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Advertisement for Lifeguard soap -- little girl and adult female models posing (Sandra Palmer and Geraldine Hill). 1959
Two European girls dressed as Geishas playing music (on a Shamisen-style instrument) during the tea ceremony. Date: circa 1910s
Two European girls dressed as Geishas enact the Tea Ceremony Date: circa 1910s
WW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - emulating ancestorsWW1 - Cute patriotic British postcard - a little boy strives to emulate the military feats of our ancestors, or in this case his elders! Date: circa 1916
WW1 era - Comic Postcard - On Neutral Ground - a young boy stands with flag aloft, surrounded by his defenders as the ominous spectre of Nanny approaches... Date: circa 1916
British troops in India pretend to be rock-breaking convictsBritish troops stationed in India having a bit of fun playing at being convicts! The caption " Ah (sic) we downhearted - roll on Oct"
A girl in need of rescue - Comic PostcardA humorous American seaside postcard with the caption: " Just a Mere Maid looking for a LIfe Guard!" An attractive girl in a revealing red swimsuit calls for help
Russian Boys playing war gamesTwo young Russian Boys take sides in this propaganda postcard from the First World War era, one pretending to be the valiant Russian Forces, fighting from behind their defences (foreground)
Hypnotist directing a group of people to do unusual things: men pretending to race while seated on man suspended between two chairs and audience volunteering for military duty with brooms as rifles
A morning driveChildren pretending to be riding in a horse and trap, from a postcard series of games and pastimes. Date: 1904
The Queen of Make-Believe by Richard B. OgleA small girl with a solemn expression sits on a throne in a long while dress, holding a sceptre while two toy soldiers stand guard either side of her. Date: 1925
Cartoon - The Officers MessThe Officers Mess! Four young boys playing at being soldiers act in a very un-soldier-like manner, eating, drinking and generally lounging about! Date: circa 1915
Dollies weddingA group of girls have a pretend wedding ceremony, playing the bride and groom, vicar and guesses. 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
Children in Nursery 1905Children playing games in the nursery; a boy pretends his two little sisters are horses! circa 1905
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
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
Learning how to bring on an overtaking car / W H RobinsonIllustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Childrens CarnivalTwo children dressed up for a fancy dress party. A little girl has a rather nice witch outfit with a dress appliqued with black cats and a broom, while a little boy has come as a swashbuckling pirate
Wilson as HypocriteWOODROW WILSON depicted as a hypocrite, pretending to be neutral but in practice aiding the English
Davenports in PolandStage magicians William and Ira Davenport toured the world pretending to be spirit mediums : a poster for their performances in Poland
Boy and GlobeA boy holds a globe above his head, perhaps pretending to be Atlas ?
Thought ReadingThe fashionable amusement of pretending to discern ideas in other persons minds has adepts who occasionally succ- -eed in performing this feat to the wonder of spectators
Pretending GhostA man dresses up as an archetypal ghost and stands in a graveyard flapping his drapes, alarming passers-by