Under the mistletoe
Kissing under the mistletoe is a well-known Christmas tradition. Across many cultures from the past - from Norse to Ancient Greek, mistletoe was valued for its healing properties.
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Bildunterschrift: Emperor Napoleon. "Eh! No! Really I! What will my wife say?"
Christmas at the Manison House.x000D The Lord Mayor (Sir Frank Bowater) and Lady Mayoress assist with the decorations.x000D 21 December 1938_x000D_ x000D x000D x000D
Christmas at St Clements Danes School, Drury Lane.x000D 1926
silver bromide gelatin / foil (polyester)
silver bromide gelatin / foil (polyester)
A hand tinted postcard of a girl holding branches of mistletoe
Shows small bunch of green leaves and stems with white semi translucant berries.
As N0021177C, detail of sold bunch of mistletoe.
Advertentie voor kousen 'bas gui'. Pagina uit het modetijdschrift Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).
A lady wearing a read shawl and blue dress carries a branch of mistletoe through the snow. She is watched by a robin sitting on a fence. On the reverse of the picture are directions for taking Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup.
Title assigned by cataloguer.; [The image has been published and appeared in Y Cymro, 17 December 1959].; Computer file. Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales, 2002-2004. (Geoff Charles digitisation project) Original, master file captured in uncompresse…
Josephine Baker marries French businessman.x000D Unknown to her friends, Josephine Baker, the famous dancer, was married quietly at crevecoeur le Grand in the Department of the Oise to M Jean Lion, a young French businessman and aviator.x000D The Mayor of…
silver bromide gelatin / foil (polyester)
Lettering: Hide and seek. Swaine. Photochromotype.; Hide and Seek. Party scene; a young couple hide behind a screen while two women search for them. The room is decorated with garlands of holly and bunches of mistletoe hang from the walls and ceiling. Pho…
Lettering: Viscum album mistletoe. W. G. Smith, del et lith.
Holly and Mistletoe Auction Shows rows of holly and mistletoe for auction for herbal and Christmas use.
In the middle of a large picturesque square there appears to be an informal market. At the front of the picture two British soldiers are bargaining with two older women over a wheelbarrow of mistletoe. The nickname 'Tommy' entered into general …
Plate 10. La Plante et ses applications ornementales, Paris : Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, [1896], II.