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Background imageUnwanted Collection: Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933

Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933
Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Comic postcard, Woman falls from window into dustbin Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman falls from window into dustbin Date: 20th century

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - Edouard Gelhay

Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - Edouard Gelhay
Edouard Gelhays Aux Enfants Assistes: L Abandon - a mother deposits an unwanted child at a French state-run institution. Date: 1887

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Miles M. 71 Merchantman U-21

Miles M. 71 Merchantman U-21
The sole Miles M.71 Merchantman U-21 (msn 6695), at Woodley aerodrome, with stored unwanted Miles M.33 Monitor target-tugs in the background

Background imageUnwanted Collection: INVITATION TO DANCE

INVITATION TO DANCE
A 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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Animal ambulance workers WWII

Animal ambulance workers WWII
Women hurrying to an animal ambulance for stray and unwanted animals during World War II

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Anatomical Theatre C16

Anatomical Theatre C16
Anatomy in the 16th century as depicted in Bartholinus Eustachius works. It looks as though dogs are enjoying the unwanted organs

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Dotheboys Hall

Dotheboys Hall school, Bowes, Yorkshire, associated with the Dickens character Wackford Squeers, who (in " Nicholas Nickleby" ) took in unwanted boys and mistreated them

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Comic postcard, baby delivery

Comic postcard, baby delivery -- If you break the engagement off, don t expect the girl to return you all the presents! Date: circa 1900s

Background imageUnwanted Collection: In the Dog House

In the Dog House -- stray dogs taken from the streets of London, now in a dogs home. 19th century

Background imageUnwanted Collection: An awkward position - true love never did run smooth

An awkward position - true love never did run smooth circa early 19th century

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Avro 679 Manchester IA of No 207 Squadron - unloved

Avro 679 Manchester IA of No 207 Squadron - unloved and unwanted, the type was transformed into the famed Lancaster by fitting four Merlins

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1936

Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1936
Grey 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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1930

Advert for Inecto Salons: unwanted grey hair 1930
Grey 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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to Cornwal

Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to Cornwal
A Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Boys / School / Patient

Boys / School / Patient
Two schoolboys subject a third to the unwanted ministrations of a doctor, who forces medicine down his throat. Date: 1930

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Street music: Unwelcome musician, c. 1835

Street music: Unwelcome musician, c. 1835
A rotund servant bribes a noisy street musician with three pence to move on, as his playing is disturbing the master of the house

Background imageUnwanted Collection: LITTLE BUFFER CHAIR

LITTLE BUFFER CHAIR
A baby being given a drink whilst sitting on a Little Buffer chair, placed on a newspaper to avoid unwanted spillages. Date: 1930s

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Stray Dogs in Pound

Stray Dogs in Pound
A 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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Hansel and Gretel enter the wood

Hansel and Gretel enter the wood

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Child Left at Convent

Child Left at Convent
An inconvenient child is left at a convent door

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Clothing Poster

Clothing Poster
Poster for the Personal Service League requesting that unwanted clothes be donated to be distributed to those who need them

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Does No One Want me ?

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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Abandoning Child, Paris

Abandoning Child, Paris
A working-class couple, unable to support their child, leave it at the Hospice des Enfants- Trouves (Hospice of found infants), Paris

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Haul of Octopuses / France

Haul of Octopuses / France
Breton fishermen catch an unwanted haul of octopuses!

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Removing Stains

Removing Stains
Pouring a kettle of boiling water onto a garment placed over a bowl is a good way of removing unwanted stains

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Child abandoned in the woods

Child abandoned in the woods
A child abandoned in the woods -- it looks like a baby, rather than Hansel and Gretel

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Weber / Oberon / Liebig 3

Weber / Oberon / Liebig 3
Act 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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Uses for Umbrella

Uses for Umbrella
and another use for your umbrella... (the dog approves her action enthusiastically)

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Man propositions a woman on the street

Man propositions a woman on the street
He: May I protect you from the sun, senorita She (to herself): Is it me or my watch hes after Date: 1878

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Baby Abandoned / 1860

Baby Abandoned / 1860
A mother abandoning her child at a convent baby wheel

Background imageUnwanted Collection: Picnic Spoilt

Picnic Spoilt
A 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

Background imageUnwanted Collection: BABY ABANDONED IN TOUR

BABY ABANDONED IN TOUR
The " 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


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