Oars Collection (page 4)

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

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

Aerial view of a reconstructed Viking longboat, with the crew in historical costume. Date: circa 1930s

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

Boats of many sizes on a rough sea
Hand coloured. Illustration of boats of many sizes on a rough sea, some of them steam powered. There are people in smaller boats with oars.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1, Boswell collection

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

Youth hostel The Warbler, Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Young people in a youth hostel, De Karekiet (The Warbler ), Kortenhoef, Netherlands

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

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

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

Water distiller for lifeboats by G. H. Davis
Fresh water from the sea: a simple distiller for lifeboats. The K.M. Distiller, producing fresh water and hot drinks, and other life-saving devices for castaways, in use 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

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

Business card design, woman rowing a boat
Business card design, depicting a young woman in red and white costume rowing a boat. Date: 20th century

Lifeboat men in a rough sea
Lifeboat men rowing their boat in a rough sea, wearing cork lifebelts

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1885 - Belfast street scene
The visit of Prince and Princess of Wales(later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain) to Ireland in 1885. The royal party on the lake at Killarney. Date: 1885

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

Cowes, Isle of Wight - Royal Yacht Squadron Slipway
Cowes, Isle of Wight - off the Royal Yacht Squadron Slipway. Date: circa 1910s

A Burmese Paddy Boat - moored on the Irrawaddy River, Burma (now Myanmar). These boats were used to transport rice downriver - the main export crop of Burma. Date: 1895

An English Man o War, by John Thomas Serres
An English Man o War at Anchor in Naples Harbour, by John Thomas Serres (1759-1825). Date: 1823

Who made the first boat?

Teddy Bears on the River. Source unknown (probably Teddy Bear Annual)

The River Police

Fishing for the mayors hat. From 300 Tiny Tales

Persian ship

Balloon ascent by Blanchard, Champ de Mars, Paris
Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Paris, with Pere Dont-Pecque (Dom Pech, a Benedictine monk). 2 March 1784

Lunardis Grand Air Balloon which ascended from the Artillery Ground, London, and descended at Ware, Hertfordshire. With an inset portrait and numbered annotations. 15 September 1784

Lunardi air balloon in London
Lunardis celebrated air balloon in London. August 1784

Lunardi in a balloon
Lunardis Grand Air Balloon, engraved for the Aerostatic Spy 1 April 1785. Probably depicting his flight from the Artillery Grounds to Ware in Hertfordshire on 15 September 1784. 1785

Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds
Lunardis ascent from the Artillery Grounds in Moorfields, London. He landed at Ware, Hertfordshire, 20 miles away. 15 September 1784

Airship shaped like a fish, Spain
An airship shaped like a fish, being rowed across the sky from the town of Plazentia to Coria in Spain, piloted by Dom Joseph Patinho

Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon
Mr Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon, in which he ascended from the Artillery Ground on 13 May, and with Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage from St Georges Fields on 29 June. May-June 1785

Lunardis balloon (bearing a lion and unicorn royal crest) and car containing three people. 1785

Sea Scouts in whalers
Sea Scouts in two whalers, unshipping the oars. circa 1960

Sea Scouts and Cub Scouts at a regatta
Sea Scouts, Cub Scouts and their leaders at a regatta, with spectators and tents on the far bank of the river. 20th century

RSS Discovery and Danish Long Boat, London
RSS Discoverys Commissioner Colquhoun (nicknamed Koko) receives an address from the crew of a Danish Long Boat, on August Bank Holiday on the River Thames in London

Second pier at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
View of the second pier at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, built in 1869. An earlier pier built further up the coastline was destroyed by a winter storm in 1881

Sea Scouts on emergency training
Sea Scouts getting under way for emergency training on RSS Discovery. 5 March 1939

Sea Scouts with HMS Victory, Portsmouth harbour
Sea Scouts rowing boats in Portsmouth harbour with HMS Victory in the background. circa 1920s

Sea Scouts with Prince of Wales and Baden Powell
Sea Scouts in a cutter raising their oars, as they row Edward, Prince of Wales, Admiral Hickley and Chief Scout Baden-Powell across the lake at Alexandra Park, North London. 7 October 1922

Sea Scouts rowing whaler, London Docks
Sea Scouts rowing a whaler in the London Docks. circa 1960

Three Sea Scouts in a dinghy off TS Mercury
Three Sea Scouts in a dinghy off their training ship TS Mercury, enjoying the sound of the harmonica. circa 1912

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

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

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