Type Collection (#19)

Scene in a rural community, Devon -- a little girl standing in a doorway watches a man and woman chatting across the way. Date: 1922

Cottage interior with mother and sleeping child, Devon. Date: 1922

Hobby Horse in May Day celebrations, Minehead, Somerset -- the custom was to call at homes in the area, accompanied by others beating metal cans, and a few pennies might be handed over. Date: 1922

Children in Maytime celebrations, Minehead, Somerset -- one is dressed as the Hobby Horse (second from right), others are beating metal cans

Group of children wearing wild flowers, Somerset, England
Group of children wearing garlands of wild flowers round their faces, Somerset, England. Date: 1922

Grandfather and two children in a garden, England
Grandfather and his two grandchildren in a garden, England. Date: 1922

Domestic science at a girls English public school, Sherborne, Dorset. Two young women are seen here ironing linen and collars. Date: 1922

Two young women steering a barge on a river, England
Two young women steering a barge on the upper reaches of the River Thames, England. Date: 1922

Three young people punting on a river, England. Date: 1922

Two fishermen on a fishing smack, Suffolk, England, surrounded by coils of rope. Date: 1922

Speech day at a typical English public school, with a boy speaking from the stage, a teacher at a table with a pile of prize books, and family members in the audience. Date: 1922

Thatched cottages and shop, Bradford Peverell, West Dorset
Thatched cottages and grocers shop in Herbert Lane, in the West Country village of Bradford Peverell, Dorset, an English county which inspired the writings of the novelist Thomas Hardy

Woman in face veil with child on her shoulder, Cairo, Egypt
Woman in face veil (burko) with gilt tube, carrying a child on her shoulder, Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Arab cobbler at work in his shop, Cairo, Egypt, making the traditional pointed red leather slippers. Date: 1922

Men playing game of draughts in a courtyard, Egypt
Two men playing a game of draughts in a courtyard while a friend sits alongside, Egypt. They are smoking a double nargileh (nargile, hookah) which sits on the ground between them. Date: 1922

Rich man, dancing woman and beggar, Cairo, Egypt
Rich man, dancing woman and beggar passing the time in the native quarter of Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Herb seller in street, chatting to a customer, Egypt
Herb seller in the street, chatting to a customer outside her home, Egypt. Date: 1922

Men at work in Tentmakers Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt
Men at work on a decorative awning in the Tentmakers Bazaar, Cairo, Egypt, with another piece on display on the wall behind them. Date: 1922

Old shops in booksellers row, Cairo, Egypt
Old shops with fretted woodwork in booksellers row, Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Boys and girls outside their homes, Port Said, Egypt
Boys and girls standing outside their rickety, timber-built homes, Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1922

Arab woman with goatskin butter churn, near Cairo, Egypt
Arab woman with a goatskin butter churn suspended from the broken stem of a date palm, at a village near Cairo, Egypt. A woman stands alongside with a child sitting on her shoulder. Date: 1922

Bisharin tribesman of the Nubian Desert, near Aswan, Egypt
Bisharin tribesman of the Nubian Desert, living at an encampment near Assuan (Aswan), Egypt. He is holding a large sword. Date: 1922

Arab pottery shop and shopkeeper, Cairo, Egypt, with a water carrier standing on the left. Date: 1922

Woman in face veil drawing water from a jar, Egypt
Woman in a face veil decorated with coins, drawing water from an earthenware jar which helps to keep the water cool, Egypt. Date: 1922

Arab fisherman winding twine for nets, Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1922

Boys school in a Coptic Centre, Esneh, Egypt
Scene at a Moslem boys school in a Coptic Centre at Esneh (Esna), south of Luxor, Egypt. Date: 1922

Women members of a Feminist Party, Cairo, Egypt
Women members of a Feminist Party, with flag, Cairo, Egypt. They were campaigning for womens rights, particularly wanting to put an end to womens total seclusion within the harem. Date: 1922

Berberin sellers of beads and fly whisks, Cairo, Egypt
Berberin sellers of beads and fly whisks in a Cairo street, Egypt. Date: 1922

Water carrier handing a drink to a woman, Cairo, Egypt
Water carrier handing a drink in a brass cup to a woman and her child in a Cairo street, Egypt. Date: 1922

Water carrier handing a drink to seated man, Egypt
Water carrier handing a drink in a brass cup to a seated man, Egypt. Date: 1922

Arab tailor and assistants at work in a shop, Cairo, Egypt
Arab tailor and his three assistants at work in a shop, Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Arab tinsmiths at work in a shop, Cairo, Egypt, converting old kerosene tins into canister lamps. Date: 1922

Berberin boatmen rowing a galley, near Philae, Egypt
Berberin boatmen rowing a galley, near the island of Philae, Egypt. Date: 1922

Students from mission school at Giza, Egypt
Students from a mission school at Giza, Egypt, with the Sphinx and Pyramid. Date: 1922

Man with camel near the Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, Egypt
Man with camel near the Pyramid of Cheops (Kheops) at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Egyptian couple in western dress, Cairo, Egypt
Egyptian couple in western dress, in their garden in Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Annual procession of the Holy Carpet, Cairo, Egypt
Annual procession of the Holy Carpet (Kisweh) with Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt, before its journey to Mecca. Date: 1922

Men and camel at a fountain, Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

Islamic dervish or holy man, Cairo, Egypt
Islamic dervish or holy man, sitting in the courtyard of a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1922

People with camel by the waterside, Sakkara, Egypt
People with camel by the waterside, necropolis of Sakkara (Saqqara, Saccara), Memphis, Egypt. Date: 1922

Woman weaving on a frame, Ecuador, South America. Date: 1922

Middle aged couple, Ecuador, South America -- the woman is said to be a curandera, or healer. Date: 1922

Eskimos rowing a boat, Greenland
Eskimos rowing a long boat (known as an umiak), off the coast of Greenland (then a Danish colony). Date: 1922

Group of eskimo children, Greenland
Group of eskimo children in warm clothing, Greenland (then a Danish colony). Date: 1922

Eskimos outside their summer residence, Greenland
A group of eskimos outside their summer residence, Greenland (then a Danish colony). Date: 1922

Eskimo couple in winter costume, Greenland (then a Danish colony) -- the man holds his hunting rifle. Date: 1922

Little girl in Greenland eskimo costume, Denmark
Little girl dressed as a Greenland eskimo in an ornamented skin costume, Denmark. Date: 1922

Open air theatre in the deer park, Copenhagen, Denmark, with performers on stage and a large audience. Date: 1922

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