Questions Collection

A Library Study of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is seated at a desk for a library study of the surrealist artist as an author. At the time he was working on his book The Secret Life of Salvador Dali

Hey Diddle Diddle
Is the cow jumping over the moon as a result of the cats fiddling, or is the cat simply providing a musical accompaniment to the cows feat ? Difficult questions

Perceval & Owen
Young Perceval questions Sir Owen about chivalry

America. An artist in the Far West. Been looking for you
Two cowboys in fringed jackets having an argument, one then shoots the other dead. This subject, shoot first, ask questions later, appeared many times in British magazines in the nineteenth century

Lady Lyonesse and Dwarf
The Lady Lyonesse questions Sir Beaumains's dwarf & finds out that the knight is the son of a king & that his true identity is Sir Gareth of Orkney

TREASURE ISLE/TOM MORGAN
Long John Silver questions Tom Morgan: "Do you call that a head on your shoulders, or a blessed dead-eye?". Date: First published: 1883

Comic postcard, Little boy tells mother about his teacher Date: 20th century

Full page from Punch magazine - July 12, 1856 - featuring an article - Rude Questions to a Wife. Date: 1856

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?
Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

Sunday School Exam Paper
Test for Sunday school class at 56 Old Bailey, London on subject of Samuel, the child, reformer and judge. 8 Questions can gain you 100 marks

George Cornelius Gorham
GEORGE CORNELIUS GORHAM English churchman, scholar and antiquary : differed with his bishop on doctrinal questions, leading to a public controversy. Date: 1787 - 1857

Teacher quizzes pupils
A teachers questions her pupils about their parents names. Date: 1905

Man in Shower / Punch
A gentlemans shower is interrupted by a maid asking ill-timed questions Date: 1849

John, 1st Baron Campbell
JOHN, 1ST BARON CAMPBELL Prominent figure in the Lords in questions of law; made Chief Justice of the Queens Bench in 1850 and Lord Chancellor in 1859 Date: 1779 - 1861

WW1 recruitment: employers encourage servants to enlist, 1915
" 5 questions to those who employ male servant" s: an advertisement intended to encourage employers to get their servants to enlist during World War One. Date: 1915

WW1 - Balkan Indecision
WW1 - An illustrated personification of Romanias and Bulgarias indecision and role in the war. The two countries are personified as two men in conversation to decide whether to take a swim in

WWI Poster, Questions to men who have not enlisted
4 Questions to men who have not enlisted... Enlist Today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster, designed to shame men of fighting age into enlisting. Date: 1916

Policewoman WW1. Captioned, You should see the Damsels (Dam-Cells) at the station. Policewoman questions nervous looking man. Date: circa 1917

Suffragette The Limit Votes for Women. Suffragette on the doorstep questions harassed man holding crying baby in one hand and frying pan in another, Are you in favour of Votes for Women

Freddie Grisewood. 1888-1972. The first compere of BBCs Any Questions from 1948 until 1967 Date: circa 1938

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1946
Is your child missing something ? You are, naturally, eager to do the best for your under-five child. And if you don t give him his Cod liver Oil and orange juice, you ve a reason

Viscount Enfield, Vanity Fair, Cecioni
GEORGE HENRY CHARLES BYNG, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1830-1898), styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886. British Liberal politician. Caption: Answers questions Date: 1814 - 1893

Maurice Donnay Photo
MAURICE DONNAY French playwright who concerned himself with social questions and spiritual philosophy, in 1908. Date: 1859-1945

Francis Place
FRANCIS PLACE English self-made businessman and reformer; activist for the right to strike. Author of pamphlets and articles on social and economic questions. Date: 1771 - 1854

Montague Guest
MONTAGUE GUEST Politician who apparently acquired a reputation for asking questions in the House of Commons. His other claims to fame can only be guessed. Date: CIRCA 1881

The Pacha seeks the answer from the Hand of Fatma
Mazagan, Morocco - Divination - 10577971 Date: circa 1910s

Minister questions Scotsmans non-attendance at Church Minister - " Hoo is t, Sandy, I never see you at the Kirk, the noo

Circular discussion concerning the catch of the day
" Did yer Father cotch ony fish?" " yes." " Was they Biggins?" " They was bigger than the Little uns." " How big was the Little uns

Ridiculous question from Grandfather to Grandson
" Now, Tommy; you know that Christopher Columbus made three voyages; tell me, on which one did he die?" !!! Date: 1895

WWI Poster, Three Questions to Employers
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Three Questions to Employers, more men are wanted today. What can you do? Date: 1915

Initiation of the Prussian Knight
Bizarre initiation ceremony whereby a member of the assembled group lifts his mask and questions the recipients validity. Date: 1890s

The Water of Life
The Prince questions the Dwarf about the fate of his brothers

Conspiracy Suspected
The president of the high court, Beranger, questions M Barbes at the chateau de Vincennes, concerning his possible involvement in a royalist conspiracy

Dont Bother Police
Do not hinder a policeman on point duty by asking questions, for, in doing so, you may be also obstructing three or more lines of traffic

Interrogating Witness
A Chinese official questions a witness, held on her knees by an assistant, while a scribe records her testimony

Karl Kralls Dogs
Karl Krall, who had previously taken over as the proprietor of Clever Hans, one of the Elberfeld horses, also tried to show that dogs could be trained to answer questions

FRANCIS PLACE 1771-1854
FRANCIS PLACE English self-made businessman and reformer; activist for the right to strike. Author of pamphlets and articles on social and economic questions

Nuclear / Threat / Promise
An article in this popular magazine questions whether nuclear power is a threat or holds promise?

RICHARD PRICE 1723-1791
RICHARD PRICE Welsh moral philosopher. Dissenting minister in London; established reputation with Review of the Principal Questions in Morals (1758)

Berlitz and Policemen / 1
M.Berlitz instructs Paris police in English, German, Italian and Spanish, so that they will be able to answer tourists questions with more than a shrug of the shoulders

With English Sailor
He questions a captured English sailor at the camp of Boulogne

Father Xmas & Boy
Santa carries a birch to punish naughty children as well as gifts to reward the good ones; he questions this boy to find whether or not he has behaved himself

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