Tradition Collection (page 3)

King St. C17Th
Timber-fronted buildings with protruding storey, common in London before the Great Fire. Tradition also allows this house to have been the residence of Oliver Cromwell

Packard in Italy 1928
The 5200 cmc Packard with 8 cylinders in line is in the great tradition of fine carriages

Girl & Grandfather Clock
Is it Christmas yet ? - an impatient girl inspects the grandfather clock with her candle

Three musical hares on three decorated Easter eggs
Three musical hares play their instruments on three decorated Easter eggs

Recipe for Pudding
Recipe for Christmas Pudding using McDougalls Flour

Father Christmas with presents
A pot-bellied Father Christmas with lots of presents

Scene inside the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
A scene inside the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus

Cracker Advertisement
Father Christmas Advertising Tom Smiths crackers

Father Christmas / Sleigh
Father Christmas ringing a bell as he sleighs down a hill

Father Christmas stands with his bulging sack in the snow

Back view of three geishas displaying obi sashes. Vintage 19th century photograph

Christmas morning swim in the Serpentine
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring various sketches of the Christmas morning swimming handicap in the Serpentine in Hyde Park

GOOD KING WENCESLAS
Good King Wenceslas

Bagpiper in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland
Bagpiper in Macdonald tartan, playing in Glen Coe, Highlands of Scotland. Date: 1959

Dragon boat on the water, China. Date: circa 1890

Music sheet cover for Queen of the May Quadrille
Music sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble)

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Girls / Mistletoe & Holly
Two girls accompanied by a small dog gather holly and mistletoe

Two little children give their mother a large Easter egg

Highland dancers at Braemar Highland Games
Highlanders dancing a reel for the royal party at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, attended by King George V and Queen Mary. circa 1911

- Argentina
Young Argentinian men in traditional costume drinking Mate, a traditional South American infused drink, prepared from steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (llex paraguariensis)

Dorset Town Crier
Oh yeyh, oh yeyh!. The Town Crier of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, wearing the traditional costume. Date: 1950s

At Eve I Bring Thee Roses by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch girl sits by a spinning wheel while her suitor peers through the window having presented her with a bouquet of red roses

Chapel Royal choristers
Seven Chapel royal boy choristers make their way along the street towards Buckingham Palace for an 11 o clock service, on the occasion of the Kings return to London

Girl has Fairy Dreams
A small girl sleeping by the fire with her dolly dreams of the joys of Christmas Day

Easter egg customs in a Russian village
In a Russian village, friends and neighbours exchange eggs and kisses at Easter

Lady Cook & Boars Head
The cook bears in the Boars Head

Schoolgirls Dream
The schoolgirl at her desk day-dreams of the pleasures of the Christmas holidays

Father Christmas and a child

The Coronation of King George VI - The King in Royal Robes
circa 1910s

Tossing the pancake, Shrove Tuesday, Westminster School
Tossing the pancake on Shrove Tuesday at Westminster School, London. 19th century

Village witch doctor, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Village witch doctor with his equipment, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. 1922

Coronation regalia of the Holy Roman Empire
Some of the coronation regalia of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation: 1. German Royal Crown; 2. Imperial Crown; 3. Orb; 4. Coronation Robe; 5. Kings Sceptre; 6. Imperial Sceptre; 7

Edward, HRH Prince of Wales wearing the Robes of the Garter
Edward, HRH Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII 1894-1972) wearing the Robes of the Garter. Taken at Windsor Castle by David Knights Whittome on June 10th 1911 after the Investiture

Egypt - Cairo - A Lady of the Harem with escort Date: circa 1910s

Maori War-Dance, First Taranaki War, March 1860 - March 1861, New Zealand Date: early 1860s

The Welsh Guards leaving Buckingham Palace, London
circa 1910s

Young woman with a pronounced lip plate - Mozambique
A young Maconde (Makonde) woman with a pronounced lip plate - Portuguese East Africa (modern-day Mozambique) circa 1910s

Coats of Arms for Colleges of Oxford University. Date: circa 1910

Altar of Incense
Incense offering in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense during the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period

Kukuruku tradition, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa
Kukuruku tribal tradition for a young mans coming of age ceremony, Bendel State, Nigeria, West Africa (then in the British Empire). Date: 1922

Ovra dancer, Ebo tribe, Benin, Nigeria, West Africa
Ovra dancer in full costume, Ebo (Edo) tribe, Benin, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: 1922

Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing noses
Maori greeting - rubbing noses

Corby Pole Fair, Northamptonshire 1902
Once every twenty years on Whit-Monday the people of Corby in Northamptonshire celebrate by holding a unique fair in commemoration of a charter granted to them by Queen Elizabeth in 1585

A pagan belief, that holly was a symbol of fertility and eternal life, this took place on the Twelfth Night, burning holly tree branch was carried through the village, followed by a brass band

Spa Fields Chapel
Engaving depicting Spa Fields Chapel in 1781. Spa Fields Chapel, erected in 1777, was one of many founded by Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon

The Palazzo Pazzi (Palazzo della Congiura or Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi) - a Renaissance-style palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Maypole dancing Blists Hill, Shropshire -2
Children in traditional costumes celebrate May Day as they dance around the Maypole at Blists Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Date: 1990

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