Surprise Collection (page 4)

Late Victorian 1880s Greetings Card Christmas
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Comic postcard, Mother and son in department store Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, fishing strategies Date: 20th century

Little Miss Muffett and spider on a greetings card. Date: circa 1930s

Man with a turkey on a comic Christmas and New Year card
Man having his nose bitten by a turkey on a comic Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

A swarhy brigand makes his first ever telephone call
Painting by Joso Buzan (1873-1936), Croatian academic painter, depicting what appears to be a lively telephone exchange between a stranded Pirate and his Shipmates

Elephant and circus arriving on a New Year card
A little boy on a donkey meets an elephant and circus arriving -- We know not what is coming in the New Year. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Laugh It Off Annual
Cartoon in the Laugh It Off Annual -- Demobbed! and glad to be back on the old job, sir! An employee returned from the war sits in his office with a young woman on each knee

Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Zeke -first flown in April 1939, the existence of the carrier-going fighters came as a nasty surprise to the Allies in December 1941

HMS Eagle, British aircraft carrier, Beirut, Lebanon
HMS Eagle, British aircraft carrier, off Beirut, Lebanon, 18 June 1956. The two smaller ships are the cruiser HMS Birmingham (left) and HMS Surprise (right). Date: 1956

Announcing a royal birth, 1923
A surprise at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball at the Royal Albert Hall: announcing a royal birth by megaphone on the night of 7th February 1923 when Princess Marys son, George Lascelles

Little boy carrying a dog over his shoulder
A little boy carrying a rather surprised-looking dog over his shoulder. Date: circa 1960s

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Pinocchio -- kicking Geppetto on the nose
Pinocchio -- When Geppetto had finished the feet he received a kick on the point of his nose. Date: 1911

No Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to a Peeping Tom
No Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to an invisible onlooker, who is seemingly admiring her choice of tiny red (with black spots) beach wear and red high heeled shoes. Date: early 1940s

Peek-a-boo! A Blonde starlet with tights and bare back
Peek-a-boo! A Blonde starlet standing alongside a some red stage curtains covered in little black stars, looks back over her shoulder

Prince Carol and Princess Helen of Romania
Crown Prince Carol of Romania, later King Carol II, with his fiancee Princess Helen of Greece in 1921. When they married, Carol already had a chequered past

Female Type / Underclothes
A young woman is taken by surprise when someone important arrives, and she is still in her underclothes!

Susi - popping out of an Easter egg. 1950s

Comic postcard, baby delivery -- If you break the engagement off, don t expect the girl to return you all the presents! Date: circa 1900s

Kitten surprised to see puppy in a basket
Unusual Friends - a kitten is surprised to see a puppy emerging from a basket. 1950s

Man at a zoo receives unexpected attention
Unusual Friends - a man at a zoo receives unexpected attention from one of the animals. 1950s

People in a park with a friendly goat
Unusual Friends - people in a park receive an unexpected visit from a friendly goat. 1950s

Christmas present gift tag -- boy in chair with book and cat. Date: circa 1950s

Old Maid card game - Sorry, My Mistake -- a bird thinks the pigs tail is a worm. circa 1950s

Bathing Machine - Rough riders at the Seaside. circa 1850s

The Deserted Village by H M Bateman. Speaking recently before a distiguished society, an architect named a village which to his surprise, though near the City

My Dear ! ! by H M Bateman
Cartoon by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, showing three women gossiping over tea and cakes while a small dog looks

Susi - surprised by rabbit
Susi - surprised when a rabbit pops out of a magicians hat. 1950s

Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice
Office Boy burns his bridges (disobeying every commandment on his behaviour in sight) and threatens to give notice to his (rather surprised) Boss! Date: 1907

Man hit by football on a greetings card
Man hit on the head by a football on a greetings card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

The Hold Up by Harold Earnshaw
The Hold Up! A Startling Christmas Eve Incident. A small child emerges at the top of a chimney on a snow-topped roof offering his empty stocking to a rather startled looking Father Christmas

The unexpected meeting. 18th century

Much Ado About Nothing - title page - the wedding between Hero and Claudio is interrupted. 1862

Man surprised by elephant on a cutout Christmas card
A man working in his office is surprised by an elephant putting its head through the window and spilling a pot of ink on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Children and teddy bear on a Christmas postcard
Three children and a teddy bear in the snow on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Woman looks surprised entering room decorated for Christmas
Woman in 1970s dress and headscarf is caught with surprise when entering room decorated for Christmas with a heavy wallpaper pattern. Middlesbrough, England. Date: 1970s

Home Sweet Home - A Young wife invites her family to stay
Home Sweet Home - A pretty young wife invites her family (Ma, Pa and Sister Gertie - from Scotland)to stay, to the alarm of her careworn older husband, already holding the babies! Date: circa 1905

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

Fantastic Adventures - The Singing Skulls
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1945, featuring the story The Singing Skulls by Don Wilcox. Glamorous woman shocked by floating (and singing)

Happy Families - Mr Teacher. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Mr Flower. circa 1940s

The Holy Women at the Sepulchre, 1644, by Ferdinand Bol (161
Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680). Dutch painter. The Holy Women at the Sepulchre, 1644. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

The ruler of Hornos island is surprised by the firing of a c
Tierra del Fuego. The ruler of the natives of the Hornos island, along with the Dutch Willem Cornelisz Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, is surprised by the firing of a cannon. Engraving, 1807

Monkey and cat on a Christmas card
Monkey pulling a cats tail on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Woman and sailor on a Christmas card
Woman approaching her house on a Christmas card, when a sailor suddenly appears. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Two robins alarmed by a cat on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

Cockatoo and monkey on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

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