Pont Collection (#10)

View Of The Ancient Pont Aux Changeurs From An Engraving Of The Topography Of Paris

Inscription On The Via Trajana, Kazan Pass, Hungary. La Table De Trajan, To Commemorate The First Campaign Against The Dacians, A.D. 103. Engraved By J.C. Bentley After W.H. Bartlett

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) adult feeding its young, Zouweboezem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Smew (Mergellus albellus) smimming, Robbenoordbos, Noord-holland, The Netherlands

As part of the courting ritual, Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) dive to the bottom of the lake and come up with nesting material, The Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Robbenoordbos

In Februari till the beginning of March Common Coot (Fulica atra) are having a territory fights. Sometimes even till they bleed, The Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Robbenoordbos

Smew (Mergellus albellus) swimming, Robbenoordbos, Noord-holland, The Netherlands

Main street and Queiq River in Aleppo, Syria
Main street and bridge (La Grand Rue - le nouveau pont) over the Queiq River in Aleppo in north-west Syria. In the distance the Citadel of Aleppo can be seen. Date: circa 1916

Soufanieh Bridge and Gate of Bab-Touma at Damascus, Syria
The Soufanieh Bridge and Gate of Bab-Touma at Damascus, Syria. Bab Tuma (" Thomass Gate" ) - a borough of Old Damascus in Syria

Paris, France - Place Dauphine. Date: 17th century

View of Pont Aven (1899). O Conor, Roderic 1860-1940. Date: 1899

Llanrwst Bridge, North Wales
The narrow three-arch stone bridge, Pont Fawr at Llanrwst, North Wales. Said to have been designed by Inigo Jones and built in 1636 by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir Castle. Date: circa 1930s

Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) in the laboratory. Discovered of nylon while working for Dupont Company, 1927. American industrial chemist. Courtesy Du Pont Company

River Orb & Cathedrale St Nazaire, Beziers, Languedoc Roussillon, France River Orb & Cathedrale St Nazaire, Beziers, Languedoc Roussillon

The Meudon Viaduct in the outskirts of Paris, France
The Meudon Viaduct at Meudon in the outskirts of Paris, France - The Creche (left). Date: 1904

Pont de Peres and the Basilica - Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1900

Lausanne, Switzerland - View of the Grand Pont
The Great Bridge (Grand Pont), originally called Pont Pichard, is a bridge in Lausanne (Switzerland). The bridge crosses the Grand Valley Flon

Pont-de-Briques, France - boys on the canal
Pont-de-Briques, northern France - three boys on the canal. Date: circa 1910s

Mardyck, France - Le Pont a Roseaux
Mardyck, northern France - Le Pont a Roseaux, with people, a horse and a windmill. Date: circa 1910s

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Pont Marguet
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - aerial view of the Pont Marguet with harbour and docks. Date: circa 1910s

Modder River near Kimberley, South Africa, with people on a pont (hand-operated foot ferry). Date: circa 1904

Annecy, France - Morens Bridge and Thiou River
Annecy, France - an old part of the town, showing the Morens Bridge over the Thiou River. Date: circa 1910s

The Channel Islands - St Peters pont - St Peters Port from Harbour. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port

Conciergerie, former prison, Paris, France
Conciergerie building, a former prison, on the banks of the River Seine in Paris near the Pont au Change bridge. Date: circa 1912

Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803-1865). American naval officer. Portrait (1867-1868) by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906). National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C. United States

Paulus Du Pont
PAULUS DU PONT Flemish engraver from Antwerp, working with Rubens and Van Dyck among others. Date: 1603 - 1658

Paris / Seine / Cite 1910
the Seine and the Ile de la Cite, viewed from the Pont du Carrousel on a sunny day Date: 1910

Paris / Bridge / Pont Neuf
a busy day... Date: mid-17th century

River Seine, Paris
River Seine, viewed from the Pont d Austerlitz Date: 1905

Montmartre / Caulaincourt
Montmartre: Pont Caulaincourt, with Montmartre Cemetery on the left Date: circa 1905

France / Cahors / Valentre
Cahors: Pont Valentre Date: 1904

Comet of Coggia, 1874
THE COMET OF COGGIA observed from the Pont-Neuf, Paris, France Date: 1874

Paris / Trocadero 1931
Trocadero Palace and Pont d Iena, viewed from above Date: 1931

Geneva - Mont Blanc Bridge and Ile Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mont Blanc Bridge (left) and Ile J J (Jean-Jacques) Rousseau, connected via the Pont des Bergues - Geneva, Switzerland Date: 1880s

Le Pont du Cheval, Bruges, Belgium
Le Pont du Cheval over the canal, Bruges, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

Farmstead at Pont Audemer, Normandy, France. Date: circa 1890s

Hotel du Louvre, Pont Audemer, Normandy, France. Date: circa 1890s

Servant of Pont-Audemer Her bonnet is similar
Servant of Pont-Audemer. Her bonnet is similar to that of Pont l Eveque, but the back is folded.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Costume of Pont-Leveque, Calvados.. Her clothes show her to be a lady of leisure: merino-wool redingote trimmed with velvet, a shawl in imitation cashmere

South Africa - The Pont, The Orange River
The Pont, The Orange River, South Africa. Date: 1900s

Pont-y-pair, Bettws-y-Coed, Glamorgan
Pont-y-pair, Bettws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Glamorgan, Wales. Raphael Tucks Oilette Date: 1910s

Le Pont Saint-Jean, Bergues, Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Le Pont Saint-Jean, Bergues, near Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: 1910s

Pont Wilson, Lyon, Rh�Alpes
Pont Wilson, Lyon, Rh� Alpes, France. Date: 1910s

The Firs, Pont-y-Pair, Conwy
The Firs, Pont-y-Pair, Bettws/Betws-y-Coed, near Llanrwst, Conwy, Wales. Date: 1900s

South Africa - Vaal River
Black and white image of the Vaal River, South Africa, showing horse-drawn carriages crossing pont in foreground and Barkley Bridge in background

Lady Sclaters Hospital Supply Depot, WW1
Four photographs in the Sphere magazine reporting on the War Hospital Supply Dept opened in August 1915 by Lady Sclater, wife of Lieut.-General Sir H

Lausanne and bridge, Vaud, Switzerland
Lausanne and bridge (Le Grand Pont), Vaud, Switzerland

Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719

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