Column Collection (#36)

French Algerian troops in World War One
A column of French colonial Algerian Tirailleurs (commonly known as Turcos) on the march northward towards Rheims. These sharpshooters form part of the forces raised by the French in Algeria

Olivia Maitland Davidson, writer and journalist, specifically author of Letters of Eve, the Tatler magazines weekly gossip column

Washington Column, Yosemite, California

Cloisters, Certosa di Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
Cloisters, Certosa di Pavia, a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy. Date: late 19th century

The Maidan, Calcutta (Kolkata), India
View of The Maidan, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1890s

La Martiniere College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is named after its founder, Major General Claude Martin. Date: circa 1890s

Old Mosque, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Portico of the Temple at Dendera, Egypt. Date: 1857

Ruins, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Carved pillars at Karnak, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

The Bystander in Occupation illustrated by H. L. Oakley
A page showing The Bystander magazines regular column in 1919 - The Bystander in Occupation - reporting on news from occupied Germany in the aftermath of World War One

Nelsons Column silhouette from St Martins-in-the-Field
A view of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square from between the columns of St. Martin s-in-the-Field church. Date: 1926

The Maidan, Calcutta, India
View of the Maidan, Calcutta, India. Date: circa 1890s

View inside the Moti Masjid, Agra, India
View inside the Moti Masjid, also known as the Pearl Mosque, Agra, India. Date: circa 1890s

Delivery of beds to the Admiralty, London, WW1
A delivery of beds to the Admiralty in London, so that employees may stay on the premises overnight to deal with emergencies during the First World War. Date: September 1914

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1849 - various scenes
Various scenes from the royal visit to Ireland by Queen Victoria and family in August 1849.On the right: the visit to the National Infant School

Peristyle (looking up) Baalbek, Lebanon
The view looking up at the remains of a peristyle at the Temple of Baalbek, Lebanon, showing the columns, capitals and ornate roof

Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, Hyde Park
Scene at the Metropolitan Police centenary celebrations, showing police officers in their uniforms marching past the Wellington Arch into Hyde Park, Central London

Westminster View
View of Westminster as seen by a pigeon perched on the top of the duke of Yorks Column. Date: circa 1850

Lassens Butte Ca
A U.S. cavalry column deploys near Lassens Butte (aka Lassen Peak, Mount Lassen) in the Cascade Mountains of northern California. Date: 1857

Mansion Conservatory
The luxury conservatory, with its plants and stained leaded glass windows, of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City financier Clarence Hatry, who was jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - A Buddhist Funeral - The Female relations Date: 1904

The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque) and Hippodrome
The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque - designed by royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan), Istanbul (Constantinople) and the Hippodrome

Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak, located within the Karnak temple complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Ancient ruins, Upper Gymnasium in Pergamon (Bergama), Turkey
Members of what appear to be a football team pose amid the Ancient ruins of the Upper Gymnasium in Pergamon, now Bergama, Turkey. Date: 1923

San Francisco Earthquake - Ruins of Buildings
San Francisco Earthquake, USA - Ruins of the Lick House Entrance of the Bullock & Jones Building and the San Francisco Savings Union Building after the Earthquake and fire of 18th April, 1906

San Francisco Earthquake - Ruins on Mason Street
San Francisco Earthquake, USA - Ruins on Mason Street after the devastating Earthquake of 18th April, 1906. Date: 1906

Montevideo, Uruguay - Liberty Statue on Plaza Cagancha. The honour guard of three ceremonial horseman seem to have been added later, or else are very, very small specimens.... Date: circa 1907

Istanbul, Turkey - View toward the Burnt Column
The Column of Constantine (or Burnt Column ) is a monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD

Hue, Vietnam - Bellringer outside Palace Audience Chamber
Hue, the capital city of Thua ThienHue Province of Vietnam - The bellringer outside one of the Audience Chambers of the Royal Palace and possibly his (very) young apprentice! Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - The Temple of Bacchus. Date: circa 1930s

Myanmar - decorative carvings in a temple Date: circa 1910s

Bronze Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Nightime in Tralgar Square, London
The Offices of the Sun Life Insurance Company and The Head European Offices of Canadian Pacific, 62-65 Charing Cross Road, Trafalgar Square, London - photographed at night. Date: circa 1930s

Nelsons Column, Admiralty Arch and The Mall, London Date: circa 1930

Roman site of Timgud - Algeria - Arch of Trajan
Roman site of Timgud - Batna, Algeria - Triumphal Arch of Trajan Date: circa 1910s

Roman site of Timgud - Algeria - Columns of the Capitol. Date: circa 1910s

Beautiful Arab / Islamic Architecture - Tunisia with three women and a young child surrounding fine marble fountain in the centre of an elegant arcade courtyard with twisted spiral columns Date

Soli, Mersin, Turkey - Ancient Columns - The Ruined city of Solipolis or Pompeipolis. The word solecism is derived from Soli

Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress - Stairhall Columns
Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress - Columns of the Grand Stairhall. Date: 1920

Paris, France - La Colonne de Juillet, Place de la Bastille. A monumental column commemorating the Revoluton of 1830. Built between 1835 and 1840. Date: circa 1900

Belgium - Centenary of Quatre Glorieuses in 1930
Photographic Montage postcard centering on The Congress Column in Brussels, Belgium. The card commemoration the centenary of the Quatre Glorieuses - the 4 days of revolution which overthrew

Westminster Abbey, London - The West Front and Towers. The towers were designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren and completed in circa 1745

Pompeii - Italy - The Pantheon. Date: circa 1910s

Pompeii - Italy - Foro e tempio di Giove (Jupiter). Date: circa 1910s

Pompeii - Italy - Basilica Date: circa 1910s

Pompeii - Italy - Temple of Isis. Date: circa 1910s

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