Comfort Collection (page 6)

Pug Peter -- vultures, dog and rabbit
Pug Peter -- The Vultures smiled disagreeably. A dog comforts a rabbit in the face of four predators. Date: 1905

Man listening to a radio
Man sitting in an armchair, listening to a large radio. Date: circa 1930s

British submarine depot ship by G. H. Davis
A home from home for underwater sailors during the Second World War: details of a typical British submarine depot ship. These mother ships were floating workshops and supply depots

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939
Get up wide awake ! How you feel in the morning depends largely upon how you sleep during the night. Take no chances with your nights rest, sleep on a Vi-Spring

Pressure cabin in airliner by G. H. Davis
Travelling comfortably at 25, 000 feet: pressure cabins in airliners. Details of a system demonstrated in last weeks high altitude passenger-carrying flight by a British airliner. Date: 1946

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1935
30 years supremacy in sleeping comfort. The Vi-Spring overlay mattress. Never in its years of unparalleled success has the wonderful Vi-Spring mattress occupied so higgh a position in the favour of

At the Eagle Hut by Helen McKie
Sketches of members of the American Army and Navy enjoying the comforts of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK

Forager the puppy joins the other animals by the fire
The Limit -- Forager the puppy joins Master Quack the duckling, Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits, Rags the puppy, Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

The duckling joins the other animals by the fire
Still They Come -- Master Quack the duckling joins Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits, Rags the puppy, Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

The rabbits join the other animals by the fire
A Growing Family -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits join Rags the puppy, Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

Rags the puppy joins cat and piglet by the fire
A Cosy Corner -- Rags the puppy joins Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

Advertisement for O Sullivans shaped rubber heels for men and women. Wearing these, you can increase your walking powers one hundred per cent. From B F Goodrich of Golden Lane, London. 1914

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1945
Kumf-ees are here... Flexibility, comfort and good looks are teh main features of these smart wedge heel shoes, obtainable from Dolcis. 1945

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1930
Its luxuriously comfortable ! Only thoses who slept upon a Vi-Spring can really appreciate the luxurious comfort of this fine overlay mattress

Little girl asleep, dreaming of her soldier father, WW1
A little girl asleep in an armchair, dreaming of her soldier father who is away fighting in the First World War. The caption is written in English and French. Date: 1914-1918

Business card design, woman reading
Business card design, made in France, depicting a woman sitting comfortably in an armchair under a standard lamp, reading a book. Date: 20th century

Sleigh Rides
Apres Ski : Some travel in comfort by horse and sleigh, others trudge home on foot through the snow! Date: 1930s

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1929
Too tired to dance, a good partner - a fine band - a jolly evening wasted, because they are too tied to enjoy themselves. What a joy it is to get up each moring felling thoroughly rested

Man Knitting
Knit one, purl one.. a very smart man in a suit, with slicked-back hair and wearing spectacles, learning to knit in the comfort of his living room armchair. Date: early 1930s

Hotel Carls-Rite, Toronto, Canada - the House of Comfort - advertising itself as the Worlds Premier Hotel for Business travellers. Date: circa 1920s

Sending a new pipe and a heart of love to the front
France, WW1 - A pretty girl sends her beau a new pipe and a heart of love to the front, where her brave man is fighting. Date: circa 1916

John Bull coming to the aid of Victims of Messina Earthquake
John Bull coming to the aid of the personification of Italy (Italia Turrita) following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 at Messina, Sicily

Cover of a Japanese Railway Timetable - Tokyo to Kobe
The beautifully illustrated cover of a Japanese Railway Timetable - covering the route from Tokyo to Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1930

Beautifully dressed passengers on the Underground. As the card states: The Bakerloo & Piccadilly Tubes afford the maximum of speed, safety

Sopwith Aviation Drawing Office 1914-1915. From left: Comfort, Williams, Bewsher, Ashfield, Pare, Cowlin, Penny, Shaw, Freelove, Smith and Nordun. Date: circa 1915

Boeing 247s of United Air Lines
Luxury at three miles a minute: Comfort goes hand in hand with speed in the new high-speed Boeing 247s of United Air Lines

Advert for Vani-tred shoes 1943
Will your walk stand a close-up. Balanced walking gives you grace and comfort. You can t fool your feet about shoes. They know whether you are walking as nuture means you to walk - and if you aren t

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1938
Its the inside that matters most! If you are buying mattress you will, of course, buy one of the spring-interior type to-day demanded by everybody with modern ideas of comfort

Fairy tale illustrations

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1933
Unequalled for comfort, The Vi-Spring - Vibase combination. The Worlds most luxurious bed equipment. The Vi-Spring - Vibase combination is unquestionably the finest bed equipment ever made to ensure

Imperial Airways Poster, Reliability, Comfort. Showing details of the equipment of the most luxurious air liners in the world (Heracles Class), with pictograms of features on a yellow background. 1934

Imperial Airways Poster, travel in comfort
Imperial Airways Poster, Travel In Comfort, serving Europe, Africa, India and the East, depicting a globe with routes marked. 20th century

Imperial Airways Poster, by air in comfort
Imperial Airways Poster, By Air in Comfort, to Europe, Africa, Asia. 20th century

Interior view of the Hoffman House bar. Date 1890 Mar. 15

Civilians, when we go through this we need all the help and comfort you can give - The Jewish Welfare Board. Poster showing a soldier reaching out above the chaos of battle. Date 1918

China Korea Siberia speed comfort trans-pacific line, Pacific Mail Steamship Co

Interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London
Colour drawing of a rich interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

School room and drawing room, Bedford
Colour sketch entitled Our former school room, with the drawing room visible through double doors, in a house in Bedford. Present are Captain Ruddick and children

Library in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales
Colour sketch of the Library in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Room in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales
Colour sketch of a room in Llandaff House, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Dining Room, New College Lane, Oxford
An unfinished watercolour sketch of Reverend Baden Powells dining room at New College Lane, Oxford, with mother and children sitting round a table

Drawing room and school room, Bedford
Colour sketch of a drawing room, with a school room visible through a doorway, in a house in Bedford. Present are Mr Ruddicks children

Drawing Room in A W T Greens House
Colour sketch entitled Drawing room in A.W.T. Greens house, showing a woman with three children, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Metropolitan Police officer and lost boy
A Metropolitan Police officer holding a little boy lost. Date: circa 1930s

David Wright woman with pen and note paper
Elegant woman with a pen and note paper -- perhaps writing to the naval officer in the photo on her table -- representing The Girls They Left Behind

Little girl asleep, dreaming of her soldier father
A little girl asleep in an armchair, dreaming of her soldier father who is away fighting in the First World War. The caption is written in English and French. 1915

David Wright woman with a red book
Elegant red-haired woman in a black negligee, holding a red book -- perhaps an address book of all her men friends. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Daimler Light
The Daimler Light Straight Eight will set you back all of L1200, but for your money you get the fastest Daimler yet produced, with aristocratic looks and comfort as well. Date: 1937

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