Fingers Collection (page 2)

Poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, WW1
American poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, designed to raise money for the war effort during the First World War. Showing a menacing German with bloody fingers and bayonet. Date: 1917-1918

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey as a monkey
What my beautiful Councils have given me! Sultan Mehmed V Reshad as a monkey representing Turkeys involvement in World War One

Long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man
The extraordinarily long fingernails of a High Class Chinese Man

Chimney demolition at Hayle, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Baby in a wickerwork pram, Delaware, USA
Baby in a wickerwork pram, appearing to wave at the camera. She is Helen Cochran Foard, daughter of Julian and Helen Foard, age 8 months, outside Holy Trinity Church, Middletown, New Castle County

Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs Biscuit
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Biscuit the Bakers Wife. circa 1950

Letterhead design - Graham Bros, Huddersfield
Letterhead design - Graham Bros, Manufacturing Tobacconists, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. 1936

WW1 poster, Liberty Bonds
Poster, The Hun - his Mark, Blot it Out with Liberty Bonds. circa 1917

Greetings card in the shape of a winter glove. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Monkey casting a shadow on a Christmas card
Monkey casting a shadow (shaped like a young mans profile) on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration, Ride A Cock Horse to Bambury Cross to see a fine lady get on a white horse. With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes. Date: 1895

Foot case for a mummy. Roman Period. 1st century AD
Foot case for a mummy. Gilded feet with sandals and a checker pattern depicting basketwork. Linen with plaster, painted and gilded. Roman Period. 1st century AD

Posters in Sunny Savers shop window, for fish fingers and Quosh (a soft drink brand). Date: 1970s

Greetings card in the shape of a glove
Greetings card in the shape of a bright pink glove, lying on an open envelope. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card in the shape of a glove
New Year card in the shape of a blue glove. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a glove
Christmas card in the shape of a brown leather glove. circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of gloves
Christmas card in the shape of a pair of overlapping orange gloves. Date: circa 1890s

Boy does Maths Homework
Boy wears a summer sailor suit of white sailor blouse with pale blue turn-over collar & cuffs, white & blue striped knickerbockers or short trousers & ankle strap shoes. Date: circa 1890

Destructive boy demolishes radio
A destructive little boy prepares to demolish a radio - a little girl sticks her fingers in her ears to deaden the noise. Date: 1933

Henry Becque
The writer Henry Becque signals for more of the same Date: circa 1890

A Japanese Koto player. A Koto is a type of Zither with 13 strings, played by plucking the strings with ivory plectrums attached to the fingers. Date: 1932

Toddler in a playpen in a garden. Date: circa 1960s

WWI Poster, Liberty Bonds
Design by F Strothmann, Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, American poster. Date: 1918

Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland
A Dutch boy scout scrubbing his fingernails, Holland

Christmas Feasting in the 14th century
Artists impression of a banquet of the 14th century. The tables were narrow and movable, consisting of boards resting on trestles

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

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

Motorcycle Stunt
A stunt involving a motorcycle driving off rocks above a girl crouching on the beach below! Date: early 1930s

Advertisement for Daxaids -- a hand with a white pill. 1959

Rich Turkish Woman in fine clothing with veil and many rings on her fingers. Date: circa 1910s

Shwedagon Sacred Pool - Rangoon - filled with stagnant green water, being dribbled into eyes, ears, and mouth from dipped fingers. Date: 1952

Lady fingers

Drawing of a hand and arm, possibly from a sculpture. 19th century

Butchers shop display, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A Prestcold refrigerated display cabinet at C R Harris Butchers in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with advertising material for Birds Eye and Frood foods. 1965

British Legion Childrens Christmas Party, Walton, Essex

Advert for Esse cookers
In the first place The Esse looks makes a contented cook.... One... her cooking is better than ever before. Two.... no smoke, fumes, soot, grime, blackleading. Three... clean kitchen. ect 1937

Cartoon - Two lads having a joke about their Fathers
Two young lads trade insults, each one trying to belittle each others Father. " Your Father couldn t pass the Doctor!" " Garn, yours can t pass a pub." Date: circa 1915

Greek Spinning Girl
A Greek girl in traditional costume, using an old- fashioned spiining rod with her nimble fingers. Date: 1930s

Varnishing Nails
Nail varnish should be applied very carefully, with a small brush, first horizontally from left to right, then vertically from the fingertips downwards. Do not smear the varnish! Date: 1930s

Grave in a shell hole, Belgium, WW1
A Belgian grave in a shell hole, with a makeshift cross, Belgium, during the First World War. A human hand appears to be sticking out of the soil. Date: 20 November 1914

Macaroni, Napoli
Selling macaroni in the streets of Naples - note that it seems to be eaten with the fingers ! Date: circa 1880

Girl stretches over a low table
A young girl - pictured with arms stretched out over a low table. Pencil and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Factory worker operating control box
A worker, standing at a control device, signals for a part of the production process to proceed. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Pistachio nut seller - Izmir, Turkey
A Pistachio nut seller from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Kenilworth - Elizabeth I
Have done with these busy fingers, Janet - Queen Elizabeth I, seated on the edge of her bed, instructs her handmaiden who appears to be adjusting her Queens ruff

Allies Shoulder to Shoulder at Ypres
French infantry charging alongside Irish Guards and Grenadiers at Ypres during the First World War. Drawn from a description by Private P

WILD CAT
Do not attempt to tickle this cute little pussy-cat under its chin : you might end up with fewer fingers than when you started - for this cat lives up to its name !

Boys Hunting for Crabs
Two boys stand in the sea with a net they ve caught a crab with. He d better watch his fingers putting them in there

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