Rules Collection (page 2)

WW1 - The German eagle still on top
WW1 - The German offensive illustrated here as an eagle, dominating the top of the mountain. Representing Germanys success in ruling the war

The Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code), aka Libro de las Leyes or Libro de las Posturas, was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252-1284)

The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

The Eton Wall Game, 1916
Photograph showing a Wall game between Oppidans and Collegers in progress at Eton College, on St. Andrews Day, 1916. The game employs some of the rules of football

Football in the Streets of London, 16th century
Illustration showing a game of football, played a group of apprentices, in the streets of London, 16th century. Football, then a game with no rules, had been banned by Elizabeth I

Cricket in the 1770S
Cricket as played in the 1770s

The Nose Game - General Directions. 1927

Zooloo Misfitz instruction leaflet. (2 of 2) early 20th century

Happy Families Animals - rules and directions. circa 1940s

Happy Families - rules and directions. circa 1940s

Gibbs Happy Families - packaging back. 20th century

French Happy Families - rules and instructions
French Happy Families (Le Jeu des Sept Familles) - rules and instructions. early 20th century

Stele. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece
Stele inscribed with the rules for the worship of the God Pan (1st century B.C.). Pan Cave. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece

Kay Snap - Rules of the Game. 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Rules for Playing. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Silence the Ushers Daughter. late 19th century

Members Ticket, Froth Blowers & Beer Shifters
Members Ticket, Amalgamated Society of Froth Blowers & Beer Shifters. 1929

Instructions, Cow & Gate Happy Family Game. 1928

Cartoon, Blackout regulations, WW1
Cartoon, Blackout regulations -- Keep your curtains drawn to avoid air raid warnings! Showing a young girl drawing the curtains at night so that enemy aircraft do not see any light from her home

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- X, showing Moses with the Ten Commandments. Date: circa 1860

Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe, WW1
Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe. With new restrictions on the serving of alcohol, two soldiers are turned away, and a waiter challenges two little boys sitting at a table. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916

Japan - Music Teacher playing a Shamisen (or Samisen). The alcove behind her is called the tokonoma and is the pride of the house Date: 1932

Art Nouveau design, Mens Regit Mundum
Art Nouveau design with the Latin saying: Mens Regit Mundum (The Mind Rules the World). Date: circa 1920s

When Women Vote Men Sewing. Domestic roles reversed when women vote marriage rules revised, husbands duties now include making their trousers out of wifes old skirts and minding the baby

Notice published by London Licensed Victuallers, WW1
Prohibition of Treating (ie buying a drink for another person). Notice published by London Licensed Victuallers, 11 October 1915

Trench Football Game (The Great International Game)
Trench Football Game. (The Great International Game- manufactured by R.F.& S.). Puzzles & Games - The Reverse with the rules. Date: circa 1916

Life saving guide for seamen by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: a Government guide designed to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen during the Second World War

Our pleasant parlour games! 1928
Children sitting around a table playing cards. Date: 1928

Jeek the puppy in the new park
Jeek the mongrel puppy in the new park, where signs say: No Dogs Allowed Unless Led and Keep Off The Grass. Date: 1940

Whitehall Admiralty
The Admiralty, whence Britannia rules the waves... Date: circa 1850

Uzbeks reading public decree
A group of Uzbek people wearing taqiyahs crowd around a public decree notice pinned to the wall of a building. Date: 1924

LA Salle Statue - 2
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens whose rules he is shown holding. Date: 1651 - 1719

South Africa - European man and local boy play a game of Ayo
South Africa - European man (wearing a traditional local cape) and local boy play a game of Ayo, a traditional game common in many forms (and various names!) across the African continent

HMS Illustrious - Patriotic British Naval postcard
The third HMS Illustrious of the British Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship - commissioned in 1898

Gentleman puffing away at his pipe in a No Smoking Carriage - " So what??" Date: circa 1940s

Rule Britannia - Britannia Rules the Waves - WW2 era propaganda greetings card Date: circa 1943

Billiards Illustrated - Spot Barred
A relaxing Vicar, just about to don his tripey bathing suit and take a dip at a likelt spot, is thwarted by a zealous landowner

Biblia Hispalense. 10th c. Board of rules. 13 / 1
Biblia Hispalense. 10th c. Board of rules. 13/1. 271. Preromanesque art.; Mozarabic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Statute of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Rules for the investiture of knights. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

The valiant Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The valiant Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to rules. Plate 5

Fight tuberculosis - obey the rules of health. Poster promoting better health care through the prevention of tuberculosis by better eating and sleeping habits, and more exposure to sunshine

An illustration of how the game of Roulette is played

Snake game rules

Porters Guild
Regulations for the porters guild, Stockholm, Sweden 1502. Date: 1502

Wanstead Park Woods
Where Nature rules - the wild park at Wanstead, Essex, England, showing a corner of one of the lily-covered ponds for which it is noted. Date: 1930s

Anne & Aberdeen Angus
Anne & the Aberdeen Angus cow! Following the rules of Barbara Woodhouses book Talking to Animals, (1954), Anne found she could talk to the cattle and handle them with ease! Date: 1950s

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