Amusement Collection (page 6)

The Gift of Sight & Braille as only recreation of the blind
A 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 Aquarium
Slide 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, WW1
Interned 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, WW1
Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco

Union Jack Club fundraising advertisement, WW1
Advertisement 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, WW1
A 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, WW1
Advertisement 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 Tatler
Major 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, 1966
A 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

An open-air circus, recreation in Salonika, WW1
An open-air circus in a specially dug-out arena inaugurated for the amusement of Allied troops Salonika. Date: 1916

Amusement by the Meuse by H. L. Oakley
Some scenes showing troops billeted in the valley of the Meuse after the signing of the Armistice spending their leisure time on round of golf, sledging

British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers giving a sports display for the Duke of Connaught and others near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

The Chutes, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Victorian clown greetings card
Back design of a greetings card from the Victorian era featuring three clowns wearing colourful, striped knickerbockers, clambering over the edge of the card

Art Deco party game card
Cover of a card for a party game called gooseberries, featuring a lovely art deco illustration of people in evening dress thinking deeply about the game. Date: c.1933

Greyhound racing on board the Berengaria
Mimic greyhound racing, at the height of its popularity among smart society in 1930, on board the transatlantic passenger liner, the Berengaria

Russian Officers Relax during Japanese War
A group of six Russian officers relax in their dugout during the second and final year of the Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

Romanian Country Fair, featuring a stage with a clown and a sword swallower or contortionist (?), some prize oxen, drinking and an amusement/pleasure wheel. Date: 1900

Blackpool Bingo
A crowd playing bingo in an amusement arcade in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s

Knotts Berry Farm
In the Ghost Town funfair theme park at Knotts Berry Farm, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Southport Pleasureland
A corner of Pleasureland, the fine Amusement Park at Southport, Lancashire, England, showing the Big Wheel. Date: late 1950s

Japanese Geisha laughing Date: circa 1904

Miniature French Horse Omnibus - Royaume de Lilliput
Miniature French Horse Omnibus, pulled by two small ponies - Royaume de Lilliput, Paris, France (a Circus-Related Midget Dwarf Troupe). Date: 1910s

Tokyo, Japan - Asakusa Branch of Matsuya Department Store (opened 1931) with the River Sumida in the foreground. Note the cable car ride on the store roof! Date: circa 1931

Crowds at Dreamland, Coney Island, New York, USA Date: 1907

Very tatty sandwichboard man advertises smart Gents suits
Visual irony of a very tatty sandwich board man advertising a Gentleman Tailor and his smart suits, retailing for 12/6. Date: circa 1890s

The Scenic Railway - Franco-British Exhibition, London
The Scenic Railway - Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London Date: 1908

Entertainments at Southport, Merseyside including Hiram Maxims " Captive Flying Machine" amusement ride (which opened in 1904), helter skelter lighthouse

Essaouira, Morocco - Childrens Holiday - Wheel Rides
Essaouira - a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast (also known by its Portuguese name of Mogador or Mogadore)

Fair

Street Arabs / Book Cover
Two older children watch a very small street arab with some amusement Date: 1916

LCC-LFB Serious fire at Peoples Palace, Stepney
The aftermath of a fire at the Peoples Palace Amusement Centre, Mile End Road, Stepney, East London. Here the camera catches a lighter moment as a firefighter poses alongside a statue of Queen

Harmless amusement. Illustration shows a little boy wearing a military uniform and paper hat labeled Colombia beating on a huge drum labeled War with drumsticks labeled Bombast and Bluster

Advertisement for Star toboggans, showing people sledding at night. Date c1887

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth, the worlds grandest, largest, best, amusement institution. The Flying Dillons in a series of most marvelous mid-air feats and startling performances

British Empire Exhibition - Amusement Park Entrance
The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, London in 1924 - Amusement Park Entrance Date: 1924

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth The worlds large

Game of Craps. Cincinnati, Ohio. Aug. 1908

Scene at Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, near Columbus, Ohio (see general caption). Date 1938 Summer

Lord Mayors Show, City of London
The Lord Mayor and other High City Functionaries show amusement at the dignity of the small boy leading the band. circa 1911

Theatre going: audience mirth
An upper class theatre audience enjoying a performance of Gloriana at the Globe Theatre. Date: c.1850

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1930
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number featuring a pre-WWI Christmas party with people enjoying a music recital. Date: 1930

Disneyworld, Florida
Tourists at Disneyworld, Florida, U.S.A. Date: 1980s

Longbeach Amusements
Longbeach Amusement Center, California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

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