Boating Collection (page 17)

A Matter of Taste A different approach to having a drink between these two boating enthusiasts. The portly older gentleman preferring a whiskey and soda

Stockholm, Sweden - City Hall Date: circa 1940s

Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania
Entrance to Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania Date: circa 1950s

Lake Minnewanka, Banff, Banff National Park, Canada - a pleasure boat taking a small ship. Minnewanka means - " Water of the Spirits" Date: circa 1930s

Ville Franche Sur Mer
Power boating at Ville Franche Sur Mer, France. Date: 1960s

London Boating Lake
Sailing on a lake in a London Park. Date: 1960s

Trinity College Bridge
University Entertainment: A college man in mortar board & gown has just passed under the bridge, built by James Essex in 1764-5, in a punt. Date: 1819

Boating Tea Break
A jolly young woman, wearing a beret, offers a cup and saucer of tea from the deck of her moored boat to another young woman wearing a box pleated skirt beside a tree trunk! Date: 1930s

Boating in Hungary
Women and children getting into boats as sunlight glistens on the water, a lovely tranquil scene, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Boating Pleasures
Boating for pleasure : Power boats and a yacht, possibly on the Norfolk Broads, England. Date: 1930s

Altersee Regatta
Ominous clouds looming over the Altersee Regatta, Austria. Date: 1930s

Boating Girls
Four teenage girls disembarking from their boat trip around Lake Kanawauke, Harriman State Park, New York, U.S.A. Date: 1950s

Boating on the Thames
Boating on a pleasant stretch of the River Thames, viewed from Swinford Bridge, where it forms the boundary between the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Regents Park Pond
The Childrens Pond in Regents Park, London, England. Date: 1950s

Russian Boat Trip
A pleasure cruiser on the Moscow - Volga Canal, Russia. Date: 1930s

Worthing Boating Lake, Sussex, England. Date: 1950s

German Boat Race
Herr His, the Principal of the University of Berlin with his boat crew, following their victory in the Berlin vs Charlottenburg boat race, Germany. Date: 1930s

Record Making Boat Trip
Four Englishmen - A. Brown (at wheel), G.D. Mallett and (with backs to camera), L.T. Davidson and E. Oldenbury, in a hand propelled boat from London to the Black Sea. Date: 1933

Boating Stage
The boating (landing) stage, a peaceful study, with swans, in Regents Park, in the heart of London. Date: 1930s

Victoria Park Lake
The fine boating lake at Victoria Park, Hackney, east London. Date: 1930s

River Days - Couple going boating
A young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906

Contents page, Under the Window by Kate Greenaway
Contents page for Under the Window by Kate Greenaway. (6 of 8) first published 1879

Stuck Up - A Punting Disaster
Two illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)

Two ladies in outfits by Bernard and Premet
Two fashionable young ladies wearing the latest autumn outfits, watching sailing boats go by. On the left, a dress in pink crepe with patterned trimmings

Heart and flowers on a birthday postcard
A heart-shaped scene on a lake, with three pink roses below, on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

Three children rowing on a river. first published 1879

Festival of Britain and Fun Fair, with Danish royal visitors
Views of the Festival of Britain (South Bank) and Fun Fair (Battersea). Top left is the boating pond with a cardboard set suggesting English village buildings

New Zealand - Moonlight Boating, Riverton
New Zealand - Moonlight Boating in the Narrows at Riverton Date: circa 1910s

Hungary - Budapest - Vajdahunyad Castle
Vajdahunyad Castle, or Vajdahunyad-var, is a castle in City Park, Budapest, Hungary, that was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignac Alpar

Indian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
View of the Indian Pavilion, showing the lake and childrens boating pool, at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

Couple kissing on boating lake
A couple get lost in a kiss while rowing a boat on a lake in a park, probably the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London. 1940s. c.1945

Boating on the River Thames, 1909
A group of happy boaters in the Edwardian era, waiting for the locks to open at Bourne End in Buckinghamshire as they row along the River Thames. Date: 1909

Boating lake in London park, 1940s
People enjoying the delights of rowing in a boat on a lake in a London park, probably the Serpentine in Hyde Park in the 1940s. In the foreground, two girls share a boat, one in a swimsuit

Mysterious River, Scottish National Exhibition, Glasgow
People boating on the Mysterious River at the Scottish National Exhibition, Glasgow. Date: 1911

Canadian Building, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
View of the Canadian Building from the lake at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. Date: 1924

America Cup Yacht Race 1901
The Americas Cup race of 1901 saw Scottish businessman Sir Thomas Lipton as the Challenger with his yacht, Shamrock II of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club (designed by George Lennox Watson)

Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing canoes
Warrington and Robert Baden-Powell sailing in their Nautilus canoes in the Baltic by Warrington Baden-Powell. circa 1910s

Showboat, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London
Showboat on the River Thames near the Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London, part of the Festival of Britain. Date: 1951

Punting - pushing off from the bank. " I can just Manage" Date: 1902

Shanghai Rowing Club, China Date: circa 1920s

Canada - Agathe des Moins
Province of Quebec, Canada - The Laurentide Inn, Agathe des Moins in the Laurentian Mountains - a resort used by families from the cities and a popular spot for Winter Sports. Date: circa 1910

Molesey Lock at end of boating season
Scene at Molesey Lock, near Hampton Court, Surrey, at the end of the boating season. 1892

Veracruz, Mexico - The Harbour
Sailing boats moored up at the harbour at Veracruz, Mexico Date: circa 1905

Rewley Abbey, Oxfordshire
The remains of Rewley Abbey, near Oxford Date: circa 1825

Boating in Lakeland - humorous postcard cartoon. Man on Boat to Boatmen: " If you don t get ashore can I keep the boat?" !! circa 1920s

Toy Boats for Hire
A group of boys talking to a man renting out toy sailing boats on a cart next to the boating lake of the Palais de Luxembourg, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Childrens Yacht Pond, Filey, North Yorkshire
View of the Childrens Yacht Pond, with children and yachts, at Filey, North Yorkshire. Date: 1940s

Oxford : Boathouse
The boathouse of Radley College Date: 1906

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