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Distinctive Collection (page 5)

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - from Gotemba

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Gotemba Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - with a village and agricultural workers

Mount Fuji, Japan - with a village and agricultural workers labouring in the fields in the foreground. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - from Numadzu

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Numadzu
A fantastic view of Mount Fuji, Japan - from Numadzu, with a labourer carrying some baskets suspended off a yolk on his shoulder. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - from Iwabuchi

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Iwabuchi Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - from Sengokubara

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Sengokubara Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - with view over Lake Nishiumi

Mount Fuji, Japan - with view over Lake Nishiumi Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - with view over Lake Hakone

Mount Fuji, Japan - with view over Lake Hakone Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - from Otometoge

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Otometoge Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Shoji Lake

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Shoji Lake Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Mount Fuji, Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan - Viewed from Omiya Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Zermatt, Switzerland - the distinctive shape of Matterhorn

Zermatt, Switzerland - the distinctive shape of Matterhorn
Zermatt, Switzerland - the distinctive shape of the Matterhorn in the distance. In Visp, a district in the Canton of Valais in southern Switzerland. Date: 1906

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Zermatt, Switzerland - Matterhorn

Zermatt, Switzerland - Matterhorn
Zermatt, Switzerland - with the distinctive shape of the Matterhorn in the distance. In Visp, a district in the Canton of Valais in southern Switzerland. Date: 1905

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Istanbul, Turkey - Elements of the Ottoman Military

Istanbul, Turkey - Elements of the Ottoman Military Date: circa 1903

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Officer of the British Guards admires a young lady

Officer of the British Guards admires a young lady
An Officer of the Foot Guards of the Household Division of the British Army admiring a striking young lady who is wearing a high feathered hat Date: circa 1910

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Bosnia-Herzegovina - Turkish Ottoman Man

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Turkish Ottoman Man in the distinctive costume of the region. Date: circa 1905

Background imageDistinctive Collection: The Embankment on a wet night, London

The Embankment on a wet night, London
The Thames Embankment on a wet night, London Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Traditional National Costume of Croatia - Bride from Sisak

Traditional National Costume of Croatia - Bride from Sisak. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: John A Collins - Lancashire Industrialist and Inventor

John A Collins - Lancashire Industrialist and Inventor
John A Collins - Lancashire Engineer, Industrialist and Inventor. Produced bicycle bags (Cykewear Limited) with a distinctive red dot in the centre

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Girl of the Ouled Nails - Algeria - North Africa

Girl of the Ouled Nails - Algeria - North Africa
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Background imageDistinctive Collection: The Quadrangle - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London

The Quadrangle - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1910

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Lifeboat, Bathers and Fisherwoman

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Lifeboat, Bathers and Fisherwoman
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Lifeboat, Bathers and example of the traditional local costume worn by Fisherwomen, featuring a sun headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Yemen - A Village - Distinctive Unique Architectural Style

Yemen - A Village - Distinctive Unique Architectural Style Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Yemen - Sana a - Minaret of the Grand Mosque and rooftops

Yemen - Sana a - Minaret of the Grand Mosque and rooftops Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Portrait of the English Music Hall Performer Dan Leno

Portrait of the English Music Hall Performer Dan Leno
Portrait of the Performer Dan Leno (1860-1904) - a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era

Background imageDistinctive Collection: A Newlyn Fisherman, Cornwall

A Newlyn Fisherman, Cornwall. Date: 1904

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Distinctive character publicising Phil Mays summer Annual

Distinctive character publicising Phil Mays summer Annual
Distinctive character (his publisher?) publicising Phil Mays summer Annual. Date: 1892

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Vignette of a distinctive East London Character

Vignette of a distinctive East London Character Date: 1890s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Coachman from Saint Petersburg, Russia

Coachman from Saint Petersburg, Russia - note his white gloves, tucked into his thin belt. The distinctive uniform of a coachman of long flowing robe and short-flat-topped hat is in evidence here

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Rab - Island off the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Rab - Island off the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville stand - Paris Salon

Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville stand - Paris Salon
Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville - a French luxury automobile manufacturer from Saint-Denis, Paris, France. At the beginning of the 20th century they were among the most prestigious cars produced in

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Main Gate - Kew Gardens, Kew, London, England

Main Gate - Kew Gardens, Kew, London, England
The distinctive, ornate wrought iron gates, the Main Gate to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, south west London, England. Kews Main Gate was completed to Decimus Burtons designs in 1846

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Portugal - Madeira - Traditional costumes

Portugal - Madeira - Traditional costumes. The Grey heaired (and bearded) guitarist is wearing a distinctive pointed carapuca hat

Background imageDistinctive Collection: LCC-LFB Camden fire station, NW London

LCC-LFB Camden fire station, NW London
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) for the MFB, Camden fire station was one of a number of London stations to incorporate the distinctive round

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Two Metropolitan Police officers on graveyard patrol

Two Metropolitan Police officers on graveyard patrol
Two Metropolitan Police officers on the so-called graveyard patrol, in the year the Metropolitan Police Force was founded

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Lambeth Bridge Columns

Lambeth Bridge Columns
The columns at each end of Lambeth Bridge, London, with their distinctive pineapple embellishments. The bridge was opened by King George V on 12 July 1932. Date: opened 12 July 1932

Background imageDistinctive Collection: TIGER LILY

TIGER LILY
The distinctive flowers of the Tiger Lily (Lilium Tigrinum). Date: 1930s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Red Telephone Boxes

Red Telephone Boxes
Two of the distinctive British red telephone boxes. Date: 1978

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Montafon Women, Austria

Montafon Women, Austria
Women of the Montafon (Muntafu) Valley, Austria, wearing their traditional costumes with distinctive black busby-like hats. Date: 1930s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: SHAP ABBEY

SHAP ABBEY
Shap Abbey, Cumbria, England, is a rare Premonstratensian house, in a rather bleak setting. Its most distinctive surviving feature is its huge West Tower. Date: founded circa 1200

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Sentry Duty

Sentry Duty
A Royal Guardsman, wearing the distinctive busby hat and red uniform, standing beside his sentry box, London. Date: 1960s

Background imageDistinctive Collection: London Trolley Bus

London Trolley Bus

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, Palestine, WW1

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, Palestine, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) soldiers with their distinctive headgear, practising their attack in Palestine during the First World War. Date: October 1917

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, WW1

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) soldiers in their distinctive headgear during the First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Algeria - Biskra - Ouled Nails Women

Algeria - Biskra - Ouled Nails Women
Algeria - Biskra. Women from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, London

Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, London
Elderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Saxifraga Longifolia

Saxifraga Longifolia, often called the King of Saxifrages, a Pyrenean plant of the Saxifragaceae family (commonly known as saxifrages or stone breakers because of their ability to grow in the cracks)

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Background imageDistinctive Collection: Entrance to Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Entrance to Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Entrance to the Ta Prohm (Ancestor Brahma) Khmer Buddhist temple at Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style in the late 12th and early 13th centuries



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