Word Collection (page 4)

WW1 Recruitment Poster (1 of 2)
Join the brave throng that goes marching along (1 of 2). Chromolithograph recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Poster No 24

Kisses postcard - Valentines
A postcard bearing the single word, Kisses - adorned with roses. See picture numbers 10796397 and 10796397 for two more in the series - Mother and Father. Date: c.1910

Mother postcard - Mothers Day
A postcard bearing the single word, Mother adorned with sprigs of Lily-of-the-Valley and violets. See picture numbers 10796398 and 10796399 for two more in the series - Father and Kisses. Date: c.1910

Father postcard - Fathers Day
A postcard bearing the single word of Father adorned with autumn leaves and forget-me-not flowers. See picture numbers 10796397 and 10796399 for two more in the series - Mother and Kisses

Cream pottery porridge bowl - WWI - Bairnsfatherware
Cream pottery porridge bowl marked with the word Porridge. With transfer - Coiffure in the trenches. Keep yer ead still, or I ll ave yer blinkin ear off. On reverse - A Souvenir of the Great War

Ashtray made from an 18 pounder shell case - YPRES
Ashtray made from an 18 pounder shell case with a fused cap at its centre. Has the word YPRES cut into the brass. Trench Art

Loading Mangels
Loading mangelwurzels from a clamp on a farm in Hertfordshire, England. The word manglewurzel is derived from the German mangel beet and wurzel root. Date: 1930s

Subathers Form a Word
A group of innovative sunbathers, form the word l Italia, presumably on a beach in Italy! Date: early 1930s

Daddie Postcard - with forget-me-nots and ivy leaves. Date: circa 1910s

Soli, Mersin, Turkey - Ancient Columns - The Ruined city of Solipolis or Pompeipolis. The word solecism is derived from Soli

Russian Mother helps teach her daughter to read by pointing to words on posters on a brick wall. Date: 1902

Northern Vietnam - Tonkin region
Northern Vietnam - The people and places of the Tonkin region, including views of Hanoi. Date: 1908

Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels
Jeremiah breaking the Potters vessels. circa 19th century

BIANCHI, Mos頨1840-1904). The Word of God. Impressionism
BIANCHI, Mos頨 1840-1904). The Word of God. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Rome. Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna (National Gallery of Modern Art)

A word to grand stand specialists. Illustration shows Puck tugging at the coat-tails of Andrew Carnegie, as he and John D

A word to the otherwise. Illustration shows a haughty, well-dressed woman sitting in the middle of a ballroom, she is holding a paper that states Society hence-forth will strive to attract brains

A modern Cinderella a notable production of the last word in musical comedy : book & lyrics by Caspar Nathan, music by Hampton Durand. Date c1901

Tope of Maunikyaula, Afghanistan
Tope of Maunikyaula. A tope is the Hindi word for a stupa or a structure where Buddhist relics are kept. 1815

Santa Filling Stockings
" He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, & filled all the stockings..." Date: First published: 1823

Playing Scrabble 1970S
Three women playing the word conundrum game Scrabble. Date: 1970s

Kaiser Wilhelm II and U-boat
Disavowal? Disavowal? There is no such word in the German tongue!

And Never a Cross Word by Howard K. Elcock
A nonchalant young woman in crossword themed pyjamas leaves a hotel bathroom. She smokes a cigarette and swans off oblivious to the waiting queue of other hotel guests who have obviously been there

The Next Infliction - the Cross-Word Puzzle Illustrated by W
Heath Robinsons contribution to the crossword craze of 1925, an illustrated crossword puzzle with clues included under the picture

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn- drobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Postcard from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales. Scenes from the village and the Menai Bridge, build by Thomas Telford in 1824

Souvenir of Saigon
A postcard from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam - clearly meant as a.... souvenir!

Propaganda Tram 2
To make sure all get the Bolshevik message, every kind of propaganda tool is used - this agitation tram carries the word through city streets

Propaganda Tram
To ensure everyone gets the Bolshevik message, every kind of propaganda tool is used - this agitation tram carries the word through city streets

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

Colossians Iii: 17
COLOSSIANS III:17 Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him

Dr Slade: spirit writing trial
Sketches of the trial of Henry Slade, showing Slade in the centre. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave seances from his lodgings in

Dr Slades spirit writing trail
A message from the spirits: a sketch of a slate showing a message from Dr Slades deceased wife. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave

Russian Ladys Hair
A Russian countrywoman grows her hair long, but keeps it under control by confining it within a long embroidered sheath (for want of a better word)

Map of Arabia Deserta
Map of Arabia Petraea et Deserta, including much of northern Iraq. Petra is down on the left, a few centimetres above the word felicis

Napoleon Swears Oath
A clear winner in the Presidential elections, Louis Napoleon swears to uphold the constitution : he will keep his word for two or three years

Saint Saens / Samson 1
The spectacular finale of this opera brings the house down in every sense of the word

J B Van Helmont
JEAN BAPTISTE van HELMONT Belgian medical, chemist who innovated the word gas for something which is like air but is more ghostlike (gas and ghost are much the same word)

Soldiers Demo Moscow
Soldiers march through the streets of Moscow with a banner bearing a single word : COMMUNISM

St Matthew / Evang / Latin M
SAINT MATTHEW THE EVANGELIST Saint Matthew, divinely inspired, writes down the word of God

Pitt and Fox, 1793
A SMOKING CLUB A play on the word smoke which also means to mock someone : here the political antagonists are depicted attacking each other

Caricature of Paul Verlaine, French poet
Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a caricature, with the word Anarchy written across his forehead, playing a lyre, with an arrow stuck through a heart

Jan Baptista Van Helmont
JAN BAPTISTA VAN HELMONT Flemish chemist, invented the word gas, proposed interesting theories about gases and the digestive process

Smoking Club 1793 Pipes
A SMOKING CLUB A play on the word smoke which also means to mock someone : here the political antagonists are depicted attacking each other

Spring Song (Price)
The Fruhlingslied (Spring Song) from his Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs without words) - an artists impression

Indian Clergyman
A Hindu clergyman, converted by missionaries, spreads the word to his fellow-countrymen - he is depicted being welcomed into a village

German Missionary
A German protestant missionary in an Indian village, doing his best to spread the Good Word

A Word with the Driver
A WORD WITH THE DRIVER - The engine driver as childrens hero : four children talk to the footplate crew who will soon be carrying them to the seaside

Mission in Oceania
French missionaries of the Picpus and Marist orders bring Gods word to the cannibals of Oceania

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