Santa Collection

The Allies of Santa Claus by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Two little girls slumber on a window sill as the elvish helpers of Father Christmasm sprinkle fairy dust in order that he may deliver presents. Date: 1919

Bay of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
View of the Bay of Avalon, with the Casino in the background, Casino Point, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Heflin UFO at Santa Anna, California, 1965
At Santa Ana, California, truck-driver Rex Heflin sees this UFO from his truck, stops and hurriedly photographs it. Date: 3 August 1965

Map of Tenochtitlan. Mexico, 1560. By Alonso de Santa Cruz
Map of Tenochtitlan. Mexico, 1560. General islario of all the islands in the world. Work of the chronicler and cosmographer Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505-1567). National Library. Madrid. Spain

Hills. Christmas Is Coming. Cecil Aldin. 1898. jpg
Illustration by Cecil Aldin depicting a kindly Father Christmas reciting the traditional song, " Christmas is Coming, the Goose is getting Fat" to a gaggle of obviously dim geese

ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation. 1430s. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera on wood. ITALY. San Giovanni Valdarno. Museum of the Basilica de Santa Maria de la Gracia. Proc: MONACO

USA / OJAI
Downtown Ojai, near east of Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card
A family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s

Spanish Armada - Golden Lion attacks Santa Ana
An Armada episode, the Golden Lion attacking the Santa Ana of the Spanish Armada on 25 July 1588. Date: 1588

Poster design, Chicago Worlds Fair 1933, featuring a classical figure with arms raised, holding a model of the city. Date: 1933

Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century

Father Christmas parachuting out of a plane
Father Christmas jumps out of an aeroplane using a parachute onto snowy rooftops. Who needs reindeer to deliver presents in the modern age? Date: 1932

General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA
General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA, with the Novitiate of the Sacred Heart (Jesuit vineyard) in the foreground. Date: circa 1906

ANGELICO, Fra. The Annunciation Altarpiece
ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation. 1430s. Left lower detail of the predella, depicting the wedding between Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera on wood

Cave of the Hands. ARGENTINA. SANTA CRUZ. Detail of the paintings. Neolithic art. Fresco

Santa caught by the tax inspector by H. M. Bateman
A rather surprised looking Father Christmas, who has arrived at the house of a tax inspector to innocently deliver toys on Christmas Eve, finds himself caught by a vigilant tax inspector. H.M

Advert / Martini Vermouth
Martini Vermouth - what is Christmas without it?

St Rosa De Lima
SANTA ROSA DI LIMA displays a luminous glow - a phenomenon reported of many religious figures, and which may have given rise to the idea of the halo : or vice versa

Plane arriving, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Plane arriving at Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA, with the Casino on the left and the Hotel St Catherine on the right. Date: 1939

Booklet cover, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA -- The Magic Isle. Date: 1939

A box of Christmas Eve crackers
A lovely box of Christmas crackers from the 1920s, with the contents intact and the box lid featuring a bright and jolly picture of Father Christmas being helped to cross the road by a policeman

Grand Canal Looking South-East from the Campo Santa Sophia t
Canaletto (1697-1768). Italian painter. Grand Canal Looking South-East from the Campo Santa Sophia to the Rialto Bridge, c. 1756. Detail. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Catalina: Now see Santa Catalina, the Scenic Riviera of the USA.... yet only a short delightful voyage from Los Angeles. Travel poster for tourism to Santa Catalina Island, California

The Crucifixion of St. Peter

The beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.. Date c1903

Santa and Reindeer
Santa and his reindeer flying through the sky with a sleigh full of Christmas goodies

Father Christmas
A really creepy French Father Christmas surprisingly doesn t terrify two young girls

Guiding Xmas Angel
Angels make themselves useful at Christmas time : this one is directing Santa to a house in the Swedish forest where there are well-behaved children awaiting presents

Father Christmas decorates a Christmas tree in the middle of a wood before going to deliver his presents to children

Bottlenose dolphin wearing Christmas hat

North American P-51D Mustang N335 BARDAHL II
North American P-51D Mustang N335, BARDAHL II, race number 14 at Santa Monica, with sister-ship N335J just visible parked alongside

Christmas Is Coming
Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old mans hat If you havent got a penny a hapenny will do If you havent got a hapenny God bless you Father Christmas sits in

Advert for Huntley and Palmers biscuits
Advertisement illustrated by Pauline Baynes for Huntley and Palmers biscuits. Parade of servants holding a tin of Huntley and Palmers biscuits, loading up the sleigh for Father Christmas. Date: 1952

Map of La Palma, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1908

Map, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Map of Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California, USA, with inset scenes. 1935

Map, route of Santa Fe Railroad, USA
Map showing the route of the Santa Fe Railroad, USA, from the Great Lakes in the east, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and the Pacific coast in the west

Giotto (1267-1337). Italian painter. Gothic. Last Supper, 1306. From Church of Santa Croce, Florence. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Flying fish trip, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Flying fish trip at night on the Blanche W, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Santa Claus proposing a toast on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus proposing a toast on a Christmas and New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Venice, Italy - Torcello - Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (left) - a basilica church on the island of Torcello, Venice. On the right is the church of Santa Fosca. Date: circa 1908

Oran, Algeria - Marshal Foch Square and Santa Cruz Hills. Date: circa 1920s

Map - Santa Fe Hotels and Dining Stations run by Fred Harvey
Map of the USA, showing the locations Santa Fe Hotels and Dining Stations under the management of Fred Harvey. Date: circa 1935

Dome. Florence Cathedral. Italy
Dome by the Florence Cathedral. 15th century. Built by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446). Exterior. Italy

The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
People and boats at The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA. Date: 1939

Father Christmas in snowy, starry village
Father Christmas parks his sleigh in the road of a night-time snowy, starry village and delivers presents to a house. Date: 1960s

Cantigas de Santa Maria (Virgin Mary Songs)

Santa Fe Depot, train station, San Bernardino, California, America

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man's hat. An illustration of Father Christmas keeping his eye on the curious geese. Date: 1900

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