Stay Collection (page 2)

Suffragette mother-In-Law Cockerel. Mother-in-Law wearing a cockerel or rooster suit comes to stay, carrying her luggage. Behind her is a flag in the WSPU colours, proclaiming

Suffrage Election Day. Stay at home husband has to take charge of the babies, whilst wife goes off to vote. Date: circa 1909

Suffragette, Suffragist Muzzle. Addressed to Suffragist who wears a skirt and jacket embroidered with broad prison arrows and a muzzle round her mouth

Delivery of beds to the Admiralty, London, WW1
A delivery of beds to the Admiralty in London, so that employees may stay on the premises overnight to deal with emergencies during the First World War. Date: September 1914

American travel advertisements
A page dedicated to holidays: places to visit and hotels to stay in. Date: 1926

Stay! by Charles Robinson
An allegorical picture representing Britannia starting on the path of pleasure and joyousness while fate intervenes and holds her back. Date: 2nd July 1902

WW2 - Royal Air Force pilot and positive poem
WW2 - photograph of a Royal Air Force pilot accompanied by a positive patriotic poem by G. D. Wilkinson. Keep Smiling ! Date: circa 1943

Victoria at Hyeres / Drive
Queen Victoria takes a drive in the gardens of the Hermitage Hotel during her stay in Hyeres, France Date: 1892

The flag must stay put

Plague take it! Why doesn t it stay down when I hit it?. Illustration shows President Taft standing behind a chair on which a diminutive George W

James Greenwood
A portrait of James Greenwood who rose to prominence in 1866 after his colourful account of an incognito stay in the Lambeth workhouse tramps ward was published in the Pall Mall Gazette

Bribing Caroline
Queen Caroline is offered an annuity of fifty thousand pounds to stay out of England and leave her husband (George IV) free to marry again. Date: 1820

Ye Olde Nell Gwynne, now an antique shop in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Nell Gwyn would stay here while Charles II was at Windsor Castle. Their two sons were born here. Date: 1650 - 1687

Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, Monmouthshire
At Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, relatives and friends wait at the pit-head for news of the miners who are taking part in a stay-in strike below ground. Date: circa 1936

TS Exmouth - At mess
Boys dining in groups or messes on the Training Ship Exmouth. The tables are suspended so as to stay level in rough waters

Putting on a corset - with assistance
A lady requires some assistance in the tightening of the laces of her corset. The rather caustic caption reads: " Reducing the Surplus" !! Date: circa 1905

Leapfrog Girls 1940S
Two Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s

Luther Goes to School
Five-year old Martin is taken to Mansfeld Grammar School by his parents; he will stay there until 1497 Date: 1488

Fitting a Corset
A young French lady is fitted with a fashionable corset Date: circa 1830

Well-Nourished Pair 1475
A well-nourished townsman wears pattens to venture into the muddy streets : his lady wears pointed shoes to stay at home in, and a starched cap like a nuns : both have bags Date: circa 1475

Montevideo wartime brochure cover
Cover of souvenir brochure of scenes from Montevideo, Uruguay, from the Municipal Office of Propaganda and Information, to the soldiers of Great Britain, defenders of the liberty of the world

Pokrov Monastery, Suzdal, Russia
View of the Pokrov Monastery, or Convent of the Intercession, in Suzdal, Russia. It was founded in 1364, and includes hotel accommodation

Can He Stay There by Alfred Leete
Uncle Sam, representing the United States of America, balances precariously on a tightrope of neutrality in 1915 trying to maintain its isolation status during World War One

Nelson on leave at St. Omer, France, 1784
Captain Nelson, on half-pay during peacetime, decided it was economical to stay in France, in St. Omer near Dunkirtk. This was towards the end of 1874

Netherlands Saarlam
The house where Peter the Great of Russia lived during his stay in Holland

An Immigrant arriving in London, 1904
Engraving showing a Jewish immigrant with his pack on his back, being greeted by a loved one, while an officer from the Jewish shelter looks on, London, 1904

WEEKs LUGGAGE 1926
A Parisienne packs for a weeks stay......and if I find I ve forgotten something, you can always pop back to Paris in your car and get it for me !

Section of the Bessemer
Bessemers design for a cross- channel paddle steamer is designed to reduce passenger discomfort by enabling them to stay level no matter how much the boat herself rolls

Ascalaphius into Owl
A son of Acheron, he reveals to Zeus that Persephone has eaten pomegranate seeds (thus condemning her to stay with Hades) so she turns him into an owl with Phlegethon water

Stage Coach / Flood Tide
A Flood Tide " Ship a hoy!!" A concerned gentleman is offered passage by jolly boat, but encouraged to stay in the stage which will make the final five mile in 20 minutes

Omai from Tahiti
OMAI is brought from Tahiti to London by Cook, 1774, and is a huge sensation, embodying the noble savage concept, disp- laying natural grace and good manners during 2- year stay

Daphne and Apollo
Apollo wants Daphne but Daphne doesn t want Apollo; so the virgin princess, who plans to stay that way, asks to be turned into a laurel (bay) tree. Which she is

Paris Streets, C17
LES EMBARRAS DE PARIS Barking dogs, beggars, carriage accidents, spills and falls, quarrelsome traders - better to stay home, except that your house is on fire Date: late 17th century

Victorias Room / Hyeres
Queen Victorias bedroom at the Hotel Costebelle during her stay in Hyeres, France

Wagner / Score / Song
Score for a humorous song, dedicated to Louis Kraft, proprietor of the Hotel Prusse at Leipzig, in gratitude for an enjoyable stay

Pilgrims in Holland
The first shipload of pilgrims under John Robinson and William Brewster get as far as Holland but are forced to stay there until 1620

Married Man
Why didn t you stay single ?

Costume / Underwear / Corset
A lady tries on a corset, while another woman waits with another one

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