Board Collection (page 13)

BELGIAN FLAG-SCARF
A young, blonde patriotic Belgian girl in tasselled cap & a scarf with a red, yellow & black checker board ground bordered with the Belgian flag & a fringe of tassels. Date: circa 1917

Foreign cattle on board the Batavier 1865
Importing cattle on board the Batavier, a London to Rotterdam steamship. Date: 1865

Family Enter Chaise
The Gilpin family board a chaise. Date: 1785

SCHNAUZER STANDING 1949
DELABORDE MAXIM Owner: Board Date: 1949

BOARD GAME SELLER 18C
A French tabletier: dealer in fancy goods of ivory, ebony, etc, including chess and backgammon sets. Date: 18th century

FLAG SIGNALS IN NAVY
A barefoot rating signalling with flags on board a warship of Her Majestys Navy. Date: circa 1890

Etretat mixed bathing 1870s
Mixed bathing and plunging from a wheeled diving board which can be moved as the tides ebb and flow Date: 1870

COL JAMES MAC HOGG
COLONEL JAMES MACNAGHTEN HOGG (1823 - 1890), Statesman; Chairman of the Board of Works Date: 1873

MAORIS FIND REMAINS
The trade in human heads - Maoris find the heads of their relatives among the dealers wares on board his ship. Date: 1830

Bathers on Diving Board
Two girls in bathing suits one about to dive into the sea from a diving board. Date: circa 1905

DUCIMO ABOARD PENELOPE
The Admiral receiving King Ducimo (West Africa) and his entourage on board The Penelope, off Lagos Date: 1854

HIGH SPEED IN LOW GEAR
High speed on low gear An American motorist takes two friends for a ride - note the ingenious seat on the running board (and shes not even strapped in !) Date: 1922

Francis Drake knighted in Deptford by Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth knights Francis Drake on board his ship, the Golden Hind at Deptford, after his voyage round the world. Date: 4th April 1581

English Yokel practising maths on slate 1858
An English Yokel practising his maths on a slate. Date: 1858

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845. Date: 1769

Tucks Great Postcard Competitions - Sandwich Man and Vendor
London Life - Raphael Tuck and Sons " Great" Postcard Prize Competitions - Sandwich Man and News Vendor. Prize pot of 6

The City Hall, Belfast, N. I. by N. I. Tourist Board
The City Hall, Belfast, N.I. by N.I. Tourist Board

Lough Erne from Navar Forest, Co. Fermanagh, N. I
Lough Erne from Navar Forest, Co. Fermanagh, N.I. by N.I. Tourist Board

Camlough Sunset, Co. Armagh, N. I. by N. I. Tourist Board
Camlough Sunset, Co. Armagh, N.I. by N.I. Tourist Board

River Blackwater, Co. Tyrone, N. I. by N. I. Tourist Board
River Blackwater, Co. Tyrone, N.I. by N.I. Tourist Board

Carrick-a-Rede, Co. Antrim, N. I. by N. I. Tourist Board
Carrick-a-Rede, Co. Antrim, N.I. by NI Tourist Board

Lawley Tollhouse, Mount St Helena, California, USA
Lawley Tollhouse and Gate, Mount St Helena, California, USA, with price details on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Passengers on board the Steamship Queen, Southampton
Passengers on board the Steamship Queen at Southampton on 9 August 1933. Date: 1933

Two young men put their heads through a comic cartoon cutout on Mumbles Pier, South Wales. See also PD000563 - ME No.12480486 for similar image without people Date: 1992

Mumbles piar cartoon cut-out
Mumbles Pier, South Wales. A cartoon couple with faces cut-out for tourists holiday snaps Date: 1992

Salies-de-Bearn, France - Thermal Baths - Sports Pool. Date: circa 1920s

1950s Bathing Lovelies posing on a set of steps (leading to a high diving board?) - possibly at a Holiday Camp? Date: circa 1950s

Airship Engine and Gondola on Board a Ship 27 May 1919 Date: 1919

Caproni STIPA Tubular Fuselage
Caproni Stipa Tubular Fuselage Unusual Design Parked with Pilot Boarding Helped by a Ground-Engineer Date: 1932

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Surfers. Date: 1920s

USA - Bathing girl leaps into the sea off a diving board and suggests that everyone join her! Date: circa 1950s

King George V and the Khedive of Egypt
King George V (1865-1936) and the Abbas II Helmy Bey, Khedive of Egypt (1874-1944) - pictured on board the HMS Medina at Port Said on 21st November 1911

Fashionable bathing suits of the 1920s
The cover illustration of The Spheres womens section features an array of fashionable outfits. The woman on the right sports an American wasp-stripe bathing suit

Reverend Robinson Duckworth (1834-1911), Canon and Sub Dean of Westminster. He was present at the boating expedition when Lewis Carroll told the story of Alices Adventures

The Game of Chess by Sofonisba Anguissola
Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess, by Sofonisba Anguissola (depicting her sisters). 1555

Turco-Italian War - on the way to Tripoli by Matania
The Turco-Italian War - on the way to Tripoli: the manner in which the Italian soldier amuses himself en route. Date: 1911

Carole Lombard & William Powell sailing to Honolulu
American actress Carole Lombard pictured on board a boat ready to set sail for Honolulu with her first husband, actor William Powell

Boxing match on deck of a cruise ship, 1930s
Scene on the deck of an unidentified cruise ship where a boxing match is taking place for the amusement of passengers in 1932. Date: 1932

Olympic swimming pool, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America. Date: circa 1950

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Princess Viktoria Luise and dachshunds
Portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859-1941) on board the royal yacht Hohenzollern with his youngest child and only daughter

The Lewis Chessmen. Detail
The Lewis Chessmen. Carved in walrus ivory. 1150-1175. Located in Uig. Island of Lewis. Scotland. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Royal Game of Ur. Early Dynastic III Period. 2600-2400 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Two police officers in SPG van, Met Police, London
Two police officers, one male, one female (WPC McKay), in an SPG (Special Patrol Group) van, Met Police, London. The SPG was set up in 1961 to provide a centrally-based mobile capability for dealing

Lady Constance Butler on hte S. Y. Miranda
Society at Cowes Week during the Edwardian era. Lady Constance Butler (1879-1949), daughter of Lord Ormonde, Commodore of the R.Y.S (Royal Yacht Squadron)

Ely Homes, Cardiff
Ely Homes run by the Cardiff Board of Guardians to house workhouse children

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Divinity (undress)
A Doctor of Divinity at Oxford University sporting a mortar board and long, black gown. Date: 1920s

Capture of the Algerian corsair xebec L Uccello by the Genoese galleys Taggia and San Giorgio on August 11, 1788 near San Remo. Engraving. ITALY. LIGURIA. Genoa. Pegli. Navy Museum

Rights of Women. A Mother and baby stand outside the offices of the local Government board. John Burns wont allow her entry to the vaccination clinic because Mothers don t count as Parents

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