Kids Collection (page 8)

Children in fancy dress - clown and princess
Unidentified children in a somewhat sinister fancy dress tableaux. A small boy (at least we assume its a boy) wears a clown outfit

Georgie Porgie by Muriel Dawson - children under mistletoe
Charming illustration showing two small children standing on chairs in order to exchange a seasonal kiss under the mistletoe. Date: c.1930

Childrens Spring Fashions, 1930s
Childrens fashions for the spring of 1930. Top left shows a golf outfit for boys from Rowe (just like papa!). Middle picture is a chic tweed and wool jersey ensemble from Gooch s

Children on doorstep in Foxhill Road, Eccles
Group of five children sitting on a doorstep in Foxhill Road, Eccles, Greater Manchester. Date: 1970s

I Could Have Sweared I Saw a Torpedo, WW1 postcard
Humorous First World War postcard showing a small boy in the bath wondering where that torpedo has gone. Date: 1916

Children by a kitchen hearth
Two children and a dog pictured gazing at the burning embers of a fire in a kitchen inglenook. Other kitchen furniture and equipment include an armchair, bellows and a basket of vegetables

Little boy with baby goat at a childrens zoo, Battersea
A little boy with a baby goat at a childrens zoo in Battersea Park, London. Date: circa 1960s

Sunlight Soap advertisement
Advertisement for Sunlight Soap manufactured by Lever Brothers at their famous Port Sunlight factory, featuring a small boy in a wooden tub bath holding up his bar triumphantly

Lecture on Astronomy, Paris
The Robin Theatre in Paris hosting a mid nineteenth century lecture aimed at attracting young people to the enigmatic branch of natural science astronomy. Date: 1864

Children from Sierra Leone
Two young children from Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Gipsy Caravan Kids
Two gipsy boys squash their poor little sister as they peep through the back door of a traditional gipsy caravan! Date: 1973

Kids Kissing in the Snow
The snow seems to have brought out the romantic side in these two toddlers, kissing in the snow. Date: early 1930s

A Poitin still - Northern Ireland
A Poitin still and a gang of rather young brewers! Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1903

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Beggar Children Date: circa 1910s

Childrens party, 1953
Four children enjoy a charming (if a little sparse) looking Christmas tea party. The girls are wearing smocked party dresses by Lindsay Maid

Baden-Powell with Cub Scouts
The Chief Scout (Lord Baden-Powell) preparing to take the Cubs Grand Howl. 1930s

Scouts learning morse code
Nine Boy Scouts of the 1st Coulsdon Group sit around a table learning morse code, under the watchful eye of their Scout Leader. 1950

Good Housekeeping front cover, December 1933
Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine for December 1933 depicting a small boy in a dressing gown lighting a candle on a window sill. The things they used to let kids do on their own

Two boys playing in old washing machine
Two young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!

Egypt - Bishari Children
Egypt - a photograph of a group of young Bishari Children. The Bishari (who occupy the land from Baranis in the south to the Port Sudan area)

Boys playing on a Sheffield street
Working class children in Sheffield playing in the street

Gossip about Fairies 36
Children should be warned not to accept rides from strange magic horses - these unhappy kids are riding, alas, to a home neath the waves whence they are unlikely to return

Children in Fancy Dress - Empire Day
A group of children posed for a photograph in fancy dress. By the look of the costumes, which reference the dress of various countries, its likely their fancy dress is honour of Empire Day

Advert for Goochs toddlers clothing 1929
Three charming styles, girls double breasted overcoat with bonnet, boys suit made from crepe-de-chine with white front collar and cuffs

Donkey rides
Two children riding donkeys at speed on a seaside holiday. Date: c.1920

Children playing musical instruments
Two children play musical instruments while their dog is a reluctant drummer. Date: c.1920

Children fishing while on holiday
Two children on holiday paddle in the sea with fishing nets - a little girl shouts with excitement on catching some shrimps. Date: c.1920

Building a sand castle
Two children build an impressive sandcastle atop which their little dog decides to sit. Date: c.1920

Sea plane at the seaside
Two children pause from building a sandcastle to watch a sea plane flying close by. Date: c.1920

Playing school
Two children (and their dog) line up their toys to play schools. Date: c.1920

Playing school - dog as a dunce
During a pretend game of playing teachers, a little boy puts his dog in the corner with a dunces cap on its head. Date: c.1920

Children drawing
Two children busy drawing pictures of their pet dog. Date: c.1920

Building a den
Two children build a camp in their garden. Date: c.1920

Polly and Peter - children in the snow by Harold Earnshaw
Front cover illustration by Harold Earnshaw showing two children sheltering from the snow under an umbrella. A rather confused puppy dog sits nearby. Date: c.1920

Which is the tallest, by Hilda Cowham
Two small children attempt to measure their height, though it looks as if the little boy is giving himself some artificial help by standing on a book. Date: 1914

Children in clown and soldier fancy dress
Two little boys pose for their photograph wearing fancy dress. One is a pierrot clown with lavish ruff; the other is a miniature soldier. The photograph was probably taken in India. Date: 1920s

Father Christmas with children
A Merry Xmas - Here is Every Joy! Three children in their nightwear aid Father Christmas in his delivery of presents by pulling on the belt of his cloak. Date: c.1920

Children with Punch and Judy show
Children dressed in fashions from Liberty excitedly watch a Punch and Judy show. Date: 1933

Childrens fashions, 1930s
Charming fashions for little people from Taylour-Smiths of Conduit Street. The bonnet and coat pictured are of angora cloth trimmed with crepe de chine while the frock on the right

Falling To - and In by H. M. Bateman
The Small Boy: Ma! Ma! Quick Ma! Come ere; babys eating all the plum-pudding mixture. Occupational hazard during Christmas food preparation in a busy family home, as imagined by H. M

Society children in fancy dress
Imitating grown-ups, society children in fancy dress - photographs taken at a ball for children given by Lady Clementine Waring for her daughter, Miss Clematis Waring. Top left is the Hon

Occupied Germany - German children sent packing from a signal Office run by occupying forces. Date: 1946

Nearly a Song Hit by Chloe Preston - winter sledging
My Swiss Miss Misses Me" - a narrow escape as a young boy bends to avoid being hit by a girl tobogganist on the snowy slopes of Switzerland. Date: 1926

Family reading tales of Charles Perrault. Engraving by Pannemaker. 19th century

Two children in a trailer. Date: 1970s

Child on a pony in an Eccles street
Child riding a pony along an Eccles street. Date: 1970s

Kids on Nature Trail
Infra red enlargements being shown to children to indicate the characteristics of the landscape around them on a nature trail at Ranmore, Surrey, England. Date: 1960s

French Kids Pick Flowers
A group of French boys & girls pick blossom from the trees. They use some to adorn their hats & hair. Date: circa 1920

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