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Paddling Collection

Background imagePaddling Collection: Juan les Pins travel poster

Juan les Pins travel poster
Poster advertising the fashionable resort of Juan les Pins on the Cote d Azur in the Alpes Maritime region of South East France

Background imagePaddling Collection: Holidaymakers on the sands at Filey, North Yorkshire

Holidaymakers on the sands at Filey, North Yorkshire -- the beach is full of people, either walking or paddling. Date: 1940s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Brighton Seafront 1950S

Brighton Seafront 1950S
The seafront and promenade, Brighton, Sussex, with the childrens paddling pool in the foreground

Background imagePaddling Collection: Cleethorpes Sea Front

Cleethorpes Sea Front
The crowded sea front at Cleethorpes. People sunbathe in deckchairs and paddle in the sea

Background imagePaddling Collection: Summer holidays Seaton, Devon, England

Summer holidays Seaton, Devon, England
A boy shows his grandmother something he has found in a rock pool on the beach at Seaton, Devon, England. She sits in a folding chair with her feet in the water

Background imagePaddling Collection: Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Scene of holidaymakers on the Albion Beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A long line of bathing machines on wheels can be seen in the background, waiting to be hauled by a horse to the waters edge

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children / Paddling 1922

Children / Paddling 1922
Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat

Background imagePaddling Collection: Paddling on Blackheath

Paddling on Blackheath
Children roll up their trouser legs and go paddling in the ponds on Blackheath London

Background imagePaddling Collection: Happy Land

Happy Land
Young girl and her dolls paddling in the sea, painted in Art Deco style. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: 1926

Background imagePaddling Collection: Bathing Machines / 1883

Bathing Machines / 1883
A vast assortment of bathing machines

Background imagePaddling Collection: Advert / Gossage Soap 1900

Advert / Gossage Soap 1900
Gossages Soap - magical Date: circa 1900

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic Card / Fat Lady

Comic Card / Fat Lady
I don t care twopence what happens. Thats how I feel at Clacton-on-Sea. says a fat woman wearing a red bathing suit paddling in the sea

Background imagePaddling Collection: One Mans Meat- by George Studdy

One Mans Meat- by George Studdy
Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, looks away in horror (or boredom) as his owner peers a little more closely with the help of a pair of binoculars at a bevy of bathing beauties at

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman paddles a wooden boat

Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman paddles a wooden boat
Kashmir, River Jhelum - woman with two small children paddles a flat-bottomed wooden boat, or shikara Date: 1986

Background imagePaddling Collection: Bathers and Bathing Machines at Scheveningen, The Hague

Bathers and Bathing Machines at Scheveningen, The Hague, The Netherlands. Note the Bathing Machine owner about to strap his horse to one of the Bathing machines to pull it further inland away

Background imagePaddling Collection: Poster, Arcachon, France, a town for winter and summer, Chemins de Fer du Midi - casinos, beach

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

Background imagePaddling Collection: Paddling at Heyst

Paddling at Heyst
A group of children in striped bathing costumes paddle happily in the surf at Heyst sur Mer, Belgium. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePaddling Collection: Marine Parade, Whitehead

Marine Parade, Whitehead - a view across the sea to the boathouse with boats on the slipway and the promenade and houses behind. There are girls paddling in the foreground

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children paddling and looking out to sea

Children paddling and looking out to sea
Mermaids. A back view of five children paddling at the seaside; they wear red stripey bathing drawers. Date: C.1905

Background imagePaddling Collection: The Water Nymph by Muriel Dawson

The Water Nymph by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl paddling in the sea. Date: 1933

Background imagePaddling Collection: The Serpentine Lido

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

Background imagePaddling Collection: Boy silhouetted against the sky, holding a crab

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

Background imagePaddling Collection: Washington crossing the Delaware River

Washington crossing the Delaware River
Washington and his army crossing the Delaware River, prior to the Battle of Trenton

