Summer Collection (page 87)

Nutters Dance / England
ENGLAND: EASTER CUSTOM NUTTERS DANCE. Britannia Bacup Coconut Dancers of Lancashire at the York Summer Festival. The dance is led by a whipper-in who whips the winter away!

W. G. Grace as a Giant Bat
The Leviathan Bat..or many-centuried marvel of the Modern (Cricket) World, in his high-soaring, top-scoring, Summer-day flight. How he smites and thumps..!

English Country Dancing
ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING at the York Summer Festival. Dances 1st published in 1651 by John Playford but obviously predate this. Danced at Court, Assemblies and village greens

Boots in Exeter
A busy scene in Boots the Chemist in Exeter, with lots of women in summer dresses around the mens toiletries stand advertising that " Men shave with Gillette"

Tartars Attacked
At Baku, in the Caucasus, Tartar rebels are attacked harshly by government troops when they set fire to naphtha wells

Klondike / Camp 1900
Miners camp on the Snake River, Nome, Alaska, during the Gold Rush

Klondike / Leaving Seattle
Eager gold-rushers leave Seattle for Alaska as the summer approaches

Klondike / Hegg / 1900
The Discovery Claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush

Birds / Turtle Doves
TURTLE DOVE (Turtur communis) A summer visitor to the British islands

Working horses drinking at a trough, London
Working horses (cab horses and cart horses) in a London street, drinking at a trough on a hot day

Little girl eating an ice cream, Cornwall
Close-up of a little girl sitting on a mooring post in a Cornwall harbour, eating an ice cream

Home of Charles Dickens at Gadshill, Kent
The country home of Charles Dickens, English novelist, at Gadshill, near Rochester, Kent

Countryside outing of wealthy Swedish citizens
A countryside outing of some wealthy Swedish citizens

Summer Day 1886
Sunshine: A perfect country scene on a sunny summers day

Fishing at Bewdley, Worcestershire
Two young boys fishing in the river at Bewdley, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Peking Summer Palace
The Summer Palace at Peking (Beijing), photographed from the lake

Front cover from the Bystander
A young woman posing in swimwear wearing a headscarf and parasol

Stirling Downed by Me109
A Messerschmitt 109 poses before the British Short Stirling bomber it brought down - it has lost three of its engines - and the fourth looks fairly dodgy too !

Art / Regional / German Art
Children are led on a traditional procession through a hillside with wild summer flowers in full bloom

Germans Search House
Three German soldiers search a Russian peasant home : its easy while summer lasts, but soon it will be winter and not so agreeable

Girl in Boat
O to sail far out in a magic boat, beyond the emerald bay, blown by summer wind to float, all through the long, long day

Evacuees on Corner
A group of evacuee children standing on a street corner

Victoria / Disraeli / Salisb
Victoria receives Disraeli and Salisbury on their return from the Berlin Congress

Richard Burbage / Harding
RICHARD BURBAGE Actor; with Shakespeare, Condell and Heming, he established the Globe Theatre as a summer playhouse

Cambridge Uni Summer
A scene on a summers day from Kings Bridge over the River Cam, with part of Clare College and Kings College Chapel in the background

Cotswolds Village Scene
A man in a flat cap walks his horse through quiet Stanton Village in the Cotswolds early one summer morning

Mulberry Harbour
The prefabricated MULBERRY HARBOUR enables Allied troops to pour into France as in a regular port

Shady Lady at the Sea
A pretty, unchaperoned lady takes the air, ensuring her complexion doesn t suffer by employing a small parasol. Alas She has caught the attention of two dubious males

Frilly Bikini 1960S
Girl in bikini walks along a cliff path on a fine summer day

Dancing Hippies, 1967
Hippies getting high and dancing together at a rock festival at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire, England, during the original " Summer of Love"

Moth Ball Man
Mothball man - be sure to pack one of these fellows away with your fur coat this summer and the moths will not go near it!

Summer 1915 / Bon Ton
Summertime fashions for women & girls by Paquin, Doucet, Beer etc. N.B tunic dresses, short voluminous skirts & small vertical hats & feathers or broad brims & flowers

Newest Bonnets for 1868
Spring & summer bonnets designed to be worn at the front of the head. Trimmings: lace, flowers, an aigrette & veils. All have lappets while some resemble small lace caps

C. Pankhurst as Dancer
Christabel Pankhurst, aged 17, while staying with the Rochefort Du Faux family in Geneva. Her mother Emmeline hoped for a time that she would become a ballet dancer

Patterned Frock 1940S
Woman wearing a short-sleeved, summer frock with a square neckline outlined with ric-rac braiding. The fabric has a diagonal check infilled with images of donkeys & women

Girls Play Battledore
Three girls play battledore and shuttlecock in a summer garden (picture includes text below)

Beethoven / Gneixendorf
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN His brother Johanns house, the Schloss Gneixendorf, near Vienna, where the German composer spent his last summer

Chicago Exhibition - 7
The Yerkes telescope is an impressive exhibit at the Chicago Exhibition, 1893

Hoovering a Chair 1930S
A housewife demonstrates how to vacuum clean an armchair using a Hoover " Dustette" cleaner

Sporty Frocks 1929
Cotton print frocks: sports frock with square neck, button bodice & gathered shoulder straps; moire print with panels & piping; abstract print with flared skirt panel

Linen Frocks 1929
Practical summer frocks in embroidered linen: collarless jacket & 2 piece dress with flounce, or gored skirt, scarf & plain trim, or a floral dress with coatee bodice

Citroen Caddy
The Citroen Caddy, of 12hp, is a sporty little two-seater for summer touring

Ford V-8 at the Beach
The Ford V-8 at the beach

Female Type Resting 1931
An elegant woman sits relaxing in a cool white dress on a hot summer day

Female Type by River
A thoughtful young Victorian woman relaxes by a river on a warm summer day

Asking for a Ride
A donkey-boy tries to induce two children to take a ride. The children are eager enough, and Mama will surely say yes

Bathing Lady and Woman
Bathing lady and bathing-woman

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