Skis Collection (page 3)

Indian woman skiing at Davos, Switzerland (b / w photo)
6015508 Indian woman skiing at Davos, Switzerland (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian woman skiing at Davos, Switzerland)

Ski jumping competition, Duluth, Minnesota, USA (photo)
5999804 Ski jumping competition, Duluth, Minnesota, USA (photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ski jumping competition, Duluth, Minnesota, USA)

Russian soldiers on skis capturing a group of Germans, World War I, 1915 (colour litho)
6000388 Russian soldiers on skis capturing a group of Germans, World War I, 1915 (colour litho) by Bombled, Louis Charles (1862-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Girls skiing (colour litho)
5998647 Girls skiing (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls skiing. Illustration for Favourite Book for Girls (Dean, c 1945).); © Look and Learn

Meeting of polar explorers Frederick George Jackson and Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896 (litho)
5207673 Meeting of polar explorers Frederick George Jackson and Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896 (litho) by Forestier

A native of Votiak, Russia, from From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows
KW403231 A native of Votiak, Russia, from From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows by Victor Meignan, engraved by Smeeton-Tilly (Burne Smeeton (fl.1840-60) and Auguste Tilly (d.1898))

Military skiing competition at Chamonix (colour litho)
2779367 Military skiing competition at Chamonix (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Military skiing competition at Chamonix)

A Serbian student realised, during a trip to the mountains, of the proximity of a pack... (colour litho)
2778327 A Serbian student realised, during a trip to the mountains, of the proximity of a pack... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Serbian student)

En Norwege (engraving)
2789275 En Norwege (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: En Norwege. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 30 April 1882)

The Main Party at Cape Evans after the Winter 1911 (incl Scott)
STC255078 The Main Party at Cape Evans after the Winter 1911 (incl Scott), from Scotts Last Expedition (b/w photo) by Ponting

The Skier, c. 1909
STC61933 The Skier, c.1909 by Larsson, Carl (1853-1919); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Swedish, out of copyright

Page from Hamleys Toy Shop catalogue, 1937 (litho)
5989463 Page from Hamleys Toy Shop catalogue, 1937 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from Hamleys Toy Shop catalogue, 1937.); © Look and Learn

Music cover, Intermezzo, The Prodigal Son
Music cover, Intermezzo by J M Glover, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in The Prodigal Son, arrangement for pianoforte

The Narta, or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka, from Views in the South Seas
NP125987 The Narta, or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka, from Views in the South Seas, pub. 1789 (etching) by Webber, John (1750-93); 29.2x41.9 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Laplanders (engraving)
820109 Laplanders (engraving) by Ibbetson, Julius Caesar (1759-1817); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laplanders, a group of men corner a bear with bows, harpoons and dogs)

Sami man or Lapplander in a sleigh pulled by a reindeer on ice, and another man on skis. Illustration from Leopold von Buchs Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813

Marie Antoinettes sleigh, a carriage mounted on skis. Marie Antoinette raced Madame de Lamballe around Versailles. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times

Stunts... 1934 (colour litho)
2778221 Stunts... 1934 (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Acrobatics... 1934)

The Russo-Japanese War: transporting wounded Russian soldiers on sledges made from skis (colour litho)
3097367 The Russo-Japanese War: transporting wounded Russian soldiers on sledges made from skis (colour litho) by French School

The Last Rest (bromide print)
3106147 The Last Rest (bromide print) by Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912); Lawrence Titus Oates (1880-1912); Edgar Evans (1876-1912)

The Polar Party on the Trail (bromide print)
3106133 The Polar Party on the Trail (bromide print) by Bowers, Lieutenant Henry Robertson ( Birdie ) (1883-1912); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lieut. Bowers during the Terra Nova expedition (1910-13
3106128 Lieut. Bowers during the Terra Nova expedition (1910-13) to the South Pole(bromide print) by Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lectures pour tous - Winter Sports
Front cover of Lectures pour Tous magazine featuring illustration of a woman skiing in the French Alps. Date: 1932

Skier on Ski Slope, 1933 (colour litho)
2629970 Skier on Ski Slope, 1933 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eGraphicaArtis; American, out of copyright

Bear-Hunting in Sweden (engraving)
1608497 Bear-Hunting in Sweden (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bear-Hunting in Sweden. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 12 January 1856)

Lili D Alvarez - ski jump at St. Moritz
Spanish tennis star Lili D Alvarez performing a very passable ski jump at the resort of St. Moritz. Date: 1927

