Choice Collection (page 3)

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

Choosing shoes
An elegant 1920s lady selecting from the wonderful range of selection of shoes available from the London Shoe Company of New Bond Street, London, where everything is endowed with a Parisian touch

Honourable Horatio Seymour
Portrait of Honourable Horatio Seymour. The Nations Choice for President of the U.S. Date: ca. 1868

Hair Brush Sets - 2
Dressing table sets, comprising hair-brush, clothes brush and mirror in a choice of tasteful colours, in fine enamel and sterling silver, from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930

Body-Straighteners
A choice of halters designed to straighten the backs and shoulders of patients inclined to curvature of the spine, rounded shoulders and other deformities. Date: 1900

Hair Brush Sets
Dressing table sets, comprising hair-brush and mirror in a choice of tasteful colours, in fine enamel and sterling silver, from Mappin & Webb. Date: 1930

Cycling Girls
Two young women cyclists rest awhile and study a map, near High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Cycling Storm

Great Canfield Church
Tour cyclists admire the Norman church at Great Canfield, Essex, England, noted for its 13th century wallpainting over the altar. Date: 1930s

Cycling Peat

Cycling over a Stile
Cycling off the beaten track often means having to negotiate a gate or stile, but that all adds to the fun, as these young men demonstrate! Date: 1930s

A selection of toddlers available for adoption. Date: 1908

Dapper Gent with Monocle
A woman sipping coffee, with pinkie held aloft, eyes a young mans waistcoat critically. Fortunately he is wearing a Catoir waistcoat - the choice of the discerning. Date: 1926

Nun at the Window
A young nun looks through her window and contemplates life outside the convent walls : did she make the right choice, she asks herself... Date: early 19th century

John Noakes at Land End, Cornwall
Television Presenter John Noakes with John Mash and a canine friend at Lands End, Cornwall

Music cover for A Christmas Bouquet of Choice Dance Music, by Eminent Composers. A cameo picture of a young woman in folk costume is surrounded by holly, mistletoe and flowers

Choosing a car to match your wifes complexion / W Heath Rob
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

A difficult choice by Florence Hardy
A difficult choice. A boy is making the decision of which girl he likes most

Morocco - With the Butcher - Uncertainty
At the Butchers Stall at a Moroccan Market. The customer is unsure which of the finest choice cuts available to buy

A Fantasy by Edwin Morrow
A young woman imagines a rich suitor in her hands, and thinks, " He loves me, he loves me not..." as coins and money notes fall to the ground instead of petals

Portrait of Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria. Married the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia

Passengers on board an Emigrant Ship, 1884
Scene showing passengers on the deck of an emigrant ship just prior to its departure from Britain, 1884. The passengers include babies, small children, wealthy people and a preacher

China Free Choice 1951
Registration of a marriage by free choice

Sailboat on Mercury
The insectoid residents of the planet Mercury will develop their own technology to navigate their chemically polluted waters : mica will be the material of choice

Presidential Election
The Judgment of Paris : the people of France make their choice among the presidential candidates. Louis Napoleon is a clear winner

Young People / Drinking
A group of friends enjoy a day trip to the country- beer seems to be the drink of choice!

British Workman
A typical English worker of the lower middle class - specifically, a calico printers clerk - with some pretensions to gentility in his choice of clothes

Macaw / Dye Adveret 1926
The brightly coloured Macaw Parrot seems the perfect choice for this campaign to sell Solprufe fadless coloured dye

Englishwoman 1580
The Elizabethan lady had a big choice what to wear - this wide rich gown and undergown set are utterly different from the farthingale look chosen by the more style-conscious

Advert / Pierce-Arrow Car
Magnificent chassis, with choice of colours for body and upholstery

Misbehaving husband in a Piccadilly night house
A wife persuades her erring husband to leave a Piccadilly night-house

Ornamental Cherry
Oriental style depiction of pink cherry blossom showing the branch, buds and open flowers. A small brown butterfly makes for a choice flower

Servants Caps
A choice of caps for female servants

Cap Vendors Shop, China
CHINA A cap vendors shop in Canton; a customer smokes a long pipe while another is helped with his choice of caps; an assistant makes tea

Paris Oyster Stall
A Parisian oyster seller offers a wide choice of oysters at varying prices - and when theres no R in the month, I go to my man !

London Flower Seller
A stunning photograph of a flower stall in London. In its central location, this stall has a wonderful choice of seasonal flowers beautifully displayed

Thomas / Hamlet / Liebig 3
Act 2: Hamlets choice of evening entertainment alarms his mother. Date: first performed 1868

Chocolate or Love Letter
A French lady takes her bath (partly clothed) while her maid bringing in a tray offers her the choice of the drink of chocolate or the love letter

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