Laughter Collection (page 2)

WW1 - Brother, Sister and partners before outbreak of war
A poignant and touching photograph taken on the eve of the First World War as two couples (a brother and sister (far left and second from right)

A Nightmare
Ho(a)rse laughter - a study in a horses facial expressions and a bit of a nightmare. Date: 1930s

Fun in the Sea at Blankenberge, Belgium - a Belgian coastal town with a long beach and promenade, plus a busy marina. Some very fine bathing hats on show! Date: circa 1910s

The Sunshine Girl by Paul Rubens
Promotional postcard for The Sunshine Girl by Paul Rubens & Cecil Raleigh; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 24th February 1912

Nothing But The Truth by James Montgomery
Promotional postcard for Nothing But The Truth by James Montgomery. First produced in England at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, 28th January and Savoy Theatre

Medorah by Rupert Hazell
Promotional postcard for Medorah adapted by Rupert Hazell from the American musical romance by Denn Spranklin; music Vada Ennem.. First produced at the Alhambra Theatre, 22nd January 1920

McKennas Flirtation by Edgar Selden
Inside pages of a promotional flyer for McKennas Flirtation by Edgar Selden. First produced at the Opera House, Coventry, 1st August 1892

Joy-Land by Albert de Courville and Wal Pink
Promotional postcard for Joy-Land revue by Albert de Courville and Wal Pink; music Herman Darewski. First produced at the London Hippodrome, 23rd December 1915

Betty Balfour in Love, Life & Laughter (1923) directed by George Pearson Date: 1923

Mongrel puppy with a sheepdog in the park. Date: 1914

Mongrel puppy with three dogs in the park -- they laugh when he tells them he is a bloodhound. Date: 1914

Game at Butlins Holiday Camp, 1966
A game which appears to involve a group of hysterical ladies doing press ups much to the amusement of everyone present at an unidentified Butlins Holiday Camp in 1966. Date: 1966

A Sing-Song within the Firing Line
Sketches drawn by a sergeant with the B.E.F. of an evenings entertainment at the Front, showing various talents on display from an opera singer giving a recital

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

TOBOGGANING ACCIDENT
Two young people in fur hats and coat, curled up with laughter after a tobogganing accident in the snow! Date: early 1930s

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

Phil May as the Joker riding off on a mule into the sunset
Phil May as the Joker / Court Jester riding off on a mule into the sunset Date: circa 1900

The Jester Knight. Alric the court jester uses his skills to distract robbers

Gnu in a zoo. Cartoon

The laughter of the gods. Illustration shows two diminutive figures labeled Democratic Principles and Republican Principles arguing between themselves; in the background are four large men, the Gods

Federal Theatre Project presents The drunkard or the fallen saved Originally produced by PT Barnum in his museum: A rip-roaring melodrama with thrills & laughter!

Peg o my heart Love, laughter, romance! Peg o my heart Love
Peg o my heart Love, laughter, romance!. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Peg o my Heart at the Pickering Park Playhouse, San Bernardino, Calif. showing a woman carrying a dog

Bowling alley

The shoemaker the comedy drama : a play full of tears and laughter. Date c1907

Hoyts A midnight bell laughter every minute. Date 1898

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

Women at Army Cookery School, 1939
A merry moment during peeling onions with the new Army cooks at an Army cookery school in the south of England in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

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

Progamme for Midnight Laughter at The Dorchester
Progamme cover for Midnight Laughter at The Dorchester, London, 1930s 1930s

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

Danish Royal Family Sharing a Joke
A candid photograph of Queen Alexandra and her family, laughing together at a sporting event in Copenhagen. From left: Princess Marie Bonaparte (wife of Prince George of Greece)

Granpop Gets Down to Brass Tacks by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his orang utan character, Granpop, descending a ladder only to stand painfully on some brass tacks. His porcine companion seems to find this hilarious

Post-Impressionist Expressions
Satirical cartoon by HM Bateman on the Post Impressionist exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in London. The controversial exhibition introduced modern art to Britain and was organised

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

Their Winter Sport by Illingworth
Four local and proficient child skiiers have a laugh at the expense of a man (probably British) who seems to have come a cropper on the piste

A Couple stroll along the beach
An illustration accompanying an extract from Wilkie Collins book, The Law and the Lady. The caption reads: Instead of answering he burst into a fit of laughter- loud, coarse, hard laughter

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

Jovial elderly couple
A jolly elderly couple sit on a pebble-covered hillside by a hut, having a good old chuckle!

India - A happy country girl
A jolly country girl in India from the region close to Bombay (Mumbai), holding a small sickle in her right hand and standing alongside a large bale of hay

Lear / Nonsense / Title Page
There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry; So he made them a book, and with laughter they shook at the fun of that Derry down Derry

Five Jolly Africans from Algeria
Five very jolly black Africans from southern Algeria

Laughing Augurs
Cicero wondered how two augurs could meet without bursting into laughter at the absurdity of their profession

Comedy Audience
JOHN BULL AT A COMEDY The audience in stitches one of a set of two

Party / Girls Laughing
Two flirtatious girls at a party literally crying with laughter at the expense of the men behind them

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