Puns Collection

Advert, Four Famous Singers
Advertisement for the Singer Sewing Machine - Four Famous Singers - Adelina Patti, Christina Nilsson, Emma Albani and the sewing machine! circa 1895

Christmas Greetings card with a Golfing Pun theme, playing on words/terms. " May Xmas: BUNKER trouble and Care and LINK you to a Golden New Year. I ask you to accept today

Two babies with comic greeting on a Christmas card
Two babies (hidden under a pair of gloves) with comic greeting on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Auctioneer on a Christmas and New Year card, with a lot of financial puns in the verse. Date: circa 1890s

The full range of Corsetry Puns and Underwear Jokes on this humorous Christmas Greetings card with a clothing theme. Date: circa 1906

The Territorial - Escort under Arms. Date: 1910

Baby with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Red, white and blue ribbon on a Christmas and New Year card
Red, white and blue ribbon on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899

Truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card
Policemans truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card -- probably a reference to the Trafalgar Square Riots of November 1887, also known as Bloody Sunday. Date: circa 1887

Dinner setting with comic verse on a Christmas card
Dinner setting (plate, cutlery and napkin) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Devil with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pair of scissors with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas card
Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Tap pouring out money with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Couple wading through water on a Valentine card, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year card
Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899

Smiling pudding with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Feather duster with comic greeting on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Crab with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Health salts with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Strip of rubber with comic verse on a birthday card
Strip of rubber for mending a puncture, with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Quill pen with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Diary with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Piece of checked cloth with comic verse on a birthday card -- a check, not a cheque. Date: circa 1890s

Travel tickets with comic verse on a Christmas card -- From All Difficulties to Prosperity, Special Xmas Train. Date: 1889

Sun blind with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Covered dish with comic verse on a Christmas card (what is under the cover remains a mystery, but it sounds fishy). Date: circa 1890s

Sheet music with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Auld Lang Syne, Home Sweet Home, The Mistletoe Bough and Royal Country Dances (four tunes, fortunes). Date: circa 1890s

Sole with comic verse on a Christmas card -- From the bottom of my sole. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a barometer. Date: circa 1890s

Hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card
Bowler hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Man in nightgown with comic verse on a Christmas card
Man in nightgown with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card, with a pun on Ear / Year. Date: circa 1890s

Greeting on a New Year card (possibly with a pun on Ear / Year). Date: circa 1890s

Ear with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic pictogram verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Tools with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Metal pin with comic verse on a greetings card
Metal pin with comic verse (including references to pipe smoking) on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Baby and boots puzzle on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Last and boots on a Christmas and New Year card
Cobbler's last and boots on a comic Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic pictogram on a Christmas and New Year card
Comic pictogram with a puzzle about family relationships on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pictogram with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pictogram (The Times newspaper, a button, a joint of mutton) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sealing wax and seal with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Last Will and Testament with verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Scarf and hand muff with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Joint of meat with comic verse on a Christmas card
Joint of meat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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