Activity Collection

Womens Institute activities during the First World War, making jam and wicker baskets to help with the war effort. 1915

The Days Work by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in dungarees or overalls and with a wide brimmed hat stands on the end of a jetty fishing with a makeshift rod and line. Swans fly overhead

The Scout, Every Boys Weekly front cover
Front cover of The Scout magazine, the " only weekly official organ of the boy scouts" featuring two enthusiastic and earnest looking boy scouts reading a map while out on a hike

Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620, by Hendrick Avercamp
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634). Dutch painter. Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Little Miss Natty Fingers by Muriel Dawson
A little girl concentrates on a garment she is sewing, presumably for the doll which sits next to her. An interesting basket full of sewing paraphenalia spills over beside her

Children pony trekking, Horner, Somerset
Children pony trekking at Horner, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1980s

Satire on Phrenology
Satire on the study of Phrenology - a Free Knowledgey - illustrating the worst elements of human behavious illustrated in different zones of the head (including Obscene Language, criminal activity)

Military Rockets for Space Activity, Armed with Death Rays

Battledore & shuttlecock by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two little girls play battledore and shuttlecock, or badminton on a fine summers day

Blackheath Shinty
Members of the Club of True Highlanders play shinty (here called shinnie) on the Heath, which is still the scene of much sporting activity at weekends

1957 nuclear test: Fall-out
Fallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions

Lowestoft Sands
Children engaged in all kinds of activity on the sands at Lowestoft, Suffolk

The Queens House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queens House, Greenwich, London

Ghost on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House
Figure photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum - (a digitally restored version of image 10003710)

Getting Ready for a Game, 1901, by Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson (1853-1919). Swedish painter. Getting Ready for a Game, 1901. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Dollar Mountain Ski Lift, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
People on skis at Dollar Mountain Ski Lift, Sun Valley sports centre, Idaho, USA. Date: circa 1938

Cub Seals on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, with a large green turtle on a sandy beach, working towards their conservation badges. Date: circa 1980s

China. Han Dynasty (206 aC-220 BC). Invention

Kilauea Volcano, National Park, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Youth club poster, Beatles night
Youth club poster advertising a Beatles night -- bring your Beatle records, photos, wigs, dolls, brooches, scrap books, etc. Date: 1960s

Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Four Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes

Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria - royal anglers
Queen Alexandra (1844 -1901), pictured with her middle daughter and companion, Princess Victoria of Wales (1868 - 1935), known as Toria by the family, both of them holding angling equipment

American Cub Scouts
A group of American cub scouts sit around a table doing art and craft activities with their den mother or Akela

Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, Leicestershire
A group of boys, including some uniformed band members, at the Countesthorpe cottage homes in Leicestershire on their sports day in 1919

The Humorist Easter Number 1938
The Humorist Easter Number front cover illustrated by William Heath Robinson featuring two exhausted cyclists sleeping off a picnic lunch, unaware that somebody is riding away on their tandem bicycle

Thames / Blackfriars
General view of activity on the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge

French boy scout rock climbing
French boy scout on a rock climbing activity

Football by John Hassall
A group of village boys indulge in the rough and tumble of an impromptu game of football

Bermuda - Hamilton - Street Scene
A hive of activity on a main street in Hamilton, Bermuda

Ravachol Arrested
The anarchist Ravachol is arrested for terrorist bombing activities Date: 1892

Russia, Roller coaster. Ice slides. Engraving, 19th century
Russia, Roller coaster. Ice slides. Engraving by Lemaitre and Vernier. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839

Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta
Spain, Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta. Ice well dating from the 14th-16th centuries

Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta
Spain, Catalonia, Les Garrigues, Lleida province, La Floresta. Ice well dating from the 14th-16th centuries

Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Bilbao estuary. Loading docks of the Franco-Belgian Society and La Orconera, in Luchana. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Bilbao estuary. Orconera loading docks in Luchana. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Hispaniola (La Espanola). Santo Domingo. La Enramada dock and customs. Engraving. La Illustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Madrid - Extraordinary General Meeting of industrial guilds
Spain, Madrid. Extraordinary General Meeting of the industrial guilds, held in the Salon Capellanes on 13 February 1882. Illustration by J. Comba. Engraving by Capuz

