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Crystal Palace AerialAerial view of the Crystal Palace in its glory, surrounded by 200 acres of gardens and recreation facilities
Soccer Players Date: 1958
Denis Compton at HastingsCricketer Denis Compton acknowledges the crowd at the Central Recreation Ground, Hastings. Playing for The South against Sir Pelham Warners Eleven
The Fountain, Wilton, Wiltshire - Inauguration ceremony. The large circular water trough and fountain sit beside the A30, now just inside the River Wylye recreation field
Mens Pavilion & Recreation Grounds, Bournville, Birmingham, England - part of the model community set up around the Cadburys Cocoa Factory. Cricket being played at the Cadbury Sports Club. Date: 1910
Fire Station Billiards Room
Denis Compton at HastingsDenis Compton turns a ball from spinner Jim Laker (out of picture) off his legs to score another boundary past the despairing reach of the short leg fielder as wicketkeeper Stewart Billy Griffith
Poster advertising Locarno beach in Nice, France. Water skiers are pulled along by speedboats
Nebraska Man by Amedee ForestierAn artists vision of Hesperophiticus (The Ape-Man of the Western World) belonging to the Pliocene epoch. The picture was drawn by Forestier for The Illustrated London News following the discovery of
Memorial Stadium. Berkeley. Date: 1923
Bethnal GreenThe newly-opened public recreation ground. Date: June 1875
Broadway, New York, 1945Photograph showing the lights of Broadway, New York, at night in 1945. After war-time austerity, these lights signalled an up-swing in American recreation
Galle Face, Ceylon, Sri LankaVintage 19th century photograph: Galle Face, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Cadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, WarwicCadburys Chocolate - Bourneville Works, Bourneville, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Lily Pond in Girls Recreation Grounds Date: 1920s
Healthy RecreationA young woman prepares to take a putt whilst out playing golf with a female companion. A small boy stands behind acting as caddie for the day, looking away in to the distance
Burmese lady and her attendants, Burma, MyanmarVintage 19th century photograph: a Burmese lady and her attendants, Burma, British India, Myanmar. c.1890 s
Bengal village scene, near Calcutta, Kolkata, IndiaVintage 19th century photograph: Bengal village scene, near Calcutta, Kolkata, India, Samuel Bourne, 1860 s
Lascars on British Ships: The Question of their Retention. " Human Salamanders" :The Lascar at Work and Play. Employed on board P&O Australian Line liners - working as Coal Stokers
General Eisenhower portrait for War Bonds Poster Date: 1944
Sailor on boat with monkey and fruit for US Navy Poster Date: 1918
Woman in white dress and red scarf with tennis racquet Date: 1905
A Scotsman in kilt in a golf swing Date: 1910
boy circus tentA small boy peeps under a circus big top to watch the show inside. Birmingham, England Date: 1986
Human models pretending to be a marble statueA pair of nude (mostly) human models pretending to be a marble statues, complete with rocky plinth! Date: circa 1910s
Africa Johannesburg Wanderers Recreation Grounds pre-1900
WW2 - R. A. F. Hockey TeamA photograph which shows some British WW2 Royal Air Force men enjoying some recreation, as they walk side by side as a hockey team. Date: circa 1940s
Swanage, Dorset, viewed from Recreation Ground - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
The Aldershot Military TattooThe Field of the Cloth of Gold with Henry VIII of England and King Francis (Francois) I of France, recreated at the Aldershot Military Tattoo, an annual event dating back to 1894
Sailing In LincolnshireA photograph of three identical sailing boats on the sea, along the coast of Lincolnshire. The image is used as a promotion of the surrounding areas of a village named Woldsea
Ice Skating In LincolnshireA photograph of a mother and father helping their child to ice skate, with other figures standing in the background, the area is situated in Lincolnshire
Design for Front Recreation HutA design for a decoration of a recreation hut at the Front, showing a predatory feline grappling with a pink, Galah cockatoo, with others flying around in a frenzy. Date: circa 1916
Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, DerbyGirls play with a ball on the recreation ground at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Derby Date: Date unknown
composite image of portraits of Japanese people, JapanVintage 19th century photograph: composite image of portraits of Japanese people
View of a house and bay, Greek island of CorfuVintage 19th century photograph: view of a house and bay, Greek island of Corfu
Kola Dancers. IndiaVintage 19th century photograph: Kola tribal dancers, Munda-speaking peoples, NE India
Children on the beach, Scarborough, YorkshireVintage 19th century photograph: children playing on the beach, Scarborough, Yorkshire
Garden at Okayama, Bizen, JapanVintage 19th century photograph : garden at Okayama, Bizen, Japan
Tourists at Sami homestead, probably NorwayVintage c.1900 photograph: tourist visit to Sami homestead, probably Norway
