Slope Collection (page 10)

Distant view of Obergurgl, Austria
Distant view of the village of Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Nursery slopes at Obergurgl, Austria
People skiing on the nursery slopes at Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Cows on the slopes of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps
View of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps. Its altitude is 4166 metres -- fortunately for the cows, they are slightly lower down the slopes. Date: circa 1956

Guardians Board Room, Union Workhouse, Weymouth, Dorset
Exterior view of the Board of Guardians meeting room at the Weymouth Union workhouse, Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset. The workhouse later became Portway Hospital but has now been converted to

St Justinian lifeboat, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
People in the St Justinians lifeboat, near the lifeboat station, on the Pembrokeshire coast, Dyfed, South Wales

Men outside shop, High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Two men standing outside a confectionery and tobacco shop in the High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales look straight at the camera

Two boys on a home-made go-kart
Two boys enjoying a ride on a home-made go-kart in Horley, Surrey. They are travelling at such a speed that the photograph is blurred!

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

Moving hay on a pulley system - Hardanger, Western Norway
West Norway - Hardanger. Moving a large bundle of hay up and down a steep slope on an elaborate and rather remarkable string and pulley system

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

Poster advertising Winter Sports -- a man skis rapidly down a snowy slope

Their Winter Sport by Illingworth
Four local and proficient child skiiers have a laugh at the expense of a man (probably British) who seems to have come a cropper on the piste

Achiet Marcoing Line 1917
Pioneers constructing a slope on the Achiet Marcoing Line on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917

Tank F4 1917
Tank F4 climbing a slope at Wailly in France on the British front during World War I in October 1917

The Bystander Winter Sports Number front cover
Front cover of The Bystander designed by Dugo showing some enterprising skiiers being pulled up the piste by some horses, much to the annoyance of their fellow holidaymakers

Ups-a Daisy
A sensible provision now made on some of the nursery slopes, whereby the plump skier may, with the minimum of effort, regain his or her feet after a fall

Men hauling a cart up a slope, Kashgar, western China
A group of men hauling a cart up a slope on a trip through Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ski-ing streamline
A contrasting ski outfit from Jaeger. The tough looking, loose-fitting wool sweater, with its ribbed knit and roll collar, and the tailored ski-pants of black barathea produce an ensemble that

Pump House
A Pump house at the bottom of a slope, Iran

Pamukkale - Turkey
Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Pulling a wagon up a steep slope, Yellowstone, 1883
Engraving showing a wagon making its way around a steep hill above the river in Yellowstone National Park, 1883. The river bank is so steep that three men are needed to pull ropes to keep the wagon

France Rocamadour
The astonishing town of Rocamadour, built on a steep slope over the Alzou in southern France

Russian Country House
A little girl stands on a grassy slope beneath an aristocratic country house in Russia

Swiss Skiers Get Ready
A group of skiers, standing on top of a slope, prepare to ski downhill

Norway / Vossvangen 1909
Vossvangen: people gardening on a slope above the town

Mdina / Malta
An old woman sat close to a gnarled tree on a Maltese street

Paris / Sacre Coeur 1919
The Montmartre Funicular : the two coaches pass, precisely half-way up (or down) the slope leading to Sacre-Coeur

Jack and Jill take a tumble on the hill
Jack and Jill take a tumble on their way down the hill -- the water is spilt and Jack injures his head

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

Summit / Aiguille / Platz
On the summit slope of the Aiguille d Argentiere (3907 metres)

Fable / Fly & Coach
THE FLY AND THE COACH A carriage has difficulty climbing a steep slope; a fly, assuming it is important, bites the horses to spur them on, but is simply annoying

Sledge & Ski Australia
Descending the slopes of Mount Kosciusko, Australia - some on sledge some on ski. Though Kosciusko was a Pole, these intrepid skiers seem to be managing without poles. Date: 1910

Tunguska Trees
Taken in a valley, the photograph shows nearby trees still standing. However, the trees on the slope have been flattened

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