Downs Collection (page 5)

Samuel Cody and his kite at Findon
Samuel Cody and his kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Samuel Cody adjusting black kite at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Samuel Cody adjusts his kite (probably white kite) at the Findon International Kite Competition on the Sussex Downs, 25 June 1903. Date: 1903

Collection of fossilised molluscs
Plate 21 from Gideon Algernon Mantells Fossils of the South Downs, 1822

Maiasaura with young
An animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya

Blackberrying

River Avon from Clifton Downs, Bristol, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

TJ Downs mammoth Uncle Toms cabin. Date 1916

TJ Downs mammoth new Uncle Toms Cabin Co. Date 1916

Jack & Jill Windmills
Two landmark windmills, known as Jack and Jill, at Clayton, Sussex. Jack is the tall black tower mill and Jill, built in Brighton in 1821, was dragged here by oxen. Date: early 19th century

Wilmington Giants Foot
The right foot of the Wilmington Long Man (or giant), cut in the chalk on the South Downs, England. It is about 230 feet in height. Date: 1930s

JILL WINDMILL
Jill one of two windmills, fondly known as Jack and Jill, Clayton, Sussex. Jill was built in Brighton in 1821 and dragged to Clayton by Oxen. Date: 1930s

Seven Sisters, Sussex
Seven Sisters, on the coast of Sussex, England. Found where the South Downs meet the sea, the Sisters were created when the ancient rivers cut valleys into the chalk. Date: 1950s

OX DROVE TRACKWAY
Ox Drove, a Prehistoric trackway, along the top of the Downs. A view taken from Wingreen, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1930s

Surrey Panorama
A panoramic view from Box Hill, Surrey, England, looking towards Leith Hill. Date: 1950s

South Downs Picnic
Two young women enjoy a bracing picnic on the South Downs, England. Date: early 1930s

Epsom Derby Day - Prince Monolulu - Tipster. Date: 1929

England / South Harting
South Harting, an interesting Sussex village, under the shadow of the South Downs, where the novelist Anthony Trollope lived for many years. Date: 1950s

Downs Schools, Sutton, Surrey
The Downs Schools on Banstead Road, Sutton, Surrey, acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1902 for treating children with ringworm

Downs Childrens Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
Aerial view of the Downs Childrens Hospital on Banstead Road, Sutton, Surrey, originally opened in 1883 as part of the South Metropolitan District School for pauper children

Lewes, Sussex
Distant view of Lewes, nestling in the Sussex Downs

Australia Darling Downs
Sheep farming in the Darling Downs

Babbacombe Cliff Railway
The Babbacombe Cliff Railway which links Babbacombe Downs with Oddicombe Beach

The South Downs
The rolling South Downs, seen from above the old Sussex village of Alfriston

England / Castle Combe
Castle Combe, which lies in a deep hollow in the Wiltshire Downs, some six miles from Chippenham. It is claimed to be one of Englands loveliest villages

Tarot Card Wheel Fortune
TAROT : 10 LA ROUE DE FORTUNE (The Wheel of Fortune)

David Downs Goliath
He downs Goliath with a pebble from a brook - illustration to Wynkyn de Wordes 1530 edition of The XII Profytes of Tribulacyon

UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804
Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia

Battle of Downs / 1639
BATTLE OF THE DOWNS A magnificent Spanish fleet sent to drive the Dutch off the seas was cornered in the Downs by an inferior fleet and defeated

Vicar of Bray 1734
The Vicar of Bray keeps his living and his perquisites despite political and economic ups and downs. The archetypal turncoat

Robinson Downs 1st Zep
Lieutenant William Robinson is the first to bring down a Zeppelin over England, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

Warneford Downs 1st Zep
Lieutenant Warneford shoots down the first Zeppelin of the war over Ghent

Robinson Downs Zep 1916
Lieutenant W.L. Robinson shoots down a Zeppelin over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, winning the Victoria Cross for his valour

Robinson Downs Zeppelin
Zeppelin L21 falls from the sky after being attacked by Lieutenant Robinson; this image was based on an account by an eyewitness 20 miles away

Warneford Downs Zeppelin
Flight Sub-Lieutenant R.A.J. Warneford destroys the first Zeppelin, over Ghent, earning the Victoria Cross. He died in a plane crash in Paris just ten days later

French Planes in Action
A French two-seater aircraft downs a German plane : note how the gunner is standing up and firing his machine gun just as if he were standing on the ground

Abbott / Flatland 1
Subtitled A Romance of Many Dimensions, but Flatland itself has only two, so there are no ups and downs in a Flatlanders life, and every thing is on the level

Horse Bus, Circa 1905
One of the last of the London horse buses, this would take you from Elephant & Castle over London Bridge to Hackney Downs

WW1 / 1917 / AIR / GUYNEMER
Guynemer downs two Germans in one minute and two more later in the day

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