Father Collection

Bus driver
People You See. Bus driver. From Teddy Bear (22 February 1969)

May Queen
People You See. May Queen. From Teddy Bear (11 May (year unknown))

Social worker
People You See. Social worker. From Teddy Bear (12 September 1964)

Santa Clauss toy factory

Father Christmas

Delivery by Father Christmas to a snow-covered house

Timber merchant
People You See. Timber merchant. From Teddy Bear (11 March 1967)

Candy Floss Seller
People You See. Candy Floss Seller. From Teddy Bear (7 Sept (year unknown))

Bank teller
People You See. Bank teller. From Teddy Bear (24 January 1970)

Flower seller
People You See. Flower seller. From Teddy Bear (5 October 1963)

Sweeping up autumn leaves

Waiter
People You See. Waiter. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Illustrations for Beauty and the Beast

Boy riding a rocking horse

Teddies with snowmobile

Laying cement. Fathers newly laid cement path is ruined by the pet dog

Marching band

Jewellery Shop assistant

Road menders and pipe layers
People You See. Road menders and pipe layers. From Teddy Bear (23 March 1968)

Traffic Warden

The Pickwick Papers. Sam Weller and his father. Date: circa 1910

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- A Resolution
Recruitment poster, printed by A Thom and Company, Dublin. A Resolution passed in the Trenches

Cover design, Holiday Haunts, showing a father carrying his little girl on his shoulders at the seaside. 1933

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

Christmas Cake
Seasonable Cakes, Christmas Cake. Marzipan Santa Claus Plaque and Spray of Poinsettias Date: 1936

Mermaid in the park

Father O Flynn winning Grand National
Father O Flynn (the name of the horse) winning the Grand National at Aintree, at 20-1 ridden by Captain Roddy Owen. 1892

Advertisement for Motorola TV, showing a family of five watching television in their sitting room. Their loyalty to Motorola products goes back 20 years, when they bought a Motorola car radio

Family of teddy bears in bed
A family of six or seven teddy bears in bed -- When Father Teddy says Turn we all Turn. 20th century

Children see Santa filling their stockings
Three children see Santa Claus filling their stockings in their bedroom on Christmas morning. early 20th century

Father Christmas by E. F. Skinner
Father Christmas dismounts from his sleigh, laden with toys for good children. Date: 1909

Brahmins of the Prabhu caste, Bombay (Mumbai), India. circa 1890s

Out of Doors -- children looking at wrens nest
Out of Doors -- three children with their father take it in turns to look at a wrens nest in a hedge. 19th century

Out of Doors -- two children meet a goat
Out of Doors -- two children out walking with their father meet a goat. 19th century

Out of Doors -- two children at the seaside
Out of Doors -- two children with their father at the seaside stand on a rock looking down at the waves. 19th century

Father Christmas delivering presents

Evert Taube statue, Goteborg, Sweden

Christmas wrapping paper design
A design for Christmas wrapping paper, showing a stylised Father Christmas carrying a sack, with reindeer and holly motifs. circa 1930s

Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II, Pantheon, Rome, Italy
View of the Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878) in the Pantheon, Rome, Italy. The inscription reads Padre della Patria (Father of the Fatherland), and there are flowers and wreaths below

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
A scene from Goldilocks and the Three Bears -- they discover her asleep in the Baby Bears bed! 20th century

Tying up the holly
Christmas postcard illustration of an old Danish Christmas custom of tying holly to the roof of the house

Christmas - Santa with a sack of toys

Harrods toy fair postcard
The christmas postcard depicts Santa holding a blimp toy, carrying a sack full of toys and surrounded by other toys including dolls, golliwogs, animals, cars and musical instruments

Santa Claus with reindeer and sleigh, travelling by the light of the moon to deliver the childrens presents. early 20th century

Advertisement for Tri-Ang toy model motor cars, marketed by Lines Bros of London. His Christmas dream come true. Showing a father and son admiring a large toy motor car, a Tri-Ang Rover Regal

Father Christmas, elves and sleigh
A rather wild looking Father Christmas gets ready for take off in his sleigh pulled by reindeer while various elfin helpers hitch a ride in the snow. Date: Unknown

Decorating the Christmas tree with Santa Claus. early 20th century

Father Christmas with his sack, by Muriel Dawson
Father Christmas walking through the snow with his sack, by Muriel Dawson. 1924

