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Boy and girl with flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Little girl with two kittens on a Christmas cardLittle girl with two kittens in a basket on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1870s
Cat, kitten and presents on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Boy and girl with flowers and card on a Christmas cardBoy and girl in a domestic interior with flowers and card on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Methodical training, WW1Cartoon, Methodical training. A French soldier on the Western Front has been given a dog as a mascot. He is gradually training him by giving him less meat each day
Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front
Japanese lacquer postcard artist at work in a London shop. Date: circa 1924
Christmas day at the Hackney street shrines, London, 1916Christmas tide at war shrines: gifts for the fighters children, 1916. Father Christmas(aka the Reverend G. C Morrow) distributed gifts with the help of ladies and soldiers home on leave
Girl with an Xmas parcels. Christmas morning. Girl & dog in snowy Xmas scene with Xmas gifts. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: circa 1917
WW1 - Practical Gifts for the soldier at the frontWW1 - Practical Christmas Gifts for the service men at the front from John Pound & Co. These include lamps watches a map ase, a khaki campaign roll and an aluminium canteen Date: 1915
Useful gifts for serving soldiers and sailors - WW1. A weatherproof match box and an ever-pointed magazine pencil. Advertisement for J. C
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths tea & coffee serviceQuailty tea and coffee silver service, for wedding gift. Date: 1927
Fashionable woman with giftsArt deco style image of fashionable woman bearing Xmas gifts. Artist: Tito Corbella Date: circa 1930
Three kings bearing giftsChristmas scene. Three kings bearing gifts. (German). Artist: Ernst Kutzer Date: circa 1920
Woman bearing Xmas giftsArt deco style Christmas scene depicting an elegant woman bearing Xmas presents. Artist: Tito Corbella Date: circa 1922
National AnthemColoured lantern slide illustrating the third verse of the national anthem. The scene features a memorial of King Edward VII and Alexandra, and an array of gifts around the words
His Christmas Gift to Her by Fred Pegram, WW1Illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a British officer in a dug-out somewhere on the Western Front, carefully crafting a ring by the light of a candle as he smokes a pipe
Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front
Christmas Day at the Aldwych YMCA Rest Hut, WW1Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco
Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time. According to The Sphere
Edwardian Santa Claus. Christmas postcard depicting a traditional Santa Claus emptying his sack of gifts. Date: 1904
Young girl and an Xmas tree. Young Swedish girl in front of an Xmas tree laden with candles & gifts. Date: circa 1920
Victoria and Albert with Duke of Wellington and their sonQueen Victoria and Prince Albert consort, with their seventh child Prince Arthur, later Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, with his godfather, the Duke of Wellington
LFB presentation of Christmas gifts to orphans, December 1951. Date: 1951
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths jewellery 1905Selection of Edwardian novelty jewellery for Christmas. 1905
Combined poncho and ground-sheet, WW1Advertisement for the untearable combination poncho and ground-sheet, for dealing with unspeakably awful wet and rainy conditions at the front
Certificate from the Overseas Club - Christmas Day GiftsA Certificate from the Overseas Club - Christmas Day Gifts from the School Children of the Empire, dated 1915. Inscribed.This is to Certify that Annie Matthews has helped to bring Happiness to our
Burmese scouts with statue and badgeBurmese scouts with a statue of a scout and a 4H badge, gifts from the scouts of San Francisco, given to them by their Prime Minister, U Nu. Date: 1955
Eve charms and bracelet, WW1 jewelleryAdvertisement for the Eve charm, based on the Tatler gossip columnist illustrated by Fish. Charms of various designs were popular gifts to exchange during the First World War
Samuel Brothers, Xmas Gifts in the trenches, WW1Advertisement for Samuel Brothers Ltd of Ludgate Hill, London, suggesting number of practical comforts to be sent as gifts to soldiers in the trenches
Donkeys at Clovelly, DevonTwo donkeys outside a souvenir shop in Clovelly, Devon. Date: 1960s
War birthday gifts for Queen Mary - inspecting books WW1Queen Mary and Princess Mary pictured during a visit to the Queens Needlework Guild at St. James Palace inspecting the huge number of birthday gifts
Erasmic Soap advertisementAdvertisement for the dainty Erasmic Soap showing a lady wrapped in a towel and b eing handed a box of the soap before her bath. Date: 1917
The Eve charm, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement for the Eve charm, based on the Tatler gossip columnist illustrated by Fish. Charms of various designs were popular gifts to exchange during the First World War
Mouth Organs for the Trenches, WW1A consignment of 1000 mouth-organs, presented to the Army Council by Sir Francis Trippel for distribution among troops at the front. Date: 1915
Boy with a horse & giftsBoy with a spotted horse and Christmas gifts in snowy scene. Date: circa 1926
Gifts for soldiers from J. C. Vickery, WW1Advertisement for J. C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jewellers, with two suggestions out of their various novelties and comforts for men on active service - a weatherproof match box
Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1An air tight, watertight tobacco and cigarette box to keep your smokes dry at the Front, available from Silver and Edgington of Eastcheap, London. The advertisement contains testimonials from J
Fums Up lucky mascot, WW1Fums Up, one of a number of charms or mascots produced during the First World War and designed to bring good luck. Date: 1916
Christmas scrapsSanta and his sleigh full of gifts. Date: circa 1905
Christmas Puddings for the FrontMrs Buckley of Birmingham, the wife of Captain Frank Buckley of the 17th Middlesex Regiment, with her impressive pile of 420 hand-cooked Christmas puddings for Birmingham soldiers at the front
Advert for Wrights Coal Tar soap 1915Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the ideal Christmas present to send to a soldier at the front, along with a stick of Coal tar shaving soap
Gramophone records for the front, WW1Part of a consignment of 50, 000 Winner records being packed for the front. The makers had already sent 30, 000 records to the Fleet. Date: 1915
Curio store, Japan, with swords, large fans, samurai armour and other items. Date: circa 1890s
Suggested Christmas gifts 1915Advert for suggested Christmas gifts for Britains Blue and Khaki boys. Chamois leather waistcoat, with long sleeves, sleeping caps -favourite cap with men of both forces
Shetland Wool Cardigan for soldiers, World War OneA shetland wool cardigan, with balaclava, available from Scott Adies of Regent Street and an ideal present to send to fighting men on the Western Front during Christmas 1915. Date: 1915
Childs Royal Flying Corps uniform, World War OneA Royal Flying Corps miniature uniform for children, available from Gamages, and comprising breeches, tunic and puttees with the cap being 1s. 6d. extra
