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"Remarkable Discoveries: From World War Two Bombers on the Moon to Chukchi Warriors in Armor" Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon

Background imageRemarkable Collection: London and Croydon Railway from New Cross, Deptford (engraving)

London and Croydon Railway from New Cross, Deptford (engraving)
3655749 London and Croydon Railway from New Cross, Deptford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London and Croydon Railway from New Cross, Deptford)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Chukchi Warrior in Armor

Chukchi Warrior in Armor
A Chukchi warrior of north- eastern Siberia, in a remarkable suit of armour apparently made from woven reeds. His wife and child admire him

Background imageRemarkable Collection: The Bund, Old Part of Shanghai, At Night with Cars etc

The Bund, Old Part of Shanghai, At Night with Cars etc

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Dusk over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, South Island, New Zealand

Dusk over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, South Island, New Zealand

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Rowena Cade - Minack Theatre

Rowena Cade - Minack Theatre
Rowena Cade (1893 - 1983) - inspirational founder and driving force behind the creation and construction of the remarkable clifftop Minack Theatre at Porthcurno near Lands End, Cornwall

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Aerial view over resort of Queenstown

Aerial view over resort of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables in west Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Australasia

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Segantini Ufo

Segantini Ufo
Remarkable painting by Italian artist Segantini, in the year of his death. The title Sein is German for essence or suchness

Background imageRemarkable Collection: TSS Earnslaw, The Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand

TSS Earnslaw, The Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Bonzo - Bostocks remarkable Sea lion

Bonzo - Bostocks remarkable Sea lion
Bonzo a remarkable performing Sea Lion at Bostock and Wombwells Travelling Circus - pictures with trainer Zetta Hills Date: circa 1926

Background imageRemarkable Collection: William Walker

William Walker
WILLIAM WALKER American adventurer President of Nicaragua finally shot after a remarkable career

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Queenstown Bay and the Remarkables

Queenstown Bay and the Remarkables, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Austrian medium Maria Silbert

Austrian medium Maria Silbert
Photograph of the Austrian medium Maria Silbert, wearing a hat and sitting in a coach outside her home in Graz, 1933. Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Glenwood Cooker Advert

Glenwood Cooker Advert
Gas or coal does its best work in this remarkable Glenwood range - five burners for gas and four covers for coal... the Thermolator automatically controls the oven heat

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Oh, Cheese it! by W. Heath Robinson

Oh, Cheese it! by W. Heath Robinson
A remarkable case of absence of mind in a Dutch restaurant. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Adobe House - Mexico - Bake Ovens and Mules

Adobe House - Mexico - Bake Ovens and Mules
A rather smart Georgian style sash window rather remarkably set into the wall of an Mexican Adobe mud brick house with a pair of bake ovens (and a pair of mules) in front. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Francis Baily

Francis Baily
FRANCIS BAILY - Eminent astronomer whose remarkable career opened with travels in wildest America, then a highly successful business career, before taking up astronomy. Date: 1774 - 1844

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Islamic Contortions

Islamic Contortions
Some Moslems choose to twist and contort their bodies while praying, bending backwards to a remarkable degree

Background imageRemarkable Collection: HANSENs TYPEWRITER / 1880

HANSENs TYPEWRITER / 1880
The remarkable typewriter invented by Rasmus Hans Malling Johan Hansen (1835 - 1890) in 1865, using a completely novel writing ball system

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Paphiopedilum insigne orchid

Paphiopedilum insigne orchid (Remarkable cypripedium, Cypripedium insigne). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Fought to a Finish

Fought to a Finish: A Remarkable Exploit on a Blazing Plane An illustration by Joseph Simpson of an incident described by Mr Boyd Cable (newspaper correspondent Ernest Andrew Ewart)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Stage Effects - Fire

Stage Effects - Fire
Victorian stage managers went to remarkable lengths to achieve realism on the stage - here, one tries to simulate the Great Fire of London

Background imageRemarkable Collection: The Wawona Tree, 1901 (colour litho)

The Wawona Tree, 1901 (colour litho)
473487 The Wawona Tree, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wawona Tree, also known as Wawona Tunnel Tree)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Royal Oak near Schattenhofen, Bavaria, Germany, 1901 (colour litho)

Royal Oak near Schattenhofen, Bavaria, Germany, 1901 (colour litho)
473485 Royal Oak near Schattenhofen, Bavaria, Germany, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Giant Sinuous Pine tree and its root, at Bendestorf, near Hanover, Germany, 1901 (colour litho)

Giant Sinuous Pine tree and its root, at Bendestorf, near Hanover, Germany, 1901 (colour litho)
473478 Giant Sinuous Pine tree and its root, at Bendestorf, near Hanover, Germany, 1901 (colour litho) by European School

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Joshua Trees, California, 1934 (colour litho)

Joshua Trees, California, 1934 (colour litho)
473475 Joshua Trees, California, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Joshua Tree (Yucca Brevifolia), also known as yucca palm

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Cissus Cramerianus, 1934 (colour litho)

Cissus Cramerianus, 1934 (colour litho)
473474 Cissus Cramerianus, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: drought resistant tree found in Southern Africa, Western Cape)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Dragon Tree at Orotava, Tenerife, 1901 (colour litho)

Dragon Tree at Orotava, Tenerife, 1901 (colour litho)
473486 Dragon Tree at Orotava, Tenerife, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dragon Tree (Dracaena Draco) gets its name from its red sap

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Giant Fig Tree at Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, 1901 (colour litho)

Giant Fig Tree at Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, 1901 (colour litho)
473482 Giant Fig Tree at Anna Maria Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Tree with temples near Pekin, China, 1901 (colour litho) (see also 473476)

