Content Collection

Label, Hotel on Lakecomo
The label for the GRAND HOTEL at TREMEZZO on Lake Como is content just to show a view of itself - need we say more ?

Juno and the Peacock
The Peacock (Pavo cristatus) complains to Juno that he can t sing as well as the nightingale; she tells him to be content with what hes got

Amy Johnson Says Goodbye
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison) leaves Lympne in Hearts Content on her record attempt to South America. Here she kisses her husband goodbye. Date: 6 February 1933

A Quiet Half Hour by Leo Fontan
A contented looking young woman, wearing a lovely pink, silk dress, matching shoes and lace cap, enjoys some me-time as she reads a book lying flat on her stomach and smokes like a chimney

School Milk 1960S
A rather contented looking boy drinks his free school milk straight from the bottle, using a straw

Sugar Beet Weighed
In the washing room, 28lbs of beet is weighed before and after washing and the average dirt content is calculated for the complete load

WW2 Birthday Card, Keep Smiling!
A WW2 birthday greeings card, Blessed are they who do not keep awake at night - But dream of happier times ahead! The image portrays a content old man asleep in bed

WW2 Humpty Dumpty The Barrage Balloon
An illustration which shows Humpty Dumpty having become a barrage balloon, he looks quite content as he floats in the moonlit night sky. Date: circa 1940

Sleeping Girl
A sketch study of a sleeping girl, looking very content and peaceful in her bed. Date: circa 1918

A French Peasant
A portrait illustration of a French peasant man, with a content facial expression, fastening his coat with his left hand. Date: circa 1916

A Gaggle of Geese
A painting of a content looking girl, carrying a large basket, walking through a forest accompanied by a gaggle of geese. Date: circa 1916

Philosophical Text (Fragment)
Bifolium from an unidentified text, parchment. Content seems to be a commentary of philosophical and religious nature. The text on each folio is written in two different but near-contemporary hands

Photograph of Cottage of Content PH, Walworth, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Cottage of Content PH, Carshalton, Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Wilton Williams Idea of Comfort, taking a bath
A lady looks the picture of relaxation following a steaming hot bath. One of a series of illustrations done for Comfort Soap in the 1920s by leading illustrators of the day. Date: c.1925

Lady in a deckchair on the beach
A woman called June looking very comfortable and organised in a deckchair on an unidentified beach. Date: 1930

Couple feeding poultry on a greetings card with verse and pull tab. Date: circa 1850s

Black cat on a postcard - Keep Smiling! Lets be content with our lot, even if it ain t a lot. Date: circa 1920s

JAPANESE WOMAN KNITTING
A young Japanese housewife contentedly sits on a cushion and knits a dress for her youngest child. Date: 1930s

EVACUEES AND FLOWERS
These two evacuees from a crowded east London tenement can now pull wild flowers to their hearts content in the west of England Date: 1940s

Old lady asleep with paperback book
An old lady falls asleep outdoors with her Agatha Christie who-done-it paperback book. Herefordshire, England Date: circa 1970

Kissing a young maid
A man leans in to kiss the neck of a young maid; she seems quite happy to be distracted from her ironing. Date: 1885

The Channel Islands - Jersey Cow - Brown and White cow on Cliff Top. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands. Jersey cattle are a small breed of dairy cattle

Civil Defence Handbook, First Aid Kit Contents

Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916

Willss tobacco advert by H. M. Bateman
Advertisement by H. M. Bateman for Willss Cut Golden Bar tobacco featuring a gent seated in a comfortable armchair wearing a smoking jacket in a state of pipe smoking ecstasy. Date: 1929

Under the Mistletoe Bough by Bruce Bairnsfather
As Old Bill said to himself, " Me and Maggie didn t arf ave a time this Christmas." Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander is pictured in

WWI Poster, Think!... Join Today
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Think! Are you content for him to fight for you? Won t you do your bit? We shall win but YOU must help. Join Today. Date: 1915

Hearts Content Bay, Newfoundland
A view of Hearts Content Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, from the deck of the Great Eastern, during the Atlantic telegraph expedition. Date: 1866

Telegraph station in Hearts Content Bay, Newfoundland. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

The toyshop
Two children gaze longingly into the toyshop window, while their young friend stands there content with her doll. Date: 1900

Autocar Poster -- Jenatzy beating speed record
Autocar poster -- Camille Jenatzys Jamais Contente beating the World Speed Record near Acheres in France, averaging just over 65 mph. Date: 1899

Harry Postcard, the letters containing female portraits Date: circa 1910s

Frank Postcard, the letters containing female portraits Date: circa 1906

Jim Mollisons long-range de Havilland DH80A Puss Moth, G-ABXY, The Hearts Content

Jobs Resignation after receiving the successive blows of unprecedented calamities. circa early 18th century

Cetacea (order), cetacean stomach contents
Stomach contents of a Cetacean (either a whale, dolphin or a porpoise) preserved in a spirit jar. Specimen stored at the Natural History Museum, London

Our infant industries - why can t they be content with the half they make honestly?. Illustration showing a gigantic Andrew Carnegie standing between two large pumps

Ride a Stearns and be content. Poster advertising Stearns bicycles, showing a woman cyclist. Date 1896

Ha je seront ben content quand j aurons tous ces papiers la
A cleric, an aristocrat, and a member of the Third Estate who is pulling on a rope tied to a bundle of papers including the Nouvelle Constitution

The Full Moon. Like the moon, my brethren dear, I am full as full can be, Full of grace and lager beer, Full of food and sanctity! Date: circa 1910s

Content Lion
A content lion. Date: 1960s

Old Swedish Woman
A wry old Swedish woman, looking content as she sits knitting, warmly wrapped up in her fleece jacket and decorative knitted hat. Date: 1930s

Content Cat
Study of a content (or smug?) cat. Date: 1950s

Over the field the fairies went, singing and dancing and well content (The Hayfield). 1920s

Underwater Laboratory
Physicist Brian Ray, testing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet beneath the waves off Plymouth Date: 1960s

Britannia and Eve magazine, July 1940
Front cover illustration featuring an attractive young lady with wavy blonde hair, smiling at a red rose given to her by her sweetheart

Admiring a baby
Two elderly men admire a small infant, who seems very content with all the attention

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