Leisure Collection (page 5)

The Summer Car of the River: Motor-launching on the Thames
An illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the fashion for motor-boats or motor-launches during the 1920s among the upper classes

Futuristic underwater croquet. The players are all wearing diving helmets with oxygen packs on their backs

Molesey Lock, East Molesey, Surrey Date: circa 1910s

De La Warr Gardens, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Colonnade, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Poster, Caves of Remouchamps, Liege, Belgium Date: 1923

Poster, Arcachon, France, a town for winter and summer, Chemins de Fer du Midi - casinos, beach, forest, hunting, fishing, regattas, races, pigeon shooting, golf. Date: circa 1895

My Country Lane by Edgar Bateman & Albert Perry
Promotional music sheet for My Country Lane music hall song by Edgar Bateman and Albert Perry. The singer, Alec Hurley, portrayed here, specialised in coster songs

The Pickwick Quadrille by Fred Revallin
Promotional music sheet for The Pickwick Quadrille, by Fred Revallin, taken from Pickwick by James Albery which was first performed at the Lyceum Theatre on 23rd October 1871 with Henry Irving as

Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl Kaps
Promotional music sheet for the Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl Kaps, based on the popular song Daisy Bell by Harry Dacres famous song

Boat trips, Bridlington to Flamborough, Whitsun 1938
Boat trips from Bridlington to Flamborough, North Yorkshire, during the Whitsun period, 1938. 1938

South Shore Country Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA
South Shore Country Club and grounds, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

Poster, All the year round the French Riviera calls you
Poster, French National Railways, All the year round the French Riviera calls you. 1949

A splendid cabinet photograph of two well-dressed women standing proudly with their bicycles. Date: circa 1890s

Group portrait, possibly of the Brewster family, in a domest
Group portrait, possibly of the Brewster Family, in a domestic interior, oil on canvas, signed by Thomas Bardwell and dated 1736

Book cover - Good-bye Summer - game of tennis
Front cover of a book showing an Edwardian couple playing a game of tennis. c.1905

Swimming pool, National Hotel, Vedado, Havana, Cuba
Aerial view of the swimming pool, part of the Cabana Sun Club of the National Hotel, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. Date: circa 1950

Two men on a punt, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Two men on a punt at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. circa 1970

Mellneraggen beach, Memel, Lithuania
Mellneraggen beach, Memel (now Klaipeda), Lithuania, with bathers. Date: circa 1930s

Rue des Ouleds-Naדּand Moorish cafes, Biskra
The busy street of Ouleds-Naדּ, Biskra, lined with several Moorish cafes. Date: circa 1910s

Poster, Lugano, Switzerland. 20th century

Aristocrats at Whites Golf Club Golf Tournament
Lady Allington, Lord Tennyson, Lord Lothian and Lady Astor at Whites Golf Tournament, played at Prince s, Sandwich. Date: 1932

Present Day Types - Week-End Ramblers
Two chaps with sturdy walking boots, pipes in mouth, set off on a countryside ramble while consulting their maps. Date: 1914

Henley-on-Thames Regatta
Hiring out river craft along Thameside during the royal regatta. early 1900s Date: early 1900s

SNCF poster, Chamonix, France, in summer and winter, offering golf, hockey, mountaineering, skiing and tennis. Date: circa 1948

Guides and Scouts at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Mlle. Lyska Kostio and her collection of dolls
One of the latest crazes in Paris in the early 1910s was doll-collecting. Apparently Mlle. Kostio took all her dolls with her when she travelled, and looked after them all herself

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Atlantis Cruises
Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Sunshine Cruises on the Atlantis. Date: 1935

Poster advertising the Vauxhall Light Six car -- the car for happy days. A family of five have driven out to the countryside for a picnic

The Serpentine Lido
Bathers using the diving board and paddling pool at the Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park, central London, England. Date: early 1930s

Horse drawn bus, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Sudbury Mills, a well-known local whip, reins up his horses for this photo, taken before setting out on a pleasure trip from Walton-on-the-Naze to Clacton-on-Sea and back

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Mediterranean Cruises, with Venice and gondolas. 20th century

Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria - royal anglers
Queen Alexandra (1844 -1901), pictured with her middle daughter and companion, Princess Victoria of Wales (1868 - 1935), known as Toria by the family, both of them holding angling equipment

PLM Poster, Touring Club de France, advertising rail travel to Algeria and Tunisia. Showing a man riding a camel in the desert. 20th century

Nottingham -- Radford Folly
Holidaymakers at Radford Folly, on the Trent near Nottingham Date: 1836

Robin Maugham looking at a peep-show in Brighton
Viscount Maugham (author and traveller Robin Maugham) pictured looking at a Peep-Show machine in Brighton where he lived during the 1960s

Clock Cafe and view of beach, Scarborough, Yorkshire
The South Cliff Gardens Cafe (known today as the Clock Cafe), with a view of the beach below, at Scarborough, North Yorkshire

When Great Grandfather Went to Sea by H. L. Oakley
A series of charming silhouette cut outs by H. L. Oakley depicting scenes at the seaside during the Victorian era from the journey there by carriage and train to donkey rides

Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab
A boy wearing a diving mask stands silhouetted against the sea and sky, holding a crab

Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) with Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) under the management of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene

Summer Holidays Abroad, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a Mediterranean beach scene with people sitting under brightly coloured umbrellas

Cooks Tours to the Riviera, Italy, etc
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks Tours to the Riviera, Italy, etc, using the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway to Newhaven and Dieppe, programme free from any office of Thomas Cook & Son

Lady golfer (1928)
A lady golfer in a chic outfit surveys the sky after hitting the ball, while a group of admiring fellow golfers appear suitably impressed

A Very Cross Word Puzzle by William Heath Robinson
As a golfer manages to hit a passer by forcefully on the head with a ball, the illustrator invites the reader to fill in the crossword puzzle: " Across: A Forceful Exclamation!"

Grandfather welcomes his Granddaughter
A Grandfather, fishing in the shade of a tree by a quiet pool, welcomes his Granddaughter with open arms. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Poster advertising French railways, showing the route of the Chemins de Fer de l Est between London in the north west to Milan in the south east, calling at various destinations on the way

Poster advertising Katberg, South Africa
Poster advertising Katberg, a holiday resort and spa in South Africa

Poster advertising Casablanca
Poster for the PLM, advertising Casablanca, Morocco

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