Understand Collection

Zebras Pull Mazawattee
Four zebras in harness pull a Mazawattee tea cart -- purely for publicity purposes, we understand!

Mistinguett / Leopard
MISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer with a leopard wrapped around her neck - just for decoration, you understand

Pierrot And The Banker Part 1
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, in each scene, Pierrot tries to impress the banker carrying the bags of wealth via means of playing music

Les Travailleurs De l'Enlaidissement
An illustration of a tightly packed group of debating members of the Municipal Council, accompanied with a descriptive caption as follows

Men At A Cafe
A sketch which shows a scene where two men are speaking at a cafe table, one is saying, I don't understand how with your name, you haven't made some rich marriage yet. Date: circa 1901

Corporal Instructing His Men
An illustration depicting a corporal shouting as his organised unit of men, accompanied with the following translated caption

BROWNING / EVELYN HOPE
EVELYN HOPE (from Dramatis personae') Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead... you will wake, & remember, & understand... Date: First published: 1855

Comic postcard, Unhappy husbands whose wives don t understand them Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two drunkards in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy with new baby brother Date: 20th century

Newspaper, L Action Francaise - to understand events Date: 1938

Travellers Phrase Book
An American couple on their honeymoon bring out the phrase book hoping to understand what the European railway official is trying to tell them... Date: circa 1909

Strengthen good neighbor policy: Understand our southern neighbors. Poster showing continents of North America and South America. Date between 1935 and 1943

When Ignorance is Bliss Cartoon, 1928
Cartoon showing a disagreement between a French taxi-driver and an English passenger, 1928. The original caption was When Ignorance is Bliss - Sorry, I don t understand a word of French

A Scotchman Visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman
A Scotchman, ordered to the Riviera for his health, makes the mistake of visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman

Nat. Insurance / Lly-George
THE PITILESS PHILANTHROPIST (The National Insurance issue) Lloyd George: Now understand, I ve brought you out to do you good, and GOOD I WILL DO YOU, whether you like it or not. Date: 22 November 1911

Peril! Tsar Nicholas II can t understand that the Duma is Russias only chance. Date: 1906

Ww2 / Sep39 / German Treaty
THE GERMAN-RUSSIAN TREATY - We were destined to understand one another... - Yes, we have a lot in common Date: September 1939

Shoot out in the Street
A shoot out in the street - understand, boys, that you`re to fire when I call three. Date: circa 1880

N-T Marion-Dufresne
NICOLAS-THOMAS MARION-DUFRESNE French navigator, fails to understand or be understood by Australian natives when they offer him a burning stick, 1771 Date: 1729 - 1772

Confident British soldier on a postcard, WW1
Confident British soldier on a postcard during the First World War. Do I comprey? Not arf! Date: 1914-1918

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Death of President William Henry Harrison

Death of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), ninth American President, I wish you to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more

The White Snake
The white snake can bestow on a suitably qualified mortal the gift of being able to understand what animals say

Fox and Ape
THE FOX AND THE APE. " Reynard laughed heartily, & going off, added with a sneer: You a king, & not understand a trap! " Date: 1912

Breakdown Communication
An American couple on their honeymoon bring out the phrase book hoping to understand what the European railway official is trying to tell them

Birds Instruct Sigurd
Part of the epic Nibelungenlied. Sigurd (Siegfried, having tasted dragons blood, can understand the birds who give him helpful instructions

Does No One Want me ?
Does no one want me ? (No, we don t understand this one either...)

Seance Device
Four spiritualists try a new method of communicating with the spirits, using a metal plate and electrical controls in a way I don t pretend to understand (text in Swedish)

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