Skating Collection

Fun in the snow

Ice skating
A winter / Christmas scene depicting children having fun on the ice. Date: circa 1912

Months of the Year - January
Skating. From a postcard published by Wrench Date: 1903

Winter and Spring

Christmas and New Year greetings card
A Christmas and New Year greetings card, showing boys and girls skating on the ice. late 19th century

Girl in a muff skating
Traditional seasonal card depicting a girl skating surrounded by golden Christmas bells. Date: circa 1903

Bears skating on the ice
Winter scene of two happy bears enjoying skating together. Date: circa 1908

Skating by John Hassall
A group of boys enjoy some rough and tumble while sledging and skating in the snow. Date: c.1910

New Year greetings card with skating bear
A New Year greetings card with a white bear skating on a frozen lake. early 20th century

17th century skating scene
A 17th century skating scene, showing a large number of people in Restoration style costume skating on a frozen lake or river, with a large country house in the background. early 20th century

A Helping Hand -- boy, girl and dog on the ice
A Helping Hand -- a boy in a sailor suit supports a girl in a red coat as they skate on the ice, while her pet dog runs alongside. late 19th century

Winter skating
Illustration depicting a group of people skating on an ice-covered lake. A girl in a white fur scarf and muff holds hands with a boy in and two other girls and a boy skate in the background

Christmas - A boy and two girls skating
Illustration of a boy holding hands with two girls as they skate along the ice. The girls wear hoods and cloaks and carry fur muffs. 1906

People skating on a frozen lake. circa 1920s

Polar bears skating at the North Pole
A group of polar bears skating at the North Pole -- an advertisement for Au Bon Marche, Paris. circa late 19th century

PLM poster advertising winter sports at Chamonix and Mont Blanc, with the 8th Winter Olympics taking place from 25 January to 5 February 1924

Christmas - A girl and two boys skating
A Jolly Christmas. Illustration of two boys leading a girl by the hands as they skate together on the ice. 1906

Poster design for Palais de Glace, Paris
Poster design for the Palais de Glace, Champs Elysees, Paris, showing a well dressed couple skating. 1896

Girl and boy skating 19th century

He who Hesitates is Lost by Florence Hardy
Two Dutch children skate upon a frozen lake as the boy considers presenting the girl with mistletoe. Date: c.1915

Children Ice Skating by Florence Hardy
Two Strings to his bow. A young boy is ice skating with a girl on each arm looking blissfully content. Date: circa 1920

A skater and her poem by Florence Hardy
Away away, come follow me! For the North, wind blows, and the smooth ice glows, where the merry skaters be. A skater attempts to convince her friends to join her and come skating. Date: c.1910

Two cats on ice on a greetings card -- With My Love

Jolly time on the ice
A winter scene depicting a happy skating scene. Date: circa 1906

Skating on the ice

Winter scene. Skater
From postcard by Liberty & Co of girl skating, dressed in coordinated hat, fur-trimmed coat and leggings. Artist: Hilda Miller Date: 1910

Art deco sketch On the Ice, Paris, 1921
Art deco sketch by Rene Vincent called On the Ice, Paris, 1921. Caption Cold dear? Then why don t you light a cigarette? Date: 1921

Edwardian lady skating
" Jolly Edwardian lady in white hat, scarf and muff ice skating. " Maud is admired by all". " Date: c.1908

Poster advertising National Parks for winter sports
Poster designed by Dorothy Waugh, advertising Americas National Parks for winter sports. Date: circa 1930

Boy on roller skates, Harrow Road area
A boy on roller skates steadies himself against a wall in an alleyway next to a bomb site in the Harrow Road area, Paddington, West London. Date: 1957

Dutch couple skating, by Florence Hardy
A Dutch couple skating on a frozen river, by Florence Hardy. Date: early 20th century

Four skating boys, by Florence Hardy. Each boy is wearing a different coloured suit, and a matching or contrasting hat: blue, yellow, green and red. Date: circa 1920

Homeward bound by sledge by Ethel Parkinson
Homeward Bound -- three children make their way home across the ice. Two boys are skating, while a little girl sits on a sled, cradling her doll. One of the boys is carrying a large holly branch

Skating and sledging
Four people skating and sledging on the ice. early 20th century

Couple dancing on ice
A man and woman in matching outfits, dancing on ice. early 1930s

Girls & Roller Skates

Romantic couple with an ice carriage
An illustration depicting a lady elegantly dressed in an ermine fur lined coat and muff reclining in a golden ice carriage, as a man in a tricorn hat and iceskates pushes the carriage along the ice

Skating in Single File. Artist: Anon. Four skaters in single file on a frozen lake Date: circa 1935

Skating. Artist: Ada Leonora Bowley. Girl in green on the ice Date: circa 1920

A Passive Resistance by Florence Hardy
Two Dutch children skate on an icy lake as the girl ignores the boys gentle courtship. Date: c.1915

Winter landscape

Swedish Ice Yachting
A happy young woman ice yachting (or sail skating) on a frozen lake in Sweden. Date: 1930s

PLM poster design for Chamonix winter sports
PLM poster design for Chamonix and Mont Blanc winter sports, with express trains from Paris and Geneva. Sporting events include skiing, toboggan, skating and bobsleigh

Putting on Ice Skates

The Silvery Moon by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, skate together under a silver moon. c.1920

Skating Girls by Florence Hardy
Three little girls, dressed identically in red coats and carrying fur muffs with matching hats skate across a frozen pond. Date: c.1920

Skating girls by Florence Hardy
Four girls, dressed in pretty early Victorian dresses, bonnets and muffs, hold hands as they skate together. Date: c.1920

Christmas children skating by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in rather romantic outfits hold hands as they skate across a frozen pond. Date: c.1920

Christmas children skating by Florence Hardy
Three small children, looking very festive in their matching green elfin capes skate together across a frozen pond. Date: c.1920

Dryden / Skating Wear / 201
Gentleman in skating wear Date: circa 1928

Ice Skating 1956
Crowds of ice skaters as far as the eye can see on the frozen river at Guildford in Surrey, England. Date: 1956

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