Hug Collection

Britannia and Eve, July 1939
Front cover illustration depicting a woman with a typical 1940s hairstyle hugging her wire-haired fox terrier dog

Two fairies clasping each other, from The Password to Fairyland -- Then they flew together and clasped in a tight embrace. 20th century

Odysseus returns to his wife, Penelope

Two cats by Louis Wain on a romantic postcard -- He loves me! He loves me not! He loves me! Date: circa 1900s

Girl with doll in pram, Balham, SW London
A little girl hugs her doll in a pram on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Chez Elle / Flowers for Ma
A mother is given a bunch of flowers by her four children who all want to hug her at the same time

Cuddling pussy - Young girl in the garden giving the cat a hug. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Two cats by Louis Wain on a French postcard
Two cats by Louis Wain on a romantic French postcard -- Beaucoup. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, couple viewed through a keyhole Date: 20th century

Gas drill in Australia, two people in gas masks, WW1
Two people wearing gas masks hug each other after a successful gas drill at a Military Training Camp in Australia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here hugging a little boy who has just presented him with a bunch of flowers, surrounded by happy, smiling people. Date: circa 1950s

Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong
Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) and Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) greet each other warmly. The USSR was giving substantial aid to China at the time. Date: 1950s

Comic postcard, Young couple near the bandstand Date: 20th century

Canoe-dling
A spot of Canoe-dling! Date: 1906

Comic postcard, Couple in an armchair Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy sitting on a bench Date: 20th century

The Fanatics, by Miles Malleson, A Play for the Broad-Minded, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, directed by Clifford Hamilton, produced by Arthur Gibbons, from the Queens Theatre

Comic postcard, Couple at seaside sitting on a bench - Skegness pier Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Courting couple on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl in love. Someone I love - loves me! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, couple with wartime rations, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Facey Romford dispossessed by the rightful heir, young
Sporting man with gun, gaiters and hound surprised by his guests. Facey Romford dispossessed by the rightful heir, young Gilroy and his governess. Who am I? I m the mistress of this ere ouse

Toque or Bonnet Monkey (Cercopithecus radiatus)
Toque or Bonnet Monkey (Cercopithecus radiatus, Toque macaque, Macaca sinica). Date: 1842

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, children walking, dancing, etc. Date: late 19th century

The Prettiest Doll in the World by Muriel Dawson. 1926

Woman hugs Daily Herald war correspondent, WW2
On 28 August 1944 a half English and half French woman, overcome with emotion, flings her arms around the Daily Herald war correspondent, Emery Pearce, at Marseilles, France. 1944

Children Hug Santa

The Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paul by Sassetta (1392-1450) - Sienese - painted on wood panel Date: circa 1450

GRANDPARENTS 1940S
A grandmother gives her young grandson a comforting hug, during the uncertainty of the war years. Grandfather carries on reading his book, regardless. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Couple on the beach, The Dhoon, Kirckudbright, Scotland
A couple snuggle up together on a misty summers day on The Dhoon Beach, on the Dee Estuary on the Solway Coast near Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Country woman and child. Portugal
A country woman hugs a small girl. Both sit on the shafts of an old wooden cart and wear traditional straw hats in a field near Viana do Castelo in Portugal

Winston Churchill with grandson Julian Sandys
Winston Churchill greeting his grandson Julian Sandys (son of Diana Churchill). circa 1940s

Cupid with girlfriend on a Valentine postcard decorated with red hearts and blue flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Susi - with her best friend at the seaside. 1950s

Couples in a club on Granny Night -- don t ask! Date: 1970s

My Dolly by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A little girl sits in a comfortable looking floral upholstered armchair and cuddles her baby doll. A toy cradle stands by her feet. Date: c.1915

Simon Hick and Leslie Loaf, Penwith, Cornwall
Simon Hick, Penwith 83 Rock Festival organiser and Managing Director of Artina, with Leslie Loaf (Leslie G. Edmonds), wife of Meat Loaf

Little girl and boy kissing
A little girl and boy kissing. Date: 1920s

Greta Garbo witha young boy
Greta Garbo (1905-1990) with a young boy Date: circa 1930s

Fireman from Massey Shaw reunited with family, WW2
A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations of late May and early June 1940

Little girl and boy hugging each other
A little girl and boy kneeling face to face hugging each other on a birthday postcard. He is in a sailor suit. 1920

Young boy hugs a girl at the piano by Florence Hardy
You re the only girl I ever really loved. A young girl sits playing the piano. Her admirier throws himself at her clutching her with endless affection

Boy hugging a large tabby cat
Unusual Friends - boy hugging a large tabby cat. 1950s

WW1 - Keep a Brave Heart, Darling! A girl in a pretty pink dress gives her beloved a final embrace before he headed off to the horrors of the Western Front. Date: 1914

Susi - with doll in chair
Susi - hugging a doll in a chair. 1950s

Two cute kittens on a circular Christmas card. Date: circa 1900s

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