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Peter Pan & Wendy FlyingPeter Pan and Wendy float away over the city
Milkman and his FloatA milkman taking bottles from the crates on his float to deliver to someones doorstep
Milkman delivering milkFresh milk is delivered by the milkman, who stands by his milk float. Date: 1975
A cunning stroke by William Heath RobinsonA clever but unsportsmanlike contrivance to increase buoyance and prevent fatigue among Channel swimmers. A useful inflatable idea to help long-distance swimmers by the gadget king
Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to BrazilGabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved
Britten-Norman BN2 Islander G-AVCN on a full-size floatBritten-Norman BN2 Islander, G-AVCN, on a full-size float mock-up in the Bembridge Experimental Hangar
A parade in Fall River Massachusetts, Sherwin Williams float
The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, EssexThe Great Docks (Docker s) Strike of 1912 - Scene at a Demonstration at Grays, Essex. The pre-war era witnessed massive industrial unrest as dockers, transport workers
Fairey Campania two-seat seaplaneFairey Campania two-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance or coastal patroller seaplane, which entered production in early 1917. It was mounted on a wheeled trolley for takeoff from a ships flight deck
The Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for CamelotColour illustration of the Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot
Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman paddles a wooden boatKashmir, River Jhelum - woman with two small children paddles a flat-bottomed wooden boat, or shikara Date: 1986
Filling the Air with Fairy Forms -- a little girl blows a dandelion clock and in her imagination it turns into a flight of fairies. Date: circa 1920s
Horse-drawn float in carnival, Eastbourne, SussexHorse-drawn float led by Jim Wicking in a carnival at Eastbourne, Sussex. circa 1962
Nice Carnival - a decorated floatNice Carnival, France - a decorated float depicting a clown riding a dragon
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made
Bleriot-Voisin float glider shortly after launch on the SeinBle
Hot Air Ballo0N / 2002Hot air balloon in Newbury, Oxfordshire
Eskimo Hunts a NarwhalAn Eskimo fisherman pursuing a narwhal
MILKMAN MAKING DELIVERYA cheerful milkman takes bottles from his float to deliver to someones doorstep. Date: 1960s
United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223. Built as a landplane for racing and engine development testing, the XF3W-1 was later fitted with a pair of floats and also a single float with stabilisers
Short Scion Senior float-plane L9786, seen with a scale model of the Sunderlands planing bottom as its float. Date: circa 1938
Sabden Treacle Miners procession float, possibly 1930s
WW2 - Minesweeper Otter FloatA photograph which shows some WW2 merchant seamen deploying an otter float upon a minesweeper. Date: circa 1942
WW2 - Blackburn Skuas Capture Italian CantAn illustration of some British WW2 Blackburn Skua bombers forcing down and capturing an Italian Cant 506b float plane in the Mediterranean. Date: circa 1940s
G-ADHJ - Mercury - Transatlantic Float Seaplane - the upper component of the Short Bros. Mayo Composite Aircraft - launched in mid-air from a Flying Boat (see 13816872). Only one ever built
Set of three lifeboat related postcards including real photo Lifeboat Demonstration in Southampton, 1906. Date: circa 1900s
Piper J3-65 Cub float-plane, with father and son fishing from a float. Date: circa 1960
The Fairy Folk on Freddy Frog's Ferry Date: 1930
Title page design, Mr Punch's Pocket Book 1871 Date: 1871
Udet U. 13 float under constructionUdet U.13 float under construction for D-945, the sole U.13. Date: 1926
Carnival at Nice, France (2/2)Carnival at Nice, France - Serenade to the Moon (small float) Date: 1896
Carnival at Nice, France (1/2)Carnival at Nice, France - Spectacular float featuring an elaborately-dressed Gentleman rigding an eagle, carrying a large basket of wine! Date: circa 1920s
Electricity Council appliance testing lab, LeatherheadElectricity Council appliance testing laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey. A new extension was opened on 16 May 1969. Showing the Housecraft Department
A musician sits on a float in an ecstatic trance, really into the music, while a couple of children sit beneath him at the Port of Spain Carnival, Trinidad, W. Indies. Date: 1968
A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908
Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916
Southend Carnival parade, along the sea-front. Date: circa 1955
Mac Beardall, Doug Frazer and Dennis Wright dressed as skin-clad savages in the aftermath of the H-bomb on the Westminster College float at a procession of London students in aid of the National
Comic postcard, Bald head in the sea, WW2 Date: circa 1940s
Comic postcard, Plump man floating on the sea Date: 20th century
c. 1880s Japan - festival procession
Milkman and milk float, LondonMilkman with his electric milk float making early morning delivery to Bloomfield Place, Westminster, London. Date: circa 1950s
Comic postcard, People in the sea Date: 20th century
Angelic women in the most wonderful photo ever takenTwo women appear angelic, dressed in flowing material as they are photographed amongst the clouds. The positioning of the women
Carnival float, Newport, Rhode Island, USABoilermakers carnival float for Old Home Week, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Date: 1905
Historical procession, Amsterdam, NetherlandsHistorical-allegorical procession, Rembrandt events, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1906, with a horse-drawn float and people in costume. Date: 1906
Religious Procession in Tokyo, JapanReligious procession in Yedo, (now known as Tokyo) Japan. Date: circa 1880
