Continental Collection (page 4)

Seeking English Goods
The Continental System - During the Napoleonic Wars, a German citizen of Leipzig is searched by French soldiers occupying Germany to see if he has English goods. Date: circa 1806

Cape / Cairo Railway - 3
CAPE-TO-CAIRO RAILWAY Driving the trans- continental rail link across the plains of the Congo Date: 1914

Stationery design, Continental Hotel, Milan, Italy. 1891

Rue de Constantine, Rue Dumont-d Urville, Algiers, Algeria
Rue Constantine and Rue Dumont-d Urville, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1920

Place de la Brouckere, Brussels, Belgium, with the Hotel Continental in the middle distance, the Anspach Monument and fountain in front of it, and the Hotel Metropole on the right. Date: circa 1910

Douglas DC-7B of Continental (forward view) aloft

Mission Clergymans Post Office, Canada. Printed by the Colonial & Continental Church Society Date: 1904

Jamaican Banana Carriers, Jamaica. Printed by the Colonial & Continental Church Society Date: 1904

Walrus Pup & Captors, Newfoundland
Walrus Pup & Captors, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada. Printed by the Colonial & Continental Church Society Date: 1904

Silhouette design for Continental Services
Silhouette design by H.L. Oakley for Continental Services, showing a ship in a harbour. Date: circa 1930s

George Washington at Yorktown
Portrait of George Washington at Yorktown (1781) by Charles Willson Peale. Collection of the State House, Annapolis, Maryland

LNER leaflet designed by H. L. Oakley
Leaflet cover for the LNER Continental Services designed with silhouettes by H. L. Oakley of the ports, Harwich, Hook of Holland, Grimsby and Hamburg. Date: 1924

Manufacture of Continental Pneumatic tyres, 1900
Manufacture of cycling accessories: a man admires a Continental pneumatic tyre. Date: 1900

Advertisement for Dunlop tyres, WW1
A patriotic advertisement for Dunlop tyres in the early stages of the First World War. Dunlops are British-made -- avoid continental tyres made by the enemy! Date: September 1914

Cartoon, Attractive Holiday Resorts, August 1914, WW1. Showing suggested posters for advertising the latest attractions at continental holiday resorts, including boating on the canal at Kiel

Continental field voles
Two continental field voles

Cartoon, The Continental Sidney Street, WW1
Cartoon, The Continental Sidney Street, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II firing from an upstairs window and French, Russian and British policemen firing back at him

General Charles Lee
CHARLES LEE - English-born officer in the Continental Army of the American revolution, whose dubious conduct led to dismissal. Date: 1731 - 1782

The Blue Mosque and the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1897

Washington DC, USA - Memorial Continental Hall Date: 1920

First flight of the first Short Skyvan G-ASCN
First flight of the first Short Skyvan, G-ASCN, on 17 January 1963 at Queens Island, Belfast, powered by two Continental piston engines. Date: 1963

Continental stand at the Salon Aeronautique in 1909. Date: 1909

Continental Departures at Heathrow Airport

Continental R-670 seven-cylinder 210hp air-cooled radial
Continental R-670 seven-cylinder, 210hp, air-cooled radial

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Series 10CF
?McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Series 10CF convertible passenger freight transport aircraft in the insignia of Continental Air Lines?. Jane?s all the world?s aircraft 1975-76. p.393

Virgatosphinctes, ammonite
Shown here is an Ammonite fossil recovered from over 5000m above sea-level in the Himalaya region

Section through the Earths crust
Section showing the two main types of the Earths crust: oceanic and continental

Origin of Gem Minerals
A diagram showing cross sections through the earths continental crust to a depth of 40kms. Many gemstones form within the crust at different levels and at different temperatures

Oceanic and continental crust
A cross section of the Earths surface showing the continental crust on the left and oceanic crust on the right. Beneath the surface layer lies the Basaltic layer (in green) and the Mantle (in grey)

First Earl of Leven
ALEXANDER LESLIE, first earl of LEVEN Scottish military commander, engaged in continental service until the Civil War, in which he led the Covenanters. Date: 1580 - 1661

Rand, McNally & Co.s continental view of the Worlds Columbian exposition, Chicago, U.S.A. 1893. Date c1892 Jun. 11. Rand, McNally & Co.s continental view of the Worlds Columbian exposition, Chicago

Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia. Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia

Repeated to-night grand combination Swiss bell ringers and Continental Vocalists at the public hall. Date between 1850 and 1870

Where Richard Montgomery fell, Quebec
A sign showing the location where Richard Montgomery, a brigadier-general in the Continental Army (during the American Revolutionary War) fell whilst leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada

Vauxhall Continental
The new big Vauxhall is a brave bid for the middle-range touring saloon market, just the thing for your next trip to the Continent. Date: 1937

Chicago Bank
American banks are not like your High Street Barclays : this is Chicagos New Continental and Commercial National Bank which will cost 6 million dollars in 1916. Date: 1916

Cairo, Egypt - The Grand Continental Hotel Date: circa 1910s

Victoria Stn Continental
The Continental Departures entrance, with horse-cabs waiting for fares. Date: circa 1905

Baron Von Steuben
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, baron von STEUBEN, German commander of the continental allies of the Americans during the Revolutionary War Date: 1730 - 1794

1869 Continental Link
The Union Pacific Railroad, the first transcontinental rail link, is completed at Promontory Point, Utah - Hold still, everyone, for the photographer ! Date: 10 May 1869

30 Broad Street, New York
Building, 30 Broad Street. Exchange Place looking upwards toward the Continental Bank Building at 30 Broad Street; pedestrians and automobiles visible

Cooks Continental Coach Tours
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks Continental Coach Tours -- see it all so easily! A roll of camera film shows colourful pictures of holiday resorts, and a coach travelling along a road

Lady Diana Cooper in Nassau
The British socialite and actress Lady Diana Cooper, in the tropical garden at the New Continental at Nassau

Egypt - Rue du Commerce
Commercial Street - Port Said, Egypt

Harwich Terminus
The Great Eastern Railway terminus and hotel at Harwich, Essex, one of the major ports for crossing to continental Europe

Battle of Long Island
BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND Superior in numbers and skill, the British defeat the Continental Army on Long Island, forcing them to retreat in disorder. Date: 29 August 1776

Bald French Boy C1870S
A shaven-headed young Frenchman in a continental sailor suit poses for the camera

British Bomber Booklet
BOMBER COMMAND A British government publication chronicling the activities of British bombers in action against targets in Continental Europe

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