Activities Collection (page 22)

Silhouette of Dutch children
Silhouette of three Dutch children and their pet dog. The boy on the left is playing with his hoop and stick, while the boy and girl in the centre are flying a kite

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover, 1928
Dramatic cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1928 featuring a group of angular looking ice skaters from the 1890s to introduce the Naughty Nineties theme of the issue. Date: 1928

Farming in France 18Th
Various agricultural activities in 18th century France. One man is ploughing, two people are sowing, another one is rolling a field. Date: Circa 1760

Idealised German prisoner of war camp, WW1
An artists impression of an idealised German prisoner of war camp, Munster II, during the First World War. The French artist was forced to portray a wide range of enjoyable activities

Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain
A cartoon depicting Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain, with upper class people in their best clothes, taking part in some unlikely (for them) fairground activities

Fencing with daggers
A group of men engage in combat with one another, using daggers to fence with. Date: 1570

Tatler front cover - Early Spring Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration depicting an idyllic Springtime scene - a London park with children riding horses and smaller babie and toddlers being walked out by their nannies

Scout ceremony with President Johnson
Boy Scout Ferris Taylor presents President Johnson with a walnut plaque bearing the Scout emblem and a gavel. The traditional " Report to the Nation" of the Boy Scouts of America was

American Explorer program
Young men and women sit listening as one of them plays the guitar. In the newly revised Explorer program, a Learning for Life subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America

Cubs painting lines on ship
Four Cub Scouts being shown how to paint lines on a Royal Navy ship in Aden, Yemen. 1968

Madame Godin Des Odonais
MADAME GODIN DES ODONAIS wife of French naturalist and traveller Jean Godin, who worked with him in his activities. Date: 1713 - 1792

Scything Hay / Wales
An elderly man scything hay in a field in Carnarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1940s

TEXTBOOK / 1880 / PLATE 13
Plate 13 features pictures of children performing various activities. Date: 1880

Grandpas Drawing
Grandpa demonstrates his artistic skill to his grand- daughters while the rest of the family get on with their evening activities Date: 1879

Primary Class 1969
Lots of activities taking place at Walter Halls Primary School, Nottingham. Date: 1969

Stonework in the 18th C
Stoneworkers engaged in various activities in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

French Tobacco Factory
Various activities in a French tobacco factory. Date: circa 1760

Some Familiar Summer Butterflies by A. K. Macdonald
A series of charming illustrations by A K Macdonald depicting types of society ladies as summer butterflies. One plays tennis, another golf while others bathe, shop, frequent nightclubs or Mayfair

Kia Ora advertisement
Bright and cheerful advertisement for Kia Ora lemon squash, recommended and drunk by doctors and to keep you quenched during all types of summer activities including golf, hiking

Little Artist by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration showing a small child getting creative with paints and paper

Little Coppernob by Muriel Dawson
A sweet little girl with glowing red hair gets creative with some paints and paper

Model boat sailing club, near Pontypool, South Wales
A Sunday model boat sailing club, meeting at Furnace Pond near Pontypool in South Wales

Morning drill, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Morning drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded

The Star Turn by Muriel Dawson
A small child in red dungarees blows bubbles from a bubble pipe watched with interest by a pet dog and a toy teddy bear

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

Pick-a-Back by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three children enjoy themselves playing piggy back or pick a back

On the Swing by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A little girl sails through the air on a tree swing, pointing her feet to the clouds, while her friend watches from the ground

Flying kites by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children run up a hill to fly their jolly looking kites

Skating by John Hassall
A group of boys enjoy some rough and tumble while sledging and skating in the snow

Seaside frolics by John Hassall
A group of children enjoy themselves at the seaside. Some dig in the sand, build sandcastles and play games on the beach, while some others splash around in the shallows using a plank of old wood as

Farming activities in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Farming activities in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

KdF poster for childrens gymnastics
Poster advertising childrens gymnastic activities with the Third Reich leisure organisation Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy

Boys Club evening activities, Jack Straws 1937
Six boys from a Boys Club sit around a table for a game of what could be Jack Straws or Spillikins

Boys Club evening activities, February1930
Evenings at a Boys Club needn t be a dull affair with plenty of activities to get involved in, including chess, playing the piano, playing cards, and reading. Not a Playstaton or iPod in sight!

Boys Club evening activities, Chess, March 1929
Two boys sit for a game of chess. Eight spectators look on

Boys Club evening activities, train sets, February 1932
Toy train sets hold an eternal fascination for young boys and these thirteen boys from a Boys Club are no exception

The Cuckoo by Alfred Bestall
Series of humorous illustrations showing a young girl, full of energy and optimism as she models her new hiking outfit, and then chatting to neighbours as she passes on her walk

Queen Ena of Spain as a nurse
Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, formerly Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), second child and only daughter of Princess Beatrice

Sketches of the evictions in Ireland
These sketches show scenes of evictions, trial, and Irish Land League activity in south west of Ireland. In the first sketch, the special artist of this publication is misunderstood by the crowd

Silk Worms / Vernon Ward
Two leggy girls sit on a country fence and observe with curiosity the activities of an entymologist looking at a caterpillar through a magnifying glass

Herbert Hoover with his wife at their home in Washington
The Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency of the United States. Mr Herbert Hoover and his wife in the Washington House. Born in 1874 he was involved in the relief activities in World War I

Herbert Hoover
The successful candidate in the Presidential Election in America; Herbert Hoover the Republican Partys candidate for the Presidency

Societys Saturday: Tea on the lawn at Ranelagh
Outdoor scene at the Ranelagh Club in Barnes. Ranelagh was a social club and pleaure garden where society could meet and participate in activities such as polo, gymkhanas or childrens plays

Racial / Sioux Relaxing
A group of Sioux Indians relaxing, probably during a hunting expedition

Sydenham Crystal Palace
Charles Goodyears India- Rubber Court : at first some attempt is made to house exhibits like those of the Great Exhibition, but activities soon diversify

Massacres at Lyon
Six thousand people are slaughtered by revolutionary forces when they finally take Lyon, which has resisted the extremist activities of the Paris authorities

Duc De LA Force
Satire on the activities of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force : the discovery of hoards of foodstuffs and medicines caused immense scandal

Religion / China / Pagoda 1
The interior of a Pagoda, with priests and worshippers engaged in various activities (the walls and roof have been omitted, to show the interior) (1 of 2)

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