Waves Collection (page 8)

King Cnut commands the tide to retreat (unsuccessfully)
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

The last of the Leviathan: the Titanic plunging beneath the waves. Mr Beesley, one of the survivors, described the final scene

Easter Greetings postcard - Faith hanging on to her belief
circa 1905

Three Bathing Beauties
1905

Caroler Carriage Date: 1940

Farm in the Country Date: 1948

Goodbye at the Bus Stop

Madagascar - Tuamasina (Tamatave) - Boulevard Gallieni Date: circa 1906

Sporty Italian couple on holidy jog through the surf Date: 1905

Christmas card in the shape of a lighthouse with a sailing ship depicted on it. Date: circa 1890s

Castle Treryn and Logan Rock, Cornwall
Castle Treryn and Logan Rock (including a large rocking stone) near the village of Treen, Cornwall. Date: circa 1832

Boat trip to Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
People on a boat trip to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

POSEIDON RULES THE WAVES
Poseidon / Neptune tames the waves, and orders Triton to blow his conch-shell

AUSSIE SURFERS 1960S
Australian surfers riding big breakers on huge surfboards and surf canoes, enjoying an exciting ride and an exhilarating pounding by the waves. Date: 1960s

DERBY FINISH 1850s
A huge crowd cheers and waves the Derby winner past the winning post. Date: 1870

CORAL REEF / J. W. WHIMPER
Waves crashing against a coral reef. Date: circa 1860

Woman runs from waves
A young woman in a clinging red tank style one-piece swimsuit with a ruffle edged collar & a beret style bathing cap encounters a large wave. Alarmed, she runs for her life Date: 1926

Children and Boat Pool
Rather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short. Date: circa 1895

Urban scene 1866
A working man waves to his two children across a busy street. Date: 1866

PATRIOTIC SKATER 1914
A patriotic skater waves both the French and British flags. Date: 1914

SAILOR AT MAST HEAD
A sailor up in the clouds atop a mast head waves his straw boater at his ship mates below. Date: circa 1830

Greatheads Lifeboat rescues a ship in trouble. Date: 1791

3 Evening Dresses 1843
Two gowns with corsage en coeur, one with a fringed bertha. The pink gown trimmed with a column of rosettes, the white has a double skirt - the upper looped up in waves. Date: 1843

Bathing at Brighton
Ladies and babies paddle and splash in the sea at Brighton Date: 1836

SINBADS STRANDED SHIP
Sinbads ship is stranded

Futuristic hydroplane
A futuristic hydroplane, skimming along the surface of the sea. Date: 1899

Women swimming in the surf in Australia
Australian girls sport in the Pacific surf. Date: 1910

Four views of Dingle, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. circa 1970s

Beach at Tunitas, San Mateo County, California, USA
Aerial view of the beach at Tunitas, San Mateo County, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Rocky beach and cliffs, North Wales. Date: circa 1900s

Man and woman walk along the sea front in high winds, Troon
A man and woman walk along the sea front in high winds at Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. It is winter, cold and the waves roll up the beach. The couple carry plastic shopping bags Date: 2004

Strong winds in Kirkcudbright Bay, SW Scotland
Winter winds whip spume from the waves in Kirkcudbright Bay looking towards Little Ross Island and its lighthouse, SW Scotland Date: circa 1995

Waves splash against the shining black rocks at Knockbrex
Waves splash against the shining black rocks on the shore at Knockbrex in Wigtown Bay on the Solway coast of SW Scotland Date: 2004

A Balinese fisherman pauses to look at the sunset
A Balinese fisherman pauses from casting his nets in the shallow sea to gaze at the setting sun above the waves. Near Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia Date: 1989

Hunstanton beach, Norfolk - 1
Two people excercise their dogs on the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, England. In the foreground are wooden piles and the picture is taken into the light Date: 1990

Children Cape Cornwall
A boy and a girl dodge waves on the slipway at Cape Cornwall, Lands End, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Children in surf, Costa del Sol
Two girls hold hands with toddler in surf on beach at Benalmdena, Costa del Sol, Spain. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Disaster at the Mouth of the Mersey - Wreck of the Lelia
Disaster at the Mouth of the Mersey off the north west lightship - the cutter-rigged steamer Lelia commanded by Captain Skinner foundering with the loss of 20 lives

Couple sitting in surf - British seaside candid photograph
Young Couple sitting in the surf - classic British seaside candid photograph - August, 1921. Unless it is a glitch on the photographic plate (possible)

Fishing from a boat by Katsukawa Shuncho
Two women and a boy Fishing from a boat by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795). Date: late 18th century

Panoramic View of the shoreline at Zarauz, Spain
Panoramic View of the shoreline at Zarauz, central Gipuzkoa, Northern Spain. Date: 1959

Bathing Scene - Atlantic City, USA
A rather magnificent view of the packed beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1902

Delivering Christmas Holly to a Steamship
A small rowing boat delivering Christmas Holly to a Steamship - Christmas Greetings Postcard. Date: 1906

High Tide - Runswick, Runswick Bay, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England. Date: 1936

A boy and his pet dog sitting on a beach
Unusual Friends - a boy and his pet dog sitting on a beach. 1950s

Nefeli wrecked at Dollar Cove, Lands End, Cornwall
A cargo ship, the Nefeli, wrecked at Dollar Cove, near Lands End, Cornwall, October 1972. Date: 1972

High fashion hair styles 1912
French models wearing the latest fashionable clothing and elegant hairstyles. 1912

Izanagi and Izanami giving birth to Japan. circa 1870

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