Bend Collection

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama. Date 1937 Apr

Fraser Canyon / Canada
The Fraser Canyon, eight miles west of North Bend, British Columbia, showing the Canadian Pacific Railway line

Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). Orsay
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France

A London Underground platform at Bank station
An empty London Underground platform at Bank station, on the Northern Line. early 1930s

The Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the
Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde (1638-1698). Dutch painter. The Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, Seen from the East, 1671-1672. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Fashions for 1899
Man in morning dress, the ladies wear dresses with gored skirts, one with a netted & tasselled under-skirt, the other is ornamented with bold wavy lines

BAe Systems Hawks RAF Red Arrows Diamond Bend Finningley
RAFAT RAF Red Arrows BAe Systems Hawks flying the Diamond Bend at RAF Finningley in 1983 Date: 1983

A Woman of No Importance
A rather dark humoured illustration by Phil May, entitled A Woman of No Importance, a skit on the title of the play by Oscar Wilde of 1893

Panoramic view of Toledo Spain and the Tagus River. Date: circa 1920s

Bend on Porlock Hill, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
Bend in the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The ChAteau de Tonquedec
A landscape sketch of a foreground woodland scene placed beside the bend of a river, below the elevated view of The ChAteau de Tonquedec, a castle in the Cotes d'Armor departement of France

The Becks Of Beckermonds
A landscape painting shows a countryside settlement of houses placed amongst the bend of a river, with an old bridge crossing, in Beckermonds, a small hamlet of north Yorkshire. Date: circa 1919

In Normandy
A landscape painting which looks up a countryside track, with some seated figures at the bend, under a large tree, in Normandy, northern France. Date: circa 1917

Country Lane On Salisbury Plain
A painting which shows a blue motor vehicle coming round the bend of a country lane on Salisbury Plain, large gnarled trees line the bank with thatched roofed houses in the background

A Canal At Ghent
A painting using angular lines, showing a bend of a canal at Ghent, a port city in north west Belgium, with three workmen pulling a rope. Date: circa 1917

Lever De Lune, Moonrise
A landscape painting showing a peaceful moonrise, which is reflected in the calm waters of a river bend, with leafless trees forming the far edge. Date: circa 1916

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 66-13525 - DD+233
Luftwaffe / United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 66-13525 / DD+233 (msn 683D-7132), operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Bends in River Cree - Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway
The bends in the River Cree - Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway Date: circa 1930s

Vintage 19th century photograph: bend in the Vaal River, South Africa

Welsh - Caesars Nose - CWGC Cemetery
This small cemetery stands on the site of a German redoubt which was called Fortin 17. Fighting around this area began in 1915

Bach et Laverne, French comic duo - Charles-Joseph Pasquier and Henry-Laverne. Date: 1930s

1860s Japan - portrait of a two young women in the pose of the Grecian Bend Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Comic postcard, Scotsman in the street - how to pick up a half crown? Date: 20th century

Hong Kong, Happy Valley Golf Clubhouse and pavilions with race course bend to the right. Date: circa 1890s

The Cresta Run - a repair party at work
Workmen busy tuning up what is one of the most famous toboggan runs in the world - the Cresta Run in St. Moritz - at Battledore and Shuttlecock, two well known turns. Date: 1924

Burford Bridge Hotel, Dorking, Surrey. Date: circa 1908

View of William Street, Galway, Ireland, with snow on the ground. Date: circa 1912

Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana, USA. Date: 1904

Road racing at Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, with Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of No. 1, a Mercedes. 20th century

Motor racing track course at Avus, Berlin, Germany. 1930s

Two drivers on the Monaco Grand Prix circuit
The Monaco Grand Prix 1935, with a Maserati leading Lord Howes Bugatti on a bend. 1935

Postcard booklet, Rio Grande and National Park, Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, view of the Rio Grande River in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Date: 1942

FALL / BASENJI / EATING
A row of four young Basenjis, eating from plates. Their wrinkled skin around their foreheads is very noticeable as they bend forward. Date: 1940

USAF RF-101C and C-124A
United States Air Force McDonnell RF-101C-75-MC Voodoo 56-0130 (MSN 385 - to MASDC 10 Jun 76 as FF317. Noted at Gila Bend MAP, Arizona in 2008. With Douglas C-124C Globemaster II 51-5205 (MSN 43615)

IN THE NORTH DOWNS
Overtaking on a bend in the North Downs of Kent. Date: 1926

Sharpness old Dock
A man walks along the south pier at the entrance to Old Sharpness Dock, Gloucestershire, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: circa 1987

Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England - The West bend - The Ladder. Date: 1930s

Australia - The River Yarra at Melbourne, Victoria (Federal Government House is back right) Date: circa 1910

A Housemaid waits to catch a peep up a Scotsmans kilt
A Housemaid waits patiently, hoping to catch a peep up a Scotsmans kilt. The caption reads: Poor Jock stood on his front door steps, His bearskin wanted mending, The Housemaid standing down below

WW2 - Bomb Damage to Houses of Parliament, London
In the course of the German bombing of London during the Second World War, the Palace of Westminster was hit by bombs on fourteen separate occasions

Lithograph, Premiere Vitesse (First Gear) - a couple in a car approaching a dangerous bend ahead (2 of 4) Date: circa 1900

Road sign in Scottish Highlands, Devils Elbow
Road sign on the Cairnwell Pass in the Scottish Highlands, warning drivers that they are approaching Devils Elbow, a dangerous double hairpin bend. Date: 1960s

Clogher Valley at Fivemiletown - a view of a bend on a road. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Fivemiletown). Date: circa early 1900s

Horseshoe Curve on Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, USA
Horseshoe Curve on Monongahela River near Brownsville, California and Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1937

Cataracts of Maypures map
Engraving by Alexander Humboldt, April 1800. This map depicts an area of the Orinoco river in South America. Date: 1800

Diagram of scouting knots -- Reef Knot, Sheet Bend, Bowline, Middlemans Knot, Sheepshank. Other items are three kinds of camp candlesticks, a camp toothbrush, a camp fork

Elevated Railroad, 110th Street, New York City, USA
Elevated Railroad at the 110th Street Curve, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1898

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