The Ski Forest by Fleming Williams
Typical scene at mid-day at the top of any well-known ski climb in Switzerland. A common sight to see as many as a hundred skis standing up in the snow to dry while their owners rest

Jazz band on skis at Murren
A jazz band gamely playing their instruments while on skis at Murren in Switzerland. Date: 1927

Skiing misfortune
A Skiing misfortune as a skier takes a tumble trying to navigate through a clump of trees on a Swiss alpine slope. Date: 1924

Three elves skiing on a Dutch New Year postcard. Date: circa 1910s

German Infantry at Exercise on Snow-Shoes (litho)
1597018 German Infantry at Exercise on Snow-Shoes (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: German Infantry at Exercise on Snow-Shoes)

Greetings card, All the Best, showing a young woman skier. 20th century

Many Folk Misfitz - Canada - Canadian Girl. early 20th century

Holidaymakers on cog train, Wengen, Bern, Switzerland
Holidaymakers with their sleds and skis, travelling up the slopes on a cog train, Wengen alpine village, Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910

Snowshoes in warfare (engraving)
1064320 Snowshoes in warfare (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snowshoes in warfare)

The ski-running and jumping competition at Murzzuschlag in Styria, the ladies race (engraving)
1064636 The ski-running and jumping competition at Murzzuschlag in Styria, the ladies race (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer (chromolitho)
974569 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian Arctic explorer

White Grouse Hunters (engraving)
2786706 White Grouse Hunters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: White Grouse Hunters. Illustration for Chatterbox (1872)

End of the year in the mountains (colour litho)
2778318 End of the year in the mountains (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: End of the year in the mountains)

Between a party of flags and pennants, the ranks of the goliards gathered in Bardonecchia from every... (colour litho)
2778127 Between a party of flags and pennants, the ranks of the goliards gathered in Bardonecchia from every... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Winter sports: a skier making a prodigious jump (colour litho)
3620836 Winter sports: a skier making a prodigious jump (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter sports: a skier making a prodigious jump)

The Russian plan for a lightning-fast invasion into Finland has failed (Colour Litho)
2783962 The Russian plan for a lightning-fast invasion into Finland has failed (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chippewa Snowshoe Dance, c. 1835 (w / c on paper)
PNP246202 Chippewa Snowshoe Dance, c.1835 (w/c on paper) by Catlin, George (1796-1872); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Skiers drinking Goosewine, 1905 (colour litho)
STC364695 Skiers drinking Goosewine, 1905 (colour litho) by Jungman, Nico (1872-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

A new winter sport, skiplane (colour litho)
2809286 A new winter sport, skiplane (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new winter sport, skiplane)

Gold prospectors travelling to the Klondike (chromolitho)
2788840 Gold prospectors travelling to the Klondike (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gold prospectors travelling to the Klondike)

25 skiers making a crossing of the Alps (colour litho)
2782489 25 skiers making a crossing of the Alps (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 25 skiers making a crossing of the Alps)

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"From W. Heath Robinson's imaginative contraptions to Roald Amundsen's epic polar expeditions, they have played a pivotal role in history and adventure. In the iconic photograph of Scott at Amundsen's Tent, skis symbolize the triumph of exploration and determination. They have not only been used for conquest but also for celebration, as seen in the Italian victory at the Berlin Winter Olympics. The grace and skill displayed by athletes gliding down slopes captivate audiences worldwide. Even young Cub Scouts find joy on skis, exploring the Snowy Mountains of Australia with wide-eyed wonder. And who can resist the thrill of waterskiing fun on Lake Geneva at Evian-les-Bains? However, not all ski moments are filled with joyous escapades. The chilling image of a Soviet Air Attack reminds us that even amidst beauty and recreation, there can be danger lurking. Skiing has long been intertwined with literature too; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself took to the Alps in 1894 to enjoy this exhilarating sport firsthand. The daring mid-air stunts performed by skilled athletes push boundaries and redefine what is possible on skis - an awe-inspiring sight that leaves spectators breathless. In Norway, skiing goes beyond leisure; it becomes a social activity where postmen brave snow-covered landscapes to deliver mail efficiently. Their dedication showcases how skis serve practical purposes even today. Yet skiing is not limited to peaceful endeavors alone; "The Snow Soldiers, " depicted in a vibrant lithograph, highlight how ski patrols engage enemy scouts during combat - proving that these versatile tools are essential even in times of conflict. Lastly, Candide Thovex defies gravity as he effortlessly glides out of nowhere into nowhere - reminding us that skiing transcends limits and allows individuals to explore new realms both physically and mentally. "