Belgian Collection (#37)

Aerial photograph of Zonnebeke, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the area around Zonnebeke, including Zonnebeke Lake and Church, Belgium, on the western front during the First World War

Aerial photograph of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, taken from a height of 17, 000 feet in a DHA (De Havilland)

Aerial photograph of Polygon Wood, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of Polygon Wood (Polygoneveld, or Bois de Polygone), near Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War

General Rucquoy, Chief of Staff, Belgian Army, WW1
General Rucquoy, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army, seen here at his desk during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Bruges, Belgium - The Green Quay (Quai Vert) Date: circa 1910s

Bruges, Belgium Date: 1915

Belgium - Malmedy - The Marketplace Date: circa 1903

Battlefield of Waterloo and Mont-Saint-Jean
Aerial view of the battlefield of Waterloo and Mont-Saint-Jean, Belgium - scene of the great defeat of Napoleon on 18th June 1815. Date: circa 1910s

Laeken, Belgium (Brussels)
The Japanese Pagoda and the Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, Belgium (a residential suburb in north-west Brussels). The Chinese Pavilion was commissioned by King Leopold II

Huy, Belgium - The Fountain
Huy, Belgium - the old fountain Li Bassinia (combination of work from the 15th and 18th centuries). Date: circa 1910s

Antwerp, Belgium - Chateau D eau (two fabulously ornate water towers) and the New Railway Station, Date: circa 1900

Mechelen: cathedral of St Rombaux
Mechelen (Malines), Belgium - The Nave of the Cathedral of St Rombaux Date: circa 1909

Bruges, Belgium - Women making lace
Lacemaking at Bruges, Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Staden, Belgium - the Ypres Road, showing heavy bombing damage caused during WWI Date: circa 1919

Ghent, Belgium - Chateau des Comtes de Flandre (Castle of the Counts of Flanders). Date: circa 1919

Roulers, Belgium - Spanish Corner Date: circa 1919

La Madeleine, Belgium - Rue Pasteur Date: circa 1903

Editor Using Phone
A Belgian editor takes down a story dictated to him by a reporter over the telephone Date: 1905

CARLOTA (1840 - 1927)
Princess CHARLOTTE, BELGIAN ROYALTY, daughter of Leopold I, later CARLOTA, Empress of Mexico married to Maximillian, Archduke of Austria Date: 1840 - 1927

Lacemakers outside their home, Bruges, Belgium
Two elderly women making lace on the pavement outside their home in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

View of Quai Vert and Maison du Pelican, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Quai Vert and the Maison du Pelican (an almshouse), in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Market square and belfry tower, Bruges, Belgium
View of the market square (Grand Place) with the tall tower of the Belfort (medieval belfry tower) and former city treasury and cloth hall, in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Maria Henrietta / Belgian
MARIA HENRIETTA OF AUSTRIA Wife of Leopold II, King of Belgium Date: 1836 -

Quai Vert and Pont du Cheval, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Quai Vert and the Pont du Cheval in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

View of the Porte Marechale, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Porte Marechale, or Smedenpoort (Smeden or Forge Gate), one of the gates of the city of Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Knife-Grinder / Belgium
A knife grinder working at Tournai market in Belgium Date: 1950

Law Courts, City Hall and Basilica, Bruges, Belgium
View (from left to right) of the Law Courts, the City Hall and the Basilica of St Sang (Sacred Blood) (Heilig-Bloedbasillek), from across a cobblestone square in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium

View of the Quai du Rosaire, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Quai du Rosaire (Rozenhoedkaai) in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. The medieval Belfort (belfry tower) can be seen on the left. Date: circa 1920

People on the beach at Heist, Belgium
The seaside resort of Heist (Knokke-Heist), in the West Flanders area of Belgium, with a crowd of people on the beach. Date: circa 1953

View of the Porte Sainte-Croix, Bruges, Belgium
View of the Porte Sainte-Croix (Kruispoort), one of the city gates in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

New Years letter with portrait of a little girl
A Belgian childs traditional New Years letter to her parents, with an oval portrait and an ornately decorated border. Date: 1921

Belgian Cognac Label
A Belgian cognac label. Date: 1888

Poster for O. de Rycker - Belgian Lithographer
Poster for the famous Brussels lithographer O. de Rycker, who excelled in the printing of subtle, luminous colours

The Belgian-Swedish royal wedding
The civil marriage of the Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, and Princess Astrid, daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, and niece of the King of Sweden

Three large woven beach chairs at the seaside
Three large basketwork beach chairs on a beach in Belgium, with two people sitting inside them. They are designed to give maximum shade from the hot sun

Where shall we go -- Belgium or Holland?
Cover photograph for Thomas Cooks brochure, Where shall we go -- Belgium or Holland. A young woman stands seductively in a swimsuit

Cover design for Fiocco violin and piano duets
Cover design for a book of ten violin and piano pieces by the 18th century Belgian (Flemish) composer and violinist Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703-1741), arranged by Arthur Bent and Norman O Neill

German coastal defences WWI
German trenches and wire on the promenade in Blankenburghe, Belgium during World War I

Belgian civilians searched WWI
Belgian civilians being subjected to a vigorous search by German soldiers on the Western Front during World War I

Belgo-German Fronter WWI
German troops crossing the Belgian German frontier into Belgium during World War I

Belgium - Brussels - Mont des Arts
The Arts Hill (Mont des Arts ) at Brussels, Belgium

Belgium - Antwerp - Working Dock Horses
Belgium - Antwerp - working horses on the dock. Here this horse team transport a set of barrels along the cobbled quayside streets

Ransart, Belgium
Hotel Communal, Ransart, Belgium - subsumed by (into) Charleroi in 1977

Horse pulling Ostend beach huts
A hello from Ostend! A beach scene from Ostend, Belgium depicting a solid young lady in striped swimsuit sat astride one of the horses used to pull the beach bathing huts in and out of the water

Belgian refugees on ship WWII
Food supplies were taken out to the Belgian ship and distributed amongst the refugees. Here a Belgian mother feeds a baby with pieces of bread broken from a loaf that she received

Belgian refugee transport WWII
Belgian refugees entering the bus that is to take them to the distributing centre during World War II in London

Belgian refugees WWII
Belgian refugees at a London station having a meal during World War II

Refugee children in London WWII
Young Belgian refugees having a meal at a London station after their arrival in England the day before during World War II

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