Tells Collection (page 2)

DEAD CATS IN BUTCHERS
A butcher, planning to use cat meat as a cheap alternative, tells a distraught cat owner: No madame, I have no idea where your pet cat can have got to! Date: 1870

Et Angels from Mercury
Dante tells us that these angels are inhabitants of the planet Mercury

THE REAL PRESENCE
To settle the question whether he is really present in the sacrament of bread (his body) and wine (his blood) Jesus appears to Pope Gregorius I and tells him yes, he is, Date: 6th century

HAIL-FIGHTING MACHINE
Dupuis-Delcourt proposes this device - the electro- subtracteur - which, he tells us, will prevent hailstorms by electrically subtracting ice from the stormclouds. Maybe. Date: 1850

GOD & HIS ANGELS GOD & HIS ANGELS
God tells his angels his plan to send Jesus to Earth as a man : some angels disapprove and rebel, forming a breakaway settlement in Hell, whence they harass Gods creation

GOD AND HIS ANGELS
God tells his angels his plan to send Jesus to Earth as a man : some angels disapprove and rebel, forming a breakaway settlement in Hell, whence they harass Gods creation

Napoleon and a fortune-teller
Napoleon, in Egypt, consults a fortune-teller who tells him she sees a great throne alongside a great tomb... Date: circa 1798

Flat Earth Puzzle
The Puzzled Cleric - torn between his faith and science - how can he reconcile what God (via the Bible) tells him and what the scientists tell him about the Earth ? Date: 1895

Shepherds Visited
While watching their flocks at night, three shepherds are visited by an angel who tells them of the birth of Jesus

Old Man / Young Woman 1919
An elderly, well-dressed man approaches a young woman in the street: she tells him to get lost! Date: 1919

UFO & OUTER SPACE
Found ! An ancient tomb - for cavemen or spacemen story tells of a strange 1938 archeological discovery on the China/Tibet border of tombs containing strange skeletons Date: 1979

Fortune telling from tea leaves
While reason sleeps, Auntie tells her young nieces of the handsome strangers promised by their tea leaves. Date: 1851

Japanese Story-Telling
A Japanese grandmother tells traditional tales to a group of children gathered round the brazier, laying aside their kites, dolls and tops. Date: 1899

A Landlady with her a prospective lodger
Seaside Landlady (discussing previous lodger):And to crown it all, she actually wanted to take alf of my lovely pictures down! So I tells er straight, You ain t got no soul for art. I says

Sun Hou Tzu
The mischievous monkey fairy/ god, Sun Hou-Tzu, is born from a rock. The legend of the Journey to the West (Hsi Yu Chi) tells of his part in a quest for a Buddhist text

Chaucer, Canons Yeoman
The Canons Yeoman tells his tale

Japan - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha
Japan - Confidences - A Geisha whispers a secret to another fellow Geisha Date: 1904

Grandmamma Telling a Story by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Grandmamma Telling a Story. Five children and their Grandpappa are seen listening to the Grandmamma telling them all a story. Date: 1906

The Annunciation illustration: Parisian Book of Hours
Early Book of Hours printed in Paris for Germain Hardouyn: Heures, a l usage de Paris tout au long sans rien requerir, with printed text and images and ornaments illuminated by hand

William Tells Memorial, Altdorf, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
William Tells Memorial built by Richard Kissling (unveiled in 1895) at Altdorf, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: circa 1905

Buying A House by H M Bateman is an illustration on the dangers of buying a house. The couple dance in the big rooms and run up and down the stairs and buy impulsively

Who said Liar? Confident young chap tells a likely fib
Who Said Liar? - A red-faced rather-awkward-looking young chaps tells a rather tall tale: " And Bai Jove She fell in love with me on the spot, Doncherknow" ! Date: 1910

Book of Ezra. Cover. Edited in the 16th century. Colored
Book of Ezra. Biblical book of the Old Testament book that tells the story of the return from exile in Babylon and the rebuilding of the Temple. Cover. Edited in the 16th century. Colored

Book of Ezra. Cover. Edited in the 16th century
Book of Ezra. Biblical book of the Old Testament book that tells the story of the return from exile in Babylon and the rebuilding of the Temple. Cover. Edited in the 16th century

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

Josephine has Bad News
MARIE JOSEPHE ROSE TASCHER de BEAUHARNAIS empress of Napoleon I He tells her he is compelled to annul their marriage so he can wed Marie-Luise. Date: 1763 - 1814

Constantines Victory
Angels assist emperor Constantine to defeat his co- ruler Maxentius at Saxa Rubra, outside Rome : a cross in the sky tells him In hoc signo vinces so he converts. Date: 312

Gazette Du Village
La Gazette du Village : During the Crimean War, a mounted newsman tells the inhabitants of a French village what is going on in the wide world. Date: 1855

Moliere / Bourgeois Gent
LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME Nicole tells her master she won t laugh at him any more Date: first performed 1670

French Railway Station
An animated scene in a French railway station - passengers queue for tickets, a porter carries a heavy case, a mother tells her children not to get lost, a boy pats a dog... Date: circa 1885

Moliere / Mariage Force
LE MARIAGE FORCE Dorimene tells her husband he should be delighted to have a wife of her temperament Date: 1664

Woman on War Service Twins. A woman sits holding twin babies and wearing an On War Service badge, captioned, Every picture tells a story. Date: circa 1917

Suffragette Baby Women Rights. Baby standing on a chair tells Women, Stick up for your rights Date: circa 1909

Suffragette Lunatic Asylum. Inmate of Lunatic Asylum tells mannish suffragette in tweed suit, spats and hat, What! You, a militant suffragette! Pooh

Pleading for Brother
Marian Reyder pleads with the Spaniards for clemency : presumably he is accused of conspiracy, but we don t know any more than the picture tells. Date: circa 1580

Palm reader Zingora lets a lady know her love is true
Palm reader Zingora lets a lady know that somebody loves her madly! Is it the gentleman who is next in line...?! Date: circa 1907

Young boy admonished for fishin on the Sabbath
Clergyman - " 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

Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth
A Whittle gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet. Produced by the Crown Film Unit for the Economic Information Unit

Annunciation to the shepherds
An angel tells a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus. Date: c. 1920

Teak mill - Moulmein

This is the man who tells his wife that womans place is in the home. Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat and a red dress sitting at a table in a nightclub with a man who is holding her

Marajah peer of mystic seers : he sees, knows, tells all. Date 1923

Alexander, crystal seer knows, sees, tells all. Date ca. 1910

Market Reports Series - Sugar in Good Demand
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Sugar was in good demand! Two toddlers reach out from their high chairs in vain toward the sugar bowl

Dont Go down Mine - 1
DON T GO DOWN THE MINE, DAD a boy tells his father that he has had a dream of a pit on fire... Date: circa 1900

Marie Curie in Lab 1913
MARIE CURIE seated in her laboratory in 1913, tells the photographer, Hurry up and finish, so I can get on with my work... Date: 1867-1934

Mother Story-Telling
A mother tells a bedtime story to her daughter` Date: 1931

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