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Surf Collection (page 3)

Background imageSurf Collection: Young woman in Mustang at Custom Car Show

Young woman in Mustang at Custom Car Show
Young woman in a Boss Mustang 302 at the Custom Car Show, held by the Hayle Surf Cruisers Club, Cornwall

Background imageSurf Collection: Miss Eileen Legge water skiing or surf riding at Shanklin

Miss Eileen Legge water skiing or surf riding at Shanklin
Miss Eileen Legge seen surf-riding - an early form of water skiing - being pulled by a motor boat at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. Date: 1928

Background imageSurf Collection: Surf riders near San Clemente, California, USA

Surf riders near San Clemente, California, USA
Surf riders on a big wave near San Clemente, California, USA. Date: circa 1953

Background imageSurf Collection: SURFs UP

SURFs UP
Surfers at Pismo Beach, south California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSurf Collection: The Port of Betsupu, Japan

The Port of Betsupu, Japan - next to Yanagihara-eki in Ehime - washing out fish trays in the surf. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSurf Collection: Sunbathing on a Coral Beach, Bermuda

Sunbathing on a Coral Beach, Bermuda Date: circa 1950s

Background imageSurf Collection: Beauty and the Beast - Bathing Humour

Beauty and the Beast - Bathing Humour, featuring a hairy, rather ugly man surrounded in the surf by a bevvy of bathing beauties! Date: circa 1905

Background imageSurf Collection: Horse riding in the surf

Horse riding in the surf

Background imageSurf Collection: Surf near the Golden Gate, San Francisco

Surf near the Golden Gate, San Francisco

Background imageSurf Collection: Wild horses running in water, across a river or in surf

Wild horses running in water, across a river or in surf. Date 1720

Background imageSurf Collection: It is nice in the surf but what about the men in the trenche

It is nice in the surf but what about the men in the trenches. Go and help. Poster shows a man swimming in the surf. On right side is emblem of Win the War League, I serve. Date 1917

Background imageSurf Collection: Surf view, Ventimiglia, Riviera

Surf view, Ventimiglia, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageSurf Collection: Riva, Lake Garda, Italy - stormy waters

Riva, Lake Garda, Italy - stormy waters
The water of Lake Garda at Scirocco, Riva in a uncharacteristically severe storm, causing waves to break on the shore and the little light rowing boats to be tossed up and about in the surf

Background imageSurf Collection: Lady walking along the seashore

Lady walking along the seashore
A lady braves a wet and windy day to stroll along the seashore in raincoat, high shiny black heeled boots and a bright red waterproof hat Humourously, this card was sent by a Miss E

Background imageSurf Collection: Sidmouth, Devon - The Beach

Sidmouth, Devon - The Beach
Coming Ashore - a fishing boat is pulled up onto the beach at Sidmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSurf Collection: Mother, Child, Seaside

Mother, Child, Seaside
Mother and child in the surf Date: 1932

Background imageSurf Collection: Rough Sea at Staithes, Yorkshire

Rough Sea at Staithes, Yorkshire
A fabulous wave hits the quayside at Staithes, Yorkshire Date: 1908

Background imageSurf Collection: Beach Couple

Beach Couple
A young man does his exercises on the beach while his girlfriend plays in the surf behind him. Date: 1930s

Background imageSurf Collection: Singing Surfer

Singing Surfer
Singers are not softies : Our cameraman caught Gay just as he was flat-diving into the surf and called him a song- and-surf man. Gay is a true athlete, muscular and lean. 1940s

Background imageSurf Collection: WAVE STUDY

WAVE STUDY
Surf on a sandy shore, a wave study on the coast of England. Date: 1960s

Background imageSurf Collection: Little boys first traumatic experience of the sea

Little boys first traumatic experience of the sea
A little boys first (rather traumatic) experience of taking a dip in the sea, despite soothing and encouraging words from Mama. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSurf Collection: Bathing Beauties 1914

Bathing Beauties 1914

Background imageSurf Collection: Far Rockaway, Long Island

Far Rockaway, Long Island
Far Rockaway, L.I. People in bathing suits standing in the surf at Far Rockaway. - Far Rockaway (New York, N.Y.) | Queens (New York, N.Y.) | New York (N.Y.)

Background imageSurf Collection: Southampton, Long Island

Southampton, Long Island
Southampton L.I. Young men and women playing and swimming in the surf at the beach at Southampton, L.I

Background imageSurf Collection: Narragansett, Rhode Island

Narragansett, Rhode Island
Bathing, Narragansett Pier. People in bathing suits playing in surf

Background imageSurf Collection: Model messing about in the surf

Model messing about in the surf
A model (Gill Emberton) pictured messing about i the seaside surf

Background imageSurf Collection: Glamour girl in the surf in Cornwall

Glamour girl in the surf in Cornwall
A glamour girl in a bikini poses for her photo in the surf in Cornwall

Background imageSurf Collection: Greetings from Ramsgate

Greetings from Ramsgate
A jolly souvenir postcard from the Kent seaside resort of Ramsgate, depicting a pretty lady bather in the shallow waters edge, holding aloft a lifebelt

Background imageSurf Collection: Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma

Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma
Ramree Island on the Burma coast invaded. Brigadier Cotterill-Hill, commanding the 71st Indian brigade, wades ashore - 194"

Background imageSurf Collection: Seaside scene - Turn of the Century

Seaside scene - Turn of the Century
A seaside/holiday scene from the turn of the 19th/20th century. Children play in the sand and in the surf while elegantly dressed parents promenade

Background imageSurf Collection: Children paddling and finding sea creatures

Children paddling and finding sea creatures
Four young girls paddling at the edge of the sea and examining the crabs and starfish they have found in the shallow water and placed in their buckets. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageSurf Collection: Captain Jerninghams Anchor-Firing Mortar, 1846

Captain Jerninghams Anchor-Firing Mortar, 1846
Engraving of an experiment to test Captain Jerninghams idea to assist the launching of lifeboats. The launching of lifeboats from a beach into heavy breaking surf was often dangerous

Background imageSurf Collection: Dutch Family on Beach

Dutch Family on Beach
A Dutch family in the surf

Background imageSurf Collection: England / Westward Ho

England / Westward Ho
Looking down on Westward Ho, North Devon, famous for its Peeble Ridge and the associations with the novel of the same name, by Charles Kingsley

Background imageSurf Collection: A Surf-Boat, Sri Lanka, 1887

A Surf-Boat, Sri Lanka, 1887
Engraving of a Sri Lankan (then Ceylon) surf-boat, under sail, riding the waves, from The Graphic, 1887. With an outrigger and fairly large sail, this vessel looks a stout craft

Background imageSurf Collection: Dieppe Paddlers

Dieppe Paddlers
Children paddling in the surf at Dieppe, France

Background imageSurf Collection: Racial / Australia 1910

Racial / Australia 1910
Australian girls sport in the Pacific surf

Background imageSurf Collection: The Pleasure of Paddling

The Pleasure of Paddling
A group of French ladies hoik up their skirts and paddle through the ankle-deep surf

Background imageSurf Collection: Canute Orders Waves

Canute Orders Waves
Canute tries to order back the waves to demonstrate how ridiculous the flattery of his courtiers has become

Background imageSurf Collection: Paddling at Heyst

Paddling at Heyst
A group of children in striped bathing costumes paddle happily in the surf at Heyst sur Mer, Belgium

Background imageSurf Collection: Playing in the Surf

Playing in the Surf
A man and a boy enjoy an exhilirating splash in the cold surf at Brighton, Sussex, England



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