Balance Collection (page 5)

Present Day Types - the Straphanger by Arthur Watts
A gentleman in a top hat and smoking a pipe tries to keep his balance on a London Underground train by hanging onto one of the overhead straps whille holding his umbrella

Woman doing handstand on beach
Woman doing a handstand on the beach. Date: circa 1960s

Tango craze: the handstand step, 1913
The latest additional tango step, imported from the Wild West but performed here on stage in Paris, which combines the high kick of the ballet with the approximation of partnership in the tango.The

Tank Corps mascot on motorcycle, Western Front, WW1
Stunter, the clever mascot of the Tank Corps, balancing in front of the rider on a motorcycle near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: May 1918

Couple water-planing on a wooden raft
A couple water-planing (or planking) on a wooden raft -- the photograph has been taken from the motor boat which is towing them. Date: 1914

The story of a cold chicken and a hot wasp. Cartoon strip from Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Jacky standing on his head. Date: 1940

Pencil sketch of child on a fence
Pencil sketch of a child walking along the top of a fence. Date: 1920s

Boys doing acrobatics in a field
Groups of boys doing acrobatics in a field

Two men in plus fours, holding parasols
Two men in plus fours and golfing socks, holding parasols, balancing on a stone

Louis XVI Found Wanting
A hundred times to blame, a hundred times forgiven - Louis the Last is weighed in the balance and found wanting... Date: circa 1791

Repeating Pattern - circus clowns perform balancing act
Repeating Pattern - three circus clowns performing a balancing act on a blue background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Automatic Balances. Date: circa 1910s

South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi

Y Canutt on Walter Rose during the Calgary Stampede
Yakima Canutt riding Walter Rose during the Calgary Stampede, canada. Date: 1919

Mr Pickwick slides on the Ice - The Pickwick Papers Date: circa 1910s

Russian porter with a large wooden bucket on his head Date: 1902

Pap and cake sellers, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Pap is a traditional porridge / polenta made from mielie-meal (ground maize). Date: circa 1920s

Carrying Native Beer - South Africa
Four children (of varied ages) carrying Native-brewed ( Kafir ) Beer - South Africa Date: circa 1903

Indian street Gymnastic and Acobatic Display Date: circa 1910s

Woman descending a mountain path - Switzerland
Woman descending amountain path with a large bundle of hay balanced on her head. Date: circa 1910s

Corsica - Corsican woman with bucket on her head
Corsica - Corsican woman carrying a hard timber wooden bucket on her head, her other hand holding a jar (possibly containing oil?). Date: 1920s

Chancellor Balance at the Royal Mint, London
Weighing Ingots on the Chancellor Balance at the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London Date: circa 1910s

Going to market - Jamaica Date: circa 1910s

Washer Women - Bermuda with their laden donkey cart. Date: circa 1910s

Le Sajou Brun, Femelle
Plate 29 (165) Le Sajou Brun, Femelle. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 1, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Leopardus pardalis, ocelot
Felis pardalis (Linnaeus), Ocelot or Leopard-Cat (Male). Plate 86 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 2, 1846, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

A blind man walks across Niagara Date: 1912

The best balance for Uncle Sam. Illustration shows Uncle Sam holding up a balance scale with Labor on the left and Capitol on the right; when the two are balanced the scale points toward Prosperity

Will he cast his sword into the balance?. Cartoon showing Chester Arthur, dressed as a Roman, by Republican scales, holding sword patronage, with Mitchell indepencent reps

Folies-Bergere travail merveilleux sur le fil de fer par Fontaine. French poster shows aerialist Fontaine, labeled one of le heros du Niagara in three views: a small bust portait

Start the day right with a good breakfast Plan your luncheon wisely : Dinner should balance your days meals. Poster encouraging healthy eating habits. Date between 1941 and 1943

Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scales
Love is the Lightest. Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scales. Date: 1847

Senior Sea Scouts training course, London
Senior Sea Scouts of Greater London attending a training course. Showing a boy walking the rope bridge. 13-15 May 1966

Fruiterers Sports Day, Crystal Palace, London

Milkmaid and Milk Seller at Hennebont, Brittany
Milkmaid and Milk Seller at Hennebont, in the Morbihan department of Brittany, France. Date: circa 1910s

River Humour - The Amateur Punter circa 1909

Empire Exhibition - South Africa
Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936. A group of native ladies carrying large gourds filled with beer on their heads

Romania - Bakers Assistant
A studio photograph of young Bakers Assistant with a basket of breads and pastries balanced on his head Date: 1903

India - Women carrying milk on their heads in stacked pots Date: circa 1910

Military Gymnastics, Ambala, India
British Military gymnastics at the troop barracks at Ambala, in the state of Haryana, India. Date: circa 1910s

France - Elderly water carrier
A really extraordinary photographic postcard of an elderly lady water carrier smoking a pipe at Morlaix, Brittany, France Date: circa 1910s

Old French Water Carrier smoking a pipe
Old French Water Carrier from Morlaix, Brittany - smoking a pipe. Date: circa 1910s

Kazakhstan - Cossack standing on horseback Date: circa 1906

Art Nouveau scene with Handwalking greek girl
An Art Nouveau picture depicting a young handwalking greek girl along with an accompanying musician, playing a set of pipes

Argentina - Tandil - The Moving Stone ( La Piedra Movediza ) Date: circa 1910s

Keep Fit Classes on holiday
Girls exercising under the guidance of a fully trained instructor at the French coastal resort of Trouville, France, where a well-equipped gymnasium has been built on the beach by the local

Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying ice
Pyrenean Mountain Men carrying large blocks of ice on their heads, France Date: circa 1910s

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