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Wordplay Collection (#4)

Background imageWordplay Collection: Dog biscuit with comic verse on a Christmas card

Dog biscuit with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cat and kittens with comic verse on a Christmas card

Cat and kittens with comic verse on a Christmas card
Cat and kittens with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Playing cards with comic verse on a Christmas card

Playing cards with comic verse on a Christmas card
Playing cards with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Scotsman with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Scotsman with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card -- First Foot. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Violin with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Violin with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cupids carrying red hearts on a Valentine postcard

Cupids carrying red hearts on a Valentine postcard -- Forget me note. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Two girls with umbrella on a cutout New Year card

Two girls with umbrella on a cutout New Year card
Two girls looking through a hole in their umbrella on a cutout New Year card -- Wishing you happiness through the hole Year! Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a jar of red currant jelly

Christmas card in the shape of a jar of red currant jelly -- open to reveal a hare inside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Shaped greetings card, a seasonable chest-protector

Shaped greetings card, a seasonable chest-protector. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a piece of toast

Christmas card in the shape of a piece of toast -- My Christmas Toast. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: 12014903

12014903
LSD (pounds, shillings and pence in pre-decimal days, but here standing for Luck, Success and Delight) with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Boiled egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card

Boiled egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Insect carrying a stump on a New Year card

Insect carrying a stump on a New Year card
Insect carrying a stump on a comic New Year card -- A Cricket Stump. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Man with champagne bottle on a Christmas card

Man with champagne bottle on a Christmas card
Man with a humanised champagne bottle on a Christmas and New Year card -- Champagne and Real Pain. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Humorous postcard, soldier on Western Front, WW1

Humorous postcard, soldier on Western Front, WW1
Humorous postcard, British soldier on the Western Front -- I m amongst the Kitcheners, and very nice too. Date: circa 1915

Background imageWordplay 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 imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a thermometer

Christmas card in the shape of a thermometer. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a carpenters plane

Christmas card in the shape of a carpenters plane. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Young man and motorcycle on a comic postcard

Young man and motorcycle on a comic postcard
Young man and motorcycle with deflated tyres on a comic postcard -- Things are pretty flat here. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon, Mutton and Capers

Cartoon, Mutton and Capers. 19th century

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a pipe with seascape

Christmas card in the shape of a pipe with seascape
Christmas card in the shape of a pipe decorated with a seascape. circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Golfing couple on a comic Christmas card

Golfing couple on a comic Christmas card -- An ocular demonstration. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card shaped like a babys bib

Christmas card shaped like a babys bib. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cutout Christmas card with cricket ball

Cutout Christmas card with cricket ball
Cutout Christmas card with a hand holding a cricket ball -- a right good innings! Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: New Year card in the shape of a jam pot

New Year card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Pots and jars on a shelf on a cutout Christmas card

Pots and jars on a shelf on a cutout Christmas card -- Family Jars. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: White shirt on a cutout New Year card

White shirt on a cutout New Year card, with comic greeting (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a dog biscuit

Greetings card in the shape of a dog biscuit
Greetings card in the shape of a square dog biscuit -- Rats 2U. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Kittens and puppies on a box-shaped Christmas card

Kittens and puppies on a box-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Two ponies on a birthday card

Two ponies on a birthday card
Two ponies with a verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a cigar box

Greetings card in the shape of a cigar box
Greetings card in the shape of a box of Havana cigars with white flowers on top -- May all your troubles end in smoke. circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Watch words on a circular greetings card

Watch words on a circular greetings card
Watch words for the days of the week on a circular greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: New Year card in the shape of a pair of binoculars

New Year card in the shape of a pair of binoculars or opera glasses. circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Two pretty girls come across a Nice little cove

Two pretty girls come across a Nice little cove
Two pretty seaside girls in bikinis climbing on a rock - the lead girl turns to the other and say: " Is this the nice little cove Mabel was telling you about?" !! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Clown pulling a donkeys tail on a Christmas card

Clown pulling a donkeys tail on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon, Looking after the land, WW1

Cartoon, Looking after the land, WW1
Cartoon, Looking after the land. A young soldier on leave sits by the fire with his parents. They tell him that he and his fellow-soldiers are guarding the land at the Front

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon, Gathering laurels, WW1

Cartoon, Gathering laurels, WW1
Cartoon, Gathering laurels. An army cook tells a soldier that he also gathers laurels -- not the kind won in battles, but the bay leaves used to flavour food. Date: 1917

Background imageWordplay Collection: Boots and shoes on a Christmas card

Boots and shoes on a Christmas card
A large number of boots and shoes on a greetings card -- May Christmas joys not wear you out. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Three comic scenes on a Christmas card

Three comic scenes on a Christmas card: Now Then Play, A Cricket Stump, and We re All Frozen Out. circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1

Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1
Cartoon, Guarding Salonika. Two sailors in white uniform on deck, watching the passing shipping. Date: 1916

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon, W H Smith news stall

Cartoon, W H Smith news stall
Cartoon, showing a man at a W H Smith news stall on a railway station platform. 1910

Background imageWordplay Collection: Comic Postcard - Slops removed and served

Comic Postcard - Slops removed and served
Comic Postcard - A Housemaid removes and empties the slops from a bedroom chamber pot (potty), whilst at the same time a (hopefully different type of)

Background imageWordplay Collection: Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman

Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman
Mistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900

Background imageWordplay Collection: Humorous Pharmacy postcard

Humorous Pharmacy postcard
Young Boy: " Gimme three-pennorth of pills. Chemist: " Anti-bilious?" Young Boy: " No Sir - Fathers bilious!" Date: 1905

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a jam pot

Christmas card in the shape of a jam pot. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Eggcup stand with two eggs on a cutout Christmas card

Eggcup stand with two eggs on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a loaf of bread

Christmas card in the shape of a loaf of bread
Christmas card in the shape of a cottage loaf of bread with a knife cutting into it. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a collar or belt

Christmas card in the shape of a collar or belt
Christmas card in the shape of a leather collar or belt. Date: circa 1890s



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