Relax Collection

Met Police officers during Grunwick dispute
Two Metropolitan Police officers relax on deckchairs in The Mall, Central London, waiting for a political demonstration over the Grunwick dispute to begin

London Life front cover, 23 July 1966
Front cover of the impossibly groovy London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life and times of swinging sixties London

Lesbian Couple Chatting
Two young women, one in her underclothes, one fully dressed, relax and chat

Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
A man sits in a deck chair with his feet up on the railing of Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The beach is in the background Date: 1992

Poster, Forget your troubles in Austria. circa 1950s

Guides and Scouts at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Futuristic news broadcast
A futuristic news broadcast, where a couple relax in their sitting room and listen to the days news from a gramophone-like machine

Elizabeth Arden Soaps advertisement, 1940
Advertisement for Elizabeth Arden Soaps. A little luxury a woman earned after a hard day during the Second World War. The advertisement reads

Social / Men in Bar 1913
Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels

Topless girls, Costa del Sol
Topless girls on beach, Benalmdena, Costa Del Sol, Spain. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Comic postcard, Pretty woman and psychiatrist Date: 20th century

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia, sitting on his bed throne with scimitar and hookah pipe. Princes to the right, court clerks at left, and other courtiers

The Dalkey Rowing Club, Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey
A couple fall asleep on the roof of a boathouse at the Dalkey Rowing Club, Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey, near Dublin, Ireland Date: 1992

Two young women in bikinis sunbathe - Tenby Harbour, Wales
Two young women in bikinis sunbathe on the small sandy beach outside St Julians Church in Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 1988

Fifty Weeks Labour and Fourteen Days Swank!
Comic postcard - Fifty Weeks Labour... and Fourteen Days Swank! Date: 1930

Turkey. Constantinople. Ottoman era. The Sultan's bath
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The Sultan's bath. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Arnout

Turkey. Turkish baths for women
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Turkey. Turkish baths for women. Engraving, 19th century
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Comic postcard, Man disturbed by duck on the beach - trying to forget about work Date: 20th century

Foro Italico, Monte Pellegrino, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: For Italico, Monte Pellegrino, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Japan: swimming place on the beach at Oiso
Vintage 19th century photograph - Meiji era Japan: swimming place on the beach at Oiso. Ōiso is now a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Crowded beach at Littlehampton, Sussex
Holidaymakers enjoy the sun on a crowded beach at Littlehampton, Sussex. Date: circa 1930s

Tea house looking out over Nara Park, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Fishermen at well-known bathing spot Honmoku near Yokohama
Fishermen at a well-known bathing spot at Honmoku near Yokohama. Vintage 19th century photograph

Geishas in tea house, Ikegami near Omori, Japan
Geishas in a tea house, Ikegami near Omori, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Sunday service in an country church, Regency Era
Sunday service in an country church with lord of the manor in front pew, preacher in the pulpit, and band in the balcony. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Gentleman on an old nag and lady on a pony meet up during a fox hunt, 19th century. Rosa McDermott sidesaddle on her pony and Jack Bunting shake hands

Advertisement for the Golden Arrow - British Railways - This could be you - on the Champs Elysees... A glamorous couple relaxing in Paris having travelled via the Luxury service. Date: 1960

Female Parisian performers relaxing. circa 1900

Man relaxing and smoking his pipe, China, East Asia
Man relaxing and smoking his pipe, with a pot of tea at his side, China, East Asia. Date: 1922

Relaxing on Deck Date: 1941

Sailors relax on the deck of a British destroyer 1916
Stokers, Sailors and Gunners, have a cigarette break - and shelter from the sun - lying on the wooden decks of a British destroyer

BOYS ON CLIFF 1922
Two boys relax on the grass at the top of a cliff while on their summer holidays. Date: 1922

CRYSTAL PALACE IN B+W
A distant view of the exhibition building showing its location in Hyde Park; visitors relax in the park after the overwhelming impact of the display... Date: 1851

LADY RELAXING 1940S
A young woman with bare feet lies on her back on a grassy bank and stares up at the sky in a mood of relaxation and contemplation Date: 1940s

FAMILY IN SWISS ALPS
Two little girls and their parents relax amid the splendour of the Swiss Alps, with snowy mountains looming behind them. Date: 1950s

English drummer boy, near Colesberg, South Africa
English drummer boy, writing a letter to his mother after the victory at Colesberg, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Just behind him, two soldiers relax at the entrance to their tent

Boatman and dog on the saltings at Askam, near Barrow
A happy boatman leans back across the thwarts of a rowing boat and cuddles his small dog. The boat is on the saltings at Askam, near Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, England Date: 1990

Four gondoliers in their gondolas behind St Marks, Venice
Four gondoliers sit in their gondolas in a canal basin behind St Mark s, Venice, while waiting for tourist passengers. Three of the men wear dark blue striped shirts

Old man in trilby leans against a doorway, Funchal, Maderia
An old man wearing a trilby hat leans his back against a doorway in Funchal, Maderia Date: 2005

On the lawns of Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Four young office workers and a white swan sit in the lawns of Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and enjoy their lunch break Date: 1988

Men smoke and play a game of checkers in Canton, China
Viewed from above, a group of men smoke and play a game of checkers in a Canton street, Guangzhou, China Date: 1986

Sunbathing man on beach Newport, near Great Yarmouth
A sunbathing man sleeps on his back in the sun on the beach at Newport, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He wears sunglasses, a bandana on his head and behind him are the sand dunes Date: 1992

Man on houseboat, Auxerre sur Yonne, France
A man sits in the sunshine on the deck of his houseboat and reads The Sunday Times newspaper. He is stripped to the waist and wears a straw sun hat. Auxerre sur Yonne, France

Man snoozing outside his house in Stewart Street, Barrow in
A male resident of Stewart Street, Barrow in Furness, lies on the pavement with his head on his own doorstep to sleep off his lunch in the sunshine

Man in Mediterranean cafe, Thassos
Man with white cap sits beneath canopy in cafe in the shade, Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1995

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 4
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

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