Good Collection (page 55)

Start the day right with a good breakfast Plan your luncheon wisely : Dinner should balance your days meals. Poster encouraging healthy eating habits. Date between 1941 and 1943

This is the storekeeper He sells the things that are good for you to eat : He must keep the food clean. Poster about retail food markets, merchants, and healthy eating. Date 1936 or 1937

Carnoustie, Scotland
Good Luck postcard from Carnoustie, Scotland - Lovers Loak and the Bandstand. The twon is most famous for the Champioship Golf Course - a regular venue for the British Open Golf Championship

Northleach Prison, Gloucestershire
The Gloucestershire County gaol at Northleach. Unusually, its cells were arranged around the circumference of a polygon with the cell doors opening onto an unenclosed walkway

French troops in Cape Town 1860
French troops from the ship La Dryade on their way to China mixing with the locals in Greenmarket Square in front of the city hall, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Date: 1860

Title page and frontispiece, Travels through Africa

A man and woman of Bahaharana, Africa
Plate entitled A man and woman of Bahaharana in the dress of the country. He carries a large club and she carries a bucket

So Far So Good - A fine pair of ankles, calves, knees and
" So Far So Good" - A fine pair of ankles, calves, knees and... Date: circa 1910s

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Good Luck Postcard - WWI era - wishing the recipient a Safe Return from posting to France and Belgium. " When duty caled, you answered and bravely took your stand

A Moor in the desart of Sahara, Africa
Plate entitled A Moor in the desart of Sahara, depicting a man on a horse riding across the desert. The book (one of three), entitled Travels through the Interior of Africa

Teacher telling mother her son is good for nothing

A Philosopher in Ecstasy. Date: ca. 1870

The Spice of the Trotting Turf

Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good
Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good -- silhouette showing three people struggling along a street on a wet and windy day

Thistle Arrangement
Thistles can be picked and allowed to dry and they will keep their colour and firmness for a long time. Date: 1950s

Ploughing Gulls
A good impression from a tractor, of gulls following the ploughed-up Autumn stubble, behind the plough, which uncovers grubs and insects for them to eat! Date: 1960s

Good Wives - 7
Amy in the garden with Laurie. Date: first published 1869

Good Wives - 5
Professor Blaer watches Jo with the children. Date: first published 1869

National Amusement - The Bus Kitchen 1918
If the ministry of food carries out its latest scheme, there should be plenty of excitement in getting ones dinner from the travelling food kichens

Man Twirls Moustache
An amorous man twirls his moustache -- good luck to him! Date: early 20th century?

Mrs Mop Sweeps Up
Good old Mrs Mop, always handy with a dustpan and brush! Date: 1960s

Annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardos Homes
Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardos Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here young girls perform physical exercise in the Indian Club Drill display. An exhibition of the good work of Dr

Child Learns to Write
Instruction is the first good deed - a mother (or is she a muse ?) instructs a child in the use of the alphabet. Date: circa 1820

Commer Laundfry Van
The Van illustrated here ran 66, 570 miles up to June 1st 1914 and is as good as when first delivered... Date: 1914

A Good Vintage
A man wearing a knitted sweater holds up a glass of fine sherry or port he has just poured from a decanter. Date: 1960s

Dog Good Luck Card
Good luck card featuring a dog. Date: posted in 1946

When national kichens come in bulk! 1918
National Kitchens opened in the First World War to help poor people get hot food. Date: 1918

Good Dog - A terrier in seriously cute pose 1933

Back Massage Glove
When water is not readily available, thick, knitted gloves are good for stimulating the circulation of the back! Date: early 1940s

Good Wives - 6
Laurie presents a bouquet of flowers to Amy. Date: first published 1869

Amazing Thread Trick
How to put a thread into a candle flame without burning it! The silk thread is a good conductor of heat, so it passes the heat to a key and does not get burnt - wow! Date: 1930s

George Peabody
GEORGE PEABODY American tradesman who made a good thing from dry goods and did an even better thing by his benefactions to Londons homeless. Date: 1795 - 1869

Don Bradman Gives Lesson
A boy receives a cricket lesson from his hero, the famous Australian cricketer Sir DON BRADMAN, ( The Don ) who lived to a ripe old age, a good innings, indeed! Date: 1908 - 2001

Upturned Conglomerates
The rocky shore at Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, a good example of upturned conglomerates. Date: 1950s

Good Wives - 3
Meg and John Brooke have just quarreled about her jellies : they sit sulking, she with her sewing, he with his paper - but soon a kiss will put things right. Date: first published 1869

Good Wives - 8
Jo in Beths sick-room. (She gets better, you ll be glad to know.) Date: first published 1869

Good Wives - 2
Meg prepares for her wedding to John Brooke, in the gown she has made herself. Date: first published 1869

Good Wives - 1
Mrs March and her daughters were left under the festival tree. Date: first published 1869

Wholemeal Loaf
Healthy wholemeal brown bread, temptingly cut into slices, on a wooden cutting board - very GOOD for you! Date: early 1980s

Helston Floral Dance
THE FLORAL DANCE takes place during Furry day at Helston, Cornwall, England. At noon, couples in evening wear dance between the houses to bring the occupiers good luck. Date: 1950s

Good Wives - 4
Jo and Amy pay a call. Date: first published 1869

Oxfordshire Step Stile
A good example of an Oxfordshire step-stile, built of the stone of that county. Date: 1930s

Littlehampton Common
Sunbathing on deckchairs and enjoying the good summer weather at Littlehampton Common, West Sussex, England. Date: 1950s

Good Ploughed Soil
The good, freshly ploughed soil of England. Date: 1950s

GOOD EASTER SIGNPOST
Good Easter, a signpost to a village in Essex, England, the village of Good Wishes. Date: 1950s

Come to Good
An invitation not to be resisted : Come to Good. This is actually the name of a lovely village in Cornwall, England! Date: 1950s

good Samaritan Cyclist
The Helping Hand : A male cyclist helps three distressed females to mend a punctured bicycle tyre! Date: 1930s

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