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Comic postcard, ambiguous Christmas invitation Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Girl reading a French novel Date: 20th century
St Marylebone Workhouse InmatesAged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905
c. 1890 Australia - Melbourne Public Libraryc. 1890 Australia - State Library of Victoria - Melbourne Public Library
Out of work, Trafalgar Square, LondonTwo out of work men, Trafalgar Square, London. Date: circa 1930s
News vendor, Central LondonLondon news vendor with intriguing banner, by bus stop in Central London. Date: circa 1930s
Newspaper, L Action Francaise - to understand events Date: 1938
Comic postcard, Man at the barbers Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Pretty woman in her bedroom - reading all night Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man and woman sitting on a bench - Oh, hes touching me! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple discussing the weather. They say its freezing in exposed parts. - Well, people shouldn t expose them! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple with uncles letter. I wish Auntie would write plainer; it looks as though Uncle had got drunk or shot himself! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, British soldier reading letter from wife, WW1 Date: circa 1918
Comic postcard, looking at the comic strip Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, family wearing gas masks, WW2 - beans for dinner! Date: circa 1940s
Comic postcard, wife wearing gas mask, WW2 Date: circa 1940s
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Here is the NewsThe Caption is Here is the News, and this is yours truly reading it. With radio being the most direct source of News, the broadcasts were avidly listened to
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy BirthdayThe ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Free PressThe Caption is Free Press. The Prime Ministers message is This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945
Advertisement for Welsbach, providers of gas mantles & burners and gas radiators, showing a cosy domestic scene with two little girls
The Bystander - keeps pace with the timesWhat we may soon see if the present shortage of paper grows even more insistent. Date: 1917
WW2 - During the evening of May 7th, all over Paris, Special editions are printed announcing the German surrender. Date: 1945
Two young women reading and staying warm, JapanTwo young women reading and staying warm under blankets around a stove beneath a kotatsu table, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph
Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863 - 1933), English novelist and playwright, best known for his novel, The Prisoner of Zenda. Pictured at work in his home at Savoy Mansions in London
Front cover of Printers Pie magazine for 1915 featuring an elderly gentleman reading a copy at a book stall. Printers Pie was published by The Sphere and Tatler in aid of printers charities
Advertisement or advertorial for Onoto safety pens in Printers Pie magazine, featuring an illustration of the many contributors to the magazine reading a copy
Trades in Regency England: Cheese making, check manufacture and cotton printing. Dairymaid making cheese in Cheshire 55, man selling check cotton aprons door to door 56
Two men falling off their horses after showing off. Showing Off. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries of Human
Young boy at lessons with a tutor and his grandmotherYoung boy at lessons in a parlour with a tutor in wig and his grandmother. A footman brings refreshment and a maid watches
English lady riding sidesaddle in a fox hunt, 19th century. Lord Marchhare points out the fox and hounds to Rosa McDermott. Rosa and the Earl
Woman reading a book wearing a giant bonnet, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle
Sufi mystics of ancient Persia reading prayer booksSufi mystics of ancient Persian Zoroastrianism read prayer books under a thatched hut. I sofi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a woman dancing with a scarf. Death and the Dancer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van Assen
Woman reading a book, era of Marie AntoinetteFashionable woman in pouf hairstyle with ribbon, wearing a fichu and floral-print dress, reading a book. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by E
Dandy, era of Marie AntoinetteFashionable dandy man in pink coat, green breeches, bonnet with rosette, striped stockings and cane. Era of Marie Antoinette. Handcolored engraving by E
Woman reading a letter wearing a velvet dress and toqueWoman reading a letter wearing a dress and toque hat of sea-green silk velvet edged with ermine. Ermine shawl and muff. Robe et toque de velours de soie vert de mer bordees d hermine
Women in walking outfits reading a letter, 1913Women in walking outfits with long skirts and short jackets reading a letter. Robes de promenade. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)
Le Salon Royal - Lyon Exposition Internationale (Belgian Section). The Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon was the 1914 Worlds Fair in the French city of Lyon
Robert Nesbitt, Charles Reading, Joan Davis, Stella MoyaRobert Nesbitt, right, (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show
Cartoon, A Modest Boast (Social Science)Cartoon, A Modest Boast -- Britannia reads the report of a recent Social Science Congress, and thinks that her understanding of the subject is better than some people s
Advert, Realsilk stockings. 1926
Book Plate by Charles E Dawson for Olivia Valentine HolmesBook Plate designed by Charles E Dawson for Olivia Valentine Holmes. 1910
Schoolgirls in uniform studying in a library. Date: circa 1965
Tatler Cover - Jose Collins & Lord Robert Innes-KerLord and Lady Robert Innes-Kerr. Lady Innes-Kerr was formerly the stage actress Jose Collins and daughter of the famous Lottie Collins
Advanced Swimming Certificate, Reading SchoolsAdvanced Swimming Certificate, Reading and District Elementary Schools Swimming Association, for swimming 40 yards in 50 seconds. 1924
Cartoon, Fortune teller visit. 1923
Rudolph Valentino reading The TatlerRudolph Valentino and his wife, Natacha Rambova, reading The Tatler during their first visit to England.. Date: 1923