c a beer! Various patrons/staff pose in rather surly fashion for a brief moment out front

Tattooing - Side or Centre parting Sir?
Tattooing - " Side or Centre parting Sir?" ! Date: circa 1920s

Montmartre Cabarets
The cabarets DU CIEL ET DE L ENFER on the Boulevard de Clichy, two celebrated night spots offering a choice of entertainment, divine or diabolical Date: circa 1905

WW1 recruitment poster, Which [hat] Ought You to Wear? Date: circa 1915

Advert for J. C Vickery personalised jewellery 1912
Personalised disc shape pendants arranged with any border in diamonds, pearls or gold with a letter in the centre and a interchangable enamel backpiece. 1912

WWI Poster, Single Men First
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Single Men First, How the Group System Works. Date: 1915

Hobsons Choice opens at the Apollo Theatre, 1916
Hobsons Choice, the comedy play by J. B. Priestley set in Hobsons boot shop, Salford, opens at the Apollo in London in 1916

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

Good government vs. revolution; - an easy choice. Illustration shows a well-dressed woman, holding a fan labeled Cuba, accepting the arm of Uncle Sam rather than going over to a well-dressed Cuban

Thumbelina and the Old Toad
An Old Toad tells Thumbelina that she must marry her ugly son. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Which by Florence Hardy
A little boy dressed in a Pierrot costume has trouble choosing between three little girls all wearing similiar fetching clown outfits

Alto Horn (Wurlitzer)
Three upright alto horns from the Wurlitzer catalogue - professional, lyric and American - you pays your money and you takes your choice

Idols of Bible Times 1
Tartak, human but with a sheeps head (or is it a goat ?) is the god of choice of the Avites, a people settled in Samaria by the king of Assyria. (Second Kings 17.31)

Roman ambassadors, Second Punic War
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the Roman ambassadors offer the Carthaginians a choice between peace or war -- they choose war !

Scene from Shakespeares play, The Merchant of Venice
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Merchant of Venice, in which Bassanio chooses the leaden casket rather than the gold or silver one, and wins Portia, a rich heiress

Cartoon, Lord Cairns and Miss Fortescue
Cartoon, Lord Cairns to Miss Fortescue -- Delighted, my dear, that my son has shown such good taste! May Fortescue (1859-1950) was an actress, singer and actor-manager

Woman with many presents, in Art Deco style. 1936

Leap Year - Running the Gauntlet! Date: 1904

Cartoon, politicians at the zoo
Cartoon, Hobsons Choice Reception, a Family Party. Showing politicians at the zoo, looking at a monkey in a cage. 1880

Two little girls with juke box
Two little girls consider the options on a juke box. Date: 1970s

Difficult Choice 1924
A young lady faces a difficult choice at the shoe shop - which pair of Perugia shoes to go for. Perhaps the crocodile skin pair of lace-ups? Date: 1924

Camden electric fire 1939
A choice of Camden electric fire with one or two bars : the second bar can be switched separately. Date: 1939

WWI Poster, Military Service Act 1916
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Military Service Act 1916, Every Unmarried Man of Military Age can choose one of two courses. Date: 1916

German postcard, Which is the better way? Join hands across the sea. The choice is between ignorance and goodwill, selfishness and insight, militarism and peace

Poster, Britain Today, showing the benefits and freedoms available

Mass production of aircraft by G. H. Davis
Potentialities of mass production of flying boats as troop carriers and heavy freighter airplanes during the Second World War

Case for and against the big bomber by G. H. Davis
The case for and against the use of the big bomber: some whys and wherefores in latest aircraft needs during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Wiltshire Downland
A cyclist on a tandem stops to take in the lovely Wiltshire Dowland, near Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1930s

Doulting Abbey
The Abbey, or Tithe Barn, Doulting, Somerset, England, built at the end of the 14th century. Date: 1930s

Bicycles by the Thames
Parked bicycles (including a tandem) along the tree-lined River Thames at Datchet, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

WW2 - Cost of a Selfridges 3-piece suit in rationing coupons
WW2 - Cost of a Selfridges 3-piece suit - Cost 8 guineas and 26 Clothing rationing coupons - 17th June, 1941. In 1942, each person had 60 coupons p.a. which reduced down to 24 coupons by 1945

Comic Postcard - Housewives Choice! A queue of young ladies excitedly wait their turn to meet their new pop music idol at the stage door. Date: circa 1950s

Wife despairs at Husbands awful choice of attire and colour - " Strike me pink!" Date: circa 1940s

To mary for love or for money?
A pretty young girl is undecided whether to marry for love or for money... (see 10803887) Date: 1895

Choice Spirit & Buck
A buck : a dissipated & dishevelled looking man of fashion with a cudgel tucked under his arm & a choice spirit in a bicorne hat. Date: 1790

Take your choice, gentlemen. Illustration shows Puck standing on a ballot box between President Theodore Roosevelt, who has one foot on the Constitution

Marrying for Love or for Money
" Either Choice is Painful" If I marry for love I am poor, if I marry for Money I lose out on true love. This German gentleman is suffering a severe emotional quandry on this issue

Our choice, Grover Cleveland, A. G. Thurman. Democratic nomin
Our choice, Grover Cleveland, A.G. Thurman. Democratic nominees, for president and for vice president. Print showing Uncle Sam standing with large shields on which are portraits of Grover Cleveland

Colour plate, Art Gout Beaute, 1924

The safer choice. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan and William H. Taft standing aboard a ship applying for the job of First Mate to Captain Uncle Sam

Portrait of two women
Which Will You Marry? Portrait of two women Date: ca. 1885

Thomas Corwin
Portrait of Thomas Corwin. The Peoples Choice for the Twelfth President of the United States. The Waggon Boy of Ohio

Zachary Taylor, the Peoples choice for 12th President. The Presidents of the United States. George Washington (1732-1799), John Adams (1735-1826), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Choosing Christmas dinner, Manchester
A woman choosing her Christmas dinner goose at one of many stands at the Central Market in Manchester. It was customary in many of the markets of the North of England for geese

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