Folks Collection

Mazawattee Tea Advert
The Old Folks at Home enjoy a cup of MAZAWATTEE TEA

Red indian chief Date: 1922

Water Babies -- two little children, a boy and a girl, in a pool of water surrounded by rocks (left), and a little boy who has turned into a merman, with a fishs tail

The Poor -- dogs in shabby clothes

Gnarlykin the gnome
Illustration by Florence Mary Anderson from a series that appeared in Little Folks magazine circa 1918

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Cartoon, Joseph's Coat of Many Colours
Political cartoon, Joseph's Coat of Many Colours - Joseph Chamberlain MP, a satirical comment on his changes of allegiance - True Blue Liberal, Red Republican, Neutral Grey Date: 1889

Come out and share, by John Hassall Date: 1912

Hudson's Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, which shows a hooded girl leaning on a wall, smiling, with a basket containing a packet of Hudson's soap. Text reads

Waxwork Effigies in Westminster Abbey, 1872
A verger of Westminster Abbey guiding visitors to the waxwork funeral effigies of the Ragged Regiment or Play of Dead Folks, 1872

Poor Dickie! A little girl with a dead bird
Poor Dickie! A little girl in a red coat and hat feels sorry for a bird which has died in the snow. Date: 1900

Advert for Mappin & Brothers cutlery 1891
Advertisement for Mappin & Brothers, showing the exterior of the factory in Sheffield, where you can buy your cutlery at the manufactures direct or have it repaired, replated and re-bladed ect. 1891

Bexhill, Little Folks Home
Children sit in the sunshine at the Little Folks Home, Bexhill. Staff hand round bread and butter and fill mugs from a jug

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and Ooloo. That reminds me -- some folks are a bit slow. Bonzo and Ooloo sitting on a bench together watching a snail go by. Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Damsel in distress Date: 1919

American Tourists / London
OUR AMERICAN VISITORS Three tourists from the United States take pictures of London landmarks to show the folks back home

Little Folks Misfitz Playing Cards - Cinderella. early 20th century

Souterrain, Bushmills, Wee Folks Cove - a view of an underground entrance with a boy at the mouth for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Bushmills). Date: circa early 1900s

Christmas Arrival of the Old Folks. 19th century

Illustration, Two Simple Tales for Simple Folks
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Two Simple Tales for Simple Folks, a pocket book for children. Cock-a-Doodle-Do, My Dame Has Lost Her Shoe, showing a woman chasing after the dog who has stolen her shoe

Cover design, Two Simple Tales for Simple Folks, a pocket book for children with text by Hs Stirling, illustrated by John Hassall and Cecil Aldin. Showing a crowing cockerel. Date: 1904

Little Folks 1917
Cover of Little Folks annual for 1917, showing a girl in the snow with an armful of snowballs Date: 1917

Home folks by CT Dazey, author of In old Kentucky. Date c1906

Buck Balfour. Cartoon of Arthur Balfour (later British Prime Minister) when he was Chief Secretary for Ireland on the cover of Funny Folks

Whos been eating my porridge Date: 1919

Lassoing a cattle thief Date: 1926

Gladstone - the return of the vanquished
The return of the vanquished! Cartoon of William Gladstone on the front cover of Funny Folks, after the defeat of his Irish Home Rule bill. Date: 1886

Cover design, The Little Folks Painting Book, Greenaway
Cover design, The Little Folks Painting Book, with outline engravings for watercolour painting by Kate Greenaway, and descriptive stories and verses by George Weatherly

Little girl looking after a sick baby
A little girl looking after her sick baby brother. She has given him some medicine and now hes asleep in his cradle. She hopes that when he wakes up he will be better again. 1897

Arion of Methymna leaping into the sea
" He leapt into the sea" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Dutch boy and girl -- Double Dutch
A Dutch boy and girl by the waterside -- Double Dutch. Date: 1900

The Rich -- dogs in their best clothes. Date: 1900

Cleobis and Bito drawing their mother to the Temple
" Drew their mother to the Temple" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Cyrus commanding the boys to seize the rebel
" Cyrus commanded the boys to seize the rebel" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Children helping mother in the kitchen
Three children helping their mother in the kitchen, washing each other from a large bowl on a chair. 1900

Piper watching fish leaping and dancing on the shore
" I want none of your leaping and dancing now" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Bielefeld, Germany - Old Peoples Home
Bielefeld, Germany - Retirement Home Date: 1909

Gruner Wald Hospice / Rest Home
The Green Forest Hospice / Christian Rest Home (Hospiz Gruner Wald) at Bad Herrenalb - Black Forest, Germany Date: circa 1920s

Dame School
A lesson at a Dame School Date: 1897

Mother telling children a fairy tale
A mother sits on the sofa and tells her three children a fairy tale. Date: 1900

Lear / Nonsense / Title Page
There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry; So he made them a book, and with laughter they shook at the fun of that Derry down Derry

Little Folks at the Zoo back cover
Bold patterned design on the back cover of a 1920s childrens book featuring elephants, palm trees, giraffes and other animals

Little Folks at the Zoo
Bold, colour front cover design of a 1920s childrens book depicting a pattern of giraffes, elephants and other zoo animals

Hunting Alphabet - Y
Y is the Yawner that most folks eschew - by the end of this book, I m yawning too

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