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Fortune teller, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USAChinese fortune teller, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936
British Mediterranean Fleet Sports Day - Prize Giving at the Ben-Marl Stadium, rigged up by the crews of the HMS Benbow and the HMS Marlborough of the 4th Battle Squadron
Myanmar - Burmese Fortunetellers. Date: circa 1909
Doctors AdviceA doctor gives a female patient a ticking off. Date: 1960s
Serpents / Apollos OracleThe tripod and serpents of Apollos Oracle. Date: 1886
Algerian Story-TellerAn Algerian story-teller Date: 1906
The Erythraen Sibyl
Fortune Telling BirdsA fortune-teller in the streets of London uses Indian birds who are, it seems, gifted with occult powers of divination Date: 1890s
Reading a PalmA gipsy fortune teller reads a young womans future in the palm of her hand Date: 18th century
Cumaean Sibyl & JesusThe CUMAEAN SIBYL foretells the coming of Jesus - a pious invention of the early Christians, hoping to show that their faith had been predicted in ancient times Date: BC
Tea leaf fortune tellingA lady explains to a young girl what the tea leaves in her cup reveal about the future. Date: circa 1850
Cartoon, When will peace come? WW1Cartoon, When will peace come? A woman asks a fortune teller. The answer: Why, when the fighting stops! Date: 1916
The palmists warning (The New Science) -- an engaged couple have just had their palms read, and the palmist has warned them that they are not suited to each other. Date: 1887
Lady having her palm readA lady having her palm read while others look on. Date: 18th century
The Cumaean SybilTHE CUMAEAN SYBIL It was she who offered Tarquinius Superbus the Sybilline Prophecies
German wise-womanVillagers crowd the cottage of the village wise-woman, and one of them writes down her inspired utterances. Date: 1867
Telling the Tale by Sydney Blow and Douglas HoareReverse of promotional postcard for Telling The Tale by Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare from Une Nuit de Noces by Henri Keroul and Albert Barre (Theatre des Folies Dramatiues, Paris)
Family scenes on a three-part Christmas card, looking back to previous generations. Date: circa 1890s
Thanks awfully for telling us! Cartoon by H. M. BatemanThanks awfully for telling us! Knowledge as it is purveyed: dedicated to the " Daily ___" Bateman here pours scorn on the Daily Mail for its journalistic technique of stating the obvious
Leader speaking to scouts and cubs, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)A leader speaking to a large group of scouts and cubs on an outdoor activity in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 20th century
And Then They Charged Us by Denis Cowles, WW1 cartoonA British Army officer during the First World War, entertains and alarms a group of non-combatant men dressed in evening wear, with some dramatic stories from the Front. Date: 1916
Isadora Duncan teaching children at Rye, New York, WW1Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), modern dance innovator, pictured with some of her pupils at Rye in New York, telling them a story on what looks like a beach. 1915
Womens Royal Air Force -- Fortune TellerIllustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing four women consulting a Fortune Teller colleague, with cards laid out on the table. Date: 1919-1920
A Christmas Story, by C. Rebel StantonA colour illustration showing a young couple flirting oblivious to the the animated story teller who is entertaining the rest of the group. Date: 29th November 1929
Palm reader Zingora lets a lady know her love is truePalm reader Zingora lets a lady know that somebody loves her madly! Is it the gentleman who is next in line...?! Date: circa 1907
Old Yokel extols the fighting qualities of his son" My Laad Garge as bin feaghtin t Booers. If e only whopped em like e did is did is Old Woman, ed mak em sit up, I tell ye." Date: 1900
Young boy admonished for fishin on the SabbathClergyman - " My Boy, do you know its wicked to fish on the Sabbath?" Youngster - " I isn t fishing; I m teachin this ere wurm ter swim." Date: 1895
Streetwise young scamp talks back at an admonishing woman who is criticising him for smoking." Do you know its very wrong for little boys to smoke tobacco
Teacher and father telling a child off: Ok" Teacher and father telling a child off: " Ok, you had a 58, it is not bad; but in the future you have to be the first one, if not..I don t need to say anything else"
A reading from HomerBREND AMOUR, Richard (1831-1915). A Reading from Homer. Copy of Lawrence Alma-Tademas oil painting that is preserved at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Date: 1885
Charter Bank House, Mount Pleasant - Rangoon -.telling how splendid the homes and gardens of Rangoon used to be before the war no basha huts, no lack of paint
Prophet of St Pauls reading a womans palmThe Prophet of Saint Pauls reading a womans palm. The womans black servant stands at her side. Date: 17th century
Gypsy palm reader, 1884 Date: 1884
Farewell present of useful white flag, which Russian Generals wife thoughtfully gives when he leaves for front, telling him to use it as soon as he sees Japanese army
I am telling you - On June 28th I expect you to enlist in the army of war savers to back up my army of fighters. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, standing, facing front, with his fists on his hips
The man we would like to strangle" The man we would like to strangle." from " The Sketch Book & Winters Pie". A room full of people look fed up as a man recounts his fishing stories during a thaw at a Winter
Studies of Moorish Life -- a Storyteller. The man on the right holds up his hands as he tells his story. The man on the left sits on a rock with a human skull in one hand
Teacher telling mother her son is good for nothing
Man and dachshundsA man scolds his two dachshunds. Landskrona, 1910.- Date: 1910
The Truth About Grown-Ups by William Heath RobinsonA baby, who should really be fast asleep in his cot, instead regales a gathered group of elves and pixies in his bedroom with tall tales about the deeds of his parents
Railway Crossing SignA railway crossing sign for large vehicles, telling them to stop and telephone for permission to cross! Date: 1960s
The Beach at Berck-Plage, France Date: circa 1910s
Mother Story-TellingA mother tells a bedtime story to her daughter` Date: 1931
Fortune Teller with cardsFrench (Breton?) Fortune Teller with cards Date: circa 1910s
Fortune Telling CardsA sinister gipsy woman, dripping with rings and necklaces, spreads her fortune telling cards across the table... Date: 1970s
Iranian Fortune TellerThe old Iranian fortune teller looks up at her shy, smiling young customer : I see a rich and handsome young man from Tehran... Date: 1930s
PALMISTRYCross my palm with silver : a fortune teller reads someones fortune from the palms of their hands. Date: 1930s
Fortune Teller & CatA sinister gipsy woman and her scary cat, reading someones fortune with playing cards... Date: 1970s