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American Collection (page 4)

Background imageAmerican Collection: Cottages, Achill Island, Co Mayo

Cottages, Achill Island, Co Mayo (1913). Henri, Robert 1863-1929. Date: 1913

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

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

Background imageAmerican Collection: Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini. Date between 1940 and 1946

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Wroxton Abbey

Wroxton Abbey is a modernised, 17th century Jacobean manor house built on the foundations of a 13th century Augustinian priory

Background imageAmerican Collection: Shibe Park c. 1908

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

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Judy Garland with Liza Minnelli

Judy Garland with Liza Minnelli
Judy Garland (1922-1969), American actress and singer with her daughter, Liza Minnelli (b. 1946)

Background imageAmerican Collection: American Line Poster

American Line Poster advertising cruises from Southampton to New York

Background imageAmerican Collection: Liberty Loan / Wwi Poster

Liberty Loan / Wwi Poster
Against a backdrop of the American flag and fighting US troops, the American public are urged to buy US Government war bonds

Background imageAmerican Collection: Fat Lucy Moore

Fat Lucy Moore
Lucy Moore, the American Fat Girl, weighs 292 kg (46 stone) and is still growing. Where will it end ?

Background imageAmerican Collection: Jfk and Family

Jfk and Family
President of the USA 1961-1963, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY with his family; wife Jackie and children, John and Caroline

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge (1923 - 1965), American film actress

Background imageAmerican Collection: Corbetts Vision

Corbetts Vision
In American planner Harvey Corbetts vision of a future city, fast traffic will be segregated from slow, and people from both Date: 1925

Background imageAmerican Collection: Mediums / Leonora Piper

Mediums / Leonora Piper
LEONORA PIPER American medium Date: 1859 - 1950

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

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

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

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

Background imageAmerican Collection: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - actors

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - actors
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), British-American actress, embraces her husband Richard Burton (1925-1984), Welsh actor. Date: 1966

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

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

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Thomas Mifflin

Thomas Mifflin
THOMAS MIFFLIN American soldier and statesman with his autograph Date: 1744 - 1800

Background imageAmerican Collection: Fte Day in a Cider Orchard, Normandy

Fte Day in a Cider Orchard, Normandy (1878). Hennessy, William John 1839-1917. Date: 1878

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

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

Background imageAmerican Collection: Widener Library at Harvard University, USA

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

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Central Flying School, RAF Little Rissington

Central Flying School, RAF Little Rissington, September 1947. From top: Bristol Buckmaster, North American Harvard, Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito

Background imageAmerican Collection: Airship R38 built for the US Navy at Cardington

Airship R38 built for the US Navy at Cardington and renamed ZR2. Completed in 1921. It crashed over the Humber in August 1921 while on a test flight with a mixed British and American crew. Date: 1921

Background imageAmerican Collection: Pelecanus erythrorynchos, American white pelican

Pelecanus erythrorynchos, American white pelican
Plate 311 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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

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

Background imageAmerican Collection: Pan American Airways route map

Pan American Airways route map
Pan American Airways System global route map of the Flying Clipper Ships (passengers, mail, express). circa 1938

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Hupmobile cars

Hupmobile cars
Exhibition of Hupmobile cars (1908-41) from USA, Landskrona 1920. Date: 1920

Background imageAmerican Collection: German machine gun in street, Grandpre, France, WW1

German machine gun in street, Grandpre, France, WW1
German machine gun in a street in Grandpre, north eastern France, during the First World War. American troops of the 312nd Machine Gun Company, 78th Division, eventually entered the town

Background imageAmerican Collection: Jack Johnson Boxer

Jack Johnson Boxer
JOHN ARTHUR JACK JOHNSON American boxer, known as the Galveston Giant : first black heavyweight champion of the world. Date: 1878 - 1946

Background imageAmerican 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 imageAmerican Collection: Fishing Flies (American)

Fishing Flies (American)
Fishing flies Date: 1913

Background imageAmerican Collection: Bank Vault

Bank Vault
The Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Vault at The New Britain Trust Co. Bank Vault



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