Recreation Collection (#9)

Young couple hiking on Mt Desert Island, Maine
Tourists climbing Newport Mountain, Mt Desert Island, Maine, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch skaters on the Zuider Zee, 1800s
Skaters enjoying a winter Sunday on the Zuider Zee, Dutch island of Marken, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Golfers in the 1890s
Golfers finishing a game at the putting green, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Baseball game in the 1880s
Baseball batter waiting for a pitch, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Crowds at the Chicago worlds fair at night
Columbian Exposition visitors strolling along the midway at night, Chicago 1893. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Horse race in the US, 1880s
American race-track, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native Americans playing a game of lacrosse with a ball and sticks. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Dancing the minuet, 1700s
Couples dancing the minuet in an 18th-century ballroom. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Victorian era picnic
Families having a summer picnic, England, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bull fighting, San Fermin festival, Plaza de Toros, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, Europe

Sand banks, motor and sailing boats, Bay of Arcachon, Cote d Argent, Gironde, Aquitaine, France, Europe

The pistes above Courchevel 1850 ski resort in the Three Valleys (Les Trois Vallees), Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Arenal d En Castell, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

City Centre Doha Mall, the largest of the Middle Easts shopping malls with over 350 shops and an ice skating rink, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Man walking under trees, Hagley Park, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Portrait of a maiko (apprentice geisha) wearing traditional Japanese kimono, in the Gion district, Kyoto, Kansai region, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

Acle, Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe

Staithes, North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe

Staithes, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe

Saunton Sands, Barnstaple, North Devon, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A group of men sitting around a table playing dominoes outdoors, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

People wearing traditional dress during Corpus Christi celebration, La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Crowds of people sunbathing on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Atomium, Atomium Park, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe

Kayaking on the Zambezi River, Batoka Gorge, Victoria Falls, border of Zambia / Zimbabwe
Kayaking on the Zambezi River, Batoka Gorge, Victoria Falls, border of Zambia/Zimbabwe

Luton Town EPW019307
Luton Town Football Ground, Luton, Bedfordshire, September 1927

The Butts Sports Ground EAW220835
The Butts Sports Ground and environs, Spon End, Coventry, West Midlands, 1971. The Butts Park Arena was built on this site in 2004 and is the home of Coventry RFC

Natural and Moral Philosophy diagram, from The Gentlemans Recreation
483354 Natural and Moral Philosophy diagram, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome, 1686 (engraving) by English School

Girl in a Red Dress, Seated by a Swimming Pool, 1936 (oil on board)
657183 Girl in a Red Dress, Seated by a Swimming Pool, 1936 (oil on board) by Lavery, John (1856-1941); 24x20in cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in a Red Dress, Seated by a Swimming Pool)

Memorial Stadium. Berkeley. Date: 1923

Skaters, early evening on the seasonally assembled ice rink at Somerset House, London
England, London, Skating on the seasonal ice rink at Somerset House

ENGLAND Tyne & Wear Tynemouth Saint Marys Lighthouse Saint Marys Island near Newcastle Upon Tyne

The Colliery, Beamish Museum, Stanley, County Durham. The Beamish Museum is an open air museum devoted to recreating life in a northern Industrial town in the early 20th century

Bethnal Green
The newly-opened public recreation ground. Date: June 1875

Ordnance Survey map: Totley, 1876
Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile.Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: Derbyshire sheet XI.15.Includes: Old Hay Brook, Grove House, Crown Inn, Hillfoot, Totley Bents, Cricket Inn, recreation ground

Plan of Carbrook Recreation Ground, 1897
Image from Sheffield City Council, General Purposes and Parks Committee - Plans and Description of Parks and Recreation Grounds (Local Studies Library 352.7 SQ)

COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893. The White City of the Worlds Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 1893. Oil over a photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston

Cross-country skiers with pulkas on a glacier, backlit, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

POTTER: SNOWBALL FIGHT. Rabbits throwing snowballs. Sketch by English writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter, from a letter to Noel Moore, 1895

Ten pin bowling
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Bowling ball hitting pins for a strike. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

A small sailboat makes its way through the waters of Puget Sound under dark storm clouds

Holiday Home at Shoreham AL2397_012_01
Converted railway carriage holiday home, possibly at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print by an unknown photographer, 1920s

Illustration by Edward Wilson for the poem Casey at the Bat
CASEY AT THE BAT, 1888. Illustration by Edward Wilson for the poem Casey at the Bat, 1888, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Anchored tour boats at Bartolome off Santiago Island in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo
Michael Nolan / SpecialistStock

Benodet, a popular sailing resort on the River Odet Estuary, Southern Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

Chapmans Pool, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK

Salcombe, South Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The London Eye 24415_006
THE LONDON EYE, London. Aerial view showing a section of the wheel with the River Thames below

Sailing bicycles on the beach, Ormond, Fla. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Sailing bicycles on the beach, Ormond, Fla. between 1900 and 1910

1950s LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ICE SKATING ON WOLLMAN RINK CENTRAL PARK MANHATTAN NEW YORK CITY USA

View at bicycle and canal - Amsterdam, Holland Netherlands

Rowing eight PLA01_03_1312
Hammersmith Bridge, Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London

The Rom skatepark PLA01_03_1251
The Rom skatepark, Hornchurch, Havering, Greater London. The Four Leaf Clover at The Rom skatepark, Hornchurch. The Rom skatepark was designed by Adrian Rolt of G-Force, and was built in 1978

Walkers on Little How Crags above Levers Water on The Old Man of Coniston, Lake District National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Theatre Royal Bristol NWC01_01_1522
THEATRE ROYAL, KING STREET, CITY OF BRISTOL. The auditorium in the Theatre Royal, viewed from the stage

