Skip to main content

America Collection (page 3)

Background imageAmerica Collection: Mormon Temple, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Mormon Temple, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Mormon Temple (Church of Latter Day Saints) at Laie, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Background imageAmerica Collection: Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican

Codex Borgia. Ritual and divinatory mesoamerican manuscript written in Nahuatl before of the conquest of Mexico. It is related with the aztec calendar Tonalpohualli

Background imageAmerica Collection: Elvis Presley, American musician and film star

Elvis Presley, American musician and film star. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageAmerica Collection: Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA

Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USA
Mitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10

Background imageAmerica Collection: Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA - Greetings Postcard

Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA - Greetings Postcard Date: 1895

Background imageAmerica Collection: Pacific Line Poster

Pacific Line Poster
Pacific Line, Pacific Steam Line Navigation Company Liverpool, royal mail steamers to brazil and South America, 1904 1904

Background imageAmerica Collection: Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini. Date between 1940 and 1946

Background imageAmerica Collection: The Barbizon Hotel, New York

The Barbizon Hotel, New York
The Barbizon Hotel on Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street, New York City, America

Background imageAmerica Collection: Blue Star Line poster

Blue Star Line poster
Poster for the Blue Star shipping line service to South America showing a magnificent passenger liner sailing over the horizon by renowned maritime artist, Norman Wilkinson

Background imageAmerica Collection: Shibe Park c. 1908

Shibe Park c. 1908
Shibe Park Baseball Grounds, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America c.1908

Background imageAmerica Collection: Poster advertising Pan American World Airways

Poster advertising Pan American World Airways
Poster for Pan American World Airways, later known as Pan Am, advertising a direct service between Paris and New York. Enfin!

Background imageAmerica Collection: USA Railway Map

USA Railway Map
Transcontinental railway map of the United States of America and the adjoining British possessions. Date: 1883

Background imageAmerica Collection: Battle of Cowpens 1781Is

Battle of Cowpens 1781Is
At Cowpens, South Carolina, general Daniel Morgan defeats a British force under Colonel Tarleton

Background imageAmerica Collection: Blue Star Line poster to South America

Blue Star Line poster to South America
Blue Star Line to South America, calling at Boulogne, Lisbon, Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. First class passengers only. circa 1925

Background imageAmerica Collection: Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies

Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies
View of Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Date: circa 1940

Background imageAmerica Collection: Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879-1919). Mexican

Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879-1919). Mexican revolutionary. Photographic reproduction

Background imageAmerica Collection: Exterior view, Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Exterior view, Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It is an indoor arena for sporting events such as ice hockey, basketball and boxing, as well as concerts, shows

Background imageAmerica Collection: Codex Borbonicus. Aztec codex. Written by Aztec priest short

Codex Borbonicus. Aztec codex. Written by Aztec priest shortly before or after tthe Spanish conquest of Mexico. 1562-1563. Detail fol. 17r

Background imageAmerica Collection: General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA

General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA
General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA, with the Novitiate of the Sacred Heart (Jesuit vineyard) in the foreground. Date: circa 1906

Background imageAmerica Collection: Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside, California, USA

Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside, California, USA. Date: circa 1940

Background imageAmerica Collection: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Cathedral of Learning, Campus of the University of Pittsburgh, also showing (albeit rather small)

Background imageAmerica Collection: Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA

Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1905

Background imageAmerica Collection: Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA

Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
The Pilgrim Monument and Bas Relief Tablet on Town Hill, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA. It commemorates the signing of the Compact and the first landing place of the Pilgrims on 11 November 1620

Background imageAmerica Collection: Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that

Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that was introduced in Europe after World War I

Background imageAmerica Collection: USS Nevada, American battleship, Panama Canal

USS Nevada, American battleship, Panama Canal
USS Nevada (BB36), American battleship, passing through Caillard Cut, Panama Canal, with a tug escort. Date: circa 1920

Background imageAmerica Collection: General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA

General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA
General Electric Company buildings at Schenectady, New York State, USA