Pinocchio -- father in wheelchair
Pinocchio -- He constructed an elegant little wheel chair in which he could take his father out on fine days. 1911

Prince of Wales in quayside scene, France, WW1
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) standing on a quayside in France during World War One, following a visit to the Western Front with his father, King George V. circa 1916

Xmas card. Children and a Father Christmas
Traditional Victorian Christmas card Date: 1868

Family of three with soft toys
A family of three -- parents and little boy. The mother is holding two large soft toys, a rabbit and a teddy bear

Men and women taking tea in a garden
Three men and three women taking tea in a garden. A little dog looks up expectantly. The two younger women have tennis racquets

Man and woman on the beach, Newquay, Cornwall
A man and a woman sitting in deckchairs on the beach at Newquay, Cornwall, with an oriental-style parasol to shade them from the sun. 1934

Family on holiday in their beach hut

Man and boy in dodgem car
A man and a boy sitting in a dodgem car at a fairground

A Southern Chinese family photographed by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, a British diplomat, who undertook an amazing journey from Kashmir to Kashgar (in Xinjiang Province, southern China) in 1932 Date: 1932

Ladies Home Journal illustration
Christmas illustration for the Ladies Home Journal, with a large decorated tree at the centre, and smaller scenes in the four corners. December 1924

Portrait studies by Raymond Sheppard
Portrait studies (including a self portrait) by Raymond Sheppard. Artist Raymond Sheppard (1913 - 1958) studied art at Bolt Court under S.G

Aldermaston Marchers, final day
A group of Aldermaston Marchers on the final day of their march

Supermarket in Richmond, Surrey
A couple with their daughter, shopping in a supermarket in Richmond, Surrey. They are standing by the Poultry and Rabbits section

Family on a bicycle in Goa, India
An entire family -- father, mother and two children -- travelling on a bicycle in Calangute, Goa, India. A carpet shop can be seen on the left. Date: 1992

Father with children, Kashgar, western China
A father with two children outside their home in Kashgar, western China. He appears to be getting them washed from a small bowl of water. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1932

Santa with children. Ladies Home Journal illustration
Illustration for the Ladies Home Journal, showing Father Christmas with a group of children. December 1926

Children meeting Santa Claus
Three children meeting Santa Claus. circa early 20th century

Christmas Greetings -- two children carrying a Christmas tree through the snow are followed by Santa Claus with his sack of presents. circa early 20th century

Merry Christmas, Bright New Year -- four children spot Santa Claus in the fireplace. circa late 19th century

Santa on yule log with children
Santa Claus on a yule log, with four children. early 20th century

Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century

Santa Claus with tree and presents
Santa Claus with a Christmas tree and presents. 20th century

Two children and Santa Claus
Two children gazing through a shop window, watched by Santa Claus with his sack of presents. early 20th century

Santa and children pulling cracker
Santa Claus and four children pulling a Christmas cracker. early 20th century

Santa & Chimney Gifts
Father Christmas dropping presents down a chimney. Date: 1960s

London Opinion Christmas Number 1938
An alluring woman dressed in a sexy Santa Claus outfit emerges from a special hamper. Date: December 1938

View from Tower Block
The view from a tower block - Hyde Park - Sheffield A Father (or possible Grandfather) and young lad look out across the houses, factories and steeples Date: 1966

A Swell Hand-Out
Comic illustration showing two naughty little monkeys in pyjamas tricking Father Christmas (Gran pop the orang utan) with a bottomless stocking. Date: 20th century

Painting a Boat
A child watches his dad paint his boat. Date: late 1960s

Daddy in the Stocks
Delighted children put their father in the stocks at Birchington, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Nugget Boot Polish
A father and son, gleaming with happiness and good health suggest that Nugget Boot Polish is " So Good for Shoes". Their shoes are shiny too. Date: July 1932

Giant Santa Claus listening to childrens requests
A giant Santa Claus listening to childrens requests on the roof of a house. early 20th century

Christmas is coming by Cecil Aldin
Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old mans hat If you haven t got a penny a ha penny will do If you haven t got a ha penny God bless you Father Christmas sits

Saint Nicholas / Father Christmas / Santa Claus - delivering presents to the children of the world by climbing down chimneys on Christmas night

Farmer & Son
An old farmer and his son. Date: late 1960s

Silhouette of a family group
A charming silhouette of a family group a mother and father surrounded by their six children

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