Dancers; The Tango, (gouache with oil on paper)
653229 Dancers; The Tango, (gouache with oil on paper) by Scheiber, Hugo (1873-1950); 42x67.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancers; The Tango. Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950)

Commedia Italiana (colour litho)
7201881 Commedia Italiana (colour litho) by Gumery, Adolphe Ernest (1861-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commedia Italiana)

Shakespeares Globe Theatre, Southwark, London (litho)
7172912 Shakespeares Globe Theatre, Southwark, London (litho) by Forrest, George Topham (1872-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeares Globe Theatre, Southwark, London)

The Merry-Go-Round, 1930 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan)
659541 The Merry-Go-Round, 1930 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan. Dated 1930)

Cricket field, Bournville, Birmingham (chromolitho)
7172124 Cricket field, Bournville, Birmingham (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cricket field, Bournville, Birmingham)

Trick cyclist Diavolo performing a loop the loop at the Royal Aquarium, London (litho)
7172759 Trick cyclist Diavolo performing a loop the loop at the Royal Aquarium, London (litho) by English School

Ferris wheel JLP01_08_021563
SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A man and a child on a Ferris wheel during a Laing staff trip to Skegness

Pompei: Casa di Cornelio Rufo (litho)
6012570 Pompei: Casa di Cornelio Rufo (litho) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Casa di Cornelio Rufo. Illustration for Ricordo de Pompei (np, c 1895)

Poster advertising the Palace Hotel at St. Moritz, 1921 (colour lithograph)
1197947 Poster advertising the Palace Hotel at St. Moritz, 1921 (colour lithograph) by Cardinaux, Emil (1877-1936); 127x90 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Swiss, out of copyright

Idleness, 1900 (oil on canvas)
987318 Idleness, 1900 (oil on canvas) by Godward, John William (1861-1922); 99.1x58.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Idleness. John William Godward (1861-1922). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1900

Views of the Chateau de Mousseaux and its Gardens, (oil on canvas)
990300 Views of the Chateau de Mousseaux and its Gardens, (oil on canvas) by Hue

Summer morning
Sunrise at Alpe di Siusi in the Dolomites. Ales Krivec

French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 1910. French postcard

ROW HOUSES, 1938. Women and children in front of a row of low-income houses in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, July 1938

MAYPOLE DANCE, 1905. Children dancing around a Maypole in Central Park, New York City. Oil over a photograph, 1905

Rhetorick, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome
XJF483400 Rhetorick, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome, 1686 (engraving) by English School

Poster advertising the Palais de Glace on the Champs Elysees (colour litho)
XCF274347 Poster advertising the Palais de Glace on the Champs Elysees (colour litho) by Cheret, Jules (1836-1932); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Summers Day, 1879 (oil on canvas)
XCF272235 Summers Day, 1879 (oil on canvas) by Morisot, Berthe (1841-95); 45.7x75.2 cm; National Gallery, London, UK; French, out of copyright

Pleasure boats in Fulton Harbor

Tandem skydivers, Waldviertel, Austria

Climber on the Masara-Corda Rossa via ferrata, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Lago di Ledro and Lake Ledro, Ledro, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

BOWLING TOURNAMENT, 1905. The International Bowling Tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in February, 1905, sponsored by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Lithograph, 1905

YACHT: SHAMROCK II, 1920. The British racing yacht, Shamrock II. Photograph, June 1920

Whitewater rafting down the Snake River in Wyoming. snake, river, snake river
Whitewater rafting down the Snake River in Wyoming

USa, WA, San Juan Islands. Patos Island Light

BAHAMAS-Grand Bahama Island-Eastern Side: Lucayan National Park- Mangrove Area
BAHAMAS, Grand Bahama Island, Eastern Side: Lucayan National Park, Mangrove Area by Gold Rock Beach

Cruden Bay, LNER poster, c 1930s
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) poster with artwork by Frank Newbould (1887-1951)

A Skier On Top Of Mount Hood
Portland, Oregon: July 8, 1936 A skier stands on Mount Hood for some mid-summer skiing

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"Discover the Joy of Recreation: From Upton Park to White Hart Lane, and Everywhere in Between. " Embark on a journey through time and space as we explore the essence of recreation. Step into the vibrant atmosphere of Upton Park, home to West Ham United, where cheers echo through the air and passion fills every corner. Travel northwards to Aberdeen - The Silver City by the Sea, an enchanting destination that captivates with its LMS/LNER poster from 1923-1947. Immerse yourself in its coastal beauty and let relaxation wash over you like gentle waves. Witness a moment frozen in time as a child wearing a swim cap sits serenely amidst crashing surf in a captivating screen print from 1922. Feel their pure joy and be reminded of the simple pleasures found within nature's embrace. Continue your expedition to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's iconic stadium that has witnessed countless moments of triumph and glory. Experience the electric energy that surges through this hallowed ground when fans unite under one common love for football. Venture further to Goodison Park, Everton's fortress steeped in history and tradition. Let nostalgia guide your steps as you soak up memories etched into every inch of this revered venue. Escape to Cruz Bay in St. John, nestled within the breathtaking landscapes of the U. S Virgin Islands' Caribbean paradise. Surrender yourself to tranquility while basking under warm sunrays or exploring crystal-clear waters teeming with life. Feel your heart race as you brave thrilling adventures at Blackpool Pleasure Beach aboard an exhilarating roller coaster ride. Embrace adrenaline-fueled excitement against a backdrop filled with laughter and delight. Journey towards Elland Road in Leeds; witness how sport unites communities across generations while forging unforgettable bonds between players and supporters alike. Find solace along Sidmouth's picturesque coastline in south Devon, England – where stunning vistas invite peaceful contemplation amid nature's serene beauty.