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Carpathian Collection

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Romania - Small Wooden Church

Romania - Small Wooden Church
A beautiful little wooden church set high on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Monkshood or Aconitum species

Monkshood or Aconitum species
Various-leaved monkshood, Aconitum heterophyllum, yellow monkshood, A. anthora, pale yellow monkshood, A. ochroleucum, Carpathian purple wolfsbane, panicled monkshood, A. paniculatum, A

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Moldavian monkshood, Aconitum moldavicum

Moldavian monkshood, Aconitum moldavicum (Carpathian wolfsbane, Aconitum septentrionale carpaticum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Calendar, April 1915, WW1

Calendar, April 1915, WW1
Calendar, April 1915 -- Carpathians, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Scene during Battle of Limanowa, Galicia, WW1

Scene during Battle of Limanowa, Galicia, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Limanowa-Lapanow in the Carpathian Mountains of Galicia (near Krakow) on the Eastern Front during the First World War

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Animals at a French Zoo - Saiga Antelope

Animals at a French Zoo - Saiga Antelope - small antelope standing by wall.. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Austrian attack on Russian trenches, Carpathians, WW1

Austrian attack on Russian trenches, Carpathians, WW1
A night battle in the snow amidst the pines: the Russian advancing through the Carpathians. An Austrian force attacks the Russian entrenched position in the Carpathian mountains at night

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Railway bridge blown up, Carpathian Mountains, WW1

Railway bridge blown up, Carpathian Mountains, WW1
Railway bridge blown up at the Uzsoker Pass in the Carpathian Mountains, West Galicia, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Russian advance in Balkans by G. H. Davis

Russian advance in Balkans by G. H. Davis
Russias advance in the Balkans during the Second World War: a pictorial map of the terrain. The Eastern Balkans and Carpathian passes: a map showing mountain passes, railways and oilfields. Date: 1944

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Romania - The Red Lake

Romania - The Red Lake
The Red Lake (Lacul Rosu / A Gyilkos-to) - in the Eastern Carpathians, Harghita County, Romania. Date: circa 1922

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Romania - Brasov

Romania - Brasov - View of the 15th century Black Church (Biserica Neagra). Brasov is surrounded by the Southern Carpathian Mountains, and is part of the Transylvania region

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Russian Shepherd

Russian Shepherd
A Carpathian Russian (or Ruthen) shepherd, an old sheep farming race, who were originally enslaved. They inhabit the almost impassible Carpathian mountains. Date: 1930s

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Romanian troops on the march, Carpathians, WW1

Romanian troops on the march, Carpathians, WW1
Romanian troops on the march at Ditro in the Carpathians during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Austrians on the Carpathian Front

Austrians on the Carpathian Front
Austrian troops on the Carpathian Front

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Rusyn People - Hungary

Rusyn People - Hungary
Rusyns - an Eastern Slavic ethnic group who speak an Eastern Slavic language (or dialect) known as Rusyn. This appears to be a team working on a railway in the Carpathian Mountain region of Hungary

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Lake Czarnistan in the Carpathians, Czechoslovakia

Lake Czarnistan in the Carpathians, Czechoslovakia
Scenery in the Carpathians -- Lake Czarnistan in the High Tatra mountains of Czechoslovakia

Background imageCarpathian Collection: Wwi / Carpathian Mountains

Wwi / Carpathian Mountains
The Russian advance guard crosses the Tuchta Pass in the Carpathian mountains, scene of much fighting during World War One


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