Oar Collection (page 3)

Woman police officer Ivy Cook in rowing team
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (far left) taking part in a rowing team, May 1931. She joined the Met Police in December 1930. Date: 1931

Cherub riding in a shell boat on a Christmas card
Cherub riding in a shell boat surrounded by blue flowers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in fishing boat on a Christmas card
Boy and girl with their dog in a fishing boat on a Christmas card, with ivy leaf and branch border and seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Goblins on a river on a Christmas and New Year card
Goblins having fun on a river on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Relics of ill-fated Franklin polar expedition
Relics of the ill-fated Franklin polar expedition, found by searchers. Date: 1845

Two men competing in a raft race, St Ives, Cornwall, with other people and vessels in the background. Date: circa late 1970s

Romantic couple on a greetings card -- the man is arriving by boat as the woman stands watching. Date: circa 1890s

New Year greetings card with nautical objects and closed gates. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall
Fisherman landing a four pound eight ounce pollock near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Two kittens in improvised boat on a Christmas card
Two kittens in an improvised boat, with a wooden spoon as an oar, on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Regalecus Banskii, or Bankss Oarfish, a long, flat fish. Date: 1863

Travelling in a pirogue, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
White men and natives travelling in a pirogue (a type of boat) in the Belgian Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1910

The Gondolier, insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique
Insert illustration in L Artisan Pratique, a French decorative art magazine. Showing a gondolier rowing two women across the waters of Venice. Date: 1923

Two boys and a dog in rubber dinghies
Two boys in a large rubber dinghy, towing along a smaller dinghy containing a small dog. Date: circa 1960s

Eskimo or Inuit man riding a raft, and huts with sled and dogs.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

The provisioning of a lighthouse in Brittany. Image published in L Illustration on December 9th, 1899. Engraving

Trirreme romana. 19th c. Engraving. Engraving. SPAIN. ARAGON. Zaragoza. Academia General Militar (General Military Academy)

Boy scouts in boating relay race, British Honduras
Boy scouts in a boating relay race, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Dutch sea scouts in rowing boat, Holland

Dutch sea scouts boating, Holland

Three Dutch sea scouts carrying poles, Holland
Three Dutch sea scouts (female) carrying poles, Holland. Date: 1972

LFB firefighters in whaler race, River Thames
LFB firefighters crew in a whaler race for the Fishmongers Cup, posing for their photo on the River Thames, 27 September 1958

Scouts canoeing in Australia
A group of Scouts canoeing in Australia

Boating scene
An oar cuts through the inky waters of Regents Park boating lake, London. Date: 2010

Grand Canal and Campanile, Venice, Italy
Grand Canal and the Campanile, Venice, Italy, with a gondola in the foreground. Date: late 19th century

Boat on inland sea, Japan
Boat on an inland sea, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Burmese boatman, Burma (Myanmar). Date: circa 1890s

Inflatable German dinghy by G. H. Davis
Saving the Luftwaffe: an inflatable dinghy for defeated German airmen. It was carried by the larger German aircraft during the Second World War

The Kings Watermen by Byam Shaw
The Kings watermen, who are present at Royal occasions when rowers are required, and who, in 1911, took part in the Coronation procession of King George V. Date: 1911

Jeek the puppy goes fishing with Jacky
Jeek the mongrel puppy goes fishing with Jacky. Date: 1940

Death of Pope Pius X
The death of Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, 1835-1914, served 1903-1914 as the 257th pope of the Catholic Church)

Poster design, Orient Cruises to Norway in 20, 000 ton steamers, featuring a rowing boat with a man in traditional Norwegian costume. Date: 20th century

British troops on a boat, India
British troops on a boat in India. Date: 1918

Royal Marines at Deal, Kent - The Commandants Galley Date: circa 1906

Inhabitants and Monuments of Easter Island, Drawing
" INHABITANTS and MONUMENTS of EASTER ISLAND, drawing by G.D. Vancy for the book " La Perouses journey around the world", 1798. Engraving."

Balloon ascent of Lunardi, Artillery Ground
Ascent of Lunardis celebrated air balloon from the Artillery Ground, London, watched by spectators. 15 September 1784

Airship, the Eagle, on display in London
Engineering drawing of an airship, on display to the public at the Grounds of the Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road, opposite Kensington Gardens, London. With descriptive text below. 1835

Oil drum raft racing, Longridge Centre

Sea Scouts rowing a whaler along a stretch of water. circa 1960s

Sea Scouts in a whaler near Tower Bridge, London. circa 1960

Scouts in canoes and boats on a stretch of water, with people watching them from behind a fence. 1966

Sea Scout crews in dinghies

Rowing - getting into the boat
A rather interesting early glow-in-the-dark postcard depicting rowers getting into their boat Date: 1920s

American Scouts paddling boats
Groups of scouts sit in large boats on a lake and attempt to paddle without crashing into one another. circa 1960s

Bronze age lake dwellers, Aldin
Swiss lake dwellers of the Bronze age go about their daily lives, living upon the shores of what is today Lake Zurich. Their houses are constructed over the water

St Justinian lifeboat, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
People in the St Justinians lifeboat, near the lifeboat station, on the Pembrokeshire coast, Dyfed, South Wales

Ships crew in rowing boat with oars held vertically
The crew of a ship in a rowing boat with the oars held vertically

Oarsmen and their boats - Eyup
Oarsmen with their boats at Eyup, Constantinople, Turkey. Close to the entrance to the Silver Horn

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