Young Collection (page 19)

YWCA Poster, Back our girls over there, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Clarence F Underwood, Back our girls over there, United War Work Campaign, First World War. 1918

Shell-shocked Italian soldier with bandage, WW1
Shell-shocked Italian soldier with bandage, travelling in a railway compartment, First World War. Drawing by Robert Sargeant Austin. circa 1918

Tiger Smith (James Addis), British heavyweight boxer
Tiger Smith (James Addis) (1875-1931), British heavyweight boxer from Merthyr Tydfil. Addis fought James Gunner Moir for the Heavyweight Championship of England in February 1907

Lady Maureen Helen Stanley (1900-1942, nee Vane-Tempest-Stewart), daughter of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, married Oliver Stanley, Conservative politician, in 1920. Date: circa 1920

Dutch wartime poster -- Be Brave, Be Stormers. Showing a young cadet in uniform, carrying a flag. Date: 1940s

A Slave Auction in Virginia, USA, 1861 A Slave Auction in Virginia, USA 1861
An auction room in Virginia, during a slave auction in 1861. A young, black slave couple with a baby stand on a mounting block as the auctioneer stands beside them, waving at the bidders. Date: 1861

Trompe l oeil showing wife and mother-in-law
MY WIFE - AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW 1915

Young girl and baby, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London. Placards read: Black Dwarf, Axel Springer Today! Cecil King Tomorrow

Comic Postcard - Golfing Humour - One Down
Comic Postcard - " Wasn t I two up at the last hole, Caddie?" " Yes, but yer one down now, Lady!" circa 1930s

Victorian boy standing proudly alongside his Penny Farthing
A delightful Victorian carte-de-visite photograph of a young boy standing proudly alongside his Penny Farthing bicycle circa 1880

A young woman in Traditional Japanese costume - Taiwan
A young woman in Japanese costume - Taiwan (Formosa) - Taiwan was under Japanese rule in the period between 1895 and 1945. circa 1920s

Pretty young German girl out in the fields. 1921

Comic Postcard - feeble Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl
Comic Postcard - ( My Word !) Get Thee behind me Temptress - a feeble and effete Vicar not tempted by a pretty girl, although one wonders if she is quite his type anyway... 1910

BATHING IN THE SUN
Young women bathing in the sunshine and fresh air Date: 1905

SMENKHKARE, PHARAOH probably a younger brother of his predecessor Akhenaten, he died young after only two years as sole ruler (18th dynasty) Date: reigned 1336 - 1334 BC

ABDUCTED BY GIANTESS
A parallel to extraterrestrial abduction : travellers in the German countryside suddenly find that they have become the playthings of a young giantess

Pretty young girl with a huge velvet bow in her hair sitting for a studio photographic portrait on an elegant curved stool seat. circa 1910s

The Princess Mary Caravan. The Girls Friendly Society supported young women by help in finding work, providing hostels etc

Illustration by Anne Harriet ( Annie ) Fish (1890-1964) for an Abdulla Cigarettes Advertisement - The Bright Brigade - Higher Photography. Date: 1929

Haile Selassie I - Crown Prince and Regent of the Ethiopian Empire (from 1916 to 1928), and then King and Regent (from 1928 to 1930), and finally Emperor (from 1930 to 1974)

Bronze Age settlement, Kazakhstan area. A young woman sits on the ground, grinding grain in a stone mill. In the background are ancient houses, cattle and sheep. 3000-1200 BCE

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Tess of the D Urbervilles, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, at the Barnes Theatre, Richmond, SW London. 1925

Teddy Tail, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Teddy Tail, a childrens fantastic musical play by Charles Folkard, music by Frederic Norton, based on the Teddy Tail comic strip in the Daily Mail newspaper, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre

Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - When Awkwardness is useful!. Date
Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - " When Awkwardness is useful!". Date: circa 1905

WW2 - Home Front - King George VI meets a young boy munition worker (15 year-old Leonard Fiske) during his inspection of a famous munitions factory - the lad continued to feed revolver bullets into

Well - You KNOW wot men are! A young lady of seemingly considerable experience of the other sex exposes on the subject to an invisible audience. Date: 1934

Not a word to the boss - I m writing this to you! Date: 1954

Heres a lad a-being naught - saying things he never ought! A young scamp of a country lad whispers something rather cheeky into his young girl friends ear! Date: 1950

This poor young ragamuffin looks up at the night sky and spects Heavens a very SMART
This poor young ragamuffin looks up at the night sky and " spects Heavens a very SMART place" Date: 1950

This Ones for you, alright! A postman delivering a Happy Birthday Greeting. Date: 1938

I ll be with you soon - or bust! Young man in a red sports car breaking the 5mph speed limit and incurring the wrath of a nearby policeman Date: 1933

Fathers Kilt will soon fit Willie (but not quite yet, hence the universal merriment on the faces of Willies young friends!). Date: circa 1930s

The Jockey of Artemision - a Hellenistic bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, dated to around 150140 BC. A very rare surviving original bronze statue from Ancient Greece

A young man sits on a park bench in Mahon, Menorca, Spain. He has a black bag on his lap and he turns to lean on the back of the bench to cover his face and rest his head on his arms

A young man in jeans sits against a fashion shop window
A young man sits against a fashion shop window and makes a call on his mobile phone. The window display shows a smartly dressed chimpanze and a bearded man - both wearing in blue jackets

New Forest boys, Hampshire
Two young boys pull another boy out of the river and onto the riverbank to safety on a summer day in New Forest Hampshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

John Street, Hanley, Stoke
Two young boys with their bicycles smile for the camera by the John Street sign in Hanley, Stoke of Trent. Vintage black and white photograph. The area of Hanley is unrecognisable today

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth (Later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) and their daughter, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). Date: 1935

A Big Family - Two young girls and a multitude of rabbits
A Big Family - Two young girls and a multitude of pet rabbits... Date: circa 1907

Young boy and hot fat fryers - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe
Young boy (the son of the owner) standing next to the hot fat fryers - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, Lancashire. Date: circa 1901

The YWCA - Central Club - Great Russell Street, London - The Library Date: circa 1910s

Sunlight Soap - cut-out advertising trade card. A Young man gazes (somewhat glazed over) at a vast tract of text advertising Sunlight Soap which states (by dint of the headings)

London Central YMCA - Tottenham Court Road - now demolished and replaced by the St. Giles Hotel. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Fascist Italian Propaganda - Young Patriot saluting
WW2 - Fascist Italian Propaganda Postcard - Young Patriot saluting " Passing the F; ags". Date: circa 1941

Celebrating the New Turkish Constiution - French postcard. The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908) of the Ottoman Empire was when the Young Turks movement restored the Ottoman constitution of 1876

Young Eskimo (Inuit) girl with a captured Arctic Hare Date: circa 1930s

A couple standing together - reverse silhouette
Interesting reverse silhouette card from The Netherlands - this card set within an oval - shows a couple standing together - clearly much in love. Date: circa 1910s

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