Means Collection (page 4)

Aloisia Scharf
Austrian medium Aloysia Scharf who produced rap sounds, seemingly by paranormal means

Cavaliere Della Calza
A Cavaliere della Calza - member of an Italian military order : calza means sock

What Divorce Means
What divorce means - HE gets rid of HER

Pitt and Fox, 1793
A SMOKING CLUB A play on the word smoke which also means to mock someone : here the political antagonists are depicted attacking each other

Psychometry
Mr & Mrs James Coates conducting an experiment in PSYCHOMETRY : she is seeking to read the content of the envelope by extra-sensory means

No Smoking Aloud
A very funny postcard about an Irishman who can t spell and thinks, poor fellow, that a notice saying NO SMOKING ALLOWED means NO SMOKING ALOUD, so he smokes quietly

LA Fete Du Roi
LA FETE DU ROI A boy finds the silver coin in his gateau which means he is the king - his mother prepares to crown him

Wwi / Zeppelin Danger
BRITISH MEANS PLUCK London schoolchildren are taught about the dangers of zeppelins : If the zeppelins come, keep indoors, put lights out and keep quiet

Smoking Club 1793 Pipes
A SMOKING CLUB A play on the word smoke which also means to mock someone : here the political antagonists are depicted attacking each other

Massenet / Cid / Liebig 5
Act four, 10th tableau : The king, grateful to Rodrigo for delivering Spain from the Moors, bestows on him the name of El Cid, which means master warrior

Polka (Bohemian)
Polka means half-step in Czech, and this step which took first the dance halls and then the ballrooms of Europe by storm, scandalising many, is of Bohemian origin

German Couple 1908
KOMMT NOCH ! (which means something like We re getting there ! )

Shortage of Flesh
- They are starting to run short of meat in Germany ( Carne means both meat and flesh )

FAIREY ATALANTA
A twin-engine military flying boat : it is depicted being towed onto the shore by means of a wheeled cradle

Egyptian Shadoof 2
Egyptian farmers raise water from the Nile to irrigate their fields, by means of a Shadoof

Atomic Forest Clearance
Forest Clearance by Means of Atomic Rays

Ratcatcher / Kent / 19th C
Relations between rats and people have never been very friendly, and this Kentish rat-catcher is dedicated to diminishing the rat population by fair means

Narrow Plank Bridge
Though rudimentary in design, this bridge, consisting of a single wooden plank, provides the pedestrian with a simple yet efficaceous means of traversing a narrow stream

Pin Makers at Work 1805
A woman pinmaker seated on a stool uses a foot operated press by means of a treadle. A man in the background works at a table

Guns and Butter
Reducing the war industry means building up the World Trade

Mesmer and Patient
The father of one of his patients, by no means convinced of the efficacy of his treatment, tries to rescue her. Swoonings and the vapours ensue

Flacid Fig Leaf Statue
Half man half something else, a type of satir perhaps with one large leg with an eagles foot & forked beard models the down-turned or passive fig leaf. What the bell means ?

American Elections
A New York polling station in a ward inhabited by the Upper Ten - the ten thousand best people. Lincoln, incumbent president, is by no means their favorite candidate

Noah on the Ark
Noah, on the deck of his Ark, welcomes the arrival of a dove carrying a twig, because it means that the floodwaters are subsiding

Antoninus II Elagabalus
Varius Avitus Bassianus, later Marcus Aurelius Antoninus II, known as ELAGABALUS (which means Sun-god Baal ) Roman emperor, eccentric, dissipated, assassinated

Charles VI in Floppy Hat
CHARLES VI OF FRANCE Also known as le Bien-Aime which means the Well-Beloved and sometimes called The Mad Reigned 1368 - 1422

N Holds Soldiers Ear
During the Italian campaign he congratulates the heroic soldier Coignet, holding him by the ear : by such means winning the adoration of his men

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