Helpful Collection

Mushrooms Larousse 1913
A large number of mushroom varieties, with helpful information on which ones are edible, poisonous, or suspect

Womens Institute activities during the First World War, making jam and wicker baskets to help with the war effort. 1915

Chichester Market Cross
The Market Cross at Chichester, West Sussex, at 1.30pm : a helpful policeman is holding back pedestrians while the gentleman takes his picture

Mary Qoss Messenger
A pigeon carries messages for Mary Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Tutbury, to Babington who is plotting to rescue her and set her back on the throne again

Cover design, Simplicity Sewing Book, helpful hints for beginners and experts. 1947

Avenant and Dragon
Avenant confronts a fearsome dragon - fortunately, a helpful owl is bringing him a magic phial, and all are able to live happily ever after, hero and dragon alike

Anthony Asquith as a boy at 10 Downing Street, London
Anthony Asquith (1902-1968) as a boy at 10 Downing Street, Central London, when his father, Herbert Henry Asquith, was Prime Minister

Tobias and the Angel
Tobias, while travelling, meets a helpful angel

Comic postcard, Woman travelling in Paris - a helpful Frenchman Date: 20th century

Handley Page HP-42
Imperial Airways Handley Page Hampden Hp-42 Hanno Being Pulled out with Propellers Helping Date: 1932

V - The Symbol of Victory - poem of Victory by Allan Junior
V - The Symbol of Victory and poem of Victory by Allan Junior. Date: 1945

Comic postcard, French guest and hotel porter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying underwear in a shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with female shop assistant Date: 20th century

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

Reliquary Guardian Figure (ethnicity Kota or Bakota, Fang). They protect the relics of the ancestors and are helpful to communicate with their gods and to curse their wives in case of infidelity

Reliquary Guardian Figure (ethnicity Kota, Fang). They protect the relics of the ancestors and are helpful to communicate with their gods and to curse their wives in case of infidelity. African art

Hichens, the Last Time
THE LAST TIME (Robert Hichens) Despairing, he buries his face in his hand : she stands beside him, aloof and not being very helpful

Hotel Bill - Helpful Service. circa late 18th century

Policeman giving directions
A London policeman giving directions to a member of the public in a crowded street. Date: 1871

Little boy with green watering can in a garden
Little boy with a green watering can in a garden. Date: circa 1960s

Little boy watering the garden
Little boy with a large watering can, watering the garden on a sunny day. Date: circa 1960s

Toddler helping out in the kitchen
A toddler helping out in the kitchen with the pots and pans. Date: circa 1960s

Young man with a dog in a garden
Smartly dressed young man with a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

Scouts and cubs, Bob A Job Week, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts and cubs taking part in Bob A Job Week, Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Seen here cleaning gutters and streets

Belgian boy scouts helping Congo refugees, Brussels
Belgian boy scouts helping women and children refugees from the Congo at Brussels airport, 18 July 1960. Belgian nationals were leaving the former Belgian colony because of political unrest following

Bonzo, Chee-Kee and Jock by George Studdy
Bonzo, Chee-Kee and Jock suddenly remember their New Years Resolutions, and help to remove the feathers from a delivery of poultry. Date: 1924

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Tuesday) -- he helps to dry his mistresss shoes in front of the gas fire. Date: 1923

Cartoon, A Friend at Last, WW1
Cartoon, A Friend at Last. A German cavalryman says to a British slacker who hasn t yet joined the armed forces: Thanks, mein friendt! Your neutrality in the war is most helpful to me

French people give directions to lost British soldier, WW1
Scene in a French street during the First World War. A crowd of people, including a policeman, give directions to a British soldier who has lost his way. Date: 1914-1918

Dry Cleaning
A young woman leaves a garment with a helpful shop assistant with a bouffant hairdo, behind the counter of a dry cleaning shop. Date: 1960s

Her Good Deed by Muriel Dawson
A tiny little girl charmingly dressed in a red dress with a bow in her hair, helps out by podding a large number of freshly picked peas

A Good Turn a day
A good boy scout should always be on the look out to lend a helping hand, from posing as Father Christmas to filling up the bird bath

Kind Thoughts, by Ethel Parkinson
Kind Thoughts -- a Christmas Greetings card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a little girl and an elderly gentleman walking down a snowy street. He is carrying a few parcels, and is using a walking stick

Puppy Goes Upstairs
Towser decides to be helpful, and takes his masters slippers upstairs

Police Officer / Children
Police officer holding hands with children helping them cross the road showing traffic safety. Metropolitan Police

Birds Instruct Sigurd
Part of the epic Nibelungenlied. Sigurd (Siegfried, having tasted dragons blood, can understand the birds who give him helpful instructions

Doggy does Laundry
A helpful dog holds a basket of laundry in its mouth for a little girl, who is pegging out her washing

Angel, Children, Tree
A helpful angel accompanies two children into the woods to help them choose their tree; thanks to her help, they find one already decorated with candles and dingle-dangles

Bwca r Trwyn
Modrib Mary puts out a bowl of bread and milk for Bwca r Trwyn, the helpful goblin with a long nose

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