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Quaint Collection (page 2)

Background imageQuaint Collection: Zara Italian Women

Zara Italian Women
Beauties of Zara, Italy, wearing their elaborate traditional costumes and quaint caps, covered in gold coins. Date: 1930s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Mainz, Germany - Kirschgarten (Cherry Garden)

Mainz, Germany - Kirschgarten (Cherry Garden). Date: circa 1930s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Glynn, Co Antrim

Glynn, Co Antrim - a quaint village street scene with an old woman and spinning wheel on the road with children and thatched cottages. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Glynn)

Background imageQuaint Collection: Gruen Watch Makers Guild, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gruen Watch Makers Guild, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Workshops of the Gruen Watch Makers Guild (east view), Time Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: 1935

Background imageQuaint Collection: Feeding swans at Ellesmere, Shropshire

Feeding swans at Ellesmere, Shropshire in June 1908 - a quaint picture with a fast shutter speed, and showing contemporary fashions. Date: 1908

Background imageQuaint Collection: Home Gardening magazine, September 1928

Home Gardening magazine, September 1928
Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion for the layout of a front garden the design of which was apparently specially prepared by one of the greatest authorities in the country

Background imageQuaint Collection: Home Gardening magazine, December 1931

Home Gardening magazine, December 1931
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a quaint country cottage and its surrounding garden covered in snow, together with a calendar for the year 1932. Date: 1931

Background imageQuaint Collection: Bridge Street, East Lothian, Scotland

Bridge Street, East Lothian, Scotland
An interesting street scene in Bridge Street, somewhere in East Lothian, Scotland

Background imageQuaint Collection: Westcott Weathervane

Westcott Weathervane
The village of Westcott, Surrey, England, has a quaint a clever sign. Above the dovecote are the letters W, E and the North arm displays a T = West + (dove) cote! Date: 1940s

Background imageQuaint Collection: There & Back again Lane

There & Back again Lane
The quaint name of There and Back Again Lane, given to a cul-de-sac in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: You all know her, Fanny Rice quaint, original, dainty, brigh

You all know her, Fanny Rice quaint, original, dainty, bright. Date c1898

Background imageQuaint Collection: View of Beilstein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

View of Beilstein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
View of the town of Beilstein in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, as seen from Langhans Castle. 2010

Background imageQuaint Collection: Old house, Bad Wimpfen, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany

Old house, Bad Wimpfen, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
An old timber-framed house in the town of Bad Wimpfen, in the state of Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. 2010

Background imageQuaint Collection: Scotland / New Abbey

Scotland / New Abbey
The quaint village of New Abbey, on the border of Kirkoudbrightshire, Scotland, overshadowed by the gaunt ruins of the 13th century Sweetheart Abbey. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Studland Village Hall

Studland Village Hall
The quaint entrance to the Village Hall at Studland, Dorset, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Chimney Sweep Carving

Chimney Sweep Carving
A quaint stone carving over a doorway at Benstead Hall, Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex, England. It depicts a chimney sweeps brush and canes, bag of soot and a chimney pot

Background imageQuaint Collection: England / St. Albans

England / St. Albans
The ancient Fishpool Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, with its quaint raised pavement. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Godalming Old Town Hall

Godalming Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall, Godalming, Surrey, England. This quaint little building is now a museum, full of interesting relics of olden days. Date: built 1814

Background imageQuaint Collection: Weatherbeaten Hawthorne

Weatherbeaten Hawthorne
Gone With The Wind. This quaint formation of a hawthorne tree shows how the prevailing wind - westerly - affects the growth. Taken at Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageQuaint Collection: The Land Gate, Rye

The Land Gate, Rye
Built by King Edward III, the Land Gate is one of the many ancient structures that remain in the quaint old town of Rye, Sussex, England. Date: circa 1400

Background imageQuaint Collection: Village Spring

Village Spring
A quaint and very beautiful spring in the village of Fulking. This spring has never been known to dry up. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Owl Weathervane

Owl Weathervane
A quaint and amusing owl weathevane at Kippford, Kirkoudbrightshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Aldeburgh Moot Hall

Aldeburgh Moot Hall
Aldburgh Moot Hall, a fine red brick and timbered building, which was once in the centre of this quaint Suffolk town, before coastal erosion caused it to be close to the sea. Date: 16th century

Background imageQuaint Collection: Tottenham Water Pump

Tottenham Water Pump
A quaint relic of the past, the old water pump at Tottenham, North London. Date: 19th century

