Bracing Collection

Skegness is SO Bracing by John Hassall
Skegness is SO Bracing - the famous poster featuring the jolly fisherman designed for the East Coast seaside town by artist John Hassall. Date: 1908

Poster advertising Belgian railways
Poster advertising trips between Dover and Ostend

Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England - Nave - In 1338 the mason William Joy employed an unorthodox solution by inserting low arches topped by inverted arches of similar dimensions

Skegness is SO bracing - McGill parody of Hassall poster
Skegness is SO bracing - A Donald McGill parody of the famous Jolly Fisherman poster created by artist John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway (GNR)

WW2 Christmas Card, Somewhere In England
A WW2 Christmas greetings card complete with a red ribbon, the illustration shows a military man marching on the seaside. Somewhere in England it is so bracing. Date: 1939

Advert for winter holidays in Switzerland, 1927 - come and see the worlds playground, the paradise of winter sports and the clear, bracing Alpine air Date: 1927

Advert for summer holidays in Switzerland, 1927 described as the Worlds playground, the Paradise of Summer Sports in the clear, bracing Alpine air. Date: 1927

Sentries and donkeys enjoy the bracing weather in the British Artillery Camp and Siege Train, before Sebastopol. Date: winter 1854 - 55

Sand Yachting gives that Bracing Feeling - Seaside resort
Sand Yachting gives that Bracing Feeling - Unnamed British Seaside resort with long pier (visible in background). Date: circa 1920s

Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Woman and Dog in Wind
A borzoi dog and its owner brave the bracing breezes of Biarritz, France Scarf blowing in the wind Pet animal

A early production Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c with 70hp Renault engine, skid undercarriage, RAF 6 wings and cable bracing

Advert for summer in Switzerland, 1926 - come and see the worlds playground, the paradise of summer sports and the clear, bracing Alpine air Date: 1926

The East Coast is SO bracing, WW1 cartoon
The East Coast is SO bracing - with apologies to the famous " Hassall" poster. Cartoon by J. H. Thorpe referencing John Hassalls famous jolly Skegness is so bracing travel poster

Advertisement for the resort of Scarborough, 1914
Advertisement extolling the delights of the bracing Yorkshire coast as a holiday destination, specifically the seaside resort of Scarborough

Assembled at Friedrichshafen during 1932-1936, the Hinde?
Assembled at Friedrichshafen during 1932-1936, the Hindenburg?s hull was composed of a ring structure of duralumin girders and bracing wires

A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West Africa
A rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Sydney Harbour Bridge: the finished arch, view of the road and bracing Date: 1931

Ostende Kursaal
The Kursaal (i.e. health centre) at Ostende/Ostend on the bracing North Sea coast. Date: circa 1900

South Downs Picnic
Two young women enjoy a bracing picnic on the South Downs, England. Date: early 1930s

Poster advertising Howick, Natal, South Africa, a popular holiday resort for bathing, fishing, golf, tennis, riding, bracing climate and magnificent scenery

The East Coast is So Bracing! by James H. Thorpe
A pastiche of the famous " Skegness is so Bracing" poster by John Hassall, reworked by J.H. Thorpe in the light of the coastal bombardment suffered by Britain in January 1915

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