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Background imageWanted Collection: WILSON & RELUCTANT USA WILSON & RELUCTANT USA

WILSON & RELUCTANT USA WILSON & RELUCTANT USA
The child who wanted to play by himself: President Wilson drags a reluctant USA to join other countries in the Temple of Peace Date: 1919

Background imageWanted Collection: Dog as Hamlet

Dog as Hamlet
A dog that always wanted to play Hamlet Date: late 19th century

Background imageWanted Collection: The Ringer, Grand Theatre, Swansea

The Ringer, Grand Theatre, Swansea
The Ringer, at the Grand Theatre, Swansea - wanted on a charge of murder, 500 reward. circa 1927

Background imageWanted Collection: Iraq War Most Wanted Playing Cards - fan of all the Spades

Iraq War Most Wanted Playing Cards - fan of all the Spades, with the face of Saddam Hussein (c.1937-2006) as the Ace of Spades. circa 2003

Background imageWanted Collection: WW2 poster, Women wanted as ambulance drivers

WW2 poster, Women wanted as ambulance drivers
WW2 recruitment poster, Women wanted as ambulance drivers. Offer your services to your local council or any branch of Womens Voluntary Services. Date: early 1940s

Background imageWanted Collection: WW2 poster, Grow more food, dig for victory

WW2 poster, Grow more food, dig for victory -- wanted 500, 000 more allotment holders, for plots of land apply to your council. Date: circa 1940

Background imageWanted Collection: Recruitment poster, The York and Lancaster Regiment

Recruitment poster, The York and Lancaster Regiment
Recruitment poster, 65TH 84TH THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. Colour photolithograph published by Gale and Polden Limited, 1946, and York and Lancaster Regimental Museum, 1985

Background imageWanted Collection: You are wanted by the US Army 660 Market St. San Francisco o

You are wanted by the US Army 660 Market St. San Francisco or any Army recruiting station. US Army recruiting poster showing an officer, possibly Gen. John J

Background imageWanted Collection: Boys! Come along, you re wanted

Boys! Come along, you re wanted
Boys! Come along. You re wanted. World War One recruitment poster of a soldier silhouetted against a map of the south of England

Background imageWanted Collection: A beflagged Uncle Sam blows a bugle for recruits

A beflagged Uncle Sam blows a bugle for recruits
The scene is outside a Recruiting Office with a sign Recruits Wanted guarded by an armed soldier. A dominant Uncle Sam has a small boy standing in front of him holding a US flag

Background imageWanted Collection: Tallulah Bankhead appearing in They Knew What They Wanted

Tallulah Bankhead appearing in They Knew What They Wanted
A portrait of Tallulah Bankhead appearing in They Knew What They Wanted at the St Martins Theatre, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageWanted Collection: Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for arrest of Grivas

Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for arrest of Grivas
Poster, Cyprus crisis 1957, reward for the arrest of George Theodorou Grivas, and for arms handed in. Date: 1957

Background imageWanted Collection: WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight

WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight
Come into the ranks and fight for your King and Country. Don t stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the Front. Enlist today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Background imageWanted Collection: WWI Poster, More Men are wanted for His Majestys Army

WWI Poster, More Men are wanted for His Majestys Army
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, More Men are wanted for His Majestys Army... Enlist Now. Including details of pay and pensions. Date: 1915

Background imageWanted Collection: Woman Munition Worker WW1

Woman Munition Worker WW1. Woman in munition factory, powders her nose in view of male supervisor, Captioned, Don t go putting the powder where it is not wanted. Date: circa 1916

Background imageWanted Collection: Ladies Wanted as drivers, WW1 advertisement

Ladies Wanted as drivers, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement from 1918 by the British School of Motoring emphasising the urgent requirement for lady drivers between the ages of 17 and 45. Date: 1918

Background imageWanted Collection: Addled Ads - Humorous postcard - Irish Terrier and Bobby

Addled Ads - Humorous postcard - Irish Terrier and Bobby
Addled Ads - Wanted Section Reward. Lost a light brown rough-haired Irish terrier. Had collar with Bobby on plate. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWanted Collection: Colenso Diamond Wanted Poster

Colenso Diamond Wanted Poster
Poster offering reward of e750 for the return of the Colenso Diamond. On 29th April, 1965, from the Mineral Gallery at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, SW7

Background imageWanted Collection: Poster, Why Aren t You in Khaki?

Poster, Why Aren t You in Khaki? You ll Be Wanted. Enlist At Once. A poster designed to shame people (especially men) into joining one of the wartime services. circa 1914-1915

Background imageWanted Collection: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret Rose at the last of the Duke of Yorks Camps, at Balmoral in August 1939. In 1919, the Princesses father, then Duke of York

Background imageWanted Collection: A Landlady with her a prospective lodger

A Landlady with her a prospective lodger
Seaside Landlady (discussing previous lodger):And to crown it all, she actually wanted to take alf of my lovely pictures down! So I tells er straight, You ain t got no soul for art. I says

Background imageWanted Collection: Louis Philippe Quits

Louis Philippe Quits
Louis-Philippe, knowing when hes not wanted, abdicates and leaves Paris : he will make his home in England where the food may not be so good but the people are friendlier

