Silly Gallery

Rejected by the inventions board

"Rejected by the inventions board. VII -The Gallipoli Shell-Diverter for returning the Enemy's Fire" There were other theatres of war besides he Western Front, and after the disastrous landings at Gallipoli off the Dardanelles strait, the soldiers were force to dig trenches there too. Blistering heat in the summer led to disease, and dysentery killed more men than did bullets. Heath Robinson remembered the soldiers who fought at Gallipoli in his "Rejected by the Inventions Board" series, although this time his contraptions are scattering Turkish soldiers wearing fez hats, rather than Germans in their Pickelhaube helmets. Date: 1916

© Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

Jacks Saloon, Happy Hollow, Hot Springs, Arkansas

Jack's Sallon Bar at Happy Hollow. An "amusement park" of sorts, Happy Hollow was established in the late 1880s or early 1890s by Norman McLeod off Central Avenue on what is now Fountain Street. Mr. McLeod also delighted many with his photography skills. Nearly everyone who has family that lived near Hot Springs in the early 1900s has one or more photographs taken there. The park was best known for its humorous photographs. Happy Hollows visitors could have their pictures made in an old bathtub, riding on the back of a burro, or taking a drink at the bar (as seen here with a multitude of humorous signs!), which contributed to Arkansass hillbilly image. Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Irish Drunk Pat and his drinking logic

Tourist - "I say Pat, why do you always take beer and whiskey Mixed?" Pat - "Shure, yer Anner, if oi dhrink beer oi get full before oi'm dhrunk, and if oi dhrink whiskey oi get dhrunk before oi'm full, so it shuts me better to mix thim." !!! Date: 1901

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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