Vacations Collection

Venice - 1930s brochure cover
Front cover of a brochure advertising the delights of Venice in 1935. A stylishly dressed man and woman sit in a gondola. Some golf clubs can be seen as part of their luggage behind them. Date: 1935

Monte Carlo advertisement 1931
Stylish advertisement for Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, winter sun destination for the smart and well-heeled, suggesting that you can enjoy both sport

The Plane - and the Beautiful by Albert Bailey
A group of young women, attired in elegant swimwear, wave to an aeroplane flying up ahead. Date: 1927

The Tatler travel number front cover, 1953
Charming illustrated front cover of The Tatlers Travel number showing a number of well-known global landmarks with various intrepid travellers using a multitude of transport methods. Date: 1953

Advertisement for Le Touquet
1937 advertisement for the Westminster hotel at the fashionable French resort, Le Touquet, halfway between London and Paris on the lovely French Channel coast, amidst lovely woods

Beauty on Parade - a beach belle by David Wright
Front cover of The American Weekly featuring an illustration by David Wright, of a red-haired woman in a green swimsuit relaxing on the beach. Date: 1948

Un Bon Coup de Pied by Nick
A twenties bathing belle in a fetching red swimsuit, energetically kicks a beach ball as she splashes around in the surf. Date: 1927

Wish You Were Here postcard
Seaside postcard featuring a woman in a yellow swimsuit sunbathing in a rather uncomfortable rocky spot on an unidentified beach

Leeds Castle Date: 1912

Advertisement for Monte Carlo on the fashionable French Riviera. Date: 1906

Japanese geishas on a tea house balcony, Kyoto
Vintage 19th century photograph - group of Japanese geishas on a tea house balcony, Kyoto

British travellers in a Cairo bazaar
British travellers, on holiday in Egypt with Thomas Cook, perusing goods in a Cairo bazaar. See picture number 12916374 for a picture of people booking their holiday at Thomas Cook

Buying travel tickets for Cooks tour to Egypt, 1908
Customers at Thomas Cook purchasing tickets and working out itinerary for a holiday to Egypt, in which they will no doubt partake of a Nile tour. Date: 1908

Illustration, The Camden and Atlantic Railroad, USA
Illustration on a railway summer timetable card, The Camden and Atlantic Railroad from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, USA. Date: 1882

Jolly crowd in the sea
A jolly crowd of bathers wave at the camera as they stand in the sea at an unidentified seaside resort. Date: 1920s

Bandstand, Western Lawns, Hove, Sussex
Band in the bandstand, Western Lawns, Hove, Sussex. Date: circa 1915

Palace Pier at night, Brighton, Sussex. Date: circa 1915

Coastal erosion, Black Rock, Brighton, Sussex, with tourists standing on the ledge. Date: circa 1912

Hotel Metropole, Kings Road, Brighton, Sussex
Hotel Metropole, Kings Road (looking east), Brighton, Sussex. Date: 1910s

View of Nice, France with harbor and ships Date: 1792

Panama Canal Date: 1941

Swiss Alpine Horn Date: 1948

Couple Play in Alps Date: 1948

Antebellum Mansion Tour Date: 1950

Tourist Queries Guard Date: 1950

Manhattan Skyline Date: 1947

Old Stone Bridge. Leeds. Date: 1945

Lake Champlain Bridge Date: 1932

Egyptian Cave Painting

Island Girl at Tahiti, Bora Bora

Christ Overlooking Rio Date: 1938

Woman and Porter

Fishing in Hawaii Date: 1950

Blighty Guest House
A group posing outside a guest house going by the name of Blighty around what looks to be a dinner gong emblazoned with the name. Date: 1930s

Seaside shelter fun, Great Yarmouth
Old people in a seaside shelter in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, read newspapers, laugh and sleep. One lady holds a Daily Mirror with the dealine Sex Bomb, First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Sandy toes, Normandy - 2
A woman in black coat dusts sand from her toes on a beach in Cabourg, Normandy, France. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1988

Sandy toes, Normandy - 1
A woman in black coat dusts sand from her toes on a beach in Cabourg, Normandy, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Information card, Hotel de Normandie
Information card for the Hotel de Normandie, which may or may not be in Normandy, northern France. Date: early 20th century

Guests at a Margate boarding house, 1930s
Delightful group photograph of assorted guests at an unidentified boarding house at the seaside resort of Margate on the Kent coast

The Sea Hath Pearls by Claude Shepperson
Bathing scene showing women in brightly coloured swimming costumes getting ready for a dip in the sea. Date: 1918

Sea-birds by Wilmot Lunt
A lone, young woman in a white swimming costume and red bathing cap, sits on the beach and gazes at the seagulls flying above. Date: 1927

Advert for Eccles caravans 1933
Advertisement for Eccles motor caravans showing a typically cottage-y style of the early 1930s. Date: 1933

Golf in the Swiss Alps
British holiday-makers enjoy a game of golf in the Swiss Alps, 1920s. 1927

Holidays in Venice, 1920s
An advertisement for hotels on the Lido in Venice. 1927

Quartet of friends on holiday in Margate, 1930s
A jolly quartet of friends, arms linked for a photograph, while on holiday in Margate in the 1930s. The chaps are in casual wear (defined by the open collars and sporty knitwear)

Family on holiday in Margate, 1936
A smartly turned out family enjoying a seaside outing in Margate. Mother is fashionably dressed in a white sporty dress with beret and the little boys are wearing identical outfits of berets

The bathing pool at Chambre d Amour, Biarritz
The bathing pool at the Chambre d Amour in fashionable French resort, Biarritz in 1934. Date: 1934

Bystander Riviera Number 1913
Masthead design for jacket front cover of The Bystander magazine in 1913 with its special Riviera supplement. The Bystander regularly brought out issues dedicated to news

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