Till Collection (page 4)

Alex II Assass. Attempt
An attempt is made on the life of ALEXANDER II when he drives through the Bois de Boulogne while visiting Paris : but he will not be successfully assaulted till 1881

Tattooing Day, Samoa
TATTOOING DAY IN SAMOA A Matai (= tattooer) works on a young man : he does about 40 cm2 in an hours session, continued at intervals till the operation is completed

Two Indian Fakirs, 1730
Two fakirs : the one standing is holding his arms above his head till they waste away, and so is his sleeping companion (which means they never use their hands for anything)

Cash Register 1909
Cash register

American Cash Register
An American cash register saves money and brain

Tom Thumb Cash Register
The handsome " Tom Thumb" cash register is priced at twenty- one pounds and ten shillings

Black, if I should Lose
IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU (Dorothy Black) She thought marriage unnecessary - till she lost him

Boots Made of Spanish
Our boots are made of Spanish, Our stockings are of silk, Our pinafores of diaper As white as any milk. Here we go around, ... Till we fall down on the ground

Underground Ticketoffice
A railway clerk, with a pencil tucked behind his ear, serves a customer in the ticket office of an unknown London underground station

BLERIOT 1910
The distinctive pigeon tail on this, one of the last Bleriot monoplanes, is a marked advance on the box-like tail-ends he has used till now

Japan - the Koto
A Japanese musician plays the KOTO, a harp-like instrument played horizontally on the floor till the player collapses from back-ache

Saint Peter (Butler
SAINT PETER the first Pope, depicted holding the key of the kingdom, the Vatican (though not built till much later) in the background

Selkirk Abandoned
ALEXANDER SELKIRK is marooned on Juan Fernandez by the Cinque Ports galley, and remains there for 4 years and 4 months till rescued 12 February 1709 by the Duke

Hagar (Taylor)
Hagar, a servant, having borne a son to Abraham with his wife Sarahs approval, is expelled when Sarah bears a child, and wanders the desert with Ismael till an angel saves them

Huns Invade Europe
The Huns invade Europe and gradually fight their way westwards, from about 376 till they are halted at Chalons in 451

Opening session of the First State Duma, Russia
The opening session of the short-lived First State Duma (legislative assembly), which lasted until July but was deadlocked when radicals challenged fundamental laws

Harvest by Moonlight
When the Harvest Moon is at its full, farmers can carry on harvesting till late in the evening

Elsie Marley / Greenaway
Elsie Marley has grown so fine, she won t get up to serve the swine, but lies in bed till eight or nine, and surely she does take her time !

Teasing the Bear
Please not to irritate the bear till he has been fed

Till Eulenspiegel 16th C
TILL EULENSPIEGEL Title page of the story of Jester Till from Germany

Panama Canal - Panama
The harbour of Panama, southern terminal of the proposed canal, which this year is ceded to USA : it will not be completed till 1914

Mckinley Inaugurated 1
William McKinley takes the oath of office as 25th President - a job he will hold till he is assassinated by an anarchist

Hunting Alphabet - W
W for Wisdom acquired in old age - that is, if you live till that ultimate stage

Hunting Alphabet - H
H for the Huntsman whos always in front - till the day that he falls with a groan and a grunt

Hunting Alphabet - E
E for Enthusiast, hardy and brave till a reckless jump takes him to a premature grave

Hunting Alphabet - D
D are the Dangers Hunt servants endure, till fall after fall their numbers grow fewer

Hunting Alphabet - B
B is the Bounder who brags about fences till hes bored the rest of us out of our senses

She Takes Gloves
She takes her gloves from their drawer. Frenchwomen are said to put on their gloves before leaving the house unlike Englishwomen who wait till they are in the street

Gorilla on the Attack
In the Congo, near Kitabi, farmer Pako sees his wife snatched by a gorilla, fails to save her but it treats her kindly till she escapes after two days

The Maccabees, whose family won religious and political independence for the Jews, whom they ruled from 166 BC to 63 BC, and as priests till 37 BC

Lear / Book of Nonsense
There was an Old Man of Corfu, who never knew what he should do; So he rushed up & down, till the sun made him brown, That bewildered Old Man of Corfu

BELLs COMET
Henry Bells Comet which plied on the Clyde from 1812 till 1820 - the first practical steamboat on any European river

Crusades / Jerusalem
FIRST CRUSADE The victorious Crusaders process round Jerusalem, after massacring the defenders till the streets were filled with corpses

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