Activity Collection (page 21)

Advertisement for Bournvita -- teenage girl (G Hill) in an energetic pose. 1959

British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audience
Unintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience

The Great Monohan - Record-breaking Roller Skater
G.S. Monohan ( The Great Monohan ) showing off his skills on his roller skates - here jumping cleanly over three chairs. Date: circa 1909

The Drummer of Tedworth - Glanville
The tale of the Drummer of Tedworth (told by Thomas Glanville) recounted that local landowner, John Mompesson of Tedworth (now Tidworth, in Wiltshire)

Pond-dipping activities
Numerous school parties visit to enjoy pond-dipping within Museums Wildlife Garden. Photograph taken by Derek Adams in May 2003. Published in Wildlife Garden, 2004 by Roy Vickery page 59

Hermetia illucens, soldier fly
Soldier fly from Christmas Island. Example of a species of fly that has been spread by human activity. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

The Christmas Fair at the Natural History Museum, London
Christmas Fair chalets outside the Palaeontology wing of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington

Child with Explorer Pack
A child explorer viewing a stuffed polar bear specimen on display in the Mammals Gallery within the life Galleries of the Natural History Museum, London

Children with Explorer Packs
Children viewing a stuffed specimen of a cheetah on display in the Mammals Gallery within the Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992
Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992

Volcanic Activity
Block diagram showing various types of volcanic activity. One of a series of diagrams (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing volcanic activity

Igneous activity
A block diagram depicting various types of igneous activity. Fig 65 from The Story of the Earth (1977), a Geological Museum booklet

The ice rink at the Natural History Museum, London
The ice rink outside the Palaeontology wing of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington

Printing works in 15th c Engraving of 1849
Printing works in 15th c.. Engraving of 1849

LCC-LFB Fire scene in a London street
The hose lines indicate a serious fire has occurred, requiring at least two jets to bring it under control, but little evidence of what actually happened

LCC-LFB four pump fire and a typical street scene
A London street scene and a fire that required four pumps to deal with the incident. Charged hose is feeding one of the pumps but life seems to continue despite the fire brigade activity that is

Great activity in Wall Street. Date 1908?

Broadway, New York: From the western union telegraph building looking north. Date 1875

Activity in pool and barroom, Pilottown, Louisiana. Date 1938 Sept

Activity at oil well; man on lengths of traveling block will be pulled up to the crown block at top of derrick, Kilgore, Texas. Date 1939 Apr

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Silhouette of a couple with golfing gear
Silhouette of an elegant couple walking along with their golfing gear

Silhouettes of soldiers in wartime
Some of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging

Tennis court on board the Empress of Britain
A full-sized tennis court on board the Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Britain, departing from Southampton on a world cruise for four and a half months

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Battlefield in Champagne, France, WW1
Scene on a battlefield in Champagne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Summertime in Hyde Park
A lovely scene, showing people relaxing in Hyde Park, London, on a summers day. Date: 1950s

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness, WW1
Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness at the start of the First World War. British civilians watch the warships with interest from the deck of the Princess of Wales, Rochester

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

Polish Scouts carrying turf. circa 1930s

Air Scouts aeromodelling
Air Scouts of London Airport Group pore over instructions on a table to build a model aeroplane. circa 1950s

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

Seychelles Scouts Dancing
Seychelles Scouts dancing a local native dance. circa 1920s-30s

Seychelles Scouts Boxing
Seychelles Scouts boxing. circa 1920s-30s

Swedish Beaver Scout Leader circa 1980s

Scout Leader and her Troop
Leader Mariana Sandberg & her troop in Falkoping. 1980s

Swedish Beaver Scouts and Leaders
Swedish Beaver Scouts and leaders playing a game. One of the leaders waves at the camera. circa 1892

Rock Climbing in Lakeland The Man above (pointing to the aeroplane): " Reckless Beggar! Thats what I call asking for it ". !! circa 1920s

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

Emergency pump, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates work the emergency water pump at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Five boys swinging on a rope, having a great time

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd
Cover illustration for Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd. It depicts three walkers in silhouette against an alpine scene, with trees and snow-covered mountains in the background

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

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