Leisure Activity Collection (#100)

Making Waves
July 1956: Holidaymakers take advantage of the fine weather at Shanklin Beach on the Isle of Wight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8944 - Summer Holidays - unpub

No Lift
February 1955: Two skiers make their way up a marked trail on the ski slopes at Klosters in Switzerland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7524 - Trials Of A Photographer - pub. 1955 (Photo by H)

Toy Fieldsmen
10th July 1948: Miniature fieldsmen are equipped with a rounded slot to enable them to catch the ball, in the new game of table-top cricket

Hiking Onwards
18th June 1949: Boys hiking along a village lane, during an expedition which will be the climax of one months stay for boys at the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey

Eiffel Balloons
Favourite sport in the early days of the Eiffel Tower was releasing toy balloons from its heights and watching them float over Paris. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Bicycle Cartoon
1818: A cycle track in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Salon De Paris
Party games in a Paris salon, May 1853. By Janet-Lange. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Taking Flight
15th September 1935: Enthusiasts at a model aircraft meeting in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian woman working at an embroidery frame
A Victorian woman working at an embroidery frame with great concentration. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocksas Hunt.a by Rs Surtees and illustrated by John Leech

County Cricket
A cricket match between Kent and Sussex at Brighton with the town and church in the background. Original Artwork: Artist - W H Mason (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Sea Bathing
A huddle of bathing machines trundle into the sea at Scarborough, allowing demure tourists to swim in total privacy. Original Artwork

Stuffed Giraffes
The staircase of the old British Museum in Montague House. Stuffed giraffes at the head of the staircase are being admired by visitors. Original Artwork: Painting - George Scharf the elder

Bored And Drunk
A drunken revelry with drinkers collapsing under the table, dancing on its top and being sick. Entitled, Miseries of the Country

Mermaids At Brighton
Women venturing into the water from bathing machines drawn up to the sea at Brighton. They are clad in voluminous bathing dresses

A Drink By The Way
A ladies cycling party pauses for refreshment on the outskirts of Paris. The wearing of knickerbockers, or rational costume for cycling was much more popular in France than in Britain

Drury Lane Theatre
1840: The wrestling scene in a performance of Shakespeares As You Like It at Drury Lane Theatre. Original Artwork: Engraving by T H Ellis after T H Shepherd (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Game Fellows
circa 1870: A card game in an old English tavern draws a small group of spectators. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Lining Up A Shot
circa 1850: Two gentlemen and two ladies play a friendly game of billiards in William Duftons private drawing room. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sunday In Holland
circa 1800: Sunday morning in the Netherlands: a couple in clogs stride past a windmill on their morning walk. Original Artwork: After a drawing by Tim Browne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Boat Party
circa 1875: A Japanese woodblock print of a boating party. The women are wearing silk kimonos. Original Artwork: Drawn by Gillot (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Grecian Languor
circa 1860: An artists fantasy of a group of women languishing in a luxurious dwelling in ancient Greece. Original Artwork: Painting by J L Gerome, circa 1860. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of Italian medieval poets
Antique illustration of fac-simile of a painting (called PoAšte Florentine) by the 19th century French painter Alexandre Cabanel

Childrens Walk
circa 1910: Rear view of a group of children walking down a dirt road on their way towards an excursion through the woods. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battersea Boats Waiting to be Rowed
23rd June 1952: All-metal rowing boats waiting to be rowed at Battersea Park, London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Young Gentlemen Dressed as a Future Diplomat
February 1958: Eleven year old Major Thompson, dressed as a future diplomat, explores Kensington Gardens in London with his nanny and two friends. (Photo by Russell Knight/BIPs/Getty Images)

Barred Bathers
10th May 1959: Children waiting to go bathing in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

New Angle On Angling
21st April 1955: John Deeks (left) and Ronald Bailey intent on catching fish in Crane Park, Twickenham in Middlesex. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Chase Me; The Last Of The Gaelic
23rd July 1955: Two girls running up the steps from a beach in the Scottish Western Isles. These children have spoken Gaelic for most of their lives

Seine Sunbather
A sunbather stripped down to his swimming trunks, suns himself by the banks of the Seine in Paris

Couple Watching The Sea on Blackpool Promenade
July 1951: A couple looking out to sea on Blackpool Promenade. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5358 - Bert Hardys Box Camera - pub. 1951 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Uphill Skiers at Klosters in Switzerland
12th February 1955: Skiers at Klosters in Switzerland making their way up a mountainside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7525 - The Joys Of Sun And Snow - pub

Looking Out To Sea
31st July 1948: American passengers look out to sea from the deck of the Queen Elizabeth as it makes its way to Britain across the Atlantic

Dreamland; View from the top of the Shoot the Chutes ride at Dreamland Amusement
circa 1904: View from the top of the Shoot the Chutes ride at Dreamland Amusement Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. The Dreamland Amusement Park opened in 1904 and burned down in 1911

Wicker Basket Ride
Two women in white eyelet blouses and long white skirts steer a wicker basket ride at Coney Island, New York City. (Photo by L M Kendall/Getty Images)

People outside the entrance to Luna Park on Coney Island, New York. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Human Dynamo; Luna Park on Coney Island lit up at night
Luna Park on Coney Island, New York, lit up at night and advertising the attractions of the Human Dynamo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Shooting The Chutes
1903: Spectators watch a car plunge down the track on the Shooting the Chutes ride at Luna Park, Coney Island, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Crowds & Traffic At Old Coney Island
Postcard view of Surf Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1910. The view looks east with Feltmans restaurant and resort (birthplace of the hot dog as we know it)

Hot Air Balloon Flying Over Parkes, Canberra
Hot air balloon shot in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Cres, Coatia - Boats floating in an ocean inlet. Horizontal shot
Cres, Coatia - Boats floating in an ocean inlet

William Tell. Story by Schaufelein. Shooting an apple from his son. 16th cent. engraving
William Tell shooting apple from son, engraving from story by Schaufelein, Germany

Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico - An exterior view of a tropical resort on the beach

Copenhagen, Denmark - On old world, waterfront city. A boat are viewable on the water. (Editorial Usage Only)

Copenhagen, Denmark - A cobblestone street in an Old World city where bicycles are lined up. (Editorial Usage Only)

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria - Bicycles parked against a tall, wrough-iron fence. Old world buildings are viewable in the background. (Editorial Usage Only)

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria - Horses and horse-drawn carriages in an old world setting

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria - A peaceful, garden setting with walkways situated in front of an old world building. The area is surrounded by trees

Canada, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Butchart Gardens
Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada

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