Traveller Palm, Botanic Garden, Saigon, VietnamVintage 19th century photograph: Traveller Palm in the Botanic Garden, Saigon, Hochiminh City, Saigon, French Indochina, Vietnam
Main street, Gion-machi, Kyoto, Japan19th century vintage photograph - main street, Gion-machi, Kyoto, Japan showing passengers in rickshaws
Pleasure boats, JapanVintage 19th century photograph: pleasure boats, Japan
Monument in a park, Hong KongVintage 19th century photograph: Hong Kong (China) c.1880s - monument in a park, Hong Kong
Fishermen and fishing boats, probably St Ives Cornwall19th century vintage photograph: coiling the warp, fishermen and fishing boats, probably St Ives Cornwall
Boathouse on the River Usk. Brecon Beacons, Wales19th century vintage photograph: Brecon, boathouse on the River Usk. Brcon Beacons, Wales
Fishing boats and the beach, St Ives, Cornwall19th century vintage photograph: fishing boats and the beach, St Ives, Cornwall
Takaboko, Bay of Nagasaki, Japan19th century vintage photograph: Takaboko, Bay of Nagasaki, Japan
Boats on Lake Como at Menaggio, Italy19th century vintage photograph: boats on Lake Como at Menaggio, Italy
The Regatta Course, Henley on Thames, River Thames19th century vintage photograph: The Regatta Course, Henley on Thames, River Thames, England
The Green, west Cowes, Isle of Wight19th century vintage photograph: The Green, west Cowes, Isle of Wight
Shanklin, Dunnose cape on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel19th century vintage photograph: Shanklin, Dunnose is a cape on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel
The Konigsee, state of Bavaria, Germany19th century vintage photograph: The Konigssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border
Older girls / young children in gardens Mukojima TokyoOlder girls and young children in gardens at Mukojima Tokyo. Vintage 19th century photograph
A public recreation ground for children built on the site of Marshalsea Prison, opened by Lord Monkswell on 25 January 1902 and named after Charles Dickenss heroine, Little Dorritt
A Game of darts - Civil Defence Workers recreation. Date: circa 1942
Queen Victoria pictured visiting the South Australian Court at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886. Date: 1886
The Imperial Austrian Exhibition worlds fair of 1906 at Earls Court London - Empress Hall - A Tyrolian Village by Kautsky & Rottonara of Vienna. Date: 1906
St Joseph Juniorate, Jersey - Recreation RoomYoung men play chess in the recreation and meeting room at the St Joseph Juniorate (seminary) at St Helier, Jersey Date: circa 1912
Women kayaking in northern France 1904Two women in a kayak being helped by a male instructor at Olonne in the Vendee, France. 1904
Undergraduate female student tea party, December 1920Female undergraduates at Somerville College, Oxford, enjoying a tea party hosted in the living quarters of one of the students
Undergraduate female students playing hockey 1920Undergraduate female students playing a hockey match at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford on a field, with the college buildings in the background
Ruysselede Reformatory, Belgium - Boys at playOutdoor recreation time for boys at the Ruysselede Reformatory School, Belgium Date: Date unknown
Mother playing with daughters in a gardenA young mother dandles a girl on her foot, while her other child drops her toys to beg for a cuddle. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject
Music cover, Ten Little Recreation Songs and Pieces, by Stella Morse Livsey
C R W Nevinson, The Artist Whose Recreation is JournalismChristopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, The Artist Whose Recreation is Journalism - former WW1 artist, seen in his studio and at his cocktail bar. The portrait bust of him is by Barney Seale. Date: 1933
Pedespeed 187019th century recreation early roller skates, fourteen or fifteen inches in diameter wheels attached below the knees with a foot piece. Date: 1870
Pleasure velocipede 1869New World, pleasure, recreation or exercise, this newly invented contraption was used by young and old in public or private grounds
Ladies day in the swimming-bath Ladies day in the swimming-bathBathing in all weathers: Ladies day in the swimming-bath of a famous London club Date: 1920
Two marines on coast signal battleship with flag Date: 1918
Collegiate Rower with Oar from Harvard Date: 1906
Man Shooting Ducks from Boat in Swamp Date: 1910
Couple lean on a fence at the golf course Date: 1910
Young girl holding very little tennis racquet Date: 1905
Woman in red blouse playing tennis Date: 1905
Women in dresses playing tennis Date: 1895
Woman Golfer in Red Vest Acknowledges Crowd Date: 1913
King George in Wimbledon Whites holding tennis racquets Date: 1905
Man Hitting Flies off Man trying to putt on golf course Date: 1912
A caddie comments on the golf ball lying by a sleeping hobo Date: 1910
Woman in white holding up tiny golf ball of the golf course Date: 1905
Golf caddie inadvertantly pokes fun at man golfing Date: 1910
Golf scene in Del Monte, California Date: 1910
Lady points skyward with golf club in hand by the sea Date: 1900
Will Schuster and Blackman Going Shooting Date: 1876
Poster for Cycles Medinger Date: 1897
