Distance Collection

Port Muck, and Muck Island Islandmagee, Co. Antrim
Port Muck, and Muck Island Islandmagee, Co

Two young riders, Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor, Devon
Two young riders at Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor, Devon, practising their horseback skills and watching the Devon and Somerset Hunt in the distance. Date: 1926

Cushendall Bay and Lurig, Co. Antrim - a low level view over rocks to Lurig in the distance, in the middle distance are buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Cushendall)

Waves at Porthcawl
A young boy defies the waves at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales. His mother and her friend look across with some concern at another boy on the railings in the distance

Benevenagh from Magilligan - a view along a country road with two boys to buildings beyond and the escarpment in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Magilligan)

Ballyhalbert, Co. Down - a view looking along the shore wall of the town with sea on the right and buildings to the left, curving in the distance

Vinegar Hill, R. Slaney, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford - a view across a river and buildings on the other side to a hill in the distance. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wexford; Enniscorthy)

Cranfield Bay, Kilkeel Not As Marked on the Negative St. Johns Point, Co. Down - a view over Cranfield Bay with wooden buildings to the mountains in the distance

River Quoile and Downpatrick Cathedral - a view with trees and river in the foreground to the Cathedral in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Downpatrick). Date: circa early 1900s

Cavehill Rd. from the Waterworks - a view to the Cavehill in the distance with Cavehill road to the right and the Waterworks to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Donaghadee Harbour - a view of the boats pier and lighthouse, in the distance is the Copeland islands. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Donaghadee). Date: circa early 1900s

Gracehill, Ballymena - a street scene of this Moravian settlement with a car in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Gracehill). Date: circa early 1900s

Slieve Gallion - a view across a plain with farmhouses and fields to the mountain in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry). Date: circa early 1900s

Station Road, Dunmurry - a view to the railway bridge with people, there is a factory to the distance

John Logie Bairds experiment, showing how television transm
Sending pictures through the air. Bairds system of television transmits its wireless pictures

Portglenone on the Bann, Co. Derry - a street scene with a motor car and children in the foreground and horse vehicles in the distance. There are some shop fronts and thatched buildings

Wellington Street. Ballymena - a street scene with people and boy and hand cart. To the distance can be seen a horse vehicle and motor car. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim)

Windmill Hill, Ballyholme - a street scene with the post office on the right (with assembled people) and the windmill to the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bangor)

The Man who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz
An aghast crowd of skiiers and holidaymakers looking towards a dejected snowball-thrower who is trudging away into the distance. St

The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892
Photograph showing the Cyclists participating in the 24 hour Bicycle race at Herne Hill velodrome, on the 22nd July 1892, shortly before the start. The race was won by F.W

The Zulu war. Lord Chelmsfords retreat from Isandhlwana the
Lord Chelmsford surveying the damage after the Battle of Isandlwana. The battlefield strewn with corpses is in the foreground, Isandhlawana Hill is in the distance, as are the Zulu impi (warriors)

Rams Island from Sandy Bay, Lough Neagh - a view out to the island in the distance, in the foreground a boat with a lot of people onboard and on the shore a girl and child in arms

Gracehill, Co. Antrim - a street scene of this Moravian village, with a motor car and people in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Gracehill). Date: circa early 1900s

Benevenagh from Limavady Rd - a view along a country road with two boys to buildings beyond and the escarpment in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Magilligan)

River Maine and Randalstown Bleachworks - an elevated view looking down the river with buildings on the right and the Bleachworks in the distance

VE Day. Outside Buckingham Palace
Crowds seen cheering and waving outside the gates of Buckingham Palace on May 8th 1945 (VE Day)

Cambridge / Backs / St Johns
Cambridge: the Backs, with the tower of St Johns College in the distance

Carnlough Bay - a low view of the bay taken from the beach, the town is in the curved distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carnlough). Date: circa early 1900s

Mileage and flight times across the world, 1961 by GH Davis
A map of the world together with various aircraft from British overseas airways and British European airways services to all six continents with mileage and flight times illustrated. Date: 1961

Futuristic long distance airship
A futuristic long distance airship held aloft by two long balloons, flying across the sea

The Park, Bangor - a view of a lot of people sitting on benches and grassy mound beside a Bandstand in Ward Park. In the foreground are bicycles and in the distance buildings

Sugarloaf Mountain from Greystones - a view of the mountains in the distance taken from a beach, with a boat and buildings in the foreground

Groomsport Bay - a view across the Bay with beached rowing boats in the foreground to buildings in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Groomsport). Date: circa early 1900s

Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
An emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire

Main components of the Solar System
Panoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun

Characterful old lady with her knitting
A characterful old lady sits in a chair, holding a few rows of knitting in front of her as she looks thoughtfully into the distance

Alfred ( Alfie ) Shrubb - Famous Long Distance Runner. He won all there was to win in long-distance running as is evident in this photograph

Pakistan Peshawar
The English church : the Khyber Pass is in the distance, leading into Afghanistan

George Wilson / Pedestrian
GEORGE WILSON The " Blackheath Pedestrian", born in Newcastle 24 June 1766. Long distance walker and walking match champion

England / London / General
The City of London, with Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, and Old St Pauls in the distance

Porchester / Hampshire
PORCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE The castle, with the harbour in the distance

Ufos / George Adamski
He meets Orthon, a Venusian, at Desert Center, California; the encounter is allegedly witnessed from a distance by his friends

Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, giving the distance to John o Groats, New York and other distant places. circa 1980s

