Customs Collection (#20)

FETCHING FIREWOOD 1886
Two children bring home a barrow-load of firewood for the Christmas fire Date: 1886

16th century Yule Log
The arrival of the Yule Log in the hall of an Elizabethan mansion Date: 16th century

Gluttony
A SWALLOW AT CHRISTMAS satire on seasonal gluttony Date: 1841

Gathering Decorations
A girl stands at a stile with a load of holly and a sprig of mistletoe Date: 1890

EGYPT / CUSTOM / PHAROAH
Nubian nobles bring tribute to the Pharoah Date: circa 1380 BC

EGYPT / CUSTOMS SYRIAN
Syrian chiefs pay tribute to the Egyptians Date: circa 3000 BC

MARRIAGE / WEDDING / 1737
A catholic wedding in France. Date: 1737

Admiring Snowman
Six children admire the snowman theyve made Date: circa 1880

CUSTOMS / EQUATOR
Crossing-the-line ceremony on an English Indiaman sailing vessel, en route to India Date: 1859

Buying the Ring
Young couple buy ring from attentive jeweler. Date: about 1840

Maximilian I married
Maximilian I and Maria of Burgundy married

Mother and children with Easter eggs in Brabant, Belgium
A mother and her three children with a basket of Easter eggs in Brabant, Belgium. Date: 1950

Two little girls with Easter eggs
Two little girls compare their Easter eggs, standing on the grass. Date: circa 1890

Two Spanish children with a nativity set. Date: 1937

Sister holding up baby to see their snowman
A sister holding up the baby to see their snowman. The baby holds out her hand towards the snowmans pipe. Date: circa 1890

Brother and sister have built a snowman
Our Snow Man - a brother and sister smile with a sense of achievement, having built a snowman. Date: 1911

Money no object. Satire on marrying for money Date: circa 1850s

Water tournament
In former times a sport used upon the River Thames, London, which is now discontinued, two wherries to row and run one against the other with staves in their hands, flat at the fore-end

Father Christmas delivering Xmas chocolate
Father Christmas delivers Faulders Chocolates by car Date: circa 1905

Father Christmas and Old Father Time Date: 1886

Father Christmas with children
German Papa dresses up as Father Christmas Date: 1852

Saint Nicholas giving Christmas presents to children
SAINT NICOLAS visits some children and gives them presents Date: 1907

Father Christmas delivering Xmas presents
Father Christmas lets children dip into his sack and choose a present each Date: 1917

Painswick Clipping 1902
Painswick Clipping - the churchyard in Gloucestershire, with neatly-trimmed yews. Date: 1902

Coronation Chair, Westminster Abbey
The Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey. Date: c1825

Liberty Hall, Customs House and River Liffey, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. circa early 1970s

MISTLETOE ON STAIRS
DARE HE ? A girl pauses beneath a mistletoe sprig, wondering if hes man enough to seize his chance... Date: 1920

LUTHERs CHRISTMAS
Luther and his family celebrate Christmas Eve, 1536, with songs, presents and delicacies round the Christmas Tree Date: 1536

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Post Office and US Custom House Date: circa 1931

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Petrie Bight, Customs House
Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Petrie Bight is a sharp curve in the Brisbane River at the northern ends of the Town Reach (upstream) and the Shafston Reach (downstream)

A rather stern-looking Easter bunny delivering cards & eggs
A rather stern-looking Easter bunny heads out ( again !) delivering cards & eggs... Date: 1908

Customs House Tower - Boston, Massachusetts. Date: 1933

Venice, Italy - Punta della Dogana is an art museum in Venices old customs building, the Dogana da Mar. It also refers to the triangular area of Venice where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal

Ancient artist at work in a cave, Kazakhstan area
Andronovo culture, ancient artist painting petroglyphs on the rocks, conveying the culture and customs of the times, Kazakhstan area. Others watch, or help by supplying light from a flaming torch

Depiction of the Thames in the early 19th century
View of the River Thames in the early 19th century. The " soaring spires" of London, as well as the dome of St Paul s, are visible in the background

African women and girl in native dress
Two African women and a girl in native dress, wearing metal and bone jewellery, and with their skin heavily oiled. Date: circa 1920

African woman in native dress, wearing metal and bone jewellery, and with her skin heavily oiled. Date: circa 1920

Kyabe, Chad, Africa - Sara Man with enormous lip plates
Kyabe, Moyen-Chari, Chad, Africa - Man of the Sara People with enormous upper and lower lip plates. Date: circa 1920s

In a Roman Osteria, 1866, by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)
Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890). Danish painter. In a Roman Osteria, 1966. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Ornamental scars on face and sharpened and filed teeth
Photograph of a couple from upper Congo, Central Africa - bearing facial scarification and sharpened upper teeth and filed bottom teeth

Customs / Coronations / Euro
Carl V crowned Emperor by Pope Clement VII at Bologna. Date: 24 February 1530

Costumes of the Tarascan people of Michoacan, Mexico, . Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Tongatabu (Tongatapu) island in the kingdom of Tonga.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Naked Chamorro men and women fishing in the Mariana islands.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Chamorro people of the island of Guam.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Naked natives on a dual-hull boat of New Caledonia.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Costumes of Virginia: a warrior and Powhatan priest of Secota.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Tattooed Acadian man, and male and female natives of Canada.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

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