Background imageAmerica Collection: Harriet Quimby getting ready for flight 1912

Harriet Quimby getting ready for flight 1912
Harriet Quimby (1875 1912), American airwoman and a movie screenwriter. In 1911, she was awarded a U.S. pilots certificate by the Aero Club of America

Background imageAmerica Collection: Emigrant Ship Leaving Belfast

Emigrant Ship Leaving Belfast (1852). Wilson, James Glen 1827-1863. This painting, by a young artist from County Down, shows a departing ship, probably bound for America

Background imageAmerica Collection: Library of Congress - The Mosaic Minerva - Minerva of Peace

Library of Congress - The Mosaic Minerva - Minerva of Peace
Washington DC, USA - Mosaic - The Minerva of Peace by Elihu Vedder (1836-1923). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Date: 1920

Background imageAmerica Collection: Large Letter Card - Greetings from Wisconsin, USA

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Wisconsin, USA - Americas Dairyland. Date: circa 1940

Background imageAmerica Collection: Widener Library at Harvard University, USA

Widener Library at Harvard University, USA
Widener Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Date: 1915

Background imageAmerica Collection: Snowy Owl, by John James Audubon

Snowy Owl, by John James Audubon
Snowy Owl, Strix Nyctea, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Background imageAmerica Collection: Cave of the Hands. ARGENTINA. SANTA CRUZ. Detail

Cave of the Hands. ARGENTINA. SANTA CRUZ. Detail of the paintings. Neolithic art. Fresco

Background imageAmerica Collection: Luggage label, Zeppelin to South America

Luggage label, Zeppelin to South America
Luggage label, Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei (Airline) for the LZ 129 Hindenburg flight to South America. The passenger is a Mrs Sinclair, destination Rio de Janeiro, berth number 32. 1936

Background imageAmerica Collection: Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven childre

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California. Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as Migrant

Background imageAmerica Collection: The Arkansas Traveller

The Arkansas Traveller
Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas. The Arkansas Traveller visiting a family in a hut with a whisky sign Date: 1870

Background imageAmerica Collection: Native American Indian Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Ski

Native American Indian Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Skin. An Indian stratagem on the level prairies. Date: ca. 1858

Background imageAmerica Collection: Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - founded in 1851 by Bernard Lauth and B. F. Jones. Date: circa 1903

Background imageAmerica Collection: St. Regis Hotel, New York

St. Regis Hotel, New York
St. Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, New York City, America

Background imageAmerica Collection: Jack Dempseys Restaurant, New York

Jack Dempseys Restaurant, New York
Jack Dempseys Restaurant, at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, America

Background imageAmerica Collection: Butterick Jubilee

Butterick Jubilee
The Butterick Building in New York, jubilee celebrations - 50 years of fashion supremacy

Background imageAmerica Collection: President Roosevelt and his family

President Roosevelt and his family
President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) the 26th President of the United States of America - pictured with his family

Background imageAmerica Collection: Black Waiter with Thanksgiving Turkey

Black Waiter with Thanksgiving Turkey
A jovial black waiter in America raises aloft the Thanksgiving Turkey on this Greetings card

Background imageAmerica Collection: Poster advertising New York by rail

Poster advertising New York by rail
Poster encouraging people to travel by train to New York on the Pennsylvania Railroad

Background imageAmerica Collection: Amy Johnson Says Goodbye

Amy Johnson Says Goodbye
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison) leaves Lympne in Hearts Content on her record attempt to South America. Here she kisses her husband goodbye. Date: 6 February 1933

Background imageAmerica Collection: Hudsons Bay Map

Hudsons Bay Map
HUDSONs BAY, at the time of the Seven Years War, showing French and English forts including Fort York, the principal settlement of the Hudsons Bay Company

Background imageAmerica Collection: Lorgues / Caribbean Map

Lorgues / Caribbean Map
A map showing the travels of Columbus in the Caribbean

Background imageAmerica Collection: Arriving at New York

Arriving at New York
Arriving in New York harbour aboard the Normandie - few ports give you the chance to anchor in the heart of a big city, and none quite so spectacularly as this !



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping