Waves Collection (page 14)

Tenby life boat, 1857
The Tenby life boat proceeding to the rescue of the crew of the Spanish ship Nuevo Torcuvato, 1857. The life boat bears the mark of the National Life Boat Institution. Date: 7th December 1857

Lifeboat, 1830s
A lifeboat of the 1830s, encountering a storm. Date: 1830s

Bystander Summer Number front cover, 1919
Front cover of The Bystander magazines summer number for July 1919, featuring a back view of a couple in their bathing costumes, embracing as they gaze out to sea. Date: 1919

Toddler in blue at the seaside by Muriel Dawson
A toddler in blue at the seaside, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

Theatrical perfomer, Japan
Theatrical perfomer with musical instrument, riding a sea dragon, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Beach at Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Preparing to launch a lifeboat, 1830s
Preparing to launch a lifeboat into a stormy sea, with the help of a horse and wagon, 1830s. Date: 1830s

Advert for Eugene hair treatment 1923
New ways of creating straight hair. White long hair, permanently mounded into delightful waves and curls. Date: 1923

Advert for Halo sleeping cap 1936
Halo waver helmet. Sleeping beauty. Worn at night, this unique Halo helmet produces lovely, deepened waves by morning. The back half net tides the ends; the front strips adjust to the waves

Holidaymakers at Biarritz, France
Holidaymakers at Biarritz, in south-west France. Date: 1927

Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream -- probably not connected to the Shakespeare play, but depicting a sailor asleep on a ship, dreaming of a mermaid in the water. Date: July 1914

Shamrock IV at sea in rough weather, WW1
The Shamrock IV at sea in rough weather at the start of the First World War. The America Cup was postponed because of the war, but the Shamrock was already at sea, and continued on to New York

Pinocchio -- pursued by a sea monster
Quick, Pinocchio... but it was too late! The monster had overtaken him. Date: 1911

Queen Elizabeth II & Duke of Edinburgh riding to Guildhall
Having returned from a visit to Canada, the Queen and her husband ride through the streets of London on their way to the Guildhall to receive an address of welcome from the city Date: 1951

Galleon ship at sea. Date: 20th century

Three children paddling in the sea
Three children in stripy swimsuits, paddling in the sea

Lifeboat man rescuing a baby
A lifeboat man swinging across the waves on a lifebelt, holding a baby in his arms

Lifeboat men in a rough sea
Lifeboat men rowing their boat in a rough sea, wearing cork lifebelts

Man on beach in cork lifebelt
Man on a beach wearing a cork lifebelt

Woman and collie dog paddling in the sea
A woman with her collie dog, paddling in the sea. circa 1930s

Whitehall Admiralty
The Admiralty, whence Britannia rules the waves... Date: circa 1850

Navy Office Broad St
At a time when Britannia could fairly claim to rule the waves, the Navy Office in Broad Street was a hive of activity, though theres no sign of it in this print. Date: 1750

Taking thread: Sound-Waves on a Cord 1922
Mr. W F Croll, who holds the parent, of a method of recording and reproducing sound-waves by means of a cellulose thread instead of by the generally known disc or cylinder record

Advert for Eugene permanant hair waves & curls 1938
Eugene waves are essential to the smart set Enchanting little curls and natural waves imparted by the Eugene. 1938

Testing Sound Waves
Ray Kulz blows his trumpet, Jimmy Noel strums his guitar and George Macdonald strikes the cymbal into an OSCILLOSCOPE to see if sound waves vary. Very much so! Date: 1930s

Walter Schultzen
WALTER SCHULTZEN Dutch merchant from Harlem - and his ship tossing in the waves behind him... Date: 17TH CENTURY

Cromer by Moonlight
The beach at Cromer, Norfolk, England, by moonlight. Date: early 1930s

Dramatic view of the Cliffs at Margate, Kent, England Date: circa 1904

Procession of Virgin of the Sea, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Procession of the Virgin of the Sea (Our Lady of the Waves), Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Date: 1902

Mount Fuji, Japan - Reproduction of a Hokusai woodcut
Reproduction of a woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai entitled: Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) Date: circa 1830

The Port of Betsupu, Japan - next to Yanagihara-eki in Ehime - washing out fish trays in the surf. Date: circa 1910s

Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898

Three runaway schoolboys wash up on a deserted island, each hanging onto a broken mast - a solitary cormorant doesn t know quite what to make of these new arrivals. Date: 1898

HMS Illustrious - Patriotic British Naval postcard
The third HMS Illustrious of the British Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship - commissioned in 1898

Waves crashing on the front at Morecambe, Lancashire. Visible (just) back right is the Morecambe Tower, built in 1898 and standing some 232ft high

WW1 - German soldiers on a train on their way to the front
German soldiers on a train on their way to the front in Germany. On the train are inscribed messages showing enthusiasm of the departing soldiers. Date: circa 1915

Football Terms Illustrated - A Plucky Try - Running for bus
(Rugby) Football Terms. Illustrated. A Plucky Try. A rather portly and ruddy-cheeked Mother and her sailor suit-clad son make a futile attempt to catch their bus after a busy morning at the shops

Type of French Fisherwoman from Northern France, with some impressive conch shells in her basket. Date: circa 1905

Waterskiing beauty waving
Daring - A one-handed approach to waterskiing taken by this risk-hunting brunette beauty wearing a small green swimsuit! Date: early 1940s

Cycling beauty waving
Care-Free. A sporting young brunette peddling through the countryside on he bicycle, waving to those who are lucky enough to witness her passing. Date: early 1940s

Two little children wait to jump off a small rock
Now Jump! Two little children look warily down at the sea from their precarious perch on a small rock and assess when best to make a leap for it! Date: circa 1920s

Rule Britannia - Britannia Rules the Waves - WW2 era propaganda greetings card Date: circa 1943

Beauty and the Beast - Bathing Humour, featuring a hairy, rather ugly man surrounded in the surf by a bevvy of bathing beauties! Date: circa 1905

Male swimmer admiring a lady diver, who appears to have suffered a wardrobe malfunction (in the chest region) on her descent toward the waves

Fishing Boats running into Peel Harbour - Isle of Man
Fishing Boats running into Peel Harbour in strong wind, Isle of Man. The ruin of the Cathedral of St German (inside the walls of Peel Castle), which fell into ruin in the 18th century

Rough Sea - Morecambe, Lancashire - West End. Date: circa 1910s

Rough Sea - Blackpool, Lancashire - view from the Central Pier Date: circa 1904

Scenery along the coast - Moorea, Tahiti Date: 1929

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