Rays Collection (page 2)

Housewife grabbing some rays, protecting her modesty by sitting sensibly close to the garden fence although quite happy to be snapped...! Date: circa 1930s

Slad, Gloucstershire - pond
A still pond at Slad, Gloucestershire. Sunbeams shine through the early morning mist and coots paddle on the surface Date: 1989

Horse riding Kerry, Ireland
Horse riding on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Three Spinsters soak up the rays on the beach at Broadstairs
Three Spinsters soak up the summer rays on the beach at Broadstairs, Kent with beach huts in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Exposicion Internacional de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Date: 1929

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, USA. The Scintillator and Tower of Progress Date: 1915

Two clowns, happy and sad. Date: circa 1900

Switzerland - High Altitude Clinic of Dr Rollier at Le Sepey
Switzerland - The Hazels - A High Altitude Clinic of Dr. Auguste Rollier (The Sun Doctor) at Le Sepey, Cergnat - specialising in Sunlight Cure for children with TB and respiratory conditions (see)

Amazing Stories scifi magazine cover - Machine Man of Ardathia
Cover design, Amazing Stories. Machine Man of Ardathia (Francis Flagg) -- 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays. Date: 1927

Foot x rays showing damage done by wearing high heels
A double page spread from The Sketch reporting on the unnatural stresses put on the feet by the wearing of high heels, which had been banned by the French medical profession being bad for the feet

Daniel in Egypt praying toward Jerusalem
Daniel Chapter 6, verse10: " And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God

Diy Heliograph
A simple heliograph is easily constructed, and uses the suns rays to transmit messages, in morse code, over distances up to 100 kilometres

Old Testament, Noahs Ark on Mount Ararat
Old Testament -- Noahs Ark, resting on Mount Ararat after the Deluge, with the bodies of drowned people littering the landscape

Dr Syn by Russell Thorndike and Ivan Firth
Dr Syn by Russell Thorndike (6 February 1885 7 November 1972) and Ivan Firth, adapted from Thorndikes novel. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 11th October 1925

Cartoon, The man who won the war, WW1
The man who won the war ; a larger than life soldier, depicted with rays of light behind him Date: 1918

Les Terres du Ciel - Camille Flammarion
Front cover - Les Terres du Ciel - Camille Flammarion. Date: 1884

Pages of a booklet, Times Footsteps for 1876 -- Spring Buds for Summer Rays and Autumn Stores for Winter Days. Showing people in medieval costume. Date: 1876

Advert for Hanovia sunlamp 1929
Keep fit with " Homesun" sunlight. Bring sunshine into your home... Date: 1929

Moods of Mount Fuji - 1
A stylised view of Mount Fuji in Japan, in the style of the famed Japanese woodcut printmakers of the late 18th and 19th centuries. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

RAINSTORM Rain laden clouds appear over a mountain range, converging with the brighter weather over a coastal village

A New Theory of the Universe
Page from the Illustrated London News reporting on a new theory expounded by Professor A. S. Eddington Dr A. C. de la C. Crommelin

The Transfiguration of Christ - Matthew 17. circa 1688

The Heaven Opened - Revelation 4. circa 1688

Donkeys in a field on a Christmas card
Donkeys in a field at sunrise on a Christmas card, the shadows from their legs spelling out the words: A Merry Xmas. Date: circa 1890s

Cancer X-Ray Machine
A huge new German x-ray lamp, for cancer treatment, which casts a very long localised beam on the affected area, without touching the rest of the patients body. Date: 1933

Midnight Sun, Sweden
The suns rays are reflected from the waters of Lake Torne Trask, seen from Aleisko, Sweden. Date: 1927

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Cover of Souvenir fold-out folder
Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Front cover of Souvenir fold-out picture folder - Public Square and Union Terminal Tower Date: circa 1934

Sunshine of the World by Gladys Unger and KK Ardaschir
Promotional postcard for Sunshine of the World by Gladys Unger and K. K. Ardaschir; music Charles Cuvillier. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, 19th January and Empire Theatre

Advert for Silver Rays White Rum 1899
Mrs A. B Marshall s, label for Silver Rays White Rum, " highest quality mature in bond, highly recommended for culinary and medicinal purpose. 1899

Brama raii, or Rays Bream
Boops boops, or Bogue, also known as Box and Oxeye, a species of seabream. Date: 1862

Dangers of radioactivity by G. H. Davis
Death rays released by an atomic bomb explosion: the dangers of radioactivity explained in drawings. Date: 1946

Womens Royal Air Force -- The Dawn of Aviation
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing a woman looking up at three biplanes in the sky, with a sunrise behind -- The Dawn of Aviation -- with the motto below

London street with King George VI display
A narrow London street with a display marking the accession of King George VI. Date: circa 1936

Radiation Apparatus
A man demonstrates a modern ultra violet radiation treatment machine. Date: early 1930s

Radiation Treatment
The application of ultra violet light radiation treatment, applied to a hand using a modern machine. Date: early 1930s

London - The Cloisters of Westminster Abbey
Bright sunshine flooding into the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey, London. Date: circa 1912

Woman in the Sun series postcard - Kirchner
Beautiful postcard (1/6) from Kirchners Woman in the Sun series. A pretty girl admiring some beautiful Arum Lilies. Raphael Kirchner (1876 - August 2, 1917) was an Austrian artist

New York souvenir postcard, featuring three inset details on a rising sun background (complete with paddlesteamer!). The insets show (from left): the Trinity Building

Moonlight over Tuckers Town, Bermuda Date: circa 1909

ULIVIs F-RAYS
Signor Ulivis F-Rays will make it possible for explosives to be detonated by remote control : push-button warfare becomes a freseeable possibility Date: 1914

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays and radium Do not trust your life to other methods. Poster identifying proper treatments for cancer. Date 1938

The Rays in A hot old time by Edgar Selden. Date c1897

The Rays in their howling success, A hot old time, 2nd edition by Geo. M. Cohan. Date c1898

Sun ray treatment, 1923
A woman enjoys the wonderful sun-ray treatment evolved and available at the Maison de Beaute Pompadour in Dover Street, London by Madame Jacobson

Horse Study
A study of a horse and rider, rays of sunlight streaming through a window, highlighting the steam coming from the horses nostrils. Date: 1930s

Forest Sunlight
An atmospheric forest scene, showing the rays of sunshine among the trees... Date: 1930s

X-Rays of Dogs Hips
Mr. John Dall studies x-ray plates showing various types of hip displacement injuries in dogs. Date: late 1960s

The Sketch front cover - Festival of Britain
Front cover of the Sketch magazine, showing a map of the United Kingdom with rays emanating from the London area, together with a lady in historical costume holding a tray of toys

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