Simple Collection (page 6)

General Castros Home, Monterey, California, USA -- Jose Castro (1808-1860) was born in Monterey, and served as acting governor of Alta California from 1835 to 1836. Date: circa 1908

Linen dress from Harrods, 1965
Navy linen dress frogged with vivid scarlet braid from a selection of gay young American dresses at Harrods. Date: 1965

Cartoon, Its very simple, WW1
Cartoon, Its very simple. A coal merchant tells a poor family that if they think his coal is too expensive, then they should do what he does, and burn wood instead. Date: 1916

Illustration, Two Simple Tales for Simple Folks
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Two Simple Tales for Simple Folks, a pocket book for children. Cock-a-Doodle-Do, My Dame Has Lost Her Shoe, showing a woman chasing after the dog who has stolen her shoe

Cover design, Two Simple Tales for Simple Folks, a pocket book for children with text by Hs Stirling, illustrated by John Hassall and Cecil Aldin. Showing a crowing cockerel. Date: 1904

Simple designs for batik, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Modern children of Japan - school classroom scene
Modern children of Japan - the little girl has just chalked her name in Katakana - the simplest form of Japanese writing (which reads downwards). Date: 1932

Servant at Carentan The simple cotton bonnet
Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Costume of Pont l Eveque Bavolet bonnet with
Woman of Polet, Dieppe, dressed for a festival in headdress, silk casaquin, mittens and bracelets.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Costume of St Valery en Caux A simple bonnet
Costume of St. Valery en Caux. A simple bonnet covered with striped toile.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Costume of a fish merchant at St Valery en
Costume of a fish merchant at St. Valery en Caux. She wears a simple bonnet in toile.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Edwardian man in boat with beer - location not known, but showing that the simple things in life never change Date: circa 1908

Lincoln Log Cabin
The log cabin home of Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln

India - Elephant travelling - the start, Gwalior
Black and white. An elephant kneeling beside an ornate archway with a simple carriage on its back. In the carriage are two apparently British men in suits and hats

Japan - Pontoon Bridge across a River
Black and white lantern slide showing a Pontoon Bridge across a River, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Old forge - Black and white lantern slide. Old house - large wooden gates. Timbering on upper storey, simple chimney.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

India - A Thibetan man, Himalayas
Black and white. Man wearing a simple garment which wraps around him. He is holding what appears to be some kind of umbrella, staff or weapon.. Part of India Box, Boswell Collection

Japan - Making reed mats on a simple frame loom
Black and white lantern slide showing Japanese men making reed mats on a simple frame loom Date: circa 1890s

WWI Poster, Join Under the Group System
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Join Under the Group System, It Is Simple and Fair, It Relieves You of Responsibility

Traditional Turkmen graves - a cemetery of simple Turkmen people. in Karakum desert - near Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Suffragette W. S. P. U Calendar 1911
A small calendar in the colours of the W.S.P.U with a purple circular crest and 1911 in the centre. Has Votes for Women, Womens Social & Political Union in green lettering

WW1 Oxo advertisement
Advertisement for Oxo suggesting Oxo and potato cakes as a delicious (and economical) luncheon during the First World War. Date: 1918

Suffrage Badge N. U. W. S. S
Simple bar badge in metal with red enamelling and Womens Suffrage in gold letters. Probably issued by the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies. Date: circa 1910

Church League for Womens Suffrage March. The Church League for Womens Suffrage marched to Westminster Abbey on 14th November 1910. Note the CLWS banners

Suffragette, Simple Life - Caravanning. The couples caravan lands in a stream and frightens the horse. This results in damage to the vehicle. Its decorated with ribbons in suffragette colours

Suffragette, Simple Life - 99 Times Round Garden. The Simple life couple, she, an ardent suffragette, keep fit by running 99 times round garden before breakfast (even in the pouring rain)

Suffragette, Simple Life - Wet day in Camp. The couple dedicated to living the simple life find their tent flooded and take refuge on a fence

Suffragette, Simple Life - Dinner-Time. Sandal wearing couple enjoying the Simple Life - fresh air and a frugal meal sat at the dinner table

Simple Simon met a pieman. Nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1918

The National Dress, 1918
Mrs Allan Hawkey, inventor of the national standard dress, modelling its versatility exclusively for The Sketch magazine in 1918

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

Water distiller for lifeboats by G. H. Davis
Fresh water from the sea: a simple distiller for lifeboats. The K.M. Distiller, producing fresh water and hot drinks, and other life-saving devices for castaways, in use during the Second World War

Making sea water drinkable by G. H. Davis
Making sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use

Wedding Cakes with Gum Paste Molding. Stucco Finish Date: 1936

Wedding Cakes with Piped Decorations
Wedding Cakes with Gum Paste Molding and Piped Decorations Date: 1936

Wedding Cakes with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936

Nursery Rhymes -- Little Bo Peep, Simple Simon
Nursery Rhymes. Little Bo Peep with her sheep (above). Simple Simon fishing in a bucket (below). Date: early 20th century

Simple Cake Base Borders
Cake Border and Side Scroll Designs, Simple Base Borders Date: 1936

Wedding Cakes with Stucco Finish and Moulded Decorations
Wedding Cakes with Stucco Finish (Left) and Moulded Decorations (Right Date: 1936

George V working in a tent
King George V (1865 - 1936), pictured during World War I working at a desk in a large tent erected on the lawns of Buckingham Palace. Date: 1918

Autres Temps; Autres - Modes By Felix De Gray
This picture shows three fashionable ladies of the eighteenth century considering a group of women dressed in fashion of the 1920

Arabian Canons
The city of Muscat, Oman, Middle East, is the city of too many canons. Some the citizens threw into the sea, others, like these are simple stuck into the ground! Date: 1930s

Christmas Carol O Listen to our Simple Song
Christmas Carol - O Listen to our Simple Song. McCloy, Samuel 1831 - 1904

LMS Holiday Caravan - London Midland & Scottish Railway
An LMS Holiday Caravan - London Midland & Scottish Railway. Advertised as: " All the fun of Camping, with none of the bother" !! Date: circa 1935

China - Poor Chinese family in simple small dwellings.Christian Missionary postcard. Date: 1910s

Belgrade - Serbia - Palace of King Alexander
(translation from the card reverse) The simple palace of King Alexander of Serbia. It is installed between small hovels; in the background of the modern construction Hotel Moscow in Belgrade

A Dog and a tiny kitten square off against each other
Silhouette - A Dog and a tiny kitten square off against each other. Date: circa 1930s

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

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