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Circus Acrobats / GarnierA female acrobat balances on her hands and brings her ankles level with her ears
Market Gossip - Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean. Date: circa 1920s
Victorian Scrap showing Circus Performers in a Big Top Circus Ring, including a lady balancing on a performing horse and a clown holding a hoop. Date: circa 1880s
Advertisement for Manns brown ale -- male model constructing a pyramid of bottles. 1959
Bullion Office. Bank of England. Balance for Bar GoldEngraving of a heavy duty set of weighing scales with central pillars for weighing bars of gold. A bar of gold is on one side of the balances, the weights on the other
Girl / PostureA little girl balances a book on her head to teach her good posture
Caravaning Holiday / 1920SA man balances on a boat in a lily pond next to where they have parked their caravan
Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - When Awkwardness is useful!. DateRinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - " When Awkwardness is useful!". Date: circa 1905
Portuguese girl carrying large flat basket of fishGirl in traditional Portuguese costume carrying a large flat basket of fish - Lisbon, Portugal. Date: circa 1905
Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) - Woman carrying water in a large can on her head Date: circa 1930s
Mikado series by Raphael Kirchner - AcrobatRaphael Kirchner design for his Mikado series - created in 1900 in Japonism style. Date: 1900
Pair of Balances Date: 1880
Midnight Snack Mishap Date: 1948
Shelled Oyster Date: 1889
BALANCING THE BOOKSAn accountant checks his ledger and balances his books before rubber stamping them. Date: 1930s
Traditional flower sellers in Madeira, Portugal. Date: circa 1930s
Motto - for Office use - Keep your books well balanced. An accountant does his best to do just this in front of his Junior staff, unaware that the boss is arriving...! Date: 1907
Banking Expressions Illustrated - A Good Balance. The reverse message for this card rather wonderfully reads: " What Ho!" Date: 1904
Teenage Ballet Dancer. Date: 1929
Libyan Street Scene Date: circa 1920s
Rural Italian Woman and Child - Traditional costumeRural Woman and Child from Abruzzo, Southern Italy - Traditional costume with distinctive copper bowls. Date: circa 1907
Portugal - Lisbon Girl Street Seller Date: 1930s
Girl in Aeroplane HatA smiling young woman balances on her head a large & unusual aeronautically inspired hat based on a bi-plane. It has an extremely big propellor
Motorcycle display - Dispatch riders, Royal Corps of SignalsMotorcycle display (in training for a performance at the Royal Tournament) - Dispatch riders, Royal Corps of Signals. Date: 1930s
Business Notes Illustrated - Balancing his BooksBusiness Notes Illustrated - " Balancing his books!". Date: 1904
Abdul-Ham - Arab Boy Acrobat - Hi act is called Arabian Fantasies and this card states tat he is the very best at it! Date: circa 1910
Roger and Andre - Floor Acrobats Date: circa 1930s
Myanmar - Village Scene - Women drawing water from the well Date: circa 1910
Dowsing, Sieur Royer styleSieur Royers method: he balances the dowsing baguette, or stick, on his wrist. Date: 1693
Six perform balances in garden Date: 1936
Football: The cup tie crowd at Derby, 1903The cup tie crowd at Derby, 1903. One enthusiastic fan balances a homemade trophy on his head, and holds two flags. The crowd is predominantly made up of working class men, wearing flap caps
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Automatic Balances. Date: circa 1910s
Russian Dyer with his vat and belt pouches Date: 1905
Pap and cake sellers, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Pap is a traditional porridge / polenta made from mielie-meal (ground maize). Date: circa 1920s
Corsica - Corsican woman with bucket on her headCorsica - Corsican woman carrying a hard timber wooden bucket on her head, her other hand holding a jar (possibly containing oil?). Date: 1920s
A blind man walks across Niagara Date: 1912
Seller of plaster figurinesA street seller of plaster figurines and busts. He balances a board on his head with various figures for sale, and carries two larger busts in his arms. A small boy seems interested in his wares
Old French Water Carrier smoking a pipeOld French Water Carrier from Morlaix, Brittany - smoking a pipe. Date: circa 1910s
Joseph Chamberlain - Balancing ActFiscalitis Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) performs a balancing act, standing precariously on a glass globe entitled Class whilst juggling a loaf of bread
Garnier / Equestian ActA man rides two horses simultaneously by standing with one foot on each, while the woman balances on his bended knee. Date: 1889
A boy balances on a Circus horseA young boy acrobat stands on one leg on the back of a performing horse in a circus. Ink drawing with watercolour wash by Malcolm Greensmith
Can He Stay There by Alfred LeeteUncle Sam, representing the United States of America, balances precariously on a tightrope of neutrality in 1915 trying to maintain its isolation status during World War One
The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the WThere was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light
The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales foIn June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights
Debutante Learns CurtseyMrs Ruby Peeler instructs a debutante in the art of the curtsey. She balances a box on her head and practices the knee lock, which should prevent her overbalancing
Balancing Acrobats / PhotoA woman balances on the shoulder of a man, and she strikes a pose
Moscow State CircusA female acrobat skillfully balances on one arm on a male acrobats head. Photographed when the circus was visiting Cornwall, England
Circus Acrobats / MoscowAt the Moscow State Circus, a male acrobat skilfully balances a female acrobat on his forehead. Presumably she is going to spin around in the strange metal contraption!
