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Cartoon, As advertised, WW1Cartoon, As advertised. A black soldier arrives with a bunch of flowers to meet his new godmother. They both have expectations... Date: 1917
Cartoon, Modern cherub, WW1Cartoon, Modern cherub. A soldier is happy to meet his new godmother. Date: 1917
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on godsons, ie soldiers who have been allocated godmothers during the First World War, for correspondence and morale-boosting purposes
Cartoon, On leave, WW1Cartoon, On leave. A black soldier on leave comes to visit his allocated godmother -- she is shocked, as she has been dreaming of a godson with blond hair! Date: 1917
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on medical workers, including members of the Red Cross. Showing a medic with a new serum he has just invented. Date: 1917
Woman skier and her admiresFront cover showing a young French woman wearing a revealing red coat with fur trim, short skirt and stockings, skiing down a slop with three eager men following behind her. Date: 1927
Cartoon, Broken down, WW1Cartoon, Broken down. A GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications) soldier speaks to a passenger who is complaining about the delay to his train
Cartoon, The meaning of GVC, WW1Cartoon, The meaning of GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications). A GVC soldier says that every fifteen minutes a train rushes by and the passengers throw out all their rubbish, including eggshells
Cartoon, New taxes on dogs, WW1Cartoon, New taxes on dogs (to help pay for the ongoing war). An elderly woman takes her dog for a walk. They are followed by several stray dogs (perhaps abandoned by their owners)
Cartoon, Grandpas advice, WW1Cartoon, Grandpas advice. An old soldier thinks there should be a tax on umbrellas. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The trap, WW1Cartoon, The trap. Kaiser Wilhelm and Crown Prince Wilhelm find that their trap labelled Peace has not caught any enemy soldiers, even though it was well prepared. Date: 1917
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on soldiers of the GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications), responsible for guarding railway and telegraph lines
Cartoon, Marianne with a patriotic plate, WW1Cartoon, Marianne with a patriotic plate, designed to persuade all French people to pay their taxes and help win the war. Date: 1917
Cartoon, New taxes on dogs, WW1Cartoon, New taxes on dogs (to help pay for the ongoing war). Women discuss a man who has replaced his dog with a goldfish in order to avoid paying the tax, and is taking it for a walk. Date: 1917
Bride and her attendants 1936Bride dresses and attendants in a fashion catalogue. Date: 1936
Cartoon, Rationing for the cinema? WW1Cartoon, Rationing for the cinema? With so much rationing of food going on, a man wonders whether ration cards should also be issued for the cinema, as a crowd of people are turned away. Date: 1917
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the rationing of essential items, with the joking title, Card Games. Date: 1917
Cartoon, The Angelus, WW1Cartoon, The Angelus. A woman and her two children stop their work in the fields to pray, thinking of husband and father fighting at the front, as depicted in a cloud
Cartoon, Old and young working on the land, WW1Cartoon, Old and young working on the land. An old man and a young boy working on the land while the able-bodied men are away fighting in the war. Date: 1917
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on farm workers, with a ploughing scene and a battlefield in the background. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Looking after the land, WW1Cartoon, 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
Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there WW1Cartoon, The bastards! They re shooting down there... Perhaps these French soldiers expected an Easter ceasefire. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Gathering laurels, WW1Cartoon, 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
Cartoon, Peeling potatoes, WW1Cartoon, Peeling potatoes. Three army cooks discuss methods of peeling potatoes, A machine has been invented to do the peeling, but it involves a lot of manual work and isn t worth the trouble
Who loves me, follows meWoman sitting on a trunk case, wearing checked coat with fur trim, red clutch bag and thin necktie, holder her companion a jack russell terrier. Date: 1927
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue focusing on Easter, Easter Eggs and Spring. Date: 1917
Afternoon and evening frocksFloral dresses for fashionable women of the 1930s. Date: 1936
Maternity dress 1935Mother-to-be and her babies. Smart coat-frock that is also a clever maternity dress. Date: 1935
Cartoon, Dentist and patient, WW1Cartoon, Dentist (or tooth puller) and patient. The dentist says: Now then, we ll extract the twelfth one. Its not that its really bad, but it will give us an even number. Date: 1917
Waitress serving young gentleman in a tearoom Date: 1930s
Japanese women wearing kimonosJapanese women wearing traditional kimono clothing. Date: mid-19th century
Japanese woman in rikshawElegant Japanese woman wearing kimono, holding a Japanese paper parasol in her hand, while seated in a rikshaw, drawn by a man in humble clothing
Rein a faire... Maree basseMaree Basse! Bonzo precariously balanced on his hide legs on a pile of books, while trying to drink the water in a long flute glass vase. Date: 1922
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973 1024), also know as Saint Henry and his wife Cunigunde of Luxembourg (c. 975 1040). Date: A.D 1000 - 1100
Roman christians
Empress Anna with Duke Henry of Breslaw and Emperor Frederick II (1194 1250) Date: 1200
Ancient Greece costume, wearing chiton, peplos and peplum tunics and himation. Date: circa 500 BC
Two Japanese women drinking teaTwo geisha women kneeling on the floor, while drinking Japanese tea. Date: circa 1902
Egypt - Port Said - Statue of Ferdinand de LessepsGeneral view of Port Said in Egypt, showing the satue of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI (1805 1894) was the French developer of the Suez Canal
Marrakech, MoroccoView of Marrakech city, Morocco
Arab manifestation - CarioArab manifestation. Photograph showing a large group of people parading with flags and banners. Date: 1913
Landscape near PyramidsLandscape showing some egyptians wading in the River Nile, with the Ancient Pyramids in th background. Date: circa 1913
Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cario, Egypt. Date: Circa 1913
Cairo - The tombs of the KhalifsThe Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1913
Main Cataract, Victoria Falls, considered to be the largest waterfall in the world. Date: Circa 1910
Eastern Cataract, Victoria Falls, on the Zambian side. Date: Circa 1910
Humorous ride on a camel in EgyptThree tourists having a camel ride experience in Egypt! Date: 1908
Humorous overweight tourist on a donkeyAn overweight woman been propped up by two Egyptian men, as she takes a ride on a bowed legged donkey to see the Pyramids. Date: 1908