Romantic Gallery

Wrights Coal Tar Soap - WW1

Advertisement for Wright's Coal Tar Soap from the Great War showing a soldier and his wife or sweetheart bidding farewell to each other. Rather ruining the romantic moment, he asks her to remember to send him some soap! Date: 1915

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Saucy and silly seaside postcard with cheeky caption

A Young man heads out to sea in a small rowing boat named the Saucy Sue - she instructs him: "Mind you don't goo too far, Darling!!" Saucy and silly seaside postcard with a deliciously cheeky caption. Date: 1912

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Whirled Into Happiness by Harry Graham

Promotional postcard for Whirled Into Happiness by Harry Graham from Der Tanz ins Glueck by Robert Bodanzky & Bruno Hardt-Warden (Raimundtheater, Vienna, 23rd December 1920); music Robert Stolz. First produced at the Lyric Theatre, 18th May 1922. Touring to Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 9th April 1923. The theatre setting shown reflects the fact that the lady in the clinch is a music hall star. Date: 1923

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library