Highest Collection (#2)

Schleicher ASW17 26, on the grid at a gliding competition in the UK. This aircraft, owned by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA)

Ben Nevis viewed from Banavie, a village on the shores of Loch Eil. Date: circa 1910s

Empyrean Heaven and fall of Lucifer
System of the empyrean, or interior heaven, showing the fall of Lucifer. Date: 1794

Cir Mhor, Isle of Arran, Scotland, the highest peak on Arran
Cir Mhor, Isle of Arran, Scotland - the highest peak on Arran. Date: circa 1950s

The Mountain Cir Mhor, Isle of Arran, Scotland - the highest peak on Arran. Date: circa 1950s

London by Night - Looking for Zeppelins - Londoners take up the highest viewpoints they can to search the skies for these new miracles of aviation

Walpurgis Night
On WALPURGISNACHT, the eve of May Day, witches gather on the Brocken, the highest point of Germanys Harz Mountains, for their Spring Sabbat

Marshal Joffre talking to General Pershing
Pershing became the highest ranking military officer in American history up to that time. WW1 Date: circa 1917

Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy
The cemetery sits on the highest point for some miles & has two watch towers from which excellent views can be gained towards Juno Beach where the Canadians came ashore

Portrait of Don Ramon Satue, 1823, by Francisco de Goya (174
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). Spanish painter and printmaker. Portrait of Don Ramon Satue, 1823. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Theodor Osterkamp, German pilot and fighter ace
Theodor " Theo" Osterkamp (1892-1975), German pilot and highest scoring fighter ace with the Imperial Naval Air Service. Seen here sitting on the portside wheel of his Fokker EV 156/18

Stela E in Quirigua, Guatemala, Guatemala
Ruins of Quirigua, an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala. The monuments at Quirigua include unusually large stelae elaborately carved from single

Walkway of the Notre Dame de la Garde Lifts, Marseille
Marseille, France - The walkway leading from the Ascenseurs (lifts) leading up to the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica. This ornate Neo-Byzantine church is situated at the highest natural point in

Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

Animals of Mount Everest, 1924
Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18

View of Mount Everest, Himalayas, Northern India
View of Mount Everest in the Himalayas, Northern India, as seen from Sandakphu. Date: circa 1910

General Prendergast winning the Victoria Cross at Betwah
General Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (1834-1913) winning the Victoria Cross for his actions at Mundisore (where he saved the life of Lieutenant Dew) and at Betwah (Betwa)

Tibetan dancers, Hotel Mount Everest, Himalayas. Date: circa 1930

Path up Ben Nevis, Scottish Highlands
Path up Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles - at the western end of the Grampian Mountains, Lochaber area, Scottish Highlands, close to Fort William. Date: circa 1908

Bidean nam Bian, lying to the south of Glen Coe, Highland, Scotland, is the highest point in the former county of Argyll - walkers

Tourist attractions around The Szczeliniec Wielki Mountain
A future prediction of the Tourist attractions based on and around The Szczeliniec Wielki (Heuscheuer) - the highest mountain in the Table Mountains in Poland (German card). Date: circa 1910s

Central Railway, Chicla Bridge, Peru, South America
Central Railway through the Andes Mountains, seen here at Chicla Bridge (Ticlio Pass), Peru, South America. It is the worlds highest railway crossing. Date: circa 1910

Angel with book on a Christmas card
Angel holding an open book on a Christmas card -- Gloria In Excelsis Deo. Date: circa 1890s

Soctland / Glen Affric
Two men lead a horse and cart on the road through Glen Affric, one of Scotlands most beautiful glens. Mam Sodhail and Carn Eighe are the highest hills in this dramatic glen. Date: 1940s

Train in Raton Tunnel
A train is about to enter the Raton Tunnel, the highest point on the Santa Fe Rail Road. Date: 1923

Italy / Siena Distant 1910
Siena: distant view, with the campanile and dome of the Duomo visible at the highest point of the city Date: 1910

Site of a Wartime Hospital - St. Michaels Cave, Gibraltar
Site of a Wartime Hospital and Now a Place of Interest to Visitors to Gibraltar: St. Michaels Cave, with Its Strange and Wonderful Stalactites and Stalagmites

Cross-shaped Christmas card with flowers and Latin inscription in gothic style lettering -- Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax (Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth). Date: circa 1890s

Dent Blanche in the Alps
The Dent Blanche is in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a 4, 357 metres high summit, its one of the highest peaks in the Alps. Date: 1918

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat -the US Navys highest scoring carrier fighter of the war

Comparison of adjectives, learning for children
Comparison of adjectives to help children learn. Wet, wetter, wettest. Short, shorter, shortest. Etc. Date: 1930s

Switzerland - Gasterin Thal, the Schilthorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Schilthorn. The Schilthorn is a 2, 970 metre high summit of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern

Switzerland - Lauterbrunnen, the Staubbach
Coloured lantern slide of a view through the town of Lauterbrunnen. In the background is the Staubbach Falls. The waterfall drops about 300 metres from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging

Switzerland - Lucerne and the Rigi
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Lucerne, Switzerland with Mount Rigi in the background. Rigi is known as the Queen of the Mountains, with the highest point at 1, 797.5 meters

Boy scouts climbing Le Pouce, Mauritius
Boy scouts climbing Le Pouce (The Thumb), the third highest mountain in Mauritius

The Finsteraarhorn - the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps and the highest mountain in the canton of Berne, Switzerland. Date: 1894

Brass plaque given to all Belgian veterans
Salus - Patriae - Suprema - Lex (the well-being of the Fatherland is the highest duty). Brass plaque given to all Belgian veterans who were under fire during the Great War - 1914-1918

British Comment
British comment on the goings- on across the Channel : Liberty, Equality and the Free Rights of Man in their highest degree of perfection. Date: circa 1790

Mount Hood, Oregon
A cavalry detachment crosses the plain before Mount Hood, in the Cascade range, the highest peak in Oregon. Date: 1857

Ter Hill Cross
The old stone cross on Ter Hill, one of the highest points of South Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

The Hammetschwand Lift, Switzerland - Burgenstock
Timetable - Burgenstock Furnicular Railway, Switzerland. The main image shows the Hammetschwand Lift, the highest exterior elevator of Europe and is located in Switzerland

Snowdon Summit - Mountain Railway
The easiest way to the summit of Snowdon, Waless highest mountain, is to take the mountain railway. There are hotels when you get there. Date: 1906

Skyscrapers of New York City, New York, USA. Featured are: The Empire State Buiilding, The RCA Buiding in the Rockefeller Centre and the Chrysler Building. Date: circa 1930s

O E Simmonds view of the Temple of Athena Nike
O.E. Simmonds view of the Temple of Athena Nike (highest stucture on the RHS) and the Propylaea at the Acropolis, Athens

1934 single-seater Maserati
The 1934 single-seater Maserati with 2.9 litre straight-eight engine represented (together with the corresponding Alfa Romeo)

The man highest up

Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway
The Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway - a narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route. Date: circa 1910s

Snow in June on Scafell Pike, Cumberland, the highest mountain in England. Date: 1950s

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