Source Collection (page 8)

The well at Les Echarmeaux (Rhone), France - at the crossing of the road from Chansaye and Echarmeaux. Date: circa 1906

Opening of the Nile source section, Uganda Railway
Opening of the Nile source section of the Uganda Railway, East Africa. 1930

A Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump
An older Japanese man watering his flowers from a water pump. Date: 1925

The Gorge and the River, El Kantara, Biskra
The Gorge and the River of the town of El Kantara, Biskra. The river depicted is very dry, but this gorge was once described by locals as the mouth of the desert. Date: circa 1910s

London, England - Source of River Brent - Stream Surrounded by trees and Bushes.. Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London. Date: circa 1897

Pot Hole in Lough a Veema, Source of Underground River, Co. Antrim - a view of a pot hole in the dried up Lough. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Loughareema). Date: circa early 1900s

Splitting the Atom by G. H. Davis
A possible source of unlinited power. Tapping a source of power that may drive all the machinery in the World: Experiments designed to release the forces imprisoned in the atom. Date: 1924

Aix-les-Bains, France - La Buvette, Source of the Spring
Aix-les-Bains, France - La Buvette ( The Bar ), Source of the Spring of the Two Queens ( Source des deux Reines ). Date: circa 1906

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Lyab-i Hauz
Lyab-i Hauz ( by the pond ), or Lyab-i Khauz - the name of the area surrounding one of the few remaining hauz (ponds) that have survived in the city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan

Spain. Asturias. Woman fetching water. Fount Castaneu. Engra
Spain. Asturias. San Esteban de Pravia. Woman with traditional costume next to the source of Castaneu. Engraving. 19th century

Turkey. Istanbul. Source of ablutions. 18th century Enclosure of the Basilica of Santa Sofia

Slovenia. Ljubljana. The Robba Fountain. White marble. Detai
Slovenia. Ljubljana. The Robba Fountain also known as the Fountain of the Three Carniolan Rivers. It was was originally made in 1751 by the Italian sculptor Francesco Robba. White marble. Detail

Detail of the source-streetlight by the sculptor Jose Lafita Diaz (1887-1945), erected in 1929 for the Ibero-American Exposition

Kusatsu - Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto, Japan
Kusatsu - a town located in Agatsuma District of far western Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kanto region of Japan - Kusatsu is one of the most famous hot springs resorts (Onsen) in Japan

Cinchona Plant
Cinchona plant, the source of quinine

Gown of 1835 / Robida
The clothing of a fashionable Parisienne of 1835 according to a later source wears a pink gown with full bishop sleeves, lace mancherons & a broad green sash belt with a buckle. Date: 1835

Ball Toilet / Nos Aieules
A French ball dress of the Restoration according to a later C19th source. Date: circa 1830

Gowns of 1830 / Robida
Gowns of 1830 according to a later source with gigot sleeves. One gown has a ruff & lace mancherons. One lady wears a fur tippet. Both have their hair in Apollo knots. Date: 1830

Gown of Late 1820S
Lady of the Champ-Elysees during the Restoration according to a later source: a gown with natural waist, gigot sleeves, antique cuffs & a floral motif on the hem. Date: late 1820s

Gown of 1810 / Robida
A fair Parisienne of 1810 according to a later source, wears a high-waisted striped gown with puffed sleeves & vandyked trim, a tall crowned hat & shawl. Date: 1810

COSTUME FOR 1818-1819
Dress of 1818-1819 according to a later source. Man: greatcoat with velvet collar. Women: pelisse, spencer, white dresses ornamented with tucks, mancherons & flounces. Date: 1818 - 1819

Maoris Collecting Water
Two Maoris collecting water in gourds from a geyser in a rocky part of New Zealand Date: early 1930s

Speke / Grant / Cartoon
Speke and Grant confirmed the source of the Nile (1860-63). Britannia finds the Nile: " Ah, Mr Nile! So I ve found you at last!" Date: 1862-63

Ganges / Source
Pilgrims at the source of the Ganges, near Gangotri, NE border of Tehri District, Uttar Pradesh : the Himalayas seen beyond Date: circa 1840

Extinct / Megatherium
photo of model of Megatherium (source not indicated)

James Bruce in Africa
Explorer James Bruce reaches the source of the Blue Nile in Africa Date: 1770

Plants / Cinchona
CINCHONA CARIBa also known as JESUITs BARK source of quinine Date: 1768

Saurer open top Post Bus navigates the winding Furkastrasse
A Saurer open top Post Bus (Swiss rural bus service) navigating the winding Furkastrasse which passes the Rhone glacier in the Swiss Alps (the source of the river Rhone) Date: 1929

People drinking water on a New Year card
People drinking water from the Fountain of Happiness on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Parmentier, Antoine Augustin (1737-1813). Vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. Engraving

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zambesi river
Black and white lantern Slide of Zambesi river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Engraving of worm-driven fire squirt
Engraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568

Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches
From the French series Visions de Guerre - French troops in the trenches. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Combat between French and German soldiers
From the French series Visions de Guerre - HERR PROFESSOR - Halt !. Halt !. This is not the Haig Convention. A cartoon showing a mortal combat between a French and German soldier

Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre
From the French series Visions de Guerre - Marechal Joffre. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener
From the French series Visions de Guerre - Lord Kitchener. Felix Valloton (1865-1925). In The 1890 S, Valloton Initiated The Modern Movement In The Use Of Woodcut

Film, wireless and gramophone in the home by G. H. Davis
Talkies a self-contained cinema, gramophone and radio-set for household use, mechanism of synchrophone. Date: 1931

Germanys desperate oil situation by G. H. Davis
The merciless statistics of Germanys desperate oil situation during the Second World War. The relative value of Germanys normal sources of oil supply, cut in half by the Allied blockade

Decorative 16th century fountain
An engraving of a decorative 16th century fountain adorned with mock birds and foliage. Date: 1588

MAP AFRICA
Portuguese and other early navigators got the African coast fairly well, but the interior, including the source of the Nile, is somewhat fancifully depicted. Date: 16th century

India Yamuna River
The source of the Yamuna (Jumna) river in the Himalayas; it will eventually flow into the Ganges, by way of Delhi and Agra. Date: circa 1835

France Niort
General view of Niort, in western France, the major source of angelica in all France... Date: 1835

Obtaining Encyclopaedia Britannica books
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 16 larger double volumes instead 32 single volumes. General knowledge books with some colour illustrations. Small monthly payments. Date: 1925

Marguerite Roberval
MARGUERITE ROBERVAL Unfortunate French girl abandoned on an island off Canada coast until rescued 1545 after two years : read full story in source below. Date: CIRCA 1542

Thomas Pennant - 2
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Thomas Pennant - 3
THOMAS PENNANT Antiquary, naturalist and traveller throughout the United Kingdom, whose accounts are a unique source of topographical information. Date: 1726 - 1798

Combat Giaour Pasha 1827 Lithograph first state
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