Column Collection (#41)

Poster, Join the Thrift Column (a play on words -- not the Fifth Column!). Advertising the Post Office Savings Bank. Showing a long queue of people waiting to open their accounts. 20th century

Israel - Ruins of Capernaum, a fishing village in biblical Palestine, located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of Saint Peter

The Column of Theodosius - Istanbul Date: circa 1930s

Trajans Column, Rome, Italy - a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, which commemorates Roman emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars

Column of Antoninus Pius
The Column of Antoninus Pius built in the 2nd century by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, successors of Emperor Antoninus Pius in his honour. Date: 2nd century AD

Rome / Trajan Column C1760
Trajans Column in Trajans Forum, Rome.The monument was built under Emperor Trajan and was finished in 113 AD. The carvings depict Trajans campaigns in Dacia. Date: 2nd century AD

Ribault & Florida Indian
Jean Ribault sets up his column which the Florida Indians honour Date: 1562

Piazza Colonna / Rome
The column of Marcus Aurelius in the Piazza Colonna. Date: 1905

Venice / St Marks Square
Saint Marks Square during a flood. Date: 1867

Huntley and Palmers Christmas advertisement
Advertisement for Huntley and Palmers, the first name you think of in biscuits showing a snowy Trafalgar Square in central London

Pioneer Column en route to Mashonaland
The Pioneer Corps, a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and the British South Africa Company, cross a stream on their way to annex the territory of Mashonaland (now part of modern day Zimbabwe)

The Column, Savernake Forest. First mention of a woodland " Safernoc" was made in 934 in the written records of the Saxon king Athelstan

Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos. Built in 1818 in Siamese style, it is probably the oldest temple still standing in Vientiane

Met Police officer, Victorian period
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Vincent, in the mid-Victorian period, posing for his photograph in a studio. He is wearing the original Peelers swallowtail jacket

Whitehall and Trafalgar Square
The end of Whitehall, London, with a view toward Trafalgar Square with Nelsons Column and the National Gallery

Schiller memorial, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin
The memorial to Friedrich von Schiller in front of the theatre and concert hall in the Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Germany

Turkish infantry WWI
A encamped column of Turkish Infantry on Gallipoli during World War I

Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, Italy
View of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, Italy. This is a white marble triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus

Independence Square and Hotel Ukraine, Kiev
View of Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) with the Independence Pillar towering above it, in Kiev, Ukraine. The Hotel Ukraine (Ukraina) can be seen in the background

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

German motorised column of the 4th Panzer Division during the cross-country march in France during World War II

Aircraft attack in France WWII
Low level aircraft attack on an enemy column of horse-drawn vehicles in France

Transport column in France WWII
Airplane flying over transport column in France during World War II

Trajans Column and St Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy
View of Trajans Column, with St Peters Basilica on the right, in Rome, Italy. The column is famous for its spiral bas relief, commemorating the Emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars

Victory Column (Siegessaule), Berlin, Germany
The Victory Column (Siegessaule) in Berlin, Germany, designed in the 1860s to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War

If Gossip we Must
Double-page spread relating the social matters of the day. The photographs included show the cast of Little Catherine, as well as Jessie Matthews, the leading lady in Hold my Hand and Olga Lindo

British troops enter Pronne-en-Mlantois
March 1917 - British troops enter Pronne-en-Mlantois, France

Place Vendome, Paris - under snow
Place Vendome, Paris under snow - photograph taken from the front door of the Ritz Hotel. The column is 44 metres high - encased in the bronze of 1250 cannons captured at the Battle of Austerliz

German troops in Oberammergau
German troops marching through Oberammergau, Germany in 1935

Ornate building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
The ornately carved entrance to a building in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

St Jamess Hall, Piccadilly, London
New entrance to St Jamess Hall from Piccadilly -- the interior

Northumberland House, London
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for a new road between Trafalgar Square and the river. View from the old garden

Mexico City - Independence Monument
The Independence Mounument (Monumento a la Independencia) at Mexico City, Mexico, erected in 1910 to mark 100 years of Mexican Independence

Turkish boy standing with a traditional rifle
Young Turkish boy standing for a portrait photograph with a traditional rifle. He also wears a loose pouch and carries a long curved knife

Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at

Bas-relief depicting the raising of an obelisk
A bas-relief from the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, depicting the raising of an obelisk at Constantinople

The Column of Theodosius - Constantinople

Petra repairs 1962, Jordan
Restorations in the desert: repair work among the monuments of Petra, Jordan. This picture shows the closing stages of repair to fallen column which is part of the facade of the Khazne(treasury)

Roses in the garden at Abbotswood, Gloucestershire
Pink roses in the formal gardens at Abbotswood, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. The gardens were created by Sir Edwin Lutyens

Chilean Ambassadors car - Beijing, China

St Pauls Cross at St Pauls Cathedral, London. Destroyed in 1643 during the First English Civil War - reconstructed in 1910

Trafalgar Square lion
View of one of the lions at the foot of Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square, Central London, at the time of the Nelson Centenary Celebrations

Spain - Seville - Casa Pilatos Palace entrance
Ornate entrance to the Casa Pilatos Palace, Seville, Spain. Although dating to after the Moorish period (16th century) - it is built in the mudejar style

Nelsons Column Goes Up
Nelsons Column is gradually erected in Trafalgar Square

Nelsons Column Installe
The square in 1845, after the erection of Nelsons Column but we must wait nearly a quarter of a century before Landseers lions are added in 1867

Waterloo Place
Duke of Yorks column and St Jamess Park ahead, Pall Mall off to the right, Trafalgar Square out of sight on the left : the prominent building is the United Service Club

An Automobile Column - Bulgarian Soldiers - WWI
A column of Bulgarian automobiles returning from the frontline during World War One

American nurses in procession
A column of U.S nurses parades down a street in Europe

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