Amateur Collection (page 4)

Cinematography trophies on display
Various trophies on display. The notice reads: Modern Bee Breeding, but the large trophy at the centre is for Amateur Cinematography

Military amateur dramatic club
The Band of the 2nd SOM.L.I, dramatic club, in opera Pip-ard. British army amateur dramatic club, probably the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers stationed in China around 1911. Date: C.1911

Amateur wireless hobbyists
Two amateur wireless hobbyists listening on their headphones

Swish Broadwood - Victorian Racing and hunting character
Alfred Swish Broadwood - Amateur Road coachman and character in the late Victorian era (also in hunting and racing circles). Known to have a good command of Anglo-Saxon !! Date: 1896

Agressive local man spots ths chance of a swift buck
Scene - Scarboro. Time - Sunday Morning. Very Muddy. Inhabitant: " Be Thoo a Strong Mon?" Amateur Weightlifter (rather proud that his fame has spread so far): " Well, yes, my friend

Cornish Boatman sets an amateur fisherman straight
Sarcastic Amateur Fisherman: " Are there any fish to be caught here, my man?" Cornish Boatman: " No Zur; You caught em all the last time as you was here!" Date: circa 1890s

Robert Ripley - Entrepreneur - Ripleys Believe-it-or-not
Robert Ripley (1890-1949) - American cartoonist, entrepreneur and amateur anthropologist, who created the Ripleys Believe It or Not

Soviet QSL card - plaque on Venus
A commemorative card from a Soviet Radio Station (a QSL card) commemorating the sending of a plaque bearing a portrait of Lenin to the Planet Venus

Stag Beetle Collection of Hughes Bomans
A sample from some 32, 000 stag beetles collected by French entomologist Hughes Bomans

Fake rodent skeleton
Sent to the Museum by amateur palaeontologist Reverend C Green in 1843. The skeleton had not been dug out of the ground whole and bones belonged to different individuals

MFB Athletic Association meeting poster
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Amateur Athletic Association Annual Athletic Meeting poster for 7 June 1902

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen at play, seen here as a dancing troop in an amateur review given at a sub-station

NFS (London Region) amateur variety show, WW2
Firemen and firewomen put on variety shows for their friends and colleagues at their sub-station (55V) in Forest Hill Central School, Brockley. London SE4

Amateur contest, July 23rd - Du Page County centennial, Warrenville. Poster showing a stylized drawing of a woman singing. Date between 1936 and 1939

Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936. Poster announcing amateur piano contest, showing two girls playing piano. Date 1936

Senior amateur music contest On the mall, Central Park : Sept. 29 - 1936 8:15 p.m. Poster announcing musical contest in Central Park, showing tuba and musical notation. Date 1936

Senior amateur musical contest On the mall, Central Park. Poster announcing musical contest in Central Park, showing man playing a guitar and harmonica. Date 1936

Cheltenham Races at Prestbury Park
Amersham jumping the final fence in the Amateur Handicap Hurdle Race at the Cheltenham Steeplechase Clubs Autumn Meeting at Prestbury Park. 1911

England v Denmark football match, London
A team of English amateur footballers playing a Danish team at Park Royal, London. Seen here are Webb and Hoare (in white) in collision. circa 1911

River Humour - The Amateur Punter circa 1909

Satire on amateur musicians, 1799
A trio of unattractive but enthusiastic regency ladies make music together. Date: 1799

Chamber Quartet, 1875
A quartet of musical enthusiasts are surveyed from above by two busts of rather more eminent musicians. Date: 1875

A medley of Edinburgh musicians

Napoleon and Josephine enjoy street musicians

Village choir practice
The Village choir practice. Date: 1871

Flying Mermaids
Flying mermaids! Mermaids suspended with wires, which are being operated by the men underneath them. Date: 1930s

Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple Gardening
Attending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906

QSL card - Lithaunian Radio Station
A commemorative card from a Lithaunian Radio Station (a QSL card) commemorating 20 years of the restitution of Lithuanian independence. These were sent abroad, hence the card is written in English

Football medal, Derby Sunday Schools
Football medal of the Derby Sunday Schools Amateur Football League, 1910-1911 season, awarded to J. H. Watson. 1911

Medal, Celanese Sports Club, Spondon, Derbyshire
Medal of the Celanese Sports Club, an occupational club run by the employees of the British Celanese chemical company at Spondon, Derbyshire. 20th century

Swimming medal, Water Polo Championship
Medal of the Midland Counties Amateur Swimming Association, awarded to the runners up in the Water Polo Championship. Featuring an outdoor swimming scene with a lifebelt design below. Date: 1909

Concert at Queens Hall, London, 1893
The first smoking concert given by the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society at the then new Queens Hall, Langham Place, in the presence of the Prince of Wales(later King Edward VII)

A Windfall - tasting an apple in the garden
A Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906

Front cover of the Sketch, marathon runner J. J. Hayes
The controversial American winner of the 1908 Olympic marathon. Although beaten to the finish by the Italian competitor, Dorando

A Good Rainfall
A delightful postcard illustrated by Lance Thackeray, entitled A Good Rainfall from the Amateur Gardening series. A girl watering her high hedge soaks her male companion and then tells him to go

Amateur Football Team - The Monts 1907-8 season Date: circa 1908

Amateur Quartet
An amateur quartet Date: 1927

Theatre / Play / Shakespeare
The amateur players: Quince, Snout, Flute, Snug, Starveling & Bottom Date: 1908

Drama & Movement Class
British Drama League summer school: men and women taking part in a class on 18th century movement, possibly in Oxford Date: circa 1955

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

The spirit of England at work: railway and dock volunteers
Volunteers on the railways during the General Strike. The ILN reports that Nothing was more remarkable during the General Strike than the skill and efficiency with which the railways were carried

Edwardian performers in oriental costume, Mid Wales
A group of Edwardian performers in oriental costume, with fans and parasols, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. The most likely production would be The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan

W2KYO Ham Radio Card
The Land of Liberty W2KYO ham radio call card

Metropolitan Police theatricals, showing five performers on a raised stage. There is a tea hut on the right, advertising tea, coffee and sandwiches, with a man serving an elderly customer

Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club Regetta
The annual regetta of the Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, held at Glasgow in 1862. Nelsons monument can be seen to the right of the river

Bridlington Dramatic Troupe - The Majors
Scene in Bridlington of a troupe of actors in the roles of The Majors along with a Scottish Piper Boy

Year 19-- George still sketching! by George Ranstead
A humorous self-portrait of the artist showing him still sketching somewhere on the Western Front many years in the future

Performers at an amateur concert
Actors and musicians performing at an amateur concert in the 19th century

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