Yearly Collection

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912. This photograph shows a daybreak pilgrimage by members of The Universal Bond of the Sons of Men

Cover design, Pears Annual, 1909
Cover design, Pears Annual for 1909, price sixpence, with two people walking through a snowy rural landscape. 1909

Cartoon, A Modest Boast (Social Science)
Cartoon, A Modest Boast -- Britannia reads the report of a recent Social Science Congress, and thinks that her understanding of the subject is better than some people s

1911 Census - John Bull being measured
Front cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911

Beating the bounds of the parish, St Clement Danes, London
Beating the bounds of the parish, St Clement Danes, City of Westminster, London -- a custom dating back to Roman times, thought to be a survival of the Terminalia, or festival of Terminus

Coaches and four, International Horse Show, Olympia, London
Coaches drawn by four horses at the annual International Horse Show, in the glass-roofed building at Olympia, West London, with spectators seated in the background. Date: 1922

Peasants celebrating Christmas Eve at Tonniens 1854
Old Christian custom on Christmas Eve, in France Germany and Norway, were farmers and peasants perambulating the fields, going round and round the boundary

Threshing chestnuts trees in Greenwich Park 1857
Yearly tradition, for three weeks young youths poured into Greenwich Park, London to collect conkers. Climbing up chestnut trees, even using ladders to reach their prize

Tyrolean Girl 1930S
In Northern Tyrol (Austria), animals play an important part in the yearly harvest festivals. Here is a peasant girl with her cow, decorated with flowers and a large bell. Date: 1930s

Richmond, Indiana, USA - Quaker Meeting House
Richmond, Indiana, USA - Indiana Yearly Quaker Meeting House. Date: circa 1920s

Carrying the Holly Tree at Brough, Westmorland (now Cumbria). This tradition takes place on Twelfth Night, when a burning holly tree is carried through the village, followed by a brass band. 1827

Mardi Gras Pageant, Canal Street, New Orleans, USA
Mardi Gras Pageant taking place in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1904

James Lackington - 2
JAMES LACKINGTON London bookseller and publisher, who claimed to sell 100, 000 books yearly. Date: 1746 - 1815

LFB Athletic Association meeting programme
LFB Athletic Association 24th Annual Athletic Meeting programme for 24 July 1926

Cockington Forge, Devon, England, where huge quantities of midget horseshoes for holidaymakers are made yearly on the old forge. Date: 1950s

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