Optimism Collection

Do you want some? By H. M. Bateman
" Do you want some? Innoculating a pessimist with Merry Christmas bacilli." This cartoon mentions the recent discovery of Reading Bacillus by Leonard Joyce as a new way of healing wounds

WW2 greetings card, London Carries On, by Joseph Bato, official war picture from the National Gallery. Date: circa 1942

Silhouette, Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast
Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast -- silhouette showing a shipwrecked man standing on a raft, waving to a ship on the horizon

The Big Push March 1916
The Big Push - a march, no doubt intended to rouse all who hear it to push a little harder for victory Date: 1916

Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism
The German people favours OPTIMISMUS rather than PESSIMISMUS [though isn t it ironic that the sign should be rose-tinted spectacles ?]

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soon
The Caption is Yes I know things ll be better soon. By this date the war is clearly near its end so the optimism is justified

Happy faces
Keep smiling. A note of optimism during a difficult period in our history. Date: circa 1932

WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), soldier in khaki -- If its OK by you, its OK by me. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, RAF pilot
WW2 pop-up greetings card (inside), RAF pilot shaking hands with a colleague. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog and two cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card (inside), a spotted dog and two black cats with binoculars as fire watchers and aircraft spotters, All Good Wishes and the Best of Luck! Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, The Optimist and the Pessimist, showing two men reading the same news items about the war but reacting in very different ways. Date: 1915

Cartoon, The Allies, WW1
Cartoon, The Allies during the First World War. Linking arms, they sing: Are we all here? Yes! And if we re all here, thats all right

Cartoon, K and His (Anti) German Garden, WW1
Cartoon, K and His (Anti) German Garden, showing Lord Kitchener watering his garden during the First World War to grow more army recruits ready for a spring offensive. Date: 1914

I Feel So Happy Today
Bonzo, the cute canine created by George Studdy in The Sketch magazine in 1920s jumps for joy, full of happiness and optimism

War Budget cover - 1916
Front cover of The War Budget showing a British soldier, bayonet fixed, looking determinedly into the future as a New Year - 1916 - dawns. Date: 1915

WW1 Aim for Victory French optimism in 1914 - General Pau
WW1 - Aim for Victory - French optimism in 1914, the card shows troops resting before a push for ultimate victory - the card also has a portrait of French General Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau

Cartoon, French women in munitions factory, WW1
Cartoon showing French women working in a munitions factory. One woman tells her boss: we ve replaced rice powder (used in cosmetics) with gunpowder. Date: 1917

Peasants dancing on anniversary of Revolution, Russia
Peasants enjoying a general holiday, dancing and celebrating on the anniversary of the Revolution in Russia. Date: circa 1918

Four cats with toothache on a New Year card, quoting from Charles Dickens characters (Sairey Gamp, Mrs Harris, Betsy Prig and Tiny Tim) -- Its best to grin and bear it! Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, No need to worry, WW1
Cartoon, No need to worry, showing various complacent people, soldiers and civilians, thinking that war isn t such a bad thing, as they themselves are doing all right. Date: 1916

Cartoon, On the eve of repatriation, WW1
Cartoon, On the eve of repatriation. A German patient in a French hospital asks an orderly if he will be ok with his reconstructed chin containing silver

The Irrespressibles by J. H. Thorpe
Xmas 1913 - and 1914, but still smiling. The irrepressible spirit of the British Tommy illustrated by J. H. Thorpe in December 1914. Date: 1914

WW2 Christmas card, Carrying On! Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, Tin Hats and the different people who wear them. Date: 1939

WW2 greetings card, Cheer up! It won t be so long now!! A Scots terrier with a bandaged tail. V for Victory is painted on the fence. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, birds and flowers. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, jolly sailor giving the thumbs up. Date: 1941

WW2 greetings card, sailor waving
WW2 pop-up greetings card, sailor waving from a porthole. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, smiling soldier
WW2 pop-up greetings card, smiling soldier in khaki uniform. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, Thumbs up
WW2 pop-up greetings card, Thumbs up! Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Keep Smiling Through! Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, Good Cheer -- a sailor, an airman and a soldier queue up for a welcome cup of tea at the NaFI. Date: 1941

WW2 Christmas card, Blackout and snow
WW2 Christmas card, You can t Black Out my greeting this Christmastide. Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, Business As Usual (inside). Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, At Biarritz, WW1
Cartoon, At Biarritz. A man who is optimistic about the war chats in the sea with a fellow-bather. Date: 1915

WWI Poster, Victory... if you Join Now
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, A Happy New Year to our Gallant Soldiers! Anticipating Victory with the sunrise of 1915. You can make it certain if you Join Now. Date: 1915

President Wilson announcing birth of League of Nations
The American President Wilson announces the birth of the League of Nations, designed to avoid future wars. Date: 1919

Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, WW1
Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, Optimism and Pessimism, during the First World War. On the left is a smiling, patriotic man reading the financial news

Augusts Three by Bruce Bairnsfather
Augusts Three To Each Year its Type A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Omar the Optimist by Bruce Bairnsfather
Omar the Optimist " Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row, A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou- Beside me, singing in the wilderness

King George V cheered by troops in France, WW1
King George V, attended by his staff, cheered by troops in billets " somewhere in France" during a visit to the Front in 1916. Date: 1916

German and Austrian troops setting off for WW1
German and Austrian troops setting off with great optimism and enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 1914

Sheet music cover, Don t Ever Walk in the Shadows, with words and music by Art Noel and Clem Bernard. Showing a young couple walking along arm in arm. Date: 1942

Cheerful British soldier on a postcard, WW1
Cheerful British soldier on a postcard during the First World War. Worry? I don t think. Date: 1914-1918

Confident British soldier on a postcard, WW1
Confident British soldier on a postcard during the First World War. Do I comprey? Not arf! Date: 1914-1918

Optimistic Sundial
An optimistic sundial on the side of a private house at South Holmwood, Surrey, England : Let others tell of storms and showers, I mark the sunny morning hours... Date: 19th century

WW2 - British Serviceman arm-in-arm with his ATS Girl
WW2 - W.A.T.S. the use of worrying? - A British soldier and his ladyfriend, who is part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service for Women (ATS). Date: circa 1940

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Theres a Good Time Coming
" We have to gian the victory - that is our task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Theres a Good Time Coming - a little girl sees a future without rationing

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