Confidence Collection

WWI - The Lion Roused - British Propaganda postcard full of strength, defiance and patriotism. The confidence evident in 1914... Date: 1914

Garden Path winning the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket
Garden Path, a brown filly belonging to Lord Derby and ridden by Harry Wragg, pictured winning the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket against Major David Wills Blue Peter colt

To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and air
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916

Girls waving at an early Aviator flying overhead
The Aviator is the only man girls look up to A very beautifully drawn and interesting postcard, with strong leaning toward the Womens Suffrage movement during this period in the United Kingdom

Chic model in shirtwaister dress
Chic model with tied-back hair, a shirtwaister dress with revere collar and belt, leather gloves, handbag and multiple strings of pearls. Date: circa 1959

New Fashion Style from France - Jupes-Pantalons
New Fashion Style from France - three young women wearing Jupes-Pantalons stride confidently - Porte Dauphine, Paris. Date: circa 1910

Cartoon, The Election Budget (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Election Budget -- I think, Mr Bull, we may now reckon on your support! William Gladstone was able to increase the popularity of the Liberal party by achieving a financial surplus

The sweet-scented China Rose, Infidelity
The sweet-scented China Rose, Rosa chinensis, Infidelity; The blue Hepatica, Hepatica nobilis, Confidence. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean

Two sailors leaving for War - WW2 - Don t Worry, they ll soon be back. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landed
WW1 - Marianne to Kaiser Wilhelm II - Hands Off! The Engish have landed. Warning to Germany not to set her sight on France as the English will be on hand to defend her border... Date: 1914

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

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

British Dominon - Investment Life Assurance Policy Advert. A man crosses a difficult chasm (in life) thanks to a Policy from British Dominion

The Real Thing - American Roller Skating girl, flying around the rink, her arms crossed in total confidence to the admiration of all of the onlookers. Date: 1907

Very Hot! by William Heath Robinson
The wonderful Heath Robinson New Patent Thawing Machine. This stupendous invention has been specially designed to enable the pedestrian to walk with confidence on the most slippery roads

Gent in Raincoat and trilby hat strides along London street
Gent in Raincoat and trilby hat strides along a London street with a definite sense of purpose. Date: 1933

Margate, Kent - confident, strong woman in summer ensemble walking along the seafront. Date: circa 1930s

Japan - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha
Japan - Confidences - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha Date: 1904

WW1 Aim for Victory French optimism in 1914 - General Pau
WW1 - Aim for Victory - French optimism in 1914, the card shows troops resting before a push for ultimate victory - the card also has a portrait of French General Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau

Louis XIII visiting in the convent of the Visitation to Luis
Louis XIII (1601-1643). King of France. Louis XIII visiting in the convent of the Visitation to Luise de La Fayette (1616-1655). Engraving. Colored

Germans / Attack England?
German troops, having overrun Belgium, are eager to attack England. Date: 1914

God backs British soldiers
This British soldier can go forward in confidence knowing that God will guide and guard him... circa 1914

Angel Food Brought
Saint Dominic had such confidence in God that, though the monastery was out of food, he insisted they should sit at table - and lo ! two angels served them a feast ! Date: circa 1220

B. H. M. K Von Bulow
B. H. M. K VON BULOW Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl von Bulow. Prussian statesman and German chancellor before losing confidence in Wilhelm II, resulting in resignation. Date: 1849 - 1929

WW1 - Eastern Front - Morale-Boosting Meeting for Russians - June 1917 Date: 1917

Cartoon, A Secret, WW1
Cartoon, A Secret, showing two men bathing in the sea. One man tells the other a secret concerning the war, but warns him not to repeat it, as people will think him a coward. Date: 1915

German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915
German illustration from a Berlin paper depicting the confident swagger of a German Officer in Liege, Belgium - 1915. Date: 1915

Cheerful British soldier on a postcard, WW1
Cheerful British soldier on a postcard during the First World War. Worry? I don t think. Date: 1914-1918

Confident British soldier on a postcard, WW1
Confident British soldier on a postcard during the First World War. Do I comprey? Not arf! Date: 1914-1918

George Wilson
GEORGE WILSON gentleman of uncertain profession - fishmonger, fan- maker, literary critic or confidence trickster, who knows ? Date: 1631 - ?

Girl Water Skier
This girl water skier does not inspire confidence... Date: early 1930s

WW2 - British Serviceman arm-in-arm with his ATS Girl
WW2 - W.A.T.S. the use of worrying? - A British soldier and his ladyfriend, who is part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service for Women (ATS). Date: circa 1940

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Listening to Winston Churchill
Churchill: " We Shall never stop, never weary, and never give in." Old Lady to her military officer son/Grandson

WW2 - Royal Air Force pilot and positive poem
WW2 - photograph of a Royal Air Force pilot accompanied by a positive patriotic poem by G. D. Wilkinson. Keep Smiling ! Date: circa 1943

The Kaiser suffers throughout the war
Before, During and After... Throughout WW1, Kaiser Wilhelms helmet slowly loses its shape and his moustache droops lower and lower as the situation progressively worsens for his side

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Theres a Good Time Coming
" We have to gian the victory - that is our task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Theres a Good Time Coming - a little girl sees a future without rationing

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

A pin-up beauty providing a Package of Oomph
A scantily-clad striking ginger-haired beauty providing a Package of Oomph! Date: early 1940s

Are We Downhearted? WWI postcard
Patriotic WWI poem - relating to the early part of the conflict and the Little Army sent in as the British Expeditionary Force to combat German advances in 1914/15

Spain. Government of UCD (1980). Motion fo no confidence against Suarezs government. Adolfo SuᲥ z during his speech to the Congress (May 1980)

La confidence. Female servant pouring beverage into cup, held by a woman, who is holding a long smoking pipe. Date between 1800(?) and 1900

The one hundred thousand year almanac. Date c1886 Nov. 24

Death of General Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. I am in the hands of a merciful god. I have full confidence in his goodness and mercy

Gladstone after the Great Division
William Ewart Gladstone entering the House of Commons after the Great Division, which involved a vote of no confidence against the government of the Conservative Marquess of Salisbury

Around the world in an iron mask
An extraordinary postcard of a man who for a wager of 21, 000 pounds, walked around the world. Harry Bensley alledged to have pushed his perambulator all around the globe wearing this mask

A Soleful Task
A new exercise for encuoraging confidence in fishing from an open boat. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Latvian Con Man
Preying on superstitious countryfolk, a Latvian confidence trickster, dis- guised as the Devil, demands money to save the victim from hell - but is not believed Date: 1935

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