Papa Collection

Paranormal / Combustion
ALARMING CASE OF SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION Papa - emerging from a gin palace - is spontaneously combusted, to the surprise of his wife and child

Music cover, Papa Loves Mambo, Perry Como
Music cover, Papa Loves Mambo, by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and Bix Reichner, recorded by Perry Como, from an MGM film starring Lana Turner and Ricardo Montalban. 1954

Danae Cast Adrift (1903)
Danae, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos, is impregnated by Zeus : perceiving her son Perseus as a threat, papa casts them adrift in a boat, but of course they survive Date: 1903

Louis Napoleon Photo 4
Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON as a cadet : aged only 13, he goes to war with papa. After the defeat at Sedan, he flees to Belgium and thence to England. Date: 1856 - 1879

Family / Grace before Meal
Papa, mama, son and two daughters say grace before starting to eat

Brunnhilde and her Papa
Act 3 : Brunnhilde pleads with Wotan, her father, to spare her the humiliation he proposes to inflict upon her

Christmas / Germany
Papa dresses up as Pelz- Nickel [= furry Nicolas, i.e. Santa Claus] to give presents to the children

Paddlers Photographed
Papa snaps Mama and the baby as they paddle

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

Cartoon, Enthusiasm of Paterfamilias
Varying reactions to the newspaper accounts of the glorious charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava - Papa thinks only of the glory, his womenfolk think of the dead October 1854

Papa to shopwalker: Oh er -I wanta Noahs Ark. Date: 1914

King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

FAMILY / GRACE BEFORE MEAL
Papa, mama, son and two daughters say grace before starting to eat Date: 1884

TOURISTS ON THE RIGI
A party of tourists ascend the Rigi mountains near Lucerne, the ladies and children ride, while papa admires the wild flowers and porters carry the baggage. Date: 1879

FRENCH BOURGEOIS FAMILY
Papa with his journal, mama with her sewing, the two older girls practising duets, the youngsters playing with the cat - while a log burns cheerfully in the hearth Date: 1897

FRENCH FAMILY IN SALON
Papa with his journal, mama with her sewing, the two older girls practising duets, the youngsters playing with the cat - while a log burns cheerfully in the hearth Date: 1897

Going to the Pantomime 1853
Dear papa takes his family off to the panto - they all fit into one enormous cab ! Date: 1853

BABY MAKING MACHINE
The Great French Baby-making machine - Papa is exhausted by having to work so hard, but Maman is delighted... Date: 1906

Family at Home - circa 1835
The daughter of the house shows her papa and mama the scrap book she has compiled, while her little dog scratches itself Date: C.1835

Papa Explains Nature
Papa explains the wonders of nature to his children Date: 1869

Grace Saying - England
Papa says grace at a family meal Date: circa 1860

Churchgoing and charity
A family returns from church to their Christmas dinner, and Papa is charitably disposed towards a barefoot girl. Date: 1855

Father Christmas with children
German Papa dresses up as Father Christmas Date: 1852

The Sailors Return
The sailors wife holds up her child to see the ship in which its papa is sailing home

Antipope Benedict XIII (1328-1423), known as the Papa Luna
Antipope Benedict XIII, born Pedro Mart?=?nez de Luna y Perez de Gotor (1328-1423), known as the Papa Luna in Spanish. Aragonese nobleman officially considered by the Catholic Church to be an

Cartoon, Things that matter, WW1
Cartoon, Things that matter -- Brain. Crown Prince: It doesn t matter what Papa or Michaelis says. After all, we are the real brain(s) of the Empire

Mother and daughter with map, Bonjour Papa! WW1
Mother and daughter examine a map to see where daddy is on the Western Front -- Bonjour Papa! 1917

Joseph Joffre (1852-1931). French general during World War. Engraving. 20th century

Mother / Child / Portrait
Cher petit pere ! Dear little papa, morning and evening I blow kisses at your portrait ! Date: 1918

Father Reads to Family
At 25 minutes past 1, a German father reads to his family, while a servant girl pauses with a tray Date: 18th century

A Family Meal
A girl holds out her glass for a refill of wine while Papa records the scene for us Date: 23 June 1911

Earliest Man
- Mama, is that papa ? Date: circa 30, 000 BC

Videophone or skyping imagined, 1927
Thanks to the videophone, papa(working in a distant country)can not only speak to his loved ones, he can see them also. Date: 1927

Habit of Greek Papa or Priest and Patriarch
Officiating Habit of a Greek Papa or Priest (left and centre), and of a Patriarch (right). 18th century

King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, and cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris

Cartoon, One For Papa, WW1
Cartoon, One For Papa, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, during a lull in the fighting during the First World War

Therese and her papa
Therese Martin (1873 - 1897) with her father

Rubens Sons
Two of Rubens sons, wearing their best clothes while papa paints them... Date: 1577 - 1610

Pour que papa vienne en permission,s il vous plait. A young girl in a Red Cross nurses uniform and a small boy wearing a red cap, carrying a collection cup and selling medals, respectively. Date 1915

Prospetto del nvovo navale di ripetta fabbrica to sotto i gloriosi avspicj di n.s. Papa Clemente XI

F. Ziegfeld, Jr. presents Anna Held in Papas wife by DeKoven & Smith. Date c1900

Le traite de paix avec Rome - baisez ca papa, et faite pate de velour. Print shows on the left, a cat, representing Pope Pius VI, and on the right, a rooster, representing Napoleon I

Baby, kiss papa good-by. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt departing from the White House, leaving an infant labeled My Policies

Russian peasant boy asks Papa for candy Date: 1912

General Joseph Joffre circa 1915

Bye Baby Bunting 1912

Wilhelm Ii / Fantasio 1908
WILHELM II German Emperor admires himself in his bathroom mirror: " Papa Lohengrin" Date: 1908

Advert / Belle Jardiniere
Father and daughter in the Champs Elysees at night

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