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The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres byThe difficult problem of how to enjoy games and field sports when you live in a block of flats has triumphantly solved. The sixth in the series of Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson
An Ideal Home No. I by William Heath RobinsonThe first in the series of the Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home
The Workers May-Pole, design for a socialist posterThe Workers May-Pole, a design for a socialist poster, with a central allegorical figure, and banners and ribbons labelled with abstract ideas such as Leisure, Solidarity and Humanity. Date: 1894
A Decided Catch by William Heath RobinsonThe Whitebait cycle, an ingenious contraption necessitated by the exorbitant charges for hire of boats at the seaside this season
Bound to Draw by William Heath RobinsonAnother well-thought-out experiment in dentistry from Heath Robinson, the Gadget King and mastermind behind endless convoluted contraptions and silly ideas. Date: 1927
The Arrival of the First Thor Ballistic Missile to RAF BomPhotograph of the delivery of first Thor Ballistic Missile to an RAF Base in Norfolk, 19th September 1958. Sixty-five feet long
Robert Owen / New HarmonyNew Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1928
Saucy and silly seaside postcard with cheeky captionA Young man heads out to sea in a small rowing boat named the Saucy Sue - she instructs him: " Mind you don t goo too far, Darling!
Youth club poster, Beatles nightYouth club poster advertising a Beatles night -- bring your Beatle records, photos, wigs, dolls, brooches, scrap books, etc. Date: 1960s
Cartoon, Kitcheners All, WW1Cartoon, Kitcheners All, First World War. A scene in a London club, where nearly all of the members look just like Lord Kitchener, each one with his own ideas of how the war should be run. Date: 1914
Asprey Christmas presents, 1926Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette
Gowns That Express Poetic IdeasPurple and blue wigs to complete the colour-schemes of dresses: gowns that express poetic ideas. Costumes from the house of Madame Lucile
Advert for Peter Robinson, gentlemens clothing 1895Christmas presents for gentlemen, smoking jackets and dressing gowns. 1895
Selfridges fancy dress advertisementSelfridges say that the secret of successful fancy dress is originality. Advertisement for fancy dress costumes from Selfridges department store
Suffragette Imps become Suffragists. Cartoon Imps who featured in Ideas Penny Illustrated Weekly are seen behaving as wild suffragettes
Robert Owen - New Harmony, Indiana, USANew Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1828. Date: 1838
WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. BransonMr J. R. B. Branson, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him
Chilcot For Ideas AdvertisementA photographic advertisement for Chilcot Publicity, producers of commercial art and specialists in all phases of publicity. The photograph shows a clay model scene of ideas men. Date: circa 1939
The Archbishop of Canterbury addressing Working Men: NewcasThe church congress at Newcastle, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time (Frederick Temple (Nov 1986- Dec 1902) addresses 6000 working men
The Home AdvertisementAn advertisement for the winter number of The Home, an Australian quarterly magazine that exposed its readers to modern ideas about art and design concerning home furnishing and fashion
Ideas for transforming furniture using colourful chintz, wallpaper and paint. Date: 1954
Summer fashion ideas for women: a plage suit with a lozenge-patterned jerkin, and two swimsuits. Date: 1954
A range of DIY ideas for the home, including a vacuum cleaner storage rack, an office area in the kitchen, and a "husband's corner" in a converted larder. Date: 1954
Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a reversible cardigan and a jumper. Date: 1943
Instructions for creating decorative patches to repair holes in fabric, with ideas for motifs. Date: 1943
Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a twin set, and woollen stockings. Date: 1943
Advert, W H Smith, Ideas for Yuletide Gifts Date: 1911
Comic postcard, Middle aged couple on a sofa Date: 20th century
The Three Meers, Permanent Address: 14 Leicester Street, London - new tricks for 1910, a surprise for 1911, up to date ideas for 1912, and some more for 1913. Date: 1910
Three fashion ideas from top London couture houses of Jane March (a tweed ensemble of coat, jumper and skirt), Sara Cameron (coat, jumper and kilted skirt) and Thea Ltd evening gown with fringe)