Background imageQuaint Collection: England / Cromer

England / Cromer
The lovely seaside town of Cromer, Norfolk, England, with Cromer Parish Church towering above its quaint narrow streets. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Lullington Village Pump

Lullington Village Pump
The village pump, beside a quaint cottage, in the little village of Lullington, near Frome, Somerset, England. Date: 19th century

Background imageQuaint Collection: N. Walsham Market X

N. Walsham Market X
The quaint old (mid 16th century) Market Cross, built by the then Bishop of Norwich, Thomas Thirlby, in the main street of North Walsham, Norfolk, England. Date: mid 16th century

Background imageQuaint Collection: Polperro Museum

Polperro Museum
The quaint Polperro Museum, one of many old whitewashed buildings in this lovely fishing village in Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageQuaint Collection: Christmas Eve by Charles Pears

Christmas Eve by Charles Pears
Festive scene showing a village, with its illuminated church in the foreground, covered by a blanket of snow in the fading light. 1930

Background imageQuaint Collection: Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton

Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940

Background imageQuaint Collection: Swearing in of army recruits at Potsdam, 1913

Swearing in of army recruits at Potsdam, 1913
Kaiser Wilhelm II arriving at Potsdam for the annual swearing in of new army recruits. In this case, it is to the regiment of Lifeguards

Background imageQuaint Collection: Britannia and Eve front cover, Christmas 1949

Britannia and Eve front cover, Christmas 1949
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas number featuring an illustration of a quaint, snow-covered street of half-timbered houses, with children carol singing outside one door

Background imageQuaint Collection: S Teerwood. Bakers delivery van

S Teerwood. Bakers delivery van
A bakers van stops at a quaint looking village with the mornings delivery of fresh bread

Background imageQuaint Collection: Church in Shere, Surrey

Church in Shere, Surrey
A lovely corner in the village of Shere, leading to its fine old church

Background imageQuaint Collection: Eashing, Surrey

Eashing, Surrey
A quaint corner of Eashing, a small but delightful hamlet in Surrey

Background imageQuaint Collection: Ovis Carrollensis Shop

Ovis Carrollensis Shop
LEWIS CARROLL - This quaint little shop in St. Aldate s, Oxford, England, opposite Christchurch College, where Carroll was a Professor, is in Alice in Wonderland

Background imageQuaint Collection: England / Bosham

England / Bosham
Bosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port

Background imageQuaint Collection: England / Guildford

England / Guildford
Guildford, Surrey, has one of the finest High Streets in the South of England. Half-way down, is the well-known 16th century clock, outside a very quaint Guild Hall building

Background imageQuaint Collection: England / Rye 1950S

England / Rye 1950S
The quaint Church Square, Rye, Sussex, which has the architectural features of an old Flemish town

Background imageQuaint Collection: England / Charlestown

England / Charlestown
The small but busy harbour of Charlestown, a quaint little Cornish sea port. The local industry is devoted entirely to the shipping of china clay to all parts of the world

Background imageQuaint Collection: Tombland Alley, Norwich

Tombland Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, a quaint corner, incorporating part of Augustine Stewarts House. He was Deputy Mayor during Ketts Rebellion (1549), later Mayor

Background imageQuaint Collection: Pack Horse Bridge

Pack Horse Bridge
The ancient pack horse bridge at Allerford, Somerset. The combination of the bridge, the old inn, cottages with quaint roofs and chimneys, make it a charming West Country village

Background imageQuaint Collection: Tea Shop, Surrey

Tea Shop, Surrey
The Original Maids of Honour tea shop at Kew in Surrey. An old gas lamp stands outside the building

Background imageQuaint Collection: Jaspers Gateway

Jaspers Gateway
The quaint College Gateway at Rochester, Kent, made famous by Charles Dickens in his last novel " Edwin Drood" and it is still popularly known as " Jaspers Gateway"

Background imageQuaint Collection: Strand-On-The-Green

Strand-On-The-Green
Strand-on-the-Green, Middlesex. Above Chiswick and close to Kew Bridge, is this quaint waterside settlement of old houses, cottages and inns along the River Thames

Background imageQuaint Collection: Blue Coat Boy

Blue Coat Boy
The quaint figure of a Blue Coat Boy at the entrance of the Blue Coat School for girls at Hertford, Herts

Background imageQuaint Collection: Northumberland Harvest

Northumberland Harvest
Harvesting on a Northumberland farm, England, where, even in the 1930s, many of the women workers still wore their quaint costumes of many generations past



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