Relax Collection (page 3)

Firefighter in a flying bomb film, WW2
Firefighter in a flying bomb film -- taking a moment to relax after a job well done. Date: 1944

Tea break, Baden Powell House, London
A tea break at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

British soldier and local resident, Western Front, WW1
British soldier relaxing with a local resident and her cattle on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers and local residents, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers relaxing with local residents and their cattle on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Allied soldiers relaxing with piano music, WW1
Allied soldiers relaxing with refreshments and music from a piano on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers outside dugout, Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers outside their dugout on the Western Front in France during World War One. One of them is playing a small banjo. Date: circa 1916

American soldiers relaxing, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers relaxing on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1917-1918

British soldier relaxing on a stretcher, Somme, WW1
A British soldier relaxing and reading the news on an abandoned German stretcher on the Somme, Western Front, during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers swimming during a break, WW1
British soldiers relaxing and swimming during a break in fighting, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

At the Eagle Hut by Helen McKie
Sketches of members of the American Army and Navy enjoying the comforts of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK

Royal Navy sailors playing games on deck. August 1916 Date: 1916

Russian Officers Relax during Japanese War
A group of six Russian officers relax in their dugout during the second and final year of the Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

Social Co-operative, Leningrad
A Leningrad Socil Co-operative centre from the 1920s with the slogan on one wall that reads He who is not abel to rest is he who is not able to work. Date: 1927 - 1928

Poster: come and explore Britain (2)
Poster inviting you to come and explore Britain, showing a quiet town with older style architecture. (2 of 2)

Three British soldiers outside Cypher Office, WW2
Three British soldiers outside a railway carriage being used as a Cypher Office during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

LCC-LFB Canteen van at Colonial Wharf fire
Hungry and thirsty firefighters gathering for refreshments at the Brigades canteen van following a major fire at Colonial Wharf

Humorist front cover featuring Bonzo
Lovely front cover of the Humorist magazine, featuring Bonzo, the canine creation of artist George Studdy enjoying some tanning time of the beach. Date: 1934

Silhouette of a woman in an armchair, relaxing with a cigarette and a teatime tray. The caption reads: It takes her from Monday to get fit again for Friday

Silhouette of a couple in a garden. He is relaxing in a deckchair while she attaches a hammock to a tree

American soldiers relaxing with WaCs, WW1
American soldiers relaxing with members of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WaC) during the First World War. Date: June 1918

Enjoying a soak in the bath, 1930
A lady reclines in a very comfortable-looking hot bath, enjoying the soothing effect on the nervous system of Zotis Foam Bath. Date: 1930

British soldiers on Castro Beach, Lemnos, WW1
British soldiers relaxing on Castro Beach, on the Greek island of Lemnos, during the First World War. Date: 29 December 1915

Family in a Park
A man rests his head on his wifes lap as they both enjoy a sunny day in the park with the children who play in the background. Date: late 1960s

Concert Party Offstage
Members of a concert party relax off-stage after the performance, celebrating with a bottle of wine. Date: 1901

Bathers pose for photo at saltair, Utah, USA
Bathers prepare to take a jump into the Great Salt Lake at Saltair, Utah, USA Date: circa 1920s

Serbian troops relaxing, WW1
Serbian troops relaxing during a break from fighting, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Bathers in the Great Salt Lake at Saltair, Utah, USA
Bathers floating in the Great Salt Lake at Saltair, Utah, USA Date: circa 1904

American soldier with children, Brancourt, France, WW1
An American soldier relaxing with children on a street in Brancourt-le-Grand, northern France, on the day the town was captured during the First World War. Date: 8 October 1918

French Sailors Off-Duty
French sailors off-duty relax on deck Date: circa 1830

Girls and Dachshund 1960
Two girls and their dachshund relax in the grass. Date: circa 1960

Children / Seaside Card
Girl and cat on a sandy beach - this is almost certainly the only picture of a cat on a beach in the collection !

British in Burma 1889
Officers relax after a hard day bashing rebels who resent British presence in their country. Date: 1889

Pupils in study room, Marlborough College
Pupils relaxing in a study room at Marlborough College. Date: 1962

Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, London
Elderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds

The Punters by William Barribal
Two pouting girls in fashionable bathing costumes relax as they punt along a river under the shade of a Chinese parasol

Cotton Store, Bombay
A group of Indian cotton workers relax amongst the cotton bales

Dreaming Music Cover
A very fine music cover for Dreaming by Anthony Stephen and Michael Prado, depicting a glamorous woman drifting off into the magical world of her thoughts

Empty allotments / W H Robinson
On the allotment when we don t have to grow our own cabbages This post war couple use theirs for flute practice and sewing

WWII recycling: mine bomb seating / W H Robinson
Take a couple of deadly sea mines, lay a wooden plank across the top, place somewhere scenic (preferably looking out to sea) sit on aforementioned plank and relax while you darn a jumper or two

Visitors in front of Berlin Cathedral, Germany
Visitors relax on the grass in front of Berlin Cathedral, Germany

Bath Preparations, 1957
A woman wearing a rather flammable looking nightdress and dressing gown prepares to anoint her bath with Joli Madame perfume by Pierre Balmain

Two Tigers relaxing on a rock shelf
Two Tigers realaxing on a rock ledge. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Contented Bather 1929
Advertisement for gas for water heating. An old balding man sits in a full, steaming bath and smiles as he wriggles his toes - he obviously hasn t yet recieved his gas bill

Poster advertising Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre cruises
Poster advertising Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre luxury cruises to the West African coast via Marseilles

The Subscription Rooms, Brookes Club(Whig)
Gentlemen relax by the fire, reading and playing cards in the luxurious comfort of the Subscription Rooms of the Brookes Club, Pall Mall, London

Britannia and Eve, February 1933
A woman rests languidly on a cushion, book in the hand and looks rather seductively out at the viewer

Boys Club group photograph Great Waltham1925
A group of boys take time to relax in the fields and play in the hay on a warm summers day in Great Waltham 1925

Boys Club at Herne Bay 1923
Seventeen members of a boys club and their group leader sit and relax by the sea at Herne Bay, England. One boy sports a smart sailors outfit

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