Customs Collection (page 13)

Buddhist scene on the island of Putou, China, East Asia
Scene on the Buddhist island of Pu Tu (Putou), in the East China Sea south-east of Shanghai, China. Date: 1922

Buddhist pulpit seat, Cambodia, South East Asia (then a French Protectorate). The priest sits cross-legged on it to deliver a sermon. Date: 1922

Buddhist priest of Cambodia, South East Asia (then a French Protectorate). Head priest of a pagoda, has just descended from an ornate seat. Date: 1922

State barge of Chief of Yawnghwe, Burma, South East Asia
State barge of the Chief of Yawnghwe (Nyaungshwe), southern Burma (now Myanmar), South East Asia. The prow is in the shape of the Sacred Bird

Childrens Christmas party 1847
Little ones in high glee, the room decorated with holly and brilliantly lighted with candles. Neighbouring children come to celebrate the Christmas season

Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya, East Africa
Kikuyu couple in the forest, Kenya (then a British colony), East Africa -- the plume on the end of the warriors spear shows his peaceful intentions

The Marina, Customs to Christ Church, Lagos, Nigeria. Date: 1926

Fondong warrior, Cameroon, Central Africa
Fondong (Fondom) warrior, Cameroon, Central Africa, with elaborate scarring on his arm, produced by cutting the flesh and putting stitches into the wounds

Feast day near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South America -- indigenous people in large feathered headdresses, carrying large drums. Date: 1922

Elephant presentation dance, Nha Trang, South Vietnam
Elephant presentation dance in a public square at the Festivity of the Tet (New Years Feast), Nha Trang, South Vietnam (then known as Annam)

Men in Customs and Excise Training Centre
Men at work in the Customs and Excise Training Centre. 1946

Traditional regatta, Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Traditional regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

Vice-Admiral Ws Leveson Gower, Isle of Man
Vice-Admiral Ws Leveson Gower, 4th Earl Granville, Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, taking part in a procession on Tynwald Hill, an ancient ceremony promulgating new laws, on 5 July 1938. 1938

Customs House and reclaimed roads, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Customs House and reclaimed roads, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

Queen Victorias farewell to the Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, Spithead, 11 March 1854. 1854

Hindu Customs - three men
Hindu Customs (left to right) - Tadin playing with fire, - Aiganda Pandaron, Tadin with a padlock on his mouth

Wedding tradition, Throwing the Slipper. 19th century

Boy with an empty dish on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Boy serving a fruit pie on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Boy serving a roast turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: 1909

Three turkeys on a Thanksgiving postcard
Three turkeys with a carriage on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Boy riding a turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard
Boy riding on the back of a large turkey on a Thanksgiving postcard. Date: circa 1890s

The origin of Hunting the Wren - The Bird awakens the sleeping Danes. 1850

Hot-cross buns for poor children in the East-end of London
Some 500 children were given a feast of hot-cross buns on Good Friday at the Salmon Lane Mission, Limehouse Fields. Date: 1910

The Illustrious Women of France - The Bridesmaid
The Illustrious Women of France - the Bridesmaid. 1860

Woman with luggage
1920s woman and her luggage with customs officer. Illustration from Delineator magazine July 1928. Artist anon. Date: 1928

An Eastertide custom at home and abroad: hunting for Easter Eggs, 1903 Date: 1903

Women in national costume (possibly Norwegian or Austrian). Date: circa 1920s

View from a hotel terrace, Venice, Italy, showing the Dogana (customs building) across the water. Date: circa 1890s

Ancient and Modern, Tower of London, London
Ancient and Modern uniforms at the Tower of London, London. Date: circa 1930s

Traditional customs, Portugal -- people in the open air, working on a large weaving frame. Inset top left is a large building, the Grand Hotel Central. Date: circa 1900s

Procession in Luz, near Lagos, Algarve, southern Portugal
Religious procession of Nossa Senhora da Luz (Our Lady of Light) in Praia de Luz, near Lagos, Algarve, southern Portugal. Date: circa 1905

Local women and girls weaving straw, , Madeira. Date: circa 1900s

A Pai-Loo and a Chinese Fortress - Manners & Customs of Nations. 1803

Spanish people in fancy dress in the street. Date: circa 1920

Preparing for Christmas 1846
2400 geese from Boston, Lincolnshire were taken to a dealer of poultry at Spalding, where they were fattened up for the Christmas festive and sold in London markets. Date: 1846

Selling mistletoe in streets 1854
Street trader selling mistletoe to passers by in the streets. Date: 1854

Christmas at Windsor Castle 1846
Interesting engraving of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in the drawing- room, presenting gifts to her guests in 1846. The room was surrounded by several German Christmas trees nearly eight feet in

Christmas verses 1877
Victorian traditions, decorating the Christmas tree, couple under the mistletoe, wassail and Amen, written by Julia Goddard. Date: 1877

Christmas verse 1846
Page of Victorian men and women getting into the Christmas spirit! Indulging themselves in food, drink and song, and in the centre Old Father Christmas type with holly wreath upon his head, drinking

Granvale Church - collecting evergreen for Christmas 1869
Front cover of Christmas Supplement to The Illustrated London News, showing Victorian men, women and children receiving evergreen from a trader outside to decorate the church for Christmas. Date: 1869

Christmas toast for the evening 1872
Family raising a glass after an older gentleman makes a speech for Christmas. 1872

Wedding Dress 1861
High buttoned corsage with collar, pointed waist with corsage, bell shaped sleeves, page boy in brown and black tunic with cape and woman in pulple dress with rainbow shawl. Date: 1861

Christmas tree in history by Pauline Baynes
One of four illustrations by Pauline Baynes for The Illustrated London News Christmas number 1958, tracing the four key moments in the history of the Christmas tree

Christmas tree at the Temperance Hall 1845
Christmas tree, also described as a Tree of Love, by The Illustrated London News, erected on the stage at the Temperance Hall by the London Mission Society who were giving a Christmas celebration for

Bride being prepared for the big day 1875
Parisian bride getting reading for her wedding with bridesmaids around her. 1875

Beating the bounds of the Tower of London 1906
Beating the bounds is still carried out in the Tower of London today every three years on Ascension Day. One of Londons oddest traditions

Welsh Eisteddfod 1906
Opening of Gorsedd, Ceremony in which druids are in a circle, the Gorsedd (meaning chief) sit on a throne, where the Eisteddfod is proclaimed. 1906

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