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Background imageDelightful Collection: Catalina: Now see Santa Catalina, the Scenic Riviera of the

Catalina: Now see Santa Catalina, the Scenic Riviera of the USA.... yet only a short delightful voyage from Los Angeles. Travel poster for tourism to Santa Catalina Island, California

Background imageDelightful Collection: Malvern Water Cure (8)

Malvern Water Cure (8)
(8 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern. Sitz Bath and wet sheet 6o clock winters morn. " This is delightful, very!!!"

Background imageDelightful Collection: Battle of Leipzig

Battle of Leipzig
BATTLE OF LEIPZIG - a delightful popular print of the decisive battle which ended Napoleons attempt to subdue Germany and forced him to retire across the Rhine

Background imageDelightful Collection: Advert / Chesterfield Cigs

Advert / Chesterfield Cigs
Chesterfield cigarettes - Mind if I smoke? Not at all - the aroma is delightful! Date: 1926

Background imageDelightful Collection: St James Park 1794

St James Park 1794
A striking view of the park as seen from Buckingham House : Whitehall and Trafalgar Square are inconspicuous, the City a distant prospect, the Mall a delightful place for strolling

Background imageDelightful Collection: Blackpool Restaurant 38

Blackpool Restaurant 38
The Renaissance restaurant in Blackpool teems with dapper gentlemen and delightful ladies

Background imageDelightful Collection: Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Flotow Martha Quartet

Flotow Martha Quartet
The delightful spinning quartet from Act Two, as the two posh ladies, disguised as country girls, reveal their inability to perform mundane household tasks

Background imageDelightful Collection: Watching Le Guignol

Watching Le Guignol
Children watching a Guignol show - a delightful variety of facial expressions !

Background imageDelightful Collection: Victorian boy standing proudly alongside his Penny Farthing

Victorian boy standing proudly alongside his Penny Farthing
A delightful Victorian carte-de-visite photograph of a young boy standing proudly alongside his Penny Farthing bicycle circa 1880

Background imageDelightful Collection: WW2, Alphabet Valentines Card

WW2, Alphabet Valentines Card
A WW2 alphabet Valentines greetings card. To my Adorable, Beautiful, Charming, Darling, Exquisite, Fascinating, Glamorous, Heavenly, Ideal, Joyous, Kissable, Lovely, Marvellous, Neat, One-and-only

Background imageDelightful Collection: Courtaulds Delysia Advertisement

Courtaulds Delysia Advertisement
Advertisement for Courtaulds Fabric promoting women's fashionable clothing under the name Delysia. Image shows a group of women donning their delightful Delysia attire. Date: circa 1930

Background imageDelightful Collection: Schleicher ASW-19B R19

Schleicher ASW-19B R19 (msn 19317), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. I flew this glider many times at RAF Hullavington, before it was re-allocated to another club

Background imageDelightful Collection: Seaside scene

Seaside scene
The girls here are delightful. Three attractive young ladies in their finery, on the beach chatting up an eligible young man in a panama hat. Artist: Mary Horsfall. Date: circa 1910

Background imageDelightful Collection: Advert, Brighton, Delightful at all Seasons

Advert, Brighton, Delightful at all Seasons, one hour from London. 1927

Background imageDelightful Collection: 51st Highland Division Memorial, Schijndel, Holland

51st Highland Division Memorial, Schijndel, Holland
To British eyes this is probably the most beautiful traditional war memorial in Holland. It is a statue of a kilted Highlander looking down on a delightful young Dutch girl

Background imageDelightful Collection: INVISIBLE SANDWICHES

INVISIBLE SANDWICHES
These are surprise sandwiches... Anchovy Delight! They were obviously so delightful that they are all gone! Date: 1930s

Background imageDelightful Collection: GAME / JUMBLE WORDS 1930S

GAME / JUMBLE WORDS 1930S
A delightful game for young and old, taxing the brain by asking you to guess Come down smiling to BARK FEAST and other anagrammatic enigmas Date: 1930s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs

Smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs
Candid seaside photograph of a smart young couple sat on the beach in deckchairs before a row of delightful beach huts with conical roofs. circa 1920s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Trade Card for the Luxor Hotel, Egypt

Trade Card for the Luxor Hotel, Egypt
Delightful trade Card for the Luxor Hotel, Egypt featuring a stylised ancient Egyptian Princess or Queen, seated in the bullrushes with two black pet cats on a pale green cushion. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Nice, France - General Panoramic View from Mont Boron

Nice, France - General Panoramic View from Mont Boron
Delightful early illustrated postcard from Nice, France - General Panoramic View from Mont Boron. Date: 1899

Background imageDelightful Collection: Princess May of Teck sitting on a window seat

Princess May of Teck sitting on a window seat
A delightful portrait of Princess May of Teck (Lady May Abel Smith) sitting on a window seat with a picture book. Date: circa 1907

Background imageDelightful Collection: Regina Cigarettes

Regina Cigarettes
The day closes in perfect happiness, enjoying the exquisite Regina cigarette - a delightful period illustration, with hand lettering to match

Background imageDelightful Collection: Delightful, at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia

Delightful, at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia
Delightful first produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia in 1918. The caption reads Weston Drury as Ferdie Fittitt. Sergeant Weston Drury wrote many of the productions at the Gaiety Theatre