Background imagePaddling Collection: Bathing at Svaneholm

Bathing at Svaneholm, Borstahusen, Lanskrona, about 1900. Date: 1900

Background imagePaddling Collection: Down the Severn in a Sheep Trough

Down the Severn in a Sheep Trough. A boy paddles a raft he has built from a sheep trough and two barrels

Background imagePaddling Collection: Belize - Regatta on the River

Belize - Regatta on the River
A regatta on the Belize Haulover Creek, also called the Belize River, Belize City, Belize. Date: 1911

Background imagePaddling Collection: Shrimping by the Sea

Shrimping by the Sea
A family shrimping at the seas edge. Date: 1920s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Washington at Delaware

Washington at Delaware
Washington and his army cross the half frozen Delaware River, prior to the battle of Trenton

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Large woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: People on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

People on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: circa 1950

Background imagePaddling Collection: Likoma, Lake Nyasa - waiting for the Mission Steamer

Likoma, Lake Nyasa - waiting for the Mission Steamer
Likoma on Likoma Island, Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi), Malawi - waiting for the arrival of the Mission Steamer. Malawi was at this stage Nyasaland, a British protectorate established in 1907. circa 1910s

Background imagePaddling Collection: A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink, Konya

A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink, Konya
A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink on the shores of Lake Aksehir, Konya, Turkey Date: 1992

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children paddling, South Beach, Blackpool

Children paddling, South Beach, Blackpool

Background imagePaddling Collection: Been for a paddle, Blackpool, Victorian period

Been for a paddle, Blackpool, Victorian period

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children paddling on beach

Children paddling on beach

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children paddling at the seaside

Children paddling at the seaside Date: 19th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Chippenham John Cole's Park early 1900s

Chippenham John Cole's Park early 1900s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children's Paddling Pool, Skegness, Lincolnshire

Children's Paddling Pool, Skegness, Lincolnshire - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children's Bathing Pool, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

Children's Bathing Pool, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePaddling Collection: Bathing Pool and Paddling Pond, Skegness, Lincolnshire

Bathing Pool and Paddling Pond, Skegness, Lincolnshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePaddling Collection: Paddling Pool and Gardens, Rhyl, North Wales

Paddling Pool and Gardens, Rhyl, North Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePaddling Collection: Paddling Pond, Rhyl, North Wales

Paddling Pond, Rhyl, North Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imagePaddling Collection: The Sands, Barmouth, Gwynedd, North Wales

The Sands, Barmouth, Gwynedd, North Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imagePaddling Collection: Russia - Tsar Nicholas II in a canoe

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II in a canoe
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II going for a spin in a perissory (perissoire), a type of long canoe. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePaddling Collection: A native canoe on the Zambezi River

A native canoe on the Zambezi River above the Victoria Falls - modern Zambia and Zimbabwe. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Group of women paddling in the sea

Group of women paddling in the sea
10 rather serious-looking ladies risk baring some ankle with a paddle in a rather cold-looking sea... Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Native Americans paddling upstream in canoe

Native Americans paddling upstream in canoe Date: 1890

Background imagePaddling Collection: Paddling

Paddling
This oil painting portrays two ladies enjoying the shallow tide. Date: circa 1918

Background imagePaddling Collection: A summer paddle on the beach at Bournemouth

A summer paddle on the beach at Bournemouth
A Mother, her daughter and two of her sisters/Aunts going for a summer paddle at the British coastal seaside resort of Bournemouth, Dorset..ng in the Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Five women, of different ages, shapes and sizes, photographed paddling in the sea on a blustery

Five women, of different ages, shapes and sizes, photographed paddling in the sea on a blustery day at the beach. Date: 1950s

Background imagePaddling Collection: View of Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea

View of Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imagePaddling Collection: Paddling. Seaside Holidays

Paddling. Seaside Holidays by Cicely Mary Barker

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Plump couple dancing in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple dancing in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Plump woman in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman in a rowing boat Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Large woman falling off a cliff onto a man paddling in the sea Date

Comic postcard, Large woman falling off a cliff onto a man paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Plump man and pretty woman at the seaside

