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Firefighters outside a canteen van, Battersea, LondonFirefighters in traditional brass helmets enjoying some refreshments outside a canteen van in Battersea Park, London, watched by a boy on roller skates. Date: 1937
Tatler front cover, Fourth of June at Eton, 1955Tatler front cover featuring an illustration of the traditional Fourth of June celebrations at Eton College with parents and siblings gathered for the speeches, food
Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, ShropshireStreet scene with the Jacobean-style Feathers Hotel in Ludlow, Shropshire, dating back to the 17th century
Profile portrait of a smiling Japanese Geisha girl. Date: circa 1906
The Swiss National Yodeling Champion - Franz LotscherThe Swiss National Yodeling (also yodelling or jodeling) Champion - Master Yodeler Franz Lotscher - pictured with his array of trophies at the Hotel Sempacherhof at Sempach, Lucerne, Switzerland
Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s
Traditional Kalocsa Cushion Dance - HungaryTraditional Kalocsa Cushion Dance - Bacs-Kiskun county, Hungary. Date: circa 1920s
Coracle men - CarmarthenWelsh Coracle men - Carmarthen, Wales. The Carmarthen coracle is of a rounder and deeper design, as it is used in tidal waters on the Tywi River, where there are no rapids. Date: 1905
Buddhist Priest, Hai Phong, VietnamHai Phong (Haiphong) in Tonkin - Northern Vietnam. A Buddhist Priest gives a sermon Date: circa 1910s
Last of the Charlies -- watchman at Brixton Hill, LondonThe last of the Charlies (the traditional nickname for watchmen). Seen here is Mr R Stokes at his watchmans box, 160 Brixton Hill, South London, well equipped with a truncheon
Draycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins, milkmaidDraycott, Cotswold village, Edith Hodgkins (later Mrs Brown), milkmaid. Date: 1916
Ox drawn wagon train crossing a river, South AfricaVintage 19th century photograph: Ox drawn wagon train crossing a river, South Africa
House of Representatives, Capitol Hill, WashingtonInterior of the House of Representatives, Capitol Hill, Washington DC USA
Sugar processing mill, windmill, Barbados, West IndiesVintage 19th century photograph: sugar processing mill, windmill, Barbados, West Indies, works and man on a horse, stacks of sugar cane
Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipec.1890 - Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipe
1880s - view of the waterfront at Beirut Lebanon
Lake and Palace with a boat Udaipur, IndiaVintage 19th century photograph: Lake and Palace with a boat in the foreground, Udaipur, India. Image by Colin Murray for Bourne and Shepherd, c.1870
Leeds Infirmary, hospital, EnglandVintage 19th century photograph: Leeds Infirmary, hospital, England
c. 1880s India- Lauries hotel Agrac. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - Lauries hotel Agra
Children on the beach, Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Vintage 19th century photograph
Cartoon, Mr William Creswick, English actorCartoon, Mr William Creswick (1813-1888), English actor - One of the good old-fashioned sort. 1885
Boy and girl in paper hats pull a cracker at the party table Date: circa 1929
Maypole dancing Blists Hill, Shropshire -1Children in traditional costumes celebrate May Day as they dance around the Maypole at Blists Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Date: 1990
Schoolboys at Eton College, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire. Date: 1920s
Chinese Junk in Hong Kong Bay. Date: circa 1910s
Poster, Norway by Airway. 20th century
Multi-masted Chinese Junk. Date: circa 1920s
Hokusai woodcut - Ushibori: A Junk moored among reedsReproduction of a woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) entitled: Ushibori: A Junk moored among reeds. Date: early 19th century
A Tiki at Raroera Pah, New Zealand. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847
Tatler front cover, Horse Guards, 1958Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a picture of the Queens horses on their daily march past Wellington Arch and down the Mall for the Changing of the Guard ceremony
Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional ShamisenJapanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904
Japanese Geisha Girl dressed in her KimonoO-Hana-san dresses to pay a visit - a Japanese Geisha Girl is aided by a male servant to dress in her Kimono. Date: circa 1906
Garden Scene, Japan - Geisha - Posed on a small stone bridge Date: circa 1905
Sailing luggers off the Norfolk Coast near Great YarmouthSailing luggers (Herring fleet) off the Norfolk Coast near Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1904
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Bride and Parents-in-Law. The bride performing a rite of drinking sake with her husbands parents in order to express the true heart of loving each other tenderly as
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Drinking SakeJapanese Wedding Ceremony - Bride and Bridegroom each drink Sake nine times to fasten the ties of matrimony - the most important ritual act in marriage. Date: circa 1910s
Sikkim, Northern India - The Maharajah Maharani and suiteSikkim - a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayas - The Maharajah Maharani and suite. Date: circa 1910s
Carantec, Brittany, France, Crevette fishergirlsCarante cin the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France - Crevette fishergirls. Date: circa 1910s
Chinook Basket Maker - British Columbia, Canada. The use of the word Kloochman on this postcard is an example of chinook jargon, meaning Wife. Date: circa 1910s
Brittany - Local Bretons dance around a jug of local ciderBrittany - Inebriated Local Bretons (and a pair of pigs) dance around a jug (pitcher) of local cider. One chap (left) has certainly had a little too much.... Date: circa 1910s
A shepherd of the Lakes with dog and leading his horse up the hillside. He carries one of his flock across his shoulders. A charming scene. Date: circa 1920s
The Carnival of Oruro, BoliviaThe Carnival of Oruro - a religious festival (dating back over 2000 years) in Oruro, Bolivia - one of UNESCOs Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Lowestoft, Suffolk - Sailing trawlers towed to Sea Date: circa 1920s
London Life - A Flower Seller in Piccadilly Circus Date: circa 1940
A Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit?) complete with traditional costumeA Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit?) complete with traditional Welsh costume. Date: 1904
Traditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, AargauTraditional Swiss Costume - A woman from Frick, a municipality in the district of Laufenburg in the canton of Aargau. Date: circa 1909
Dance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, North AfricaDance of the Ouled Nails in Southern Algeria, showing their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing
Madagascar - A Group of Betsileo Women, a highland ethnic group. Date: circa 1910s