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Bike race between Girona and the Aragonese front (14th-18th April 1937)

W Heath Robinson - At the At Home

Victoria Terrace. Portstewart - a view of a terrace with buildings and in the distance Atlantic Circle. There is a man and two motor cars in the picture

Boyne Viaduct, Drogheda - a view down the Boyne quay and river to the viaduct in the distance. There are men and a sailing boat and a rowing boat

Deptford Dockyard
The naval dockyard at Deptford, with Greenwich in the distance. Our Picture Library is out of sight, to the right of the picture. Date: 1793

Britains Brabazon I passenger aircraft by G. H. Davis
A Leviathan of the skies: Britains Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers

Tree on the Equator - Sign noting distance to Selfridges
A lovely oddity!! A large caravan passing a large tree on the Equator in Africa bearing a sign noting the distance to Selfridges & Co. Ltd. in London! Date: 1910

Atmospheric country scene - seated children with dog
A Boy and girl sit alongside a country lane in purple atmospheric misty light - possibly on a summers evening. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Japan / Fujiyama / Hokusai
One of Hokusais 36 views of Fujiyama : the lake is Lake Sowa, and the mountain itself is in the far distance

Early TV Remote Control
An early remote control, or an Armchair Programme Control. Manufactured by Ferranti, this device came with 15 feet of cord which enabled the TV to be operated from a distance

Mount Fuji in Springtime
A beautiful spring day. Fujiyama is in the distance and blossom is on the trees in the foreground

Lourdes / Map in 1858
The town in 1858 of Lourdes of Bernadettes vision, showing the grotto of Massabielle at some distance from the town

Dogs Leap, R. Roe, Limavady, Co. Londonderry - a view of a fast flowing river and bridge in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Limavady). Date: circa early 1900s

Mourne Mountains from Rossglass - a view of the Mournes in the distance with a thatched cottage and beach in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Rossglass)

Armagh - a street scene with motor bus, cars and people. In the distance is the Cathedral. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Armagh; Armagh). Date: circa early 1900s

Rams Island, Lough Neagh from Glenavy - a view of the island in the distance with four people and a boat in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Glenavy)

Portstewart Strand - a view over the beach to the buildings in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Portstewart). Date: circa early 1900s

The Walls of Derry - a perspective view of the walls and cannons, with three boys in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Londonderry). Date: circa early 1900s

David Moorcroft, British runner
David Moorcroft (b. 1953), British middle-distance and long-distance runner, signing an autograph at a fun run in Penzance, Cornwall

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta

An artists impression of the Tarrant Tabor in flight. Originally intended for long-distance bombing, the aircraft was to be converted into a commercial passenger carrier for up to 100 passengers

Kilburn White Horse
View near the village of Kilburn, Yorkshire, England, with the famous chalk carving of the White Horse of Kilburn in the distance. Date: 1950s

THE SIREN
A siren or mermaid sits on a rock in the middle of the sea gazing wistfully after a galleon ship sailing off into the distance

CAPE ADEN
Cape Aden, with mount Shamsham in the distance. [not listed in Times atlas] Date: circa 1860

Sea View, Fishponds
A landscape painting which shows a foreground garden, with a square patch of lawn surrounded by colourful flower patches, looking out to a countryside view of fields and hills

Ross Monument Between Warrenpoint and Rostrevor - a view across the beach and bay to the Monument in the distance, with trees in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Rostrevor)

Town Hall, Ballymena, Co. Antrim - an elevated view of the building and people outside, in the distance are motor cars. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Ballymena). Date: circa early 1900s

Orlock Point and Copeland Island, Co. Down - a view of the rocks and island in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Groomsport). Date: circa early 1900s

Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal - a low view from the bay over the water, with the mountains in the distance and a retouched boat sailing. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Mulroy Bay)

Church St. Magherafelt - a street scene with boys on the right and the church in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Magherafelt). Date: circa early 1900s

Caricature of John Corlett of The Sporting Times
Caricature of John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times

Racial / Iroquois 1904
Iroquois chief wearing ceremonial headdress and gazing into the distance, to illustrate Longfellows Song of Hiawatha Date: 1904

Launching of V2 rocket bombs by G. H. Davis
The launching of V2 rocket bombs during the Second World War: an official photograph and its explanation. On the left: a scene at Peenemunde, birthplace of the V2

New Brighton Lighthouse
Low tide at New Brighton, Cheshire, England, showing its fine lighthouse. The Isle of Man steamer is in the distance. Date: 1960s

Met Police stopwatch -- inside face
A Metropolitan Police issue stopwatch for the purpose of catching speeding motorists. This method worked on the principle of timing motorists over specific distances to estimate their speed

Use of the Naval Rangefinder for Merchant Navy Navigation, 1
Illustration showing how a Naval Barrster or rangefinder could be used for Merchant Navigation

Early fax technology in Paris, France
Edouard Belin demonstrates his instrument to transmit pictures at a distance (an early example of fax technology) at the Salle du Theatre Femina, Paris, France. (2 of 2)

Greystones and Bray Head - an elevated view of a coastline with Bray Head in the distance, there are buildings on the first Headland. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wicklow; Greystones)

Downpatrick from Inch Abbey - a view of the Cathedral in the distance and in the foreground sits a girl and a boy is standing fishing, framed by two trees

The Pier, Strangford - a view of five boats at the pier with people on them with Portaferry in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Strangford). Date: circa early 1900s

Rathmullan and Inch, Co. Donegal - a panoramic view of the town and the mountains in the far distance, over the sea. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rathmullan)

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