Pleasure Collection (page 9)

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

Llangollen Canal
A horse-drawn pleasure boat on the Llangollen Canal, Denbighshire, Wales. Date: early 1960s

Yarmouth Belle
A paddle-driven pleasure steamer carrying holidaymakers from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Date: 1910

Lake Minnewanka, Banff, Banff National Park, Canada - a pleasure boat taking a small ship. Minnewanka means - " Water of the Spirits" Date: circa 1930s

Steamer Making Waves
The bow wave of a River Clyde pleasure steamer, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Boating Pleasures
Boating for pleasure : Power boats and a yacht, possibly on the Norfolk Broads, England. Date: 1930s

Blackpool Funfair
A fairground ride on Blackpool Pleasure Beach funfair, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s

Russian Boat Trip
A pleasure cruiser on the Moscow - Volga Canal, Russia. Date: 1930s

Pleasure Canal Boat Trip
Children on a school trip aboard a pleasure canal boat, in the lock at Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal, England. The British Waterways Museum is in the background. Date: early 1960s

MEDWAY QUEEN
A study of the wake of the Medway Queen pleasure boat, en route from Chatham, Kent, to Southend, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Court of Fountains - Coney Island
Court of Fountains, Luna Park - Coney Island, New York Date: circa 1910s

Pleasure boats - Westminster Pier
Pleasure boats at Westminster Pier Coronation Derby Day. 6th June 1953

River Thames - 1953
View from Hungerford Bridge towards the City - Festival Hall Pier on right, Waterloo Bridge crossing the Thames and St. Pauls in background. Pleasure craft on water

New Zealand - Moonlight Boating, Riverton
New Zealand - Moonlight Boating in the Narrows at Riverton Date: circa 1910s

Boatman rowing concerned passengers
The Boatie Rows. A (completely unconcerned) boatman rowing his load of seasick, concerned and startled passengers through some choppy waters! Date: 1903

Tree Walk, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London
Tree Walk and Dragon, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London, part of the Festival of Britain. Date: 1951-1952

Showboat, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London
Showboat on the River Thames near the Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London, part of the Festival of Britain. Date: 1951

Molesey Lock at end of boating season
Scene at Molesey Lock, near Hampton Court, Surrey, at the end of the boating season. 1892

Lago Como, Italy - Tremezo
Small fishing and pleasure craft moored up at Tremezzo on the shore of Lake Como, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Owl and Grasshopper

Sedan Chair / King Graphic
Toil and Pleasure a lady is carried through the snow by servants in a sedan chair Date: circa 1800

Model messing about in the surf
A model (Gill Emberton) pictured messing about i the seaside surf

Buenos Aires - The Rosedal and Lake, Palermo
Agrentina, Buenos Aires - The Rosedal and Lake, Palermo. Photo (13/40) from a fold-out set

The Sideways Body / W H Robinson
Theres no better way to annoy someone than to be constantly in their way, hence the sideways car body, built for the discomfiture of road hogs everywhere

Stadt Wien river cruise boat, Austria
A river cruise boat, the Stadt Wien, at the landing stage of a river somewhere in Austria

Sweet Waters - Constantinople
Group of Gypsies seated by the Sweet Waters, Constantinople, Turkey

Pleasure Steamer London Bridge
Embarking on a Pleasure Steamer on the River Thames near London Bridge, London, England

Aberdyfi (Aberdovey), Wales - Motor Launch
The Motor Launch The Pride of the Midlands, bound for Aberdovey (now Aberdyfi). The three portraits above the photograph of the boat are of the Skipper, the Mate and the ships Engineer

Weybridge, Surrey - scene on the banks of the Thames River

Rowing on the Golden Horn
An afternoon rowing women on the Golden Horn with the silhouette of the Topkapi Palace and Mosques behind

Poster advertising Mr Wu from the Strand Theatre
Poster advertising a production of Mr Wu, by Harry M Vernon and Harold Owen. From the Strand Theatre in London it has come to the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone

Poster advertising Made in England, a theatre production at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone

Poster advertising Harrismith, South Africa
Poster advertising Harrismith, a large inland town in South Africa, named after the British Governor, Sir Harry Smith. The western gateway to the Drakensberg mountains

Kew Untolled
Kew Bridge is at last freed of toll : a crowd gathers to enjoy the pleasure of crossing the Thames without having to pay for the privilege

Izmir, Turkey - A regatta
A regatta at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Bird shoot at Gate Aldin
A man at a five-bar gate, enjoying a days shooting

Mexico - Chapala in the Jalisco Province - Pleasure boats pulled up on the beach and tourists/holidaymakers gathered waiting to head off on a boat trip

Sweet Waters of Asia Minor
The Sweet Waters of Asia Minor and a view of the Castle - the Anadolu Hisari

Benfleet Creek during the winter of 1947
Benfleet Creek in Essex, haunt of motor boat enthusiasts and summer bathing belles wears a forbidding aspect during the big freeze of 1947

Adverisement for Ariel Motorbikes
An advertisement for Ariel Motorbikes. Also produced push bikes, sewing machines and cars (briefly)

Soldiers on parade
British Troops Drilling outside The Devils Cave attraction at the White City exhibition grounds, Shepherds Bush, London

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