Leap Collection

Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens in the Long Jump
Berlin Olympic Games - Jesse Owens (1913-1980) in the Long Jump, producing his gold medal-winning leap of 26 ft 5 in (one of four golds he won at this games). Date: 1936

If Unhealthy, be healthy: If Healthy by Healthier
An energetic man starts the day in his dressing gown by diving off the mantelpiece of his living room, using his wifes head as a springboard

Muybridge - Horse Leap
Horse : leaping

Grand National Waterjump
Horses and riders leap over the water jump on the Grand National course at Aintree in 1897. The winner, Manifesto is seen in the lead

Cowboy on a Bucking Bronco Date: 1906

Leap Year Programme / Paul Chesney
George Robey is the principal performer in the LEAP YEAR show at the London Hippodrome

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: her home
The home of Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) at St Asaph, Wales. She became notorious for faking her own death in 1909 by allegedly being thrown from her motor car into the sea from the cliffs

Dogs Leap, R. Roe, Limavady, Co. Londonderry - a view of a fast flowing river and bridge in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Limavady). Date: circa early 1900s

Athletics event with hurdles
An athletics event with men taking part in a hurdles race. circa 1940s

Proposal on a leap year
A woman proposing to her boyfriend on Valentines Day during a leap year - the only occasion by tradition that this is allowed !

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: the motor car
The motor car with broken windscreen from which Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) was alleged to have been thrown into the sea following an accident at Penmaenbach near Llandudno

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: the slope down which she fell
The slope down which, according to the chaffeurs first statement, Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) was alleged to have fallen and coming through the windscreen of her car at Penmaenbach

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: site of the crash
The spot at which the motor car of Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) was alleged to have struck the wall, over which she was said to have been thrown into the sea below at Penmaenbach near

Salmon Leap, R. Roe - a view of the river cascading over a weir. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Limavady). Date: circa early 1900s

Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelight
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922

Silhouette of hunting scene
Silhouette of a hunting scene, showing a horsewoman leaping a stream while a dog follows the scent of the fox

Rich Woman fishes for suitors
Leap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught

Lovers leap, Holne Chase, Dartmoor, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Stoney Middleton 1950S
View of Stoney Middleton, with its Lovers Leap cafe, a beautiful village in the Derbyshire Peak District, where cottages shelter beneath overhanging cliffs

Britain / Cartoon / Reform
A horse with the head of Disraeli takes A Leap in the Dark, in Punchs satire on the Reform Bill

Anti-suffrage satirical postcard - Leap Year Goods - " Will wear well". A woman in full tweed suit of jacket and plus fours standing with her motorbike. 1908

Lovers Leap, Llandrindod Wells, Wales. Date: circa 1900s

Small boy walks with dog along the tideline - Tenby Beach
A small boy walks with his dog along the tideline on Tenby Beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The water sparkles in the back light Date: 1988

Stoney Middleton Lover's Leap early 1900s

Stoney Middleton Lover's Leap Inn early 1900s

Leaping Dog, by Harry Rountree
Leaping Dog, original etching by Harry Rountree Date: circa 1930

Stool Leap Frog, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Dancer on a beach - by Bertram Park, c. 1930s
Dancer on a beach - by Bertram Park, c.1930s

Look Before You Leap. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

Eddie Gifford the one-legged cyclist at the London HIppodrom
Eddie Gifford, the one-legged cyclist in a photograph demonstrating his death-defying leap on a bicycle from an elevated platform on the roof of the Hippodrome

Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! (Disraeli and Tax)
Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! A satirical comment on Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer, raising of income tax by two pennies in the pound

An ostrich farm in South Africa, Hoffman Girls at Hippodrome
The famous Hoffman Girls performing as ostriches (!) in the London Hippodromes 1924 revue, Leap Year. 1924 was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley

Lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome
The lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London Hippodrome
The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls in rehearsals
The Hoffman Girls, the dance troupe founded, managed and choreographed by Gertrude Hoffman, pictured in rehearsals for Leap Year which had had a successful run at the London Hippodrome

Rodeo - W. F. Blanchett on Hot Foot - Round up, Pendleton, Oregon, USA. Date: 1911

The Cresta Run
Daredevil tobogganists take a thrilling turn at the second bank of the Church leap at the famous Cresta Run at St. Moritz with the grand stand visible in the background. Date: 1924

Medieval tumbler jumping through hoop
Tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others onto his coat, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Acrobat performing somersaults on a chair and bench. From a woodcut by Arcangelo Tuccaro, 1599. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Illustration, A Leap in the Dark. first published 1838

Violet Gordon Charlesworth
A portrait of Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884), showcasing her elaborate and expensive clothing. She became notorious for faking her own death in 1909 by allegedly being thrown from her motor

A wireless ball: dancers with headphones at a silent dance
The 1928 equivalent of a silent disco: dancers with headphones at a silent dance on leap year night. Date: 1928

February the Twenty-Ninth - Perhaps Leap Year Proposal
Following in the tradition that the once in four years 29th February is a chance for women to ask men to marry, one man appears to have a plethora of suitors to choose from. Date: 1912

Lovers Leap, Cape Lefkada, Greece
Lovers Leap, Cape Lefkada (Lefkas), Greece - the poet Sappho reputedly leapt to her death from here, circa 580 BC. 1832

The Duck and the Kangaroo - Edward Lear. The Kangaroo leaps over the duck. Date: 1922

Spry Maid Snags Bouquet Date: 1950

Medieval leaping through hoop
Medieval game where two people hold a hoop and third man jumps through, if the person got caught inside, the music would be stop. Date: 13th century

CHINESE LITERACY 1951
Chinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward Date: 1951

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