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Background imageGuess Collection: Bulgaria / Sword Custom

Bulgaria / Sword Custom
When his troops take Mustapha- Pacha from the Turks, Tsar Ferdinand tramples the enemy flags, and the name of the town is changed to - guess what ? - Ferdinandovo

Background imageGuess Collection: Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the

Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving

Background imageGuess Collection: Young man playing cache cache mitoulas with

Young man playing cache cache mitoulas with a group of girls in a garden, after a painting by Nicolas Lancret. In this game

Background imageGuess Collection: Fashionable people playing the game of Guess the Kisser

Fashionable people playing the game of Guess the Kisser
Fashionable people at a party play the game of Guess the kisser, a parlour game where a blindfolded girl has to guess who is kissing her on the cheek

Background imageGuess Collection: GAME / JUMBLE WORDS 1930S

GAME / JUMBLE WORDS 1930S
A delightful game for young and old, taxing the brain by asking you to guess Come down smiling to BARK FEAST and other anagrammatic enigmas Date: 1930s

Background imageGuess Collection: Game of Hot-cockles

Game of Hot-cockles
A popular family game at Christmas, person blindfolded, knelt down with their head in someones lap, while guessing who was hitting them from behind! This was an early form of Blind Mans Buff

Background imageGuess Collection: GAME / KISSING / FRANCE 1811

GAME / KISSING / FRANCE 1811
Le Baiser devine - a French kissing game, where the blindfolded player has to guess who is kissing her Date: 1811

Background imageGuess Collection: Futen, God of the Winds

Futen, God of the Winds
The Japanese god of the winds brings winter storms and spring zephyrs in his sack, and the Meteorological Office have to guess which he will produce next

Background imageGuess Collection: At fortune tellers house. Engraving. Colored

At fortune tellers house. Engraving. Colored
At fortune tellers house. Engraving by Walla. L Illustration, 1885. Colored

Background imageGuess Collection: Girl with envelope on a fabric greetings card

Girl with envelope on a fabric greetings card
Girl holding an envelope on a fabric greetings card -- Guess who sends this. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGuess Collection: Chodowiecki Travelling

Chodowiecki Travelling
DANIEL NIKOLAUS CHODOWIECKI Polish artist, depicted on his journey to Dresden in 1789. I guess he is the third of the party ? Date: 1726 - 1801

Background imageGuess Collection: May Queen Gives Books

May Queen Gives Books
Ruskins May Festival at Whitelands College, Chelsea - the May Queen gives out copies of books by - Guess who ! Date: 1889

Background imageGuess Collection: Wolseley Vintage Car, Deal, England

Wolseley Vintage Car, Deal, England
Wolseley Vintage Car, Deal, Kent, England. Possibly behind a long lost pub as there are what looks like beer crates stacked up behind the wall - I d hazard a guess at the Griffin Street area

Background imageGuess Collection: Whittington Statue

Whittington Statue
A statue depicting young Dick Whittington when he first came to London : who would guess that one day he would be Lord Mayor.. but such are the inscrutable ways of destiny. Date: ?1358 - 1423

Background imageGuess Collection: Marguerite Duch. Rohan

Marguerite Duch. Rohan
MARGUERITE de BTHUNE, duchesse de ROHAN, widow of duc Henri II; she is said to have taken many lovers, though you wouldn t guess it from this demure portrait. Date: 1595 - 1660

Background imageGuess Collection: Lord Clarence Paget

Lord Clarence Paget
LORD CLARENCE EDWARD PAGET British naval commander, here in his best uniform - you d never guess that he was also an accomplished sculptor ! Date: 1811 - 1895

Background imageGuess Collection: Blindfolded Wine Tasting

Blindfolded Wine Tasting
Guess the vintage : a lucky blindfolded woman gets to taste six bottles of wine in a cellar lined with bottles of wine! Date: early 1930s

Background imageGuess Collection: Wine Tasting Session

Wine Tasting Session
Guess the vintage : a lucky young woman gets to taste six bottles of wine in a cellar lined with bottles of wine! Date: early 1930s

Background imageGuess Collection: Lenins Family

Lenins Family
VLADIMIR LENINs family - the Ulyanovs - in 1879 when he is 9 years old, so I guess hes the one in the centre, back row Date: 1870 - 1924

Background imageGuess Collection: Woman - the conundrum of the age

Woman - the conundrum of the age - We can t guess her, but we ll never give her up! Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGuess Collection: Fortune teller. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠

Fortune teller. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠;

Background imageGuess Collection: Book of the Good and Bad luck (15th c. )

Book of the Good and Bad luck (15th c. )
Book of the Good and Bad luck (15th c.)

