Upper Collection (#67)

Reims, France - Rue de Tambour. Maison des Musiciens. Fine example of late medieval civil architecture with statues set in the upper level of the building in gothic alcoves

Morocco - A public meeting in a restaurant. The architecture of the building shows typical Moorish influence in the open arcading of the lower and upper terraces

Turkish rug manufacture
The manufacturing of Turkish carpets. Women sit at the base of a large loom, with the different coloured balls of wool hanging on an upper strut

Chaffeaur-driven tourer and passengers
A party of country gentry and a half-open-roof tourer with a chaffeur

Berliet Automobile
A fabulous Berliet car with a full compliment of passengers

A street in Buyukdere, Istanbul, Turkey. Old traditional Ottoman houses at the end of the Sultunate. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas

Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at

Fancy portrait of a man in a distorting mirror, with the upper and lower parts of his body elongated and the middle half shortened

Fancy portrait of a soldier in a distorting mirror, with the upper part of his body elongated and the lower half shortened

Fancy portrait of a soldier in a distorting mirror, with the lower part of his body elongated and the upper half shortened

Edward VII at a tree planting ceremony
King Edward VII at a tree planting ceremony. Well dressed spectators watch from a distance, some of them looking over a wall

Cheshire Hunt at Combermere Abbey
A fashionable meet of the Cheshire Hunt at Combermere Abbey, the home of Katherine, Duchess of Westminster. The Cheshire Hunt was founded in 1763

Flying and ploughing in Weybridge, Surrey
A primitive aeroplane flies over a field which a man and his team of horses are ploughing. The plane has two bicycle-type wheels on the undercarriage

Four in Hand Club at Hyde Park
The opening meet of the Four in Hand Driving Club at Hyde Park, a popular social event for the upper classes, showing Lord and Lady Ludlow (Henry Ludlow Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow of Heywood)

Lord Rosebery leaving the Liberal League building
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929) leaving the Liberal League, of which he became President in 1902

Monro O Hagan wedding with dog
Scene outside Westminster Abbey as the Hon Mary Caroline O Hagan arrives for her wedding to General Sir Charles Carnichael Monro

Society wedding at St Margarets Church
A society wedding between Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Vivian Campbell Douglas and Elizabeth Cicely de Bunsen. The bridegroom is from Mains, Laraich, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Coaching Club in Hyde Park, London
The Coaching Club driving from Hyde Park to Ranelagh -- a fashionable social event for the upper classes

Charles Augustus Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (1844-1917), royal aide-de-camp, known as the Grand Old Man of Polo. Seen here on horseback in a field

1958 Creation Life Peers
A page from the ILN devoted to portraits of the first life peers created in 1958 including Baroness Ravondale, Sir Ian Fraser, Sir Robert Boothby and Sir Edward Twining

Regent Street Building
Building in progress in Upper Regent Street

London Queenhithe
A quay on Upper Thames Street

Mother, daughter and pet dog
A Mother and daughter pose for a photograph in a garden in Devon in the 1910s. The lady holds an elegant Chinese-style parasol and the seated young girl is staying close to the small family pet dog

Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz
Now that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940

Model of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb
A small scale model of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Central Square was laid out by Sir Edwin Lutyens, and includes St Judes Church, The Free Church and a Quaker Meeting House

Upper Street Islington
Upper Street, Islington

Strbske Pleso, Slovakia
Strbske Pleso (with its large glacial mountain lake) - a favorite ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras, Slovakia

Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley and son
Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley (1865 - 1929), the second wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860 - 1918), pictured with her son Vladimir Pavlovich Paley (1897 - 1918)

Sudan - Upper Reaches of the Nile

Children ride on the top deck of an open omnibus
Children ride on the top deck of an open horse-drawn omnibus. A conductor makes sure everyone has purchased a ticket. The driver, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Mr Punch

Shullucks of the Upper Nile (Khartoum)
Shulluck Tribesmen of the Upper Nile near Khartoum, Sudan

Upper Belgrave Street, Pimlico, London

The Show Boat. By Jorgen Myller
Stylised illustration by Jorgen Myller showing a couple punting on a river. The male characters outfit is an exaggerated version of what typical upper class men, particularly students

Queen Charlottes Ball
Debutantes dressed in traditional white line up during Queen Charlottes Ball, the highlight of the " season"

Canterbury Hall, Lambeth, 1856
Engraving showing the interior of Canterbury Hall, Lambeth Upper Marsh, London, 1856. Samuel Field was the architect of this entertainment establishment

Sketches of Hampstead, London, 1886
Engraving showing a serices of scenes around Hampstead, in London, 1886. The images show (clockwise from top left): Well Walk

Scenes in Merionethshire, North Wales, 1887
Series of engravings showing scenes connected with the gold mining at Gwynfynnydd, North Wales, 1887. The central image shows the Pistyl-y-caen upper falls

Social / Eton-Harrow 1914
Social elite gather for the annual Eton & Harrow cricket match at Lords. Ladies wear hobble skirts, tango skirts & tunics. Hats with feathers abound

Sudan Gondokoro
Village on the Upper Nile

Getting Ready for a Formal Evening, 1928
Illustration showing a fashionable young woman getting ready, with the help of her maid, for a formal evening event as her more mature escort waits patiently on a sofa

Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, 1883
Engraving showing the landscape of pine fringed hills and steeam from hot springs and geysers of the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, 1883

The Water of the Serpentine Magnified 200 Times, 1857
Engraving showing a sample of water from the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London viewed at 200 times magnification, 1857. This particular sample was taken from the upper portion of the Serpentine

Upper Fire-Hole, Yellowstone National Park, 1874
Engraving showing the Upper Fire-Hole, viewed from the direction of the Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1874

The Civil War in America: Federals advancing on the abandone
The Unionists began to gain the upper hand against Confederate forces as the Peninsular Campaign took hold during 1862

Country Gent & Lady
A moustachioed country gentleman and younger lady (his daughter?) in white dress and boater stand close to a thatch-roofed grotto and a childs hobby-horse

American Civil war. The Fight at Balls Bluff, Upper Potomac
Desperate effort made by the 15th Massachusetts regiment to clear the woods by a bayonet charge. From a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly

Edwardian City Gent
Profile of a young upper class gentleman, dressed in a three- piece pin-striped suit and bowler hat, ready to go off to his job in the City

Edwardian Upper Classes
The wealthy Edwardian upper classes enjoy strolling around the gardens of their country estate, while their servants are lined up outside the mansion in the background

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