Riviera Collection (#39)

Avoiding the Crush by Reginald Higgins
A man smoking a pipe and a young woman with a fashionable eton crop, studiously ignore each other and sit as far apart as possible on a row of deckchairs at a smart seaside resort

Corniche Road and Paillon Valley, Nice, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The old town, Cannes, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Promenade du midi, Mentone, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

General view of the principality, Monaco, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The old town, Mentone, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The promenade, San Remo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Berigo, San Remo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Les Isles de Lerins, Cannes, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Col di Paggio, San Remo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Seen from the cliffs, Mentone, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Casino entrance, Flirt au Bord de la Mer, by Hippolyte Lucas, Monte Carlo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The new gambling room, Monte Carlo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Railroad viaduct, ravine, Saint Devote, Monte Carlo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

General view, Eze and St. Jean, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Bridge, St. Louis, Mentone, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

View on the road to La Turbie, Eze and St. Jean, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Ile Sainte Marguerite, Cannes, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

From Mont Chevalier, Cannes, Riviera From Mont Chevalier, Ca
From Mont Chevalier, Cannes, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

General view, Monte Carlo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Casino, terrace and the outside seating of the Caf頤e P
The Casino, terrace and the outside seating of the CafÚáñe Paris at Monte Carlo, France Date: 1920s

A sktech of the public gardens and the Municipal Casino in Nice, France, 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the Casino Municipal in Nice, France, 1920s Date: 1920s

The interior hall of the Casino Municipal, Nice, France, 1920s Date: 1920s

The gardens of the Casino in Monte Carlo, France Date: 1920s

La Jetee on the Promenade at Nice, France, 1920s
La Jetee (entertainment pier) on the Promenade des Anglais at Nice, France, 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the Casino Municipal and Place Massena in Nice, France, 1920s Date: 1920s

Programme cover for Sitting Pretty, the Shubert Riviera Thea
Programme cover for Sitting Pretty starring the Dolly Sisters, the Shubert Riviera Theatre, New York, 1925, Date: 1928

Hotel Pension Cosmopolite at Paraggi, Italy - a bay between Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino on the Italian Riviera. Date: circa 1909

Portonovo Beach Scene
Children, boats and deckchairs on the beach at Portonovo, on the Conero Riviera, near Ancona, Italy. Date: 1960s

Torquay Bay
A fine impression of part of the bay and some of the waterfront buildings at the popular resort of Torquay, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Ansteys Cove, a picturesque bay near Torquay, Devon, on the English Riviera. Date: 1930s

Train on French Riviera
The Corniche railway route on the rocky coast of the French Riviera runs through a succession of tunnels and viaducts. Date: 1901

HMS Riviera aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Riviera, Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Formerly a fast Cross-Channel steamer, returned to civilian use in 1919, then served again during the Second World War

Woman / Riviera Rose 1926
A woman admires her Riviera Roses which grow on a Mediterranean terrace by the sea. Date: 1926

Hotel Riviera Palace, Monte Carlo Date: 1920s

Entrance and gardens - Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo
The entrance and gardens of the Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo Date: 1920s

Suspended garden - Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo
The suspended garden of the Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo Date: 1920s

A view of the Caf頤e Paris at Monte Carlo
A view of the CafÚáñe Paris at Monte Carlo Date: 1910-1920

Europe, Italy, Liguria region, Cinque Terre, Vernazza. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Europe, Italy, Portovenere aka Porto Venere. Gothic church of San Pietro (aka St. Peter) 4th-13th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Europe, France, Provence, Bouches, du, Rhone, Cassis, Bestouan Plage (beach)

Monaco, Cote d Azur, Princes Palace

Europe, France, Theoule-sur-Mer. A tile-roofed house occupies a small spit of land near Theoule-sur-Mer on the Riviera in the south of France

Europe, France, Provence, Calanques. Limestone cliffs

Nice France, Sculpture Musuem of Modern Art

Domino Player - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly domno player enjoying a game at the Riviera Bar, Penzance, Cornwall

On the Riviera and at St. Moritz
The majority of these snapshots were taken at Cannes where they bathe, and breakfast out of doors when they are not hard at it playing lawn tennis

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