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Nipa Houses near Manila, PhilippinesNipa Stilt Houses (also known as bahay kubo, is an indigenous house used in the Philippines. The native house is constructed out of bamboo tied together)
Hairdresser on StiltsIl faut souffrir pour etre belle - one must suffer to be beautiful
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Native School. Date: circa 1910s
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission and L. M.s MissionPapua New Guinea - Elevara Village and the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans
Peter & Paul FortressA view of the town and habour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka. Probably the Peter & Paul Fortress in the Neva delta which was used as a political prison
Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta
A House in New Guinea. Date: circa 1903
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes - Los Zancos (Stilts) (1791-1792) - original on display at Museo Nacional del Prado. Date: 1792
Piasecki Vertol CH-21C 83 17Bundeswehr Heer (German Army) - Piasecki (Vertol) CH-21C 83 17 (msn WG17), one of 32 built under license by Weser Flugzeugbau for the West German Army, at Niedermendig, circa 1970
Medieval trained animals: bear doing a headstand, hare with tabor (top), juggler and tumbling monkey, monkey jockey on a muzzled bear (middle)
Medieval performersGirl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, and a man playing a pipe with an animal head while dancing on stilts, 13th century
Medieval dancers and performersGirl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, 13th century, man playing a pipe while dancing on stilts, 13th century (top), tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others
Dancers on stilts in the Champs Elysees. A family of street entertainers, the country folks of Landes, perform while mother bangs a drum and father directs on horseback
House on stilts of the Minangkabau people in Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
Hairdresser on stilts pulling a womans hair to the ceilingOne must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a womans hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover
Men on stilts in Les Landes, south west FranceMen on stilts in the marshy Les Landes, south west France. When resting they slant the stilts as if sitting down, and prop themselves up with a third pole. Date: 1922
Silhouette, Circus Stilt Walkers dancing. Date: early 19th century
Market Place and Old Market House, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Date: circa 1900s
A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England. Date: late 15th century
Shepherdess of les Landes, southwest France, mounted on stilts Date: circa 1840
Shepherd of les Landes, southwest France, mounted on stilts Date: circa 1840
Exhibition of trained animalsManifested in England from a very early period, for manuscripts of twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries contain numerous representations of dogs, horses, pigs, goats cocks, bears
JAPANESE KIDS ON STILTSJapanese children play on stilts and hobby horses. Date: 19th century
T ROOSEVELT / JUDGE CIRCUSTHEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th American President depicted as a circus ringmaster
Fairground scene - Christophers First Appearance in public by John Leech from The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole by Albert Smith. Date: circa 1848
Galician granary - 02Galician granaries, on a farm in Northern Spain Date: 1990
Galician granary - 01Galician granary, on a farm in Northern Spain Date: 1990
Taungoo (Toungoo) - a city in the Bago Region, Myanmar. Date: circa 1908
Fairies in a field on a Christmas and New Year cardFairies and goblins in a field on a Christmas and New Year card -- Harvest Time. Date: circa 1890s
Traditional Malay Fishing Village with stilt housesTraditional Malay Fishing Village with houses raised up on stilts. Date: circa 1920s
Rural Khmer houses on stilts near Phnom Penh, Cambodia - these appear to be fishermans dwellings. Date: circa 1910s
Penang - A Malay Village - Malaysia Date: circa 1910s
Guam - Houses undamaged after TyphoonGuam - Morning after the Typhoon of November 13th 1913 - the houses look remarkably unscathed - testament to clever local architectural design!!! Date: 1913
The Darling of the Gods by David Belasco & John Luther LongThe Darling of the Gods by David Belasco and John Luther Long. The heroine, Princess Yo-San, is in white on the right. The image corresponds to the right hand page of a double-page spread in
South China - Mai Wan Beach - Foreshore - buildings on stilts. Part of Box 24 Boswell Collection Southern China and Its people. Date: circa 1900
Ruins of a prehistoric house built on stilts. ItalyNeolithic Art. Ruins of a prehistoric house built on stilts. Ledro. Lombardy
Port Moresby, New GuineaLocal inhabitants site near the water at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Huts on stilts and traditional boats with outriggers can be seen. Date: circa 1895
Arched Bridge and Corridor of the Itsukushima Shrine, JapanArched Bridge (Sori-bashi) and Corridor (raised on stilts) at the Itsukushima Shrine - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima)
