Float Collection (page 3)

Victory steam engine in procession - Henley-on-Thames, probably to celebrate the coronation in 1911. Date: 1911

Swimming a Witch
The 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 firemen
A 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, WW1
A 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, WW1
A 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

Ufos / Santos / Brazil
Moyses Santos, of Belo Horizonte, is visited by six 1.2 metre aliens, who float clumsily round the room, bumping into furniture, then exit through the wall

Types of British Aircraft -- The Sopwith Seaplane. 1914-1918

Types of British Aircraft - The Wright Seaplane, tractor type. 1914-1918

Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Fighter. 1914-1918

Hvitarvatn Lake, Iceland
Hvitarvatn is a glacier lake in the Icelandic highlands, feeding the glacier river Hvita in South Iceland. North of the lake is the mountain hut Hvitarnes. Date: circa 1930

View from a cruise ship to an Ice Barier
View from a cruise to an Ice Barier, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen) circa 1930

Iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen)
Floating iceberg in Kings Bay, Spitsbergen (Spitzbergen), Norway. circa 1930

Boy fishing from an open window. 19th century

Art festival float in Tijuana Mexico. A man in a blue shirt and wearing a baseball cap is standing in front of the float Date: 1982

Woman and two men standing on the float above the street at the 1982 Art festival in Tijuana Mexico. Cars are passing below to the right of the picture. Date: 1982

Roman Soldiers passing over Bridge of Boats
Roman Soldiers crossing a Bridge of Boats, probably over the River Danube, in Trajans war on the Dacians (present-day Romania). circa 101-106

Jubilee procession, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Queen Victoria Jubilee procession, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: 1897

Young woman fishing on a German postcard. The two holes are designed for someone to put their fingers through and pretend they are legs -- such was the sense of humour in those days! Date: circa 1890s

Valletta, Malta - Festival - Ship float - Knights of Malta. Note the British sailor on the left. Date: 1923

Float. Leonardos drawing. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 656, 1485
Water and Land Machines. Float. Its function is that troops can cross the river. Leonardos drawing. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 656, 1485-1490. Model by Luigui Tursini, 1952

Gion Matsuri, Kyoto, Japan
The 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)

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo buys a balloon, which lifts him up into the air, until he lands on a policemans head. Originally published in The Bonzo Book (Partridge, London). Date: 1925

Men with fishing nets at Seaton, Devon
Men with fishing nets on the beach at Seaton, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Girl fishing with dog on a greetings card
Girl fishing with a dog at her side on a greetings card. circa 1890s

View of Boscastle, Cornwall, with a boy in a boat and fishing equipment on the quayside. Date: circa 1970s

The Lord Mayors Show
Marking the territorial army jubilee at the Lord Mayors Show in London. Among other scenes: a tableaux depicting the history of the territorial army

Down the stream, Les Images en Musique
Animals in various means of transport floating down the stream, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Seaplane on water. Date: circa 1940s

Seaplane in a field, with two men in uniform standing alongside. Date: circa 1940s

Westland N1B single-seat floatplane fighter, one of two which were built for shipboard use in 1916. They were first flown in August 1917. Date: circa 1916-1917

Supermarine Spitfire IX floatplane (forward view) landing

Sopwith Baby or Schneider scout, acquired by the RNAS during the early days of the First World War. From early 1915 the seaplanes were fitted with Lewis guns for attack and defence purposes

Sopwith Admiralty Type 807 two seater seaplane, produced in 1914. Seen here is serial no. 807, the first to be delivered to the RNAS. Date: circa 1914-1915

Thomas Morse S-5 float equipped version of the S4 Four built for the US Navy

Sablatnig SF 2 German two-seater advanced trainer seaplane (serial no. 580), photographed at Warnemunde on the German Baltic coast

Hansa-Brandenburg FB German flying boat
Hansa-Brandenburg FB German two-seat flying boat reconnaissance scout. Date: circa 1915-1918

Fairey Hamble Baby single-seat floatplane, a development on the Sopwith Baby formula via the addition of wing edge flaps. They were used as anti-submarine patrollers from the summer of 1917

Blackburn TB two-man biplane, which first appeared in August 1915. It was found to be too cumbersome, with an unreliable engine, so that it never entered production. Date: circa 1915

Blackburn GP three-seater torpedo bomber seaplane
Blackburn GP three-seater long range patrol and torpedo bomber seaplane, of which only two were built, the first being completed in July 1916 (serial no. 1415, seen here). Date: circa 1916-1917

Pageant, Hythe, Hampshire
Pageant, Hythe, Southampton, near Dibden, Hampshire, England. Showing the Ladies Fellowship float from St Johns church Date: 1960s

Carnival Float, Lindley, Yorkshire
Carnival Float, Lindley, Huddersfield, near Birchencliffe, Yorkshire, England. Showing Joseph Sykes Brothers Mill Yard Date: 1910s

Carnival Float - Lidget Street, Lindley, Yorkshire
Carnival Float - Lidget Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, near Birchencliffe, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1910s

Carnival Float, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
Carnival Float, Mablethorpe, near Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England. Showing Horse & Cart Date: 1934

Gordon Works Float, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Gordon Works Float with girls dressed as Early Victorians, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Showing a rare example of Watershot Stonework Date: 1900s

Float in Pageant, Hythe, Hampshire
Float in Pageant, Hythe, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Children on Horse-drawn Carnival Float, Unknown Location
Horse-Drawn Float, England. Possibly Empire Day Celebrations Date: 1900s

Electric Cooker - Oven Advertising Float, Great Finborough
Electric Cooker/Oven Advertising Float, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. East Anglian Electricity Service Date: 1920s

Mardi Gras Pageant, Canal Street, New Orleans, USA
Mardi Gras Pageant taking place in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1904

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