Relaxation Collection (page 3)

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

HRH Crown Prince Olaf of Norway (1903-1991). He became heir apparent when his father (Haakon VII) was elected king in 1905

Cooling Room of a Turkish Bath, Istanbul, Turkey
Cooling Room of a Turkish Bath (Hamam), Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1838

Hungary - Budapest - The Gellert Baths
Hungary - Budapest - Bathers in the Gellert Baths, a thermal bath in the Art Nouveau style in Budapest. Date: circa 1930s

Leggy beauty sunbathing on a floating wooden platform
Inspiration - A long-legged beauty reclines and relaxes on a floating wooden platform seeking sun, inspiring thoughts and a good view of the diving! Date: early 1940s

Firefighters playing chess during a break

The road, --summer. Date c1853

Life in the woods. Print showing men camping in the wilderness. Date c1870 August 31

The Bathing Plage at Nice by Howard K. Elcock
A November study in the sunshine at Nice where blue skies, warm sun and gleaming water attract smart society away from the drab British weather for a holiday

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

Facial at Helena Rubinstein in readiness of the Opera
A lady enjoying a brief hour having the Tired Womans Treatment at Madame Rubinsteins restful salon in Grafton Street, London, before going out to the opera in the evening. Date: 1927

Couple taking a walk in top hats
The Morning Recreation. Couple taking a walk in top hats Date: ca. 1847

piscatorial Relaxation
Piscatorial Relaxation : An old angler enjoying a spot of fly fishing on the banks of a lake in Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Shoot, Aim, Fire
Rifle shooting was once a popular lunchtime relaxation. City men are seen here practising at a range beneath the embankment, London. Date: 1932

Boating on the Thames
Boating on a pleasant stretch of the River Thames, viewed from Swinford Bridge, where it forms the boundary between the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

St. Jamess Park London
A quiet and delightful corner of St. Jamess Park, central London, out of sight, but within sound of the roar of traffic. Date: 1939

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

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

Family Reading by Rene Lelong
A well-to-do family sit and contemplate a particularly sad chapter from a book the father has been reading as they sit and stare into the fire at home. Date: 1913

Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoy a summer holiday at Balmoral, on this occasion they walk up the jetty at Applecross to visit the home of Major and Mrs John Wills

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

Miners outing in a charabanc, South Wales
A group of South Wales miners, a few guests and a little white dog, go on an outing in a Leyland charabanc

Men on benches in a London park
Men sitting on benches in an unidentified London park. A terrace of houses can be seen in the background

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

Island in the Sun: Barbados
Barbados- the most English in character of the sunny Caribbean islands appropriately attracts a large contingent of visitors from England seeking palm-shaded relaxation. Among them are The Hon

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

Lady resting in a low chair
A lady resting and relaxing in a comfortable low chair. Pen and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Poster advertising Germany for winter relaxation, depicting a man skiing down a steep snowy slope

Bohemian Women enjoying the high life
Gypsy Bohemian women in Turkey indulging in the high life

Soldiers resting in trench 1918
First battalion Northamptonshire Infantry resting in a British Front line trench at Molain, near Vaux Andigny, in France during World War I on 17th October 1918

1950s sunbathing
A woman stretches out luxuriantly in the sunshine wearing a swimsuit. Date: 1954

Eat More Fish by de Rosa
Humorous illustration showing a gentleman relaxing as he bobs in the sea using a rubber ring, reading in his newspaper about eating more fish

Convalescing Woman 19C
A convalescent woman relaxes in her garden

Turkish soldiers on leave in Nice
Turkish soldiers in Nice, France whilst on leave

People watching Television at home, 1946
Illustration showing a group of people, in formal evening wear, watching a television in a sitting room, 1946. One might reasonably suppose that this shows a dinner party having a little televisual

The science of resting
Foots patent resting chair, for relaxation after dinner helping to aid digestion

Girl Relaxing Outside
A young woman with bare feet lies on her back on a grassy bank and stares up at the sky in a mood of relaxation and contemplation

Bingo at Crimean Camp
Off-duty soldiers in a French camp during the Crimean war enjoy a game of " lotto" (bingo)

Country Dance in Village
Rural Sport -- Dr Syntax watches country people dancing in an English Village

Woman Bathing
A lady relaxes with her hand behind her head in a hot bath. Her slippers, on the bath mat are waiting to be slipped on when she gets out

Old Timer Fishes 1892
An unhurried old man sits on the bank, pipe in mouth & rod in hand, for a spot of fishing. His box of tackle can just be seen by his side

Allies in Flanders Wwi
Entente Cordiale: British and either French or Belgian soldiers fraternising and relaxing on a canal boat in Flanders during the First World War

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