Background imageWanted Collection: Dog as Hamlet

Dog as Hamlet
the Dog that Always Wanted to Play Hamlet

Background imageWanted Collection: Hallway 1930S

Hallway 1930S
There is no need for your hall to look dull. The chair placed in the corner fills up an unattractive space and is near at hand when that extra seat is wanted

Background imageWanted Collection: Vanity Fair / Col. Crawley

Vanity Fair / Col. Crawley
Colonel Crawley is wanted

Background imageWanted Collection: BOY WANTED

BOY WANTED
" BOY WANTED ! a girl on her own plays her phonograph Date: 1920

Background imageWanted Collection: Victorian scrap - Wanted loving husband

Victorian scrap - Wanted loving husband
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted Loving Husband. late 19th century

Background imageWanted Collection: Victorian scrap - Wanted nice little filly

Victorian scrap - Wanted nice little filly
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted nice little filly with " thou" or two. late 19th century

Background imageWanted Collection: Victorian scrap - Wanted wife and caretaker

Victorian scrap - Wanted wife and caretaker
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted Wife and Caretaker. late 19th century

Background imageWanted Collection: Victorian scrap - Wanted a nice party

Victorian scrap - Wanted a nice party
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted a nice party with comfortable business. late 19th century

Background imageWanted Collection: Victorian scrap - Wanted a chappie with some go in him

Victorian scrap - Wanted a chappie with some go in him
Victorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - Wanted a chappie with some go in him. late 19th century

Background imageWanted Collection: Wanted American Heiress - Victorian Scrap

Wanted American Heiress - Victorian Scrap
Victorian Scrap - People Who Want to Marry - " Wanted American Heiress". A lazy aristocratic young gent on the hunt for riches without effort...! Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWanted Collection: Servants Wanted by Will Onda

Servants Wanted by Will Onda
Promotional postcard for Servants Wanted. First known production at the Chatham Palace of Varieties, 27th March 1905. A music hall sketch For Will Ondas Company

Background imageWanted Collection: Collecting and branding horses, WW1

Collecting and branding horses, WW1
Wanted for the Army -- collecting and branding horses for troops at the stables of W H Smith, the famous newsagents, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageWanted Collection: WWI Poster, Wanted Men Munitions Money

WWI Poster, Wanted Men Munitions Money
WWI Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster, design by Bert Thomas, Wanted Men Munitions Money. If you can neither enlist nor make munitions, buy the new 4 1/2% War Loan! Date: circa 1916

Background imageWanted Collection: Suffragette Need Not Apply

Suffragette Need Not Apply. Bachelor peruses the newspaper ads from a matimorial agency. One reads, Wanted A Wife cheap who can cook, sew, wash, nurse, eat little, drink less and keep quiet

Background imageWanted Collection: Colour photolithograph - British Military

Colour photolithograph - British Military
The Royal Irish Regiment, Recruits Wanted for the above distinguished regiment. The Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland. The 18th Royal Irish. Colour photolithograph, 1903 (c). Date: 1903

Background imageWanted Collection: Poster, Rally Round the Flag

Poster, Rally Round the Flag, Every Fit Man Wanted. Recruitment poster for the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1915

Background imageWanted Collection: Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Background imageWanted Collection: Cartoon, More Hands Wanted, WW1

Cartoon, More Hands Wanted, WW1
Cartoon, More Hands Wanted. Showing Admiral von Tirpitz, Von Gwinner (Deutsche Bank), Kaiser Wilhelm, Von Bethmann-Hollweg and Field Marshal Von der Goltz struggling with the war

Background imageWanted Collection: An applicant for a Coachmans Job waits nervously

An applicant for a Coachmans Job waits nervously Date: 1895

Background imageWanted Collection: Cheeky Cockney man quizzes a London Policeman

Cheeky Cockney man quizzes a London Policeman
The wit of the Classic London Cockney - cheekily enquiring of a Policeman (leading home a small lost child): - " Whats e done, Guvnor?" !!! Date: 1892

Background imageWanted Collection: WWI Poster, Three Questions to Employers

WWI Poster, Three Questions to Employers
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Three Questions to Employers, more men are wanted today. What can you do? Date: 1915

Background imageWanted Collection: Wanted: an occupant

Wanted: an occupant. Illustration shows several vignettes that illustrate the difficulty of catching a vice presidential candidate, including offering some Possible Premiums

Background imageWanted Collection: A volunteer crew wanted

A volunteer crew wanted. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt putting a rescue boat labeled National Honor to sea

Background imageWanted Collection: Explanation wanted

Explanation wanted. Illustration showing John Bull standing at the gate to South African markets as the rulers of Italy, Austria, Germany, France, and Russia protest. Date 1900 February 14

Background imageWanted Collection: Wanted - another Moses

Wanted - another Moses. Illustration shows the Democratic donkey labeled Dem. Party with six followers, placing a cradle labeled Clevelands cradle 1884 into a river

Background imageWanted Collection: Wanted! 10, 000 guest homes, 1000 furnished houses for World

Wanted! 10, 000 guest homes, 1000 furnished houses for Worlds Fair visitors by March 15. Poster calling for guest homes to be available during the New York Worlds Fair. Date 1939



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