Attraction Collection (page 7)

Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Garden
The Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Gardens - one of the famous attractions of the Festival of Britain, London, England. Date: 1951

Japan - Flooding at Karuizawa - 10th August, 1910. Here we can see the attempts to build dams across the roaring torrent. Date: 1910

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Butterfly Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Lifeboat Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Gondola. Date: circa 1920s

Palm reader Zingora lets a lady know her love is true
Palm reader Zingora lets a lady know that somebody loves her madly! Is it the gentleman who is next in line...?! Date: circa 1907

Hanoi - Vietnam - Theatre des Illusions Attraction
Hanoi - Vietnam - Theatre des Illusions Cinema Attraction at the Colonial Exposition - a temporary pop-up movie theatre, showcasing pioneering visual works produced by the Cinematographe Lumiere

The Showman - An Extinct Type. - character portrait by Phil May of a barker or the proprietor of a sideshow. A barker is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events

Mountain Railway Ride, Scottish National Exhibition, Glasgow
The Mountain Railway Ride - Scottish National Exhibition, Glasgow. (see: 10527588) Date: 1911

Promenade, Gardens, Revolving Tower, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
The Promenade, Gardens and Tower (with a viewing platform which revolved as it went up and down!) at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Dresden, Germany - Kugelhaus
The Ball House (Kugelhaus) - star attraction at the Technical Exhibition held in Dresden, Germany in 1928. There was a Restaurant on the top floor. Dismantled in 1938. Date: circa 1928

The Devils Hole, Bermuda - a large water-filled sinkhole, close to the southeastern corner of Harrington Sound, Bermuda. A tourist attraction since the 1830s

Pegesimallus teratodes, robber fly
A robber fly, a predatory fly from Tanzania. Only the males have the long scales on the hind-legs, their use is not known but could be used to attract females

Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild
Paula the Famous Reptile Conqueror letter writing paper. The sensational attraction of the Royal Aquarium, London. The only act of its kind in the world

The devil passes Federal road show attraction : Direct from sensational Los Angeles run. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Devil Passes at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara

Federal Road-show attraction The fool by Channing Pollock Fe
Federal Road-show attraction The fool by Channing Pollock. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Fool at the Mason Theatre, 127 S. Broadway. Date 1936

Federal Varieties 40 stage, radio, screen stars : Comedy galore - novelties - dancing girls - 20 musicians : Added attraction Rural frolics : Singers - dancers

Return engagement of Hardeen, king of handcuffs the biggest vaudeville attraction in America. Date 19 -

Midway attraction, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont. Date 1937 Sept

Benedictine Convent at Monreale, Italy
Benedictine Convent at Monreale, Sicily, Italy. A fine example of cloister architecture with Gothic arches and thin patterned columns

French Exhibition of 1900 - the pavilions of French colonies abroad and the Champ de Mars - Paris. The lower level of the Eiffel Tower can be seen in the mdle distance Date: 1900

View of the Devils Bridge near Aberystwyth, Wales
View of the Devils Bridge (Pontarfynach), spanning the Mynach river, a popular tourist attraction in the village of Ceredigion, near Aberystwyth, Wales

Model Village - Vlissingen, Netherlands
Vlissingen, The Netherlands - an amazing scale model of the former Island of Walcheren that replicates over 200 buildings, ships, trains, and windmills

Nimes Maison Carree
La maison carree, a Roman temple, subsequently used as a warehouse before becoming a must-see tourist attraction. Date: 1850

Lovely Hands and Nails
The attraction of lovely hands and varnished fingernails. Date: 1930s

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Grand Centrifugal Railway
Advertising flyer for the Grand Centrifugal Railway, an Extraordinary Novelty, 200 feet long, with a Virtical (sic) Circle, upwards of 40 feet in circumference

Couple kissing on boating lake
A couple get lost in a kiss while rowing a boat on a lake in a park, probably the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London. 1940s. c.1945

Loos at Paris Expo
Water Closet - Dames : the most popular attraction in the entire Exposition ! Date: 1889

People at the fair, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Crowds of people milling around at the fair, on land adjacent to the New Bridge in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Shantytown near Paroa, South Island, New Zealand
General view of Shantytown, a recreation of a typical 1880s West Coast gold mining town near Paroa, Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand

Champion South Devon Bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion South Devon Bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion hen at the Royal Cornwall Show
A man with his champion hen at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Show
A man with two horses at the Shire Horse Parade at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

First prize mare and foal at the Royal Cornwall Show
A mare and foal, winners of the first prize at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, with their owners. The Show takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion bull at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion bull and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Champion sheep at the Royal Cornwall Show
A champion sheep and its minder at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Presentation to Prince Charles, Royal Cornwall Show
A presentation is made to HRH the Prince of Wales by the Young Farmers Union at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year

Queen Mother at the Royal Cornwall Show
The Queen Mother makes a presentation to the winner of a Ridden Class at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall

Fountain at the Chiostro dei Benedettini, Monreale, Sicily
A superb photograph of the Fountain, set in the middle of the Norman Cloister at the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily. The Cathedral is one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in

HMS Victory - Nelsons Flagship - in drydock at Portsmouth

St Pauls Cathedral - London
A painting by Malcolm Greensmith of St Pauls Cathedral. This fine example of post-medieval architecture, built following the destruction of the medieval church in the Great Fire of 1666

Ornate Norman cloister - Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily
A superb photograph of the Norman Cloister at the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily. The Cathedral is one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in the world

The Kitchenmaid and the Constable
A humourous photograph of a kitchenmaid, busy doing the washing up, being proposed to by her policeman admirer. The photograph is entitled Cupboard Love

Poster advertising hats: a hat makes all the difference! A fashionably dressed young woman in a stylish orange hat turns a few heads on the underground, and is offered a seat by a chivalrous gent

Opportunity by William Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by William Heath Robinson showing a lady and man walking from opposite directions and deciding to throw caution to the wind when they spot a sprig of mistletoe clasped behind

Switzerland - Watching Clock strike midday - Berne. The astronomical clock was built in the 16th century by Caspar Brunner

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

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