Laugh Collection (page 3)

Cover design, Laugh It Off Annual for 1945, bubbling with sparkling wit and humour. Showing a fun-loving young woman in a giant glass of champagne. Date: 1945

WW2 greetings card, Lord Haw Haw
WW2 greetings card, satire on Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) (inside) -- That Voice Again! Date: circa 1942

Suffragette, Votes for Women WOW!!. Suffragette with placard reading, Votes for Women Wow, watches as another is carried off, kicking and screaming by a policeman. Two urchins laugh heartily

Bonzo - We ve been painting the town red
We ve been painting the town red Bonzo in hysterics as his six junior proteges cover themselves in red, blue, black and red paint trying to become the next Picasso! Date: 1924

Pencil sketch of two laughing children. Date: 1920s

Young boy laughing
A small boy stands by his tricycle, clearly very amused by something. Date: c. 1920

Ozone Terrace, intended as a healthy street name, near the sea at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Date: 1950s

There & Back again Lane
The quaint name of There and Back Again Lane, given to a cul-de-sac in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1950s

KOCK PHOTO
PAUL DE KOCK French humorous writer whose Dutch banker father was guillotined, vowed to laugh at anything fate dished out to him after that. Photo 1870. Date: 1793 - 1871

Japanese Geisha laughing Date: circa 1904

WW2 - Home Front - Two boys playing on a see saw
WW2 - Home Front, November 1940 - Two boys playing on a see saw - happy and content and not afraid of the war raging around them

Belly Cold - Chinese man causes linguistic confusion
Chinese man causes linguistic confusion... " Belly cold today, miss!" " Well - why don t you tuck your shirt in?" Date: circa 1940

Eskimo Christian converts of the Arctic Ocean region
Jean, a young Eskimo boy, converted to Christianity, laughing - Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1909

Two Racehorse Trainers share an in-joke
The Long Un - " I think I shall go an see my Osses To-Morrow." The Short Un - " Yes? Where do you keep em - Attenborough s

Two Cockney Costers having a jovial chat: " Wots th row up the Court, Bill?" " Bob Smith was kissing my Missus, and is Old Woman caught im!" Date: 1892

The Hague peace congress - a laugh from the gallery. Illustration shows a visitors gallery at the 2nd Peace Conference at the Hague where tyrants, invaders and conquerers are seated

Me 3rd laugh hit of the season Me 3rd laugh hit of the seaso
Me 3rd laugh hit of the season. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Me 3rd at the Alcazar, showing a cartoon figure. Date between 1936 and 1941

Turn to the right The laugh hit! Turn to the right The laugh
Turn to the right The laugh hit!. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Turn to the Right at the Mason Theatre, 127 S. Broadway, showing a traffic sign. Date 1936

Its enough to make a horse laugh. Date c1896

The man who has made the whole world laugh, Chas. Hoyt Americas prolific author, A Texas steer.... Date c1899

McFaddens row of flats the comedy that has made many millions laugh. Date c1900

Happy Hooligan it is to laugh : nothing but fun. Date c1902

McFaddens row of flats the comedy that has made millions laugh : everything new. Date c1900

The up to date laugh, The Colonel and I by Frank Dumont. Date c1899

Clifford & Huth, A high born lady Laugh and the world laughs with you. Date c1899

McFaddens Flats, which has made many millions laugh. Date c1899

Domestic Servants Insurance Act - Comic Postcard
Domestic Servants Insurance Act " I don t care how often I get hurt now, I am insured." A bandgaged housemaid shows her delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

The Servants Insurance Act - Are we downhearted? No! Three housemaids show delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

Street music: Paris balladeer
Two fashionably dressed young women laugh at a ballad singer as he sings in a Paris street. Perhaps he is singing a comic song. Date: 1912

Theatre going: audience mirth
An upper class theatre audience enjoying a performance of Gloriana at the Globe Theatre. Date: c.1850

Anti-German cartoon, German boar and French rabbits, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing some French rabbits making fun of a large German boar during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

President Nixon with Boy Scouts
Richard Nixon sampling camp food with American Scouts. circa 1950s

The Queen and Queen Mother at the races
The Queen and her mother in a happy mood at Hurst Park, after the Queen Mothers horse, Devon Loch, had won the New Century Steeplechase

D Carleton-Smyth. Hey, Diddle Diddle
Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle... 20th century

British Ballad, Robin Goodfellow
ROBIN GOODFELLOW (The Mad Merry Pranks of) British ballad. More commonly known as Puck, the work of this mischievous creature is done by moonlight, and his mocking, laugh is Ho ho ho!

Joness Private Rodeo by G. L. Stampa
Humorous sequential cartoon showing a man whose leisurely hack turns into a nightmare when he is thrown from his horse onto the back of a rather playful cow

Two middle aged women having a laugh
Two middle aged women, possibly Spanish, having a laugh

A Laugh between friends - Iran
3 Friends sharing a joke at Bushehr (Bushire), Iran

Arab Dancing Girls - Algeria
Arab Dancing Girls - Algiers, Algeria

Beaver by George Studdy
Bonzo and his brother spot a King Beaver. Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy roars (or yelps) with laughter at a passing Griffon breed of dog

Stupid Humans
Animals laugh at humans moving house with all their possessions, and wonder why we don t live as simply as they do!

Female Type / English Trio
A Jolly Trio of English girls

Chrysler Advert 1929 - 3
GIVE MA A CAR THAT WILL LAUGH AT HILLS - GIVE ME A CHRYSLER ! - one of Ashley Havindens striking press advertisements for Chrysler in Britain

Jordan as Peggy
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress renowned for her comic roles, notably this one of Peggy in The country girl : her laugh was famous and captivated her audiences

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