Bowls Collection (page 4)

Edwardian Tennis spectators and bowls green showing an almost stereotypical view of Edwardian leisure Date: circa 1908

A picturesque view of the state of the nation for February 1778. An Indian (America) cuts the cows horns of English commerce, milked by Holland

Angels receiving the bowls. Apocalypse of Angers
BATAILLE, Nicolas (14th c.). The angels Receiving the bowls. 1375 - 1382. Golden vials (bowls) filled with the Wrath of God

India - Native Shopkeeper
A black and white lantern slide of a shop selling dishes, bowls etc. Slide number 265 of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Japanese scouts at jamboree, Blair Atholl, Scotland
Japanese scouts at a jamboree, Blair Atholl, Scotland. Date: 1984

Cricket Bowling an Off-Break
A bowler bowls an Off-Break ball hoping to get a wicket. Date: 1886

Home Gardening magazine, September 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine advising readers to start planting their bulb bowls now in order to ensure a vibrant display of hyacinths indoors over winter. Date: 1932

An old English sugar basin. Engraved metal

Use Tarrants Seltzer Aperient, to regulate the stomach, the liver, the bowls, to sure indigestion, and biliousness constipation

Turkish Mahallebi seller, Istanbul, Turkey
Seller of Mahallebi (Muhallebi), a milk pudding of Lebanese origin coated in chopped pistachios, originally made with wheat flour and flavored with rosewater

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Theres a Good Time Coming
" We have to gian the victory - that is our task." - Winston Churchill, The Prime Minister Theres a Good Time Coming - a little girl sees a future without rationing

Vietnam - Street Soup Seller Date: 1905

Pap and cake sellers, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Pap is a traditional porridge / polenta made from mielie-meal (ground maize). Date: circa 1920s

BAYEU Y SUBIAS, Ram󮠨1746-1793). The Game of
BAYEU Y SUBIAS, Ram󮠨 1746-1793). The Game of Bowls (Bocce). 18th c. Tapestry. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Social / Vietnam Stalls
Street scene with people at food stalls in Saigon, South Vietnam. Date: 1985

Bowling alley

China - Qingdao - Tradesmen
China - Qingdao (Tsingtao) - Tradesmen, selling a variety of foodstuffs, ceremic pots, plates and bowls, reed bags, grills and dried rushes. Date: circa 1910s

Grocery Store - A G Westway - Devon, selling everything and anything by the look of the window display! The proud shopkeeper stands before the shop in a spotless white apron

Brighton Bowls 1950S
Is there anything so restful as a game of bowls on a beautiful day? Several matches in progress in Brighton. Date: 1950s

Bowls at Country House
A gentleman instructs an elegant lady on the best method of playing her bowl. Date: 1893

Morning ablutions at a Pembrokeshire scout camp
Boys having fun washing their faces at a Pembrokeshire scout camp

A bowling green
A group of men enjoying a games of bowls, during the George Stephenson centenary celebrations in Newcastle

Laundry, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates work in the laundry washhouse at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Salvation Army Food Depot, London
Men queuing at one of the food depots set up in London by the Salvation Army in the 1890s. The depots provided low cost food and meals for down and outs

Mother & children at table
A mother sits down to a meal with her two little daughters, and ladles soup into bowls

Morocco, Fez - Water Clock on Talaa Kibeera
Fez - The Street of ancient Clocks. The Water Clock, part of the Bou Inania complex on Talaa Kibeera can be seen on this card

Eating lunch in China
A lovely photograph of three Chinese workers (of very different ages) having their rice for lunch. The padded clothing attests to either the season or the type of labout they were occupied in

Cairo, Egypt - Pot Seller
A pot seller in Cairo, Egypt with his wide selection of pottery in varied shapes and sizes. He sits in the open entrance to his shop and talks to a passing fresh water carrier / seller

Sultan Ahmet Mosque - Feeding the Birds for good luck
In Turkey, birds are sometime released for good luck. These women with their bowls of corn sell the seed which you throw to the birds - this is considered lucky (feeding wild animals)

Distributor of free water - Constantinople
A distributor of free water - Constantinople, Turkey - he is listening out for the call of the thirsty man

Tunisian grocer
A Tunisian Grocer standing in his open-fronted shop with jars of olives, bowls of houmous, dried peppers and a fine set of metal scales hanging over the counter

Pottery Merchants
A pottery merchant and customer stand between wares piled high in a large wicker backpack and engage in tense negotiation

Street vendor - Adana, Turkey
A vendor of Sherbet - Adana, Turkey

Education, girls, cookery
A well equipped cookery class. One girl slices, some use mixing bowls, some are at the sink washing and drying. A selection of cakes cool on baking racks in the foreground

People preparing food, Kashgar, western China
People sitting in the open air, preparing food, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Bargains for all
Typical morning scene on the verandah of the hotel at Jaipur. Sellers come and sit on the edge of the verandah as they display their colourful wares in the bright morning sunlight

Game of Bowls in an English Suburban Garden, c. 1895
Illustration showing a game of bowls in progress in the garden of a suburban house, England, c.1895

Afternoon Bowling at an English Country House, c. 1893
Engraving showing two young couples enjoying a game of bowls on the lawn of an English country house, c.1893

Game of Indoor Bowls, England, 1906
Illustration showing a game of indoor bowls being played in the drawing-room of a large house, England, 1906. The green was a table covered with green baize and the bowls were made of china

Ladies Bowling Club
Edmonton Ladies Bowling Club playing a game of bowls, north London, England

Butler Ladles Soup
Mr. Edgar, the stuffy butler of the Edwardian Country House, carefully ladles out the soup into bowls during a formal dinner

The Tercentenary of the Spanish Armada, At Plymouth, 1888
Engraving of the celebrations in Plymouth to mark the Tercentenary of the Spanish Armada in 1888. On the left can be seen the historical procession through the city and at centre right

Men Playing Bowls
Men playing bowls on a bowling green

Lords & Ladies Bowls
Elegant lords and ladies play bowls on a sunny day

Women Hand Painting
Two women hand painting items in a factory. One of them is decorating the back of clothes brushes and the other is painting floral designs on glass vases or bowls

Well in Senegal
Women of Goree, Senegal, (West Africa), fill their water-bowls from buckets lowered into the communal well

Actresses Play Bowls
Sports or leisure wear worn on the bowling green includes white shorts, blouse and white sandals or mini-skirt, striped top and a skull cap with a large tassel

Camera Accessories / 1884
A selection of low-cost accessories, including filters, chemicals, zinc & porcelain bowls, funnels and paper

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