Tree with temples near Pekin, China, 1901 (colour litho) (see also 473476)
473483 Tree with temples near Pekin, China, 1901 (colour litho) (see also 473476) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Sequoiadendron giganteum (Mammoth tree) of California, 1901 (colour litho)

Sequoiadendron giganteum (Mammoth tree) of California, 1901 (colour litho)
473481 Sequoiadendron giganteum (Mammoth tree) of California, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Fig Tree, 1934 (colour litho)

Fig Tree, 1934 (colour litho)
473471 Fig Tree, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fig Tree (Ficus Elastica)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Cucumber Tree, South Africa, 1901 (colour litho)

Cucumber Tree, South Africa, 1901 (colour litho)
473484 Cucumber Tree, South Africa, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: The 600 year old Linden tree at Schloss Augustusburg, Saxony, Germany, 1901 (colour litho)

The 600 year old Linden tree at Schloss Augustusburg, Saxony, Germany, 1901 (colour litho)
473477 The 600 year old Linden tree at Schloss Augustusburg, Saxony, Germany, 1901 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Giant Groundsel, Kilimanjaro, Africa, 1934 (colour litho)

Giant Groundsel, Kilimanjaro, Africa, 1934 (colour litho)
473472 Giant Groundsel, Kilimanjaro, Africa, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dendrosenecio Johnstonii, formerly Senecio Johnstonii)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: A Bottle Tree in Peru, 1934 (colour litho)

A Bottle Tree in Peru, 1934 (colour litho)
473470 A Bottle Tree in Peru, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tree of the genus 'Brachychiton' from the Malvaceae family; a drought)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: A Baobab in Togo, 1901 (colour litho)

A Baobab in Togo, 1901 (colour litho)
473480 A Baobab in Togo, 1901 (colour litho by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: illustration from a series of illustrations of 'Remarkable Trees')

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Pagoda Tree, China, 1901 (colour litho) (see also 473483)

Pagoda Tree, China, 1901 (colour litho) (see also 473483)
473476 Pagoda Tree, China, 1901 (colour litho) (see also 473483) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Mangrove Trees, 1934 (colour litho)

Mangrove Trees, 1934 (colour litho)
473473 Mangrove Trees, 1934 (colour litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A mangrove is a tropical maritime tree able to grow)

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Clouds over the Swiss Matterhorn in black and white, Zermatt, Switzerland

Clouds over the Swiss Matterhorn in black and white, Zermatt, Switzerland
alpen, alpin area, alpin terrain, alpine, alps, black-and-white, black-white, canton of valais, canton valais, cloud, clouds, deserted, distinctive, four-thousander, four-thousanders, high alpine

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island, Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia, Australia

Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island, Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia, Australia
afterglow, aurora, australia, australian, awe, bizarre, boulder, boulders, break, chase, cloud, clouds, cloudy, colossal, countryside, curious, curiously, dawn, dryness, dusk, elevations, evening

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery in Gstaad

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery in Gstaad
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976) in Gstaad - an upscale resort town in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss Alps, Switzerland

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Little girl and her toy dog ride a model Elephant - Margate

Little girl and her toy dog ride a model Elephant - Margate
Little girl and her toy dog ride a model Elephant - Cliftonville, Margate, Kent Date: circa 1920s

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Algeria - Interior of a Moorish Home

Algeria - Interior of a Moorish Home - First Floor interior balcony with remarkable peacock sculpture (and real peacock feathers) Date: 1905

Background imageRemarkable Collection: A South African Man with skin pigmentation condition

A South African Man with skin pigmentation condition
A South African Man with the skin pigmentation condition vitiligo, creating a remarkable patched appearance, captioned here as Leopard Skin (!). Date: circa 1900

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 1

Everybody's Underground Part 1
Part one of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 3

Everybody's Underground Part 3
Part three of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 2

Everybody's Underground Part 2
Part two of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageRemarkable Collection: Rickshaw boys of Durban, South Africa

Rickshaw boys of Durban, South Africa in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century. Date: circa 1910s




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"Remarkable Discoveries: From World War Two Bombers on the Moon to Chukchi Warriors in Armor" Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon: Uncovering a hidden chapter of history, experts make an astonishing revelation about a long-lost bomber resting on the lunar surface. Chukchi Warrior in Armor: Journeying into the depths of ancient traditions, witness the awe-inspiring sight of a Chukchi warrior donning intricate armor that reflects their rich cultural heritage. The Bund, Old Part of Shanghai, At Night with Cars: Immerse yourself in the vibrant energy and timeless beauty as Shanghai's iconic waterfront district comes alive under the shimmering city lights and bustling traffic. Dusk over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, South Island, New Zealand: As twilight paints its ethereal hues across Queenstown's skyline and Lake Wakatipu's tranquil waters, experience nature's breathtaking masterpiece unfold before your eyes. Rowena Cade - Minack Theatre: Celebrating creativity against all odds, delve into the inspiring story behind Rowena Cade's creation of Minack Theatre—a remarkable open-air amphitheater carved into Cornwall's rugged cliffs. Segantini UFO: Blurring boundaries between art and imagination, explore Giovanni Segantini's enigmatic artwork depicting an otherworldly encounter that leaves viewers captivated by its mysterious allure. William Walker: Unveiling tales from beneath our feet, discover how one man single-handedly saved Winchester Cathedral from sinking through his extraordinary underwater construction feats. TSS Earnslaw, The Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, South Island New Zealand: Embark on an enchanting journey aboard TSS Earnslaw—a century-old steamship—while being surrounded by majestic mountains like The Remarkables reflected upon Lake Wakatipu’s mirror-like surface. Bonzo - Bostocks remarkable Sea lion.