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Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira advertisement, 1928Advertisement for Reids Palace Hotel, Madeira boasting happy sunny days, no rain and unequalled sea bathing besides many other comforts and advantages. 1928
Owenahincha Strand, Rosscarbery, County Cork, IrelandOwenahincha Strand, Rosscarbery, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s
Irfon Bridge over River Wye, Builth Wells, Wales. Date: circa 1900s
Below the Salmon Pool, River Wye, Builth Wells, Wales. Date: circa 1900s
Summer on the French Riviera, eternal sunshine. Tourism poster from French company PLM, with a beach, sunshades and beautiful blue Mediterranean sea. Date: December 1930
The Esplanade, Lawns & Head, Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s
England / MargateThe busy beach, promenade and clock tower at Margate, Kent, England
Parade at CleethorpesThe parade at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, packed with parked cars and people making the most of a summer stroll along the sea front, perhaps to visit the big wheel or pier Date: 1951
Hows That? By William Heath RobinsonClock cricket- A new and exciting summer game for the seaside. Illustration showing a unique game of cricket. Please note
The Peasants Wedding, 1568. Bruegel, Pieter, The Elder (1525-1569). Oil on oakwood, 114 x 164 cm
Harold Abrahams wins 100m - 1924 OlympicsHarold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)
Advertisement for Cote d Azur, South of France. 1946
Donaghadee LighthouseThe lighthouse on the pier at Donaghadee, a popular summer holiday resort in County Down, Northern Ireland. Date: 1950s
Half Way Home by Muriel DawsonTwo children with baskets filled with wild flowers pause for a moment and sit on a gate during a walk home
Morning Ride along the Beach, 1876, by Anton Mauve (1838-188Anton Mauve (1838-1888). Dutch painter. Morning Ride along the Beach, 1876. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Mothers Gardener by Muriel DawsonCharming illustration of a small girl in a white dress and pink sun hat carefully watering a lovely border of flowers in a garden. c.1925
Joaquin Sorolla. Beach in La ConchaJoaquin Sorolla (1863-1923). Beach in La Concha bay in San Sebastiß«« 1912. Oil on canvas
The Days Work by Muriel DawsonA little boy in dungarees or overalls and with a wide brimmed hat stands on the end of a jetty fishing with a makeshift rod and line. Swans fly overhead
Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day Campaign Air Display (also known as Cobhams Flying Circus), Chapel Farm, Lochgelly Road, Kirkcaldy, 13-14 July 1935. Date: 1935
Saffron Walden by Madge HowardSaffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, showing a peaceful high street with half-timbered houses with pageting (decorated plaster work typical of the region) during the summer months
South Sands, Bridlington, North Yorkshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Poster advertising Royal Mail Asturias Summer CruisesPoster advertising Royal Mail Summer Cruises on the Asturias cruise liner. 1935
Three Coldstream Guards -- Crimean BravesThree Coldstream Guards posing in uniform, with their weapons, in a photograph entitled Crimean Braves. The men are Joseph Numa, John Potter and James Deal
Poster advertising Sainte Maxime on the Cote d AzurPoster advertising the coastal town of Sainte Maxime on the Cote d Azur in the South of France, for winter as well as summer holidays
Bathing Beauty 1924The last pose of summer: a slim woman in her swimsuit on a diving board, while others watch from a raft
Persephone & DemeterPersephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)
Edward Bawden hanging his painting of Waltham CrossEdward Bawden (1903-1989), the first of a group of artists to settle in Great Bardfield, hanging his painting of Waltham Cross (just outside the village)
Boardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Rolling ChairsBoardwalk - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - note the holidaymakers being pushed around in wonderful little three-wheeled wicker seats (rolling chairs / miniature carriages / carts)
The Blue Butterfly by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her dog walk by the sea. Date: 1953
Poster, Beaulieu sur Mer, French Riviera. Date: circa 1930
Couple with red car at Coverack, Cornwall. 1982
The Sketch Summer Number front cover, 1933Stunning, graphic, art deco style front cover designed by Erte with stylised flowers, butterflies and a face in profile
Front cover from the BystanderFront cover illustration for The Bystanders Summer Number showing two sun tanned and swimsuit-clad women running on a beach
Advert / Whitbread Pale AWHITBREADs PALE ALE ashore or afloat, the best summer beverage
Polzeath Bay, Cornwall19th century vintage photograph: Polzeath Bay, Cornwall. Polzeath; Cornish: Polsegh, is a small seaside resort village in the civil parish of St Minver in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
A Memory of a Hop Field by F. C. TwortA bucolic scene showing hop pickers in a Kentish landscape. Date: 1935
Tower Bridge jams in summer heatTower Bridge, London, jams when the metal expands in the summer heat on 2 July 1968. The bridge is closed for two hours while firefighters cool it down with their hoses
Henley RegattaA stylised illustration of a view at Henley Regatta, started in 1839 by a local solicitor and one of the highlights of the summer social calendar being the most famous rowing event of the year
Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps fashion house, one of a series of highly stylised and witty adverts designed by Lady Eileen Orde (daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington)
Advertisement for Cadburys Golden Key -- male and female models (Barry Trengove and Geraldine Hill) posing. 1959
LCC-LFB Fire display at Brigade HQ SouthwarkThe London Fire Brigade encouraged, for very many years, a good public image by opening its doors to the public to special fire brigade displays
Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Royal AscotIllustrated masthead design for The Bystander magazine showing a vibrant scene at Royal Ascot with glamorous women, men in morning suits and top hats
Down-stream, by Rebel StantonA colour illustration showing a lady relaxing in a boat on a summers day. 1928
Dandelion Clock by Muriel DawsonCharming illustration of a small child, probably a little boy in blue smock and shorts seated on a small tuffet of grass and blowing a dandelion clock while clutching a favourite doll in his other
Wild Flowers by Muriel DawsonTwo little girls walk together through a field of wild flowers
The Callers by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a summer dress and sun bonnet knocks at a door and waits, with her doll in a toy pram, for it to be answered
The Little Truant by Muriel DawsonBack view of a little girl in a pink dress and hat, striding off through a field of flowers holding a basket
Poster advertising Lourenco Marques, MozambiquePoster advertising Lourenco Marques, now Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. Follow the swallows