Bare Collection (page 16)

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Wet day in Madras, India
A wet day in Madras, India. The local population use a variety of different methods to keep the rain off their heads!

Mother and daughter on the rocks
A mother and her daughter sit on the rocks at a seaside resort. The little girl is trying to mend the handle on her bucket, which has a picture of Mickey Mouse on it

Cossack riding a horse, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
A Cossack in traditional costume riding a horse with athletic skill during a show, Khortytsaya Island, Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Young girl holding pet cat
A young girl holding the familys pet cat. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Before and After, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Before (on joining) and after (ready for sea) photos of a boy recruit on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Belly Dancer - Algeria

Group of Algerian Musicians
A group of Algerian musicians, seated outside their house, with a low round table holding a selection of food and drink

Moorish Woman at the well
A Moorish Algerian woman raising water from a well in a small wooden bucket

Seller of little chickens
A Bohemian Gypsy lady chicken seller, specialising in little chickens. Pictures with her young male assistant

Sri Lankan Chief
A Sri Lankan Kandyan chief in his finery

Greetings from Ramsgate
A jolly souvenir postcard from the Kent seaside resort of Ramsgate, depicting a pretty lady bather in the shallow waters edge, holding aloft a lifebelt

Fishing on the Thames
A woman wearing shorts and a lovely striped blouse sits bare foot on the deck of her boat and fishes in the river Thames, assisted by her terrier dog, Bustle

Weighing fish on board a boat
A woman in shorts and bare feet weighs a magnificent haul of fish in net on the deck of her boat, at Hickling Broad, Norfolk during the 1930s

Autumnal trees
A stark bare scene of Autumn trees with a last few turning leaves hanging onto the branches. Oil painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fishing at Geldeston
A woman looking very tribal in a halter neck top, shorts and bare feet unhooks a freshly caught fish on the deck of her boat, while on the Waveney River at Geldeston near Beccles in Norfolk

Stratford-Upon-Avon
The River Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace and sometime home of William Shakespeare and the home today of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Two Bohemian Peasant Women in Conversation
Two Bohemian Peasant Women, one heavily pregnant, in conversation in Constantinople, . The lady on the right is a flower seller

Oriental Beauty from Constantinople
An Oriental Beauty from Constantinople with fancy headdress and many layers of beads. These women are known as the nomads and they are decorated by their men, who weigh them down with jewellery!

Riding in the English countryside
A couple out riding on a country lane on an Autumn day. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Hill Coolie Girl - India
A Hill Coolie Girl from a Northern Indian Hill Tribe

Rural scene in winter with snow on the ground
A rural scene in winter with snow on the ground. A mother and her two children make their way home

By the Roadside - Madhya Pradesh - India
Men women and children, some carrying wrapped goods on their heads, pose for a picture on the roadside in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940s

An old peasant woman at Breton Market

Burns / Cotters Saturday
THE COTTERs SATURDAY NIGHT His bonnet rev rently is laid aside, his lyart haffets wearing thin and bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide

Turkish Orange Vendor
A Turkish Orange vendor

Peasants seizing potato crop, Ireland
Peasants seize the potato crop of an evicted tenant near Tralee, Kerry, in Ireland. Men, women and children dig for the unharvested potatoes with shovels, spades and their bare hands

Clown learning to ride bare-back horses, c. 1888
Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888

Rough Hospitality in Siberia. A Post-House on the Way to the
Special Artist Julius Price sent sketches of his journey to the Orsk gold mines in Siberia back to the Illustrated London News Office and the sketches were then drawn up by R. Caton Woodville

Sketches in the United States. Sunday in a frontier town. At
The store looks bare, but it is besieged by cowboys and one indian

Franco-Prussian War. First German Prisoners brought into Met
Bare headed Prussian soldiers are brought into Metz under guard of French soldiers dressed in bearskins and frogged and braided uniforms

Jewish Penance
Penance of German Jews in their synagogue : they are beaten on their bare backs

Swans on the Ouse
An atmospheric winter afternoon scene, with two swans swimming and bare trees reflected in the waters of the River Ouse, near Bedford, England

Imitation Xmas Tree
An imitation Christmas tree, with a cuddly toy and assorted presents underneath it

Tongan Women Box C1830
Two bare-breasted Tongan women fight it out as a predominantly male crowd enjoys the fun

Warrior of the Congo
A warrior of the Congo (approximately todays Zaire) armed with bow and quiver : his feet are bare but his head is adorned with an extravagant feathered headdress

Girl Relaxing Outside
A young woman with bare feet lies on her back on a grassy bank and stares up at the sky in a mood of relaxation and contemplation

Gown by Jean Desses
An evening gown in pale blue silk by Jean Desses of Paris with contrasting sash, draped skirt & interesting back detail where the halter strap is attached to the skirt

Exotic Dancer
Exotic dancer with bare feet and not much more on the rest of her

Fifties Curls / Woof
A short fifties hairstyle with soft curls piled up off the face

Pin-Up with Bouquet
Pretty blonde woman with a plait holds a bunch of flowers, which include pink roses, against her bare chest

Agricultural Commune
Food distribution in an agricultural commune: women and bare-footed children queue for milk

Lady in Park / Cocorico
A woman in a large black hat takes a walk through a park among black, bare trees

Bare-Faced Bribery 1773
Bare-faced bribery

Clan Ferguson
Clan FERGUSON a warrior awaits the onslaught of the foe with raised shield and drawn sword - and bare feet

Skincare / Face Cream 1920
A woman contemplates the effects of using VEN-YUSA, the oxygen face cream

Man and Socks 1927
A middle-aged man looks rather disconsolately at his socks, which appear to have shrunk in the wash and need darning

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