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Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933
Comic postcard, Woman falls from window into dustbin Date: 20th century
Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - Edouard GelhayEdouard Gelhays Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - a mother deposits an unwanted child at a French state-run institution. Date: 1887
Miles M. 71 Merchantman U-21The sole Miles M.71 Merchantman U-21 (msn 6695), at Woodley aerodrome, with stored unwanted Miles M.33 Monitor target-tugs in the background
INVITATION TO DANCEA broad hint of not meaning to dance - a lady retains her seat, while her unwanted partner gives her friend an impolite close-up of his. Date: 1804
Animal ambulance workers WWIIWomen hurrying to an animal ambulance for stray and unwanted animals during World War II
Anatomical Theatre C16Anatomy in the 16th century as depicted in Bartholinus Eustachius works. It looks as though dogs are enjoying the unwanted organs
Dotheboys Hall school, Bowes, Yorkshire, associated with the Dickens character Wackford Squeers, who (in " Nicholas Nickleby" ) took in unwanted boys and mistreated them
Comic postcard, baby delivery -- If you break the engagement off, don t expect the girl to return you all the presents! Date: circa 1900s
In the Dog House -- stray dogs taken from the streets of London, now in a dogs home. 19th century
An awkward position - true love never did run smooth circa early 19th century
Avro 679 Manchester IA of No 207 Squadron - unloved and unwanted, the type was transformed into the famed Lancaster by fitting four Merlins
Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1936Grey hair treated by specialist. In the clever hands of an expert, at the Inecto daylight Salons, grey hair can to-day regain its natural colour and lustra in as little as thirty minutes
Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1930Grey hair. It is womens privilage to claim a youthful appearance yet greyness frequently bars the way. Gey hair can be banished easily and quickly with Inecto
Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to CornwalA Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion
Boys / School / PatientTwo schoolboys subject a third to the unwanted ministrations of a doctor, who forces medicine down his throat. Date: 1930
Street music: Unwelcome musician, c. 1835A rotund servant bribes a noisy street musician with three pence to move on, as his playing is disturbing the master of the house
LITTLE BUFFER CHAIRA baby being given a drink whilst sitting on a Little Buffer chair, placed on a newspaper to avoid unwanted spillages. Date: 1930s
Stray Dogs in PoundA Foundling: Lost, stray or unwanted dogs have been caught and put into the pound to await their fates. Hopefully the owners or new ones will take them home soon. Date: 1870s
Hansel and Gretel enter the wood
Child Left at ConventAn inconvenient child is left at a convent door
Clothing PosterPoster for the Personal Service League requesting that unwanted clothes be donated to be distributed to those who need them
Does No One Want me ?Does no one want me ? (No, we don t understand this one either...)
Abandoning Child, ParisA working-class couple, unable to support their child, leave it at the Hospice des Enfants- Trouves (Hospice of found infants), Paris
Haul of Octopuses / FranceBreton fishermen catch an unwanted haul of octopuses!
Removing StainsPouring a kettle of boiling water onto a garment placed over a bowl is a good way of removing unwanted stains
Child abandoned in the woodsA child abandoned in the woods -- it looks like a baby, rather than Hansel and Gretel
Weber / Oberon / Liebig 3Act two, scene two : at the court of Haroun el Rashid, Huon rescues Reiza from an unwanted marriage and, helped by a magic horn, carries her off
Uses for Umbrellaand another use for your umbrella... (the dog approves her action enthusiastically)
Man propositions a woman on the streetHe: May I protect you from the sun, senorita She (to herself): Is it me or my watch hes after Date: 1878
Baby Abandoned / 1860A mother abandoning her child at a convent baby wheel
Picnic SpoiltA country party in the grounds of a stately home is spoilt by some unwanted & unwelcome guests including a boxer & a hungry dog that secures itself a roast fowl
BABY ABANDONED IN TOURThe " tour" in which parents could place infants they wished to abandon. When the bell was pulled the sisters would revolve the tour 180 degrees and collect the baby