Dover Collection (page 7)

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

Old Pharos at Dover, Kent
View of the Old Pharos (Roman lighthouse) at Dover, Kent, next to the Anglo-Saxon St Mary in Castro Church. The Pharos was originally an octagonal tower with eight stepped stages

French rail poster - Dover
French rail poster for the Chemin de Fer du Nord route to Dover with six fast services per day

Norwegian royal family embarking at Dover
King Haakon VII of Norway (1872-1957) and Queen Maud (1869-1938), together with their son, Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991), embarking at Dover to return home following a visit to the UK

Dover / Cooke s
A view showing Dover Castle with the town just visible in the distance

William Thomas Burgess, Channel swimmer
William Thomas Burgess (right) at Walmer after his successful channel swim, which took place on 5-6 September 1911. He was the second person to swim the channel after Captain Matthew Webb in 1875

Prince of Wales (George V) at Dover
The Prince of Wales (soon to be George V) with Guards at Dover, Kent

Prince of Wales / Ammanull
KING AMANULLAH OF AFGHANISTAN Prince of Wales greets the King of Afghanistan aboard the Maid of Orleans at Dover dressed in the uniform of the Welsh Guards

Storm at Dover 1881
The seafront at Dover, Kent being battered by storm of 18th January 1881. Wreckage of the pier and parade visible

Dover Harbour
Dover, Kent : the Outer Harbour

DOVER
General view of Dover, Kent, from the beach, with the castle in the distance

DOVER
Manning the white cliffs of Dover, Kent : a soldier in the foreground, the castle in the background, to deter the French... Date: early 19th century

Lear / Nonsense / Dover
There was an Old Person of Dover, who rushed through a field of blue Clover; But some very large bees, stung his nose and his knees, so he very soon went back to Dover

Dover Rough Seas
Rough seas at Dover, Kent

The electric wire at Cape Grinez
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. The image shows a view of Cape Grinez, taking the wire up the cliff

The Goliah steamer paying out the electric wire
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. Here, the cable is laid out as the Goliah steam ship sails from England to France

Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however

Sea Legs; Twixt Calais And Dover
Two ladies sat on board a ship travelling from Calais and Dover. The weather is stormy causing a rough, uncomfortable journey and causing a saucy exposure of beautiful leg

North Bank of the Thames from Blackfriars Bridge to London B
Engraving showing a view of the North bank of the River Thames from Blackfriars Bridge (extreme left) to London Bridge (extreme right), 1865

Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H. M.s Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship
Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H.M.S Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship

Canadian Gunner with German Munitions, France; Second World
Photograph showing a Canadian gunner inspecting some captured German 14-inch shells, Boulogne, 1944. The shells shown in the picture would have been used to fire at Dover

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, August 1875
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, leaving Dover for Calais, August 1875. Built in 1874 for the English Channel Steamship Company

Prince and Princess Louis of Battenburg feeding rescued emig
Illustration showing Prince and Princess Louis of Battemberg feeding rescued emigrants from the ship Cairnrona, which caught fire in the Channel, at Dover Docks, 1910

Dover Pier - 2
The Promenade Pier, seen from the beach

DOVER PIER - 1906
Admirality Pier Dover

DOVER - 1906
Dover Port Date: 1906

SS Kingfisher, 1906
Photograph of the Turbine Steamer Kingfisher, built in 1906 by Messrs. Denny of Dumbarton for the General Steam Navigation Company

Blanchard Leaves Dover
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies leave Dover on their cross-Channel flight which makes them the first people to cross from England to France by air

Dover Pier - 1

GOLDEN ARROW BAR
A couple have a drink in the bar of the famous Golden Arrow train which took passengers from London to the Dover to Calais ferry to France

The Goodwin Sands
The GOODWIN SANDS, in the Straits of Dover, where many a good ship has come to grief

Florence Ward / Dover Str
Actress Florence Ward in silk pyjamas is ready for bed having removed her stockings, paste buckle shoes, petticoats & other attire

Dover / Customs Yacht 19C
Dover, Kent: the customs yacht

This Fortress Built by Nature
A symbolic image showing a lone soldier defending the White Cliffs

Hawkshaws Chunnel Prop
Sir John Hawkshaw proposes a tunnel beneath the seabed between Dover and Calais

Advert / Dover-Ostend
The Continent via Dover and Ostend

Dover Castle, Kent: from Castle Hill

Blackfriars Station, City of London
Blackfriars Station in the City of London is the terminus for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, but some trains go through to Holborn Viaduct

Blanchard Flies Channel2
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies are the first people to cross the English Channel by air : their flight from Dover ends in the forest of Guines, near Andres

Old London Museum
Poster advertising the old London Museum in Dover Street, Mayfair

HENRYs SHIP 1520
Man-of-War in which Henry VIII, King of England, embarked in 1520 at Dover to come to France

Naval Action 1652
NAVAL ACTION OFF DOVER Admiral Blake defeats Tromp in the first action of the war

Blanchard Crossing / Cig
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies over the Channel, which they are the first people to cross by air, from Dover to the forest of Guines, near Andres

Louis-Philippe / Anon Lith
LOUIS-PHILIPPE Dover, October 1849, when he arrived in exile after fleeing France, in disguise

Ostend-Dover Steamer
The Ostend - Dover cross channel ferry is watched by North Sea fishermen

Bleriot before Take-Off
Anzani, who built Bleriots motor, exchanges a few final words before the aviator takes off on his history-making flight to Dover

Atlantic Telegraph
sections of Atlantic and other cables: Dover-Calais 1851 first Atlantic 1857 second Atlantic 1865 Berlin-Halle 1876

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