Theme Collection (page 2)

Chicago World Fair - A Century of Progress
North Midway Luncheonette. A Century of Progress International Exposition was a Worlds Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which was held in Chicago

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Gertie at Nottingham
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period - Gertie at Nottingham. Date: circa 1907

Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, New York, USA
Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, Columbus and Broadway at 66th Street, New York, USA -- Visit the ship that never goes to sea, Captain Mike always on deck

Strip tease card game - Joker card, featuring the four heads of the Theatre Manager, the exotic peformer, the prosecution barrister and the prude, Miss Prim

Maud Jeffries and Wilson Barrett in The Sign of the Cross
Maud Jeffries (1869-1946) as " Mercia" and Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) as " Marcus" in " The Sign of the Cross" an 1895 four-act historical tragedy

A 2000 dinner party at the Savoy, 1910
The winter garden of the Savoy Hotel converted into a realistic representation of the North Pole when Mr George A. Kessler, the New York millionaire (seen on the right)

Variations on a Popular Theme - Scottish fashions, 1927 from Scottish fashion housesshowing ubiquitous and fashionable jumper and cardigan suits from Pettigrew and Stephens of Glasgow

The Venetian party held by Mrs Keiller, July 1914
Page from The Sketch reporting on a lavish party hosted by Mrs Alexander Keiller, formerly Miss Doll Phil-Morris, the artist

At The Casino by Rene Vincent
A colour illustration showing three elegant ladies with a croupier gambling at a roulette wheel. With the popularity of resorts on the French Riviera, particularly Monte Carlo

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Imperial March
Music cover of The Kaiser, Grand Imperial March, for pianoforte, composed by Ezra Read

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Who Cares for Rain
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Who Cares for Rain! (5/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye (4/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - We never speak as we pass by
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. We never speak as we pass by (6/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Three Little Maids
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Three Little Maids (3/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Scandal (under difficulties)
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Scandal (under difficulties) (2/6). Date: circa 1900

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Auntie Goes Wading
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats durng this period. Auntie Goes Wading (1/6). Date: circa 1900

Scenic design for Covent Garden fancy dress ball
Scenic design for the first fancy-dress ball of the Covent Garden season in 1899. The scene depicted the grounds of the forthcoming Paris exhibition. Date: 1899

WW1 - The advantages of using Quinine to treat illness
WW1 - Soldier! Take your daily quinine - the advantages of using Quinine to treat illness, due to its antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling)

WW1 - The advantages of using a mosquito net
Always sleep under your mosquito net - WW1 postcard on a medical theme - the advantages of a French soldier using a Mosquito net inner tent - no longer inflicted with debilitating midge/gnat/mosquito

Flower Festival Competition Winner - Decorated Bicycle
A fabulous card showing an English Flower Festival Competition Winner (First Prize) with her Harvest theme decorated bicycle

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Mrs Grundy. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prohibitionist. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Sour-puss. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prude. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Wowser. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Prig. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Miss Prim. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Nark. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Informer. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Snoop. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Spoil Sport. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Strip tease card game - Card reverse / back, featuring an exotic dancer on a plinth in a bright spotlight. A game which features characters involved in performing

Ceramic. Plate decorated with religious scene. 18th centurie
Ceramic. Plate decorated with religious scene.18th century. Ascension of Christ. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Ceramic. Plates decorated with scenes religious, 17th-18th ce
Ceramic. Several plates decorated with scenes religious, dating from 17th-18th centuries. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Music cover, Bats in the Belfry by Billy Mayerl on a theme by Austen Croom-Johnson. 1935

Third Man Music Sheet
Carol Reeds evocation of postwar Vienna, based on a Graham Greene story, makes brilliant use of the music of Anton Karas in the Harry Lime theme and Cafe Mozart Waltz. Date: 1949

NUREMBERG / 1929
The first really spectacular rally where the theme was composure. Horst Wessel leads the Stormtroopers through the streets for the final parade. Date: 2 - 5 August 1929

Mr Robert Byron as a Victorian angel
Mr Robert Byron dressed as a Victorian angel at Mr and Mrs Bryan Guinesss 1860 party. Date: 1929

Netherlands pavilion, International Exhibition, Liege
Netherlands pavilion at the International Exhibition in Liege, Brussels. With water as the theme, the exhibition was designed to celebrate the opening of the Albert Canal. Date: 1939

Three-pice summer suit, 1927
Another variation of a popular theme - a three piece summer suit from Harvey Nichols model department 1927

Art deco illustration for Spanish dancer 1920s

The Pan Ball, 1920
From left, Miss Iris Tree as a futurist Pan, Miss Viola Tree as a tree nymph and Miss Betty Chester as a Bacchante, all guests at the themed Pan Ball held at Covent Garden in aid of Barts Hospital in

Suffragette Card Game Snap Baby. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows a baby crying Baby at Home who sighs

Suffragette Card Game Snap Orator. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows the female Orator, being pelted with eggs, who asks, Is this a vote

Suffragette Card Game Snap Grandma. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows Dear old Grandma who claims, I never needed a vote Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Card Game Snap Husband. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows the angry husband who yells, No Dinner - Where is my Wife

Suffragette Card Game Snap Voter. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows a woman casting her vote. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Card Game Snap Favourite. A card game, possibly a version of Snap with a suffragette theme. One of eight cards, this shows a lady in a picture hat, captioned, The Favourite

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