Chums Collection

Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
At Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part

Twelve Chums having a gay old time on the beach! Date: circa 1920s

Three young ladies strolling along the seafront of a British coastal resort in the summer. Date: 1938

Three little boys go for a ride on the back of a bullock. Free Rides - Hurry up now for a ride, room for just two more outside. Date: circa 1909

Bruce Bairnsfathers Cottage Memorial, St Yvon, Belgium
The rebuilt cottage stands on the site of the original building in which, in 1914, Bruce Bairnsfather drew his first catoons which led to the creation of Old Bill

Friendship - four girls, 1940s
Four friends pose for a photograph together. Date: c.1948

Great Friends
Two children chat and pass the time by a garden gate. Date: c. 1930

Desert Chums, boy and donkey, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (Oasis Confectionery photo, Fremont Street, Las Vegas). Date: 1910

Four couples posing for a photograph in a suburban garden
Four very smartly-dressed couples pose for a jolly photograph in a smart suburban garden. circa 1905

Six terrific chums heading off for a jolly hike
Six terrific chums (all with pipes and sticks) pose for a photograph before heading off for a jolly ramble - late September. Date: circa 1920

Four Fine Chums
Four very elegant Gentleman pose for their Group Studio Portrait. The two on the right are sporting very precise waxed moustaches and all four are keeping the UK Starch industry in business

Two friends - A British Navy Sailor and a Pacific Islander. Date: circa 1930s

Hon. Alexander Ramsay and Hon. George Lascelles
Hon. Alexander Ramsay (1919-2000) (the only child of Princess Patricia of Connaught, who renounced her royal title and style when she married then-Captain the Hon)

Canadian Chap is thrown jovially into the air by his chums, who hopefully are as adept at cathcing as they are at throwing... Date: circa 1910

Penguins / Neziere
Three penguins look skywards while their chums strike various poses in the background (Aptenodytes pennanti) Date: early 20th century

Young boy with pet dogs
Pub: Humphrey Milford, Postcards for the Little Ones. Chums series. Artist:Eileen Hood Date: 1922

Statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw
Bronze statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908) about 18 inches high, by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The statue is kept in the dining room of the Massey Shaw Suite

Japan - A pair of friendly Geisha Girls - both wearing beautiful silk kimonos. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - A group of friendly Geisha Girls - all wearing beautiful silk kimonos. Date: circa 1910s

Your chums are fighting - why aren t you?. Poster shows silhouette of soldiers, bayonets drawn, in battle. Date 1917

The Darling Boys of the Coptic Seminary, Cairo, Egypt
The Darling Jewish Boys of the Coptic Seminary, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1910s

With Granpops best wishes by Lawson Wood
Humorous and rather sweet illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character Gran pop giving out Christmas presents to all his animal chums

Chums 7 Bramusas at Poole s
Young girl in a sailor suit wearing the cap of the SS Bramusas holding a beater and cymbal and sat beside a large bass drum

Hunstmens Breakfast
The Hunting Breakfast. Five chums eat and drink prior to riding out with the morning hunt. The walls of the room are decorated with scenes from the hunt & heads of the hunted

Louis XIV and Chums
Louis XIV, together with a group of top courtiers, receives his brother, Philippe de France, duc d Anjou, later duc d Orleans, as a chevalier of the Ordre du Saint Esprit

Ww1 Postcard / Chums
A little girl wears her fathers military cap and puts her arms round his neck: two gallant Tommies

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