Staying Collection

Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the Country
Evacuation - World War Two - Children are Safer in the Country.... leave them there. Governement advice recommending children stay away from the big cities and targets of the bombers. circa 1942

Exercise Machine
Two young women, toning up and staying slim with the aid of their new fangled rowing exercise machines!

Queen Victoria at the Hotel Excelsior, Nice, France
Queen Victoria arriving at her home from home on the Riviera, the Hotel Excelsior, Regina Palace, Cimiez, Nice, France Date: circa 1901

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, with the Marquess of Aberdeen, in the Royal Pavilion at Braemar

Edward Vii / Rufford Abbey
EDWARD VII staying at Rufford House near Doncaster as a guest of Lady Savile. The Kings mistress, Alice Keppel is standing fourth from left

Shoot for Dormy Blankets for Erwin Wasey - a Mother and young daughter. May 14, 1954 Date: 1954

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - There is still a lot to do
The war is over. The message on the back by Churchill exhorts There is still a lot to do. The card, captioned Love for Love, carries the senders message Dear Granny

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Sheep with baby lambs
Sheep lying in a field, with her two small lambs staying close-by. Date: circa 1890s

From My Window, Chelsea
A painting which displays the sea view that can be seen, from the window of where the artist, Marcel Jefferys is staying, in Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1916

Bomb damage at the Red Cross
Members of the Red Cross, amidst bomb damage to one of their depots Date: 1940

Time Marches On!
Cartoon showing how times change... And how they don't. Date: 1940

The Church Army Waggon, Cambridgeshire
The Peterborough evangelist Church Army waggon at Barnack near Stamford. These horse drawn vans toured the district often staying for a few days in some villages

GENERAL BERTHIER FALLS
French General Berthier, staying with his father-in-law der Herzog von Bayern, leans out of his window to see some Russian soldiers, has a stroke and falls to his death Date: 1 June 1815

Comic postcard, French guest and hotel porter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men discuss woman walking by Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man looking under his bed Date: 20th century

Two young women reading and staying warm, Japan
Two young women reading and staying warm under blankets around a stove beneath a kotatsu table, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Children at Brompton Hospital
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the increase in parents being allowed to spend as much time as possible with their children in hospital

Under Police Protection - small dog sheltering
Under Police Protection - a lady Police Officer provides some shelter from a typical English deluge for a little dog beneath the skirt of her smart blue uniform. Date: circa 1909

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

Girl with Cat / Goldfish
A little girl lectures her cat on the importance of staying away from the goldfish bowl

Old-Fashioned Country Cottages by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a man staying at a funny little country cottage only to find its comforts lacking to the point that he eventually makes his escape

Paranormal apparation: shining infant & Viscount Castlereagh
Robert Stewart(1769-1822), Viscount Castlereagh, staying in an Irish castle, is visited by this shining infant, known to appear there; later he sees it in the Commons. Date: circa 1800

Text explaining how American Visas work - Tall Ship picture
Text explaining how American Visas work and an inset illustration of an elegant tall ship, a three-master, possibly a tea clipper? Date: 1920s

Belgian refugees accommodated at Alexandra Palace, WW1
A huge bedroom in North London - the Central Hall of Alexandra Palace used to accommodate a number of Belgian refugees arriving in London in the early weeks of the First World War. Date: 1914

Interior of a YMCA hut in London
The interior of a YMCA hut in London, full to the brim with sleeping soldiers. Some of the lucky ones have beds, others have secured a chair while many sleep on the floor

Shaving Mug - Border is the coat of Arms of Whitby - WWI
Shaving Mug. A Souvenir of the Great War commenced August 4th 1914, Armistice November 11th 1918 and Peace signed June 28th 1919. Two transfers At present, we are staying at a farm

Small milk jug with metal cover - Bairnsfatherware
Small milk jug with metal cover. Inscribed - Dear. At present we are staying at a farm. and Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it. Very good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Large water jug - Bairnsfatherware
Large water jug - 2 inch crack by lip. Inscribed - Dear - At present we are staying at a farm. Other side of jug shows a shield with the Royal Coat of Arms

The Bairnsfather Jig-saw Puzzle ( BYSTANDER ) - Dear. we are staying at a Farm. The Chandos Jig-saws - Series A1. Puzzles & Games

Cream pottery jug - Coiffure in the trenches
Cream pottery jug with transfer on front - Coiffure in the trenches and on reverse Dear. At present we are staying at a farm. On base - Souvenir of the Great War, Grimwades, Stoke-on-Trent

The Bill for Billeting Soldiers, WW1
Billeting terms for householders taking in soldiers during the early weeks of the First World War. with an extremely young soldier demonstrating how a young Tommy fits in - sleeping on the floor

Diogenes and Alexander
The story of Diogenes (who lived in a barrel) and Alexander, acted out by a monkey (as Diogenes) and a Mastiff Dog (as Alexander)

Tour Cyclists Farewell
Thanks for everything - a tour cyclist says goodbye to the nice landlady of the bed and breakfast where he has been staying. Date: 1930s

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

Scotsman shocked by expensive of the Worlds Fair in Chicago
The Chicago Exhibition McPherson - " Four Dollars for a bed! The extravangance. I canna sleep for thinking o t." Date: 1893

The Old Curiosity Shop, the single gentleman
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Music cover for The Promenade and At Home Polkas, depicting two young ladies on the right about to go out for a walk, in wide-brimmed straw hats and bloomers

The Palace Hotel, St. Moritz
A birds-eye view showing the beautiful scenery in which The Palace Hotel in St. Moritz is situated, Where so many distinguished English visitors are now staying

Travels of General Baker
Crowds gather outside the hotel in Lille where General Baker is staying

Scenes from Behind the Front Line in Flanders
The pleasures of staying in a French billet after a turn in the trenches

Meeting at Lyon
At Lyon, Napoleon and Eugenie happen to run into the dowager empress of Russia, who is staying at the Hotel de l Univers

Garibaldi at Geneva
When Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of Italian unity, visits Geneva, there are massive demonstrations in his honour outside the Hotel Fazy where he is staying

French Cavalry Training
French cavalrymen practice staying on their horses without using their hands, so as to use their guns or sabres

Staying in Bed
She : Whatever are you looking at ? He : This town - I haven t seen it all week !

C. Pankhurst as Dancer
Christabel Pankhurst, aged 17, while staying with the Rochefort Du Faux family in Geneva. Her mother Emmeline hoped for a time that she would become a ballet dancer

Four-Poster Bed
A four-poster bed in the home of the Misses Muller at Whitehall, Cheam, Surrey, the house which Queen Elizabeth I used as a Council Chamber when staying at Nonsuch Park

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