Toys Collection (page 27)

Ride a rocking horse by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little boys ride a rocking horse rather energetically. The one at the back appears to be hanging on for dear life. Date: c.1925

Building a Castle by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children sit contentedly and construct a castle from building blocks

The Toy Shop. Three little girls have a look at a row of Dolls displayed in the Xmas Sale of a Toy Shop

Salvation Army Christmas treat for East End children
East End of London slum children receive a Christmas treat from the Salvation Army. In front of a decorated Christmas tree

The Army and Navy by John Hassall
A group of ragamuffin children play at soldiers by using various bits of home hardware such as buckets and brushes as their armour and weaponry

Kites by John Hassall
A group of boys fly a number of kites on a hill, resulting in a few accidents

Oompa-pa-party crackers
Box design for childrens party Christmas crackers from the 1960s featuring a bear dressed as a soldier, an excitable French Horn playing bird and a grumpy cat

Posing with a toy pedal car
Two children, probably a brother and sister pose for the camera with a toy which looks half way between a pedal car and a tricycle

Children on a tricycle
Two adorable children pose for their picture while riding a smart looking tricycle. A little boy in his finest Sunday best outfit takes charge of steering

Boy on a wheeled horse
A very solemn and serious looking little boy, trussed up in a white sailor suit sits astride a toy horse which is fixed to three wheels - a sort of horcycle?

Pedal car fatigue
A small child with a shock of blond hair, looks a bit fed up as they pose in a pedal car with a woman, possibly mother

A boy and his car
A little boy of about five or six years old looks as pleased as punch as he poses next to his very smart, luxurious and large toy pedal car

Three children in a toy car
Three children pose for a picture while crammed into a rather complex and expensive looking toy car

Boy with a toy horse in a Devon garden
A little boy, Cecil Watts, standing on the lawn of a Devon garden with a toy horse in his hands. There is a dog in the background

Briggs and the King Wenceslas Spirit by Graham
Strip cartoon Graham showing a loyal and put-upon butler helping his employer to dress in a Father Christmas costume, and heaving a huge sack of toys towards a childrens party where Father Christmas

Siblings playing with toys near the fire
A sister and brother playing with their playing with their toys in front of the fire. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

The Battle by George Studdy
Two small boys, watched by their pet dog and various toys, play soldiers. Each carries a sword and shields marked " hero"

German Children playing War Games during WW1
German Card depicting children playing with model soldiers, balloon and flag in representation of a proclamation of the victorious events of Germany (and their allies)

Poster advertising Pygmalion for babys first toys
Poster advertising a shop called Pygmalion for babys first toys, open throughout the month of December

Hamleys for Xmas advertisement, 1926
Advert for various toys available at the famous Hamleys toy store on Regent Street London in 1926 including The Crown Tavern, a remarkably realistic model of an old country inn, Looney the loose pup

Rocking Horse Romance
A young boy and girl share a tender kiss amid their toys

A Capital Levy by George Studdy
Bonzo finds that Labour policy is worth following on occasion, and makes Capital Levy on his little mistresss presents. A rather tragic scene showing a little girl weeping after her naughty dog

Scooter girl
A policeman shouts out an anxious warning to a little girl who is merrily riding her scooter on the road forcing a chauffeur driven car to slow down

Newsagent & Much More - Oxford
Sawyers Newsagent, Stationer, Confectioner and Tobacconist in Oxford. A magnificent photographic postcard showing a General Store on an Oxford street selling pretty much anything you can imagine

The Bystander front cover 1934
Colourful front cover of The Bystander depicting a puppet guardsman in a bearskin presenting a pretty lady puppet in typical flounced dress and hat of 1934 with a Christmas present

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

Batgers Musical Toy Crackers label
A girl dressed in a rather dashing clown outfit blows a horn or bugle

Queen Mary items
A commemorative clock with a model of the RMS Queen Mary, and a Meccano Dinky Toy no.52, both marking the launch of the Cunard cruise ship in 1935

The Childrens Window
Children crowd round the window of a Toy Shop to look at the sale bargains within

Girls / Dolls / Mothers
Two Victorian mothers out for a stroll with their very well behaved daughters and their dolls. They stop to great eachother

Toby Xmas Number 1922
Front cover illustration for Toby childrens magazine or comic, featuring Father Christmas driving through snow on a motobike

Dream Children of Christmas Past in the Wonderland of Christ
Little girl asleep amongst her toys, dreaming of children from different eras. From the painting by Lilian Rowles

Getting Rid of Old Stock by Alfred Leete
A Teddy Bear For The Tar Baby. Illustration showing Father Christmas disposing his excess toys in a tar maker

Prince John of Wales (1905-1919), youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured here wearing a dress. Until after the First World War it was normal to dress small boys

Christmas in the home of a peace crank
A man rather disdainfully labelled as a peace crank watches in dismay as his children play aggressively with a variety of war-inspired toys during World War One

Its an Ill Wind by Dudley Tennant
Humorous cartoon depicting British made toys marching past an assortment of German manufactured dolls and teddy bears who have been put in an internment camp for the duration of World War One

Toy Salesmen on Ludgate Hill, London, 1904
Illustration showing street salesmen offering penny toys to passers-by, Ludgate Hill, London, December 1904

Children / Snow & Toys
Two children play with their toys in the snow

Woman & Balloons C1930
A woman with some colourful festive balloons

Making Music Boxes 1890
Operatives in a toy factory make music boxes

Young Victorian Girl
Young Victorian girl holding her green balloon

Toy Theatre 1910
Children watch a shadow theatre - their dog seems equally entertained !

French Girls Scooter
A small girl takes her scooter to the Bois de Boulogne, where maman meets a friend : while they chat, the girl goes scooting on her own

Teddy on the Bed
A lovely old Edwardian teddy bear takes pride of place on a little boys brass bed

Girls and Dolls
A little black girl and a little white girl playing with dolls and a teddy together, dressing them up in various outfits

Dear, Dear, Dear! by G. E. Studdy
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy during World War I, showing a soldier (standing) speaking to a older lady on a London bus or tube train

Children / Holly & Toys
Two boys and two girls with holly and umbrellas: one girl carries a doll, a boy pulls a toy train

Customs / Christmas / Tree
Two girls sit in front of a Christmas tree with their dolls

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