Main Collection (#10)

Lemon, Citrus medica. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Tamarind, Tamarindus indicus. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Cuckoo flower, Cardamine pratensis. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Hemlock, Conium maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Contrajerva, Dorstenia contrajerva. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Olive tree, Olea europea. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Trumpet vine, Campsis radicans, and blue jacaranda
Trumpet vine, Campsis radicans (Tecoma radicans) and blue jacaranda, Jacaranda mimosifolia. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835

Mlle. Rose Cheri as Elisabeth in Un Changement de Main, 1845
Mlle. Rose Cheri as Elisabeth in Un Changement de Main by Jean-Francois Bayard and Charles Lafont, Theatre du Gymnase Dramatique, 1845

Main staircase, Harlem Park, Rockford, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial ALG B9 Lantheuil
The RCAF Squadrons that flew from this Landing Ground were Nos 438, 439 and 440. Five main types of landing facilities were constructed according to likely usage

PLUTO Memorial Port en Bessin Normandy
PLUTO - Pipe Line Under The Ocean was an ingenious method of supplying the Allied Forces with fuel from a main base at Southampton. The idea is said to have been that of Lord Louis Mountbatten

Main Lobby, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, USA
General view of the Main Lobby, looking towards the Lexington Avenue entrance, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Main Street, Suffern, New York State, USA
Main Street with Post Office Block, Suffern, Rockland County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Advert, Wheelock Pianos, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Advert, Wheelock Pianos, A L Bailey, Sole Agent, Main Street, Burlington, Vermont, USA. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1880s

Aerial view, La Gran Via, Bilbao, Spain
Aerial view, La Gran Via (main street), Bilbao, Spain. Date: circa 1908

Platforms and trains at Victoria Station, London. Date: early 20th century

Main Street, Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Main Street in the mining town of Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1908

C Street, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
C Street (main street), Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1920

Upper Main Street, Tonopah, Nevada, USA, with a 22-mule train. Date: 1900s

Main Street, Massena, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1906

Main Restaurant, Hotel Piccadilly, New York City, USA
Main Restaurant, Hotel Piccadilly, West 45th Street at Broadway, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1930

Grand Avenue, Escondido, San Diego, California, USA. Date: circa 1906

Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA
Main Street (looking east), Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

Main Street at night, Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA
Main Street at night (looking west from Academy Street), Poughkeepsie, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1915

Marina Grande, the main port of Capri, Italy. circa 1900

The Square of Acatzingo
In the main square of Acatzingo, crowds watch as soldiers on horseback and in carriages enact a military parade. 13th March 1863

French troops at Tampico
The encampment of French troops in the main square at Tampico. Various tents are being set up in the middle, as carts and horses are unloaded and soldiers carry barrels and boxes

Draining off camphor oil, Formosa (Taiwan)
The islands main industry, draining off camphor oil, Formosa (now Taiwan), which was at this time a Japanese province. After the camphor has crystallised

Rue Principale and Petit Soko, Tangier, Morocco
Rue Principale (Main Street) and Petit Soko (Soko Chico) - Little Market - Tangiers, Morocco. Date: circa 1907

Main entrance to Caldey Abbey - Caldey Island off the southwest coast of mainland Wales, near Tenby in Pembrokeshire. Date: 1937

Main Road, Ashingdon, near Rochford, Essex
View of Main Road, Ashingdon, near Rochford, Essex. Date: 20th century

Tralee former workhouse - Main building. Tralee is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Date: 2002

Chicago Main Waterworks, north side, Chicago, USA
Chicago Main Waterworks, north side, Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1907

University of Glasgow - Principal Entrance under the Tower. late 19th century

Reading Centre, Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Faþíñe of the Reading Centre (Centro de Lectura), Reus, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. Date: circa 1910s

The Cathedral, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Main facade of the Cathedral, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Date: circa 1904

Main Street, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1906

Memorial service, Pembroke Dockyard, West Wales. Claimed to be for those lost on the minesweeper HMS Jason, which was sunk by a mine from a German U-boat in April 1917 off Coll Island, Scotland

Main Street, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
Main Street, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire (Dyfed), West Wales, showing the church and the old clock tower. Date: circa 1908

Main Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1920

Main Street, Susanville, Lassen County, California, USA. Date: early 1900s

Postcard booklet, highway in Dixieland, USA
Postcard booklet, highway lined with rose bushes in Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Warsaw - The Bruhl Palace (Sandomierski Palace)
The Bruhl Palace (Polish: Palac Bruhla), otherwise known as Sandomierski Palace was a palace standing at Pilsudski Square

Norfolk, Virginia, USA - National Bank of Commerce and Downtown business section - view down Main Street. Date: circa 1930s

Gatwick Airport, showing Terminal building and rail links
Gatwick Airport, Surrey - showing Terminal building (the Beehive opened in 1936) and rail links via the Brighton Main Line. The main airport today is north of this site. Date: 1938

MODEL PLANE CONTEST 1938
Model aircraft competition at Frankfurt-am-Main Date: 27 November 1938

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