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Stress Collection

Background imageStress Collection: Comic Postcard - The differences between Love and Marriage

Comic Postcard - The differences between Love and Marriage... LOVE is the wine of life, but MARRIAGE is the morning after!! Date: 1931

Background imageStress Collection: Paris, France - Satirical comments on street dangers

Paris, France - Satirical comments on street dangers
Satirical comments by Robida on the dangers faced as a pedestrain on the streets of Paris, France. Date: 1903

Background imageStress Collection: Sit down and read the papers

Sit down and read the papers, I did as she bade me - A couple in their living room, with the man reading a newspaper and the woman writing a letter

Background imageStress Collection: Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803). German writer and phil

Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803). German writer and philosopher. Colored engraving

Background imageStress Collection: Exhausted Housewife

Exhausted Housewife
A young overworked housewife or stressed out working woman with a sore neck, lies back in a comfortable armchair and puts her feet up on a leather footstool. Date: early 1930s

Background imageStress Collection: Advertisements in Great War Deeds, Illustrated London News

Advertisements in Great War Deeds, Illustrated London News
A page of three advertisements in Great War Deeds, a special panorama supplement produced by the Illustrated London News in 1915, featuring heroic actions of the First World War

Background imageStress Collection: Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis

Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis
Storm and stress at sea: the two thrilling shipping incidents of the week. Above: how the Snowdon Range was driven hither and thither in her long voyage from Philadelphia across the Atlantic

Background imageStress Collection: Advert for Sanatogen tonic 1919

Advert for Sanatogen tonic 1919
Nerves won the War. To recuperate the exhaused shattered nerves, and so fit yourself to make a fresh start in civilian life and work. Date: 1919

Background imageStress Collection: Cartoon, When I am tired of business worries

Cartoon, When I am tired of business worries
Cartoon showing a man with his fishing line caught up on a plant -- When I am tired of business worries I usually go fishing. Date: 1914

Background imageStress Collection: Married for Company

Married for Company
An amusing American postcard entitled: Married for Company, showing a Mother who has certainly gained company through her marriage, in the form of ten children (and a pet dog)!! Date: circa 1910s

Background imageStress Collection: Sleepless Night

Sleepless Night
A young woman holding her hand to her forehead during a sleepless night. Date: 1960s

Background imageStress Collection: Ice Neck Massage

Ice Neck Massage
A platinum blonde model demonstrates how to relieve stress and tension by applying ice wrapped in a flannel to the back of the neck. Date: early 1930s

Background imageStress Collection: Shell Shock by George Ranstead

Shell Shock by George Ranstead
An original pen & ink drawing illustrating a play on words. A young man with shell shock looks away in terror at a cracked hard boiled egg

Background imageStress Collection: Tatler Christmas Shopping Guide

Tatler Christmas Shopping Guide
A chaotic and bustling scene in a department store shortly before Christmas

Background imageStress Collection: Stress / Commuter / Allers

Stress / Commuter / Allers
STRESS - the commuter has a hurried breakfast before catching his train


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