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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 scalesLove is the Lightest. Woman weighing love and a butterfly on scales. Date: 1847
Senior Sea Scouts training course, LondonSenior 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, BrittanyMilkmaid 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 AfricaEmpire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936. A group of native ladies carrying large gourds filled with beer on their heads
Romania - Bakers AssistantA 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, IndiaBritish Military gymnastics at the troop barracks at Ambala, in the state of Haryana, India. Date: circa 1910s
France - Elderly water carrierA 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 pipeOld 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 girlAn 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 holidayGirls 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 icePyrenean Mountain Men carrying large blocks of ice on their heads, France Date: circa 1910s
Weighing a Dutch WitchA witchcraft trial in Holland - the unfortunate suspect is weighed in a balance, though what that proves isn t clear... What is a witch supposed to weigh ? Date: 17th century
Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, YorkshireA gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856
GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South WalesFour railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
See-Saw by Susan Beatrice PearseFour children play together on a rudimentary see-saw, although one little girl seems to have fallen off one end
Indian Goldsmiths at work
The Unowheel car / W H RobinsonThe Unowheel car, for reducing tyre troubles. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Dusseldorf - GermanySix young German boys pulling handstands between the tramlines at the edge of the Rhine River, Dussledorf, with the arches of a bridge in the background
The Sampan Pagoda, MyanmarBurma (Myanmar) - The Sampan Pagoda, with a golden stupa sitting atop this miraculously-balanced rock. In the history of Myanmar
Paris Exhibition 1900 - Political cardA political card from the Paris Exhibition of 1900. The leaders of the major European nations stand precariously on a Boneshaker carriage, struggling to maintain a fragile peace
Seller of Quince, Constantinople, Turkey
Sponge, nuts and fig Sellers - turkeyItinerant street vendors of Sponges, Figs and Nuts in Constantinople, Turkey
Turkish Woman carrying vegetablesTwo Turkish peasant women carrying a variety of vegetables and animal fodder in baskets balanced on their heads
Turkish Wrestler (4 of 4)A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, watches his assistant practising an acrobatic trick handstand on a chair surrounded by dumbells
A boy falling from a ships mastA boy who had been observing from the topmast of a ship, looses his balance and is on the verge of falling off when a friend reaches out to pull him back on
India - Acrobats / contortionists. One man stands on another who is completely rolled up in a ball. A small band of onlookers watch from a respectable distance
Summer NightmaresA Good Suggestion For Stuffy Summer Nights. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
Igorote woman carring water pots and a baby. Igorot are the people of the Cordillera region, on the Philippino Island of Luzon
Indian child gymnast atop a long poleA tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!
Porter carrying a heavy loadA Porter bends his back to carry a heavy barrel - Constantinople, Turkey
Carrying water - Luxor, EgyptLuxor, Egypt - Native girl carrying water on her head in a large amphora
Circus Acrobat / GarnierIn a fine display of balance, a gentleman rides a penny farthing while his assistant performs a handstand on the handlebars
Weight of Power / BalkansThanks to Russia the balance of power in the Balkans tips in favour of Serbia & the god of war rather than Germany & the angel of peace
Tomczyk Demonstrates PkStanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising ojects, in this case one side of a set of scales
Daros Dancers / 1923An impressive feat of strength and balance by a pair of the Daros acrobats. He holds a woman in the air by her right ankle
Balancing Acrobats / PhotoA woman balances on the shoulder of a man, and she strikes a pose
Something Wrong SomewherSOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE A shopkeeper and his wife can t get their books to balance
Dollar Looks for a WifeThe dollar in search of a wife - America seeks economic balance with either the pound or the franc
Tradesman Balances BooksTheres something wrong somewhere - a tradesman and his wife try to balance the books
Santorios Balance C16Santorio (b.1561) weighed himself for 24 hour periods and proved that weight gain or loss varied according to the type of food consumed