Some ideas for summer beach wear - bathing dresses, wraps and caps, 1926 Date: 1926
Ada Broadbent wearing an exotic plumed and featheredAda Broadbent, premiere denseuse, wearing an exotic plumed and feathered costume in the Plume Idea - a new Fanchon and Marco presentation on the West coast USA, 1927 Date: 1927
Stars of the West - a group of young ladies who scintillate Hollywood, 1930 - Bernice Claire seen in First National talkies including Spring is Here (top left), the Sisters G
Advert for Fanchon and Marcos Ideas stage presentations for Fox West Coast Theatres, 1930 Date: 1930
Tropical Gardens Batterseain 1863, John Gibson, Battersea Parks first Superintendent, created a mixture of exotic plants and colourful carpet bedding that started a fashion that swept across England
Page from The Illustrated London News suggesting ideas for British goods for Christmas including an outfit from Burberry. Date: 1931
Cartoon, Extremes Must Meet (Disraeli and Reform)Cartoon, Extremes Must Meet; or, A Bit of Practical Science -- a satirical comment on Disraelis Reform Bill, in which men can qualify for the vote if they are ratepayers
Conversazione of educational exhibition, St. Martins HallPrince Albert stopping by the Norway stand at the Educational Exhibition, held at St. Martins Hall in July 1854. 1854
New Ideas for using X-Rays for Medical use WWIUsed in the British, French and Russian military hospitals the Kompact, apparatus, to find foreign bodies in wounded soldiers
Cartoon, Political Anglers - Tory politicians Lord Salisbury and Randolph Churchill discuss where they obtained their bait (ie political policies)
Niepce and Daguerre exchanging ideas on photographyJoseph Niepce (1765 - 1833) and Louis Daguerre (1787 - 1851) are shown to be exchanging ideas regarding their contribution to the development of photography
Advert for Dunhills Lytup Handbags 1923Advertisement for the Lytup handbag from Alfred Dunhill, with a small electric light illuminating the contents whenever it is opened up
Lady in incredible fancy dressPhotograph of a lady called Rosie dressed in an incredible fancy dress costume consisting of countless items hanging from her dress. Date: 1926
Advert for Swan and Edgar - Christmas present ideas 1928A selection of weird looking gifts for smokers, all available from Swan and Edgar. Date: 1928
Charles Sims, Mans last pretence of consummation paintingMans last pretence of consummation in indifference. One of a series of Spiritual Ideas pictures by Charles Sims (1873-1928) which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1928
Charles Sims, The rebel powers that thee arrayThe rebel powers that thee array. One of a series of Spiritual Ideas pictures by Charles Sims (1873-1928) which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1928, shortly after his death by suicide
Charles Sims, Behold, I have graven thee paintingBehold, I have graven thee on the palm of my hand. One of a series of Spiritual Ideas pictures by Charles Sims (1873-1928) which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1928
Fancy Dress, 1920s - Woman dressed as a road crossingWoman dressed in a brilliant costume as a road crossing. Advice to stop, look and listen adorns her hat while other signs on her dress warn of vicious dogs or thin ice. c.1924
Christmas present - wooden raven 1909Xmas gift for Christmas, novel moving wooden raven on wheels, when drawn alone its head sways, eyes roll and beak opens. 1909
Christmas present - Lucky silver devil cigar lighter 1909One way of giving-up smoking! This terrifying lucky silver devil cigar lighter, available from Mappin & Webb. 1909
Advert for Parkins & Gotto 1895Selection of novelty Christmas presents. 1895
Christmas present - Dragon, smoking set 1922The Dragon, original galalithe smoking set, made in various attractive colours. 1925
Christmas present - gong and matchholder 1927Everybodies must have! Unusual looking duck gong and matcherholder insect, available from Marshall and Snelgrove s. 1927
Christmas present - Dutch doll sugar tongs 1922Novelty sterling silver Dutch doll sugar tongs with enamelled face, available by Vickery of Regent Street. 1922
Stand and lamp for making toast 1909Christmas gift for any table! Elkington plate stand and lamp for making toast for breakfast table, also forming a stand for the kettle. 1909
Christmas present - Miniature Barnum Great Menagerie 1908Edwardian children would have loved this gift for Christams, miniature wild animal figures in captive cages, for the nursery. 1908
Christmas present - blackbird headdress 1938Womens unusual evening headdress, with five blackbirds mounted on velvet-cover, available from Dickens and Jones, " nice to be given something really frivolous
