Skis Collection

Austrians on skis, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians on skis, between c1915 and c1920. Austrian soldiers on skis during World War I.

Group of Shoria Men; a Hunter, in Front, Equipped for a Winter Hunt by the Members..., 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Group of Shoria Men; a Hunter, in Front, Equipped for a Winter Hunt by the Members of the Expedition, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to

Shoria Hunters Equipped for the Winter Hunt, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Hunters Equipped for the Winter Hunt, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

A peasant who went hunting, 1911. Creator: Unknown
A peasant who went hunting, 1911. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Bear-hunting in Sweden, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Bear-hunting in Sweden, 1856. '...a small sortie is organised by the inhabitants, who collect together...all those who are willing to share the fatigues of the chase

Dans la meme region, nos alpins skieurs ont ete pourvus de blanches tuniques... 1915 (1924) Creator: Unknown
'Dans la meme region, nos alpins skieurs ont ete pourvus de blanches tuniques, couleur de neige, ce qui leur assure au milieu du paysage une invisibilite relative, 1915

L'hiver. Creator: Joseph de Longueil
L'hiver

Skiers arriving at St Anton am Arlberg, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiers arriving at St Anton am Arlberg, Austria, c1935. Holidaymakers at the resort of St Anton in the Tyrolean Alps. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R

Skiing at Ankogel, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiing on the Ankogel, Austria, c1935. The Ankogel is a mountain in the eastern High Tauern range. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R

Skiing on the Gerlos plateau, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiing on the Gerlos plateau, Austria, c1935. Skiers above the town of Gerlos in the Zillertal Valley. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R

Skiing at Upper Schlossalm, near Bad Hofgastein, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiing at Upper Schlossalm, near Bad Hofgastein, Austria, c1935. Thick snow at Obere Schloszalm in the St Johann im Pongau district, in the Austrian state of Salzburg

Skiing on the Alpeiner Ferner glacier in the Stubai Alps, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiing on the Alpeiner Ferner glacier in the Stubai Alps, Austria, c1935. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R. Lechner (Wilhelm Muller), Vienna, c1935]

Radstadter Tauern, Tappenkar bei GroBarl, c1938. Creator: Unknown
Skiiing in the Radstadt Tauern mountains near Tappenkarsee, Grossarl, Austria, c1935. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R

Skiing lesson, Arlberg, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiing lesson, Arlberg, Austria, c1935. Skiers on the slopes above the Zursersee lake in the Arlberg mountain range, in the state of Vorarlberg

Skiers at Stuben am Arlberg, Vorarlberg, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiers at Stuben am Arlberg, Vorarlberg, Austria, c1935. Stuben am Arlberg is a winter sports resort in Klosterle, Vorarlberg

Skiing at Silvretta, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Skiing at Silvretta, Austria, c1935. People skiing in the Silvretta Montafon ski area in the Montafon valley, Vorarlberg. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R

The Ski-Runners, 1919. Artist: Claude Allin Shepperson
The Ski-Runners, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Oates and Meares Out Ski-Ing in the Night, c1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Oates and Meares Out Ski-Ing in the Night, c1911, (1913). Captain Lawrence Titus Oates (1880-1912) and dog-team driver Cecil Meares on skis

Paraselene, June 15th, 1911, (1913). Artist: Edward Wilson
Paraselene, June 15th, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Petty Officer Crean (Who received the Albert Medal), 1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Petty Officer Crean (Who received the Albert Medal), 1911, (1913). Tom Crean (1877-1938) in sledging outfit, holding skis and ski poles and smoking a pipe

Surveying Partys Tent After A Blizzard, c1911, (1913). Artist: Tryggve Gran
Surveying Partys Tent After A Blizzard, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole

Roald Amundsen in polar kit, Antarctica, 1911-1912. From The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-12, frontispiece to Vol 2 by Roald Amundsen

Improvised sounding tackle, Antarctica, 1911-1912. Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole on 14th December 1911

Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1930, 1934. Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

Woman skiing, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Ernst Platz
Woman skiing, late 19th or early 20th century. Ernst Platz (1867-1940) was a German mountaineer and painter of Alpine scenes

Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes, 1930. A print from the Illustrated London News, 8th February 1930

Military Campaign of the Russians in the 16th century, 1903. Artist: Sergei Ivanov
Military Campaign of the Russians in the 16th century, 1903. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Transporting sick and wounded Russian troops on skis, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th April 1904

Troops on skis on alpine manoeuvres, Norway, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th February 1902

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