Midday Collection

Egypt - Old Egyptian men at prayer

Music cover, High Noon
Music cover, Gary Cooper High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin ), depicting Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in a still from the film. Words by Ned Washington, music by Dimitri Tiomkin. 1952

Lloyds Coffee House, London. 1798

Mid-Day Sun winning the Epsom Derby, 1937
Mid-Day Sun winning the Epsom Derby in 1937, illustrating a fixtures card for May 1938. Date: 1937

Cat in hot street, Almaria, Spain
In the heat of the midday sun, a cool cat sits in the shade on an alley corner in Almeria, Andalusia, Spain. Demonstration of the Rule of Thirds Date: 1986

Lady riding side-saddle on a donkey
A pretty young lady is transported in style on a donkey, sheletered from the midday sun by a parasol. Her boyfriend is less lucky, gallantly trotting along in her wake on foot

Tokyo postman delivering letters to the rubble
Laden with letters from anxious enquiries from relatives. A Japanese postman amongst the ruins of where the house were once situated

Tokyo earthquake 1923
A railway shelter for the night with men, women and children huddled together in a carriage on a siding at Numadzu Station after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Tokyo

Lady sitting on a natural seat beneath a rock cliff
Lady photographed sitting on a natural seat beneath a rock cliff - British seaside - shaded by the strong summer midday sun and a large wide-brimmed hat! Date: circa 1930s

Schoolchildren ear their midday meal at their desks. Date: early 20th century

Colourful spectators at Fiji rugby match
Spectators sit on a grassy bank, shading themselves beneath colourful umbrellas at a Fiji rugby match near Suva. Date: 1995

Midday Dancers in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Dancing couples waiting to take part in the Midday Dance of the annual Helston Floral Day, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Egypt - A Bedouin old man in traditional clothes walks in the Arabian desert at midday. 50 km from Hurghada town

Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, return to their individual cells for their midday dinner. Uniformed prison warders watch as prisoners climb the metal staircases to the galleries

Contemplation - Young child sits beneath an arch - Tunisia Date: circa 1920s

Hop Picking - Kent - The Midday Rest Date: 1906

Scottish First Footing
SCOTTISH NEW YEAR First footing in Edinburgh - the principal streets were more thronged between twelve and one in the morning than they usually were at midday Date: 1863

Couples taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Couples in a sloping street, taking part in the Midday Dance during Helston Floral Day, Cornwall. Spectators watch from either side. Date: circa 1970s

Lead Dancers in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Two Lead Dancers in the street, taking part in the Midday Dance of the annual Helston Floral Day, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Meridian of the Palais Royal.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Egypt - typical midday scene with Acacia trees in Arabian desert. approx. 50 km from Hurghada town

Clock striking midday, Berne, Switzerland
People in the street, listening to the 16th century clock striking midday, in Berne, Switzerland

Lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, WW1
Rank Outsiders. A lunchtime scene on the Embankment, London, at the start of the First World War. Young men who could be joining up to fight stand idly watching through the railings as the Inns of

Midday Prayers in the desert - Algeria
An Algerian man kneels alongside his camel and undertakes his midday prayers in the direction of Mecca. Date: circa 1920s

Mozambique - Maputo - Two Rickshaw Boys take a nap Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette, Back at 12. 30
Silhouette of a man walking away, entitled Back at 12.30. No doubt a notice which H. L. Oakley displayed during his lunch breaks!

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Refreshment seller
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Streetside Refreshment seller Date: circa 1910s

Algeria - Children and a little donkey
Algeria - A man leading a little donkey carrying a wide array of household goods, textiles and a girl. They are talking to a boy seated on the ground, while a dog takes kip in the midday sun

Vagrants Food Ticket, Hinckley Union, Leicestershire
Ticket issued to a vagrant following his departure from the Hinckley Union workhouse, Leicestershire. When he presented it to the specified person (en route to his next destination)

Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - Resting in the street
Muslim men rest in the midday sun on a set of steps leading up from the street (possibly toward the entrance of a Mosque?) at Sarajavo, Bosnia Herzegovina

An Algerian Man prays alongside his camel
An Algerian man kneels alongside his camel and undertakes his midday prayers in the direction of Mecca

Broken-down car - Baroda, India
A British colonial lady stands beneath her parasol at the side of the road, as two Indian servants attend to a rear wheel puncture on a narrow Indian country lane. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Mesembryanthemum (Midday Flowering) Tricolor, a flowering plant of the Aizoaceae family native to southern Africa with daisy-like petals in three different shades of pink

Egypt - Noontide rest in the Oasis

Basha Menebhi returning from midday prayers
Morocco - Mogador (Essaouira) - Basha Menebhi returning from midday prayers at the Mosque

Mexico - Itinerant pot seller
Mexico - Itinerant decorated pot seller taking a rest on the side of a road in the Mexcian countryside

Switzerland - Watching Clock strike midday - Berne. The astronomical clock was built in the 16th century by Caspar Brunner

Tangiers Date Seller, Morocco
Moroccan Date Seller in Tangiers, sits at his stall with his head protected against the midday sun. A wide-brimmed straw hat (sombrero-style) sits under the stall

Frustrated Teacher
A frustrated French teacher after " three hours of shouting" tells his " naughty children" that they can leave at the midday bell and study again later

Noon Personified
NOON (Le Midy, De Middach) personified as a lady going out in the midday sun, fanning herself with one hand and protecting her complexion with a parasol in the other

Arab at Prayer
An Arab traveler hobbles his camel while he pauses in his journey to turn towards Mecca and perform his midday prayers

Mealtime in Barracks
Infantry in barracks at their midday meal

Classroom scene, with pupils eating at their desks
A classroom scene, with pupils eating their midday meal at their desks, at an unidentified mixed school

Midday Meal
Country children take the mid- day meal to workers in the fields

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