Luck Collection (page 8)

Italy Rome Castel
formerly the Mausoleum of Hadrian : seen across the Tiber, where a hopeful fisherman is trying his luck. Date: 1890s

Dog Good Luck Card
Good luck card featuring a dog. Date: posted in 1946

Helston Floral Dance
THE FLORAL DANCE takes place during Furry day at Helston, Cornwall, England. At noon, couples in evening wear dance between the houses to bring the occupiers good luck. Date: 1950s

Lucky charm mascot pendant worn during WW1
A lucky charm mascot pendant containing a loved ones hair, worn by a serviceman during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lucky charm mascots worn during WW1
Two lucky charm mascot pendants worn by servicemen during the First World War. One is in the shape of an anchor, the other in the shape of a heart with a cross in the middle. Date: 1914-1918

Lucky charm mascot cross worn during WW1
A lucky charm mascot in the shape of a cross, worn by a serviceman during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lucky charm mascot (bone), WW1
A lucky charm mascot which looks like a piece of bone, kept by a serviceman during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Booklet, Springboks during Second World War
Pages from a booklet, A Picture Story of the Union of South Africa, produced by the Ministry of Information. Showing South African troops, nicknamed Springboks, during the Second World War. 1940s

Wartime poster warning against careless talk. A man wishes an RAF pilot " Good luck tomorrow", he is overheard, and there are unfortunate repercussions. Careless Talk Costs Lives. 1940s

Casino Interior, Monte Carlo, Monaco - The Salle de Jeu (Games Room). This card also features two personifications of differing stages of the gambling process - Good Luck, shown by the wealthy

New Year Clover Cart
A pretty lady wishes you a Happy New Year as she drives a cart loaded with clover for good luck. Date: 1907

Boy with Clover
A boy carries a basket of four-leaf clover which will surely bring you good luck during the year to come... Date: 1909

Programme cover for The Luck of the Navy, 1918
Programme cover for The Luck of the Navy, staged at the Queens Theatre, London, 1918. Artwork by Dolly Tree. Date: 1918

British Ballad, The Luck of Eden-Hall
THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL. British ballad describing the taking of the famous 13th century goblet from a fairy banquet by Lord Musgrave

Monte Carlo fancy dress costume
A fancy dress suggestion of a costume representing Monte Carlo. The dress is half red satin and half black velvet with one red shoe and the other black

Good Luck postcard
A Czechoslovakian Good Luck postcard, featuring a small girl sat in a barrel holding a bottle of sparkling wine (and spilling a glass of the same), surrounded by large four-leafed clovers

The German allies of WW1
The Kaiser and the leaders of his fellow allies during the First World War, depicted within a lucky four-leaf clover. It was not to prove ultimately very lucky

Ireland - Greetings Card
A greeting card from Ireland (interestingly depicted as one country)

Sultan Ahmet Mosque - Feeding the Birds for good luck
In Turkey, birds are sometime released for good luck. These women with their bowls of corn sell the seed which you throw to the birds - this is considered lucky (feeding wild animals)

Rustic wedding in Kent
A rustic wedding in Kent -- the bride sits on a horse-drawn cart which has been decorated with garlands, and receives a lucky horseshoe from the village blacksmith

Woe Betide or Good Luck to You by Pauline Baynes
A page of superstitions painted in intricate detail specially for Holly Leaves by Pauline Baynes. The key to the illustration is on p.46 of the issue

The Humorist Christmas Number
Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress. Chicken, plates

Life / Lady Luck 1924
Lady Luck in a flowing blue dress, sits side saddle upon a magnificent horse followed by a black cat and a blue bird

Algerian Bedouin Girl
Very serious-looking Algerian Bedouin Girl, adorned with charm necklace and beads and what looks like a wooden spoon (?)

The Element of Luck in Golf
A man playing golf with the help of a cow. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

French Troops Off to War
A poignant scene, showing two young women saying goodbye to French soldiers as they march enthusiastically away to the Western Front

Crash Amid Crocodiles
To crash in central Africa is sufficient of a calamity in itself, but to crash into crocodile-infested Lake Victoria is more than anyones share of bad luck

Good Luck Signs
Various items symbolising good luck - apparently, the number 13 is lucky for some !

Helston Dance / Cornwall
ENGLAND - Floral Dance (8 May) Furry Day, Helston, Cornwall. One of the dances that occur during the day is one for couples in evening wear who weave in and out of the houses

Alphabet / G for Gamester
G - was a gamester who had but ill-luck

Gracie Fields / Wish Luck
GRACIE FIELDS English singer and actress, Wish Me Luck as you Wave Me Goodbye

Sealing Doors, China
CHINESE NEW YEAR Chinese seal their front doors on New Years Eve, so that their good luck doesn t go with the Old Year

Good Fortune Symbols
China The deity Kiang-tse-ya holds good fortune talismans - the Ying and Yang, and a group of symbols from the I-ching

God of Happiness
Children celebrate Chinese new year in Chinatown, New York. They touch the god of happiness to bring them good luck in year 4884 of the Chinese calendar

Candles for Luck
Good luck will come to the one whose candles burns the longest

Chinese Luck Talisman
CHINA Good luck talisman representing the immortal Liu-Hai

Gambling / Cards / Uk 1867
British gambler suffering a run of bad luck

Mr Harding of London cursed by gipsy Martha
Mr Harding of London is cursed by the gipsy Martha when he refuses to give her money

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