Sliding Collection (page 2)

Christmas card, Three children sliding with dog. 20th century

Indian Mound Park, Hannibal, Missouri, USA
View of Indian Mound Park, Hannibal, Missouri, USA, with people in an outdoor swimming pool. Date: circa 1925

Whos Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? by Lawson Wood
Humorous colour illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his orange utan character, Gran pop sliding away on some ice from the shadow of a wolf. Appropriately, he is accompanied by three little pigs

LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole
Following a visit to the United States, the Chief Officer (Captain Eyre Massey Shaw) saw these devices in American firehouses, and brought the idea into his own fire stations

Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect, showing a street scene with balloons in the sky above. 1828

The Blucher sinking
A photograph showing the sinking of the German battle cruiser, the Blucher after being shelled by the British (led by Sir David Beatty) during the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915

The Slider by Arthur Watts
Skaters in a winter sports resort watch with some consternation as a chap slides onto the ice in only his shoes. Date: 1930

Christmas card, Scottish boys sliding on ice -- To Wish You A Jolly Happy Christmas. circa 1905

Yumei Hotel, Nagasaki, Japan - traditional Japanese interior Date: circa 1920s

New Year card, boy on the ice with a dog
New Year card, boy in a mortar board sliding on the ice with a dog. circa 1905

Susi - sliding on a rug. 1950s

Comic skating scene on a Christmas label -- May you surmount all dangers. Date: circa 1890s

Ancient Balance With Sliding Weight for merly used at Tuam
Ancient Balance With Sliding Weight Formerly used at Tuam - a view of a man outside with the balance in his hands. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Teddy bear and toys on a Christmas postcard
Teddy bear and toys riding on a sled on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Batgers Christmas Crackers, Fun of the Fair. circa 1930s

Builders Fall Off a Roof
Three builders fall off a roof Date: 1900

On the ice
A group of young people sliding about on the ice in a winter scene. Artist: BH Smale Date: 1904

Swimming pool at a holiday camp, Paignton, Devon
Holidaymakers at a swimming pool in a holiday camp at Paignton, Devon, with chalets in the background. Date: 1950s

Illustration, boy sliding off a pony
Illustration, a boy sliding off his saddle when Joker the pony turns more sharply than expected. Date: 1932

Young boy does downhill-ice-sliding just on his coat (usually its done on a piece of cardboard), on an artificially built ice-hill.. A traditional midwinter entertainment

Selkup Man (North Siberia minority) shows his wooden hand-made skies (covered with moose-skin to prevent sliding back). early spring, taiga-forest; North Tumen region, Russia

French cub scouts sliding down a slope

Indicating scale, Leyland Metz fire engine
Indicating scale on a Leyland Metz fire engine, showing the elevation and extension of the adjustable ladder

Leyland Metz fire engine with sliding ladder
Leyland Metz fire engine with adjustable sliding ladder

London firefighters sliding down a pole. Date: 1960s

Gerry sliding down the banister
Gerry (Geraldine) sliding down the banister. Date: 1940

Pug Peter -- dog and ducklings on steep slope
Pug Peter -- Very upsetting. A dog and three ducklings slide or fall down a steep slope. Date: 1905

Nursery Rhymes -- children on ice, lady at grocer s
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- three children sliding on the ice. Below -- a lady at the grocers counter. Date: early 20th century

Firefighters demonstrating the use of slide poles. Date: 1930s

Japan - Three Geisha Girls outside traditional Japanese home Date: circa 1916

Mr Pickwick slides on the Ice - The Pickwick Papers Date: circa 1910s

Self-acting sliding and screw-cutting lathe, heavy pattern. Height of centres 12 inches

Self-acting sliding and surfacing lathe. Height of centres 10 inches

LCC-LFB sliding pole and rigging
The sliding pole was introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1904 after its Chief Officer, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, made an official visit to the USA

LCC-LFB firemen using the sliding pole on a call
Following a visit to the United States, Chief Officer Eyre Massey Shaw brought back the idea of sliding poles which he saw in American fire houses

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Children play on their sledges

Sliding Dogs
Four dogs dressed as humans, on a slide! Date: early 1930s

Decorative Christmas frieze - children playing in snow
Three children enjoy playing in the snow, sliding on ice and building a snowman. 1920s

Sliding Cover Dust Truck
A sliding cover dust truck, presumably for a street cleaner, or for transporting rubble or industrial rubbish with a cover to prevent said dust blowing away in the wind

Two children on a sleigh in the snow
Two children on a sleigh, sliding down a snowy slope. circa late 19th century

Two Girls Sliding C1880
Two girls are sliding - one keeps her footing, the other she slid so fast, she slid so free, that down fell she ! Date: circa 1880

Young boy sliding on the ice with his dog
A young boy slides on the ice, his dog trotting happily alongside

Man and three children on a toboggan in the snow
A man and three children sliding downhill on a toboggan in the snow

Winter landscape
Skating and sliding on a frozen pond in a rural winter landscape at dusk

Sliding
A Victorian little girl, dressed in a fancy coordinating frilled coat and bonnet slides on some ice

Children sledging down a hill by Florence Hardy
Three Merry Maids. Three little girls sliding down a hill on a wooden sledge

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

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