Dec15 Collection

Keir Hardie addressing suffragettes at Trafalgar Square
Keir Hardie (1856-1915), founder of the Labour party, addressing suffragettes at a free speech meeting in 1908 - Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1834-1913)

Bishop Otter College, Chichester, West Sussex Date: 1901

St. Louis World Fair, Missouri, USA - Souvenir Booklet Cover
St. Louis World Fair, Missouri, USA - Cover of the souvenir fold-out booklet Date: 1904

The Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Naval Admirals
The Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - Japanese Naval Admirals Date: circa 1905

British Kitsch Art Deco Christmas Card, Carol Singing Chicks. Date: circa 1925

Temple of the Holy Tooth - Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sri Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Holy Tooth - Kandy, Sri Lanka - located in the royal palace complex. An UNESCO world heritage site. The Library. Date: circa 1910s

Ilkley - West Yorkshire - Various scenes in the locality including Bolton Abbey, The Ilkley Tarn (small lake), Strid Wood and the wooden bridge above the Hebers Ghyll waterfall. Date: circa 1900

Devon - Hooe - estuary of the River Plym
Homeward Bound - Nyasaland (modern Malawi). An african woman carrying a large load on her head and her baby on her back. Postcard sold at the British Empire Exhibition at the East African Pavilion

Rue des Ouleds-Naדּand Moorish cafes, Biskra
The busy street of Ouleds-Naדּ, Biskra, lined with several Moorish cafes. Date: circa 1910s

Bridlington - A sailing Coble boat
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire - A sailing Coble boat - the Five Sisters. Date: circa 1910s

The Russo-Japanese War - Interior scene
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 - an unusual card (awaiting final translation!) depicting an interior scene. Date: circa 1905

Sidi el-Kebir cemetery, Blida
A seated figure overlooks the Sidi el-Kebir cemetery where Blida's founder, Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, is buried. Date: circa 1910s

Cupid and Psyche, sculpture, Antonio Canova, Louvre, Paris
Cupid and Psyche, sculpture by Antonio Canova, Louvre Museum, Paris. Date: circa 1910s

Izmir, Turkey - Belltower, Orthodox Cathedral of Agia Fotini
The bell tower of the former Orthodox Cathedral of Agia Fotini in Izmir, Turkey - built 1856. Demolished, but re-constructed at Nea Smyrni, a municipality and a southern suburb of Athens

The Liverpool Industrial schools at Kirkdale, 1850
The Liverpool Industrial schools at Booth Lane, Kirkdale. Built in an Elizabethan style, it was designed as an alternative to the workhouse to accomodate juvenile paupers. Date: 1850

Damascus, Syria - Djemal-Pacha Avenue
Damascus, Syria - Rue Djemal-Pacha (named after the Ottoman Military leader Ahmed Djemal Pasha (1872-1922) - Governor of Greater Syria in 1915-16). Date: circa 1920

Port au Prince, Haiti - Commercial HQ of A. de Matteis & Co
Port au Prince, Haiti - The Commercial Headquarters of A. de Matteis & Co. Date: circa 1910s

Church of the Assumption of Our Lady - The Mosta Dome, Malta
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or Rotunda of St Marija Assunta (sometimes shortened to as The Mosta Dome) - a Roman Catholic church in Mosta, Malta

The Mausoleum - St-Remy-de-Provence, France
Mausoleum of the Julii (about 40 BCE) - One of les Antiques - two amazingly well-preserved structures at the site of the Roman City of Glanum at Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France. Date: 1927

Sao Vicente - Two Cape Verde Islanders
Sao Vicente - Cape Verde Islands (the Republic of Cabo Verde). Finally gained independence from Portugal in 1975. Date: circa 1910

Statue - Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Waterloo Place, London
Statue of Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), Waterloo Place, London. Date: circa 1907

Croatian Shepherd, playing a Frula. The frula (also known as svirala or jedinka), is a musical instrument which resembles a medium sized recorder or flute, traditionally played in Serbia

