Fete Collection (page 6)

Coronation of Napoleon, with balloon
Festival for the Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine, scene in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, with five balloons ascending as part of the celebrations. 3 December 1804

Balloon event, Charles Green, Aylesbury
Grand Aerostatic Fete at Aylesbury, 416th Balloon Ascent by Mr Charles Green in his Royal Victoria Balloon. From a spacious meadow belonging to Mr T J Hinds of the Black Swan Inn, Cambridge Street

Elisa Garnerin parachute descent
Elisa Garnerin descending in a parachute, possibly into the Champ de Mars, Paris, entitled Pour la Fete Du Roy! par Elisa Garnerin. The released balloon is in the top left. early 19th century

Lendemain de fete. Date 1891

Ville de Bruxelles, Parc Leopold... dimanche 11 octobre 1885, de 2 e 4 hres. de l apres-midi. Grande fete aerostatique populaire

Tivoli. Le dimanche 22 aout, 1824, grand fete extraordinaire a l occasion de la Saint-Louis. Ascension en balon, par M. Margat

Cremorne Gardens... Grand Victoria fete in honour of the Inauguration of the Exhibition of All Nations, by Her Majesty, on Thursday, May 1st, 1851

Grande fete aerostatique organisee par l union des pilotes aeriens societe francaise d aerostation. Date 1885

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Juvenile fete, next Wednesday, 21st... Text-only broadside announcing a festival at Vauxhall Gardens, London, England, 1841?

Fete de pantin F?te de pantin
Fete de pantin. Print shows a balloon with mechanism attached to the bottom of the basket, possibly an elaborate fireworks display. Date between 1820 and 1860

Fete donner e la grande duchesse Helene de russie par WR Chateaubriant, ambassadeur e Rome en 1830. Drawing shows a crowd gathered around a balloon on the ground at the festivities prepared by

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Next Tuesday, 24th July, grand day and evening fete, will be given in honor of the foreign ambassadors

La fete du centenaire

Fete de la Concorde, arrivee des corporations au Champ-de-Mars. Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848

Salle de concert du cercie artistique... Exposition du gigantesque ballon Cita di Firenze de Eugene Godard, aeronaute de l Empereur... Place St. Michel dimanche 30 janvier 1870

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838. Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, combined with the evening entertainments

La fete de la Chatelaine. Date 1881 Dec. 21

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall... grand illumination gala of 45, 400 lamps!! and day and night fete. Mr. Green will ascend, for the 283rd time, in his balloon

Fete Champetre, Watcombe, 1852
Musical fete champetre at Watcombe, near Torquay. The grand natural ampitheatre in which the performances took place was caused by a landslip. Date: 1852

Kingham, Oxfordshire - The Fete at the Tennis Courts Date: 1915

Federation Celebrated 5
On the Champ de Mars, Parisians celebrate the Fete de la Federation, marking the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1790

Childrens fete at the Savoy Hotel, 1911
The scene in the magnificent ballroom of the Savoy Hotel, London on December 23rd 1911, where a fete for children was held when hundreds of pretty children were gathered together for an hour or two

Birmingham Botanic garden, 1851
Birmingham and the Great Exhibition-a fete champetre at the Botanic Garden in 1851. Royal commissioners and other officers of the Great Exhibition visited Birmingham to see its " manufacturing

Winston Churchill at Chelmsford, Essex
Winston Churchill MP at Chelmsford, Essex. He was attending and making a speech at a Fete in aid of the Scottish Prisoners of War Fund, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Marne Region, France - Parade of Tunisian Marksmen
La Marne Region, France - Parade of Tunisian Marksmen - WWI Date: circa 1916

Fete Federal de Gymnastique, Lausanne, Switzerland - 9th-13th July, 1909 Date: 1909

Alsace Vineyard Festival
A joyous procession moves through the streets of Alsace during the fete de vendanges (or vineyard festival). Date: 1922

Fete, Alsace
The people of an Alsace town celebrate the return of their department to France after more than 40 years of German occupation Date: 1920

Rustic Fete at Northfleet, Kent - a successful competitor climbs the greasy pole and wins the flitch of bacon, to the plaudits of the crowd Date: 1832

Breton Bardic Festival
At Saint-Brieuc, Britanny, Breton bards hold a fete, to encourage the preservation of Breton traditions and culture Date: 1906

Crowd of Children 1950S
A crowd of children watch a Punch & Judy performance at the Whit Monday Church fete in a park in Thaxted, Essex. Date: 1950s

Young woman with a parasol and a basket of flowers
A young woman with a parasol, a basket of flowers and a nice smile. Date: 1923

The conservatories at Chiswick House
Wealthy Victorians enjoy the hospitality of the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Banquet in the Imperial Pavilion
The banquet hosted by the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Ally-Fresco Fayre / Ally Sloper
Ally Slopper hosts a summer floral fete at South Kensington, to raise money for the Grosvenor Hospital

Strand Union Boys Band
A group picture of the Strand Union Boys Band on 12 July 1905, at the Childrens Fete held at the Vicarage, Tottenham, North London

Music sheet cover for Danseuses Viennoises
Music sheet cover for the Danseuses Viennoises (Viennese Dancers), No.3 Pas des Moissonneurs (Harvesters Dance or Harvest Fete), with music by Max Maretzek (1821-1897)

Steve Donoghue back in the saddle
Steve Donoghue (1884 - 1945), English flat race jockey, winner of the Epsom Derby on six occasions pictured riding a donkey at a fete for disabled soldiers at Gifford House, Roehampton

Hungarian party in Paris
Many members of the aristocratic society attended this Hungarian fete in Paris, a very creative and original event. Among the dancers were the Duke and Duchess of Grammont, the Duke

Black Village Fete - Oran, Algeria
A Black Algerian Village Fete - Oran, Algeria

Australian Church Fete - Dressing as Japanese
An Australian Church Fete at Yarra, Geelong - 41 miles from Melbourne. The three women being transported by rickshaw are all wearing Japanese kimonos. It is captioned Jinricksha, Japanese Village

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

Aden, Yemen - a local fete or festival in full swing

The Temple Lawn, Chiswick House
The Great Lawn and Ornamental Water, with temple and bridge, and exhibition of giraffes during the Duke of Devonshires grand fete at Chiswick House

The Stafford House Fete - scene in the gardens
The Lifeboat Fete at Stafford House, the London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. Scene in the gardens, which were illuminated

Great Fete at Stafford House
Page from The Tatler 3rd July 1901, covering the fete at Stafford House in aid of the National Lifeboat Institution. Stafford House, the London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland

Former famous fete at Stafford House
Page from The Tatler, 3rd July 1901, featuring a famous gathering at Stafford House in 1850 at which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were present

London Beulah Spa
Fete of the Blenheim Free Dispensary in the grounds of Beulah Spa, Norwood, in south London

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