Balance Collection (#6)

Will he cast his sword into the balance?. Cartoon showing Chester Arthur, dressed as a Roman, by Republican scales, holding sword patronage, with Mitchell indepencent reps

Folies-Bergere travail merveilleux sur le fil de fer par Fontaine. French poster shows aerialist Fontaine, labeled one of le heros du Niagara in three views: a small bust portait

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

Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scales
Love is the Lightest. Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scales. Date: 1847

Senior Sea Scouts training course, London
Senior Sea Scouts of Greater London attending a training course. Showing a boy walking the rope bridge. 13-15 May 1966

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

Milkmaid and Milk Seller at Hennebont, Brittany
Milkmaid and Milk Seller at Hennebont, in the Morbihan department of Brittany, France. Date: circa 1910s

River Humour - The Amateur Punter circa 1909

Empire Exhibition - South Africa
Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936. A group of native ladies carrying large gourds filled with beer on their heads

Romania - Bakers Assistant
A studio photograph of young Bakers Assistant with a basket of breads and pastries balanced on his head Date: 1903

India - Women carrying milk on their heads in stacked pots Date: circa 1910

Military Gymnastics, Ambala, India
British Military gymnastics at the troop barracks at Ambala, in the state of Haryana, India. Date: circa 1910s

France - Elderly water carrier
A really extraordinary photographic postcard of an elderly lady water carrier smoking a pipe at Morlaix, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

Old French Water Carrier smoking a pipe
Old French Water Carrier from Morlaix, Brittany - smoking a pipe. Date: circa 1910s

Kazakhstan - Cossack standing on horseback Date: circa 1906

Art Nouveau scene with Handwalking greek girl
An Art Nouveau picture depicting a young handwalking greek girl along with an accompanying musician, playing a set of pipes

Argentina - Tandil - The Moving Stone ( La Piedra Movediza ) Date: circa 1910s

Keep Fit Classes on holiday
Girls exercising under the guidance of a fully trained instructor at the French coastal resort of Trouville, France, where a well-equipped gymnasium has been built on the beach by the local

Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying ice
Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying large blocks of ice on their heads, France Date: circa 1910s

Weighing a Dutch Witch
A witchcraft trial in Holland - the unfortunate suspect is weighed in a balance, though what that proves isn t clear... What is a witch supposed to weigh ? Date: 17th century

Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire
A gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856

GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Four railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

See-Saw by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Four children play together on a rudimentary see-saw, although one little girl seems to have fallen off one end

Indian Goldsmiths at work

The Unowheel car / W H Robinson
The Unowheel car, for reducing tyre troubles. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Dusseldorf - Germany
Six young German boys pulling handstands between the tramlines at the edge of the Rhine River, Dussledorf, with the arches of a bridge in the background

The Sampan Pagoda, Myanmar
Burma (Myanmar) - The Sampan Pagoda, with a golden stupa sitting atop this miraculously-balanced rock. In the history of Myanmar

Paris Exhibition 1900 - Political card
A political card from the Paris Exhibition of 1900. The leaders of the major European nations stand precariously on a Boneshaker carriage, struggling to maintain a fragile peace

Seller of Quince, Constantinople, Turkey

Sponge, nuts and fig Sellers - turkey
Itinerant street vendors of Sponges, Figs and Nuts in Constantinople, Turkey

Turkish Woman carrying vegetables
Two Turkish peasant women carrying a variety of vegetables and animal fodder in baskets balanced on their heads

Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells

A boy falling from a ships mast
A boy who had been observing from the topmast of a ship, looses his balance and is on the verge of falling off when a friend reaches out to pull him back on

India - Acrobats / contortionists. One man stands on another who is completely rolled up in a ball. A small band of onlookers watch from a respectable distance

Summer Nightmares
A Good Suggestion For Stuffy Summer Nights. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Igorote woman carring water pots and a baby. Igorot are the people of the Cordillera region, on the Philippino Island of Luzon

Indian child gymnast atop a long pole
A tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!

Porter carrying a heavy load
A Porter bends his back to carry a heavy barrel - Constantinople, Turkey

Carrying water - Luxor, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt - Native girl carrying water on her head in a large amphora

Circus Acrobat / Garnier
In a fine display of balance, a gentleman rides a penny farthing while his assistant performs a handstand on the handlebars

Weight of Power / Balkans
Thanks to Russia the balance of power in the Balkans tips in favour of Serbia & the god of war rather than Germany & the angel of peace

Tomczyk Demonstrates Pk
Stanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising ojects, in this case one side of a set of scales

Daros Dancers / 1923
An impressive feat of strength and balance by a pair of the Daros acrobats. He holds a woman in the air by her right ankle

Balancing Acrobats / Photo
A woman balances on the shoulder of a man, and she strikes a pose

Something Wrong Somewher
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE A shopkeeper and his wife can t get their books to balance

Dollar Looks for a Wife
The dollar in search of a wife - America seeks economic balance with either the pound or the franc

Tradesman Balances Books
Theres something wrong somewhere - a tradesman and his wife try to balance the books

Santorios Balance C16
Santorio (b.1561) weighed himself for 24 hour periods and proved that weight gain or loss varied according to the type of food consumed

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