Wrong Collection

Jorrocks and the Bull
HANDLEY CROSS; OR MR JORROCKSs HUNT Jorrocks on the wrong side of a bull

NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2
How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!

Horse That Took The Wrong Turning- At Epsom, by H. M. B
Maverick horse galloping the opposite direction to the rest of the race. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander

Out of wrong side of bed / W H Robinson
Post War Britain: Health and happiness at home. Simple precaution to prevent getting out of bed on the wrong side in the morning - a makeshift wall

Dinosaurs / Noahs Ark
NOAHs ARK - God got his figures wrong - the Ark isn t big enough to take the dinosaurs !

Comic postcard, Scotsmen wearing wrong kilts after going for a swim Date: 20th century

Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of Copenhagen
Admiral Lord Nelson ignoring the signal from Sir Hyde Parker to stop fighting. He is looking though his telescope with his blind eye (popularising the phrase to turn a blind eye )

Dot Stephens music hall vocalist and dancer
Dot Stephens vocalist and dancer. Here dressed as ?Mother?s Sailor Boy?. Travelling between halls, she stepped out of the wrong side of the train and had both feet amputated

Cartoon, Something Wrong - number of Irish MPs
Political cartoon, Something Wrong - John Bull considering the number of Irish MPs Date: 1891

GEC workers campaigning, GEC Headquarters, London
GEC workers campaigning outside the GEC Headquarters in London during a lockout from the Keith Blackman works at Tottenham, 18 March 1970. Date: 1970

German soldiers spotting buildings far in the distance, not realising that it's a setup consisting of a miniature country town coursing the perspective to be all wrong. Date: 1941

Mussolini's Secret Weapon Disclosed!
A new secret weapon devised for the use of the Italian forces in Albania. Date: 1941

HUGH LATIMER, SAVED
HUGH LATIMER bishop of Worcester, saved by an act of God from a falling tree, only to die by the hand of man for having the wrong religious views. Date: 1485? - 1555

ORGANIST & CHOIRBOY 1904
A choirboy rushes in to Monsieur Achille, the organist, who is playing the wrong kind of music: "Stop, it's not a funeral, it's a wedding!" Date: 1904

JEANNE-MARIE ROLAND French revolutionary who, having the misfortune to be the wrong kind of revolutionary, dies by the guillotine Date: 1754 - 1793

The Balkans a false note in the European concert Date: 1909

Comic postcard, Woman with wrong kind of salts Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Sale of wrong product - customer and barber Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Girl and boy, nurse and baby Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Father takes the wrong pram Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Posting a letter in the wrong box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, drunkard on wrong train - speak to the driver! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, woman takes wrong turning in blackout, WW2 - Gents toilet! Date: circa 1940s

Complaints from a irate passenger as the train starts to depart the platform, realising that his luggage is not with him, and gets a quick reply " your on the wrang train!" Date: 1917

Being nervous and cross-examined by Mr. Garrow
Being nervous and cross-examined by lawyer Mr. Garrow in court. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Mae West in She Done Him Wrong (1933) Date: 1933

No. 3 Commando Memorial Plaque, Merville Battery
The taking of the Battery was the task of the 9th Parachute Battalion, and despite a complicated plan that went very wrong from the first jumps at 0020 hours on D-Day

Cartoon - A Family Wash, showing all the things that can go wrong on wash day. 19th century

BADLY SMOKING CHIMNEY
Beginning fires for the winter - something wrong with the chimney: a blocked chimney pours smoke back into the room causing people to cough and choke Date: circa 1850

NATURE VERSUS SCIENCE
SCIENCE DEFEATED BY NATURE A train is halted by snow. - Ah, but its because its the wrong kind of snow, the railwaymen explain... Date: circa 1850

READING STRUWWELPETER
A young girl improves her sense of right and wrong by reading Struwwelpeter, or Shockheaded Peter. Date: circa 1870

Men burnt alive at a party
During reign of Charles VI of France - a practical joke goes horribly wrong when a number of men are burnt alive in their costumes at a party. Date: 29th January 1392

The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville
Promotional postcard for The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 1st October 1906. The wording is full of innuendo. Date: circa 1906

Favourite Sayings - Cart before the horse
Black and white lantern slide of a man putting a horse the wrong way round between the shafts of a cart.Two men stand at the side, one pointing to what the man is doing

Caricature of Norman Angell, writer and politician
Caricature of Sir Ralph Norman Angell (1872-1967), writer, lecturer and Labour politician. Best known for his book, The Great Illusion (1910), arguing against war from an economic point of view

Comic Postcard - Suggestive poster and girl
Humorous Postcard - a satire on the play The Girl who took the Wrong Turning (Theatre Royal, London) - the poster has the cheeky addition " Twice Nightly at Cheap Prices - a Free

Buckle of Isis
BUCKLE OF ISIS Since Isis was the greatest of the Egyptian divinities, this buckle carrying her insignia meant that no wrong could be done to the wearer

Susi - with calendar
Susi - with a calendar for November, tearing the pages out in the wrong order. 1950s

The Impossible Person by Inez Topham 1926
Children on a tennis court notice a child happily walking passed them wearing the wrong attire. Date: 1926

Getting a Document Stamped At Somerset House by H M Bateman. This illustration shows the red tape of Somerset House, tax offices

Music cover, Gone Wrong! A Maddening Medley. Written, composed and arranged by Charles Wilmott and G W Hunter. Featured on the cover are all the songs included in the medley. circa 1880s

Duport-Dutertre
MARGUERITE LOUIS FRANCOIS DUPORT-DUTERTRE French revolutionary states- man who belonged to the wrong party which of course meant he had to be guillotined. Date: 1754 - 1793

Clapham Junct Signals
The signalman at Clapham Junction - Londons busiest station - is responsible for a huge array of signals : pulling the wrong one could result in catastrophe... Date: 1885

How to Wrap Baby 1881
The right and wrong ways of wrapping a baby: the one on the right will restrict movement and impede limb development. Date: 1881

De Groofs Fatal Crash
DE GROOFs device is launched from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong, and he plunges fatally to the ground. Date: 9 July 1874

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