Pair Collection (#25)

Japan - Three Geisha pose for the photographer by a house Date: circa 1905

Garden Scene, Japan - Geisha - Fishing on small stone bridge Date: circa 1905

Japan - Japanese Geisha prepare themselves in the morning
Japan - Japanese Geisha (two of whom are topless) prepare themselves in the morning for the day ahead. Date: circa 1903

Japan - Two Japanese women and a baby take a rickshaw ride
Kobe, Japan - Two Japanese women and a baby take a rickshaw ride Date: circa 1904

Japan - Geisha in travelling chair taking a rest. Another Geisha girl stands to one side and the two porters are taking the opportunity to have a quick smoke. Date: circa 1903

Japan - Two Japanese Geisha Girls pose on a small boat Date: circa 1904

Japan - Two Geisha Girls - posing in an ornamental garden Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Two Geisha Girls - pose in an ornamental garden. Date: circa 1906

We miss the patter of your fairy footsteps... A pair of dainty yet stylish ladys footwear from the Edwardian era Date: circa 1900s

Pair of brothers in sailor suits - studio photograph Date: circa 1905

Japan - A pair of friendly Geisha Girls - both wearing beautiful silk kimonos. Date: circa 1910s

Basque France - Migueletcho y Mientchu de Guztizederra
Migueletcho y Mientchu de Guztizederra - by Jacques le Tanneur, French Basque Artist Date: circa 1920s

China - Chinese Farmers (one v. old) from the Ningpo District
China - Chinese Farmers (one v.old) from the Ningpo District. Card produced by the United Methodist Free Churches: Home and Foreign Missions. Date: 1905

Couple take a gondola ride on the canals of Bruges, Belgium
A medieval couple take a gondola ride on the canals of Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 16th century

Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt - Two Obelisks of Queen Hatshepset and Pharoah Thutmosis I. Date: circa 1930s

Catch of Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA
Catch of (quite unbelievable!) Giant Pike near Port Washington, Ohio, USA Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - Porters Loading up Date: circa 1904

Macedonia - Two venerable Macedonians, one riding a white mule, the other perched on a low bench. Date: circa 1917

Islamic School and Dervishes
Young boys and girls studying at an Islamic School and a pair of Dervishes. Date: 1905

Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians playing masenqo
Lebanon - Two Bedouin Musicians, both playing the masenqo. Date: circa 1910s

Two English Rural Working Horses - Working Partners
Two English Rural Working Horses pulling a simple form of harrow - Working Partners Date: circa 1920s

Two Algerian soldiers firing from behind the cover of a cart. Date: circa 1915

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Trying it on
Trying it on! A sailor boy (home on leave) proposes to his girl sweetheart and presents her with a diamond ring! Date: circa 1942

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Why Worry! Cares of the time are danced away by this young couple, frolicing in the garden without a care in the world. Date: circa 1942

Herero Warriors - Namibia (at that point German South West Africa). The Herero are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa

Belgium - Dog Milk Cart Date: circa 1910

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

Off to War - WWI - Couple pose for Studio portrait. The ladys face says it all... Date: circa 1914

Brother & Sister - London Street Children - Flotsam & Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam - A very elegant and emotive description and title for this beautifully-realised portrait study of two poor London street children. Date: 1895

L Heure d Absinthe - French couple
L Heure d Absinthe - A venerable French couple, possibly after consuming a tipple of Absinthe, although both appear to still be relatively vertical... Date: circa 1895

Black couple in London in late 19th century in fine attire
Black couple in all their finery. Woman: " What ll Mrs Edwards say when she sees dis ere hat?" Date: 1898

A rather feeble suitor with a rather loud suit
He: " Oh! Smile upon my suit." She: " I do, I do. I can t help it." Date: 1895

Meeting of like minds at the Lnatic Asylum
Dottieville Lunatic Asylum - Inmate to new arrival: " What, you mad too! So gad." Date: 1898

A Millionaire, drawing the attention of a pretty girl. I wonder if money is indeed her best friend...! Date: 1895

Wit of a toothless old soak when faced with Sally Army pair
The witty reposte of a toothless old soak when faced with a pair of Salvation Army women: Salvation Sal (to village toper) - " If thou doesn t mend thy ways, Ben Bosker

A pair of Ostrich - Kenya, East Africa Date: 1940s

Very surreal French pair below a hanging lantern
Very surreal French pair below a weird-floating hanging lantern. He appears to be an aesthete and writer, decadently draped in his velvet-upholstered chair

Jewish Mother and daughter - Thessaloniki, Greece
Jewish Mother and daughter walking down the street- Thessaloniki, Greece. This postcard is captioned: " Two Centuries Meeting" ! Date: circa 1905

A Pair of Donkeys loaded with fuel, Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

Britannia Tubular Bridge - Menai Straits
Britannia Tubular Bridge - between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales over the Menai Straits. It was originally designed and built by Robert Stephenson. Date: circa 1910s

Little girl polishing her Fathers boots - studio portrait. Date: circa 1885

Patriotic Propaganda Postcard - WWII
Belgian Soldier returnd from war and is reunited with his girl - Happy Days are here again! Date: 1945

Male and Female British Servicemen - Piccadilly Circus
Male and Female British Servicemen on leave - Piccadilly Circus, London - WWII. Date: circa 1943

The Undercut of a Californian redwood
The immense Undercut required in the felling of a Californian giant redwood tree Date: circa 1906

We are Moving - Humorous Motoring postcard, showing a male driver getting rather over-excited at the wheel, courtesy of the amorous advances of his lady passenger

Two clowns and a cascade of Easter Eggs
Wishing you a Happy and Pleasant Easter. Two clowns and a cascade of Easter eggs sending Easter wishes. Date: 1906

French couple with painted Easter Eggs
French couple clutching an array of painted Easter Eggs Date: circa 1910s

A pair of young French lovers talking sweet nothings to one another as a large heart appears (transported by cherubim) above their heads. Date: circa 1910s

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