Traditions Collection (page 4)

Selling mistletoe in streets 1894
French street trader selling mistletoe to passers by in the streets of Paris. Date: 1894

THE LORD MAYOR
The Lord Mayor alights from his coach Date: 1842

Mistletoe seller 1853
Street trader selling mistletoe for Christmas. Date: 1853

The Christmas Waits 1848
Town waits, playing their musical instruments while people are standing around listening. From medieval times up to the early 19th century

LORD MAYORS SHOW
The float symbolising the Entente Cordiale with France, in the Lord Mayors procession of 1905 Date: 1905

Cartoon, The Mistletoe Bough (Leap Year)
Cartoon, The Mistletoe Bough -- Being Leap Year, the ladies take the initiative. Date: 1852

POSH CHILDRENS PARTY
Christmas fete for upper-class children at the Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1914

Childrens Party - circa 1855
Children dressed in their best clothes for a party Date: circa 1855

16th century Banquet
Trumpeters announce the arrival of the Boars Head, brought in procession to the Christmas diners in an Elizabethan hall Date: 16th century

FETCHING FIREWOOD 1886
Two children bring home a barrow-load of firewood for the Christmas fire Date: 1886

16th century Yule Log
The arrival of the Yule Log in the hall of an Elizabethan mansion Date: 16th century

Gathering Decorations
A girl stands at a stile with a load of holly and a sprig of mistletoe Date: 1890

Father Christmas and Old Father Time Date: 1886

Father Christmas with children
German Papa dresses up as Father Christmas Date: 1852

Saint Nicholas giving Christmas presents to children
SAINT NICOLAS visits some children and gives them presents Date: 1907

Yeoman of the guard Date: 19th century

Filming the Holy Thorn at Kingsthorn, Herefordshire - and the buds which came into bloom around Midnight, Old Christmas Eve (January 5th)

Sepoys and an Indian officer, Bengal Army, 1815 (c).Watercolour on European paper, by a Company artist, Patna, 1815 (c).Many Indian ethnic groups had their own long traditions as warrior peoples

Malaspina expedition (1789-1794). Tonga islands. Native men dancing. Drawing by Juan Ravenet. Drawing. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Navy Museum

Te Maro - Te Amotutu - Ko Tariu - Maoris
Te Maro, a boy of Waikato (top left), Te Amotutu, a young chief of the Nga-Ti-Pou tribe (top right), and Ko Tariu, a chief of Taupo, with his wife (below) - Maoris

Maori Weapons and Implements of War, with Warriors preparing for a fight. Plate from The New Zealanders illustrated by George French Angas (1822-1886). Date: 1847

People wearing Venice Carnival Costumes, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Woman wearing Venice Carnival Costume
Woman wearing costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Venice Carnival Jester Costume
Person wearing jester costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Verderer at the gate of Royal Enclosure, Ascot
One of the Royal Foresters, or Verderers, of Windsor Park, performing his annual duty of keeping guard at the gate of the Royal Enclosure during Ascot Week

Traditional facial scarification in Congo, Central Africa
Traditional facial scarification of a woman in the Congo, Central Africa. The text on the back of the card reads thus: " The old man and her have not fallen out - oh no

Queen Elizabeth II - State Opening of Parliament 1964
Queen Elizabeth II in full regalia at the State Opening of Parliament in 1964. Date: 1964

Queen Elizabeth II - presentation at Dunoon
Queen Elizabeth II accepts the red rose from Major Michael Campbell, Captain of Dunstaffnage, during her tour of Clyde coast resorts

BRAN TUB
Children plunge their arms into the Bran Tub to obtain their present at a party

Angel and Tree
An angel admires a tree which, though out in the woods, is none the less decked with candles and dingle-dangles

Angel with Holly
A Christmas Angel with holly

Carol Practice
Practising carols in the village church

Bonfire Society float, East Dean, East Sussex
Bonfire Society float on the recreation ground in East Dean, East Sussex, with carthorses Diamond and Damsel. Date: circa 1960

Mayday celebrations, East Dean, East Sussex
Mayday celebrations on the village green in East Dean, East Sussex. Date: circa 1960

Cornish Gorsedd procession, St Just, Cornwall
The Cornish Gorsedd, a community of modern-day bards, taking part in the Sword of Arthur ceremony and procession at St Just in Cornwall

Good Friday skipping contest, Alciston, East Sussex
Good Friday skipping contest outside the Rose Cottage Inn at Alciston, East Sussex, an annual event for which the road is officially closed. Date: 1960s

Native American costume, medicine men
Native American Indian, three medicine men, two with masks and masquerade dresses, and one man dressed as a bird. When men die

The Tables Turned by William Heath Robinson
Waits musicians rather put out of action during the festive period due to residents of one street playing jazz tunes loudly from their windows instead. Date: 1921

The 1958 Season - The last Presentations
Page from The Tatler reporting on the last presentations of debutantes to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the Season of 1958

Candles and lanterns at Wat Phan Tao Temple, Chiang Mai
Buddhist Monk at Wat Phan Tao Temple holding candle during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, WW1
Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, illustrating a contemporary version of a childrens song about the Three Kings. Here, the three kings are from Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria

Samuel Baker, explorer, and King Rionga
Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), British explorer, exchanging blood with Rionga, an African king, as part of a negotiation. Date: 1869

Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c. ). Carriage of Prince Genji
Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c.). Carriage of Prince Genji. Illustration from the book Genji Monogatari Emaki (The Tale of Genji) by Murasaki Shikibu. Japanese art. Momoyama period. Painting

Jewish man praying, Jerusalem
A Jewish man holding a book and praying, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds

New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations. They are an ear ornament, real or imitation teeth, grotesque figures (tiki), earrings, a tail feather, a shell, wooden combs, a fly catcher

Man wearing Venice Carnival Jester Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Person wearing Venice Carnival Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

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