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Mess Collection (page 4)

Background imageMess Collection: Group photo, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa

Group photo, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Group photo, Staff Sergeants Mess, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageMess Collection: Susi and friend with knitting and sewing things

Susi and friend with knitting and sewing things, getting everything into a mess. 1950s

Background imageMess Collection: Susi - spilt milk

Susi - spilt milk
Susi - watching nonchalantly as the milk pours out of an upset jug. 1950s

Background imageMess Collection: Susi - under the sewing box

Susi - under the sewing box. 1950s

Background imageMess Collection: Susi - with upset vase of flowers

Susi - with upset vase of flowers
Susi - with an upset vase of flowers. 1950s

Background imageMess Collection: Occupied Germany - German children sent packing

Occupied Germany - German children sent packing from a signal Office run by occupying forces. Date: 1946

Background imageMess Collection: Susi - with an overturned paint pot

Susi - with an overturned paint pot. 1950s

Background imageMess Collection: The motorist who took the blame by H. M. Bateman

The motorist who took the blame by H. M. Bateman
Amusing scene of the motorist who took the blame, for what seems to be an awfully messy crash. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch

Background imageMess Collection: Susi - demolishing a feather-filled cushion

Susi - demolishing a feather-filled cushion -- the aftermath. 1950s

Background imageMess Collection: Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - spilt soup

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - spilt soup. circa 1910s

Background imageMess Collection: Happy Families - Master Flue

Happy Families - Master Flue. circa 1940s

Background imageMess Collection: Gibbs Happy Families - Master Dab

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Dab the Artists son. 20th century

Background imageMess Collection: Scrap Book cover - Dog

Scrap Book cover - Dog with newspaper cuttings and pot of glue. circa 1940s

Background imageMess Collection: CCFF leisure area / mess hut, Portsmouth

CCFF leisure area / mess hut, Portsmouth
The CCFF leisure area / mess hut Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Background imageMess Collection: George Ernest Studdy, You Simply Must Save Water

George Ernest Studdy, You Simply Must Save Water! (The Sketch, 28 June 1922) To save water, Bonzo drinks milk instead. Date: 1922

Background imageMess Collection: George Studdy, The Faithful Heart

George Studdy, The Faithful Heart (The Sketch, 17 May 1922). A little dog with mournful eyes, obviously alarmed at his owners sea bathing antics

Background imageMess Collection: Patients and nurses in front of Quex House

Patients and nurses in front of Quex House
A group of patients, with five VAD nurses, in front of Quex House in about 1915. On the left can be seen the Winter Garden, a large conservatory joined to the drawing room of Quex House

Background imageMess Collection: Two patients and two nurses in the Hospital Mess, Quex Park

Two patients and two nurses in the Hospital Mess, Quex Park.The patient on the right is wearing the hospital uniform of hospital blues - blue serge jacket and trousers

Background imageMess Collection: Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex Park

Nine hospital patients in Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nine hospital patients sitting in the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Background imageMess Collection: Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD Hospi

Five patients on the Winter Garden steps Quex Park VAD Hospi
Five patients are standing on the steps of the Winter Garden at Quex Park. The Winter Garden was a large conservatory which stood between the drawing room of Quex House

Background imageMess Collection: Photograph of three VAD patients

Photograph of three VAD patients at Quex Park VAD Hospital. The man on the right is Artieme Mettrie who was a patient at the hospital between 14th November 1914 and 13th May 1915

Background imageMess Collection: Cartoon, German officer passing by, WW1

Cartoon, German officer passing by, WW1
Cartoon, a German officer passing by, causing destruction as he goes. A German soldier as seen by the French during the First World War. Date: 1915

Background imageMess Collection: Satire / Woman of Mind

Satire / Woman of Mind
My wife is a woman of mind Date: 1847

Background imageMess Collection: Damage inside a building, Scarborough, WW1

Damage inside a building, Scarborough, WW1
Damage inside a building following coastal bombardment by the German Navy at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. 1914

