Amusement Collection (page 7)

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

Street Entertainer
A street entertainer performs a trick involving a tartan bag and a wooden box, much to the amusement of the tourists in Leicester Square, where Doctor Zhivago is on at the cinema! Date: 1966

Dr Syntax mistakes a private house for an inn
To the amusement of the residents, Dr Syntax mistakes the hospitality of the private house for a common inn. Date: 1813

Amusement Park, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
View of the Amusement Park, including the Scenic Railway, at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Punch and Judy show, 1940s
A group of rather bemused looking children stand watching a Punch and Judy Show. 1940s

Jesters (Smith)
In the background is a FOOL, a kind of domestic idiot : the JESTER is a more sophisticated creature, expected to be witty rather than the butt of coarse amusement. Date: 1272

Piccadilly Amusements
An amusement arcade in Piccadilly, in central London. Date: 1900

Vaudeville Theatre, New York
Building, Automatic Vaudeville & interiors (48 East 14th Street). Interior of the Automatic Vaudeville theatre, 48 East 14th Street, N.Y.C. showing amusements

Pick-a-Back by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three children enjoy themselves playing piggy back or pick a back

Sliding
A Victorian little girl, dressed in a fancy coordinating frilled coat and bonnet slides on some ice

Dressed for a Charade
A small boy dressed in a confusing variety of historical fancy dress items presents himself for an elaborate game of charades

The Bran Pie
A small pie waves a parcel he has just drawn out of the bran pie - or tub - at a Christmas party

Luna Park, Coney Island
Entrance to the Luna Park on Coney Island, New York, America

The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine 1860
The title page to " The Englishwomans Domestic Magazine". An illustrated journal combining practical information, instruction and amusement

Poster advertising Pygmalion for babys first toys
Poster advertising a shop called Pygmalion for babys first toys, open throughout the month of December

Humourous Russian postcard
Laughing at the Fat Pig - a humourous Russian postcard poking fun at a rotund Russian farmer (possibly having had a vodka too many) who has fallen asleep in the pig sty

Sydney 1909
Wonderland City, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A Swiss Shepherd Watching a Battle by the Frontier
The absurdity of war summed up by Heath Robinson as a shepherd puffing peacefully on his pipe sits in neutral Switzerland

The Witching Waves Ride, White City, London, 1909
Illustration showing the Witching Waves ride at the White City amusement ground, London, 1909. This ride gave the impression of travelling over a series of waves whilst travelling in a small car

Boney at Elba or a Madmans amusement

Military drill
A family find much amusement in the fact that their eldest daughter is being instructed in the art of the military drill by a soldier acquaintance

Never-Never Land
Some of the fairytale fantasy animal figures at the Never Never Land amusement park, at Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Boxing Satire C18
Londons gentry enjoys nothing more than seeing a good fight: Polite amusement or an exhibition of beasts

UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804
Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Fair / Amusement Wheel
CAIRO, EGYPT - An Arab-style amusement wheel

Ladies Skipping
The Fashionable Amusement of Skipping

Cheapside Circa 1740
Scene in Cheapside (?) with ladies wearing the newly fashionable panier-style skirts, much to the amusement of the less flamboyant members of the public

Fairs / Petrol Car Ride
Toy Town Taxis - petrol-driven car ride at an amusement park in Southend

Butlins, Felixstowe
Crowds at Butlins Amusement Park, Felixstowe

Crooked House / Butlins
Crooked House at Butlins Amusement Park, Felixstowe

Boating Pool at Butlin s
The Boating Pool at Butlins Amusement Park, Felixstowe

Ovaltiney Puppets
The Ovaltiney Puppet Show at The Sunshine Theatre, at Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate, Kent

Dreamland Amusement Park, Margate, Kent

Static Electricity
Electricity as a parlour amusement in a Victorian home - a boy about to touch the hand of a girl who stands on a stool while she holds the apparatus

THOMAS CORYATE / 1577-1617
THOMAS CORYATE English traveller, became a source of amusement at court. Published narratives of his travels

Treasure Isle / Treasure
George Merry & his fellow pirates discover that the treasure has gone, much to the amusement of Long John Silver

Quadrille Accidents 2
Accidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor: a man with two left feet trips dragging the woman opposite down with him to the amusement of a rival female

Quadrille Accidents
Accidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor while doing a back-to- back or dos a dos. A lady & gentleman bump backsides to the amusement of the band

Nathaniel Bacon
SIR NATHANIEL BACON aristocrat who painted for his amusement but was considered equal to leading professionals with his autograph

Thought Reading
The fashionable amusement of pretending to discern ideas in other persons minds has adepts who occasionally succ- -eed in performing this feat to the wonder of spectators

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