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Orient Express train in a rural settingThe Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by
A shepherd of the Lakes with dog and leading his horse up the hillside. He carries one of his flock across his shoulders. A charming scene. Date: circa 1920s
Argentina CreatureArgentina countryfolk report sighting of a plesiosaur-like creature : an expedition is planned in Buenos Aires.. but the creature is not found
Marie Tempest - famous British light sopranoDetail of the painting The Hay by Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) Date: 1910
Countryfolk from the Ybbsthale Date: 1888
GREECE / COUNTRYFOLKCountryfolk from Ancient Greece Date: circa 500 BC
BACCHUSRoman countryfolk celebrate a festival in honour of Bacchus Date: 29 BC
A relief sculpture depicting the new era of powered flight - countryfolk stare in amazement as an aeroplane flies above their smallholding
French Countryfolk and their Pigs - the caption reads: " The campaign to promote repopulation has its effect in the region." !! Date: circa 1920s
Chinese Village Scene with Villagers. Date: circa 1930s
Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and MusicMyanmar - Performing yein pwe - traditional National dance which features singing and dancing performed by an ensemble / chorus. Date: circa 1908
Rural Types, Japan - Traditional costume - Mino raincoatRural Types, Japan - Traditional costume of a rice farmer and his wife. He wears a traditional reed cape (Mino) and carries a hoe over his shoulder as he walks to tend his paddy field
Horse BrassesHORSE BRASSES talismans favoured by English countryfolk to protect their horses and for general good luck
Three Russian peasant women and their horse-drawn wagon. Date: circa 1902
The Home of Chinese peasant and his family - Rural China Date: circa 1910s
UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True BlueThe General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies
Romania - Gypsy Families and their tents. Date: circa 1905
Russia - Rural Peasant Couple and their well-ventilated home Date: 1907
Sweden - Church people at LeksandChurch-going folk at Leksand, a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden. Date: circa 1902
Chinese country boy with rake and laden backpack. Date: circa 1910s
Chinese Farming / Country Girl with wicker back-pack. Date: circa 1906
Myanmar - Burmese Traditional Village Dancing and Music / Musicians - playing such instruments as the curved Burmese Xylophone (Pattala) and Khong Vong gong chimes. Date: circa 1907
Myanmar - Country Couple in traditional attireMyanmar - Traditional Country Couple, the woman carrying a large pottery pot on her head. Date: 1916
Japan - Group of Country Children. Date: 1906
Country Course MeetingCountryfolk at a meet of the Avon Valley Coursing Club (near Salisbury) - he in plus- fours and gaiters with a cloth cap, his companion in high boots and heavy raincoat Date: 1927
Sport / Boules / CroatiaIstrian (Croatian) countryfolk playing boules in a garden protected by a statue of the Madonna Date: 1891
Midsummer customs in SwedenSwedish countryfolk dance on Midsummers Eve by the light of the Midnight Sun. Date: 1901
Street seller, Pisa, Italy - an everyday market scene at Pisa, where countrywomen, having no fixed market stalls stand selling their wares. Date: 1905
Romanian Country Fair, featuring a stage with a clown and a sword swallower or contortionist (?), some prize oxen, drinking and an amusement/pleasure wheel. Date: 1900
Romanian Women spinningA large group of Romanian Women spinning outside a thatched cottage in their village. Date: 1910s
Romanian Villagers - Traditional costumeRomanian Villagers wearing traditional folk costume. Date: circa 1900
Tenerife - San Cristobal de La Laguna - CampesinosCanary Island, Spain - Tenerife - San Cristobal de La Laguna - Campesinos (Rural Folk / Peasants). Date: circa 1910s
Italy - Egg Seller Date: circa 1910s
Irish Girl at her spinning wheel Date: circa 1903
Traditional Country Costumes - Serbia Date: circa 1903
Macedonian Countryfolk. Date: circa 1918
A Pretty Serbian Country Girl - Decorative border. Date: circa 1910s
Serbian Country Girl - Decorative floral border. Date: circa 1910s
Festival at Arapli, near Thessaloniki - A group of jolly men dancing and getingt stuck in to some serious drinking. Date: circa 1910s
Football Terms Illustrated - Two good full backs! A contented broad rural countryfolk couple take a constitutional stroll through the village. Date: circa 1920s
Meeting at the Crossroads - Slavonia, CroatiaPeasant folk meet for a chat at the Crossroads in Slavonia, a historical region in eastern Croatia. Date: circa 1917
An elderly Russian peasant with basket and staff Date: circa 1901
French Coutryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers / HarvestersFrench Countryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers/Harvesters Date: circa 1905
Turkish peasant couple - 1930s. Date: 1930s
Greek Countryfolk and elaborate loom. Date: circa 1910s
Pleasure Drive - Russian sled / sleigh Date: 1900s
Russian Peasant Couple - Fantastic HeaddressRussian Peasant Couple of Southern Russia (Caucasus - possibly Georgia?) - The lady is wearing a fantastic Headdress, typical of this region. Date: circa 1902
Irish Mick would have loved his Elegant Funeral" Shure, poor Mick had an illigant funeral; it would have been a proud day for him if he d lived to see it." !!! Date: 1892