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Background imageWastepaper Collection: Cartoon - sex before marriage?

Cartoon - sex before marriage?
"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Advert, Smith Premier, Three Typewriters in One

Advert, Smith Premier, Three Typewriters in One. Date: 1907

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)

Cartoon, Taking Stock (Gladstone and John Bull)
Cartoon, Taking Stock -- a comment on Gladstones careful work as Chancellor of the Exchequer, resulting in a healthy economy

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair

Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair
Telegram excuse sent by an older man to his wife to disguise the affair he is having with his young Secretary. Date: 1909

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Three Siamese kittens with wastepaper basket

Three Siamese kittens with wastepaper basket
Unusual Friends - three Siamese kittens with wastepaper basket. 1950s

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Cavalier King Charles spaniel with wastepaper basket

Cavalier King Charles spaniel with wastepaper basket
Unusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel with wastepaper basket containing a newspaper. 1950s

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Cartoon, music hall proprietor and theatre agent

Cartoon, music hall proprietor and theatre agent
Cartoon, music hall proprietor (Harry Hart) to theatre agent (Ambrose Maynard) -- Why don t you send all your Comic Singers to the Theatre, I say? We should know what to do then. 1883

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Man surprised by elephant on a cutout Christmas card

Man surprised by elephant on a cutout Christmas card
A man working in his office is surprised by an elephant putting its head through the window and spilling a pot of ink on a cutout Christmas card (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Caricature of G Edwardes and E L Blanchard

Caricature of G Edwardes and E L Blanchard
Caricature of George Joseph Edwardes (1855-1915), English theatre manager and producer, and Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic -- The Era. 1882

Background imageWastepaper Collection: Britain / Cartoons / 1861

Britain / Cartoons / 1861
JACKs NAVY ESTIMATE Exception was taken to the high salaries of some Naval officials at this time. Date: 1861


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