Holiday Collection (page 21)

A family on the beach at the seaside, sitting in deckchairs against the sea wall. Above them, just behind the railings, are the backs of several people sitting along the sea front. Date: c.1935

A family boarding an aeroplane, the Rapid Azur service of the Air Union line in July 1932. Date: 1932

Cartoon by Alfred Leete showing a fashionable 1920s couple walking along a beach. The title refers to the popular Cochran revue of that year at the London Pavilion starring Edythe Baker

How Doth the Little Busy Bee by John Hassall
A Study of Young Life by John Hassall. The picture, signed Dallinghoo, 1904, pictures his three eldest children, Dorothy, Ian and Isabel, watching beehives at the rectory of Dallinghoo, Suffolk

A Shadow Caravan (open), harnessed to a Clyno Car
How to enjoy a Motor Holiday : A Shadow Caravan (open), harnessed to a Clyno Car. 1927

Wayfaring for a Holiday (Bertram Smith) - preparing a meal after a days journeying. Date: 1907

Plan and elevation of a Regency Era, Gothic style domestic chapel. Floorplan shows raised pews for the estate owner A, slightly raised pews for the stewards, and low pews for the domestic workers

Front entrance to his majestys cottage, Windsor Great Park. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1823

Woman feeding chickens in dress for the Easter holiday. Robe pour les vacances de Paques. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain from Tommaso

Woman in canary yellow dress with amber buttons, with hat and walking cane. Tailleur de petit drap canari garni de boutons d ambre clair

Young lady (off on her hols!) sends a quick postcard
Life is short as time will show - If you don t get this, please let me know. Date: circa 1910s

A truly delightful candid seaside photograph of a Mother and her two young daughters on a sandy beach. Date: circa 1920s

Mother and daughter on the beach - Devon - August, 1919. Date: 1919

Family group - Studio portrait at the seaside for two sisters and their four children (complete with buckets and spades!)

Holidaymakers at Gromitz on the Baltic Sea Coast
Holidaymakers posing for a photograph on a jetty at Gromitz in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lubeck on the Baltic Sea Coast. Date: 1925

Large group of holidaymakers on a British beach - looking up at the photographer (possibly stood on the promenade?) - the photograph was taken at 8pm on July 11, 1925

Group of holidaymakers pose for a cheery photograph outside the Gladsmuir guest house, on Palace Road, Douglas, Isle of Man. Date: c.1954

A mother and her son at a campsite or caravan park, pose for a photograph beside their caravan or, as the caption on the back states, their home tractor. Date: 1950s

Gloriously joyous photograph showing three women on the beach. While two younger women in their swimming costumes giggle as they pose in front of a beach hut

View of Oddicombe Beach, Torquay, Devon, with the cliff lift in the foreground. Date: circa 1960s

Aerial view of the beach and cliffs at Beer, East Devon. Date: 1960s

Aerial view of the sea front, Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Holidaymakers on the harbour beach, St Ives, Cornwall, with boats on the water in the distance. Date: circa 1980s

Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Homes, Girls Home
Children outside one of the girls homes, part of Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Homes. Date: Date unknown

Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Home, Mablethorpe
Girls in a dormitory at the Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Home, Mablethorpe. Date: circa 1950

Asile de Petits Orphelins, Menilmontant - Holiday Home
Holiday home for the Asile de Petits Enfants (Home for young orphans), Menilmontant, Paris. Date: early 1900s

Couple on deck of cruise ship
Couple on the deck of a cruise ship. 1926

Shop window design, holidays. 1937

Shop window design, Hiking. 1937

Pier and Promenade, Cromer, Norfolk. circa 1890

The Pier Approach, Bournemouth, Dorset. circa 1890

View of Tenby, South Wales. Date: 1880

British travellers in a Cairo bazaar
British travellers, on holiday in Egypt with Thomas Cook, perusing goods in a Cairo bazaar. See picture number 12916374 for a picture of people booking their holiday at Thomas Cook

Buying travel tickets for Cooks tour to Egypt, 1908
Customers at Thomas Cook purchasing tickets and working out itinerary for a holiday to Egypt, in which they will no doubt partake of a Nile tour. Date: 1908

Society in the snow at Davos, 1926
A picnic party ready for an expedition assembling at Davos, one of the Alpine winter sports destinations popular with high society. Date: 1926

The Surfing Girl
Riding the Bubbling Breakers - The Surfing Girl in South Africa. Date: 1926

Push and Go by Heath Robinson
The collapsible car, specially designed to be taken away conveniently in the holidays. Another brilliant idea from William Heath Robinson. Date: 1925

Cartoon, Installing the tent. 1923

Cartoon, We forgot to cancel the milk! 1923

Cartoon, Customs & Manners of ye Englyshe People - Sea Bathing. 19th century

Beach and yachting suits from Galeries Lafayette
Beach and nautical outfits at the height of their popularity. On the left, a beach suit of silk printed to suggest cretonne, worn with a jumper (sleeveless top) of white stockinette

Beach pyjamas from Robinson and Cleaver
A sunsuit in printed Irish linen featuring a bold cretonne design, comprised of trousers, coat and a matching parasol. Available from Robinson

Lady Lettice Lygon by Olive Snell
Lady Lettice Cotterell (nÚÑáLygon) (1906-1973), Wife of Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp. Lygon family possible inspiration for Waughs Brideshead Revisited

Viscountess Weymouth pictured on holiday (probably on the Riviera) by Olive Snell. She was formerly the Hon. Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian (1904-1997), and married Viscount Weymouth in 1927 Date: 1929

Advert for Blue Star Line, Arandora Star 1929
Advertisement for Blue Star Lines Mediterranean cruises on board the S.S. Arandora Star. The Arandora Star was requisitioned as a troop ship during the Second World War

The Ladies Mile in the Row
Typical scene on Rotten Row in Hyde Park, where smart London society traditionally went to ride their horses. Date: 1923

Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (1 / 2)
Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (1/2) - To the Riviera by Car (illustration by Helen McKie) and photograph showing holidaymakers on the Croisette at Cannes, France. Date: 1931

Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (2 / 2)
Riviera Refections by Dell Leigh (2/2) - Sunward-bound through France - On the Blue Train (illustration by Helen McKie) and photograph showing speedboating on the Cote d-Azur. Date: 1931

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