Contrived Collection

Bull In A China Shop
5th July 1950: An Ayrshire bull causing havoc in the midst of wrecked china for the filming of a scene on the China industry at Hayeswood Farm, Madresfield, Worcestershire

Deathly Diners
Six skeletons smoking around the dinner table, circa 1865. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dream Ghost
circa 1860: A spectral figure hovers over a sleeping baby in a crib. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 16 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Men In Boat
circa 1900: A group of men wearing bowler hats and playing instruments in a rowing boat. An English concertina on the left and a button accordion on the right

Beg For Forgiveness
circa 1930: A woman crouching down to give her naughty dog a good talking-to. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Flour Bomb
circa 1955: A bag of flour bomb is dropped from a height of six feet and seems to explode up landing. (Photo by Al Barry/Three Lions/Getty Images)

London Contrast
circa 1860: A contrast between rich and poor children in London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

A pick pocket at work in New York, 1940
circa 1940: A pickpocket at work in New York. (Photo by William Davis/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hitching A Lift
1938: A seaplane, the Mercury, sits on top of an Imperial Airways flying boat, the Maia, to form the Mayo composite aircraft. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Wheres The Rent ?
circa 1865: Ghostly figure of a woman appears to a couple at their dining table, the man looks horrified, his wife faints

Free Votes ?
1868: An elector is bribed surreptitiously. A reference to the Anti-Bribery Bill which became law as the Illegal and Corrupt Practices Act

Beauty And The Beast
circa 1900: A sleeping child leans against the flanks of a stuffed lion. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Wild Woman
circa 1855: A woman lies at the mouth of a cave, wrapped in a leopard skin and accompanied by two small boys. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 144

Ghost Of Jim Stubbs
1865: A ghostly figure appears to a couple eating their dinner in a country cottage. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 225 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Ghostly Figure
circa 1865: A terrified couple haunted by a ghostly figure. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 171 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Forest Apparition
circa 1865: A man clinging to a tree in the face of an apparition in a forest. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 72 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

God Fearing Man
circa 1865: A frightened man praying on his knees to an apparition. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 17 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Country Apparition
circa 1865: An apparition appearing to two country folk in their kitchen. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 10 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Menacing Ghost
circa 1865: An apparition causes havoc by menacing two people in their kitchen. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 13 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Child And Angels
circa 1865: A woman praying over a sleeping child whilst two angels look on. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 578 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Spotlit Bouquet; Why Marriage Can Fail, Picture Post 1954
30th October 1954: A man hiding a bouquet of flowers behind his back to illustrate the problem of putting ones wife on a pedestal, which can cause a marriage to fail

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