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British Lesbian Wedding - the blushing bride appears to be holding a bouquet of cabbage leaves. Date: circa 1910s
Dollies weddingA group of girls have a pretend wedding ceremony, playing the bride and groom, vicar and guesses. Date: 1882
Giving Dolly a bathTwo little girls washing their dolly in a bowl Date: 1882
Children in their pirates cavePretending to be pirates Date: Circa 1880
Three boys playing at Motoring - two drive their wooden pretend car, complete with strapped in seat, horn (s) and solid wooden wheels
Two boys playing at riding a Carriage. One urges on the team of four piebald hobby horses with a whip, while the other sends forth a blast on his horn announcing their departure. Date: circa 1910s
Two illustrations, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing (1) Polly riding on the back of her cousin Hickory Hunt, as they pretend to make for a desert island in a storm
Three boys playing at Fox Hunting, two on their hobby horses and one wearing a fox suit! They even have two dogs with them. Date: circa 1910s
Four boys playing at Bullfighting. The dead wooden bull is dragged away by a team of two piebald rocking horses Date: circa 1910s
Initiation of the Private SecretaryCeremonial initiation consisting of the enactment of a heated discussion between two Brothers pretending to be Salomon and the King of Tyr. 1890s
Initiation of the Prince of JersualemWearing pretend beards, the Brothers reward the recipients dedication on a recent mission with kisses and a golden crown made of paper. Date: 1890s
The beggars of New YorkCynical view of New York beggars who apparently pretend to be blind and hire babies to attract more sympathy, then go home or to the nearest eatery for a slap-up dinner. Date: 1886
Game / Playing Shop C1890Children playing at shops with the help of two chairs and a tablecloth. Date: circa 1890
Children in Nursery 1905Children playing games in the nursery; a boy pretends his two little sisters are horses! circa 1905
Children WalkersA little boy playing in the nursery turns his younger brothers in their baby walkers into horses, just for fun. Date: late 19th century
Now then, John, whip them orse up or we shan t catch the tSimple wooden box on wheels turns into a horse a cart with a little bit of a childs emagination. Date: 1897
Off to Market by Muriel DawsonA sweet little girl in an orange dress, carries a brightly striped umbrella and a blue basket on her way to market
My Tea Party by Muriel DawsonA small blonde girl enjoys playing with a toy tea set. A tiny toy soldier on the other side of the table appears to be her only guest
Tea Time by Muriel DawsonA little girl with blonde hair sits in a chair and solemnly feeds her baby doll
Water Babies by Muriel DawsonA little girl in in a bath tub makes sure that her dolly is clean too
The tea party by Susan Beatrice PearseTwo little girls sit down solemnly to a tea party accompanied by their pet dog and several dolls
The Army and Navy by John HassallA group of ragamuffin children play at soldiers by using various bits of home hardware such as buckets and brushes as their armour and weaponry
Playing at Indians by May SmithA group of children play at being native American Indians while camping in a woodland glade
Children play with pretend Motor CarTwo young children convert the family wheelbarrow into a far more exciting pretend Motor Car. Here they are loading up the oil
Little girl playing with toy tea setA pretty young girl pouring herself a cup of pretend tea using a bright orange plastic tea set. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Pretended rabbit breeder Mary ToftsUndated photograph of engraving of pretend rabbit-breeder Mary Tofts. HPG/1/13/2 (xviii)
Pretend Rabbit BreederDepiction of Mary Tofts, supposedly giving birth to rabbits
Sham German TanksForbidden real tanks under the terms of the Versailles peace treaty the German army parades & manoeuvres with sham ones
Soldiers Dog MournsA German Shepherd Dog lies above the grave of its master, a casualty of World War One
Playing Cobblers ShopThree children pretend to be in a cobblers shop
Seance DeviceFour spiritualists try a new method of communicating with the spirits, using a metal plate and electrical controls in a way I don t pretend to understand (text in Swedish)