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White Star Line, RMS Olympic, with crane, on a postcardWhite Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 (posted from Northern Ireland much later)
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, oak dressing tableWhite Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare First Class Stateroom oak dressing table, stamped 400 and marked B10 denoting where it resided on board
Bali Bird DanceThis illustration portrays a Balinese woman wearing a costume and holding two fans symmetrically at shoulder height, performing the cendrawasih dance
White Star Line - silver plated coverWhite Star Line silver plated lid/cover, logo to one side, three stars either side and one star to handle. Height 3.5 inches. Date: 20th century
White Star Line, Royal & US Mail Steamers, brochureWhite Star Line, Royal & United States Mail Steamers, soft cover brochure, covering all three classes of services at the height of the transatlantic immigrant trade
Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a GasometerA test match between England and New Zealand at The Oval, Kennington. The spectators in the foreground have scaled a nearby gasometer. Date: 1931
Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418United States Air Force - Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418 (msn 1049A-4336, Model 1049A-55-86), at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB
The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, USAThe Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912 - an early skyscraper
The Pittsfield Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910s
Town Bridge, Boston, LincolnshireTown Bridge over the River Witham, Boston, Lincolnshire. The fine tower (the Boston Stump') of St. Botolph's Church can be seen behind The Assembly Rooms on the far side of the bridge
ST MARY'S CHURCH 1826The magnificent church at Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England. Its tower rises in four stages to a height of 176 feet, with a short lead- covered Hertfordshire Spire'. Date: 1826
MEASURING ST BERNARDA girl stands on a pile of books to measure the height of her Saint Bernard, who submits patiently to the ordeal. Date: late 19th century
English Electric Canberra E. 15 WH964 4Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra E.15 WH964 4 (msn SH1689), of No. 98 Squadron, at RAF Cottesmore. The Canberra E.15s were conversions from B.15 reconnaissance-bombers
The Singer Building, New York, USA - located on the north-west corner of Broadway and Liberty Street - 47 stories high Date: circa 1910s
The Woolworth Building, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. Date: circa 1913
Portrait of Mata Hari at the height of her fame Date: 1929
Achilles Statue, Hyde ParkThe Wellington Monument is a statue of Achilles erected as a memorial to Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and his victories in the Peninsular War
Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia SciasiaNew Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913
Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song waltz, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, performed by Shaw and Weston. 1934
Machnow eating breakfast at the London HippodromeFeodor Machnow, the Russian giant, pictured next to his manager and (possibly) members of the staff at the London Hippodrome, eating breakfast during his time performing there
Machnow the Giant & Madame Chiquita, London HippodromeMachnow the Giant, alleged to be 9 3 " tall (more likely 7 10" ) appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1905 with the diminutive Madame Chiquita who is only 18" high. Date: 1902
Flying the Flume at Crystal Palace 1904French Mademoiselle Dutrien (le fleche humaine), the human arrow, performing at Crystal Palace, London. After riding down a curving track on her bicycle which falls some seventy feet
Patrick Cotter O Brien, Irish giantPatrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), giant of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall. 18th century
Wright Brothers, American aviation pioneers, in actionThe Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, making a flight to set new records for altitude and duration. circa 1909
Man stands on chair to have portrait photographedA man stands on a chair to reach the height of the cameras lens as he has his portrait photographed in a studio. Interestingly in this engraving you can see the detail inside the back of the camera
Comparison of mountain heights including Dhaulagiri in the Himalayas, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, Mount Etna, and the mountain towns of Chota (Micuipampa), Quito, and Cinchoma
A Sketch in Jet at Hyde Park CornerIn Height of Fashion - A Sketch in Jet at Hyde Park Corner, London. 1870
Byron meets the Gigantic PatagoniansCommodore John Byron meets with the indigenous people of Patagonia, on the Chilean coast. Byron stands with some of the people of Patagonia, who are depicted as dwarfing the man
Piccards Feat - recovery on landingAftermath of the ascent by Professor Picard of Brussels University on August 18 1932, by balloon to around 10 1/2 miles, the greatest height achieved by a man at that point
Military cartoon, He would be a Soldier. 19th century
Firefighters and policemen climbing a ladder, while a woman and girl stand in the open doorway below. Date: circa 1910s
LFB-LCC fire brigade ladder drill, with the heights marked on the wall. Date: circa 1900s
SACRIFICE, DAHOMEYAt Dahomey, in the annual EK- QUE-NOO-AH-TOH-ME sacrifice of the annual HWAH-NOOEE-WHA festival, victims are seated in little boats and dropped from a height Date: 1876
WEBBER LIFTS TABLEJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a table above shoulder height, by manipulating gravity and etheric forces Date: 1939
Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKTTipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE "At a terific height directly above usMS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE " At a terific height directly above us, & upon the very verge of the precipitous descent, hovered a gigantic ship". Date: First published: 1833
Table Mountain Cable Car - Cape Town, South Africa1954
Ben Nevis viewed from Banavie, a village on the shores of Loch Eil. Date: circa 1910s
The Woolworth Building, New York, USAThe Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912 - an early skyscraper
Medical room for the British Army 1901A potential soldier in front of a doctor for a medical to join the British Army, to fight in the Second Boer War. Date: 1901
Building Site TraumaAn awkward accident on a skyscraper building site: a man is carried aloft by a crane Date: 1915
WHYMPER AT 6000 METRESEdward Whymper climbs at the height of 6000 metres, in the Andes. Date: 1892
Boats at MaidenheadThe Thames at Maidenhead is jammed with boats of all kinds on Ascot Sunday at the height of the Season - a fashionable event for all levels of society Date: 1914
COMPETING WITH PEACOCKA peacock (Pavo cristatus) is admired by a mother and daughter who try to compete by dressing in the height of fashion. Date: 1840s
King Charless Porter and DwarfA bas relief over the entrance to Bulls Head Court preserves the memory og a giant and a very small dwarf. The effigies represent William Evans a Welsh porter over 2 metres in height
An Aerial view over Croydon Date: circa 1935
An Aerial view over London Date: 1932
The Only & Original Dayton Family