Doubt Collection (page 2)

Sailors in Hammocks
Disposition of the hammocks on the lower deck of a man-of- war - it looks very neat in the drawing, but we doubt if it is quite so orderly in practice... Date: circa 1825

Dark Room Equipment
Cameras and lenses in a dar room. Sophisticated in their day, no doubt, but looking rather dated and cumbersome today! Date: 1960s

Colour plate of the early life of Queen Victoria and Prince
This vibrant colour plate depicts early scenes from the life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Around the margin are portraits of their children as adults

Right of way / W H Robinson
Four motorists share a mutual doubt as to who has right of way at a crossroads. The solution can be found by drawing lots from a hat, preferably a policemans helmet

Shooting Pheasant Aldin
A nervous-looking pheasant, no doubt sensing that someone is nearby with a gun!

Police Squad
Led by their sergeant, a clutch of constables march to their duties, passing a shoe black who uses only Carrs Blacking - no doubt this is an advertisement ?

Lear / Nonsense / Rocks
There was an Old Man on some rocks, who shut his wife up in a box; When she said, Let me out! he exclaimed, Without doubt, you will pass all your life in that box

Prince Louis of Battenberg with his sons
Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), British First Sea Lord in 1914 with his sons, George (right) and Louis (Lord Louis Mountbatten)

Cookham Bridge
A new iron bridge, ungainly but useful, is erected over the Thames at Cookham, Berkshire. I doubt if local resident Stanley Spencer will be inspired to paint it

I Remember that in 1870
Indignant members of a gentlemens club line up to write to the papers during World War I, no doubt to expound their views on the mishandling of the war

Train Derailed
Train derailed by the Bolsheviks at the Tomsk station, no doubt for good reasons

Shower Bath / Ackermann
A stylish young gent barges in on someone partaking of a shower bath and a young lady who is undressing - no doubt he wants to know why women always take so long!

Beijing Entrance
The Western Gates of Beijing leave travelers in no doubt that they are entering a mighty city. Note various forms of transport by river and road

Edward Vii / Yacht / 1896
The Britannia of Edward, prince of Wales, passes Ailsa and Satanita - no doubt at Cowes

I am Going Straightahead
This signal means : I AM GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD used when there is any doubt

Josephine (Rogerson)
MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I in an unusually informal pose, she holds a letter, no doubt from her husband away at the wars

PIPE & HOE
This dependable looking chap partakes of a spot of gardening while he enjoys his pipe. He wife is no doubt indoors knitting him another piece of warm apparel

Swimwear 1908 Le Rire
Two young bathing beauties in figure-hugging one-piece costumes walk are-in-arm along the waters edge. Discussing holiday romances no doubt!

Jesus Appears to the 11
Jesus appears before the 11 disciples at Galilee where he had appointed them: Go ye therefore and teach all nations... Matthew XXVIII 16-20

London Carriages C18
A row of carriages, with their coachmen, await their masters who are no doubt in conference - or at luncheon - within

Colour plate showing the coronation of Queen Victoria
This vibrant colour plate shows the coronation of the young Victoria as well as a portrait of her later in life as Queen Victoria. This is no doubt to celebrate and commemorate the Queens jubilee

An Insolvent Debtor
An insolvent debtor makes a court appearance : soon, no doubt, he will find himself in a debtors prison

Ww1 Cartoon / No Doubt
NO POSSIBLE DOUBT WHATEVER " Alt! Who goes there?" " You shut yer -- mouth, or I ll -- come and knock yer -- head off!" " Pass, friend!"

RITCHELLs DEVICE 1878
RITCHELLs FLYING MACHINE : the inventor demonstrates his neat device at Hartford, Connecticut, though I doubt if he flew as high as this !

Photo / Sailor Suit
Young boy poses in his sailor suit (no doubt in navy blue serge) with turnover white collar & tight fitting knickerbockers, dark socks & shoes with 2 buttoned bars

Label Swedish Hotela
The label from the STADSHOTELLET at Varnamo, Sweden, leaves you with no doubt that this hotel is modern, efficient - and soul-less

Fort Lauderdale Store
G & G General Store at Ford Lauderdale, Florida, with the enigmatic slogan We sell every thing But one thing which no doubt entices customers in to ask - what ?

Ancient Instruments
Syrinx, flutes, lyre, tambourines, khelya and cithara, used by the ancient Greeks and no doubt by other ancient cultures

Wayside Inn, Bosnia
This wayside inn in the Balkans is without doubt the most picturesque pub in our files ! Whether you d want to spend the night here, though, is another matter

German Steam Tram
Overhead railway or tramway ? This overhead route at Berlin is closer to the New York Elevated than to the tramways of Paris or London. And no doubt just as noisy

Suggestive Fig Leaves
A kneeling one-armed man (a piece of statuary no doubt) holding an erect club hides his aroused modesty behind an up-turned fig leaf. All very explicit if a tad coy

Performing Horse C. 1700
The Finest Taught Horse in the World. The horse bedecked in floral garlands assists in a card trick. No doubt he just responds to small signals from his master

Yokohama Street Scene
Street scene : the picturesque banners have probably been replaced with flashing fluorescent signs today, but no doubt the scene is just as colourful

Teaching Dog to Behave
A young Swedish girl, no doubt well-behaved herself, teaches her little dog how to say Please !

C17 Craftsman
A craftsman stands at his workbench plying his useful trade, and no doubt doing it very well, but what it is we do not know

British in Egypt / 1893
UN PROTECTEUR The French are cynical about Britains intentions in their occupation of Egypt - because the British beat them to it, no doubt

Gladstone Fells a Tree
Gladstone was renowned for his fondness for felling trees : psychiatrists would no doubt get to the roots of this and and show why it drove him to branch out into politics

James Macpherson, Scottish writer and politician
James Macpherson, Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the " translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems (their authenticity has been disputed)

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