Reach Collection (#2)

44th Regiment at Gundamuck
In 1841 the 44th was in Kabul where uprising endangered the garrison. Constantly attacked, without shelter or food, the force waded in deep snow through narrow passes for four days trying to reach

The Lewis and Clark Expedition - Reach the Missouri River
The Lewis and Clark Expedition - They reach the falls and rapids of the Missouri River 1804 - 1806

Map, Tom Manns Dock Scheme, London. 1892

Illustration, Ambition - climbing to reach a pig on a pole. first published 1838

Dead Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of a Polar bear shot dead by Frederick Jackson, during the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

The top three images show members of the Salvation Army who, described as slum saviours, went to live with the poorest London people to help and provide for them

A sailing barge passing up Greenwich Reach, on the River Thames, London, England. Date: 1930s

View across the Thames from Bugsbys Reach to Blackwall Date
View across the Thames from Bugsbys Reach to Blackwall

Woman, Child, and Man Date: 1880

Crying for Dolly Date: 1948

Tower Man at Work

Lone Fisherman Date: 1878

LONDON MATCH SELLERS
Streetboys of London sell matches to the passengers of passing buses. They put the matches on long sticks so they can reach the upper deck. Date: 1866

LIMEHOUSE REACH 1905
Limehouse Reach with boats Date: 1905

TORPEDOED CREW HELPED
Italian submarine helps crew of torpedoed English ship to reach Azores in safety Date: September 1940

Fire bird, mythological creature
The hero of this Russian folk- tale plucks a feather from the tail of the Fire Bird as it imprudently passes within arms reach

Short S. 45 Solent 3 G-AKNO at Tower Bridge
Short S.45 Solent 3 G-AKNO (msn S.1294) at Tower Bridge. G-AKNO land on the Thames at Limehouse Reach on 5 May 1949 to be named City of London in a ceremony by the Lord Mayor at Tower Pier on 10 May

Little Georgie Reach pushing his Toy Horse - Blackpool. He is growing into his new coat... Date: circa 1907

Messerschmitt Me 264 -first flown in 1942, only two were built of this bomber meant to reach targets in the Eastern United States

Winter fashion accessories, 1927
Illustration showing a silver fox stole, designed to fall down the side of one arm and reach to the wrist

WW1 - Italian Propaganda - The Tortoise and the Hare
WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard - re-telling of the story of the tortoise (The Allies) and the hare (The Central Powers) striving to be the first to gain Victory. Date: circa 1916

Wind Elves teasing a child
Wind Elves tease a child by blowing the blackberries out of her reach. Date: 1917

Hospital ships Atlas, Endymion, Castalia, at Long Reach
View of the Metropolitan Asylums Boards hospital ships Atlas (left), Endymion (centre) and Castalia (right) on the River Thames at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent

Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent
Central administration block of the Joyce Green Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent. The hospital, opened in 1903 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, was initially used for smallpox patients

The Theatre on board HMS Alert, British Arctic Expeditio
Engraving showing the theatre on board HMS Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Plays were staged aboard the ship to keep up morale during the cold, dark winter months

Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen head for the North Pole
Illustration showing Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen waving goodbye to the Fram as they set out in an attempt to reach the North Pole on skis, March 1895

German Fishing Boat Matador setting off for the North Pole
Photograph showing the fishing boat Matador, setting off from Hamburg for the North Pole, 1900. With a crew of seven led by Lieutenant Bauendahl and the mate, Richard Dressler

Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875
Engraving showing a map of Smith Sound and Greenland, as it was known in May 1875. Much of the map is erroneous or missing in detail

The Yacht Eira in the Arctic, 1881
Engraving showing the yacht Eira, used by Benjamin Leigh Smith, to explore the Arctic region around Franz Joseph Land and the ocean North of Russia, 1881-1882

The Scene on the Deck of HMS Discovery at Portsmouth, 1876
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of HMS Discovery at the end of her Arctic expedition, Portsmouth, 1876. In 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships

Robert Falcon Scott and Peter Markham Scott, c. 1909
Photograph of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval commander and explorer, and his son, Peter Markham Scott, taken in late 1909 or early 1910

The Jointed Iron Steam-ship Connector, 1863
Engraving of the Jointed Iron Steam-ship Connector, from the Illustrated London News, August 1863. The idea behind this invention was that the centre section of this ship could be left in port

Pussys Butcher
Pussys butcher. A street trader sells cat food from his cart. He feeds a scrap to passing cat who stands on its hind legs to reach

Allies Enter Paris 1814
ALLIES ENTER PARIS Napoleon fails to reach Paris in time to forestall the surrender of the city by the desperately under-manned defending forces Date: 31 March 1814

Beach / Aberdeen 1950S
The beach at Aberdeen, Scotland

Susi - with kitten at Christmas
Susi - with a kitten at Christmas. 1950s

Cat reaches up to open the door
Unusual Friends - cat reaches up to open the door. 1950s

Cover design, The Man in the Moon, a magazine which ran for just over two years. The editors were Albert Smith and Angus B Reach. late 1840s

Hotel Bill - Escape from Care. circa late 18th century

Susi - with Christmas tree. 1950s

Advertisement for Crunchie Bar -- male and female models posing. 1959

Frederick Albert Cook - American Polar Explorer
Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) - Polar Explorer, physician, and ethnographer, noted for his claim of having reached the North Pole on April 21st, 1908

Animals at a French Zoo - Springbok - small short-horned antelope. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 7

The Geneva Cross River Ambulance interior
The Geneva Cross river ambulance used to transport smallpox patients down the Thames from London to riverside hospital at Long Reach near Dartford Date: circa 1900

Smallpox patient arriving at Long Reach, near Dartford
A smallpox patient arriving at Long Reach, near Dartford. Patients were transported by river ambulance from London then transferred to the hospital buildings via a tram. Date: circa 1900

South Wharf River Ambulance Station, Rotherhithe
The South Wharf River Ambulance Station, Rotherhithe, from where smallpox patients travelled by river to a hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Date: circa 1900

Four frog acrobats on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

French Oil Street Lamp
Close-up of a French oil street lamp : the rope holding it could be lowered so that the lamp man could refill it with oil without having to climb a ladder to reach it. Date: late 18th century

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