Trip Collection (#18)

Head shaving in Kashgar, western China
A man having his head shaved while on a trip through Kashgar, western China

Family travelling by donkey, Kashgar, western China
A family of five -- mother and four children -- travelling through Kashgar, western China, on two donkeys

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A train of mules makes its way through some rocky terrain in Kashgar, western China

Young boy on a donkey, Kashgar, western China
A young boy on a donkey in Kashgar, western China

Edward VII - Visit to Portugal. He took the Victoria & Albert III steam yacht (launched in 1901) - here the Royal party disembark at Lisbon on 7th April, 1903

Cherry Blossom - Mukojima, Tokyo, Japan

Ferry Trips - Hamburg, Germany
Taking a trip around the Big Bay/Harbour in a two-level boat at Hamburg, Germany. The bearded captain stands on the lower level to the left

Lady takes her two pet dogs for a drive
A lady with two litte dogs on the back seat of her tourer

Picnic and Hillman Minx
A picnic alongside the Hillman Minx De Luxe Saloon Six Light

Morris 8 E-series 4-door Six Light
Taking a countryside excursion with a Morris 8 E-series 4-door Six Light

The Sweet Waters of Asia Minor, Constantinople, set within a border of a raspberry plant with a ladybird on one of the leaves

Brewing tea on a motorbike trip
Arriving at a campsite, a pair of motorcyclists are helped to boil a kettle for a cup of tea by some helpful girls

Schoolchildren at Cleopatras Needle, London
A class of London County Council schoolchildren on a trip to Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment, Central London. Their teacher points with her umbrella and tells them all about it

Canada - Ontario - Hunting trip
Ontario - Highlands - Canadian man and his dogs heads off derrhunting on one of the more improbably rafts one could imagine

Catch of the day
A jolly fisherman wearing a bright yellow waterproof jacket holds on to his mighty catch - an enormous cod. His fishing companion seems less than impressed with his catch or his bufoonery!

Egypt - Women on a boat trip
Six women in the rear section of a small ferry boat about to cast off with a sailor in a fine striped uniform and young boy

Envelope from the Titanic
An envelope, postmarked Southampton, 10 April 1912, addressed to Irvine Aitchison Esq of Sherwood, Beckenham, Kent. It contained a letter from his fiancee on White Star Line RMS Titanic headed paper

Setting up a camera shot, Kashgar, western China
Local men stand watching as a western man sets up his camera to take a shot, on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Men hauling a cart up a slope, Kashgar, western China
A group of men hauling a cart up a slope on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Men with donkeys in Kashgar, western China
A group of local men with donkeys on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Elegant travel, 1956
The ideal travel coat - loose, comfortable and roomy enough to go over any suit; two toned, light-grey checked tweed - raglan deep sleeved with curved cuffs and hemline

Elegant luggage 1956
Something more than sturdy usefulness in luggage is required by the elegant traveller nowaday. These Noton soft top cases in the Pandora range are made in matching sets of pig grain and cherry red

Tatler Travel Number front cover, 1956
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Tatler Travel Number by Lowen featuring, rather inexplicably, a red squirrel, who is packing various bits of sporting equipment

Royal Group at Schloss Coburg
A gathering of European royalty at Schloss Coburg, including Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Ferdinand of Roumania, Grand Duchess Serge of Russia

Mexico - Chapala in the Jalisco Province - Pleasure boats pulled up on the beach and tourists/holidaymakers gathered waiting to head off on a boat trip

Orient Line trips
Orient Line poster advertising boomerang trips and first class fares to Australia and back from 230

The Tatler Motor Supplement front cover, 1913
Cover illustration for The Tatlers 1913 motoring supplement featuring two lady motorists and their dog driving at speed through the countryside

Postcard from a serving girl
A postcard message sent to Miss Elsie Underwood, Bournemouth from Lil, recently employed as one of ten servants working at No.2 Wilton Crescent, London S.W

Scenes at the Monument of London, 1891
Engraving showing four scenes at the Monument of London, 1891. The images show (clockwise from top left): the trip up the staircase; looking out from the cage at the top of the Monument;

Prince Arthur in Canada
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) during a trip to Canada between August 1869 and July 1870. Arthur would later become Governor-General of Canada 1911

Indifference
After marriage, such is the indifference of this monkey husband, he doesn t even notice when his wife falls into the water during a boating trip

Scenes during a days fishing off St. Helena, c. 1877
Engraving showing a number of scenes on St. Helena and during a fishing trip off the island, c.1877. The centre image shows one of the European fishermen hauling in an eel

Archduke at Sarajevo
The archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives at Sarajevo station. He has just made his last rail trip, and his next journey will be by car

A Trip to Paris or John Bull and his Spouse invited to the Honors of the sitting!!

Trip to France / Summer
Three elegant ladies and their dog on a day trip

Prince of Wales at Nairobi station
The Prince of Wales in his safari kit. The Prince returned early from an African trip, when he received news of King George Vs illness in 1928. Edward, born in 1894, was Georges eldest son

Transporting Cleopatras Needle
Transportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminister Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey

Lieutenant Parr sets out to find help for the Northern Sledg
Engraving showing Lieutenant Parr setting off from the Northern Sledging party, in order to fetch help, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Children on board a train off on a school trip
A day in the country; a childrens school treat in 1889

Liverpool and Birkenhead Ferry-steamer Cheshire, October 1
Engraving of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Ferry-Steamer, Cheshire, 31st October 1863. This paddle-steamer ferry was built for the Woodside Ferry Commissioners to a design that allowed up to 2000

Lions attacking a Buffalo, South Africa, 1857
Engraving showing three lions attacking a large buffalo, as seen and sketched by Mr. Oswell and Major Vardon on a trip to South Africa, c.1857

Lusitania Painted Grey
The Lusitania is painted war- grey early in the war on its trip back from New York in 1914, a disguise which does not save it from being torpedoed on 7 May 1915

The Australian Cricket Team, 1878
Engraving of the Australian Cricket Team that toured England in 1878; they were only the second Australian team to make the trip. Back row, left to right: J. Blackham, T. Horan, G.H

A Trip on a Tricycle Chair, 1890
Illustration showing a Trip on a Tricycle Chair that leads to disastrous consequences for the chairs driver. At top right, the young man in the bowler hat purchases the machine

Policeman and Children, West India Docks, London, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman surrounded by children from the East End of London, prior to their setting off on a day trip to the countryside, at West India Docks, London, 1936

R. M. S. Queen Mary, Ocean Dock, Southampton, 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving at the Ocean Dock, Southampton, after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year

R. M. S. Queen Mary Arriving at Southampton, 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving at Southampton after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year

SS Umbria, 1893
Engraving of the Cunard steamship Umbria. During a crossing from Queenstown to New York in December 1892, the Umbrias propellor shaft broke and she was disabled

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