mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Frog, owl and mouse in moonlight on a Christmas cardA frog and an owl both catch hold of a mouse in the moonlight on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, WW1Cartoon, German relations with the Middle East, showing a German soldier struggling with two ladies of the harem. Date: 1918
We Gladstone / UmbrellaWILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister struggling with an old umbrella (alias the Liberal Party) Date: 1809 - 1898
Man pulling pram and children uphill, c. 1820A rotund gentleman struggles to pull his two children in a pram uphill as his over-dressed wife follows on behind. The children look like they are rather enjoying this experience
Man with umbrella in the snow on a Christmas cardMan with a black umbrella blown the wrong way, in the snow on a Christmas card. He has dropped some of his shopping, and two children are laughing at him. Date: circa 1890s
Man in the snow and wind on a Christmas cardMan struggling through the snow and wind on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Two dogs with knitting on a Christmas and New Year cardTwo dogs fighting over a piece of knitting on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Dog, cats and bird on a Christmas card, bys T Dadd. One of the cats is fighting with the bird over some scraps of food on a plate. Date: circa 1890s
The snail of the Kings Highway -- an old, horse-drawn covered wagon struggling through the snow, in the days before the railway. It would be used to transport country produce to market. Date: 1932
Soldiers and horses on the Western Front, WW1, travelling through the snow. Date: 1914-1918
Three boys mock fighting, Balham, SW LondonThree small boys having a mock fight on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Three boys fighting, Balham, SW LondonThree small boys fighting on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Favourite Sayings - A man in a passionBlack and white lantern slide of a man in the foreground waving his arms and a pitchfork while the painted background is of a man struggling on a galloping horse
Japanese woman in a rainstorm. Date: circa 1890s
The Perils of High Collar fashion by FishAmusing cartoon by Annie Fish showing the fictional Tatler gossip columnist, Eve, struggling with the practicalities of wearing the fashionable high collars of the day
Master Quack the duckling finds a tough morselA Tough Morsel -- Master Quack the duckling struggles to eat some very hard food. Date: 1912
Cartoon, More Hands Wanted, WW1Cartoon, More Hands Wanted. Showing Admiral von Tirpitz, Von Gwinner (Deutsche Bank), Kaiser Wilhelm, Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Field Marshal Von der Goltz struggling with the war
Millionairess quizzes Lord on his wealth (and evident lack thereof, despite appearances!) American Millionairess - " And have you really got a Coronet
Satire on the 1906 elections in FranceA satire on the 1906 elections in France - Durand was an actual candidate - commenting on the various hues of political opinion in the country
Blitz on London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2London firefighters struggling to control a powerful jet of water whilst fighting a fire at the Blackfriars Goods (Railway) Depot, Southwark Street
Print speciman of American Indian man on horseback with struggling Caucasian woman. Date 185-
Two men struggling next to a stone lantern, upsetting a teapot. Date 18--
Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any GoodIts an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good -- silhouette showing three people struggling along a street on a wet and windy day
Hat shoppingYoung lady has been on a serious hat-purchasing spree, she has bought so many hats, that she is struggling to carry the large hatbox, so she has decided to put some hats on her head. Date: 1928
Portuguese troops in southern Angola, West Africa, WW1Portuguese troops in southern Angola, West Africa, during the First World War, making their way with difficulty through the countryside. Date: 1916
Egypt - buying corn from a donkeys panniersAn Egyptian water seller / carrier buying corn on the cob from a trader with a laden donkey, struggling under some very full basketwork panniers
Turkish porter carrying two suitcasesA Turkish porter bent double under his load of two suitcases, a selection of Gentlemans canes and a fez hatbox!
Itinerant Coffee Vendor - Istanbul, TurkeyItinerant Coffee Vendor carrying a yoke, with two buckets containing the tools of his trade hanging from either end. Possibly standing/crouching in the grounds of a marble factory
Nelsons devotion to his friend HardyCaptain Horatio Nelson ordering the Minerva to slow under the guns of the Spaniards in order that Hardy might be saved. Hardy had gone to the rescue of a sailor who had fallen overboard
Soldier in Barbed WireThe Most Unkindest Cut of All - A British Tommy struggling to force his way through an entanglement of barbed wire, comes across the trophy of a German helmet
Summer Days - some are NotStormy summer day with ladies and gentlemen struggling to keep hold of their hats
Country WinterA Country Scene in Winter - boys making a snowman and sliding on the ice - breaking the ice for the cattle - a coach struggling through the snow
Bloody Sunday riot in Trafalgar SquareOn 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police
Trench Conditions 1915German (left photograph) and British troops (right photograph) struggling to cope with the appalling trench conditions; the British bale water using a giant ladle