Huts of Ovambo peopleThe elaborate huts of the Ovambo people of the west coast of Africa. The hut on stilts is a store for foodstuffs. Date: 1870
Osterbo Mountain Lodge - A Honeymoon Cabin - NorwayYoung bride on her honeymoon sitting in the doorway of the Osterbo Mountain Lodge - A Honeymoon Cabin - Norway. Date: circa 1930s
Dancers on stilts in the Champs Elysees.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825
Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719
Walking on StiltsFrench hand coloured engraving of stilt walkers titled Milord Court visitant les Landes
The Lifelyke stilted giraffe lurer by Heath RobinsonThe Lifelyke stilted giraffe-lurer, part of a series called Very Patent Aides to Sport by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Flower-lovers dine beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, JapanFlower-lovers dine/lunch beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s
Singapore - Native Sampan boats moored on the riverbank Date: 1911
Southern Philippines - Typical Homestead built on stilts. The frame on the right is a shade to offer relief from the sun in the middle of the day (with a covering). Date: circa 1910s
Laos - Building a Missionary SchoolBuilding a Missionary School at Ban Nong Bua, Khammouan, Laos Date: circa 1910s
The StiltsGOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Stilts, 1791 - 1792. Painted for the Kings Room in El Escorial
River dwellings - Thailand - People living in houses on stilts out over the water and houseboats below washing, drinking, cooking, plumbing, making use of the muddy water. Date: 1952
entrance to village - Inle LakeEntrance to village - Inle Lake - A bamboo gate to guard the entrance to village. Little canals winding among homes on stilts, lovely gardens. Date: 1952
stilt houses - Inle LakeStilt houses - Inle Lake - Basha on stilts on half-island. Date: 1952
Boy riding a rocking horse
The Old Curiosity Shop, the Punch and Judy peopleThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841
Lake-dwellers attackedLake-dwelling Britons near Glastonbury are attacked by rival land-dwellers
Indigenous people of Panama living in simple dwellings in the jungle, raised on stilts to prevent against incursion by flood or beast... Date: circa 1910s
Middle Cove - North Head - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s
Niujie Mosque in Beijing, ChinaBeijings most historical and majestic mosque, The Niujie (Ox Street), is situated on Niujie Street in the citys Xuanwu District
Sudan - A Dinka Hut Date: circa 1910s
Water Shrine close to Venice, ItalyA Scene in Venice A Water Shrine near Venice, Italy - a boat carries a family who bring offerings of flowers to place at the feet of the Madonna in the shrine
Old Tavern House at Treib, SwitzerlandThe Old Tavern House at Treib on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), Switzerland Date: circa 1930s
Granpop Makes Whoopee for the Royal WeddingLawson Woods own tribute to the 1934 royal wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, showing his orang utan character
Lakeside Villages - Dahomey / BeninDahomey (modern-day Benin) - Lakeside Villages with traditional houses/huts built on stilts. Date: circa 1910s
Brunei Town - Sultanate of BruneiStilt houses on the Brunei River in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei, Southeast Asia. Date: circa late 1950s
Men from Landes, France on stiltsStilt walkers from the Landes Departement, France. They used their stilts to traverse difficult and marshy terrain. Mounted on their stilts
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Caimanera Beach Houses sitting on stilts at the waters edge. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty
Papua New Guinea - Hanuabada Village
Papua New Guinea - Ekiti Village, Sogeri - Tree HouseA fantastic treehouse at Ekiti Village, Sogeri, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea - Elevara MissionPapua New Guinea - Elevara Village viewed from the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans
Bear River, Nova Scotia. Bear River is noted for its picturesque old buildings on stilts along the riverside
Wooden building in Kashgar, western ChinaA wooden building in the mountains of Kashgar, western China, with a donkey or mule tethered up outside. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. Chinese dwellings onWooden framed houses on long stilts on the waterfront in San Francisco
Dog on StiltsA girl on stilts and her amazing dog, also on stilts, cause quite a stir as they entertain a crowd in central London!
Boy on stiltsA boy on stilts smiles out at the reader
Shepherds of Les Landes in south-western France, using stilts to help them keep an eye on their flocks
Clowns on Stilts 1933Two clowns on stilts, assisted by girls in bathing costumes, at Ramsgate, Kent, England
Malaka, Malaysia C18ThA view of Malaka from the sea showing sailing ships and other smaller vessels, rows of small houses, a walled area of the town & a building set up on stilts in between
Koren Women on StiltsKorean women with nothing better to do like to jump on stilts - which requires much skill
Stone Age VillageVillage built on stilts on the Zurich sea in the Stone Age
