Ducks Collection (page 5)

Snow scene with cottage and ducks on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Snow scene with ducks and pond on a Christmas card
Snow scene with farm buildings and a pond on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fairies in a boat drawn by swans on a greetings card
Five fairies in a boat made from a shell, drawn by swans on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy feeding ducks, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Ducks and a frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, WW1
Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, showing the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, replacing the German eagle with a duck (canard, an idiom for a hoax or rumour). Date: 1916

Cartoon, A false rumour, WW1
Cartoon, A false rumour from the Western Front. Four market women talk about cannibalism among the troops. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The tall story, WW1
Cartoon, The tall story. Showing a rumour circulating, from two men at the top of the Eiffel Tower down to two women at the foot of a staircase

Endpapers, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty
Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty, Their Adventures, told by May Byron. Showing the animals from the full series, namely

Trade card, C A Rumpf, poulterer of Nebraska, USA
Trade card for C A Rumpf, wholesale poulterer of Hastings, Nebraska, USA, offering butter and eggs as well as live and dressed poultry at reasonable prices. Date: 1898

Golf Club building in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Golf Club building with water in the foreground in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Date: circa 1940

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings with their foster mother, an old white hen. Date: 1921

First page of a book by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. It is in Aldins own handwriting, with his home address at the top: The Kennels, Purley, near Reading. Date: 1921

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a yellow duckling just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921

Duck drinking from a large cup
A duck drinking from a large cup at a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Hotel Quitandinha, Petropolis, Brazil, now turned into private luxury apartments. Date: circa 1940

Scene on a dairy farm, Netherlands. Date: early 20th century

A duck and a frog. Date: circa 1920s

Woman and boy standing by a duckpond near a thatched cottage. Date: circa 1920s

South Africa - Zulu Woman & Child Carrying Ducks
Zulu Woman & Child Carrying Ducks, Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Captioned Off to Market Date: 1927

WW2 birthday card, ducks in helmets
WW2 birthday card, two ducks in tin helmets with gas mask boxes. Date: circa 1942

Reflections in a small lake in taiga forest at dusk. Golden-eye male duck swims on water (Bucephala clangula). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia. Spring

Boy Fishing, Packhorse Bridge, Allerford, Somerset Date: 1980s

Kersey, Suffolk
Woman and ducks in the village of Kersey, Suffolk. Date: 1960s

Pug Peter -- three ducklings fall into the sea
Pug Peter -- Down! Down! Down! Three ducklings fall from their balloon into the sea. Date: 1905

Pug Peter -- ducklings in a balloon
Pug Peter -- Up! Up! Up! Three ducklings enjoy a trip in a balloon. Date: 1905

All the animals at the fancy dress ball
All of the animals at Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball -- Tabitha the cat as Red Riding Hood, Forager the dog in hunting costume, Hungry Peter the pig as the Fat Boy in Pickwick

Pug Peter -- dog and ducklings on steep slope
Pug Peter -- Very upsetting. A dog and three ducklings slide or fall down a steep slope. Date: 1905

The Water Crawl Widgeon by Heath Robinson
The " Water Crawl" Widgeon - bluffing device on the Norfolk jungle. Another mind-boggling idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson

A woman buying food from a street vender

England / Dodford
A picturesque rural scene in the small village of Dodford, Northamptonshire, England. The house shown is the village shop and the stream is a tributary of the River Nene. Date: late 1950s

Feeding a Duckling
A little girl feeding a duckling. Date: early 1930s

Feeding the Ducks
Three little girls feeling the ducks beside a pond. Date: early 1930s

Kyoto, Japan - Maruyama Park
Japan - Cherry Blossoms in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. The parks star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura), supported by a multitude of props - here shown out of season. Date: circa 1910s

Taiwan (Formosa) - Native Duck Keeper herding his flock. Date: 1912

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - Ducks
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - Aylesbury Ducks. The Aylesbury duck is a breed of domesticated duck, bred mainly for its meat and appearance. Date: 1908

Smew, or White Nun, by John James Audubon
Smew, or White Nun, Mergus Albellus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Ducks by a Stream, by John Frederick Herring Jr. (1820-1907)

Ayuthaya ruins - Thailand - Ruins many ancient ruins scattered about in the jungle. Saw a large prang with some interesting carving

Park attendant
People You See. Park attendant. From Teddy Bear (16 October 1965)

Feeding ducks from a hammock

Pandemonium in the farm yard. A tractor has been driven into the pond and many children rush to help

Teddy Bear: Activity around Bear Green duck pond
Activity around Bear Green duck pond

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