Reads Collection (page 10)

Mary Magdalen Reading
MARY MAGDALEN, repenting of her former life, reads a Good Book which inspires her to behave better in future. Date: first century

Christmas Tattoo
A young woman with dark hair having a tattoo put on her shoulder. It reads: Merry Xmas Bob from Annie. Date: early 1930s

Japan - Two Japanese girls in traditional costume reading a picture book. Date: circa 1905

Japan - Geisha Girl - reading a book at a small table Date: circa 1910s

O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war
Japanese woman O-koto-san receives a letter from her fiance at the war. Date: circa 1910

Tamao-Dayu - Famous Geisha, Japan & Komagata, Tokyo. Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

Scamp cheekily drinks a Gentlemans tipple whilst distracted
" Why don t we have Open-air Cafes? So pleasant to takes ones refreshment in the open air." (vide newspapers) Date: 1895

Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the Boer War
A Chelsea Pensioner reads the latest news from the front (during the Second Anglo-Boer War). Date: 1900

Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read by pointing to words on posters on a brick wall. Date: 1902

Pretty girl in white dress looking through photograph album
Pretty girl in a thin and off-the-shoulder white dress looking through a photograph album. What are the contents ?? Date: circa 1910s

Child as a political moderate - Russia
Moderate Russian postcard depicting a child in the dress of a Russian moderate, reading a newspaper. Date: circa 1907

Billiards Illustrated - Trying for the pocket - A youthful pickpocket has a rummage through an elderly gentlemans trouser pocket whist he browses some titles on a bookstall. Date: circa 1903

Love Triangle scrap
A charming chromolithograph Victorian scrap featuring a rural scene of young love and possible jealous attention. A pretty girl in pink sits below a tree reading the latest chic-lit whilst her male

Sweet little boy reading a childrens magazine
Little boy in knitted outfit and knee-high white socks, holds a childrens magazine as he smiles at the camera. c. 1930

Woman sitting at desk
A woman wears her reading glasses as she reads a book at her desk. c. 1910

Valentines magazine cover
A beautiful art deco magazine cover featuring a huge red heart surrounded by an intricate lace border. In the foreground a fashionable young lady reads a love letter from her sweetheart. 1927

Children playing with their Christmas presents
Three children sit together, playing with their Christmas gifts which include dolls, a Mother Goose book and a toy sailing boat. c. 1925

Boy Reading in Nursery
A little boy sits on the nursery floor near his wooden rocking horse and reads a large book in the sunlight streaming through the windows. Date: 1930s

Girl Reads Green Book
A girl propped up by pillows reading a book with a green cover. Date: circa 1910

Girls Reading by River
A girl wearing a bonnet with a pink ribbon sits on the river bank and reads her book. Date: 1889

Girl Reads Among Flowers
A little girl in a blue dress reading a big book in the garden. Date: 1880s

Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba. Interestingly, this postcard shows a lector (or reader) who was always employed to entertain cigar factory workers by reading books

A man reads a book in a shop
A man reads a book in a bookshop, with many strange-looking busts in the background. 1925

Childs New Year Gift
A mother reads a New Year card while her child reaches for the interesting present which came with it... Date: 1932

Fortune Teller with cards
French (Breton?) Fortune Teller with cards Date: circa 1910s

Bedtime Story 1930S
A loving mother reads a bedtime story to her child beside a table lamp. reflected in a dressing table mirror. Date: 1930s

Westminster Almshouses, Rochester Row, London. A plaque on the wall reads - The Reverend James Palmers Charity, founded 1656, rebuilt 1851. Date: 1930s

PALMISTRY
Cross my palm with silver : a fortune teller reads someones fortune from the palms of their hands. Date: 1930s

Trendy Conservatory
A trendy new conservatory on a modern house. The man reads a book on a wicker chair in the conservatory; the woman sips a cold drink on a garden lounger chair! Date: 1960s

Old Folk and Bible
An old Swedish couple sit together while he reads from the Good Book. Date: 1901

A Man with Books
A man reads a book from a pile. Date: late 1960s

The Winning Post and a Bottle of Port - " My word, what combinations!". The Winning Post was run by Roberts Sievier who mostly used the publication to attack those he disliked on the turf

American Scouts listening to the radio
Five American Boy Scouts sit together listening to the radio, while one reads a magazine. An elderly lady sits in the corner of the room. 1942

Irish Scout leader at a conference
An Irish Scout leader stands by a window reading a programme at the Irish Scouters Conference. 1950s

Story time for Beaver Scouts
A group of Irish Beaver Scouts sit on the floor looking up at their leader who shows them pictures from The Story of the Beaver book. 1970s

Mary E Webb reading Uncle Toms Cabin
Mrs Mary E Webb (a coloured native of Philadelphia), reading Uncle Toms Cabin in the hall of Stafford House, London, home of the Duchess of Sutherland. Date: 1856

A Family of Bears in their zoo enclosure
A family of anthropomorphic bears in their zoo enclosure in this rather bizarre fantasy postcard sent from Bern, Switzerland, Father bear smokes his pipe and reads his newspaper

Syntax Reads Aloud 1815
Dr Syntax recites from his tour notes in a country inn: the reception by the other guests is varied. Date: 1815

Reading by Lamp
A young boy reads a book by lamplight Date: 1940s

Blonde Woman Reads Book
An elegant woman with a beauty spot and red lipstick reads a book. Date: 1929

Spanish Fortune Tellere
A Spanish gipsy fortune-teller reads the hand of a bull- fighter as he goes to the corrida Date: 1891

Book on a Rug

Mother & Children C1875
Mother sits on a window seat and reads a story to her three children. Date: circa 1875

Lady Reading on a Stool
A woman sits on a stool and reads her book. On the table there is a rose in a vase. Date: 1929

Lady Reads Standing Up
A woman in a brown dress with a black feathery cloak stands with one hand on her hip while she reads her book. Other people also read standing up in the background. Date: 1929

Girl Reads on Bench
A girl reads a book sitting on a stone bench outdoors Date: 1913

Livingstone / Reads Bible
DAVID LIVINGSTONE Livingstone as a missionary reads the Bible to African natives Date: 1813 - 1873

1921 Pierce Arrow van
Automobile. A circa 1921 Pierce Arrow moving van parked on the street, buildings visible behind; broadside reads New York Haulage Co. Inc./Daily Service/1780-82 Broadway, N.Y.C./New York

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