Calais Collection (page 4)

France, Pas-de-Calais Department - Montreuil-sur-Mer - La Grand Rue Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - Loos - Tower Bridge - pithead gear towers
WW1, Loos Tower Bridge - the name given to a pair of pithead gear towers here (also sometimes known as Crystal Palace ). Men from the Black Watch

La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil - France - Wetlands
La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil a French commune situated in the Pas-de-Calais Department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. The Wetlands - Canche River. Date: circa 1910s

National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire Drill
The National Professional School at Armentieres in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The boys undertaking a fire drill with buckets ladders and a hand pump Date: circa 1908

The Old Gate at Tournehem (Pas-de-Calais), France - Rue du Vieux Chateau. Date: circa 1902

The Square - Camblain L Abbe (Pas-de-Calais), France Date: circa 1902

Fouquereuil (Pas-de-Calais) - Place de la Gare - France. Date: circa 1901

French Fisherman - Pas-de-Calais Date: circa 1910

Sand Sailing - Hardelot-Plage (Pas de Calais)
Sand Sailing - Hardelot-Plage (Pas-de-Calais). Date: circa 1910s

Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais, France - The Red Cross Date: circa 1909

French Soldiers at Bailleulmont, Northern France
French Soldiers at Bailleulmont - a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, France. Date: circa 1914

Dedie a Mr Blanchard - Apparition du Globe Aerostatique
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Louis Bleriot starting his cross-Channel flight
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Calais in 1538. Xylography. ITALY. Milan. Civica
" Calais in 1538. Xylography. ITALY. Milan. Civica Raccolta delle Stampe " Achille Bertarelli" (Achille Bertarelli collection of prints)."

First balloon flight over the English Channel, from Dover to the French coast, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Seen here is the balloon in flight between Calais and Boulogne, with a fisherman

Balloon over Calais
Imaginary scene showing a balloon over Calais, built by M Romain and piloted by M Pilatre de Rozier, intended for a flight from France to England. late 18th century

Flying Globe and Air Balloon
Two fanciful technical drawings. Above is a Globe Volant (Flying Globe) in which Giroud de Villette and M Rozier passed over Paris on 19 October 1783

Mr. Blanchard accompagne de Mr. Gefferies est parti... entre Calais et Boulogne. Print shows Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot

Pier at Calais. Date c1876

Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage en ballon, Calais, 15 aout 1868. Drawing shows Jules Duruof, Gaston Tissandier

La ville de Calais. Print shows the French balloon La Ville de Calais with several passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and two or three others, standing in the basket. Date 1875

Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de SMTC et correspondent des plusieurs accademies sic. Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Date between 1780 and 1800

Hotel des Guises, Calais, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Maritime railway station, Calais, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The harbor, Calais, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

La Place d Armes, Calais, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Beach and casino, Calais, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lighthouse and St. Peters church, Calais, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Wimereux - The Beach and The Front
Beach huts on the sand and fine houses on The Front at Wimereux, in the Pas-de-Calais department, France Date: circa 1910s

Wimereux, France - The New Bridge
Wimereux, France (Pas-de-Calais) - The New Bridge Date: circa 1910s

The Railway Station at Dannes-Camiers (Pas de Calais) Date: circa 1910s

France, Wimereux - Pas de Calais. A lovely souvenir card featuring a fetching young female bather resting on a large rubber ring

Princess Mary disembarking at Calais, 1922
Princess Mary crosses the Channel with Viscount Lascelles for her honeymoon. Princess Mary, daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, married Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood

Saint-Omer, France - Platforms on the Railway Station
Saint-Omer, France (Pas-de-Calais) - The platforms of the Railway Station and a couple of very fine telegraph poles. Date: circa 1910s

Ships at Dover
Two Channel Ferries at Dover - one setting off for Ostend, the other just in from Calais. Date: early 20th century

Le Nouveau Theatre, Calais, France Date: 1908

Fishing boat on a calm sea - off the coast of Belgium Date: circa 1910s

Wounded Belgian troops in Calais, France, WW1
Wounded Belgian troops from Furnes, marching through Calais, north western France, during the First World War. Date: 11 November 1914

Pas-de-Calais, France - Equihen
Fishermen mending their nets at Equihen, Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: circa 1910s

Howitzer beyond repair, Calais, France, WW1
A 4.5 inch Howitzer beyond repair at the Ordnance Depot, Calais, France, during the First World War. Date: 19 April 1917

William Lord Bergavenny
William Beauchamp, lord BERGAVENNY, a partisan of John of Gaunt, at one time Captain of Calais (the background to this picture) Date: - 1411

Richard Earl of Warwick
RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK Lieutenant-general of the Realm of France, governor of Normandy and Captain of Calais, fully armoured on the battlements of Warwick castle. Date: 1382 - 1439

ON GOLDEN ARROW FERRY
A smartly dressed couple stroll along the deck of the Golden Arrow ferry, connecting luxury trains between Dover and Calais. Date: 1947

Webb Near Calais (Iln)
Captain Webb just before reaching Calais, where he becomes the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 24 August 1875

Argument against Chunnel
An argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882

Eglise Notre Dame at Etaples, France
The Ancient Eglise Notre-Dame, Rue Notre-Dame, at Etaples (Pas de Calais), France

German pillbox WWI
Destroyed German pillbox near Lens in Pas de Calais, France, during World War I

Ablainzeville Church WWI
Destruction of Ablainzville Church, Pas de Calais, in France during World War I

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