Cry Collection (page 3)

Young lady cries after receiving a retort from her boyfriend
Taking a Hot Return - cricket analogy used on a humorous(ish?) postcard showing a girl upset after receiving a harsh retort from her beau. Date: 1908

Popular song Goodbye Dolly
A woman in despair over her drowning soldier husband who whilst rowing broke an oar and fell into the water. Realising his fate he bids fond farewell to his wife, Dolly

Twins in a Christmas basket
" A Merry Christmas" Twins in a Christmas basket - one of whom is not enjoying the experience... Date: 1906

Baby with German Measles - WWI connection
Screaming baby with German Measles - both a reference to this childhood ailment and a reaction to the state of European relations during World War One! Date: circa 1915

Sceloglaux albifacies, laughing owl
This owl, native only to New Zealand, became extinct in c. 1914, probably due to deforestation and the disappearance of its favourite prey the Kiori rat. Artist unknown

Benkei; Cry of the crane. Prints show the samurai Benkei, full-length, fighting a warrior; and the envelope shows a crane flying, carrying in its beak a rod with tassels attached to each end

There, little girl, don t cry!. Illustration shows a beautiful young woman, bust portrait, facing front. Date 1915 January 9

Scottish laddie wails for his porridge
" I Want Ma Porridge" A wee Scottish laddie bawls his eyes out, hoping for an extra portion of porridge... Date: 1910

Tom Clarke, Huntsman, jumping a fence
Full Cry -- Tom Clarke, Huntsman of the Old Berkshire, jumping a fence during a fox hunt. Date: 1870s

J Hassall. Georgy Porgie
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry. 20th century

Crocodile Tears
A crocodile with toothache cries tears of pain. Drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Sensitive pianist weeps, 1877
Herr Pumpernickel, a sensitive German pianist, weeps after performing a composition of his own on the piano. His host and friends look on with concern. Date: 1877

ELH. Young lambs to sell
Young lambs to sell! Young lambs to sell! If I d as much money as I could tell I never would cry Young Lambs to sell! 20th century

Hounds in Full Cry -- racing along a country lane, no doubt in pursuit of a fox. 1892

Grant / Crying Baby / 1960
An eleven month old baby has a good cry Date: circa 1960

Lovers tiff
A young couple sit at opposite sides of a garden bench, his top hat separates them. They appear not to be on speaking terms

Child crying
A little girl with red bobbed hair wiped her tearful eyes

The Battle by George Studdy
Two small boys, watched by their pet dog and various toys, play soldiers. Each carries a sword and shields marked " hero"

Rejected by Florence Hardy

A male quartet
Four men link arms and sing to their hearts content. They are all smartly dressed in waistcoats and jackets, and wear tricorne hats

A line of crying babies
A line of babies and toddlers sitting on chairs, in various states of distress; not a dry eye in the room, apart from the angry little child second from the right who seems rather annoyed by

First World War Propaganda Card. Issued by the Russians, showing that Germany and its allies will end up in tears!

Tom and the Gairfowl
Tom talks to the gairfowl who weeps tears of pure oil

PETITION MONGERS in full cry to St Stephens!! Beware of wolves in sheeps cloathing

Cry Palace Water Arcades
The Water Arcades in the grounds of the Palace

Cry Pal Geological Gard
The GEOLOGICAL GARDEN, with its sculptures of prehistoric animals, is one of the most striking features in the grounds of the Palace

Selling Green Peas
The caption reads Green hasteds but this must be a variant of Green Hastings - the customary cry of street traders offering green peas

Wellington at Waterloo
Wellington encourages his men, supposedly with the rallying cry Up guards and at em !

Advert / Deans Books
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Tingel-Tangel Waltz
The TINGEL-TANGEL WALZER (= roughly, honky-tonk waltz) is a far cry from the relatively sedate dance of the 19th century ballroom, though even then it caused a scandal

WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS
Rosamund, tied to a tree in Hyena-Full Wood, is saved when the tree un-gags her, thus enabling her to cry for help...etc

Georgie Peorgie, Pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry. When the girls began to play, Georgie Peorgie ran away

Georgie Porgie / Andre
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry. When the girls came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away

Barry Delivers Prologue
ANN SPRANGER BARRY delivers the Prologue to John Hones highly successful Douglas which prompted a Scottish theatregoer to cry out Waurs your Willy Shakespeare noo ?

Christmas once a Year
A wait of 365 days until the next Christmas Day is an upsetting thought for this small boy

Napoleon the Comforter
When Josephine, who has accompanied him to Italy, has difficulty getting back to France and bursts into tears, he promises the Austrians will pay for making her cry

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