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Backwards Collection

Background imageBackwards Collection: Islamic Contortions

Islamic Contortions
Some Moslems choose to twist and contort their bodies while praying, bending backwards to a remarkable degree

Background imageBackwards Collection: Lady Diving 1923

Lady Diving 1923
A athletic woman performs a backwards dive

Background imageBackwards Collection: Model in mini skirt suit, with white beret and gloves

Model in mini skirt suit, with white beret and gloves
Model in mini skirt suit, with white beret and white gloves. Date: 1967

Background imageBackwards Collection: Client: Rhona Roy - Elegant full length dress

Client: Rhona Roy - Elegant full length dress - October 4, 1963. (The model is either Jane Saffro or Vicki Stevens) Date: 1963

Background imageBackwards Collection: Loie Fuller (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer

Loie Fuller (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentintanz or Serpentine Dance - London, March 8th 1912. 1912

Background imageBackwards Collection: Two-headed camel? Birqash Camel Market near Cairo, Egypt

Two-headed camel? Birqash Camel Market near Cairo, Egypt. This image is a genuine photograph and is NOT faked Date: 2010

Background imageBackwards Collection: 1890s Late 19th Century Lantern Slide Slides

1890s Late 19th Century Lantern Slide Slides
1890s, late, 19th, century, lantern, slide, slides, indian, india, Cawnpore, Massacre, Hand, coloured, Illustration, Caucasian, woman, blue, dress, standing, room, some, kind, awning, over, She

Background imageBackwards Collection: Comic postcard, Two men with motorcycle - rear light Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men with motorcycle - rear light Date: 20th century

Background imageBackwards Collection: Barber and customer in a barbershop decorated with wigs

Barber and customer in a barbershop decorated with wigs. The Shaver and the Shavee. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed by Henry Bunbury

Background imageBackwards Collection: JANUS

JANUS
The Roman god of exits and entrances, traditionally depicted as looking two ways - backwards and forwards

Background imageBackwards Collection: Bellanca - Champion Citabria 6Y-JDZ

Bellanca - Champion Citabria 6Y-JDZ in Jamaica. (note: Citabria is Airbatic backwards) Date: 1970s

Background imageBackwards Collection: Blarney Castle, Republic of Ireland

Blarney Castle, Republic of Ireland
Blarney Castle, Cork, Republic of Ireland - Multi-image postcard. circa 1970s

Background imageBackwards Collection: Tom Mix, American film star, with horse

Tom Mix, American film star, with horse
Tom Mix, American film star -- he appeared in more than 400 westerns. Seen here sitting on his horse, Tony. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBackwards Collection: Susi - with clock

Susi - with clock
Susi - with a clock, and a note with a reminder about turning the clocks back one hour. 1950s

Background imageBackwards Collection: Young lady showing the double train of a Paul Caret gown

Young lady showing the double train of a Paul Caret gown
A young stylish lady wearing a gown of pink moire satin by Paul Caret of 16, Orchand Street, London. The double train springs from the waist. 1923

Background imageBackwards Collection: Running backwards racing forward runners at Harvard

Running backwards racing forward runners at Harvard
Black athlete running the 75 yards faster than forward-running sprinters could run 100 yards at Harvard Stadium in 1927. Date: 1927

Background imageBackwards Collection: Christmas carol music by James Lyon

Christmas carol music by James Lyon -- Hark! Christmas bells are ringing wildly. The music is on two staves, with the lower stave containing the upper stave music played backwards

Background imageBackwards Collection: Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming backwards

Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming backwards (Tursiops truncatus)

Background imageBackwards Collection: Lady Motorist at the Wheel

Lady Motorist at the Wheel
Atylish Lady Motorist at the Wheel - an advertising plate for John Bull Tyres. Date: circa late 1940s

Background imageBackwards Collection: People on ships deck playing a game

People on ships deck playing a game
People on the deck of a ship, playing a game involving wooden models of racehorses, with a racecourse marked out in white

Background imageBackwards Collection: French Fantasy Beauty in see-through drape

French Fantasy Beauty in see-through drape poses dramatically in front of a mysterious landscape vista. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBackwards Collection: Spectators at an airshow

Spectators at an airshow
Airshow at Bulltofta airport, Malmo, 1932. Date: 1932

Background imageBackwards Collection: Raymond Sheppard self portrait - drawing

Raymond Sheppard self portrait - drawing
Raymond Sheppard self portrait - sketching. Artist Raymond Sheppard (1913 - 1958) studied art at Bolt Court under S.G. Boxsius and in addition to exhibiting work at the R.A

Background imageBackwards Collection: Blonde Pin-Up 2 / Colour

Blonde Pin-Up 2 / Colour
Fifties blonde bombshell, in a strapless accordian pleated chemise, kneels on pink satin & points her shapely leg at the floor. Her head is tilted backwards

Background imageBackwards Collection: Horse Bus Scrap

Horse Bus Scrap
This horse bus plies from Camberwell to Camden Town, passing Charing Cross and the Zoo : the advertisement for Ridges Food is written backwards to puzzle you

Background imageBackwards Collection: Cake Walk, Reznicek

Cake Walk, Reznicek
An elegant German couple lean over backwards to perform the dance in true plantation style

Background imageBackwards Collection: Emerging from Pool 1960S

Emerging from Pool 1960S
A happy female swimmer, wearing a one-piece bathing costume in three colours with a false belt & belt loops, walks backwards down the pool steps into the cool water


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