New Bridal Ideas for announcements, showers and Weddings, 1914 Date: 1914
PETER I / MACLISE / DEPTFORDPETER I the Great In 1697/8 he toured western Europe picking up ideas : here he is studying shipbuilding at Deptford, on the Thames east of London Date: 1682 - 1725
CHRISTINA / DESCARTESRene Descartes explains his ideas to the scholarly queen Christina of Sweden Date: circa 1650
Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768 -1854). Was a Swiss jurist. Engraving by H. Gedam. Universal History, 1885. Colored
Dr a I CoffinDR A I COFFIN : medical : Pioneer of medical botany who introduced Thomsons ideas to Europe : in 1845 he founded the Association of Herbal Medicine, authored books. Date: mid-19th century
Rejected by the Inventions Board - Heath Robinson WW1Rejected by the Inventions Board - III - A Device for Screw Stoppering the Enemys Rifles. Another elaborate and convoluted method of beating the dastardly Hun devised by William Heath Robinson in The
In the Stretching Sheds of an Ox-Tail Soup Factory. War-Time Economies from William Heath Robinson including an ingenious idea for making the ingredients for oxtail soup go further. Date: 1918
ABD AL AZIZ / MOROCCO / 1903ABD AL AZIZ or ABD AL AZIZ IV Sultan of Morocco (1894-1908): modern ideas and friendliness to other nations made him unpopular in his own country
Georgi PlekhanovGEORGI PLEKHANOV Russian philosopher, exponent of Marxist ideas, but opposed many aspects of Bolshevism so just as well he died in 1918
Fashions for Carnivals, 1928A selection of fancy dress costumes to wear at galas and carnivals at fashionable winter sports resorts from Harrod s. Suggestions include a cowboy, a Turk, an Arab Chief
Gamages Fancy Dress advertisementAdvertisement for fancy dresses for purchase or hire from Gamages department store of Holborn, London. 1929
Communist China - communication team in waterAdults and children, members of a philosophy communication team, crossing a river in the mountainous area of Dabie, in Henan (He Nan)
At a vegetable party - a salad fancy dressDelightful idea for a fancy dress costume. Why not go as a salad, complete with salad serving spoon and fork? Date: 1903
Choose Your Fancy Dress Now - suggestions for 1907A variety of suggestions for costumes to wear during the winter fancy dress season in 1907. Among the characters, themes and historic periods included are Delilah, Melisande
Cartoon, La Grande Couture, WW1. A rich baroness examines the latest fashions worn by pretty young mannequins in a fashion showroom
Womens Rights / WoodhullNoted American activist Victoria Woodhull presents her ideas to the House Judiciary Committee, in the Capitol, Washington Date: 11 January 1871
Fancy Dress for Winter sports holiday carnival - radishSuggestions for a fancy dress costume appropriate for a carnival as part of a winter sports holiday programme. Available from Dickins and Jones. Date: 1928
Advert for Swan & Edgar fancy dress 1928A selection of fancy dress costumes to wear available from Swan & Edgar, uggestions include Gipsy queen, with tinsel-striped skirt edged coins, Chinese Princess, with orange satin trousers
Fancy dress for winter Carnival 1929A selection of fancy dress costumes to wear for the winter Carnival from Dickins and Jones. Suggestions include a basket of fruit, bird cage, cherry girl and a flapper woman. Date: 1929
Cartoon, French soldier and girlfriend, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier and his girlfriend in a grassy field. He boasts that he will make the Empress (perhaps he means the wife of Kaiser Wilhelm) buy him a beer when he helps to win the war
The Empire Cookery Book - Front CoverThe Empire Cookery Book - complied by Marguerite Fedden - Front Cover. Date: 1920s
The Empire Cookery Book - Title Page Date: 1920s
American barb trousers, WW1 cartoon, Heath RobinsonAmerican barb trousers. For enabling troops to extricate themselves from wire entanglements. Another ingenious idea from the imagination of William Heath Robinson Date: 1918
When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart. Ideas for what to do with old war machinery
War-Time Economies Doing without Braces, WW1 Heath RobinsonWar-Time Economies - A Sensible Way of Doing Without Braces. Another ingenious idea from William Heath Robinson, who suggests a strong magnet as an alternative to braces in order to keep ones
Poster, youth club photography opportunityPoster advertising a youth club photography opportunity. Six members invited to take photos, develop and print them, all equipment provided. Date: circa 1960s
Poster, youth club trip to BrightonPoster advertising a youth club coach trip to Brighton, costing nine shillings, including a visit to The Downs for lunch. Date: circa 1960s