Comic postcard, Plump man and pretty woman at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Two men at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men at the seaside Date: 20th century
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Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Four children paddling in the sea, eating pink sticks of rock Date

Comic postcard, Four children paddling in the sea, eating pink sticks of rock Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Plump man and boy on the beach

Comic postcard, Plump man and boy on the beach Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Landing stage, Sandbanks, Dorset

Landing stage, Sandbanks, Dorset
Moveable landing stage on the beach at Sandbanks, Dorset. Date: circa 1950s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Man watching women at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man watching women at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Two men and a woman at the seaside

Comic postcard, Two men and a woman at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Plump woman in a deckchair. Come down here and soak your corns with mine

Comic postcard, Plump woman in a deckchair. Come down here and soak your corns with mine. Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Man paddling in the sea

Comic postcard, Man paddling in the sea. I can t swim, but I m not afraid - I ve got a floating kidney! Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Four pairs of legs paddling in the sea

Comic postcard, Four pairs of legs paddling in the sea. Why don t you come and mingle your tooties [tootsies] with ours? Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, Plump couple paddling in the sea

Comic postcard, Plump couple paddling in the sea. Life only begins when you come down here! Date: 20th century

Background imagePaddling Collection: View of the beach at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

View of the beach at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
View of the beach (looking south) at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with holidaymakers, boats and bathing huts. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePaddling Collection: Comic postcard, About 90 in the Shade

Comic postcard, About 90 in the Shade. Date: circa 1910

Background imagePaddling Collection: Family on the beach at Weston-super-Mare

Family on the beach at Weston-super-Mare
A father with his trousers rolled up paddles in the sea and supervises a small child who is busy digging in the sand in front of the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare. Date: c.1930

Background imagePaddling Collection: Jolly crowd in the sea

Jolly crowd in the sea
A jolly crowd of bathers wave at the camera as they stand in the sea at an unidentified seaside resort. Date: 1920s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Surf bathing, Manly Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Surf bathing, Manly Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Surf bathing with holidaymakers and deckchairs at Manly Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1908

Background imagePaddling Collection: Lady Robinsons beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lady Robinsons beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lady Robinsons beach with bathers, Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1900s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Woman in a swimming costume on the beach at the seaside

Woman in a swimming costume on the beach at the seaside. Date: circa early 1920s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Holidaymakers on the beach at Torquay, Devon

Holidaymakers on the beach at Torquay, Devon. Date: circa early 1920s

Background imagePaddling Collection: Group of women paddling at a British seaside resort

Group of women paddling at a British seaside resort. Date: circa 1920

Background imagePaddling Collection: Lady Diana Cooper at Venice Lido with inflatable fish

Lady Diana Cooper at Venice Lido with inflatable fish
Lady Diana Cooper, formerly Lady Diana Manners, pictured in a pyjama suit paddling at the Venice Lido carrying a large inflatable fish! Date: 1926

Background imagePaddling Collection: Scene at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, Northern France

Scene at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, Northern France, with fisherwomen in the sea with their nets, hunting for prawns. 1922

Background imagePaddling Collection: Children enjoying the pond, Fulham Park, London

Children enjoying the pond, Fulham Park, London, on a warm summer day. Date: 1922

Background imagePaddling Collection: Pretty girl & a fish

Pretty girl & a fish
Young girl in red dress paddling in sea with large fish. Illustration from Ladies Home Journal June 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923

Background imagePaddling Collection: People You See: The Swimming Instructress

People You See: The Swimming Instructress. From Teddy Bear (13 July 1968). Date: 1968

Background imagePaddling Collection: Pictures to Colour of People You See: The Swimming Instructr

Pictures to Colour of People You See: The Swimming Instructress. From Teddy Bear (13 July 1968). Date: 1968

Background imagePaddling Collection: Playing by a stream

Playing by a stream
Young children paddling in a stream while they watch tiny ducklings go by. Date: 1912

Background imagePaddling Collection: Women paddling in the sea 1906

Women paddling in the sea 1906
" Is it fun having the men to teach you to swimming?" " Fun! Why, rather! I ve been taught five times". Date: 1906



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