Balancing Collection

Guy de Maupassant, French writer
Guy de Maupassant ( Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ), French writer of novels, short stories and poems

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado - one of the wonders of Pikes Region. This section of this peculiar rock formation is known as Mushroom Park

Tightrope Cycling Act
A German husband and wife team perform a dramatic tightrope cycling act

A Bonzo juggling act
Bonzo, the cute canine created by artist George Studdy in The Sketch magazine during the 1920s, performs a marvellous trick by balancing a plate, cutlery

Christmas cracker box label
Label for a box of Batgers crackers depicting three performing monkeys, one balancing with a parasol, another playing the ukelele and a third banginga drum

Cats Balancing on Cat Date: 1905

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

A problem of income - couple trying to balance the books
A problem of income. Grenville and Sue Collins trying to balance the books as they await the Mary Evans Picture Library Royalty Statement...! Date: circa 1910s

Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de Janeiro
Superb postcard from Brazil depicting Street vendor (seemingly specialising in pots, cans and pans) in Rio de Janeiro. He carries the majority of his wares in a large tin tub balanced on his head

Biddy The Tubman Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex
Biddy " The Tubman" Stonham - Hastings, East Sussex - Acrobat and Seaside Entertainer (1910s - 1930s). There are a number of (hilarious)

Jurisprudence by H. M. Bateman is an humorous illustration of a Judge sitting in the courtroom balancing a feather or quill on his nose

Victorian Scrap, strong man with weights. circa 1880s

The Promenade Percies
A motorcycle acrobat troupe called The Promenade Percies practise their act involving balance on a trapeze attached to the bike

Devon - Hooe - estuary of the River Plym
Homeward Bound - Nyasaland (modern Malawi). An african woman carrying a large load on her head and her baby on her back. Postcard sold at the British Empire Exhibition at the East African Pavilion

Surfing championships at Newquay, Cornwall
A competitor in the surfing championships at Newquay in Cornwall

An acrobatic baboon at the Hippodrome
Herr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902

A Clever Bricky
This bricklayer has come up with a nifty way to carry his bricks. Date: late 1960s

Banana seller - Island of Martinique
A wonderful postcard of a West Indian Banana seller from the Island of Martinique

Khartoum, Sudan, Africa - Sudanese girl carrying a water pot. Date: circa 1920s

Malvina Dunreath music hall singer and long boot dancer. In costume, wearing ?little girl? knee length white dress with full skirt. Hair in long plaits with large bow

Playmates - Toddler and Pet Dog sit / stand on a wall
Playmates - A young girl (a toddler aged about 3) and pet black Working Cocker Spaniel sit/stand together on the wall of their backyard. Date: circa 1910

La Piedra Movediza balancing rock, Tandil, Argentina
La Piedra Movediza was a balancing rock located in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Its weight was about 300 tons

Scheibe SF 25A Motor Falke G-AVIZ (msn 4552). Note that this early Motor-Falke had high-set wings with optional balancing wheels attached to the lugs visible on the fuselage sides

Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - When Awkwardness is useful!. Date
Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - " When Awkwardness is useful!". Date: circa 1905

Portuguese girl carrying large flat basket of fish
Girl 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

People of the Upper Nile - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s

Maggie Clifton music hall gymnast and equilibrist. Originally a member of The 5 Cliftons from Belgium. Demonstrated head and hand balancing techniques. Date: circa 1913

Courteous Gent assists a young lady climbing over a stile
Allow me! - A courteous Gentleman assist a young lady as she crosses a stile. Date: circa 1909

Lever Brothers Advertisement, Shaving Stick
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting the Lever's Easy Shaving Stick, EASY on the razor, EASY on the chin, EASY on the purse

The Fritzsche brothers - German Bicycle Acrobats from Leuben, Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1907

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

Mikado series by Raphael Kirchner - Acrobat
Raphael Kirchner design for his Mikado series - created in 1900 in Japonism style. Date: 1900

Osmond's Patent Safety Balancing Dogcart 1875
Driver protected if horses falls with a self balancing safety foot rest. Date: 1875

Market Day in the French Basque Region
Elderly woman on Market Day in the French Basque Region. Date: circa 1920s

Alda and Doret, acrobatic performers, sensational, unique, and thrilling, the act without duplicate Date: 1934

Les Terrianos, acrobatic troupe, really sensational Date: 1934

Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! (Disraeli and Turkey)
Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! Disraeli is the hero of the day, having made a deal over Cyprus with Turkey at the Anglo-Turkish Convention, thereby ensuring peace rather than war

The Surfing Girl
Riding the Bubbling Breakers - The Surfing Girl in South Africa. Date: 1926

Sketches at the Hippodrome, 1909 by Norman Morrow
Various performers at the re-opened London Hippodrome in August 1909. Acts included the Ahearn Troupe who seem to be comedy cyclists, The Marvellous Schenk Brothers, Braatz Performing Dogs

Performing bear at the London Hippodrome
A Bright Little Bruin at the Hippodrome. A bear cub performing at the London Hippodrome in 1905. His act consisted of him riding on the back of a pony

Performing seals at the London Hippodrome
Humorous illustration of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome. One looks anxiously out at the audience and tells his co-worker he can see another party in sealskin jackets

Captain Woodwards seals at the London Hippodrome
Two of Captain Woodwards performing seals at the London Hippodrome demonstrating their balancing skills. Date: 1903

Cartoon, Mrs Weldon, in litigation again - Be sure you don t fall, Georgie! Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer, was frequently involved in lawsuits and libel cases with others

Balancing act, 14th century
Girl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London

Balancing acts, 14th century
Girl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century (top), man balancing a lance on his nose, a sword on his finger, a wheel on his shoulder

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