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H B Daft, English footballer and cricketerHarry Butler Daft (1866-1945), English footballer with the Corinthians, Notts County, Nottingham Forest, Newark and England, also a first-class cricketer with Nottinghamshire. 1890s
Drunken man staggering home - about to hit lampostRacing Illustrated - " Some delay at the post!" - a gentleman who has had a serious session at the Old Blue Bell (see 10909661) endeavours to make his way home
Irish Drunk Pat and his drinking logicTourist - " I say Pat, why do you always take beer and whiskey Mixed
H B Daft
My Word! We caught THIS wandering here. Two young women mock a rather daft-looking young man, possibly trying to use his facial dexterity to gain their attention/affection?! Date: 1910
Three women posing on a beachThree women striking funny poses on a beach. A man in the background holds a parasol
Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrowVisitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)
Half Pierrot costumeA gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s
Vicar captured by CannibalsShakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc
Turkestan - One man riding a bull and two on a donkey! Date: circa 1909
Irish drinker receives warning at Taproom door from Priest" Ye re not goin into that Public House, are ye, Tim
A horse disgusted to find she is eating HUMAN" Bad Stable Manners" - Eating with Ones Mouth Open! Dobbin disgusted to find out that instead of oats she has in fact been eating HUMAN
Pulling a ridiculous expressionA German man pulls a ridiculous, daft, absurd and frankly rather manic facial expression! Date: circa 1910s
Richard Daft, English cricketerRichard Daft (1835-1900), English cricketer. late 19th century
US Radio Star Tom Breneman as The Mad HatterTom Breneman as The Mad Hatter. Radio Star Tom Breneman (1901-1948) was the popular presenter of the show Breakfast in Hollywood
British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audienceUnintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience
Taft on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - Giant VegWilliam Howard Taft (18571930), on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - the card is entitled Prosperity due to the funny addition of piles of exaggerated-size vegetables
Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USACatch of (quite unbelievable!) Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1916
WW1 - Soldier gives away all souvenir buttons from uniformWW1 - A slightly daft-looking young Soldier has to resort to a large safety pin, as he has given away all the souvenir buttons from his uniform to family and female admirers... Date: circa 1915
Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinkingThe Squire Daughter - " Jerry, a little bird told me you had to much to drink yesterday
Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to CornwalA Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion
A French Gentleman enquires after the health of an idiotA smart French Gentleman enquires after the health of an obvious idiot
Comic caricature in a lunatic asylum by Phil MayDottieville Lunatic Asylum Visitor to the Asylum - " Is that Clock Right?" The Dotty One - " O course it ain, or it wouldn t be here." Date: 1900
Scruffy Street Tough advertising The Ladies IdolHumorous ironic cartoon by Phil May, depicting a scruffy, unattractive street tough advertising The Ladies Idol at The Vaudeville Theatre. Date: 1895
Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cowA quite surreal German postcard, showing two rather plump babies strapped to the back of two cows, their mouths clamped to long tubes originating from the cows udders
Turkish Archytype smoking a pipe conected to a stoveCaricature Turkish Archytype smoking a pipe connected to a stove Date: circa late 1920s
Men of Merry England - Two loons in the stocks Date: circa 1903
Arrested for wearing a corset advertising placard" Why pick on me, officer
A mischievous coupleAn eccentric Welsh couple from Abertillery in South Wales stand out on their balcony, grinning cheekily and posing with silly expressions for the camera
Trick Riders of the 16th and 5th British Lancers
Humorous Postcard - Underwear DepartmentA couple are directed to the Sports Department " Straight through the Ladies Underwear"
Humorous card from Hellingly, depicting a man getting some Fresh air ! Amusingly, Hellingly was the site of a famous lunatic asylum between 1903 and 1994...! circa 1905
View of a ball from belowA quite remarkable and rather wonderful French postcard presenting the view of a ball as could be seen if one were looking upward through a glass floor! Date: circa 1910s
Big Game hunter sending his last postcardA big game hunter who has (what rotten luck!) become a lunchtime snack for his intended victim (a very jolly lion) sends his last address which is: In Red Lion, Timbuktu !!!!!!! Date: 1906
Addled Ads - Living in a HORSEAddled Ads - WANTED: " AT ONCE. Man wanted to look after horse, to live in." 1905
Cryptic Postcard - Three Abbots empty their bowelsMusings from the papal throne
John Noakes at Land End, CornwallTelevision Presenter John Noakes with John Mash and a canine friend at Lands End, Cornwall
Elevated ElectricThe Daft electric locomotive on the 9th Avenue El, replacing the more picturesque but undoubtedly noxious steam locomotives
Cricket / Team / NottinghamNottingham: Shelton, Hardstaff, Wilkinson, Coxon, Daft, Attewell, Draper, Flowers, Robinson, Dixon, Gunn, Howett, Pike, Mee
Cricketer, DaftH.B. Daft Cricketer - Nottinghamshire
Improving Voice TimbreImproving the timbre of the human voice with an amplifier
Mad Jack of Margate: a local character who added to the colour of Margate making your seaside holiday complete. Daft hat aside, we don t know what form his madness took