Dover Collection (page 3)

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 1). Full page scan. The Warriors Pilgrimage, Armistice Day 1920. Top picture shows the destroyer Verdun coming alongside the Admiralty Pier at

The old Tabard Inn
The Tabard was a historic inn that stood on the east side of Borough High Street in Southwark. The hostelry was established in 1307

Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, with charity walkers
Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, with four charity walkers and their lion mascot, who have come all the way from John O Groats. Date: 1984

Railway locomotives, 1837-1886
Great Western, North London, London Chatham & Dover, St Helens and Sligo Leitrim & Northern County Railways locomotives, 1837-1886. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

Moonlit view during Battle for Dunkirk, northern France, WW2
A moonlit view from Kent across the Straits of Dover during the Battle for Dunkirk, showing the distant glow in the sky from fires burning on the coast of northern France

Map of underground and overground stations, South London
Map of underground and overground stations connecting the City to South London. The overground lines are the London & South Western Railway and the London Chatham & Dover Railway

Railway station at Margate, Kent 1864
Railway station at Margate, Kent, on the East Kent (London, Chatham and Dover) Railway route. Date: 1864

Music cover, La Mazurka Quadrille, by Musard
Music cover, La Mazurka Quadrille, arranged for the piano by Musard (dedicated to Miss Fanny Sutton, Dover). circa 1850

Louis Bleriot and wife after cross-Channel flight
Louis Bleriot, legendary pioneer aviator, with his wife Alice and a large crowd of spectators, posing with his aircraft after making the first ever aeroplane flight across the English Channel

Halibut, lined sole, and Dover sole
Halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus 4, lined sole, Achirus lineatus 5, and Dover sole, Solea solea 6. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History

European plaice, dab and Dover sole
European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa 1, common dab, Limanda limanda 1a, and Dover sole, Solea solea 2. Pleuronectes: Plie carelet, Plie limande, Sole

Common sole or Dover sole, Solea solea (Pleuronectes solea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Lampreys, sole, sea zebra and eel
Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus 1, European brook lamprey, Lampetra planeri 2, Dover sole, Solea solea 3, sea zebra, Zebrias zebra 4, and moray eel, Muraena helena 5

Poster, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, ferry crossings from Calais to Dover and from Boulogne to Folkestone. circa 1901

Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke, Straits of Dover, WW1
Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke in the Straits of Dover, First World War. 1914-1918

British naval airships scouting for underwater craft, WW1
British naval airships scouting for underwater craft, First World War. 1914-1918

Emigration - Embarking for America - no more taxes! 19th century

A Hudson Reconnaissance Bomber - RAF Date: circa 1940s

Channel Tunnel attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent
Channel Tunnel digging attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, with machinery and workmen. Date: 1880

Leaflet, National Sunday League Excursions, June 1913 -- trips to Folkestone, Dover, Margate, Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, Worthing, Seaford, Bournemouth, Ipswich, Yarmouth and other destinations

Henry VIII setting out from Dover, for his meeting with Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Date: 31 May 1520

Marconis wireless telegraph message, Dover 1899
Guglielmo Marconi, shown here in the photograph with his latest invention, sending a wireless telegraphy from Dover Town Hall to South Foreland Lighthouse, through four miles of cliffs

Having been excommunicated by Pope Innocent III in 1209, King John finally submits to the Papal Legate, Pandulph, in May 1213 at the Templar Church, Dover Date: May 1213

General view of the works for the London, Chatham and Dover railway bridge at Blackfriars. Date: 1863

The works for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge at Blackfriars, London. Sinking a cylinder for one of the stone piers. Date: 1863

The Calais Ferry Boat leaving the Pier, Dover, Kent - setting off across the English Channel. 1934

Harbour of Dover from the Western heights 1846
Western Heights view, looking over the port. Date: 1846

Charing Cross, Custom Officers 1900
Custom Officers at Charing Cross station, London, luggage being examined from the port of Dover. Date: 1900

AT THE CHANNEL
Contemplating England across the Straits of Dover, Napoleon thinks that with a superior navy - or a tunnel - he could be in London in four days ! Date: 1805

The Dover Road, comedy by A A Milne, Bournemouth
The Dover Road, a three-act comedy by A A Milne, at the Theatre Royal, Bournemouth, previously at the Haymarket Theatre, London. 1923

The Continental Boat Express - Southern Railway - the up-continental Boat train which runs between Dover and Victoria and is drawn by a Lord Nelson Class locomotive No. 859 " Lord Hood"

Haig and his victorious commanders arriving at Dover
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and his fellow victorious commanders arriving at the port of Dover aboard a vessel painted with jazz camouflage at the end of World War One. Date: 1918

Statement from the Prime Minister on the outbreak of WW2
Statement from the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the outbreak of WW2 " We have taken our stand". Date: 1939

Brick School House, Dover, New Hampshire, USA - over 100 years old (when this postcard was published in the early 20th century). Date: circa 1908

Saunders-Roe SR. N4 Princess Anne Hovercraft
The Saunders-Roe SR.N4 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 4) Princess Anne, otherwise known as the Mountbatten-class, the biggest hovercraft to have been completed upon its introduction

The British Empire - Britannia looks out to sea from her perch atop the White Cliffs of Dover, defender of a proud nation, yet with her sights set further afield... Date: circa 1900

The Dining Room at The Empress Club, 13 Berkeley Street
A Sectional Drawing through the extensive premises of The Empress Club, sitting between Dover Street and 13 Berkeley Street, W1, London

WW1 - Cartoon - German gun Big Bertha in action
WW1 - A cartoon big lady personifying the German gun known as Big Bertha, firing from Calais at Dover. Date: 1918

WW1 - Cartoon - John Bull Carries On
WW1 - John Bull is a national personification of Great Britain in general, and England in particular, especially in political cartoons

Captured German Pilot at Dover; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing Werner Voigt (centre in large coat), a captured German pilot, who had crashed his Messerschmitt 109 into the sea off Dover, seen with British soldiers, Summer 1940

Florence Mills in Dover Street to Dixie (aka The Plantation Revue). Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville and revue in the 1920s in both America

Photograph of Alma PH, Dover, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Three children having a paddle - Dover, Kent
Three children having a paddle in the sea by The Esplanade, Dover, Kent. The eldest boy has come straight from school! Dover Castle (back left) and St Mary in Castro Church (back right)

Summer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - Sisters
Summer Holiday - Candid seaside photograph - Two middle aged sisters (possily even twins?) strolling along the seafront of a British seaside resort (possibly Dover, Kent?)

Dover Street To Dixie revue by M Harvey, H Simpson & L Wylie
Dover Street To Dixie revue by Morris Harvey, Harold Simpson and Lauri Wylie (25 May 1880 1951), with music by Herman Darewski, at the London Palladium

The Royal Progress through London
Queen Elizabeths Pocket Pistol, Dover Caste, Dover, Kent. " Load me well and keep me clean, I ll carry my ball to Calais Green."

Florence Mills the American artiste and star of the Lew Leslies Plantation Revue in New York, 1923. To appear in Charles Cochrans show Dover Street to Dixie at the London Pavilion Date: 1923

Dover (1845). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1845

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