Board Collection (#23)

Cruising suit & suntop from Harvey Nichols, 1934
A couple of outfits for wearing while on a summer cruise. On the right is a natural shantung silk cruising suit relieved with pale blue revers and buttons

Backless sun dress from Harvey Nichols, 1934
Two views of a backless sun dress in uncrushable cotton showing a broken plaid and check design in a variety of pastel colours, worn with a snappy little coat. Date: 1934

Outfit for beach and deck wear
Smart, tailored shorts outfit from Harvey Nichols, suitable for beach and deck wear comprising of shorts in an off white shade, whilst the jacket and coat are of polka dot navy

The sports deck on board the Reina del Pacifico cruise ship
An unobstructed space of 76 feet by 63 feet - the sports deck of the Reina del Pacifico which was to tour around South America in 1932

Bathing fashions from Debenham and Freebody
Advertisement for Debenham and Freebody and their bathing suit fashions for 1934. On the left is the seasons swimming suit with a perfect fitting brassiere top

Golfers on board the Berengaria
Boyer, Boomer and Horton Smith enjoy practising their golf swings on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Presumably they ran out of balls at some point?! Date: 1931

Berengaria deck tennis
Passengers play a form of tennis, played by hand with a rubber ring on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Blindfold boxing match on board the Berengaria
A blindfold boxing match for the amusement of passengers on board the ocean liner, Berengaria in 1931. Life jackets are worn in case of fouls! Date: 1931

Boxing match on deck of the Berengaria
A boxing bout to amuse the passengers on board the ocean liner, the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Racing with petits chevaux on deck of Mauretania
Racing with miniature wooden horses (with pari-mutuel betting) on the deck of the ocean liner, Mauretania. Date: 1931

Sun basking on board an ocean liner
The Art of Suffering Hot Weather Gladly - on a summer cruise. Passengers sunbathing in swimsuits on board an ocean liner, R. M. S. P. Atlantis. Date: 1931

The Lido aboard R. M. S. P. Atlantis
Complete with couches and gramaphone music, a lido effect is created on the deck of the R.M.S.P. Atlantis during a summer cruise in tropical weather during the 1930s

Fashions for the deck on summer cruising days
Suggested outfits to wear on a summer cruise or transatlantic voyage all from Debenham and Freebody. From left, a two-piece costume in scarlet wool with a smartly flared skirt

Outfits for an ocean cruise
Suggestions for ensembles to be worn when boarding a liner for a cruise or transatlantic voyage, all from Debenham and Freebody

Men playing a board game, China, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Chinese men playing a board game, China circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Board of Agricultures Creamery School Loughrey - a view of the buildings and compleX. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Cookstown: Loughry Agricultural College). Date: circa early 1900s

Mary Agnes Hamilton
Miss Mary Agnes Hamilton(1884-1966), politician and author, Labour MP for Blackburn from 1929 to 1931. Pictured here in 1932 at the time of her appointment to the Board of Govenors of the BBC. 1932

Sailors on board ship on a Christmas card, carrying a large pudding. Date: circa 1890s

Kate Douglas Wiggin, American educator and author
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), American educator and author of childrens stories, best known for her novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. circa 1900s

Agriculture. Threshing. Engraving by R. Milliet. 19th centur
Agriculture. Threshing with threshing board. Engraving by R. Milliet. 19th century. Colored

London Life - Sandwich board Man and News Vendor
London Life - Sandwich board Man (advertising Martin Harvey in Hamlet at the Lyric Theatre) and News Vendor. Date: circa 1905

Lord Lawrence, First Chairman of the London School Board
A portrait of Sir John Lawrence, first Chairman of the London School Board. Date: early 1900s

Disabled Children in London Going to School by Ambulance
An ambulance provided by the London School Board takes what were then referred to as crippled children to school. Date: early 1900s

The Girl Who Really Went to Swim
A girl pauses on a diving board as she prepares to dive into a swimming pool. The title of the picture is a comment on the increasing craze for sunbathing during the late 1920s - somebody actually

Susi - chewing a chess piece. 1950s

Susi - tipping up a draughts board. 1950s

Susi - playing chess. 1950s

Susi - lying on chess board
Susi - lying on a chess board, chewing a chess piece. 1950s

Johann Sebastian Bach
Scraper board rendering of Johann Sebastian Bach. Date: Date unknown

Lourdes, France - Bureau des constatations (Office of Medical Observations of Lourdes). Checking the validity on a claim of miraculous healing. Date: circa 1908

Sailing ship on the water, ocean sailing school
A sailing ship on the water, part of an ocean sailing school, with people on board. Date: circa 1964

Women playing chess in a tournament. Date: circa 1960s

Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5
Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s

Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101. 5
Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101.5, showing a range of tables, some with squares marked for chess and draughts. Date: circa 1880s

Happy Families Animals - Master Penguin. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Mrs Teacher. circa 1940s

Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Sparks the Electricians wife. 20th century

Israel. Jerusalem. Interior of a shop
Israel. Jerusalem. Muslim Quarter. Interior of a shop

Spain. Catalonia. Llivia. Antique desk. Museum of Esteve Pha
Spain. Catalonia. Comarca of Cerdanya. Llivia. Antieque desk. Medicianl books, glasses and inkwell. Museum of Esteve Pharmacy

Spain. Catalonia. Llivia. Baroque cupboard by Josep Sunyer
Spain. Catalonia. Llivia. Baroque cupboard (cordialer) by Josep Sunyer. Museum of Esteve Pharmacy

John Bright (1811-1889). Colored engraving
John Bright (1811-1889). British politician, member of the Liberal Party. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1876. Colored

Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book, 1668, by Co
Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1657-1683). Flemish painter. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book, 1668. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Roman Art. Turkey. Possibly backgamon board engraved in the
Roman Art. Turkey. Board game, possibly backgamon board, engraved in the upper seats of the Roman stadium of Aphrodisias in Caria. Anatolian Peninsula

Govert (Govaert) Teuniszoon Flinck (1615-1660). Dutch Baroque painter of the Golden Age. Bust of Rembrandt Bust, c. 1633. Oil on board. Gemaldegalerie. Kulturforum. National Museums of Berlin. Germany

Board of wood inscribed in ink with lines 468-473 of Book I
Wooden board with iron handle inscribed in ink with lines 468-473 from Book I of Iliad by Homer. 1st-2nd century AD. Roman. From Egypt. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

China. Men playing draughts in a tavern. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Spanish emigrants on board a ship heading toward Argentina. Brabant engraving for The Enlightenment, 1887. Colored

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