Pleasure Collection (page 8)

Stay! by Charles Robinson
An allegorical picture representing Britannia starting on the path of pleasure and joyousness while fate intervenes and holds her back. Date: 2nd July 1902

Germany Stuttgart
The Furstlicher Lustgarten - the princes pleasure garden. Date: 1616

Jennys Whim
Chelsea Bridge and Jennys Whim pleasure gardens, viewed from the west. Date: 1761

Advertisement for M&B Mild Beer -- male model (Vincent Charles) posing with a pint glass. 1959

The Lake, Boksburg, South Africa
The Lake, Boksburg - a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Date: circa 1903

Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Garden
The Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Gardens - one of the famous attractions of the Festival of Britain, London, England. Date: 1951

Kyoto, Japan - Gion (Gion-machi) - Kyotos most famous geisha (pleasure) district. Date: circa 1910s

Kyoto, Japan - Hozu River, Arashiyama
Kyoto, Japan - Pleasure boats moored on the banks of the Hozu River, Arashiyama Date: circa 1910s

The Sweet Waters of Asia Minor, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910

The Sweet Waters of Europe, Istanbul, Turkey
The Sweet Waters of Europe - Istanbul, Turkey - a popular resort on the banks of the two streams, the Alibey Suyu and the Kagithane Suyu, which fed the Golden Horn. Date: circa 1910

Windsor Castle seen from The Brocas. Date: circa 1885

The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London Date: circa 1885

Guangzhou (Canton), Guandong Province, China Date: circa 1930s

The edge of the lake - Lourdes, France
Heading out on pleasure boats at the edge of the lake - Lourdes, France. Date: 1909

Zurich, Switzerland - Steam pleasure craft - Lake Zurich Date: circa 1910s

Pleasure Drive - Russian sled / sleigh Date: 1900s

Oriental Turkish Beauty - Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

WWI - What a Pleasure to be a Soldier! Two cheeky (and rather rotund) Geman privates mimic their commanding officer and his hands-on-hips pose - with considerable comic effect!

Lake and Bridge at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London. Date: 1924

Hotel Royal Ponciana, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Pleasure steamers on Lake Worth Lagoon. Enlarged twice and doubling in size each time, it became the largest wooden structure in the world, with 1

Falmouth, Cornwall - Prince of Wales Pier Date: circa 1910s

Ste-Helene du Lac, Savoie department, France
Ste-Helene du Lac, Savoie department, Rhone-Alpes region, France Date: circa 1908

Turin, Italy - Parco del Valentino park and River Po Date: circa 1930s

Youngs Row-boat and Canoe Livery, Bermuda
Youngs Row-boat and Canoe Livery near the Princess Hotel Bermuda Date: circa 1910

Advertising card for a Touring Caravan Company
Advertising card for a Completely Equipped Touring Caravan Company - Charles Rickards Ltd. of Mayfair, London. Maximum Pleasure - Minimum Expense. Date: circa 1910s

Boating Lake and Boathouse, Oldham, Lancashire
Boating Lake and Boathouse, Alexandra Park, Oldham, Lancashire - opened in 1903. Date: circa 1905

Water Chutes at Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Lancashire
Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Lancashire - Thw Water Chutes Date: circa 1908

View of Hamilton Harbour from Crow Lane, Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

Figure of Bacchus, by Francois Girardon
Figure of Bacchus (front), by Francois Girardon (1628-1715). Date: circa 1660s

Airspeed AS5 Courier, G-ACVF, during rebuilding at Rochford, was the only Courier to survive WW2 and operated on pleasure flights and taxi work for East Anglian Flying Services

Junkers Ju52 / 3m D-AQUI is still used for pleasure flights
Junkers Ju52/3m, D-AQUI, is still used for pleasure flights by Lufthansa

Illustration of pleasure craft, Hyland Ltd (letter head)

Ballooning poster, Mr H Green
Poster advertising Mr H Greens second balloon ascent from the Great Northern Pleasure Grounds, Old St Pancras Road, near Kings Cross, London, his 233rd ascent in his Great Northern balloon

Aussen-Alster and Pleasure Gardens, Hamburg, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Peel, Glen Helen and Pleasure Ground, Isle of Man, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens... H. Brading, Proprietor... has, at the solicitation of several scientific gentlemen, prevailed on Mr. Gypson, who will

Blackpool Pleasure Beach - South Shore Date: circa 1920s

Fashionable turn-outs in Central Park. Date c1869. Fashionable turn-outs in Central Park. Date c1869

Scene at Barnet Horse Fair, North London
Scene of horses for sale at the Barnet Annual Horse and Pleasure Fair, North London. The fair takes place over three days, operating under a Royal Charter issued by Barnet Council

Dress by Elizabeth Henry in Copenhagen
Photographed outside the Danish pleasure gardens of Tivoli, from the balcony of the Nimb restaurant, a model wears an enchanting white embroidered evening dress in chiffon with a very full skirt by

Proposed Concert Hall, Surrey Gardens, 1856
The designed proposed by Mr. Horace Jones, architect, for the music hall at Surrey Zoological Gardens, 1856. Date: 1850

Royal Surrey Gardens, 1856
The Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, including the concert hall, in 1856. Date: 1856

Poster: Buses give way to tanks. Pleasure travellers must give way to war workers! Avoid rush hours. 1940s

La Rance, France - Chatelier Lock
A pleasure boat (heavily laden with daytrippers) navigates the Chatelier Lock at La Rance, France Date: circa 1910s

Riverside Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England
A pleasure steamer and barge on the Wensum River Ouse at Norwich, Norfolk - Riverside Road runs along the Eastern bank of the River, close to the Main Railway Station. Date: 1910s

Scarborough - Open Air Theatre at the Pleasure Park
Scarborough, North Yorkshire - Open Air Theatre at the Pleasure Park Date: circa 1930s

Snowy Industrial York
A winter study at Kings Staith, York, Yorkshire, England, with its snow-covered quays and pleasure boats moored on the canal side. Date: 1950s

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