Puddle Collection

Solitary Boy / Glasgow
A solitary boy walks across a plank over a very wide puddle in his wellington boots in a derelict area of East Glasgow, Scotland

Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet
Sir Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet to prevent her from getting muddy feet. The fanciful, romantic tale of the cloak

Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Raleigh
Victorian Scrap, Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh. circa 1880s

Children Play at Seaside
Rather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short

A country track - Machynlleth, Wales
A country track meanders into the distance, Machynlleth, Wales. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

Kamella - Girl's blue raincoat
Client: Stonehouse Advertising - shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand - Girl's blue raincoat - shoot date: July 1, 1963 - Model: Julia Agano Date: 1963

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

A Cornish Cowyard
A watercolour painting of a cowyard, comprising of some Cornish farmhouses which are enclosed with a stone wall, the ground is muddy with a large puddle. Date: circa 1919

Tommy Tinker the Cat paddled in spilt paint Date: 1925

Worcester Steeplechase Fair day with carousel & crowd
Swings and other attractions, advertising boards including one for High Flying Boats and another for the Grand National Steeplechase Worcester'. Judging by a large puddle it has been raining

A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the rain
A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the pouring rain - Somewhere in England'. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 poster, Pour le dernier quart d'heure aidez moi! (For the last quarter of an hour help me)
WW1 poster, Pour le dernier quart d'heure... aidez moi! (For the last quarter of an hour... help me!) Les souscriptions a l'Emprunt National (subscriptions to the National War Loan)

Comic postcard, Plumber and maid in kitchen Date: 20th century

A wet day in the City of London
Two bowler-hatted city gents stride through puddles on their way to work, City of London. Date: circa 1950s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - But you said Fall In
The Caption is But you said - Fall In.The lad in the pool is wearing a forage cap, the Officer has a wooden sword and the girls has an oar and a walking stick for rifles

Every Path has Its Puddle. Artists interpretation of a traditional proverb. Artist: Helen GC Marsh Lambert. Date: circa 1916

King Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit on horseback
King Henry VIII in Victorian hunting outfit with a shepherds crook on horseback chasing a Catholic monk fleeing with the church gold. Parody of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, circa 1540

Music cover, The Muddle-Puddle Porter, written and composed by George Grossmith Junior, showing a caricature of the singer Lionel Brough. 1894

The Fishermans Dream

SOLITARY BOY / GLASGOW
A solitary boy walks across a plank over a very wide puddle in his wellington boots in a derelict area of East Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1973

Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh
SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1554 - 1618) - spreads his cloak before Elizabeth I

Maruyama Okyo - Womans shock at dropping a water container Date: late 18th century

Peshawar Barracks, Peshawar Cantonment, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Spanker!"
Yachting Terms Illustrated - " A Spanker!" A housewife reacts with furious anger to the indiscretions of her younger son, who has spilt black ink all over her pressed white tablecloth

Communist China - teachers doing manual work
Communist China - teachers from Qinghua (Tsinghua) University and Beijing University forced to do heavy manual work during the Cultural Revolution period

Shell hole caused by German bombing, WW1
A shell hole caused by German bombing on the Western Front in France during World War One. The type of bomb, the Minenwerfer, was nicknamed a Moaning Minnie by British troops. Date: circa 1916

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

Men pushing car on wet beach
A group of men pushing a car on a wet, sandy beach

Stepping Off the Curb
A womans feet as she steps off the pavement, straight into a puddle!

Snap Playing Cards - Fireman - Freddy Fizz. circa 1930s

Fox Under the Hill, site of Hotel Cecil, London
The Fox Under the Hill, a tavern off The Strand, London, future site of the Hotel Cecil, a grand hotel built in the 1890s. late 19th century

Alice, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa
Village street in Alice, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Drift over Molopo River, Mafeking, South Africa
Drift over the Molopo River at Mafeking (Mahikeng, Mafikeng), NW Province, South Africa, where a Boer attack took place in May 1900 towards the end of the Siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer

Cartoon, Complaining to the cook, WW1
Cartoon, Complaining to the cook. A group of soldiers throw their soup away in disgust -- the cook explains that hes had no previous experience of cooking. Date: 1917

Two fairground workers on a wet day. Date: 1970s

Raleigh and Cloak
Sir WALTER RALEIGH depicted in the act of laying his cloak over a puddle so that his friend Queen Elizabeth shall not get her royal footwear muddied Date: 1554 - 1618

Boys playing in a puddle, Balham, SW London
Two boys playing in a puddle on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Near Bognor
Black and white (appears sepia/brown in some lights). Two women stand talking at the end of a path surrounded by trees and fields

Dromedary / Arabian / One-humped Camel - after bathing in muddy puddle (Camelus dromedarius). in desert landscape near Nibetdag - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

A typical oil-pump on an oil-well with a puddle of oil - in a desert near Kumdag. typical in Turkmenistan former CIS - Spring - April

Siberian Lemming - adult sniffs air prior to crossing a puddle (Lemmings can swim). (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming - adult crosses a puddle (Lemmings can swim). (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Secret History of the Channel Tunnel by Heath Robinson
An early experiment of the inventor. A proposal for the Channel Tunnel tested out using beer barrels and an accommodating puddle or small pond. Date: 1919

Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1890s

British troops carrying sandbags, Western Front, WW1
British troops carrying sandbags up to the front, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Bonzo shows the Bonzolines how to do it! by George Studdy
Bonzo shows the Bonzolines how to do it! He manages to shower everyone with water from a garden hose. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

April showers 1896
A wet woman standing under an umbrella (more like a parasol), looking a bit fed up. Date: 1896

Race walking in the Bois de Boulogne
A crowd watch as the race-walkers stride past, having just jumped over a small fence and across and puddle. Date: 1885

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