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Oberammergau Passion Play - Oberammergau, Bavaria, GermanyOberammergau Passion Play is a passion play performed since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany
Preparing Manioc at Banghi in the Congo. Fufu, or cassava bread, is made in Africa by first pounding cassava (Manioc) in a mortar to make flour (as shown here)
Nukapu, Solomon Islands - Patteson Memorial Cross. In 1871, a memorial was erected close to the hut where John Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia was killed. Date: circa 1910s
Indian Village Life - Separating Butter and Crushing Spices. This is from the North West Frontier Province, then Northern India on the border with Afghanistan - now part of Pakistan
Arbin, Savoy, FranceStreet scene in Arbin (close to Montmeljan) in the Rhone-Alpes Region, Savoy Department, France. A vine growing across the street, prviding much needed shade in the summer months. Date: circa 1910s
Ukbekistan - Mail Carrier distributing newspapersUkbekistan (former Soviet Central Asia) - A horseback Mail Carrier distributing newspapers in the native language. Date: 1933
Using a Singer Sewing Machine on the Caroline Islands - a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Date: 1894
Singapore - Traditional pole acrobat Date: circa 1909
Tahitian VillagersPicturesque Tahitian Village and Occupants. Date: 1929
A Tahitian Village scene Date: 1927
Villagers with candles return from Matins serviceRussian Villagers return from Matins service, each holding a lighted candle. Matins is the monastic nighttime liturgy, ending at dawn, of the canonical hours
Russian villagers dancing Date: 1904
Going to market - Jamaica Date: circa 1910s
Country Scene in Barbados, West Indies Date: circa 1910s
Women Villagers weaving - Madeira, Portugal Date: circa 1910s
Landscape with figures. Pichot Girones, Ramon (1872-1925). Oil on canvas
Tales from Many Lands: Urbain and his Pig Organ. From Treasure no. 14
News announced to French villagers Date: 1855
Montage of images of parish fire pumpsFour examples of manual parish fire pumps. The top image is typical of the manual pump used in London by the Insurance fire brigades prior to the creation of the London Fire Engine Establishment
Local Traders at Turkmenabat, TurkmenistanLocal Traders at Turkmenabat (Chardzhou, Carjew, Chardjui, Charjou, Chardzhev, Charjev, Charjew - Persian for " four canals/streams" ), ancient Amul - a town in Turkmenistan
Tin Mining at Mount Kazbek, Georgia Date: 1903
Opening of the opera season - drilling the merry villagers
Roadside Butter Market in Ireland Date: 1905
A country scene in Uruguay Date: 1906
Village scenes, RomaniaVillage scenes in Romania including a wonderful well with huge timber lever bucket-lifting apparatus, an inset picture of a pretty Romanina woman in traditonal country costume and village houses
Spain - Campesinos, TenerifeCampesinos (Peasants / Countryfolk) in Tenerife, Spain Date: circa 1910s
Bangalore, India - Village Huts and LivestockBangalore (Bengaluru), State of Karnataka, India - Village Huts and Livestock. Date: circa 1910s
Polish couple from the Okolice Region Date: circa 1910s
The Christening Party by William Heath RobinsonCharming scene depicting a christening party held in a garden filled with tables around which villagers and friends gather to eat, drink and be merry. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Village Scene, Romania - a group of countryfolk gather to listen to an itinerant musician, entertaining them with his fiddle. Date: circa 1900
Romania - Country dancingA Sunday in the Country - Traditional village dancing in the Romanian countryside. Date: circa 1905
Feuquieres, France (Oise) - Church RoadLooking down the Church Road (Rue de L Eglise) at Feuquieres, France (Oise department) Date: circa 1910s
Indigenous people of Panama living in simple dwellings in the jungle, raised on stilts to prevent against incursion by flood or beast... Date: circa 1910s
Preparation of Palm Oil - Sierra Leone Date: circa 1904
Ukrainian Villagers - listening to musicUkrainian Villagers - listening to the music of a Hurdy Gurdy player Date: circa 1910s
Eruption of Vesuvius, Naples, Italy in April 1906. Villagers from Boscotrecase (living close by) flee with the possessions they can carry on their backs. Date: 1906
Gypsy Village in Macedonia Date: circa 1910
Kingham, Oxfordshire - Dedication of the Lich-Gate Date: 1913
Southern African Native VillageNative Village in Southern Africa. The children eat breakfast. Date: 1904
Macedonia - Gypsies in their village Date: 1918
Franco-British Exhibition - Senegalese ExhibitSenegalese Exhibit with real live native Senegalese villagers at the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 at White City, London Date: 1908
Gabon, Africa - The arrival of a European into the villageGabon, Africa (at this time one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa) - The arrival of a European into the village
Macedonian women weaving Date: circa 1913
Bessarabia - MoldovaBessarabia (which became Moldova) - typical village scene. Lucky storks nesting on the roof! Date: circa 1910s
Children from NormandyChildren in traditional local costume of Normandy, France at a fete or local ceremonial occasion. Date: circa 1910s
Sunday in Greek Country, Macedonia Date: circa 1913
Macedonia - Young folk dancingYoung villagers in Macedonian taking part in a traditional rural dance Date: circa 1913
Greek peasants in Macedonia, a region whos ownership by many different countries over a short time period has left a very confused history! Date: circa 1910s