Custom Collection (#100)

Customs House and docks, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden
Customs House and waterfront docks, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden. Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, group of London theatre managers
Cartoon showing a group of disconcerted London theatre managers, including William Holland with the long, spiky moustache, and John Hollingshead just behind him -- Something really ought to be done

Long Room, Custom House, City of London
Long Room, Custom House, 20 Lower Thames Street, City of London. Date: circa 1910

Site of the New Custom House, Lower Part of Waring Street, Store Lane (Belfast) (c1854). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1854

The Custom House, Dublin, Ireland on the north bank of the River Liffey. Date: 1904

Kleber street, Algiers
Two women walk down the steps of Kleber street, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

London - Custom House - view along side of building over railway. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London. Date: circa 1890s

Foot of High Street, Belfast, Site of the new Custom House (1854). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1854

Gorse and Fern To Keep the Fairies Out, a May Eve Custom - a view of children outside a thatched cottage, one of whom is hanging a fern above the door of the cottage. (Location: Ireland)

Spain. Murcia. Farmer. Orchard of Murcia (Huerta). Colored

USA - Thanksgiving Day - Turkey thrilled by his fame, possibly to be cut short in a matter of hours!! Date: circa 1910s

Dancing, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Dance of the magnificent lion (dragon), Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Aerial view of Plaza, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Aerial view of the Plaza, with American National Bank Building and Custom House, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1920

Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1915

Father Christmas - selecting gift from his sack
A terrific Edwardian postcard depicting Father Christmas - selecting gifts from his sack to add to the childrens stockings hanging on the Fireplace

Parade, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Parade, Golden Dragon of Good Luck, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

China - Shanghai - The New Custom House Date: circa 1920s

An idol from the Congo with nails and knives driven into it
An idol from the Congo with knives and nails driven in to it. The wooden idol, from the region north of the Lower Congo (Chiloango River)

Usages of Barcelona and primitives constitutions. Customs of Catalonia between lords and vassals. 13th century. Manuscript 157, folio 22. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Usages of Catalonia. Catalan manuscript. 14th century

The custom house and church of Santa Maria - Venice, Italy
The custom house and the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy. Date: 1916

England / Falmouth 1950S
Steam tugs at Custom House Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Swedish Rites of Spring
Swedish girls dancing in a ring, a spring custom. Date: early 1930s

Custom House / Dublin 1878
Dublin: the Custom House with dock scene Date: 1878

James Granger / Cook / 1825
JAMES GRANGER book collector whose name is given to the custom of adding extra illustrations to books Date: 1723 - 1776

Hanging stockings by Charles Robinson
Children hang up Christmas stockings. Date: 1906

Austrian New Year Custom
EIN SYLVESTERSABEND An Austrian youth goes from house to house, blowing his trumpet and bringing the glad tidings of the New Year Date: circa 1870

A Lady Visitor
A lady comes visiting with packets and a bouquet of flowers Date: 1896

Russians presenting Easter eggs to each other. Date: 1913

Lady in a blue dress with a basket of Easter eggs
A lady in a long pale blue dress leaning against a wall, holding a basket of large decorated Easter eggs. Date: circa 1910

Little girl finds three Easter eggs
A little girl finds three Easter eggs under a cushion. Date: 1903

Midsummer customs in Sweden
Swedish countryfolk dance on Midsummers Eve by the light of the Midnight Sun. Date: 1901

Swearing an Oath of Fealty to a young Lord
Oath of Fealty to a young Lord

Paying homage to an Assyrian ruler

Marriage, Towkan People
Marriage custom of the Towkan people of central America - the ritual wife-snatching Date: 1863

Marriage, Lundu People
Marriage custom of the Lundu people of the East Indies - the happy couple sit while friends and neighbours bring useful presents Date: 1863

Burmese Water Festival
BURMESE NEW YEAR In Mandalay, during the Water Festival, passers-by are sprayed from bowls, pumps or custom-made squirters Date: 1888

Firing at the apple-tree in Devonshire
On the Twelfth Eve in Devonshire, it was custom for the farmer to leave his warm fireside accompanied by a band of rustics with guns and blunderbusses, goto the orchard

Italian New Year Custom
The citizens of Napoli, Italy, celebrate the New Year with fires and fireworks on every balcony Date: 1921

New York City - Playing card - Custom House - King of Spades Date: 1900

Two black cats for Good Luck - WW1 era postcard Date: 1917

Stylish late1930s Bedford coach - custom body work by Duple Bodies & Motors Ltd. Edgware Road, The Hyde, Hendon, London, NW9. Date: circa 1901

Cornish Gorsedd, Sword of Arthur, St Just, Cornwall
The Cornish Gorsedd, a community of modern-day bards, taking part in the Sword of Arthur ceremony at St Just in Cornwall. The Gorseth Kernow (Gorsedd of Cornwall)

Couples taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Couples in a sloping street, taking part in the Midday Dance during Helston Floral Day, Cornwall. Spectators watch from either side. Date: circa 1970s

Crying the Neck at Gulval, Cornwall
A man in the village of Gulval near Penzance, Cornwall, in September 1984, following the harvest tradition of Crying the Neck

Couple taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Karen and Kevin Moseley, a couple taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall, photographed on bank premises. Date: circa 1970s

Woman in Helston Floral Dance costume, Cornwall
Woman in her special dress and hat for the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall, sitting on grass by a pond. Date: circa 1970s

Two women in Helston Floral Dance costume, Cornwall
Two women in their special dresses for the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

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