Background imageGuess Collection: Cats at fete

Cats at fete

Background imageGuess Collection: I guess we ll keep this one

I guess we ll keep this one. Illustration shows Uncle Sam picking a puppy labeled Wilson from a litter of puppies labeled Foss, Baldwin, Harmon

Background imageGuess Collection: I guess I can keep right ahead

I guess I can keep right ahead. Illustration shows a well-dressed, contented, obese capitalist labeled Trusts wearing skates labeled Protective Tariff

Background imageGuess Collection: A game of hidden celebrities

A game of hidden celebrities
A pair of party goers play a game of hidden celebrities where the name of a famous person is pinned to anothers back and everyone must guess who they are

Background imageGuess Collection: Life on Mars

Life on Mars
Mars is closer to Earth in size than the other planets, so we can expect life there to be somewhat similar to ours - this is an educated guess at a Martian metropolis

Background imageGuess Collection: Gibraltar from Sea

Gibraltar from Sea
An unusual view of Gibraltar from the sea - you d hardly guess it is inhabited !

Background imageGuess Collection: Algiers, Rue Randon

Algiers, Rue Randon
La rue Randon : my guess is that the children in the foreground are the photographers daughters

Background imageGuess Collection: Myanmar Tenasserim

Myanmar Tenasserim
Thien (1852) is unfindable today, but my guess is that it is Tenasserim, on the southern coast of Myanmar

Background imageGuess Collection: Roman Legion Antibes

Roman Legion Antibes
The Roman Legion at Antibes : at a guess, these are French volunteers traveling to Italy to help the pope repel Garibaldi and his supporters

Background imageGuess Collection: Trade, Africa

Trade, Africa
An African factoty. What they produce is anyones guess but they are ideally situated to transport their goods by river, where a steam boat waits to be loaded

Background imageGuess Collection: Battle of Straffard

Battle of Straffard
BATTLE OF STRAFFARD - our guess is that this is a minor engagement during Cromwells infamous subjugation of Ireland. We have failed to find any reference to it

Background imageGuess Collection: Siege of Oldenzeel

Siege of Oldenzeel
At a guess, this is a birds eye view of the preparations for the siege, by the Spanish, of the Dutch town of Oldenzeel

Background imageGuess Collection: Children / Seaside / Paddle

Children / Seaside / Paddle
Four children paddling in the sea: " Guess which is me?"

Background imageGuess Collection: SAINT MUSA

SAINT MUSA seems to have been a visionary : our dating is only a guess because she doesn t get a mention in any of our five dictionaries of saints, poor girl

Background imageGuess Collection: Pearly King in Australia

Pearly King in Australia
A Pearly King at Ingleburn, Australia, asks a group of Diggers to guess the correct number of buttons on his coster suit

Background imageGuess Collection: Looking at Modern Art

Looking at Modern Art
Although the caption is in Norwegian, most of us can make a guess at what the gallery visitor is saying

Background imageGuess Collection: Procession in Bethlehem

Procession in Bethlehem
Escorted by officials, a bunch of Christians process through the streets of Bethlehem to the alleged birthplace of Jesus. What the locals think of it, we can only guess

Background imageGuess Collection: Townsville Queensland

Townsville Queensland
You wouldn t guess it from this picturesque view, but Townsville is a major seaport and industrial city

Background imageGuess Collection: Mckinley Inaugurated 4

Mckinley Inaugurated 4
William McKinleys appointment is celebrated by the Inauguration Ball : who would guess that the guest of honour will soon be assassinated by an anarchist ?

Background imageGuess Collection: Four Ladies and Coffee

Four Ladies and Coffee
How many ladies does it take to pour a cup of coffee ? Just what are this foursome up to ? - Your guess is as good as mine


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