Happiness Collection (page 6)

BOOTS, boots, boots, boots, moving up and down again 1941
BOOTS, boots, boots, boots, moving up and down again.. 1941. A british infantryman cooling his feet after a march over scorching desert sands

Le Compliment ou La Matinee Du Jour De L an, 1887, (1916). Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
Le Compliment ou La Matinee Du Jour De L an, 1887. From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]

Portrait of a Boy, c1655. (1911)
Portrait of a Boy, c1655. After a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). From The Connoisseur Volume XXIX [Otto Limited, London, 1911]

Celebrating His Seventieth Birthday, 1906. In July 1906, Birmingham threw the biggest birthday party in its history, on the occasion of Joseph Chamberlains (1836-1914) 70th birthday

A Fishing Smack. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Fishing Smack. Stereoscopic card detail

Yes, I Do. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Yes, I Do. Stereoscopic card detail

George Greatly Admires Ethels Beautiful Complexion. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
George Greatly Admires Ethels Beautiful Complexion. Stereoscopic card detail

Blissful Moments. Artist: American Stereoscopic Company
Blissful Moments. Stereoscopic card detail

Laughing Audience, 18th century. Artist: Thomas Clerk
Laughing Audience, 18th century. Cartoon showing the inside of a theatre and the reactions of different parts of the audience to the play

Couple in love, early 20th century(?). Postcard

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap (detail), 1920s

The Grand Duke Nicholas announcing the treaty of peace, San Stefano, Turkey, 19th century. The Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano was a treaty between Russia

Children skipping in the Grand Place, Bruges, Belgium, 1922. Artist: FC Davis
Children skipping in the Grand Place, Bruges, Belgium, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A woman creatively peeling a potato, 1922. Artist: Georg Haeckel
A woman creatively peeling a potato, 1922. Deft artistry lends grace to simple tasks. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Boys following the Poplar Borough Council water cart, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London)

Bankside, around Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Paterson
Bankside, around Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

A group of summer paddlers heading for the Serpentine, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

A group of summer paddlers in the Serpentine, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Saturday afternoon in Victoria Park, London, 1890. Artist: R Taylor
Saturday afternoon in Victoria Park, London, 1890. A print from The Illustrated London News (9 August 1890)

Street scene during the peace illuminations, 1856. Artist: W Thomas
Street scene during the peace illuminations, 1856. From a supplement to The Illustrated London News (31 May 1856)

Advertisment for Tit-Bits magazine, 20th century. Tit-Bits was a British weekly magazine and was founded by George Newnes in 1881

Celebrating the end of the First World War, 1918, (1935). A print from King Emperors Jubilee, 1910-1935, by FGH Salusbury, Daily Express Publications, London, 1935

The Military Miss - Giving the glad Eye. c1914

Jessie Templeton and Marie O Niel, actresses, 1905. Artist: Stebbing
Jessie Templeton and Marie O Niel, actresses, 1905

Zena (1887-1975) and Phyllis (1890-1975) Dare, English actresses, 1906. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Zena (1887-1975) and Phyllis (1890-1975) Dare, English actresses, 1906

King Charles I (1600-1649) and his children. Charles I was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649

The Fish Don t Bite Today. Artist: Keystone View Company
The Fish Don t Bite Today. Stereoscopic card detail

Roy Rogers, American singer, musician and actor in westerns. Roy Rogers (1911-1998) appeared in over 100 westerns. He is best remembered as the Singing Cowboy in The Roy Rogers Show on radio

Pearly king and queen in high spirits, London, 1926-1927. Cockney Pearly kings (originally costermongers - fruit and vegetable sellers), wore suits covered in mother-of-pearl buttons

The Embleme of Englands Distractions, 1658, (1899)
The Embleme of Englands Distraction as also of her attained and further expected Freedom and Happines per H. M. 1658, (1899)

Wellington at Madrid, 1812 (c1850s). The Duke of Wellington welcomed by the people of Madrid after capturing the city during his campaign to drive the French out of Spain

The Delight Of Motherhood, (1885). Artist: Moreau
The Delight Of Motherhood, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Lille being liberated by the British, France, 17 October 1918. General Sir William Birdwood and his troops were welcomed by joyous crowds as they entered the city, occupied by the Germans since 1914

Setting free of the Italian prisoners, Abyssinia, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
Setting free of the Italian prisoners, Abyssinia, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th April 1896

Floral Design, Indonesia, c20th Century. Batik, traditional fabric of Indonesia

Liberation of Alsace, France, 1944-1945. An Alsatian woman kisses an Allied soldier

The first Allied tanks arrive in Strasbourg, Alsace, November 1944. Strasbourg was liberated by General Philippe Leclercs French 2nd Armoured Division on 24 November

Front page of L Amerique en Guerre newspaper, 9 August 1944. The front page story describes the progress of the liberation of France by the Allies

The liberation of Paris, August 1944. Jubilant French civilians surround the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde while others ride on an American jeep

Celebrating the liberation of Paris, 26 August 1944. Huge crowds gathered around the Arc de Triomphe the day after the German forces in the city surrendere to the Allies. An aeroplane circles overhead

A Dance in the Country, 1883. Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A Dance in the Country, 1883. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Good and Evil, 19th century. Artist: Andre Jacques Victor Orsel
Good and Evil, 19th century. The rewards women might expect as a result of their conduct. Christ sits in judgment (top), sorting the blessed on his right from the damned on his left

Playmates, 1868. Artist: George Cochran Lambdin
Playmates, 1868

Charity, 17th century. Artist: Cesare Dandini
Charity, 17th century. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Mystery of the Revenge of Jesus Christ, detail, c1630. From the Museum of the Abbey of St Remi, Reims, France

Puppet Show, Marlet
Puppet show, Marlet. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

A Wedding in the Coeur Volant Chapel in Marly about 1850 (19th century). From the Chateau of Sceaux, France

The Country Walk, c1880. A family from a mill town, whose chimneys are in the background, taking a Sunday walk

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