Presents Collection (page 15)

Father Christmas with sack of presents
Father Christmas with a sack full of presents, standing on a doorstep. circa 1970s

Little girl with two kittens on a Christmas card
Little girl with two kittens in a basket on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1870s

Cat, kitten and presents on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl with flowers and card on a Christmas card
Boy and girl in a domestic interior with flowers and card on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, German women at Christmas, WW1
Cartoon, German women at Christmas with a table full of gift items. A woman tells her friend she is lucky her husband is fighting in the war

Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1
Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915

Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front

Bringing in the Boars Head (and the Colmans Mustard!) - Christmas Feasting tradition. Date: circa 17th century

Santa Claus. Santa with an Xmas tree & laden with presents walks across the snow. Artist: KR Date: circa 1906

WW2 Christmas card, Keep Going... for a Happy Christmas. The message inside reads: A message of cheer this Christmastide / To help to KEEP GOING along the steps / That lead towards a just

WW2 Christmas card, Blackout
WW2 Christmas card, with Father Christmas on the roof of a house with his sack of presents -- Blackout or not, I m here to greet you! Date: circa 1942

WW1 - Practical Gifts for the soldier at the front
WW1 - Practical Christmas Gifts for the service men at the front from John Pound & Co. These include lamps watches a map ase, a khaki campaign roll and an aluminium canteen Date: 1915

WW1 - The German Ambassador to France delivers ultimatum
Baron Wilhelm von Schoen, German ambassador in Paris at the beginning of World War I assuring interim for Foreign Affairs M

Silhouette of girl and geese, Cremona advert
Silhouette of girl and geese by H.L. Oakley, advert for Cremona Dairy Cream Toffee. Oakley produced 38 groups of nursery figures which were printed in colour on the toffee tins

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths tea & coffee service
Quailty tea and coffee silver service, for wedding gift. Date: 1927

History of the Missions, 1863. King of Siam and Jesuits
HENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863

Santa delivering presents
Santa Claus in his red cloak deposit childrens presents around the hearth.Date: circa 1900

Unwrapping Xmas presents
Two young girls emptying their Xmas stockings on Xmas morning.Date: circa 1910

Woman bearing Xmas gifts
Art deco style Christmas scene depicting an elegant woman bearing Xmas presents. Artist: Tito Corbella Date: circa 1922

Children round an Xmas tree
An Edwardian Xmas scene with children gazing at presents & candles on the tree.Date: circa 1904

His Christmas Gift to Her by Fred Pegram, WW1
Illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a British officer in a dug-out somewhere on the Western Front, carefully crafting a ring by the light of a candle as he smokes a pipe

Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1
Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front

Christmas Santa with doll
Santa Claus with doll and other Christmas presents. Artist: Anon. Origin: USA Date: circa 1924

Father Christmas arriving, Soho Fire Station, London
Father Christmas (fireman Pester) arriving via a specially constructed fireplace in the appliance room of Soho Fire Station, London, to give out the presents at a New Year party on 2 January 1955

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths jewellery 1905
Selection of Edwardian novelty jewellery for Christmas. 1905

A Maxim Maxim
A MAXIM MAXIM. Fire should be witheld until a favourable opportunity presents itself. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Samuel Brothers, Xmas Gifts in the trenches, WW1
Advertisement for Samuel Brothers Ltd of Ludgate Hill, London, suggesting number of practical comforts to be sent as gifts to soldiers in the trenches

Gamages advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Gamages, the famous toy store in Holborn, London, with a selection of presents for Christmas 1914 including some war themed suggestions such as a game called Britwar

Erasmic Soap advertisement
Advertisement for the dainty Erasmic Soap showing a lady wrapped in a towel and b eing handed a box of the soap before her bath. Date: 1917

Children dreaming of Santa
Santa leaving the childrens bedroom after leaving Christmas presents. Date: circa 1910

Gifts for soldiers from J. C. Vickery, WW1
Advertisement for J. C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jewellers, with two suggestions out of their various novelties and comforts for men on active service - a weatherproof match box

Christmas shopping
Mother & daughter return home in the snow laden with presents. Date: 1924

Children making mail bags for sending parcels to the front
Farnborough children making mail-bags for sending Christmas presents to the men in the trenches during the First World War. Date: 1915

Advert for Wrights Coal Tar soap 1915
Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the ideal Christmas present to send to a soldier at the front, along with a stick of Coal tar shaving soap

Suggested Christmas gifts 1915
Advert for suggested Christmas gifts for Britains Blue and Khaki boys. Chamois leather waistcoat, with long sleeves, sleeping caps -favourite cap with men of both forces

Shetland Wool Cardigan for soldiers, World War One
A shetland wool cardigan, with balaclava, available from Scott Adies of Regent Street and an ideal present to send to fighting men on the Western Front during Christmas 1915. Date: 1915

Advert for Gamages suggesting gifts for soldiers 1915
Advertisement by the famous Holborn store, Gamages, suggesting gifts for Britains " Blue" and " Khaki" Boys

Match box with wind screen, World War One
A combined silver match box and wind screen, a novelty but nevertheless extremely useful to men at the front and available from Charles Packer and Co of Regent Street, London

The Christmas Stocking by Muriel Dawson. A little girl investigates her Christmas presents. Date: 1926

Safety First by Muriel Dawson. A toddler walks along a snowy street with Christmas presents. Date: 1926

Her Christmas Present by Muriel Dawson
Her Christmas Present, by Muriel Dawson. A little girl in a red hat and coat holds her new doll. Date: circa 1920s

Two toddlers in their cot by Muriel Dawson
Two toddlers standing up in their cot and finding their Christmas presents, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1928

Father Christmas with his sack, by Muriel Dawson
Father Christmas walking through the snow with his sack, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1924

O-Ooh! by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler standing up in its cot finds a Christmas stocking with Mr Punch looking out of the top. Date: 1925

Tom Breneman with eldest guest to his radio show
Tom Breneman (1901-1948) presents a gift to the eldest guest featured during his popular radio show Breakfast in Hollywood, 105 1/2-year old Miss Sarah Van Dyke of Sacremento, California, USA

Father Christmas in silhouette
Silhouette illustration of Father Christmas in his sleigh pulled by reindeer, setting off laden with Christmas trees and gifts for good boys and girls. Date: 1902

Royal Wedding- coat-of-arms and selection of wedding present
The coat-of-arms of the newly married couple, Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The opposite pages shows a selection of wedding presents, including a filly foal from H.H

Advert for the National Savings Committee 1942
The gift that grows. National Savings gift tokens. Heres the simple answer to all your gift problems this christmas - gift tokens

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