Distance Collection (page 6)

Hotel du Tertre and Au Singe Qui Lit, Paris, France
Montmartre: Place du Tertre with the Hotel du Tertre, Au Singe Qui Lit, and the Sacre Coeur in the distance. Date: 1920s

Children on the Butte, Montmartre, Paris, France
Montmartre: two children on the Butte, with Sacre Coeur in the distance. Date: circa 1905

FIREFIGHTERS OF THAMES
Fire-fighters of the River Thames, London approaching London Bridge with Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: June 1933

FRANCE / PAU 1894
The chateau and the Gave in Pau, with the wide river in the foreground and the bridge in the distance. Date: 1894

PARIS / 17TH CENTURY
A general view of Paris in the 17th century showing Le Pont- neuf and Notre Dame in the distance Date: 17th century

ODESSA-BALTA LINE BRIDGE 1866
ODESSA-BALTA RAILWAY The rail link is opened between these two towns, a distance of 180 km. The first train thunders across a wooden bridge Date: 1866

THE GOOSE GIRL & GEESE THE GOOSE GIRL & GEESE
The goose girl with her geese, and in the distance the castle where, who knows ? she may one day be the princess

BLEACHING LINEN CLOTH by spreading it out in the sunlight in fields near the factory which can be seen in the distance Date: circa 1870

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
from the Surrey (south) side of the river : St Pauls in the distance, hay barges and other shipping in the foreground Date: circa 1870

Saracens Head, Snow Hill
The Saracens Head, Snow Hill. From a sketch taken during its demolition in 1863. It was a celebrated tavern and coaching establishment, which stood on the north side of Snow Hill, without Newgate

Aquarium (formerly Fort Clinton) in Battery Park and New York Harbour, NYC, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Dark stormy skies above Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, seen on the horizon beyond the causeway to Holy Island. Picture taken from Berwick upon Tweed Date: 2014

Jamestown Exposition
Promotional postcard for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, including an inset illustration showing the Native American woman Pocahontas interceding for Captian John Smith and the remains (tower)

Greetings from Jamaica Landing Pier, Kingston
Greetings from Jamaica Landing Pier, Victoria Market and King Street, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, West Indies, with the Blue Mountains in the distance. Date: circa 1905

View from the Rotunda of British Museum toward Senate House
View from the Rotunda of the British Museum toward Senate House, University of London (UCL), Bloomsbury, London, The vague shapes of the hills of Hampstead can be seen in the distance. Date: 1951

Red Torii gates and steps Hie-Jinja Shrine, Tokyo, Japan
Red Torii gates and steps to the entrance to the Hie-Jinja Shinto Shrine in Tokyo, Japan

Greyhound Bus Station, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Date: circa 1940

Barbara Moore, John o Groats to Lands End walk
Dr Barbara Moore (1903-1977), Russian-born health enthusiast, during her walk from John o Groats to Lands End. Seen here on the road. She completed the walk in 23 days. Date: 1960

1948 - Emil Zatopek
Emil Zatopek (1922 - 2000), Czech long distance runner pictured following his victory in the 10, 000m race at the London 1948 Olympic Games, only the second race he had ever run at that distance

Honeymoon couple and signpost at Lands End, Cornwall
Honeymoon couple posing by the famous signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, on 10 June 1985 -- Odessa, where the bride comes from, is 1594 miles away. Date: 1985

Wooded lane in West Sussex, England, with a figure in the far distance. circa 1966

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Base of Eiffel Tower - Looking through base of tower to statue and buildings in distance. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to

Landing Stage, Liverpool - small ships in foreground - large ships right background Sheds on left and in distance. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900

Arcadia Caf頡nd Bathing Place, Portrush
Arcadia Caf頡 nd Bathing Place, Portrush - an elevated view looking down on the Caf頡 nd beach, there are a lot of people sitting and walking and in the distance, off the Skerries

Lurig and Bridge Over R. Dall, Cushendall - a view of a footbridge over the river and Lurig in the distance. There are houses on the hill. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Cushendall)

Knock Road, Belfast - a view of a residential road to the Church, in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Woodvale Park, Belfast - a view of the park and pond with four boys in the foreground and a Church in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Dollys Brae, Castlewellan - a view of a long road going into the distance with a motor car and boy beside a building, taken closer to the building

Mill Bay, Kilkeel, Co. Down - a view of a beach and the Mournes in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Kilkeel). Date: circa early 1900s

Hill of Howth - a view from a beach to Howth hill in the distance. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Dublin; Dublin). Date: circa early 1900s

Fahan and Inch Island, Co. Donegal - a view looking down on a pier with paddle steamer alongside and the mountains in the distance. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Fahan)

Cavehill Rd, Belfast - a view along the Cavehill road with houses to the Cavehill in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Shaftesbury Park, Carrickfergus - an elevated view of the park and the clover pond. There are people and in the distance buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carrickfergus)

Bank Heads, Larne - an elevated view showing promenade and swimming piers and Chaine memorial in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

Bray Head, Co Wicklow - a low view along the beach with beached rowing boats and people and buildings in the distance. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Wicklow: Bray). Date: circa early 1900s

Vinegar Hill, 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)

Fantastic Adventures - Dwellers of the Deep
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1942, featuring the story Dwellers of the Deep by Don Wilcox. Man in wet suit looks through a round window of a submarine

Lunar Landscape Demisun
A lunar landscape in half sunlight : the Earth in the distance is half in sunlight, half in darkness. Date: circa 1890

Mercedes Gleitze greased for Gibraltar swim
Open water long-distance swimmer Mercedes Gleitze greases herself in preparation for her Strait of Gibraltar attempted swim (she succeeded on her second attempt in 1928). Date: 1927

Mercedes Gleitze hauled from water on Gibraltar swim
Mercedes Gleitze, the British long distance open water swimmer, is hauled out of the water into a boat on her attempt to swim the Straits of Gibraltar from Tangier to Gibraltar. Date: 1927

Douglas Lowe winning 800m Olympic final in 1924
Douglas Gordon Arthur Lowe (7 August 1902 30 March 1981) was a British double Olympic Games champion, winning gold medals in 1924 and 1928

Advert for Stockings by Bear Brand 1934
Bear Brand crepe luxury stockings. " Hallo... long distance? oh, lo darling.. sweet of you to ring me.. you ll be be back for christmas... marvellous... what do I want?

France / Amiensl
General view of the town with the Somme in the foreground, the cathedral in the distance. Date: circa 1840

Aerial view of St Pauls and its neighbourhood - London
Aerial view of St Pauls and its neighbourhood with London Bridge in the distance, taken from a balloon at about 1, 500ft by Griffith Brewer on 22 May 1909

Junkers Ju86A1 D-AXEQ B�rg of Lufthansa
Junkers Ju86A1, D-AXEQ, Brg, of Lufthansa. Windowless, it had extra fuel tanks fitted in the fuselage and on 22-23 August 1936 it flew non-stop from Dessau to Bathurst, a distance of 3, 603 miles

Kokine Swimming Club - Rangoon - within walking distance of Mount Pleasant Date: 1951

Charles Rowell. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, August 12th 1853. Height 6 ft. 5 ins. Weight 140 lbs. Winner of the Astley Belt

German Paris Gun in Krupp factory, WW1
The German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

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