Camera Collection (#91)

Edith Sitwell / Recording
EDITH SITWELL Writer, reading from her Rustic Elegies, being filmed while her voice is recorded in synch, in 1927

Giraffes / Filming / 1970S
Filming giraffes at Woburn Abbey

Gipsy Kids & Pram
A boy plays on an old pram, with his rather camera-shy sister beside him. A young woman, probably their mother, watches them from a caravan

Russian Factory Workers
A very large group of Russian factory workers all stare out at the camera

Chemist Window 1970S
The window of a chemist shop displays beauty products

Girl in Red Shirt 1950S
Self-assured blonde, wearing a red blouse with the collar turned up, looks haughtily at the camera

Girl with Floral Corsage
A young, doe-eyed woman, wearing a broderie anglaise camisole top & pink rose floral corsage, smiles nervously at the camera

HIBISCUS GIRL 1950S 2 / 4
Brunette model with a red hibiscus flower in her hair, a white shell necklace and a superior look on her face, gazes at the camera with heavy lidded eyes

HIBISCUS GIRL 1950S 3 / 4
Brunette model with a red hibiscus flower in her hair, a white shell necklace and a low cut red striped, strapless bathing costume, looks innocently at the camera

Cumbersome Camera
A smart gent in a suit adjusts the lense of his huge camera, with its enormous flash bulb!

Smiling Girl with Dog
A smiling girl looks at the camera and tries to restrain a boisterous dog

Red Guard Learn Guns
Red Guard from the Putilov factory are issued with guns and taught what to do with them : they pose for the camera

Red Guards Seize Tank
Putilov Red Guard commandeer a tank from the Junkers (Young Cadets), name if after Lieutenant Schmidt a hero of the 1905 rising, and strike dramatic poses for the camera

Winter Palace Stormed
The storming of the Winter Palace by the insurgents. This photo is a reconstruction, staged for the benefit of the camera !

Seductive Woman
A woman artfully arranges her long blonde hair while looking seductively at the camera. Her dress has a plunging neckline and rose waist corsage

Woman with her Camera
A portly middle-aged woman with her camera in the street, possibly looking around for something to photograph

James Gibbs (Bannerman)
JAMES GIBBS - British architect (Radcliffe Camera, Oxford and St Martins- in-the-fields etc.)

Khmer Soldiers
Battambang - Pailin: A group of young, Khmer Government soldiers smile for the camera (note: each is wearing a different type of footwear)

Camera Accessories / 1884
A selection of low-cost accessories, including filters, chemicals, zinc & porcelain bowls, funnels and paper

Babylon Tourist 1971
Babylon: a tourist admiring some excavated walls behind the Ishtar Gateway

Nadar / Gill / Les Hommes
NADAR, proper name Gaspard-Felix Tournachon French writer, caricaturist, photographer and balloonist

Eastman Camera / 1887
A rendition of the first Kodak camera, developed by George Eastman

Palma Aquarium interior with diver feeding fish and sharks, Playa de Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Camera trap - Placed along trail to capture animals walking along the forest tracks Ranthambhore National Park
CB-251 Camera trap - Placed along trail to capture animals walking along the forest tracks Ranthambhore National Park, India Alternative spellings

Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) on camera filming, Berenty, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) on camera, Berenty, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Tokyo City View observation deck, Mori Building, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Viewing fur seals on pack ice in the Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Errera Channel, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Tourist photographing Dai Hong Mon, Minh Mang Tomb, Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sightseeing, Notre Dame, Paris, France, Europe

Civic Space Park, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Woman taking photo of temple gates, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Hermitage Castle, northeast of Newcastleton, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Toyota TF106 Launch: TF106 TV camera and mid wing detail
TF106 TV camera and mid wing detail. Toyota TF106 Launch, France, 14 January 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE

Toyota TF106 Launch: TF106 TV camera detail
TF106 TV camera detail. Toyota TF106 Launch, France, 14 January 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One Testing: Max Sutton, son of Sutton Motorsport Images CEO Keith Sutton, takes photographs at Silverstone
Max Sutton (GBR), son of Sutton Motorsport Images CEO Keith Sutton, takes photographs at Silverstone. Formula One Testing, Silverstone, England. 25-27 April 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE

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