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Christmas Collection (page 7)

Background imageChristmas Collection: Satin gown by Reville

Satin gown by Reville
Photograph of a rose-pink satin gown with pink and grey beads by Reville, Hanover Square. Date: 1921

Background imageChristmas Collection: Two babies with comic greeting on a Christmas card

Two babies with comic greeting on a Christmas card
Two babies (hidden under a pair of gloves) with comic greeting on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Santa Claus with presents on a Danish Christmas postcard

Santa Claus with presents on a Danish Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with presents and tree on a Danish Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Santa Claus riding a horse on a French Christmas postcard

Santa Claus riding a horse on a French Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Holly with bells and red ribbon on a Christmas postcard

Holly with bells and red ribbon on a Christmas postcard. circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Christmas card with a clown on a tightrope

Christmas card with a clown on a tightrope, with the sea and rocks below. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Advert for Peter Robinson, gentlemens clothing 1895

Advert for Peter Robinson, gentlemens clothing 1895
Christmas presents for gentlemen, smoking jackets and dressing gowns. 1895

Background imageChristmas Collection: Glass Perfume Bottle

Glass Perfume Bottle
A swinging scent spray: A scent spray which swings on a pivot is a useful and decorative novelty and an ideal last minute Christmas present. Date: 1936

Background imageChristmas Collection: GOOD KING WENCESLAS

GOOD KING WENCESLAS
Good King Wenceslas

Background imageChristmas Collection: Cartoon, January, Twelfth Night, Drawing Characters

Cartoon, January, Twelfth Night, Drawing Characters -- part of a series of Christmas and New Year cartoons. circa 1840s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Christmas card, clown in snow

Christmas card, clown in snow -- A Merry Heart goes all the way. circa 1905

Background imageChristmas Collection: Christmas card, Lamplighter

Christmas card, Lamplighter. 19th century

Background imageChristmas Collection: Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card

Schoolboys and teacher on a Christmas card
Misbehaving schoolboys surprised by their teacher on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Six monkeys on a Christmas card

Six monkeys on a Christmas card, one of them reaching for some food. circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: The Day After Christmas by Mark Symons

The Day After Christmas by Mark Symons
Cosy front room festooned with decorations and filled with Christmas toys. Date: 1931

Background imageChristmas Collection: WW2 Christmas card, Escort

WW2 Christmas card, Escort! A Chelsea Pensioner looks in admiration at an RAF airman with an elegant woman on each arm. Date: 1941

Background imageChristmas Collection: WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm

WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941

Background imageChristmas Collection: Victorian Christmas time by H. L. Oakley

Victorian Christmas time by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouettes by H. L. Oakley depicting various transport scenes over the Christmas time. Date: 1939

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Background imageChristmas Collection: Roast turkey on a plate on a cutout Christmas card

Roast turkey on a plate on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Metropolitan Fire Brigade Christmas Card

Metropolitan Fire Brigade Christmas Card, With the Seasons Greetings

Background imageChristmas Collection: The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1932

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1932
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1932 with an illustration of a lively medieval banquet, with a jester ushering an enormous boars head on a platter. Date: 1932

Background imageChristmas Collection: Christmas Reflections

Christmas Reflections
A large country house n a winters moonlit night. The lights from the windows are reflected in the lake in front of the house. Date: 1857

Background imageChristmas Collection: The Belle of the Ball

The Belle of the Ball - a young girl in a fantastic fancy dress frock dancing at the carnival. A Christmas postcard Date: circa 1910s

Background imageChristmas Collection: COLD CHRISTMAS SIGN

COLD CHRISTMAS SIGN
An amusing signpost for the villages of Much Hadham and Cold Christmas in Hertfordshire, England! Date: 1950s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Batgers Christmas crackers box label

Batgers Christmas crackers box label
A bright and colourful label for a box of Batgers Jewel Christmas crackers featuring a lady emerging from a casket of jewels

Background imageChristmas Collection: Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, Cornwall

Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, Cornwall
A mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall. The dish, with fish heads and tails sticking out of it, is unique to Mousehole

Background imageChristmas Collection: Standard Triumph car advertisement

Standard Triumph car advertisement
Advertisement for Standard Triumph cars featuring a stylised festive character by Karo holding a Triumph saloon aloft in the air

Background imageChristmas Collection: Railway Sleeper - Marylebone Station

Railway Sleeper - Marylebone Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing post young gentleman propped up against a bollard at Marylebone Station after a wild Christmas party! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageChristmas Collection: Batgers Queen of the Party Cracker

Batgers Queen of the Party Cracker
Colour illustration taken from a Christmas cracker box

Background imageChristmas Collection: Christmas morning

Christmas morning
Colour photograph taken from an advertisement for Midland Bank gift cheques, showing a young boy playing with a toy plane on Christmas morning

Background imageChristmas Collection: Batgers Artist Crackers

Batgers Artist Crackers
A colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box

Background imageChristmas Collection: The London poor at their Christmas shopping

The London poor at their Christmas shopping
The poor of London doing their Christmas shopping. This was sketched in the New Cut

Background imageChristmas Collection: Victorian Cyclists and Motorists on a Snowy Road

Victorian Cyclists and Motorists on a Snowy Road
Illustration showing the scene on a British road in the winter, circa 1899. In the foreground cyclists, two on a tandem, can be seen

Background imageChristmas Collection: A Swell Hand-Out

A Swell Hand-Out
Comic illustration showing two naughty little monkeys in pyjamas tricking Father Christmas (Gran pop the orang utan) with a bottomless stocking. Date: 20th century

Background imageChristmas Collection: Robins and Crackers

Robins and Crackers
Two robins pull a cracker - a very early Christmas card

Background imageChristmas Collection: Girls / Mistletoe & Holly

Girls / Mistletoe & Holly
Two girls accompanied by a small dog gather holly and mistletoe

Background imageChristmas Collection: Advert / Fancy Confectione

Advert / Fancy Confectione
Hovells Christmas Crackers (and their fancy confectionery) advertised on the side of a horse bus

Background imageChristmas Collection: Lady Xmas Shopping

Lady Xmas Shopping
A lady accompanied by a sturdy manservant does her Christmas shopping

Background imageChristmas Collection: Greetings card in the shape of an owl

Greetings card in the shape of an owl with top hat, monocle and lace-up shoes. circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Goldilocks and Three Bears

Goldilocks and Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears which originally appeared on a Christmas card with a sliding front and a pull tab. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: The Bunnies Father Christmas

The Bunnies Father Christmas. circa 1910s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Girl and goose on a Christmas card

Girl and goose on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: Snow scene with church and holly on a Christmas card

Snow scene with church and holly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageChristmas Collection: WW2 Christmas card, dog with gas mask

WW2 Christmas card, dog with gas mask
WW2 Christmas card, a black Scots terrier runs along with a gas mask in a box tied to his collar. Date: circa 1942

Background imageChristmas Collection: Cambridge Medical Society ball

Cambridge Medical Society ball
Cambridge University Medical Societys Christmas Ball, 1953. Two visitors from Guys Hospital at the ball were Miss Moira McLellan and Mr J R Batchelor. Date: 1953

Background imageChristmas Collection: Christmas Pudding being pulled along atop a wooden sled

Christmas Pudding being pulled along atop a wooden sled
Delightful Chromolithograph Christmas greetings postcard by Ellen H. Clapsaddle depicting a sizeable Christmas Pudding being pulled along atop a wooden frame sled. Date: circa 1907

Background imageChristmas Collection: Puck Christmas 1904

Puck Christmas 1904



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