Japanese Matsuri FestivalMatsuri is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple
Patriotic fancy dress, c. 1910A man dressed up as a woman pushing a pram festooned with streamers and flags and containing three children in bonnets and bedecked straw hats
Little girl dressed up as a milk delivery personA little girl dressed up as a milkman (or milk woman), complete with her miniature milk float. The photograph of King George VI
People You See: The Swimming Instructress. From Teddy Bear (13 July 1968). Date: 1968
Pictures to Colour of People You See: The Swimming Instructress. From Teddy Bear (13 July 1968). Date: 1968
Bocage centenary, Setubal, Portugal -- commemorating the death of Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765-1805), Portuguese poet born in Setubal. Date: 1905
Flower-decked float, Pasadena, California, USAFlower-decked float in a street in Pasadena, California, USA. Date: circa 1912
Fourth and Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USAFloral parade at Fourth and Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. Showing the Fire Department on a horse-drawn float. Date: 1900s
United States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 - USS BillingsleyUnited States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 USS Billingsley, assisting Douglas World Cruiser float-plane 23-1231 (msn 147) Boston, which was forced down near the Faroe Islands and damaged beyond repair
Friedrichshafen FF. 63Friedrichshafen FF.63; a float -equipped monoplane based on the Brandenburg W.29. Date: circa 1918
A device used to float messages down the Seine and out of the city. Date: 1870 / 1A device used to float messages down the Seine and out of the city. Date: 1870/1
THAMES FIRE FIGHTERSLondon fire-fighters attend to the engines of the Beta III fire float, one of several such boats used for fire cover along the river Thames. Date: June 1933
LORD MAYORS SHOWThe float symbolising the Entente Cordiale with France, in the Lord Mayors procession of 1905 Date: 1905
Sleeping Kashmir boatmanA man asleep in the stern of a punt, or shikara, loaded with cattle fodder. The punt floats though the river weeds and only the mans legs and feet are visible Date: 1986
Liverpool Coronation Procession - June, 1953Crowds pack the streets to watch the Liverpool Coronation Procession to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - June
Lieutenant James Harold DoolittleLt James Harold Doolittle standing on the float of his Curtiss Schneider Cup Racer
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Aquatennial Parade - FloatsMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Aquatennial Parade - Colourful Floats Date: 1939
France - Nice Carnival - The Music Float Date: 1904
Two kittens on a raft on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Gotha WD-10 German single-seat naval fighter biplane designed by Oskar Ursinus, seen here with floats retracted, thus improving its aerodynamic effect
Taoism. Last phase of alchemical meditation. Chinese art. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Four Girls on a LogFour German girls float on a log Date: 1930
Bonfire Society float, East Dean, East SussexBonfire Society float on the recreation ground in East Dean, East Sussex, with carthorses Diamond and Damsel. Date: circa 1960
Women Munitions Workers Keighley WW1On 23rd September 1916, the West Riding Volunteer Regiment organised a flag day and procession with marching bands. It included an attractive tableaux or float by the Keighley National Shell Factory
Teddy bear fishing. Date: circa 1900s
Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). MuIslamic art. Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Museum of Turkish and Islamic art. Turkey
Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, JapanThe Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri), which takes place annually in Kyoto and is one of the most famous festivals in Japan. The Festival is crowned by a parade (the Yamaboko Junko)
Short Admiralty Type 310 torpedo bomber seaplaneShort Admiralty Type 310 two-seater torpedo bomber seaplane, first flown in July 1916. Seen here is serial no. N1303, the 14th Type 310 to be built. Date: circa 1916-1917
Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 reconnaissance fighterHansa-Brandenburg W 12 German float-equipped two-seat reconnaissance fighter. It first flew in January 1917. Seen here is serial no. 2016, an early production example
Albatros W 4 German single-seat floatplane fighter used by the German Navy to defend its shore bases. It entered service in late 1916. Seen here is serial no
Blacksmiths Float - Shoeing Force, Preston, Lancashire, England. Guild Week Celebrations Date: 1922
Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, DorsetSalisbury Street, Blandford Forum, near Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England. Showing Parade with Trade Float - Celebrating the Tercentenary Date: 1920s
Victory steam engine in procession - Henley-on-Thames, probably to celebrate the coronation in 1911. Date: 1911
Swimming a WitchThe art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but
MFB fire float and tug with river firemenA Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug with river firemen. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 by Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, Chief Fire Officer of the MFB
German Gotha WD1 seaplane, WW1A German Gotha WD1 seaplane, used for coastal patrol work in the early part of the First World War. It was a two-seater, with a 100 horsepower Daimler engine and two floats. Date: circa 1914-1915
German Gotha WD7 seaplane, WW1A German Gotha WD7 seaplane (water biplane), used for reconnaissance work during the First World War. It had two 120 hp Mercedes engines. Date: 1916-1918
