Toboggan Collection (#2)

The Cresta Run - a repair party at work
Workmen busy tuning up what is one of the most famous toboggan runs in the world - the Cresta Run in St. Moritz - at Battledore and Shuttlecock, two well known turns. Date: 1924

The Cresta Run
Daredevil tobogganists take a thrilling turn at the second bank of the Church leap at the famous Cresta Run at St. Moritz with the grand stand visible in the background. Date: 1924

Skating Scene, 1832 (print)
BAL14153 Skating Scene, 1832 (print) by German School, (19th century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Eislauf from Das Erste Bilderbuch); German, out of copyright

The original rollercoaster or Russian Mountain
A Russian Mountain, a giant artificial ice slide for skaters and sledders, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Descente En Traineaux (colour photo)
2817515 Descente En Traineaux (colour photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Descente En Traineaux)

Xmas. Sleighing downhill
My loving wish I send you? Postcard illustration of boy and girl on toboggan. Series 5078. Artist: Alfred Edward Philp Date: circa 1910

Xmas. Tobogganing
Two small children in red hats riding on a toboggan. Date: circa 1910

A Sledge Express (engraving)
2792753 A Sledge Express (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sledge Express. Illustration for Chatterbox (1900)

Central Park, Winter, c. 1905 (oil on canvas)
3614007 Central Park, Winter, c.1905 (oil on canvas) by Glackens, William James (1870-1938); 63.5x76.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

Swiss Children Coasting (engraving)
3628722 Swiss Children Coasting (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Swiss Children Coasting)

Canada in winter (chromolitho)
3105185 Canada in winter (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Canada in winter)

The Toboggan on the Stair (engraving)
1606165 The Toboggan on the Stair (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Toboggan on the Stair)

Tobogganing
Happy children and dog with toboggan in snow. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal December 1926. Artist anon. Date: 1926

Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - tobogganning
A tobogganist takes a rather steep hill, wins the cup but limps away bruised and bandaged. Date: 1912

Little girl being pulled along in a sledge by her friend c. 1910

For adults and children alike, enjoying their day outside in the snow, sledging downhill in Hampstead Heath, London. Date: 1907

Dans La Montagne (colour litho)
3656553 Dans La Montagne (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dans La Montagne)

Victorian Poster of Night Sledding, 1887 (lithograph)
1201952 Victorian Poster of Night Sledding, 1887 (lithograph) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chair for a Sleigh (pen with reddish w / c on paper)
XKH156605 Chair for a Sleigh (pen with reddish w/c on paper) by Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840); 23.1x38.4 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

Advertisement for the Star Toboggan, pub. 1887 (colour litho)
2646292 Advertisement for the Star Toboggan, pub. 1887 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Tobogganning on a Hillside, near Montreal (w / c heightened with white on paper)
2632381 Tobogganning on a Hillside, near Montreal (w/c heightened with white on paper) by Duncan, James D. (1808-81); 15.5x20.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Irish, out of copyright

Tobogganing Suit, with Park Tobogganing Club badge (wool)
3086182 Tobogganing Suit, with Park Tobogganing Club badge (wool) by English School, (19th century); Fashion Museum Bath; (add.info)

Victorian New Year card of two owls tobogganing in the snow, while one takes a fall, c
3603319 Victorian New Year card of two owls tobogganing in the snow, while one takes a fall, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School

Enjoying it (engraving)
3628726 Enjoying it (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Enjoying it. Illustration for Country Pastimes for Boys (Longmans, Green, 1908)

Two children making a snowman (colour litho)
3104180 Two children making a snowman (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two children making a snowman)

Two Girls Tobogganing (colour litho)
GES74724 Two Girls Tobogganing (colour litho) by Pellegrini, Carlo (1866-1937); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Advertisement for Globe Linseed Oil Company Improved Globe Paint, c. 1880 (colour litho)
HGL396868 Advertisement for Globe Linseed Oil Company Improved Globe Paint, c.1880 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware

Preparing sledges for the Winter journey, Forde, Lashly and Evans
STC255079 Preparing sledges for the Winter journey, Forde, Lashly and Evans, from Scotts Last Expedition (b/w photo) by Ponting

William Gray Hassler pulling his sled through snowy woods, c. 1912 (b / w photo)
1078842 William Gray Hassler pulling his sled through snowy woods, c.1912 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Tobogganing in the Countryside, 1886 (chromolithograph)
2622544 Tobogganing in the Countryside, 1886 (chromolithograph) by Sandham, Henry (1842-1912); Private Collection; (add.info)

Twenty Miles an Hour - English Children in Switzerland at Christmas Time (colour litho)
668655 Twenty Miles an Hour - English Children in Switzerland at Christmas Time (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Greenland: Whale fishing and Seal hunting, from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne
STC109095 Greenland: Whale fishing and Seal hunting, from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne, Volume I, plate 26, by Jules Ferrario, published c.1820s-30s (colour engraving) (see also 116101) by Gallina

Ice Hill, etched by the artist, published 1804 (colour litho)
STC169203 Ice Hill, etched by the artist, published 1804 (colour litho) by Atkinson, John Augustus (1775-1831); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Tobogganing (chromolitho)
1093769 Tobogganing (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tobogganing. French educational card)

Dans La Montagne (colour litho)
3656560 Dans La Montagne (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dans La Montagne)

View of the Canal of Fontanka and the Barracks, illustration for November from
STC87484 View of the Canal of Fontanka and the Barracks, illustration for November from A Year in St. Petersburg etched by John H. Clark, coloured by M. Dubourg. pub

Sledging by torchlight, 1905 (colour litho)
STC364698 Sledging by torchlight, 1905 (colour litho) by Jungman, Nico (1872-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Enjoying the Ice, 1630 (pen and w / c on paper)
XKH145205 Enjoying the Ice, 1630 (pen and w/c on paper) by Avercamp, Hendrik (1585-1634); 15x20 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Dutch, out of copyright

Sledging, 1882 (oil on canvas)
SNM128701 Sledging, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Liljefors, Bruno Andreas (1860-1939); 50x61 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: full moon or winter sun; ); Swedish, out of copyright

Enjoying the Ice, 1680 (pen and pencil on paper)
XKH145211 Enjoying the Ice, 1680 (pen and pencil on paper) by Blyhooft, Zacharias (fl.1659-81); 25.6x39.4 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Dutch, out of copyright

Tobogganing, 1886 (aquatint)
BAL54958 Tobogganing, 1886 (aquatint) by Sandham, Henry (1842-1912) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: published by L. Prang and Co.); English, out of copyright

Tobogganing, c. 1873 (albumen print (composite))
995980 Tobogganing, c.1873 (albumen print (composite)) by Henderson, Alexander (1831-1913); 15.2x19.7 cm; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Lugers on a mountain (b / w photo)
3096482 Lugers on a mountain (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lugers on a mountain. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

William Gray Hassler with his new sled, c. 1912 (b / w photo)
1078840 William Gray Hassler with his new sled, c.1912 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; eNew York Historical Society; American

Weather - Snow - The dog food must get through... this hardy trio, Mr Peter Mallin
Weather - Snow - The dog food must get through...this hardy trio, Mr Peter Mallin, his wife Pat and their 11 year-old daughter Penny

Schoolboys from West Wycombe go tobogganing on a hill in the village. circa 1945

Man and girl on a wooden sledge in the snow at a resort in Switzerland. Pestalozzi Childrens Village near Trogen in the Swiss Alps. 18th December 1952

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