Sledges Collection (page 2)

Russian village - Northern Siberia - tents and Reindeer
Russian (Ostyak?) village - Northern Siberia - tents and Reindeer Date: 1902

Sledge laden with holly Date: c. 1910

BOUT, Pieter (1658-1702). The Skaters. 1678. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Four young girls tobogganing
" Happy New Year!" Four young girls tobogganing down a snow covered hill. France. 1912

Child pulling sledge
Winter, Girl pulling sledge with christmas tree Date: 1950s

Children play on their sledges

TOBOGGANER
A tobogganer takes to the runway, Switzerland. Date: late 1960s

Intimate Sledge Ride
A young couple get close as they share an intimate sledge ride in the snow at Hampstead Heath, north London! Date: 1930s

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pulling sledge over ice
A view showing how sledges were rushed from one ice floe to another, with a sled pulling team waiting for two floes to meet and quickly dashing across

Norwegian Sledge
Ornate wooden sledge from Gudbrandsdalen, Norway Date: 1733

Why Captain Scott did not rely wholly on dogs
Page from The Sphere with drawings and photographs of the huskies used in Captain Scotts first polar expedition in 1901-4

Children playing in the snow
Lovely illustration showing children having fun during the winter, ice skating, sledging, building snowmen and, rather more alarmingly, building fires!

The Long, Long Trail: Mixing it at St. Moritz by Joyce Denny
Humorous illustration by Joyce Dennys showing a long trail of sledges populated by all types of personalities enjoying winter sports in St. Moritz

Dog Sledges ready for use in the Arctic, 1875
Engraving showing dog sledges for use in Arctic conditions, circa 1875. As can be seen in the picture, many Arctic explorers favoured the use of sledges drawn by dogs

The Greenland Division of Sledges, British Arctic Expedition
Engraving showing the Greenland division of dog sledges commanded by Lieutenant Beaumont and Dr. Coppinger during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Russian Hackney Sledge
Russian hackney sledge - the equivalent of a London cab. Date: 1800

The Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barri
Photograph showing the sledge team of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barrier, on their way to the South Pole, 1911

Wilhelm II Toboggan 1910
A brochure design for the Kaiser Wilhelm II toboggan contest at Davos, Switzerland

Boy Pulls Sledge C1950
A young boy pulls his sledge through the snow

Toboggan Girl 1928
A girl races downhill fast on a toboggan, exposing her stocking tops along the way

Grand Centrifugal Ride
The Grand Centrifugal railway was an early type of rollercoater, in which participants sat in sledges / carriages which went down a ramp and around two circles

Aurora Borealis / Reindeer
The Northern lights over Porsangerfjord, Norway - part of Norwegian Lapland

St Petersburg Theatre
The Grand Theatrewith market traders and various vehicles, mostly wheeled but also sledges

Russian Sleigh
Driving a two-horse sleigh beside the river Neva at Saint Petersburg

Sledge Games
Mothers and children playing with a sledge in the snow on a suburban street in Horley, Surrey, England

Elk-Drawn Sleigh
Sledge pulled by an elk in medieval Scandinavia

Reindeer Pull Snowboat
Reindeer pull a snow-boat across the ice

Fur Lined Sledge 1555
The Scandinavians of old would line their sledges with furs. Date: 1555

Horse Sledge on Ice
A horse pulls a sledge laden with casks along the ice

Dog Sleigh Kamchatka
A dog-team draw a sledge in Kamchatka, Russia, observed by the French Traveller La Perouse during his journey round the world

Sledge made for Christina, later Queen of Sweden
A sledge which Count Axel Oxenstierna had made for his ward Christina, later Queen of Sweden

Payer / Tegetthoff / 1874
Payer abandons the ice-crushed Tegetthoff and the crew set out for Novaya Zemlya with sledges and three boats

Family Sledging C1940
In a wintry scene at Oxshott, Surrey, a family pulls their sledges up a slope

Sleigh Scrap
Older and younger sisters ride in a sleigh while their dog runs beside them

Couple Go Sleighing
A couple go sleighing through the wintry snow

Frost and Ice 1555
Traveling in the frosty countryside of Scandinavia is best done on sledges drawn by reindeer, though a horse will do if its well shod

Children Tobogganing
Lots of children tobogganing

Girl on Toboggan
A girl in a muff sits on a toboggan holding some greenery and other things

Merry Go Round on Ice
A merry-go-round on the ice - towing children on toboggans. Date: 1890

Sliding in a Street
Swedish children tobogganing

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