Swings Collection (page 2)

Golfers on board the Berengaria
Boyer, Boomer and Horton Smith enjoy practising their golf swings on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Presumably they ran out of balls at some point?! Date: 1931

Batgers Christmas Crackers, Fun of the Fair. circa 1930s

In the Park
A father swings his daughter round Date: 1950s

Father Swings Daughter
A father swings his young daughter up into the air. Date: 15 April 1966

Budapest Children Play
Photograph of children playing in the streets, Budapest. A boy swings from a branch of a tree. Date: 20th century

Veronique by Henry Hamilton
Promotional postcard for Veronique adapted by Henry Hamilton from the French of Albert Van Loo & Georges Duval (Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, 10th December 1898); music Andre Messager

Children playing on the swings in a park playground in America Date: 1900s

Two children on a roundabout, Eccles, Manchester
Two children on a roundabout in a public playground in Eccles, Manchester. In the background are swings and a slide. Date: circa 1977

Good Templar Orphanage, Sunbury
Children play on Maypole swings at the Good Templar Orphanage, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex

Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol - Swings
Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol. Girls play on tree-hung swings on an outing to Purdown

Swings. Copes Toy Models (The Country Fair) cigarette cards. Artist: William Henry Ellam Date: circa 1930

Three little girls with a terrier dog in a garden. The middle girl is sitting on a swing. Date: circa 1920s

Girl on a swing
Edwardian girl on a swing. Date: 1905

Playground at St Cuthberts Home, Darlington
Children on swings in the playground at the St Cuthberts Home, Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, County Durham. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1893. Date: 1920s

Water Front, Long Beach, California, USA, viewed from the sea. Date: 20th century

Childrens Games Through the Ages
This picture shows children at play from the middle ages to 150 years ago. It has lots of differen scenes of children playing different types of games

Children queueing up for a ride on the swings, probably at a seaside resort in France

Seaside Playground
A corner of the childrens playground, including an umbrella roundabout and swings, on the beach at Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1960s

Croquet - postcard illustrating side strokes and drives
Croquet - a fantastic postcard of exquisite quality illustrating a wide variety of side strokes and drives. Date: circa 1910s

Serbian Villagers celebrate a traditional festival day, including a girl on a swing attached to a tree. One might also note they could potentially be celebrating a certain postcard collection at Mary

A ginger-haired young lady golfer, completing her swing
Winsome - A ginger-haired young lady golfer, completing her swing having driven down the eighth hole. The tight short blue jumper and thin red and white stripe mini-skirt seem par for the course

Recreation Ground

Humorous Cricket Postcard - Wicketkeeper struck
Humorous Cricket Postcard by Tom Browne. A batsman eyes up a slog to a short-pitched ball, but his backswing makes contact with the wicketkeepers head and the stumps and bails fly everywhere

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

John Bull at Wembley, a man swings on a suspended platform with a bull dog at his feet Date: C.20th Century

Childrens Playground - Bad Munster am Stein-Edernburg
Childrens Playground at Bad Munster am Stein-Ebernburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, district of Bad Kreuznach. Date: circa 1910s

Dancing fairies. Artist: Lydia Hine. A fairy swings on the stem of a flower Date: circa 1920

Waist Exercises 1940S
A young woman kneels down and swings her arms in the air, rotating her body to the left and then to the right. The aim of the exercise is a flat waist. Date: 1940s

1950S Baseball, Montreal
A batter swings at the ball during a game of baseball, watched by a small crowd. Date: 1950s

Crocus Time by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration of a small child sitting on a swing amid a dazzling display of spring crocii or crocus

On the Swing by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A little girl sails through the air on a tree swing, pointing her feet to the clouds, while her friend watches from the ground

An Orangutan. Pastel sketch by Raymond Sheppard

A Vervet Monkey swinging on a branch, holding a banana
A Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) swinging on a branch, holding a banana. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Swinging in Spain
El Columpio (= swing) in Andaluzia : most eyes except the dogs are on the young girl, hopeful or fearful that she will display her underwear

Swinging over Waves 1928
A happy young woman swings over the waves

Tangled Swings
A group of children in a playground on a wet day, wondering how to get the swings untangled! Date: early 1930s

Girls on a Swing
A small boy watches a group of girls playing on a swing

Boy on a Swing
A boy in school uniform is playing on the swings

Messager / Veronique 2
Poster for a 1950s (?) production of this ever- popular operetta. Veronique swings, her friend Florestan pushes

Merry-Go-Round / Russia
Early hand-turned Merry-Go- Round at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Easter in Russia
Celebrating Easter with swings and dancing in a Russian village near the Black Sea

Children on swings, Sheffield
Children on the swings in a Sheffield playground

Girl on Swing C1860
Pushed along by her companion, a girl plays on a swing

Girl on Swing C1885
A young girl swings with a doll in her lap

Girl on Swing 1886
A girl plays on a swing

Babies Swinging 1893
A mother pushes her two babies on a swing

Girls Swinging 1889
Watched by a companion, a girl swings in a garden

Woman Swings Propeller
As flying becomes a popular pastime, more women participate : at Stag Lane aerodrome, London, a pupil learns how to swing the propeller without accident

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