Spain, Madrid. A session of traders and industrialists, in the main hall of the Circulo de la Union Mercantil. Illustration by J. Comba. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Circus Parade Date: 1891

Group of children lining-up on the starting line for a race
Sunny Snaps postcard showing a group of children lining-up on the starting line for a running race - South Coast holiday Camp resort. Date: 1936

de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou 63-9737
United States Army - de Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou 63-9737 (MSN 182), of MS-AVCRAD (Mississippi Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot) Date: circa 1990

Africa. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Market Square
History of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. Saint Paul of Loanda. View of the Market Square. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Turkey. Constantinople. The Bazaar
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The Bazaar. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Ottoman domination. Acre. Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre
Ottoman domination. Acre (today Akko in northern territory of Israel). Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit

Turkey - Istanbul - Mosque of Sultan Mahmud II
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Mosque of Sultan Mahmud II (The Tophane or Nusretiye Mosque)

Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak game. Martial art. Traditional game in which woll balls are used on leather straps. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Steel And Steam
An oil painting of some vast city buildings, shrouded in billowing streams of steam, conveying a feeling of industry and activity. Date: circa 1920

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

Sky divers belonging to the RAF Falcons freefall team, taking part in an activity in France, with a large aircraft in the background. Date: 1965

Boy scouts in a Pharaoh's tomb, Egypt, looking at a statue in a niche

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Spanish farmer, drawing by Victorio Macho published in the magazine Madrid (1937). Drawing

Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher
A puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image

North American T-28B Trojan 137702 (MSN 200-65), on display at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum Airpark, Edwards AFB, CA

Medieval Jousting Tournament, arrival and contest

Hunters skinning a deer in snow, Canada
19th century vintage photograph - hunters skinning a deer in snow, studio composition by William Notman, Canada, c.1880s

Japan - woman with porters in a kago or carrying chair
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - woman with porters in a kago or carrying chair

Photogravure, Donald Mennie, The Grandeur of the Gorges
Photogravure from a photograph by Donald Mennie, from his book The Grandeur of the Gorges, published in China in 1926

End of WW II - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
End of World War II - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossing the River Rhine - also in the boat field Marshall Mongomery and General Simpson

People haymaking. circa 1930s

Volcano erupting on Stromboli, Italy, 18th century
Eruption of the volcano on Stromboli island, Italy, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J.B

Fumarole or sulphuric gases at Solfatara
Fumarole or sulphuric gases escaping from Solfatara volcano near Naples. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J.B

Volcanic activity in Italy, 18th century
Fumarole or sulphuric gases escaping from Solfatara volcano near Naples 1, and the eruption of the volcano on Stromboli island, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J.B

Elves and Gnomes. 19th century

Group photo, Childrens Special Service Mission (now known as the Scripture Union), taking part in a cricket match in North Wales as players and supporters. Date: circa 1908

People on a boat trip, Cap d Antibes, Cote d Azur, France - Mrs Irving Netcher (Rosie Dolly), Mrs Roy Royston, Monsieur Rene Fonjellaz Swiss bobbing champion), Michael Arlen, Irving Netcher

Scenes from the Lido in Venice, Italy - riding on horseback in the sea (top left), an illuminated night-time cabaret (bottom left), people on the floating bar (top centre)

Cartoon, The Letter of the Law, by Ghilchick -- One-Piece Bathing Suits Prohibited. Date: 1933

Pedespeed 1870
19th century recreation early roller skates, fourteen or fifteen inches in diameter wheels attached below the knees with a foot piece. Date: 1870

Boy with a spade, taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. He was working on a river project. Date: 1963

Boy with a wheelbarrow, taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. He was working on a river project. Date: 1963

Boys and girls, supervised by a man, taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Boys taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Royal Tournament - Physical Training - Royal Air Force
circa 1930

Woman holds Camera on the Beach Date: 1920

Quilting Frolic Date: 1792

Entrance to the Moulin Rouge Date: 1894

Group of Clowns

Mercury Date: 1850

Men Playing Cards Date: 1948

Man Makes Ship Model Date: 1948

Picnic Overlooking Lake Date: 1948

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