Meaning Collection (page 7)

Comic postcard, Cowkeepers daughter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, scene in a teashop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, man making rabbit hutch Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, man gardening, two sparrows Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, old family seat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, ambitious explorer Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, the old cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, old geyser taken in part exchange Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle-aged woman and gravedigger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, stuffing birds - taxidermist Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, woman sewing underwear Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Looking for a sleeping partner Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, the vicar sponges his aspidistra Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, water passed by Borough Surveyor, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, the vicars stipend cut down - two women gossiping Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, couple at the races - They re Off! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and doctor, misunderstanding Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Doctor visits sick man, wife misunderstands Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Ambiguous instructions to the butcher Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women in conversation Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women in the pub - double meaning Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Chin-Chin
The caption on the card is Chin-Chin! The expression has shades of meaning. Probably here it means Well done, perhaps on a successful first shave. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

INVITATION TO DANCE
A broad hint of not meaning to dance - a lady retains her seat, while her unwanted partner gives her friend an impolite close-up of his. Date: 1804

CATS AND BOY (GRIMM)
A boy fearlessly encounters two giant black cats on his journey to discover the meaning of fear Date: circa 1905

Lunatic Asylum humour - Upside down wheelbarrow
Visitor to Dottieville Lunatic Asylum which is undergoing structural improvements (to harmless lunatic who is extremely busy wheeling a barrow upside down)

Difference between a Lady and a Diplomat. When a Diplomat says " Yes", he means " Perhaps". When he say " Perhaps", he means " No"

Comic postcard, Drunken man in the street, hanging onto a belisha beacon, seeing triple and feeling ill Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, drunkard in cemetery Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, fishing strategies Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, help with suitcases Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman falling down a cliff onto the beach, with a man waiting to catch her Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, gondola on the lake with ducks Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, I shall be pleased to see your jolly old mug again! Date: 20th century

Cartoon, Laugh It Off Annual
Cartoon in the Laugh It Off Annual -- Demobbed! and glad to be back on the old job, sir! An employee returned from the war sits in his office with a young woman on each knee

Addled Ads - Humorous postcard - Irish Terrier and Bobby
Addled Ads - Wanted Section Reward. Lost a light brown rough-haired Irish terrier. Had collar with Bobby on plate. Date: circa 1905

Making a Fez
Making a fez or tarboosh (from the Persian sar, meaning head and poosh, cover) worn by East Mediterranean Muslim men, which originated in Fez, Morocco, North Africa. Date: 1930s

Comic postcard, woman and policeman in a street -- Could you see me across the road, Mr Policeman? -- Why, bless yer Mum, I could spot you a mile off. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, railway station platform
Comic postcard, scene on a railway station platform - the young woman is waiting to have her ticket punched. Date: circa 1910s

The Complete Pessimist by H. M. Bateman
" Father, what is life?" " Life, my son, is a game - played against an invisible opponent, who invariably win

Pharaoah has his dreams interpreted by Joseph
Pharaoah, King of Egypt, hearing the interpretation of his two dreams from Joseph - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 41.26. 1787

National Health Insurance stamp - Forcible Feeding
Forcible Feeding - Lick! A double-meaning postcard, primarily relating to the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

Llangollen Bridge - River with Rocks, Arched Bridge. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Llangollen takes its name from the Welsh llan meaning a religious settlement and Saint Collen

Cartoon, Looking after the land, WW1
Cartoon, Looking after the land. A young soldier on leave sits by the fire with his parents. They tell him that he and his fellow-soldiers are guarding the land at the Front

Old Sarum Castle
A rather fanciful depiction of the castle of Old Sarum, above Salisbury Plain. The Celts referred to it as Sorviadum, meaning the fortress by the gentle river. Date: 1798

Cycloscaphe 1896
The CYCLOSCAPHE gives a new meaning to the phrase three men and a boat with its adaptation of the bicycle to boat propulsion, the pedals turning the propeller. Date: 1896

Betrothal rings 1912
Betrothal, puzzle, posy and true-love rings were usual worn on the third finger. The ring symbolizing a circle implying our repects (or regards)

Cartoon, Convalescent leave, WW1
Cartoon, Convalescent leave, showing two girls chatting to a little boy dressed as a soldier who has a bandage on his knee

Cartoon, Asphyxiating gases, WW1
Cartoon, Asphyxiating gases, showing a French soldier standing in a hole and holding his nose. He says: They re not dead yet, but they already stink! Date: 1915

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