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The Great Wheel and the Eiffel Tower - Paris, FranceThe Great Wheel and the Eiffel Tower - la rue Suffren - Paris, France - erected as part of the Exposition Universelle of 1900. Date: circa 1905
Rustic Amusement -- people in an inn. 1829
The Eighth Wonder! by H M Bateman, is an illustration of the member of the RAC who actually OWNS a car. A large group of men socialising in a room stand apart from one man who is centre of
The Whistler and his Dog by David DugginA little boy, dressed appealingly in shorts, braces and cap plays a penny whistle, much to the amusement of his attentive dog. Date: 1938
Bathing pool on a cruise linerPassengers on board a cruise liner cool off in a bathing pool on deck. Date: 1933
Tug o War aboard the R. S. M. P. AtlantisA married versus single tug o war match on board the R.S.M.P. Atlantis. The Hon. Mrs Geoffrey Borwick and Lady Moira Combe (nearest the camera) pulling
Spar boxing contest on board the R. M. S. P. AtlantisOne of the combatants down in a spar boxing contest aboard the Blue Star Line cruiser Arandora Star. Date: 1931
Fun on the Ocean Wave - Deck and below-deck sportsAmusements on board a Union Castle ocean liner to South Africa, here illustrated with pictures of people in the gym, playing deck tennis, boxing, taking part in a tape cutting race
Ishbel Macdonald playing golf on board the BerengariaMiss Ishbel Macdonald, daughter of Ramsay Macdonald, playing golf on board the Berengaria during a transatlantic voyage. Date: 1929
A race game on the deck of a Mediterranean cruise shipThe race-game, a deck sport and popular pastime during pleasure cruises. One of the officers is acting as clerk of the course
Golfers on board the BerengariaBoyer, Boomer and Horton Smith enjoy practising their golf swings on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Presumably they ran out of balls at some point?! Date: 1931
Berengaria deck tennisPassengers play a form of tennis, played by hand with a rubber ring on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Date: 1931
Blindfold boxing match on board the BerengariaA blindfold boxing match for the amusement of passengers on board the ocean liner, Berengaria in 1931. Life jackets are worn in case of fouls! Date: 1931
Boxing match on deck of the BerengariaA boxing bout to amuse the passengers on board the ocean liner, the Berengaria. Date: 1931
Racing with petits chevaux on deck of MauretaniaRacing with miniature wooden horses (with pari-mutuel betting) on the deck of the ocean liner, Mauretania. Date: 1931
The Dancing Glade at Sorgenfri, North of Copenhagen, 1800, bJens Juel (1745-1802). Danish painter. The Dancing Glade at Sorgenfri, North of Copenhagen, 1800. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
VDNKh - trade show and amusement park in MoscowVDNKh - a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia. The acronym VDNKh stands for Russian vystavka dostizheniy narodnogo khozyaystva
Whitley Bay AmusementsThe Virginia Reel at Spanish City, an amusement park at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Date: 1920s
Man pulling pram and children uphill, c. 1820A rotund gentleman struggles to pull his two children in a pram uphill as his over-dressed wife follows on behind. The children look like they are rather enjoying this experience
The Goat carriages, Coney Island Amusement Park, New York, New York, USA Date: 1900s
Children riding ponies at the Coney Island Amusement Park in New York, USA Date: circa 1904
Japanese Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South AmericaEntrance to the Japanese Amusement Park, Retiro district, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1912
Nun playing on a fruit machine. Date: circa 1970s
Willow Grove Park, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USAScenic railway at Willow Grove Park, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1940
White City Amusement Park, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAWhite City Amusement Park, Shrewsbury suburb, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1907
Winston Churchill on Revenge, Earls Court, 1912Winston Churchill at the Shakespeares England exhibition at Earls Court, west London in 1912. He is seen here on board a replica of the Elizabethan ship Revenge. Date: 1912
Winston Churchill opening book fair, 1937Winston Churchill opening the fifth National Book Fair at Dorland Hall, Regent Street, London, 1937. Date: 1937
Jenners Amusement Park, Loup City, Nebraska, USA. The park was founded around 1900 by Henry and Robert Jenner from London, and remained open until 1942. Date: circa 1910
Cartoon, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. Scene: Gulliver manoeuvring with his little Boat in the Cistern. By James Gillray. A satire on King George III and Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1804
Zoo & Amusement Park, Exley, YorkshireZoo & Amusement Park, Exley, Halifax, near Elland, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s
The Amusement Park, British Empire Exhibition, LondonThe Amusement Park, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, County of London, England. Showing numerous Fairground Attractions Date: 1924
Dreamland Amusement Park, Coney Island, New YorkDreamland Amusement Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, near New York City, New York, USA. Date: 1900s
Washington Club Band, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USAWashington Club Novelty Band, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, with people in fancy dress holding musical instruments. Date: circa 1906
Dragon Gorge, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USADragon Gorge, Thompson Scenic Railway, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1920
Night view of Electric Park, Baltimore, Maryland, USANight view of the Electric Park, an amusement park in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Date: circa 1905
The Gift of Sight & Braille as only recreation of the blindA picture drawn specially for The Sketch by Frank Reynolds, highlighting an appeal in 1914 to raise 30, 000 to complete the buildings at the Royal Institute for the Blind in Great Portland Street
Council Crest Amusement Park, Portland, Oregon, USA, with various mountains visible. From left to right: Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens, Mount Adams, and Mount Hood
White City amusement park, Denver, Colorado, USA, opened in 1908. Date: circa 1910
Sydney, Australia - Bondi AquariumSlide showing a photograph of Bondi Aquarium which opened in 1887 and was Sydneys first coastal amusement park, and one of the earliest in Australia, at Tamarama.. Boswell Collection
Interned prisoners at Ruhleben performing Trial by Jury, WW1Interned prisoners at Ruhleben camp near Berlin, dressed up in costume for a production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, Trial by Jury. The play was produced by Mr J. H
Christmas Day at the Aldwych YMCA Rest Hut, WW1Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco
Union Jack Club fundraising advertisement, WW1Advertisement in The Sphere, asking for donations towards an extension to the Union Jack Club of Waterloo Road, London during the First World War
The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) temporarily converted to become a soldiers clubhouse during the First World
Suffragette Speaker Kept Women. A suffragette speaker at a meeting, waves her umbrella and rants about womens position in society
Paris, France - Barriers, booths outside city limits. Date: 1855
Decca advertisement, WW1Advertisement for the popular Decca gramophone during the First World War, showing two soldiers discussing asking their commanding officer for a favour
Captain Wilkinson reading The TatlerMajor Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, KCVO (26 October 186922 December 1940), British officer of arms (Ulster King-at-Arms), British Army officer, author and a dollhouse designer
Game at Butlins Holiday Camp, 1966A game which appears to involve a group of hysterical ladies doing press ups much to the amusement of everyone present at an unidentified Butlins Holiday Camp in 1966. Date: 1966