Parc de Tervuren, Belgium - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Parc de Tervuren, Flemish Brabant, Belgium - The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) is a first-class centre for scientific research on Africa and one of the most visited museums in Belgium (today)

The Queens Grove - Marengo Garden, Algiers, Algeria
The Queens Grove - The Queens Tomb in Garden Marengo. Algiers, Algeria. A close-up view of a tomb built in 1848 for Queen Amelia, the wife of Louis-Philippe I

Maala - The Wharf - Seaport of Aden, Yemen. Date: circa 1910s

International Tea Company Stores Ltd
Staff in the doorway of the International Tea Company Stores grocery shop, c.1910. Founded in 1878, International Tea Co. Stores was a leading chain of grocers based in London; they grew to have

Fiddle and I - a cat strikes up a tune on his violin. (" Hey Diddle Diddle" etc...) Date: 1908

The Mersey Tunnel - under the River Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead - interior and associated structures - The Ventilating Shaft at Pier Head, the Junction Chamber

A Trio of French Child Contortionists and Acrobats. Date: circa 1930s

Henry Ainley and Nina Sevening - English stage actors
Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (1879-1945) - English Shakespearean stage and screen actor and Nina Gladys Sevening.(1885-1958) - English stage actress Date: circa 1908

Praise the Lord House - Hurstmonceux, East Sussex
Praise the Lord House, Gardner Street, Hurstmonceux, East Sussex. The owners had planted the cotoneaster and clipped it into the shape of " Praise the Lord" in protest at the building

Ankara, Turkey - Ataturk Statue - Victory Monument
Ulus Meydani (Square) with the Victory Monument (Ataturk equestrian statue) in Ankara, Turkey - left side of Bank Street. The Monument (inaugurated in 1927) was designed by Austrian Henrich Krippel

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Christ the Redeemer statue, an immense art deco creation by the French sculptor Paul Landowski. The face was created by the Romanian artist Gheorghe Leonida

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Copacabana Beach Date: 1955

Old Biskra, Algeria
An elderly man stands next to a house made of clay-like materials, on the corner of a street in old Biskra. Date: circa 1910s

General view of Ghardaia. The town on a busy day. Many people walk about in the square, whilst the town can be seen on the hill above. Date: circa 1910s

View of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria
General view of the Oasis in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Bedouin woman carrying her child on her back. Both wear traditional dress and head-ware. circa 1910s

Copenhagen, Denamrk - Sofartsmonumentet (Maritime Monument)
Sofartsmonumentet (Maritime Monument), Copenhagen, Denmark - monument to the Danish Merchant Navy Seamen who lost their lives at sea during World War One

The clock tower of Bab al-Faraj, Aleppo, Syria
The clock tower of Bab al-Faraj is one of the main landmarks of Aleppo. The tower was built in 1898-1899 by the Austrian architect of Aleppo city Charles Chartier Date: circa 1910

Map of Bern, Switzerland Date: 1905

German Embassy - Tarabya (Therapia), Bosphorus, Istanbul
The German Embassy - Tarabya (Therapia), Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910

Czech Republic - Charles Bridge, Prague Date: circa 1920s

Easter Greetings Postcard featuring child and chickens
Easter Greetings Postcard featuring a young child sat atop a chickens hutch with a liberal sprinkling of mutli-coloured Easter Eggs! Date: circa 1910s

Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt - Al-Gamea Mosque, Al-Gamea Square
Al-Gamea (The Mosque) in Al-Gamea Square, Heliopolis - a suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo as a district of the city. Date: circa 1910s

A road in the Arab Quarter - Constantine, Algeria
A narrow road in the Arab Quarter - Constantine, Algeria Date: circa 1940s

Statue of King Leopold II - Brussels, Belgium
Statue of Belgian King Leopold II (1865-1909) on horseback in Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910s

RMS Minnedosa (active 1917-1935). Date: 1919

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