Happen Collection

White Elephant Siam 19C
The white elephants of the kings of Siam (Thailand) are venerated by people who happen to encounter them

Mystical Fog in Fairyland envelopes a Princess
At any moment, in fairyland, mysterious mists are apt to descend and enshroud the Princess and, next thing she knows... well, if you re a Princess, ANYthing can happen - by Florence Mary Anderson

Lippersheys Lenses
The legendary account of the invention of the telescope : Hans Lippersheys apprentices, playing with lenses, happen to hold two of them up together - the rest is history

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t worry, it may not happen
The Caption is Don t worry. It may not happen. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

Ship & lighthouse on a greeting card depicting hope for good things to happen in the New Year. Date: circa 1920

The man Who Said Big Ben Was Wrong by H M Bateman. This illustration shows what would happen when the establishment is doubted. The whole world jars, a wobble in the time contiuum

WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrap
WW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

Diving Suit Ca 1875
A state-of-the-art diving suit of the late 19th century, made of rubber and fitted with an emergency air tank, just in case the unthinkable should happen... Date: circa 1875

George Raft / Postcard
George Raft, American film actor with Rosalind Russell in It had to happen Date: 1895 - 1980

How the deuce did this happen? by George Studdy
How the deuce did this happen? Bonzo and his first view of the Bonzolines (a large number of his offspring). George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

What may happen at the seashore if summer is as cold a proposition as spring. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon suggesting how it might look if the summer is as cold as spring; in the central

Mistakes will happen written by Grant Stewart. Date c1898

Meeting at Lyon
At Lyon, Napoleon and Eugenie happen to run into the dowager empress of Russia, who is staying at the Hotel de l Univers

William Tell
WILLIAM TELL Heroic Swiss patriot, shooting an apple off his son Walters head by order of the Austrian governor. Did it really happen ? Did he even exist ?

May - Annunciation
One day she is reading a book when an angel appears and tells her what is going to happen to her

Prophecy for 1865
The British Lion - the emperor Napoleon - guns and warships - the papal crown - a coffin - Bismarck whispering to the German emperor - it looks like being an eventful year !

Practice Gas Attack
At Osaka, a mock gas attack is staged, involving not only the military but also the civil population, to prepare them for what is likely to happen in a future war

Rail Accident Cleared
Accidents will happen in spite of the most elaborate precautions - and when they do, the wrecking crane is brought in to shift the wreckage and clear the line

Off-Course Scenes
Various activities happen between races, such as drinking and gambling

Mystery - No other Tiger
NO OTHER TIGER by A E W Mason... Fantastic things may happen to anyone

Hazardous Street
One man crosses a busy street while a couple are caught between a horse cab & a loaded wagon in the days before pedestrian crossings. An accident waiting to happen

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