Tobogganing Collection

At the Start of the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing a member of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club leaping onto his machine at the top of the Cresta Run, 1912. This famous course was first laid out in 1884

The Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing the Cresta Run, with its Crows Nest and grandstand (top) on a St. Moritz race day in 1912. This famous course is the home venue for the St

Christmas children sledging
Four small girls dressed in matching festive red capes and with fur muffs share a rather long sledge decorated with holly, forming a very pictureseque scene as they whizz down a snowy slope

Tobogganing, St. Moritz, Switzerland, Victorian period

Family tobogganing in St. Moritz, Victorian period

Hotel Kosciusko, N. S. W
A photograph used for an advertisement for the Hotel Kosciusko, in New South Wales, who provide sporting equipment hirel for ski-ing, tobogganing and ice skating. Date: circa 1917

Photograph of woman climbing snowy hill, pulling toboggan behind her, at St Beatenberg, Lake Thun, Switzerland, by Ward Muir. Captioned, Jill - to Date! and The Worst of Tobogganing'. Date: 1910

Tobogganing in snow, studio composite montage William Notman
Tobogganing toboggans in the snow, studio composite photomontage image by William Notman, Canada

Xmas. Tobogganing
Two small children in red hats riding on a toboggan. Date: circa 1910

Several toboggans travel underneath a stone arch. Date: circa 1905

Three children on a sleigh
Three cute children enjoying a sleigh ride. Date: 20th century

1950s - Young couple having fun on a snowmobile
Illustration showing a couple zooming through the snow on a snow mobile. Date: 1950s

TOBOGGANING, RUSSIA 1800
Tobogganing on an artificial slope in Russia. Date: circa 1800

Tobogganing at the Liverpool Exhibition 1886
International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry opened on 11 May 1886 by Queen Victoria, consisted of things from the British Empire

Now We re Off by Florence Hardy
Two small children, wearing clown and Pierrot costumes have fun in the snow on a sledge

Jack and Jill by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, play in the snow with a sledge. The little girl, wearing neck ruff and holding a muff to keep her hands warm waves a sprig of holly in the air

Burberry advert: Winter sports dress
Spectators admire a team of sportsmen in matching outfits speed past on a form of bobsleigh or luge

People Sledging 1908
Tobogganing is simply great fun for people of all ages - come on grandad! Date: 1908

Christabel Pankhurst sledging in Villar
Christabel Pankhurst LLB (1880 - 1958), suffragette, founder and leader of National Womens Social and Political Union, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst

Portugal - Tobogganing
Tobogganing, Madeira, Portugal. Date: 1927

Switzerland - Grindelwald, the Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of Mount Wetterhorn from the town of Grindelwald. Long famed as a winter tourist destination with slopes for beginners

TOBOGGANING ACCIDENT
Two young people in fur hats and coat, curled up with laughter after a tobogganing accident in the snow! Date: early 1930s

Girl pulling her little brother along on a sledge through the snow. Date: c. 1915

Little boy out sledging Date: c. 1910

Two little children on a sledge Date: c. 1920

Little girl on a sledge Date: c. 1920

Four young girls tobogganing
" Happy New Year!" Four young girls tobogganing down a snow covered hill. France. 1912

Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935

A Frieze in Tempera-Ture by Jay Gee
A wonderfully vivid and jolly frieze like illustration (hence the pun-like title) featuring a group of mae and female skiers and winter sports enthusiasts dressed in bright clothes

Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Son, showing five people on a toboggan speeding downhill. In the background is a snowy alpine scene with mountains

Winter sports on the Riviera by W. Heath Robinson
The terrible effect of our recent Winter Sports Number on an overworked artist. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Children Tobogganing
Lots of children tobogganing

Tobogganing with Tree
Brother and sister toboggan home with the tree they have acquired

Merry Go Round on Ice
A merry-go-round on the ice - towing children on toboggans. Date: 1890

Sliding in a Street
Swedish children tobogganing

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