Background imageMess Collection: Russian soldiers at mess, Eastern Front, WW1

Russian soldiers at mess, Eastern Front, WW1
Russian soldiers at mess on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Background imageMess Collection: Police barracks sacked by revolutionaries, Russia

Police barracks sacked by revolutionaries, Russia
Police barracks and sacked by revolutionaries, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, after a life and death struggle. The police were killed and the prisoners were freed

Background imageMess Collection: Police barracks captured by revolutionaries, Russia

Police barracks captured by revolutionaries, Russia
Police barracks and prison captured by revolutionaries, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, after a life and death struggle. The police were killed and the prisoners were freed. Date: 1917

Background imageMess Collection: American Navy sailors eating in the petty officers mess

American Navy sailors eating in the petty officers mess on the USS Massachusetts battleship in America Date: circa 1901

Background imageMess Collection: American Navy marines in the mess on the USS Massachusetts

American Navy marines in the mess on the USS Massachusetts battleship in America Date: circa 1901

Background imageMess Collection: Little dog destroying a doll on a Christmas card

Little dog destroying a doll on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMess Collection: Puppy on a Christmas card

Puppy on a Christmas card, trying to write a letter, with an overturned inkpot at his side. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMess Collection: Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD Hospital

Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD Hospital
A group of patients gathered in the Mess of the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Mess was sited in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Background imageMess Collection: Christmas 1918 in Hospital Mess at Quex

Christmas 1918 in Hospital Mess at Quex
A group of patients and staff, together with the three Powell-Cotton daughters are gathered in the Hospital Mess in the Winter Garden at Quex Park VAD Hospital pn Christmas Day 1918

Background imageMess Collection: Hospital Mess, Quex Park 1917

Hospital Mess, Quex Park 1917. The Winter Garden, between Quex House and the Museum buildings served as the Mess for the VAD Hospital at Quex Park

Background imageMess Collection: Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park

Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park
Belgian Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park. The Mess Room was situated in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory situated between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Background imageMess Collection: Belgian Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park

Belgian Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park. The Mess Room was situated in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory situated between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Background imageMess Collection: Quex House with car

Quex House with car
View of the front of Quex House. Possibly taken just before the Hospital opened in mid October 1914. A small car is parked at the front

Background imageMess Collection: Kitten on a Christmas card

Kitten on a Christmas card, spilling ink over a letter. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageMess Collection: Mess boys carrying food at Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, NYC

Mess boys carrying food at Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, NYC
Mess boys carrying food at Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, New York City, USA. Date: 1901

Background imageMess Collection: Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park

Nurses & patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Nurses and patients in the Winter Garden, Quex Park. This room was used as the Hospital Mess. Nurse Fanny Watson is standing, second left

Background imageMess Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Red Puppy Book

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Red Puppy Book. Poppy the red puppy rubs white paint off his coat onto his mistresss skirt. Date: 1910

Background imageMess Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, A Dog Day

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, A Dog Day. After rolling in the mud, the dog goes upstairs and rolls over and over on Aunt Browns bed. Date: 1904

Background imageMess Collection: The Domestic Side of War

The Domestic Side of War: Menage in Billet and Dug-Out A page from The Illustrated London News, 27 January 1917 with three drawings by A.Forestier based on eye-witness descriptions

Background imageMess Collection: Mongrel puppy makes a mess of a cushion

Mongrel puppy makes a mess of a cushion in his mistresss bedroom. Date: 1914

Background imageMess Collection: Four soldiers playing darts in an army hut

Four soldiers playing darts in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageMess Collection: Four soldiers relaxing in an army hut

Four soldiers relaxing in an army hut. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageMess Collection: Little girl enjoying an ice cream

Little girl enjoying an ice cream
A little girl enjoying an ice cream. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageMess Collection: WW1 - Christmas Day dinner, British Camp, Salonika

WW1 - Christmas Day dinner, British Camp, Salonika
WW1 - Christmas Day dinner and the carving of the turkey scene in an officers mess at a British Army Camp in Salonika (Thessaloniki, Greece)



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