Story Collection (page 20)

Cover design, Ladys Companion -- free frock pattern, 200 in prizes, Joseph Hockings finest serial, October 1927. 1927

Cover design, The Golden West -- 12 complete stories for seven pence. circa 1927

Charles Coburn (June 19, 1877 August 30, 1961) billed here as The Tramp Comedian, Vocalist, Reciter and Story Merchant. The text refers to The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1890)

An Italian Fairy Tale - Deodato the Florentine & Enchanter
The magician claims the beautiful young girl for himself, leaving Deodato alone. Date: 1929

An Oriental Fairy Tale - Goldbeard & the Hand of Fate
Bahama, Golden Beard, holding a Princess captive inside the magic mountain. She will later be rescued and freed from her golden fetters by a Prince who finds a miniature hand of jade. Date: 1929

A Legendary SpanishTale - Virgin leads Spain to victory
The Blessed Virgin leads Queen Isabellas army to the fortress to defeat the Moorish king who plunges into the abyss in fright. Date: 1929

A Persian fairy tale - The Rainbow by Felix de Gray
A prince falls to his knees offering jewels to the captured princess. Date: 1929

Grandmamma Telling a Story by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Grandmamma Telling a Story. Five children and their Grandpappa are seen listening to the Grandmamma telling them all a story. Date: 1906

Brave Women Who Wait by F G Kimberley
Flyer headed Brave Women - Who Wait, or The Munitions Girls Love Story by Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced Wolverhampton on 29th November 1915 and Elephant and Castle 21st January 1916

Madison Square in New York City, USA
Madison Square and Madison Square Garden, 1905 in New York City. Date: circa 1905

Illustration to a story, There -- there is my child
There -- there is my child! A woman in desperate search for her missing child catches sight of her performing on an outdoor stage

Hush - Papa Speaks
Scene from the 1870s showing a group of admiring young ladies listening attentively to a patriarchal figure. 1930

Bethlehem, music drama by Rutland Boughton
Bethlehem, a music drama by Rutland Boughton. First produced at the Regent Theatre, Kings Cross, London, December 1923. An adaptation of the Coventry mystery play of the nativity, set to music

Victorian scrap - Robinson Crusoe. late 19th century

Misfitz - Red Riding Hood. early 20th century

Misfitz - Alice in Wonderland - The Mad Hatter. early 20th century

Misfitz - Sindbad the Sailor. early 20th century

Misfitz - Robinson Crusoe. early 20th century

Misfitz - Rip Van Winkle. early 20th century

Misfitz - The Three Bears - Baby Bear. early 20th century

Misfitz - Aladdin. early 20th century

Biblical scene, The Golden Calf (Exodus). BCE

Misfitz - Puss in Boots. early 20th century

Misfitz - Peter Pan. early 20th century

Misfitz - Jack and the Beanstalk. early 20th century

Misfitz - Old King Cole. early 20th century

Misfitz - Gullivers Travels. early 20th century

Misfitz - Cinderella. early 20th century

Misfitz - Don Quixote. early 20th century

London Life - Punch & Judy
London Life - A Punch & Judy man gathers an appreciative audience of youngsters in a London Square. Date: circa 1905

Women WW1 Womens Land Army
Front cover of The Land Girls Love Story by Bertha Ruck. The Land Girl shares a kiss with a man in Khaki, among the haystacks. Date: circa 1918

Women WW1 W. A. A. C
Front cover of A Transport Girl in France. A Story of the Adventures of a W.A.A.C by Bessie Marchant. Date: circa 1920

Party Invitation - La Coupe Enchantee (a story by La Fontaine). 19th century

Lady Mornford separating from her children, as she believes she is going to die -- illustration to a story entitled Family Secrets by Mrs Ellis (Miss Stickney). circa 1840s

Miracle of the loaves and fishes - Matthew 14. circa 1688

The Cutting Short of a Long Story by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man blowing up the tire on his bicycle. An old man possibly a vicar comes along and starts to tell a story

The Glass Slipper by Gordon Nicoll
Fantasy illustration showing a woman in a spangled costume fleeing down some steps. The title of the picture, The Glass Slipper, implies this is Cinderella. Date: 1937

Buying A House by H M Bateman is an illustration on the dangers of buying a house. The couple dance in the big rooms and run up and down the stairs and buy impulsively

Market Cross - Chichester, Sussex
Chichester Cross is an elaborate Perpendicular market cross in the centre of the market square, built by Edward Story, Bishop of Chichester

Highgate Hill, London - Dick Whittington Stone
Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London - where Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells Date: circa 1910s

In Peter Pans Garden, bys B Pearse
Children in Peter Pans Garden in Kensington Gardens, London, during winter. Nannies with prams oversee small children who are wrapped up against the cold. circa 1928

Who said Liar? Confident young chap tells a likely fib
Who Said Liar? - A red-faced rather-awkward-looking young chaps tells a rather tall tale: " And Bai Jove She fell in love with me on the spot, Doncherknow" ! Date: 1910

Illustration, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
Illustration to Clarissa, a novel by Samuel Richardson. circa 1770s

USA - The Empire Building - New York - Empire Building. New York. The Empire Building at 71 Broadway on the corner of Rector Street in the Financial District of Manhattan

USA - Standard Oil Building - Standard Oil Building. The building which was originally built in 1885 according to design specifications by architect Francis H

The Wooing of Florine, by Felix de Gray -- The Prince Charming who became a Blue Bird. 1926

Frogs playing with a ball on eight Victorian scraps. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Book of Ezra. Cover. Edited in the 16th century. Colored
Book of Ezra. Biblical book of the Old Testament book that tells the story of the return from exile in Babylon and the rebuilding of the Temple. Cover. Edited in the 16th century. Colored

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