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Greeting Collection (#27)

Background imageGreeting Collection: Clowns

Clowns featured on a Christmas greeting card published by Raphael Tuck. Date: circa 1902

Background imageGreeting Collection: Girls winter outfit

Girls winter outfit
New Year greeting depicting young girl dressed for cold weather. Date: 1920

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas greeting

Christmas greeting
Two young boys hurtle down a hill on a sledge. Date: circa 1903

Background imageGreeting Collection: Two women in formal greeting, Japan

Two women in formal greeting, Japan
Two women bowing to each other in a formal greeting, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Women greeting each other, Japan

Women greeting each other, Japan
Two women greeting each other by bowing, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: King George V meeting locals, Western Front, WW1

King George V meeting locals, Western Front, WW1
King George V meeting some of the local civilian residents on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGreeting Collection: Norman Hartnell & Duchess of Gloucester at Mansion House

Norman Hartnell & Duchess of Gloucester at Mansion House
Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell (1901-1979) British couturier and favourite fashion design of the Queen and Queen Mother, seen greeting another royal patron, Princess Alice

Background imageGreeting Collection: Victorian clown greetings card

Victorian clown greetings card
Back design of a greetings card from the Victorian era featuring three clowns wearing colourful, striped knickerbockers, clambering over the edge of the card

Background imageGreeting Collection: A smart man 1790

A smart man 1790
A Smart in 1790. A fashionable gentleman in ruffled shirt and high-collared cut-away jacket, leans to shakes someones hand, his tricorn hat beneath his arm. Date: 1790

Background imageGreeting Collection: Chocolate box design, couple and coach

Chocolate box design, couple and coach
Chocolate box design, showing an 18th century scene of a couple greeting each other, with a coach and footmen in the background. Date: 20th century

Background imageGreeting Collection: British soldiers on the Somme, France, WW1

British soldiers on the Somme, France, WW1
Two British soldiers on the Somme, France, during the First World War -- a greeting inside a wartime Christmas card. Date: November 1916

Background imageGreeting Collection: Chocolate box design, 18th century sedan chair

Chocolate box design, 18th century sedan chair
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady in an 18th century sedan chair with two footmen and a suitor. Date: 20th century

Background imageGreeting Collection: Sir Charles Turner

Sir Charles Turner
SIR CHARLES TURNER greeting an acquaintance while keeping his left hand in a muff Date: CIRCA 1782

Background imageGreeting Collection: Japan - Five Geisha Girls greet a new arrival

Japan - Five Geisha Girls greet a new arrival Date: circa 1904

Background imageGreeting Collection: Japan - Geisha arrives at a friends home

Japan - Geisha arrives at a friends home
Japan - A Geisha and female companion arrives at another friends home. Date: circa 1903

Background imageGreeting Collection: Greetings from Cincinnati - Big Letter Greetings Postcard

Greetings from Cincinnati - Big Letter Greetings Postcard
Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Big Letter Greetings Postcard - Gateway to the South. Date: circa 1930

Background imageGreeting Collection: Little girl surprised by the Easter Bunny on Easter Day

Little girl surprised by the Easter Bunny on Easter Day
To Greet you on Easter Day ! Little girl surprised by the Easter Bunny on Easter Day - or perhaps it is visa-versa!! Date: circa 1906

Background imageGreeting Collection: Japanese woman O-koto-san arrives at her friends house

Japanese woman O-koto-san arrives at her friends house Date: circa 1910

Background imageGreeting Collection: Japan - A Japanese Greeting

Japan - A Japanese Greeting Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas Greeting card featuring garden moths

Christmas Greeting card featuring garden moths
Christmas Greeting card featuring three white garden moths alighting on a twig. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGreeting Collection: WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

Background imageGreeting Collection: Japan - Nagasaki - Tategami Dock with Warship

Japan - Nagasaki - Tategami Dock with Warship - A new Years Greeting card Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece

