Waters Collection (page 9)

Kislovodsk - Russia
Kislovodsk, Russia - a spa town. (the name means sour waters ) - founded in 1803 as a military station and boasts many mineral springs around the city of Narzan type. Date: 1910

Canadian Salmon Fishing
Anglers take thousands of salmon each season from the Nova Scotia waters, Canada. Date: 1950s

FOAMING WATERS
Foaming Waters : Waves crashing against the rocks off the coast of Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s

Italian Lake Scene
An Italian lake scene with mountains in the background, boats sailing on the calm waters & a lakeside villa. A couple walk by on a mountain road. Date: 1870s

Lake Malawi near Fort Johnston
Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa or Lago Niassa) - an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the Great Rift Valley system of East Africa

Lake Minnewanka, Banff, Banff National Park, Canada - a pleasure boat taking a small ship. Minnewanka means - " Water of the Spirits" Date: circa 1930s

Thames Ripples
Rippling waters on the River Thames Estuary at Leigh-on- Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Grendon Lake
The tranquil still waters of Lake Grendon, Grendon, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Moonlit Italian Lake
A moonlit castle on a hilltop, the full moon reflecting on the still waters of the lake below and grassy, tree-lined banks make up this disquieting scene. Date: 1870s

Thames Pastimes
Fishing and cycling on the banks of the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Doggy Gardener
A dog gardener waters her flowers with her watering can. Date: early 1930s

Hungarian Parliament
The Houses of Parliament reflected in the icy waters of the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Feeding the Swans
Feeding the swans, a winter study by the frozen waters of the River Dee, Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1950s

Virginia Waters Temple
The ruins of a Roman temple at Virginia Waters, Surrey, England. About 2000 years old, originally built at Leptis Magna, Libya. Garden feature for the Prince Regent, 1826. Date: 1950s

ST. NONs WELL
St. Nons Well, said to have sprung up during a thunderstorm when St. David was born. Its waters are said to cure infirmities, Pemrokeshire, Wales. Date: 500 A.D

Dawlish Waters
A Victorian house with bay windows, built beside the bridge at Dawlish Waters, a picturesque corner of Dawlish, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

England / River Nene
The rushing waters of the River Nene at Ringstead Mill, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

River Severn Weir
The calm waters of the River Severn, prior to passing over a weir at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

High Force Waterfalls
The beauty of the falling waters of the River Tees, High Force, a 70 foot waterfall, the point at which the River divides Durham (right) from the North Riding of Yorkshire. Date: 1960s

Thames Sunset
A tranquil scene above the glistening waters of the River Thames at sunset. Date: 1940s

Mysterious Waters
An eerie morning mist creeps over the River Nene, Northampton, England. Two swans glide across the still water... Date: early 1960s

Retriever. Artist: Eileen Hood. Watercolour of black retriever by the waters edge holding his masters walking stick Date: circa 1922

Corfu - Greece - Kanoni, The Island of Ulysses. In the mythical sea adventure of Homers Odyssey, Kerkyra is the island of the Phaeacians, (Phaiakes) wherein Odysseus (Ulysses) meets Nausica

Bridge over the Brook at Somersby, Lincs
Bridge over The Brook at Somersby, Lincolnshire, with a quote from Alfred, Lord Tennysons poem The Brook : " For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." Date: circa 1909

Three battleships in Eastern waters, WW1
Three battleships in Eastern waters during the First World War. They are, from left to right: the British ships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Blenheim, and the French predreadnought battleship Bouvet

Romania - Herkulesfurdo
Romania - Baile Herculane - a town in Romanian Banat, in Caras-Severin County, situated in the valley of the Cerna River (pictured)

Swedish boy scouts on a jetty
Two Swedish boy scouts dangle their feet in to the water of a lake off a jetty, as they enjoy a refreshing bottle of Coca Cola. circa 1980s

A Good Rainfall
A delightful postcard illustrated by Lance Thackeray, entitled A Good Rainfall from the Amateur Gardening series. A girl watering her high hedge soaks her male companion and then tells him to go

Taking a Hot Sulphur Bath at Baden, Germany Date: 1909

TS Exmouth - At mess
Boys dining in groups or messes on the Training Ship Exmouth. The tables are suspended so as to stay level in rough waters

The banks of the River Narmadar, India (Madhya Pradesh region) Date: circa 1920s

Oued-Zenati - Algeria, North Africa
Oued-Zenati - The Nougat Fountain. Oued Zenati is a town and commune in Guelma Province, Algeria with plentiful natural springs. Date: circa 1909

Spa / Germany / Leuk / C18Th
At the healing waters in Leuk, where people were provided with floating chess boards and writing tables due to the long periods of time spent in the water Date: Eighteenth century

Danae Cast Adrift (1922)
Danae, daughter of Acrisius king of Argos, is impregnated by Zeus : perceiving her son Perseus as a threat, papa casts them adrift in a boat, but of course they survive

Breton Pardon at Baud
A Breton pardon at Baud, where the waters of the Fontaine de la Clarte are said to protect the eyes or even heal eye ailments Date: 1925

The Bathing Hour at Boulogne-sur-mer, France. A group of intrepid lady swimmers strike out from the coast amid the attractive bathing machines, parked both in the shallows and on the beach

Denmark - Danish Lovely by the seaside
Denmark - Danish Bathing Belle by the seaside, wearing a spectacularly risque outfit for the time!!!

Topusko, Croatia
Topusko is a spa town in Sisak Moslavina County, Croatia. The central section of this card shows people taking the waters

Tropical Sunset - Singapore
Tropical Sunset with Palm tees - Singapore

The city and Castle of Frederyca in Paraiba, Brazil
Looking across the calm waters to Paraiba in Brazil

Lourdes, France - The Lake

Sweet Waters - Constantinople
Group of Gypsies seated by the Sweet Waters, Constantinople, Turkey

Scene by a Park pond
Barn Hill pond with children playing at the waters edge. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Saint-Omer, France - A Canal view at Clairmarais
Saint-Omer, France - A tranquil canal view at Clairmarais

Bathing Beauty
Latest Photographic Notes: Well Developed - a fine photographic postcard of a fetching young lady in her best pearls and favourite stripey bathing costume, perching delicately on the end of the quay

Aix-les-Bains - Source de St Simon
Refreshment Bar (Tap Room) of the Source de St. Simon - Aix-Les-Bains (Savoie), France

Greetings from Ramsgate
A jolly souvenir postcard from the Kent seaside resort of Ramsgate, depicting a pretty lady bather in the shallow waters edge, holding aloft a lifebelt

Washing in the Ganges - Benares, India
Washing in the sacred River Ganges, which runs through the Indian city of Benares

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