Difference Collection (page 3)

Girls with their dolls in Balham, SW London
Three girls with their dolls in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Happy group of wolf cubs, Mauritius
A happy group of wolf cubs on a sandy beach in Mauritius

Suffragette Deputation to Parliament Result. Womens Deputation to Parliament starts peacefully, then the police make arrests. Captioned, Oh what a Difference. Date: circa 1908

Tempora Mutantur! Militancy at Buckingham Palace, 1914&1915
The Bystander contrasts the militancy of demonstrating suffragettes outside Buckingham Palace in the summer of 1914, before the outbreak of World War One

The Hand of Friendship - British Tommy & Tirailleur Algerien
The Hand of Friendship - British Tommy and Tirailleur Algerien, c.1914. By Richard Caton Woodville, RI (1856-1927). Date: circa 1914

The difference between the rehearsal and the real thing, 1917
Satire by Shepperson on the absence of the General from the front line during World War One. Date: 1917

Black soldiers preparing food, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers preparing food at a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Loyalty by George Studdy
Loyalty -- Bonzo shows his loyalty in his own inimitable way by putting dirty pawprints all over his masters clothes, while Chee-Kee the Pekingese sleeps in a top hat

Bonzo spoils a perfectly good photograph by George Studdy
Bonzo spoils a perfectly good photograph -- he scratches his ear at the critical moment and distorts Chee-Kees image. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Bonzo does the dirty work! by George Studdy
Bonzo does the dirty work! He does some parlour tricks with a sugar cube, but the Pekingese Chee-Kee gets the reward, and runs off with the cube

Black soldiers keeping warm, Western Front, France, WW1
Black soldiers keeping warm at a brazier in a camp near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Comparative ranges of fighter aircraft by G. H. Davis
The speed and power of fighter craft during the Second World War: comparisons of range. RAF and German bomber escorts: the difference between cruising range and fighting range. Date: 1941

French and German contrasts, WW1
Postcard contrasting the French and German attitudes towards the enemy during the First World War -- German barbarity and French generosity. Date: 1914-1918

Nursery Rhymes -- Ride a Cock Horse
Nursery Rhymes. An unidentified one (above), showing a man with a brush running into another mans bedroom. Below is a scene illustrating Ride a Cock Horse, showing the fine lady on her white horse

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Lady Arabella, mistaken for Betsy, is put into a cradle in the herdsmans cottage. Date: 1940

An emancipated woman dreaming of the perfect husband
My Dream. An emancipated woman dreaming of a small, manageable, respectable husband! Date: circa 1920s

A Dog and a tiny kitten square off against each other
Silhouette - A Dog and a tiny kitten square off against each other. Date: circa 1930s

Emancipated woman shows off her strength
The strong emancipated woman shows off her strength; she balances on a barbell with two red Valentines Day hearts for weights while picking up a puppet-like little man by the scruff of the neck

Valentine admiration of emancipated woman
The strong emancipated woman on a red heart Valentines Day see-saw, crushes the puppet-like little man as she rises. Date: 1910s

Gentleman storming out of a meeting with the Taxman
Gentleman storming out of a meeting with a (rather odious and bureaucratic-looking Taxman - " And Thats That!" Date: circa 1940s

Musical Terms Up to Date - Adagio - very Slow! A pretty young girl sits expectantly, whilst her elderly suitor takes a LONG TIME to make his move! Date: circa 1905

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

Unlikely couple of physical differences - Hyeres, France
Souvenir of Hyeres - an unlikely couple from the commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur region in southeastern France. Date: 1896

Millionairess quizzes Lord on his wealth (and evident lack thereof, despite appearances!) American Millionairess - " And have you really got a Coronet

The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton Girls School
The tallest and shortest pupils at Badminton School - an Independent Girls school near Bristol. Pictured are Mertyl Webb-Johnson (the shorter) and Mary Feaver (the taller)

It makes a difference where you are. Illustration shows President McKinley sitting on a chair with two paintings hanging on the wall behind him that illustrate the foreign policies of former

Quite a difference. Illustration shows a young woman talking with her father about the promises her boyfriend has made. Date 1903 October 21

No difference. Illustration shows a police officer labeled Platt receiving Hush Money at the door of an Insurance Co. from Richard A. McCurdy, standing in the window of the building are James H

Street music: Paris balladeer
Two fashionably dressed young women laugh at a ballad singer as he sings in a Paris street. Perhaps he is singing a comic song. Date: 1912

Street music: The organ grinding nuisance, 1864
A difference of opinion: an old lady and a child encourage an organ grinder to play in the street, despite the pleas of a maid on behalf of a suffering invalid. Date: 1864

A domestic difference
A housewife prepares to throw a piece of dough at her husband, who is clearly in the dog house. Date: 1885

Djibouti, Two women water carriers
A very odd photographic postcard from Djibouti, East Africa, featuring two women of starkly differing physical stature. On the left is a small woman smoking a large cigarette

Young Fiancee catches the eye of a new suitor
In the Spring an old Mans Fiancee lightly turns to thoughts of love..! An attractive young lady, the fiancee to a vastly older gentleman (decidedly unamused)

Eddystone Lighthouse Lantern, 1882
Engraving showing the difference between the six-wick burner lantern used in Douglasss Eddystone lighthouse of 1882 (on left)

Geology Earths Crust
The narrow band of Earths crust, about 20 km wide, is perfectly suited in density and temperature to sustaining life as we know it : a few degrees difference - wow !

British Wwi Ration Chart
A diagram showing the ample weekly rations for various classes of the population, including civilians, army, navy, hospital patients and prisoners

Capitalist & Sweepers
At Christmas-time the workers clear the streets so that the capitalist can carry home his purchases in comfort

Working horses drinking at a trough, London
Working horses (cab horses and cart horses) in a London street, drinking at a trough on a hot day

Japanese Greeting / 1878
New Years Day in Japan An illustration contrasting the difference between the old traditional, and new westernised form of dress and greeting in Japan

Pedestrian Hobby
THE PEDESTRIAN HOBBIES or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill

Heavenly Taxes
CHINA Chinese bonzes burn paper money as heavenly taxes, trusting that the gods are so stupid, they won t notice the difference

Crime / Robbery / Mugging
A London rough & his accomplice stalk a victim

Labour Exchange
LABOUR EXCHANGE at Camberwell Green, expectant claimants and busy officials

Husband & Wife
A young couple sitting at the table with their backs to one another following a tiff

Shakers of Kentucky, USA, having a disagreement
The normally peaceable Shakers of Kentucky, USA, suffer a difference of opinion

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