Background imageDelightful Collection: Bullock / Ox Cart with delightful mounted canopy, Singapore

Bullock / Ox Cart with delightful mounted canopy, Singapore. Date: circa 1905

Background imageDelightful Collection: Couple relaxing on a sail boat

Couple relaxing on a sail boat
This is really a delightful place. Edwardian scene depicting romantic couple spooning at the seaside on a smaill sailing craft. Date: 1905

Background imageDelightful Collection: Giovanna Baccelli

Giovanna Baccelli
Signora GIOVANNA BACCELLI Italian dancer, mistress of the duke of Dorset, caught in mid-dance in this delightful portrait by Gainsborough. Date: ? - 1801

Background imageDelightful Collection: Ashford / Visiters

Ashford / Visiters
THE YOUNG VISITERS The opening page from the manuscript of this delightful story written when Daisy was a small girl : when published it became enduringly popular. Date: first published 1919

Background imageDelightful Collection: Wishing you a delightful time

Wishing you a delightful time
Boys and girls in period costume with bunches of flowers. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: 1903

Background imageDelightful Collection: Bestway pattern for Delightful Necklets

Bestway pattern for Delightful Necklets, easily made from oddments. 1940s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Two boys on Dan Bank, Marple, Cheshire

Two boys on Dan Bank, Marple, Cheshire in a delightful picture showing clothing of the period Date: circa 1908

Background imageDelightful Collection: Group of four men with hats

Group of four men with hats, showing a delightful glimpse of humour. Exactly what was going on here is unknnown, the photographer Ernest Battersby (second from left)

Background imageDelightful Collection: Woodland scene near Ellesmere, Shropshire

Woodland scene near Ellesmere, Shropshire in June 1908 - a delightful study of light, shade and contemporary fashions. Date: 1908

Background imageDelightful Collection: Group of men holding snow

Group of men holding snow near Doveholes, Derbyshire in January 1908. A delightful picture showing that Edwardians had a much greater sense of the ridiculous than is traditionally believed. Date: 1908

Background imageDelightful Collection: Group of men in conversation

Group of men in conversation outside tennis club house - a delightful shot which captures a very natural and relaxed scene with compassion and humour Date: 1913

Background imageDelightful Collection: An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup - WWI

An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup - WWI
An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup and saucer manufactured by S. A. de Fuisseaux Baddour, Belgique, 1914. Cup inscribed Heroic Tommy in Belgium with the Union Jack and the handle has the black

Background imageDelightful Collection: Poster advertising the Blue Star Line

Poster advertising the Blue Star Line, the worlds most delightful cruising liner, showing an aerial view of a cruise liner, the Arandora Star

Background imageDelightful Collection: Harvest Stooks

Harvest Stooks
The pattern of harvest - a delightful scene of the Northamptonshire countryside, near Everdon Stubbs, with the lines of the oat stooks following the field outline. Date: 1950s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Rev James Lawson

Rev James Lawson
JAMES LAWSON Presbyterian churchman of Edinburgh described as the Persevering Petitioner : a splendid example of Kays delightful inventiveness. Date: ? - 1788

Background imageDelightful Collection: China - graves alongside a waterway

China - graves alongside a waterway - note the delightful tiled roof and the yin yang symbol at one end. Date: circa 1910

Background imageDelightful Collection: Fold-out Christmas Card

Fold-out Christmas Card printed on some form of synthetic vellum - featuring depictions of exotic black children from a fantasy land in the sun. Date: 1933

Background imageDelightful Collection: Delightful Edwardian Birthday Postcard - Mr Punch

Delightful Edwardian Birthday Postcard - Mr Punch
An absolutely delightful Edwardian Birthday Postcard - featuring a young girl on stage with Mr Punch and Mrs Punch (holding the baby)

Background imageDelightful Collection: Wooden Dolls stirring the Christmas Pudding

Wooden Dolls stirring the Christmas Pudding
Loving Greetings - Wooden Dolls stirring the Christmas Pudding - see (10514352). Date: circa 1906

Background imageDelightful Collection: A delightful portrait of a Parisian Fruit Seller and barrow

A delightful portrait of a Parisian Fruit Seller and barrow
A delightful portrait of a Parisian Fruit Seller with her barrow. Date: 1892

Background imageDelightful Collection: Cathedral of the Assumption, Kremlin, Moscow

Cathedral of the Assumption, Kremlin, Moscow
View of the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia, surrounded by a delightful Art Nouveau border. Date: circa 1902

Background imageDelightful Collection: The sons of the Duke of Brunswick

The sons of the Duke of Brunswick (likely to be Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover and Prince Welf Henry (Heinrich) of Hanover)

Background imageDelightful Collection: Cabinet Photograph - Young Boy with cricket bat

Cabinet Photograph - Young Boy with cricket bat
A delightful Cabinet photograph showing Mr Douglas Austin - a young gentleman posing with his favourite cricket bat. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDelightful Collection: Filippo Buonaccorsi

Filippo Buonaccorsi
FILIPPO CALLIMACO BUONACCORSI Italian historian, depicted at his writing desk, scissors, inkwell and all - a delightful glimpse of a 15th century writer at work. Date: CIRCA 1437 - 1496



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