Dec16 Collection (page 3)

When Grandpa was Young by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned When Grandpa was Young. The image is of two young children on a snowy hillside. The girl faces us and the boy stands behind holding a small piece of mistletoe. Date: 1906

Ca d Oro Palace, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Ca d Oro is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy. One of the older palaces in the city, it is known as Ca d Oro due to the gilt

Venice, Italy - Covered gondola and the Railway Bridge. Date: circa 1910s

Torcello, Venice, canal and Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Torcello - Venice - Disused canal. Torcello is the island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon. It is the oldest continuously populated region of Venice

St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy - Flooded - two gentleman are being conveyed across in a makeshift trolley (to safe their trousers getting wet - possibly...). Date: circa 1906

Venice, Italy - Covered Gondola with view of Doges Palace. Date: circa 1895

A Champion Hybrid Freesia (Ragionieri) from the Antibes
Hybrid Freesia (Ragionieri) from the Antibes (a Mediterranean resort in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France) which won the gold medal at the 1911 Cannes Exposition Horticole

Venice, Italy - Ponte Vecchio, Grand Canal with covered gondola in foreground. Date: circa 1895

Venice, Italy - Canonica Canal - Palazzo Trevisan-Cappello. Date: circa 1895

The Postman by Charles Robinson
The Postman heavily laden with a sack on his back and holding a parcel as he arrives at a gate greeted by two young girls. Date: 1906

Statue of a Charioteer (Roman) - Capitoline Museum, Rome. Date: 1920s

The colourful Illuminated Fountain, Bournemouth, Devon. Date: 1931

Unilever House - view from St. Pauls Dome, London Date: 1939

The Mettelhorn and the Weisshorn, Switzerland Date: circa 1920s

High Street Kensington - looking west
High Street Kensington, London - looking west - showing the Queen Victoria column (which was moved to Warwick Square in 1934). Date: circa 1908

Cyprus - Stavrovouni Monastery - founded by Saint Helena
Stavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus - founded by Saint Helena (Saint Constantines mother) in around 327-329 AD - one of the oldest monasteries in the world. Date: circa 1930s

The Matterhorn, Switzerland and Kulm-Hotel Gornergrat, near Zermatt. Date: circa 1920s

The Matterhorn, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Waking on Christmas Morning by Charles Robinson
Waking on Christmas Morning. The illustration is of two young children in a large bed having just awoken on Christmas day. A candle that has been snuffed out the night before sits in the foreground

Fishing boats in Narrows, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Fishing boats in the Narrows, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: circa 1905

St. Moritz, Switzerland
Hotels at St. Moritz, Switzerland on the banks of the Lej da San Murezzan - nowadays a luxury alpine resort town in Switzerlands Engadin valley. Date: circa 1910s

Santa Claus climbing into a chimney by Charles Robinson
Illustration of Santa Claus climbing into a chimney pot with a full moon behind him. Date: 1906

WW2 - Sunset on Western front - British soldiers on guard. Date: circa 1942

King George V, Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales
King George V (), Queen Mary of Teck () and Edward the Prince of Wales () (later King Edward VIII). Date: circa 1911

HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1850 1942). A member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family

Feluccas on the River Nile, Cairo, Egypt - Evening. Date: circa 1910s

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Who Cares for Rain
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Who Cares for Rain! (5/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye (4/6). Date: circa 1900

Anna Neagle - popular English actress, singer and dancer
Anna Neagle (1904-1986) - Dame Anna Neagle, DBE, born Florence Marjorie Robertson - a popular English stage and film actress and singer and dancer (see 10638893 !) Date: circa 1935

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - We never speak as we pass by
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. We never speak as we pass by (6/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Three Little Maids
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Three Little Maids (3/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Scandal (under difficulties)
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Scandal (under difficulties) (2/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Auntie Goes Wading
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Auntie Goes Wading (1/6). Date: circa 1900

Gare du Nord, Paris, France. Date: circa 1900

Royal visit to India: Prince of Wales presented with address
Royal visit to India: Mr Layard presenting to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) the address of the municipal council at Colombo, Ceylon, 1876 Date: 1876

The Prince of Waless bedroom on board HMS Serapis, on the voyage to India. Date: 1875

Royal visit to India: preparations in Bombay 1875
Royal visit to India: preparations for illuminating Bombay. Students of the Jamsetjee Jheejebhoy school of art putting up decorations to welcome Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)

Prince of Wales riveting bolt of Alexandra Railway Bridge
Royal tour of India: the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) riveting the last bolt of the Alexandra Railway Bridge in the Punjab. 1876

Royal visit to India: illuminations at Benares 1876
Royal visit to India: illuminations at Benares in honour of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). The Princes boat ride along the River Ganges. Date: 1876

Orange-peel waste basket on a London street
After numerous accidents in London streets through people slipping on pieces of orange peel thrown onto the pavement, the City authorities instituted a system of wire baskets into which eaters of

The Childrens Fancy Dress Ball
A childrens fancy dress ball with youngsters dressed in a wide variety of costumes from Pierrots to jesters. Date: 1903

A skating costume, 1903
A costume of fine blue serge trimmed with coarse black braid and black and white tassels; embroidered yoke of green silk and front and ruffles of ivory lace - just the thing for ice skating in 1903

Balancing act at the Alhambra
Les Kiners-Moulins performing The Tribulations of a Soubrette, an extraordinary balancing act at the Alhambra in London in 1903. Date: 1903

Ticketed motorists, 1903
Some early motorists who, having found to be exceeding the speed limit, have received tickets. Date: 1903

The Ruined Gift by F. Newton Sheppard
A small Cavalier King Charles Spaniel looks rather sheepish, having managed to destroy his mistresss hat. She looks at him questioningly. Date: 1903

Making Christmas Crackers at Tom Smith s
Page from The Tatler reporting on the various stages involved in manufacturing Christmas crackers at the famous Tom Smiths factory

Life in a Womens Prison, 1903
Female convicts at work in Aylesbury Gaol. Date: 1903

First Christmas card designed by W. N. Egley
An 1842 design for a Christmas card by Mr W. N. Egley, though the general consensus is that the first was by John Calcott Horsley for Sir Henry Cole in 1846

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