Talking Collection (page 11)

Imams in Iran
Image of two Imams chatting man to man in Iran Date: circa 1910s

Mongolia - Men chatting outside a yurt Date: circa 1920s

Toy Boats for Hire
A group of boys talking to a man renting out toy sailing boats on a cart next to the boating lake of the Palais de Luxembourg, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Goose Girl / Rackham
The Goose Girl and the head of the Falada, the talking horse. (GRIMM)

Pinocchio & the Doctors
The doctors - a crow, an owl and a talking cricket - visit Pinocchio in bed Date: First published: 1880

The Golden Calf
When he comes back from talking to God, he finds that the Israelites, encouraged by his brother Aaron, are worshipping a golden calf : he is not at all pleased

Exeter Univ Students
Students relaxing in the Common Room at Exeter University. Date: circa 1950s

Puss in Boots talks to reapers mowing a meadow, persuading them to tell the King that the meadow belongs to his Master. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

Tennyson and Carlyle
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) (left) and Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) talking and smoking together in the garden of Carlyles house

Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832), Scottish novelist, sitting and talking with a poor man in his cottage. Scott lived at Abbotsford House at this time, in the Border country (Scottish Borders)

The De Valera-Cosgrove election, Ireland
A talking-film of the Irish politician, Mr W. T. Cosgrove, used in his election campaign against amon de Valera

Ben Jonson and William Drummond
Ben and his host had many a long talk together, discussing men and books. Poet and dramatist Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637) smoking a pipe and talking with Scottish poet William Drummond (1585 - 1649)

Metropolitan Police officers with a member of the public
Two Metropolitan Police officers, one male, one female, chatting on a London street with an elderly member of the public

Local military chief and others, Far East
The local military chief, with others, some in uniform, others in civilian dress, somewhere in the Far East. There is one Western man, perhaps a diplomat, talking to the chief

Salvation Army, Thames Embankment, London
Salvation Army officers in conversation with a group of vagrants spending the night on a bench on the Thames Embankment in Central London

Youth Hostel, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
Youth hostel on Sherborne Road, Cerne Abbas, Dorset. A girl in the hostel grounds talks over the wall to a boy outside. The hostel was originally built in in 1836-7 as the Cerne Union workhouse

Princess Anne visiting Penzance, Cornwall
Princess Anne (Princess Royal, b 1950), visiting the John Daniel Centre in Penzance, Cornwall. The John Daniel Centre provides day services for local adults with learning disabilities

Prince Andrew at RNAS Culdrose for training
Prince Andrew arriving at RNAS (Royal Naval Air Station) Culdrose at Helston in Cornwall for the start of his helicopter training. RNAS Culdrose is one of Europes largest helicopter bases

A ladys need (or not!) for a man
I ve got a parrot that can swear and a monkey that can smoke cigarettes, what do I want witha young man?. Satire on a ladys need (or lack thereof)

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

Poster advertising Gold Coast Cocoa
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board advertising Gold Coast Cocoa. In return, British goods are exported to the Gold Coast, totalling several millions of pounds in value

Autumn Leaves : Taking a Walk in the Gardens
A group of well-dressed individuals, all deep in conversation, take a walk in a park; it is autumn and the leaves are strewn all around

New meets old - Istanbul
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

India - Parsee Ladies
India - Parsi (Parsee) Ladies chatting on some steps close to a pool in Bombay. A Parsi a member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent

Auto Suggestion
Man in his car talking to a woman who is walking her dog

A Live Wire - Mutoscope postcard featuring an evocatively posed young woman on the telephone to her beau. She lies on some colourful plump cushions and the telephone sits atop a fine period table

The Passing Cloud
Four men talking to a woman in the sea at the seaside, flirt while a crab nips their legs and the sun goes behind a cloud

Communication between Berlin and Istanbul
The hotline between Constantinople and Berlin (also the railway line/route/connections) during the First World War

The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a West Berlin policeman (on left) talking to a Soviet Sector policeman over an East-West frontier barrier, in Berlin, 1949

A gathering of Cree Indians, c. 1870
Image showing a group of male Prairie Cree Indians smoking long pipes and talking together. The Cree are wearing fringed buckskin and feathers in their hair

Immigrant arriving at the Jewish Shelter, London, 1904
Engraving showing the Principal of the Jewish shelter, in the East End of London, talking to a newly arrived immigrant, 1904

Lt. -General A. F. M. Browning, Major R. H. Cain and Lt. -Colonel
Photograph showing Lieutenant-General A.F.M. Browning, Commander of the British First Airborne (on left), talking to Major R.H. Cain (second right), the first V.C

Refused Immigrants on a ship; London Docks, 1911
Illustration showing some would-be immigrants who had been refused admission to Britain, standing on the deck of a merchant ship, talking to some compatriots on the dockside, 1911

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl of Bewdley, with some Constituents
Photograph showing Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), Conservative Politician (centre), talking to some of his Bewdley Constituents at the annual meeting of the Bewdley Divisional Unionist Association

Children Talking C1880
A group of boys and girls listen to a little girl telling a story

Servants Talking
An Edwardian kitchen maid chats up one of the footmen!

Tea and Tattle by Cyril R. Hallward
Cosy scene showing a group of women in a typical late Victorian sitting room or parlour. The picture shows them drinking tea and talking

Three Girls Talking 19C
Three little girls talking in a conspiratorial way

Mounted Police Officers
Mounted police officers talking to crowds outside Buckingham Palace in London

Police Motorcyclist
Metropolitan Police officer on his motorcyle talking on his portable radio

Police with Children
Metropolitan Police officers on Chalk Hill Estate, Wembley, talking to children and teenagers

Policeman and Tourists
Policeman talking to tourists by the London Underground Metropolitan Police

TALKING SHOP
Cartoon by Stan Terry showing a street loafer shouting to his friend after looking in the window of a lingerie store

Police Officer and Child
Police officer talking to little boy by lake. Metropolitan Police

Police and Soldiers
Metropolitan police officer talking to two American servicemen, G.I. soldiers in London

Police Officer on Duty
Black police officer talking to man. Metropolitan Police

Police and Homeless Man
Police officer talking to a homeless man at night Metropolitan Police

Military Men at Ease
British officers in their mess - men in evening dress relax, talking to one another or reading or playing games, while servants bring them refreshing drinks

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