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Hanky Collection

Background imageHanky Collection: Original Artwork - A little gnome blowing his nose

Original Artwork - A little gnome blowing his nose
Original Artwork - A little fairy, gnome or sprite blowing his nose as he sits on a toadstool, with the sun rising behind him. Date: circa 1937

Background imageHanky Collection: Postcard design - A Colds a horrid thing to get

Postcard design - A Colds a horrid thing to get. Little girl blowing her nose with a handkerchief. Date: circa 1937

Background imageHanky Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears
The rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in

Background imageHanky Collection: No Hanky-Panky! The Handkerchief as a weapon

No Hanky-Panky! The Handkerchief as a weapon
A series of photographs from The Sketch showing, the gentle mouchoir as a formidable weapon...for wiping the floor with an opponent. Date: 1911

Background imageHanky Collection: Militancy at Home

Militancy at Home
Molly refuses to use a hanky until women get the vote Date: Mar 13th 1914

Background imageHanky Collection: Portrait of a lady, 1657, by Jan Victors (1619-1676)

Portrait of a lady, 1657, by Jan Victors (1619-1676)
Jan Victors (1619-1676). Dutch painter. Portrait of a lady, 1657. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageHanky Collection: Hanky Panky by Hartley Carrick and Wortley David

Hanky Panky by Hartley Carrick and Wortley David
Promotional programme for Hanky Panky revue by Hartley Carrick and Wortley David; music Max Darewski. First produced at the Empire Theatre. 24th March 1917

Background imageHanky Collection: Page design, and so goodbye, School Silhouettes

Page design, and so goodbye, School Silhouettes
Page design, and so goodbye, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young woman with her luggage, waving goodbye

Background imageHanky Collection: Advert for kruschen saits - a-tish-oo! 1918

Advert for kruschen saits - a-tish-oo! 1918
Don t be a afraid to sneeze ! Every grown-up, man and woman alike, should know the value of the Kruschen Habit as a safe, sure simple remedy against all inflammations of which the pus-germ-pace

Background imageHanky Collection: An assortment of mens ties, hankies and shirts

An assortment of mens ties, hankies and shirts 1937

Background imageHanky Collection: A Man about to Sneeze

A Man about to Sneeze
A man with a magnificent moustache about to sneeze into a hanky

Background imageHanky Collection: Mr Whatsisname

Mr Whatsisname
A dramatic scene from Mr What s-his-name at Wyndhams Theatre, London - the pointing fingers seem to indicate that the man on the bed has been up to hanky-panky of some sort


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