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Bali Dancing GirlsLovely young women of Bali, Indonesia, performing the Kebyar, a purely demonstrative dance, in which they interpret the mood of music played by a gamelan orchestra. Date: 1930s
Man and Woman of Guyana, South America, possibly Arawaks. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Maypole Dancing, IckwellThe children of Ickwell, Bedfordshire continue the English tradition of Maypole dancing on the village green as part of their May Day festivities
Ancient Greek WritingHe writes on a wax tablet with a stylus
The Ould Irish JigA couple dance an Irish jig on the village green, while a piper pipes and others watch approvingly, for the jig is far superior to your new- fangled waltzes and polkas
BUNKERs HILL MINE / 1875Bunkers Hill mine, in North Staffordshire, the scene of a fatal explosion on April 30th 1875. Date: 1875
Basque Dancing MenA troupe of male dancers from the Basque region (Pyrenees), France. Date: 1930s
Lancashire CollieryASTLEYs COLLIERY, Dunkinfield, Lancashire (England)
MORRIS DANCE / MUSTOMorris dancers, performing by the Norfolk Arms Hotel, At Glossop, Derbyshire. Date: 1950s
de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T-22RAF de Havilland Dh-100 Vampire Date: 1950s
de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T-11RAF de Havilland Dh-115 Vampire T.11 Trainers flying in formation Date: 1954
Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Iran (Persia). These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford
Zulu Dance / Large groupA large and spectacular group of Zulu dancers
Ancient Scripts - 2Specimens of HIEROGLYPHS, DEMOTIC GREEK, PALMYRAN, HIERATIC (Egyptian priests), COPTIC and CYPRIOT scripts 2 of 2
Oxford Morris DancersMorris men dancing in a ring in Oxford, England, on May Day. Date: late 1950s
Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commanderAdmiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander during the First World War, polar explorer, and leader of the anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War
Deal LuggerLugger of Deal, Kent
EMBALMINGEgyptians embalming their dead with strips of fine linen smeared with gum. In the foreground there are three jars for the organs of the body
Native American BlanketsSix blankets made by Navaho weavers using traditional techniques, from the collection in the Indian Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Morris Dance / MustoMORRIS DANCING: Thaxted, Essex. Villagers gather outside the church on a sunny day to watch a morris dancing team perform to the strains of an accordian
Cafe Josty Scene 1890CAFE JOSTY A gentleman pours cream into his coffee, while a couple are engrossed in their conversation. At the next table a man reads a paper Date: 1890
Indonesian DancerA Javanese dancer in a sculpturesque pose which shows the relation of this style with ancient Hindu reliefs. The scarf is used to accentuate the movement
Dance / Chile / La CuecaDancing the Cueca
English Coble BoatCoble, fishing-boat of north- east England : though shown here with sails, it is often rowed
Chilean Grain SellerMote (grilled grain) is sold and eaten on the street
Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Barbados. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford
Egyptian Pottery ShopA pottery shop in an Egyptian village Date: 1912
Old houses in Chinon, FranceChinon is a commune located in the Indre-et-Loire, Region Centre, France. The regional area is called the Touraine, which is known as the " garden of France". Date: 1904
Portuguese Fado SingerA Portuguese woman Fado singer in a restaurant in the old part of the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Date: 1960s
French Public LaundryA public laundry in Saint-Pol- de-Leon, Brittany Date: circa 1905
A couple of Peasants from Baden, Germany. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Yarmouth YawlYawl of Yarmouth, Norfolk
The Cantons of Switzerland Date: circa 1920s
Man and Woman of Cacongo on the coast of Angola (formerly part of the Congo, Central Africa). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Man and Woman of the Congo. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Cretan Military LeaderA Greek Cretan patriot
Midland Railway BadgeThe wonderful decorative Coats of Arms of the Midland Railway Company
Usworth Colliery / 1881A general exterior view of Usworth colliery, showing the colliery buildings and a workers cottage, with an insert of the winding machine
Turkish Sword DanceTurkish sword dance
Persian PsalteryAncient Persian stringed instrument similar to the European psaltery
Irish HookerHooker used by Irish fishermen
Sri Lanka CatamaranCatamarans used by the fishermen of Ceylon
Itchen Ferry FishingboatFishing boat of Itchen Ferry, Hampshire
Racial Types / Scots FlingA man in full tartan doing the Highland Fling
NIKOLA, AUSTRIANIKOLA - a man dressed as Saint Nicolas, or Santa Claus, goes from house to house in an Austrian village to see whether the children have been behaving themselves
Tunisian Royal MarriageWhen the son of the Bey of Tunis weds, he enjoys his first sight of his future partner when he enters the womens apartment for the first time
Bayadere DancerA Bayadere, dancer from Chemakha, presumably in the East Indies but not found in Google or atlases
Brighton HogboatHogboat used by the fishermen of Brighton, Sussex