Holiday Collection (page 70)

Epping Forest
Some of the trees which compose Epping Forest, Essex, a favourite destination for holiday-making Londoners

Flying Poster The Puss Moth
A colour advertisement for light aircraft, from the Art Deco period, portraying a couple going on holiday

Golfing Time by Rene Vincent
The Motor car as an adjunct to summer holiday sport, eliminating the drawback of distance from the scene of action: Golfing Time - the arrival on the links

East of Suez by Webster Murray
An exotic scene showing British tourists examining fabrics in a bazaar somewhere in the Middle East

Jolly swimmers
Jolly French swimmers - fresh from a dip

Prince Leopolds engagement
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria

Bystander masthead by Harry Woolley, 1930
A bathing belle wearing a swimsuit and bathing cap lounges on a rock in the middle of the sea and enjoys a casual chat with Neptune

The Holiday Governess de Luxe. by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (Brother of William Heath Robinson) of two children being carried by their Governess back to shore

Heads Up- Tails Down by Howard K. Elcock
An impression of the famous Roulette Room in the Casino at Monte Carlo. Although baccarat and other games of chance are played

A Quiet Country Holiday! by H. C. Earnshaw
An illustration by Harold Earnshaw of an artist at work with a gaggle of spectators surrounding him. Earnshaw was the husband of Mabel Lucie Attwell

Children paddling and finding sea creatures
Four young girls paddling at the edge of the sea and examining the crabs and starfish they have found in the shallow water and placed in their buckets. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

People left in London during the Summer Holidays, 1881
Engraving showing a number of the types of people left in London, whilst more fortunate folk went on holiday in the summer of 1881

Electric Lighting at Alexandra Palace Lakes, 1880
Engraving showing a large crowd of Victorian holiday-makers enjoying the illumination of the Alexandra Palace lakes, London, by electric light, 1880. Date: 21 August 1880

Blackpool Pier
Opening of the new pier at Blackpool, Lancashire, adding yet another attraction to this popular holiday resort

Blackpool, Donkeys
Blackpool, Lancashire, has already become a popular holiday resort in the mid-19th century - ladies are conducted for a shore excursion in a donkey-cart

Holiday-makers on Hampstead Heath, London, 1872
Engraving showing the large crowds on Hampstead Heath during May holidays, 1872. A number of attractions, including an ice cream stall and a coconut shy, are shown drawing large crowds

Donkey Rides on Hampstead Heath, London, 1873
Engraving showing a group of women, boys and girls riding donkeys on Hampstead Heath during a holiday in May 1873

Gone Around / Holiday
A horse and jockey take a tumble at the water jump on the Grand National course at Aintree in Liverpool, showing that its any horses race

Feeding the Swans / 1901
Eager children crowd behind the railings at Hampton Court Palace, to feed swans and ducks in a pond

The Humorist Summer No
A rotund couple dive off their respective boats in perfect symmetry scaring aware fish and quite unaware of the paddling crowds nearer to the beach

European Travel
With todays modern transport links as fast as they are, Paris is literally one step away from London for this well turned out (British?) traveller

Canada for holidays
Canadian Pacific advertising Canada as a holiday destination in 1935

W. E. Gladstone, Cannes, 1898
Photographic portrait of William Ewart Gladstone, the English Liberal statesman, on holiday in Cannes, French Riviera, March 1898. Date: 1898

Devon for holidays
Great Western Railway advertising Devon as a holiday destination in 1935

The National Penny Bank
Photograph showing a crowd of people outside the closed National Penny Bank in Queen Victoria Street, London. Many banks closed beyond the Bank Holiday after the proclamation of war in 1914 to

London Family heading for Epping Forest on WhitMonday, 1893
Engraving showing a London family heading to Epping Forest on a donkey cart on the WhitMonday holiday, c.1893

Two friends on a bench at Blackpool, Lancashire
Two female friends rest on a bench with the Blackpool Tower in the background

Ukraine Yalta
General view of the popular holiday resort in the southern Crimea : the suburb of Livadia will be the location of the historic Allied conference in February 1945

Professional Packer
A professional packer at work carefully laying clothing and linens into a trunk of a wealthy client

Holiday Amusements
Holiday pastimes - the elder girl has her bike, her brother is off to play tennis, the youngest has a cart to pull - and maman has her sewing

Swissair Aeroplane at Zurich Airport, 1936
Photograph of a Swissair aeroplane, of a type used between London and Zurich in 1936, seen at Zurich Airport. Winter flights between Croydon Airport

Flannel Suit 1939
For holiday resorts, for the beach and promenade, for the summer months

Swimwear 1960S
A young couple, holding hands, and wearing fashionable swimwear, enjoy a splash in the sea!

Edward VIII on Holiday
EDWARD VIII and Mrs Wallis Simpson on holiday in September 1936 at Rab in Yugoslavia, surrounded by bodyguards and policemen

Edward & Wallis Simpson
EDWARD VIII and Mrs Wallis Simpson during the Kings summer holiday to Rab in Yugoslavia in September 1936. The King was to abdicate in December of that year

Asleep on the Shore
A little girl sleeps on the shore while her brother and sister hunt for shrimps among the rocks

The First Sand Castle by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a red dress and a white bonnetto protect her from the sun, building her first sandcastle

Irish Jaunting Car 1909
American tourists in Ireland enjoy the excitement of a spin in a jaunting car

Holiday Snap
As this holidaymaking family stroll along the promenade at Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk, they are snapped by a hopeful photographer

Crowd at Marienbad / 1899
The elegant holiday crowd at Marienbad (now Marianske Lazne) in Bohemia (later Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic)

French Train Passengers
Passengers board a train on the first railway line from Paris to Pecq

Weymouth Beach
Holidaymakers on the beach at Weymouth in Dorset

Car & Caravan 1975
A car and caravan, perfect for that family touring holiday

Crowded Brighton Beach
Brighton beach packed with people enjoying good weather on Easter bank holiday; some sit on deckchairs, others directly on the shingle

Bournemouth Beach 1960S
A very crowded scene on the beach at Bournemouth, Dorset, during the height of the summer season

North Sands, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
View of the North Sands at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with strollers and paddlers

Road to Charmouth
The picturesque road into Charmouth, Dorset, a holiday resort on the border with Devon

Prince Arthur turning the first turf at the Hythe and Sandga
Prince Arthur turning the first turf of the Hythe and Sandgate Railway. The railway was built to accommodate holiday makers keen to travel to the seaside

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