Jun16 Collection (#4)

Australia - Great Grey Kangaroo. Date: circa 1920s

Statue of John Colet, St. Pauls School, Barnes, London
Statue of John Colet (1466-1519), the founder of St. Pauls School (in 1509), Barnes, London. Date: circa 1908

Le Puy-en-Velay, France, Pannessac Tower, Boulevard St Louis
Le Puy-en-Velay, France - Pannessac Tower and Boulevard St. Louis - part of an ancient (13th century) town gate - the last remaining of 18 fortified gateways which formerly encircled the town

Arcade Marketplace at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland
Section of the Marketplace Arcade at Pessina Street, Lugano, Switzerland Date: circa 1907

Repairing British Naval vessels - The Slip, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1910s

Bombardment of Istanbul from Russian warships in Bosphorus
WW1 - Bombardment of Istanbul from Russian Naval Dreadnought Battleships in the Bosphorus Date: circa 1915

Grand Casemates Gate on site of the Water Gate, Gibraltar Date: circa 1920s

London, Haymarket Hotel - corner of Haymarket and Piccadilly - now demolished. Date: circa 1910s

The Bern Bear helps a Swiss woman with her yarn winding. Date: circa 1903

Cannes, France - Quai St. Pierre. Date: circa 1906

A grand European villa in the 6th Circle, Istanbul, Turkey
A grand European-style villa in the 6th Municipal Circle, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1906

Kabatas on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1906

Temple Street, Swansea, Wales
A beautiful (and very unusual for the date) postcard view of Temple Street, Swansea, Wales at dusk. Red sky at night, shepherds delight. Date: circa 1908

The Illustrated London News masthead, 1858
The masthead of The Illustrated London News. 24th July 1858

A night train stopped by a snow drift in Northern England or Scotland, This portion of the country has been laid under snow to the depth of, in some places, ten or twelve feet. 1858

Advert for Hindes Limited the new hair pin 1893
A hair pin without points has good points! see the point? New patented at home and abroad, Hindes hair pin. Can t scratch the head and won t fall out

Accident on the North-Western railway, Near Watford
Engraving illustrating a railway accident just north of Watford, on the North-Western railway. Luckily on this occasion there was no loss of life. 1858

Advert for Edwards Harlene hair product 1902
Harlene for the hair, the great hair producer and restorer, World renowed remedy for baldness. Endorsed by Mabel Love, British dancer and stage actress, celebrated as a young woman of beauty. 1902

The Queens Arrival at the Town Hall, Birmingham 1858

The Four Seasons, Spring, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun in the park, playing hoops, climbing trees and playing rounders. 1902

The Four Seasons, Winter, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun sledging down hill in the snow. 1902

Beirut, Lebanon, Mission - Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo
Beirut, Lebanon - House of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo. Date: circa 1908

Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria
Villagers amid the interesting conical houses of Kafar Tkerime near Aleppo, Syria. Date: circa 1908

The Euphrates River, Syria - Ferry, passengers and Camels
The Euphrates River, Syria - Ferry, passengers on the riverbank and a Camel train. Date: circa 1908

A group of Notable Local Leaders, Syria. Date: circa 1906

Merchants sell Mother-of-Pearl necklaces - Bethlehem, Israel. Date: circa 1910s

A porter, Aleppo, Syria
A porter with a heavy load, walking along a street in Aleppo, Syria. Date: circa 1920s

Grinding wheat - Deir Mar Yaqoub Monastery, Qara, Syria
Two seated Women grind wheat using a rotary hand quern at Deir Mar Yaqoub, a monastery dedicated to Saint Jacob near Qara, Syria. Date: circa 1910s

Syrian Wedding Train - camels bearing drums and drummers
A wildly ornate Syrian Wedding Train including these two camels bearing drums and drummers. Date: circa 1910s

The Leaders of the Leicester Unemployed Pilgrimage to London (Mr George White, Rev F Lewis Donaldson and Mr Amos Sheriff)

Royal Cradle, Swiss Cottage, Osborne House, Isle of Wight
The Royal Cradle, Swiss Cottage, Osborne House, Isle of Wight - made for Queen Victorias daughter Victoria, the Princess Royal and eldest of her nine children, in 1840. Date: circa 1930s

Smart Upper Class British Couple dance at a formal ball. Date: 1910s

Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S. P. G
Inpatients at the Chin Chun Hospital, Korea run by the S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts). Date: circa 1910s

Yemen - Aden - Quarantine Island. Date: circa 1910s

Yemen - Aden - The Flag Staff Station Date: circa 1930s

Red Indian Family of North Western Canada. Date: circa 1910s

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852-1912). Date: 1907

West End riots: mob in St James street, 1886
A mob in St James Street, opposite the new university club. Following at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square

West End riots: ducking an unpopular speaker, 1886
Ducking an unpopular speaker at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square. The people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches

West End riots: shops looted by rioters, 1886
Articles of plunder from shops, used as missiles during the 1886 West End riots. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square

West End riots: break up of Trafalgar Square meeting, 1886
At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted

West End riots: shops damaged by rioters, 1886
The damage caused by rioters to Messrs T. Goode and Co, a large china ware shop on South Audley Street, during the 1886 West End riots

West End riots, 1886 - a crowd
A crowd of unemployed men debating ths issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

West End riots, 1886 - What do you think?
three unemployed men debating the issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

West End riots, 1886 - a two men in discussion
Two men in discussion, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

Mr John Burns
John Elliot Burns(1858-1943) radical statesman and trade unionist, pictured in 1886 at the time of his incendiary speech that was credited with causing the riot in Trafalagar Square in February 1886

Knees versus knuckles - handshake
Should hands be clasped in prayer or clenched in aggression? A visual rumination on how hands can express peace, anger and reconciliation or friendship. Date: 19th century

The Columbus skate invention - ice skating
The Columbus newest skate invention. Awarded at the Vienna Industrial Exhibition 1890 with first diploma of honour. Ice skates from G. Rohonery of Budapest. 19th century

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