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Western Airways PosterPoster, Norman Edgar (Western Airways) Ltd, showing prices and times from Bristol to various destinations by Air Express Daily, including special day returns. 20th century
MUSSOLINI SAVES EUROPEMussolini returns from Munich to be applauded as the salvatore della pace who has saved Europe from imminent conflagration. Date: 1938
Queen Elizabeth II returns to UK after death of King GeorgeThe new Queen Elizabeth II, dressed in black - mourning her recently deceased father King George VI - returns to the UK after cutting short her holiday in Kenya after receiving the news
Election Returns, USAA crowd gathers outside the office of the New York Herald newspaper to read the election returns; they have to be kept in order by police officers
Ladies Travelling 1399La Dame de Courcy, one of queen Isabellas attendant ladies, returns to France when king Richard II is deposed : she and her luggage are seen landing at Boulogne
Cerberus & HeraklesThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
Kukai Sails to ChinaThe priest Kukai (later known as Kobo-Daishi) sails to China to study its religion, returns to create a Japanese religion containing elements of Confucianism with Shintoism
Prodigal Son ReturnsA ne er-do-well son, obviously the apple of the mothers and sisters eye, returns home. The dog greets him tail wagging, but his stern father doesn t look best pleased
The Horrors of HomeA Captain, home on leave during World War I returns to his tranquil countryside village to discover it is now a hub of industry complete with belching chimneys, manufacturing armaments for the war
Alcibiades AcclaimedAlcibiades is acclaimed by the people of Athens when he returns after victories over the Spartans
Amundsen in a DornierOslo crowds cheer explorer Amundsen when he returns to Norway after making a flight across the North Pole in a Dornier flying boat
Birthday postcard, Little boy getting washed Date: 20th century
Female Golfer on Birthday Greetings Postcard - " Tis not within my power to say - How much I wish you joy to-day". Date: circa 1910s
Ufos / Gill / New GuineaAt Boianai, Papua New Guinea, missionary William Gill and 37 others see a hovering saucer whose occupants wave to them : it returns the next night
The King and Queen returning from Westminster Abbey. Date: 1902
Birthday postcard, by Beatrice MalletBirthday postcard, Admiring Boy, by Beatrice Mallet - I've got my eye on you! Date: 1937
Drunk young man unable to find the right (real!) keyholeItalian comic postcard - a young man (rather worse for wear) returns home after a posh (yet boozy) night out only to be befuddled by his less-than-pleased (but pretty cunning) wife
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Liberating their homelandVietnamese Patriotic Poster - Children returning to liberate their homeland Date: 1975
O'DONNELL DIESGeneral O'Donnell returns to Madrid following a general amnesty, but dies in November : visitors pay their last respects, or gloat, according to their views. November 1867
REGULUS RETURNSAfter failing to agree peace terms in Rome, Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus returns to Carthage as he promised, though this means certain death. Date: 255 BCE
MARY QOS LEAVES FRANCEWhen her husband, Francois II, dies, Mary reluctantly leaves France via Calais, and returns to Scotland where she is unwelcomed by most on account of her Catholicism. Date: 1561
BALLAD / CLERK COLVILLCLERK COLVILL He sees a mermaid bathing in the Wells of Slane, and falls instantly in love with her... but her love is fatal, and he returns home only to die. Date: traditional
Dead girld finds her friends nor=t missing herThe dead girl returns - and finds her former friends feasting with no thought for her
Apparitions: angels & the ghost of a lover comforts womanThe spirit of a dead man, accompanied by two angels, returns to Earth to comfort his surviving lover. Date: circa 1810
CATALEPSY, POLANDPRONOUNCED DEAD BY THE DOCTORS, a citizen of Rovno in east Poland returns to life at his funeral and angrily assails his greedy relatives Date: 1931
Comic postcard, Husband returns home to wife Date: 20th century
Design for a novelty 4th birthday card featuring a teddy bear and a large blue number. Date: circa 1937
Birthday postcard, Little girl writing a card Date: 20th century
Birthday postcard, Little girl carrying a parcel Date: 20th century
Birthday postcard, Little boy, dog and pillar box Date: 20th century
World War II Ocean liner Queen Mary returns to SouthamptonWorld War II vintage photograph - Ocean liner Queen Mary returns to Southampton at the end of the war having beeen used as a troop ship
George PontinJacks Return. A sailor returns home from the sea. Artist: George Pontin. Date: circa 1907
Birthday card, Many Happy Returns, rabbits with cake. 20th century
On leaveYoung soldier returns home on leave, carrying a trophy in the form of a German helmet. From a patriotic postcard. Artist: Dorothy Braham Date: 1915
Virginia Bruce in Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) wearing her while dinner gown with jewelled clasp on shoulder Date: 1938
Birthday postcard, Many Happy Returns of the Day. 1914
Evacuated French peasant returns home, WW1An evacuated French peasant returns to his home after the Second Battle of the Marne, towards the end of the First World War. 1918
The Season Returns to LondonCaricature by Garretto giving an impression of London nightlife during the season of 1928. Two glamorous women dressed in fur collared evening coats are accompanied by a gentleman in a top hat. 1928
WW2 - Returning soldier is giving a fulsome welcome home" Let us Strive without failing in faith or in duty" - Winston Churchill Encirclement ! A returning soldier is giving a fulsome welcome home by his wife and small son. Date: 1944
COUNT FERSEN MURDEREDHANS AXEL, Count von FERSEN, friend of Marie Antoinette, returns to Sweden where after the 1809 revolution he is accused of reactionary intrigue and murdered by a mob. Date: 1755 - 1810
Cartoon, Dora Discomfited -- when peace returns after the end of World War One, we are once again free to write what we like without fear of the censors black pencil. Date: 1919
Autour de la Lune ( Round the Moon ). The moon-projectile returns to its home-planet. Date: 1870
Cowboy and Home on Range Date: 1948
DRUNKEN HUSBAND AT HOMEDespite being told not to stay out drinking by his wife, a husband returns several hours later in an intoxicated state, with his wife waiting up for him. Date: mid-19th century
WWI / IRON CROSS HEROA German soldier, having been awarded the Iron Cross, returns home to his proud and relieved parents. Date: 1915
Ww1 - Returning SoldierA French soldier returns home from the Front, and receives a warm welcome from his loved one. Date: 1916
THUMB PLAY BILLA theatrical announcement for the final European performance at Ryde Town Hall of General Tom Thumb (aged 14) before he returns to America
Herakles - CerberusThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog