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Des Moines, Iowa. State capitol in background. Date 1940 May
New York, New York. Italian-American cafe espresso shop on MacDougal Street where coffee and soft drinks are sold. The coffee machine cost one thousand dollars. Date 1942 Aug.?
Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady, 1897Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady. The work on her back depicts the Last Supper, by Da Vinci, and was regarded at the time to be one of the finest piece of tattooing produced in America
Automat Dining Room - Broadway, New York, USAAutomat Dining Room - 1557 Broadway, New York, USA. Horn & Hardart was a food services company of the USA noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia and New York City
Kenilworth Race Track, Buffalo, New York, USA Date: circa 1906
Redondo Beach and pier, southern California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine or Kennecott MineBingham Canyon Copper Mine (Kennecott Copper Mine), Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s
The Bronx, New YorkSouth West From Roof of Fieldston Garden Apartments. Looking south-west from the roof of the Fieldston Garden Apartments, 238th Street and Riverdale Avenue, Bronx; houses, trees and street visible
State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USAInterior view of a cell block at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham
Suicide on the Little Big Horn. Custers Last Stand in 1876 when he led the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army into battle with the Lakota
Oil Gusher at Houston, Texas, USA
The Cawston Ostrich Farm - South Pasadena, California, USA. A large ostrich pulls a wheeled cart, containing an enthusiastic lady passenger! The boss of the farm in bowler hat stands proudly behind
New Empire State Express trainPoster advertising the Empire State Express steam train of the New York Central System as it speeds across the American landscape
South America by Royal MailPoster for Royal Mail Lines Ltd - South America by Royal Mail - depicting a large ocean-going steamship
New York Skyline with Brooklyn BridgeView across the East River toward the Brooklyn Bridge and the skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York
The Marriage of General Mite and Millie Edwards, ManchesteEngraving showing a series of scenes from the marriage of General Mite, real name Francis Joseph Flynn, and Miss Millie Edwards held at St. James Hall, Manchester, 1884
Aztecs Warriors 1521Despite the loss of the Fort of Xoloc and the raising to the ground of the Old Palace at Tenochtitlan, the exhausted Aztecs fight furiously on
Flying Saucers Have Landed, book coverFLYING SAUCERS HAVE LANDED, a book by Desmond Leslie and George Adamski. In it, Adamski tells of his meeting with a Venusian in the Californian desert on 20 November 1952
Columbus / Voyage MapA map showing the voyages of Christopher Columbus
Pilgrim Fathers Depart102 Protestants (24 of them women) leave Plymouth for America in the Mayflower. Only 35 were Puritans. The phrase Pilgrim Fathers was first used in 1799
Turkey and WishboneEat hearty - let the daye be your excuse - an invitation to Thanksgiving over- indulgence on the fourth Thursday in November
Glyptodon Aspera gigantic forerunner of the armadillo, from the Pleistocene period in South America (near Buenos Aires) more than two metres in length
Christopher Columbus, Italian navigator and explorerChristopher Columbus, Italian navigator, coloniser and explorer on behalf of Spain. He undertook four voyages of exploration, first reaching the American continent in 1492
Boston Tea Party 1773Boston citizens, dressed as Indians, board English ships and throw tea chests into the harbour in protest against taxation
Pilgrim Fathers First Christmas 1621A man fills a tankard of beer from a small keg, as various men sit or stand around drinking. Date: 1621
Entrance to Harbour, Buffalo, New York State, USAEntrance to the Harbour, Buffalo, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1900s
Boating at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, USA, showing the Skating Pavilion and Canal. Date: circa 1910
The Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA - very interesting little naval steamer shown in the foreground. Date: 1908
International Bridge between El Paso, Texas / Juarez, MexicoSplendid view of the International Bridge between El Paso, Texas / Juarez, Mexico. Date: circa 1910s
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Hotels and the Beach Date: circa 1910s
Industrial Trust Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Date: circa 1930s
Young Americas dilemma. Illustration shows a schoolboy standing outside a Public School; on the left is Charles M. Schwab sitting atop a large money bag labeled Manager of Steel Trust $1, 000
Indian Summer. Squam Lake, N. HIndian Summer. Squam Lake, New Hampshire. Autumn scene with colourful foliage on the trees around the lake Date: 1868
Business section, Dubuque, Iowa. The rich live in houses on the cliffs seen in background. Date 1940 Apr
Lady Moscow, horse harness racing. Union Course, L.I. Date: 1850
Cuba - First Pan American Airways serviceCuba - The First Pan American Airways (PAN-AM) service between Key West, United States and Havana, Cuba in October 1927. Pan American Airways was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Plaza Hotel, New YorkThe Tea Room at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, America
Beekman Tower, New YorkBeekman Tower on 49th Street, New York City, America
Markham / Percival GullBeryl Markham, English pioneer aviator, and her Percival Gull: she was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from London to North America
COYPU(myocastor coypus) also known as Nutria : it comes from South America but is or was farmed for its fur
Banastre Tarleton (1782)SIR BANASTRE TARLETON British soldier in the Revolutionary Wars in America (depicted here as Lieutenant Colonel)
Female high jumper in orange costumeA female high jumper in an orange costume leaping over a pole
Christ Church, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Date: circa 1905
East Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USAView of East Main Street, Chanute, Kansas, USA. Date: circa 1920
Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in the heart of the French Quarter on the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets
The Croton Flour Mills of George V. Hecker & Co. - New YorkThe Croton Flour Mills of George V. Hecker & Co. - 199, 201 and 203 Cherry Street, New York, USA. The old windmill of 1776 and the modern mill of 1876. Date: circa 1890
Washington - Japanese Cherry Blossoms - Potomac ParkWashington DC, USA - Japanese Cherry Blossoms - Potomac Park, Riverside Drive. Date: 1920
American St Patricks Day Card Date: circa 1910