Thessaloniki, Greece
A Kiss from Thessaloniki - inset view with the White Tower (left) and the minaret of the Dervish Tekke (Meeting House) (right). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGreeting Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Street Etiquette

Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Street Etiquette
Cricket Phrases - A Neat Cut for Two - Two smart Gents politely raise their top hats in the direction of a rather glamorous yet also rather haughty looking woman as they pass on the pavement

Background imageGreeting Collection: Napoleon I receiving the Queen Of Prussia

Napoleon I receiving the Queen Of Prussia
Napoleon Receiving Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Queen Consort of Prussia on 6th July 1807. 1837. Detail. after the original oil on canvas on display at the National Museum of

Background imageGreeting Collection: New Year Greetings 1911 / 1912 Wishing Wealth in year ahead

New Year Greetings 1911 / 1912 Wishing Wealth in year ahead
New Year Greetings Postcard wishing the recipient wealth and success in the year ahead. Sent from the model in this shot - Bell Dixon. Date: 1911

Background imageGreeting Collection: Tomas Garrigue Masaryk arrives in Prague - November 1918

Tomas Garrigue Masaryk arrives in Prague - November 1918
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (18501937) - an Austrian-Czech politician, sociologist and philosopher and an eager advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I

Background imageGreeting Collection: Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus

Back from the Boer War - Scene at a London Terminus of a wounded soldie returning to his relieved family after his tour to Southern Africa. Date: circa 1901

Background imageGreeting Collection: Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman

Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman
Mistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900

Background imageGreeting Collection: Meeting of like minds at the Lnatic Asylum

Meeting of like minds at the Lnatic Asylum
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum - Inmate to new arrival: " What, you mad too! So gad." Date: 1898

Background imageGreeting Collection: Ebury Street, Pimlico, London

Ebury Street, Pimlico, London Date: circa 1907

Background imageGreeting Collection: Children wake to greet Santa Claus on Christmas night

Children wake to greet Santa Claus on Christmas night. All rather odd - for one the cot bed seems really rather small for these two siblings...? Date: circa 1908

Background imageGreeting Collection: New York souvenir postcard

New York souvenir postcard, featuring three inset details on a rising sun background (complete with paddlesteamer!). The insets show (from left): the Trinity Building

Background imageGreeting Collection: WWI - King George meets some Rural Country Folk

WWI - King George meets some Rural Country Folk (labelled on the postcard as Peasants ) Date: circa 1916

Background imageGreeting Collection: WWI - King George receives a greeting from the troops

WWI - King George receives a greeting from the troops
WWI - King George V, whilst visting the front, receives a greeting from the troops and returns their cheers with a salute. Date: circa 1916

Background imageGreeting Collection: Greetings from Bermuda Islands

Greetings from Bermuda Islands Date: circa 1930s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Colonial Airlines Skycruiser arriving at Bermuda

Colonial Airlines Skycruiser arriving at Bermuda from New York (less than 4 hours away) Date: circa 1940s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a chopping log

Christmas card in the shape of a chopping log with axe and seascape. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a coal scuttle

Christmas card in the shape of a coal scuttle. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a fish on a griddle

Greetings card in the shape of a fish on a griddle. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: New Year card in the shape of a wedge of cheese

New Year card in the shape of a wedge of cheese. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a sailing boat

Christmas card in the shape of a sailing boat, with seascape and verse. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a loaf of bread

Christmas card in the shape of a loaf of bread
Christmas card in the shape of a cottage loaf of bread with a knife cutting into it. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Sparrows in snow on a dish-shaped Christmas card

Sparrows in snow on a dish-shaped Christmas card
Three sparrows pecking at snow on a dish-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a balloon

Christmas card in the shape of a balloon
Christmas card in the shape of a hot air balloon decorated with holly and mistletoe. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a collar or belt

Christmas card in the shape of a collar or belt
Christmas card in the shape of a leather collar or belt. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGreeting Collection: Christmas card in the shape of an open book

Christmas card in the shape of an open book, with three children singing carols on the left-hand page. Date: circa 1890s



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