Skates Collection

Poster for Blackpool Ice Drome
A poster advertising the Ice Drome ice rink at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Ice Skating Dog
An ice skating dog with a scarf for a lead, out with his young mistress at Wimbledon Common, London, England

Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas card
Four frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s

1927 Ice Skating Girl
A vivacious ice skating girl jumps over some barrels

Putting on Ice Skates
Three young women, sitting down to put on their ice skates at Wimbledon Common, London. One girl is accidentally showing off her bloomers!

Uller the Bowman, god of winter & archery

Ice Skating Dog
An ice skating dog out with his young mistress at Wimbledon Common, London, England

Firefighters outside a canteen van, Battersea, London
Firefighters in traditional brass helmets enjoying some refreshments outside a canteen van in Battersea Park, London, watched by a boy on roller skates. Date: 1937

Poster, Anglo-Swiss Telephone Service, showing a woman skating in the Alps. 20th century

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Queen Victorias Skates
EQUIPMENT Queen Victorias skates, manufactured by Marsden Brothers, and Silverwood, of Sheffield

Motorbike with Skates
Swiss-American inventor Thomas Avoskans motor cycle with skates

Mother and daughter skating on a Christmas card
Mother and daughter skating, on a Christmas card design by Kate Greenaway. Date: circa 1880s

Roller skaters at Deal, Kent
Three young men roller-skating on a rink in Deal, Kent. Date: circa 1960s

Rosey Anslow & Ella Grahame music hall roller-skaters
Rosey Anslow and Ella Grahame performing acrobatics on roller skates. One performer is wearing trousers, the other wearing a jacket and full skirt allowing for movement. Date: circa 1910

Winter season Switzerland
A mountain hotel in Switzerland. Edwardian ice skaters on the Lake at Murren. Edwardian dress men and women are seen skating. Date: 1912

Roller Skating Show
Bella Avalon and Percy Athos perform an act on rollerskates in The New Prince's Frivolities at the New Prince's Theatre in London (later known as the Shaftesbury Theatre). Date: 1925

Medieval frost fair with people skating

Comic postcard, Protection for rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Skating on the ice at Rickmansworth, England, 1933
Skating on the ice at Rickmansworth, Enagland, 1933

Skater Soni Hennie San Moritz, Switzerland, 1933
Champion skater Soni Hennie at San Moritz, Switzerland, 1933

Young woman roller skating Date: late 19th century

Comic postcard, Couple roller skating Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man rolling home Date: 20th century

Woman at the horse races on the Champ de Mars, 1811
Fashionable woman at the horse races on the Champ de Mars, 1811. She wears a bonnet, high-waisted walking dress and carries a shawl and large feather

Historical views of Denmark. View of the city of Copenhagen 64, Danish watchman with lantern patroling the streets of Copenhagen 65

Men falling on ice skates, another falling through the ice, woman falling off her chair, on a frozen pond. Miseries of Games, Sports, etc

Man forced to kiss an ugly woman at a dance party during a game of forfeits. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Sonia Henie
Sonja Henie (1912 - 1969), Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies Singles

Christmas card, Rabbit skating on ice, watched by two hedgehogs. 20th century

Children sledding and skating on ice (traineaux), early 19th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Ice skating and sledding on a glacier near Gentilly, 18th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris

Young woman of the west coast of Friesland, the Netherlands, 19th century. She wears a distinctive weathercock shaped bonnet and wimple, cravat fichu, arm protectors, gloves and full petticoats

Skating on the ice in front of the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. At right, two men buy hot drinks from a vendor with a barrel and cups

Beginners aid to skating, Wimbledon, London. 1900

Advert for Lillywhites skating items 1930
Advertisement for skating items, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1930

Children skating and feeding birds on a sepia New Year card with verse. Date: circa 1900s

Boys jumping for herrings, Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland)
Boys on ice skates, jumping for herrings in the city of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). Date: 1922

Couple roller skating in a studio portrait, with verse. Date: early 20th century

Christmas card, Greeting Time
Christmas card by Robert Dudley, Greeting Time (Father Christmas shaking hands with Old Father Time). (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Santa Claus skating on a Christmas postcard
Santa Claus with presents, skating on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Holly in skating scene on a Christmas postcard
Humanised holly in comic skating scene on a Christmas postcard. circa 1890s

People skating and sleighing on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Cot header design, Elephant and Rabbit Skating

Sunday afternoon at Holland Park Rink by H. M. Bateman
Fashion on the floor: A wicked caricature. A comic artists view. Bateman on a Sunday afternoon at the Holland Park rink at a time when rinking was at the height of popularity. Date: 1912

Pedespeed 1870
19th century recreation early roller skates, fourteen or fifteen inches in diameter wheels attached below the knees with a foot piece. Date: 1870

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