Beneath Collection (page 6)

View of a ball from below
A quite remarkable and rather wonderful French postcard presenting the view of a ball as could be seen if one were looking upward through a glass floor! Date: circa 1910s

Shoot, Aim, Fire
Rifle shooting was once a popular lunchtime relaxation. City men are seen here practising at a range beneath the embankment, London. Date: 1932

York Minster, South Side
York Minster, York, England, the South Side. The South Transept was rebuilt between 1220 and 1250 in an elaborate French style with lancet windows beneath a rose window. Date: 1960s

Summer Homework
Two children do a spot of outdoor homework at their desks, beneath an avenue of shady trees. Date: early 1930s

Beer Street Pump
A stream flows down the street at Beer, Devon, England, passing beneath an old pump, although the water does not originate from it. Date: 1930s

Revelations on Honeymoon
Revelations - 1st Chapter A hilarious postcard showing a couple on their honeymoon, revealing to each other (for seemingly yht efirst time!) their physical shortcomings

Underwater Laboratory
Physicist Brian Ray, testing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet beneath the waves off Plymouth Date: 1960s

Swiss Hill Slope
Wild flowers beneath bare boughs on a hillside near Bex, Switzerland. Date: 1903

Diving, Malta 1969
Divers vent compressed air from a valve in the roof of the Underwater House, after setting it up, 30 feet beneath the surface of Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. Date: 1969

Horse Litter (Smith)
A well-to-do lady peers from beneath the canopy of her horse litter as it carries her bumpily through the English countryside, slowly and probably sickmakingly. Date: 1325

City Beneath Pacific
THe Green Girl (Jack Williamson) - reaching the city beneath the Pacific Ocean. Date: 1930

German Townsfolk 1580
Respectable townsfolk : she carries a dangling reticule and wears several necklaces beneath her high ruff Date: circa 1580

Pischoff Monoplane
A far-sighted design from a notable pioneer, the pilot - in this case Landron - being seated comfortably beneath the wing Date: circa 1909

Laying railway track
Gangs of railway labourers work on the laying of a new section of track running beneath a bridge. The lamps held by the navvies cast spectral traces of light across the gloomy atmospheric scene

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

Sunbeam in a Rainstorm
Even with the wind blowing and the rain pouring down, this young woman still manages to smile through it all from beneath her umbrella

Burns / Lament for James
LAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN Beneath a craigy steep a Bard, Laden with years and meikle pain, In loud lament bewail d his lord

Cam at Cambridge
A lady punter takes her passengers beneath the bridge over the Cam at St Johns College, Cambridge

A Nasal Reconaissance
Three British bobbies on the beat during WWI, attempt to lure a suspected German spy from his flat in Tottenham Court Road in London, by frying some delicious looking sausages beneath his window

British Troops fighting at Aanderberg Crossroads; Second Wor
Sketch showing British infantry fighting off German paratroops at Aanderberg Crossroads, Holland, January 1945. On the left of the image is a disabled British Cromwell tank

The preparation of a kite-balloon before take-off
Allied soldiers photographed putting the finishing touches to the envelope of a kite-balloon shortly before take-off. Such balloons remained tethered to the ground

British soldiers in a mine-crater
British soldiers are pictured in a crater captured from the German army. The crater was created by the explosion of an Allied mine buried beneath enemy lines

Subterranean warfare
Two French engineers are illustrated constructing a mine gallery. During the war tunnels were dug beneath enemy lines and mines placed to destroy enemy positions above

Visit to Dunkerque
At Dunkerque, he and Eugenie drive beneath an arch erected in their honour by the cod fishermen

Icelandic Sea Creatures
Mysterious objects seen, shadow-like, beneath the sea off the Iceland coast

Excavated houses unearthed at Herculaneum
An ancient Roman town unearthed beneath thirty feet of solidified mud from the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D

Anne De Beaujeu (Mono)
Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI of France, keeps warm by wearing a long trailing thick fur-trimmed garment, with several layers beneath

USA Catskills
Sightseers standing beneath a waterfall in the Catskill Mountains, part of the Appalachians, in New York state, then as now a popular tourist destination

Lady in Fine Fancy Dress
A lady dressed for a party or performance in medieval costume with flowing robes and a veil. She poses against the large wall of a grand garden beneath the ivy and holds a card

Ship of Callisto
On Callisto, one of Jupiter;s moons, they have trees which grow beneath the water, and from the bark of these they construct their vessels which are rowed like Earth galleys

Italy Aqueduct
Archeologists discover a species of aqueduct beneath the church of saint Priscilla, Rome

The Mimick & Countryman
THE MIMICK & THE COUNTRYMAN A man imitating the sound of a pig is judged more realistic than an actual pig concealed beneath the cloak of another man

British troops sheltering under umbrellas
Illustration of British soldiers sheltering from the rain beneath their umbrellas in the trenches

Goblin Tower, Chester
Goblin Tower, once called Pembertons Parlour, after a ropemaker whose works were once beneath the city walls at Chester, Cheshire, England

New York / Under Bridge
Under the Elevated View from under a New York bridge with light streaming through the iron work on to the people and cars beneath

Children and Dog Onbeach
A dog chases after a fine piece of seaweed tugged by a girl across the sand, while her brother runs behind. Note the ladies sheltering beneath their parasols

Tourists in Ratskeller
A party of tourists are led to a table in a RATSKELLER (a bar/restaurant beneath the City Hall)

Atmospheric Exeter House
An atmospheric scene of an old house on a steep street corner in Exeter; two girls stand beneath the overhanging eaves while a young woman leans against the wall further down

Fashions July 1875
Polonaise: in lilac stripes with vandyked trim, open jacket bodice, corset front beneath or in brown plaid. Both have elaborate cuffs. Girl: double-breasted coat

Koran Protection
Before setting out a journey camels pass beneath a suspended copy of the Koran, which protects them from accidents and injuries

Ladies Watch the Party
Two ladies stand beneath the Christmas Tree clutching their drinks as they keenly watch the rest of the party

Wilkins Nautilus 1931 -3
The Nautilus of Commander Wilkins runs into storms on its way to the North Pole, which it eventually reaches by sailing beneath the ice

Wilkins Nautilus 1931
The Nautilus of Commander Wilkins, which by sailing beneath the ice reaches the North Pole

Russian Country House
A little girl stands on a grassy slope beneath an aristocratic country house in Russia

Mt Cenis Tunnel Opens
Workmen cheer as the first locomotive passes through the Mont Cenis railway tunnel beneath the Alps between France and Italy

Dutch Midwives C17
Midwives assisting at a delivery which is being carried out beneath a sheet

Crystals / Lodestones 1555
Crystals and lodestones beneath a stormy sky

Braughing, Herts
The village of Braughing, which nestles among the chalk hills of East Hertfordshire. Two little girls chat and play beneath a huge tree

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