Difficult Gallery

The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres by

The difficult problem of how to enjoy games and field sports when you live in a block of flats has triumphantly solved. The sixth in the series of Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

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Communist China - communication team in water

Adults and children, members of a philosophy communication team, crossing a river in the mountainous area of Dabie, in Henan (He Nan) Province under the direction of their leader during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. They were using literature and art (including musical instruments) to promote the ideas of Chairman Mao.
circa 1970

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years, and now it's just as hard to stop a taxi! Date: 1919

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