Amusements Collection (page 2)

Wonderland Park, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Night view of Wonderland Park, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA, with a crowd of people out to enjoy themselves at the greyhound track. Date: circa 1940

Night view, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Night view of the Boulevard, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: 1907

Quamphegan Park, South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA
Quamphegan Park, an amusement park in South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA. Date: 1907

Bank Holiday on the River Thames, 1877
Engraving showing a variety of views of boating amusements on the River Thames during the Bank Holiday of 1877. The images show several rowing boats and the shore (probably at Putney)

Sad-looking girl at the fair
A sad-looking girl playing roll a penny, hoping to win a prize on a fairground stall. circa 1952

The Trocadero, London in 1925
View of the interior of the Trocadero in London, with diners at tables and a band playing against a mural. Date: 1925

Bathing pool on a cruise liner
Passengers on board a cruise liner cool off in a bathing pool on deck. Date: 1933

Dancing on board an ocean cruise liner
Passengers on board an ocean cruise liner enjoy a spot of dancing, though they have to be mindful of the occasionally sloping deck. Date: 1932

Spar boxing contest on board the R. M. S. P. Atlantis
One 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 sports
Amusements 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 Berengaria
Miss 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 ship
The race-game, a deck sport and popular pastime during pleasure cruises. One of the officers is acting as clerk of the course

Lady Naylor-Leyland aquaplaning
Lady Naylor-Leyland pictured on her first attempt at aqua planing at Juan les Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1934

Golfers on board the Berengaria
Boyer, 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 tennis
Passengers 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 Berengaria
A 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 Berengaria
A boxing bout to amuse the passengers on board the ocean liner, the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Racing with petits chevaux on deck of Mauretania
Racing with miniature wooden horses (with pari-mutuel betting) on the deck of the ocean liner, Mauretania. Date: 1931

Empress of Britain advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for the ocean liner, Empress of Britain, emphasising the Canadian Pacific Lines ships speed and space to enjoy every type of amusement available on board. Date: 1931

A Silver ballet at the Negresco Hotel on the Riviera
Filming a fete at the Negresco Hotel, Nice on the French Riviera, where the carnival colours that year were cerise and silver

Choosing fancy dress costumes for Carnival on the Riviera
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing women selecting fancy dress costumes to wear on the Riviera at Gala events during the Carnival season

The Palais de Mediterrane at Nice
The striking Palais de Mediterrane at Nice, opened in 1928 by the American millionaire businessman Frank Jay Gould. Situated between Cannes and Monte Carlo

Cannes advertisement, 1929
Full page advertisement in The Bystander for Cannes on the French Riviera detailing the ease of transport (five deluxe trains from London every day between Christmas and New Year)

Polo at Mandelieu, French Riviera in the 1920s
View of the famous polo ground at Mandelieu, where, throughout the Season, the world of fashion assembles to watch the matches in the Riviera sunshine. 1926

Advertisement for Monte Carlo, French Riviera, 1923
Advertisement for Monte Carlo on the French Riviera detailing all the entertainment and amusements available from the Casino and lawn tennis to cinema and the opera. Date: 1923

Monte Carlo advertisement, 1932
Advertisement for Monte Carlo beach on the French Riviera and all its associated entertainments. Date: 1932

Whitley Bay Amusements
The Virginia Reel at Spanish City, an amusement park at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Date: 1920s

Sportsmans Levee
THE SPORTSMANs LEVEE A young (and wealthy) man about town is prepared for the days amusements by a bevy of parasites and spongers Date: circa 1790

Austrian Aristocrats 14C
Aristocratic amusements involving an unidentified ballgame Date: 1390

Waiting in the Mall (to be presented at Court)
A page from The Sphere showing the various ways those waiting in the Mall to be presented at court at Buckingham Palace amused themselves

Japanese Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Entrance to the Japanese Amusement Park, Retiro district, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1912

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, recreations
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. Recreations on board - the men appear to be playing chess or draughts

Nun playing on a fruit machine. Date: circa 1970s

Willow Grove Park, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
Scenic railway at Willow Grove Park, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1940

Wading Pond, Humboldt Park, New York State, USA
Children having fun in the Wading Pond, Humboldt Park, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1905

White City Amusement Park, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
White City Amusement Park, Shrewsbury suburb, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1907

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

Wartime Football - Association at the Front, WWI
Series of humorous vignettes drawn by H. H. Harris showing the experience of playing football at the front during the First World War

Ellaline Terriss entertaining soldiers at Boulogne hospital
The theatrical trip to France - the concert party organised by Mr Seymour Hicks. Ellaline Terriss singing, Thank you for all you are doing, to the soldiers and nurses in the hospital at Boulogne

Primative Fairground / Beach Amusements - Girl on buggy
Primative Fairground/Beach Amusements - Girl on buggy drawn with toy Horses, Unknown, England. Date: 1910s

Dragon Gorge, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Dragon Gorge, Thompson Scenic Railway, Revere Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1920

Night view of Electric Park, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Night view of the Electric Park, an amusement park in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Date: circa 1905

Bath Characters by Edouart - card players
The Card Players in silhouette by Edouart - Mrs Newnham, aged 80 years of 7 Edgar Buildings, and Miss Wilkinson, taken at Bath, 1st April 1827. Date: 1827

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

Bruce Bairnsfather drawing on a farmhouse wall in France, WW1
The birth of " Fragments" : Scribbles on the farmhouse walls. Picture illustrating how the famous wartime Bystander cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of Old Bill

The Bystander Christmas Number, 1929
Inside front cover of The Bystander Christmas Number 1929 featuring a page of vignettes showing entertainment and nightlife scenes, while in the centre, two dandyish chaps sip champagne. Date: 1929

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