Shock Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Mother and son in department store Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, fishing strategies Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, help with suitcases Date: 20th century

Little Miss Muffett and spider on a greetings card. Date: circa 1930s

Comic German postcard -- toilet malfunction
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- a man ties his dogs to the outside of a ramshackle outdoor toilet, but the toilet collapses when the dogs decide to chase after a rabbit

Cause and Effect by Wallis Mills - tennis fashion cartoon
The new fashion for tennis shorts inspires one player to discard her dress and play in her underwear, much to the consternation and shock of some elderly female spectators. Date: 1931

German soldiers surrender at Thiepval, 1916
Victors and vanquished: British infantry advancing on Thiepval, Somme region, in September 1916 allow surrendering Germans to pass through their ranks unregarded

Cartoon, Laugh It Off Annual
Cartoon in the Laugh It Off Annual -- Demobbed! and glad to be back on the old job, sir! An employee returned from the war sits in his office with a young woman on each knee

Advert for Phosferine tonic medicine 1915
The devastating effects of the constant bombing of shell fire, over the men in the trenches in World War One, even when no actual injury is not seen

Pinocchio -- kicking Geppetto on the nose
Pinocchio -- When Geppetto had finished the feet he received a kick on the point of his nose. Date: 1911

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

No Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to a Peeping Tom
No Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to an invisible onlooker, who is seemingly admiring her choice of tiny red (with black spots) beach wear and red high heeled shoes. Date: early 1940s

Peek-a-boo! A Blonde starlet with tights and bare back
Peek-a-boo! A Blonde starlet standing alongside a some red stage curtains covered in little black stars, looks back over her shoulder

Crab bites a young boys toe
A rather Brattish looking young child getting his seaside comeuppance, as a crab takes a fancy to his big toe! Date: 1903

Louis Wain Postcard - The Seaside Bill
Father cat is horrified at the scaleof his hotel bill as the cat family head home from their summer vacation to Catterick (or Purfleet, Mousehole, Shrewsbury etc.) Date: 1904

Steam Roller Accident
A man sits down on the pavement in shock and is comforted by a kind policeman. Behind him is the cause of his consternation: a steam roller in the bay window of a house! Date: 1960s

Duchess of Albany with Charles Edward
Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany with her son, Prince Charles Edward of Albany (1884-1954). Charlie was born posthumously

STALINGRAD 1942-43
Despite impending defeat, an exhausted German soldier fights on until the bitter end. War- torn Stalingrad burns behind him

Female Type / Underclothes
A young woman is taken by surprise when someone important arrives, and she is still in her underclothes!

Cat and mouse
Unusual Friends - cat and mouse. 1950s

Madame La Vie removes her mask to reveal her real identity, much to the shock of her companion. 1926

Old Maid card game - Sorry, My Mistake -- a bird thinks the pigs tail is a worm. circa 1950s

Bathing Machine - Rough riders at the Seaside. circa 1850s

The Visitor Who Told The Master Off by H M Bateman. This illustration shows a hunt, with the Master of the Hunt being scolded by another. The Master is green in the face

Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice
Office Boy burns his bridges (disobeying every commandment on his behaviour in sight) and threatens to give notice to his (rather surprised) Boss! Date: 1907

Man hit by football on a greetings card
Man hit on the head by a football on a greetings card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Much Ado About Nothing - title page - the wedding between Hero and Claudio is interrupted. 1862

Children and teddy bear on a Christmas postcard
Three children and a teddy bear in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Home Sweet Home - A Young wife invites her family to stay
Home Sweet Home - A pretty young wife invites her family (Ma, Pa and Sister Gertie - from Scotland)to stay, to the alarm of her careworn older husband, already holding the babies! Date: circa 1905

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

Fantastic Adventures - The Singing Skulls
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1945, featuring the story The Singing Skulls by Don Wilcox. Glamorous woman shocked by floating (and singing)

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - spilt soup. circa 1910s

Happy Families - Mr Teacher. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Mr Flower. circa 1940s

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Sparks the Electricians son. 20th century

Monkey and cat on a Christmas card
Monkey pulling a cats tail on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Two robins alarmed by a cat on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Cockatoo and monkey on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Monkey and cockatoo on a Christmas card
Monkey having his tail pulled by a cockatoo on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Chinese man and monkey on a Christmas card
Chinese man on a Christmas card has his pigtail pulled by a monkey. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Illustration, More Than He Expected -- an old man seeking the elixir of life is shocked to see a sudden outpouring of babies. circa 1910

Dollie Goo Goo surpised by a duckling
European take on Japanese style... Dollie Goo Goo is surpised by a duckling Date: circa 1910s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Wing the Airmans Wife. circa 1930s

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mrs Wood. circa 1935

Music cover, You Are Always Sure to Fetch Them with Wst, Wst, Wst, written by Henry Pettitt, sung by G H MacDermott. circa 1880s

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Master Pint. circa 1935

Rough Rides at the Sea Side - Bathing Machine. circa 1850s

Snap card - Dickory Dickory Dock
Nursery Rhyme Snap card - Dickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock. early 20th century

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