Eastern Collection (page 21)

Opening of Canterbury and Ramsgate railway 1846
Departure of the first train from Canterbury. Date: February 1846

Chinese fishing boats 1857
River life among the Chinese, fishermen raising a large baskets. Date: 1857

Leviathan later named SS Great Eastern under construction
Front cover for The Illustrated Times, dated 7 November 1857. Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

WILLIAM HARRISON, CAPT
Captain WILLIAM HARRISON commander of the Great Eastern steamship. Date: 1812 - 1860

FLORAL ARRANGEMENT JAPAN
An example of the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging know as Ikebana. Date: 1901

Hat with aigrette C1913
Blonde woman wears a soft hat with an aigrette, a blouse with a scallop edged turn down collar, a large green pendant & a wrap-over garment in an eastern style print. Date: circa 1913

CUBAN SUGAR CANE 1922
Transporting sugar cane in Eastern Cuba. Date: 1922

Eastern chariots, mostly depicted on coins
Eastern chariots (Roman, Persian, Sidonian), mostly depicted on coins and in the centre Roman women sitting in an ox-cart, watched by a soldier. Date: circa 0 BCE / O CE

Kentucky Railroad Shares
Kentucky and Great Eastern Railway Company - thousand collar share certificate. Date: 1872

North Eastern Express
North Eastern Railways express loco no 69 (?) Date: circa 1902

PASSING DURHAM 1918
A passenger train of the London and North Eastern Railway gives travellers one of the finest views in England - across the Wear valley to Durham cathedral. Date: 1918

DAUNS ELYSIUM / VIENNA
Dauns Elysium, Vienna, Austria. Date: 1845

ADVERT / EAST EURO THEATRE
Girl standing in front of a wall of Eastern European theatre bills Date: circa 1909

FINN / RUSS BAYONET MELEE
Finland : a bayonet melee between Finns and Russians in the snow - both sides in white uniforms, which must make it difficult to distinguish friend from foe ! Date: January 1940

Russian Finns, hand to hand
Finland : a fierce hand-to- hand combat between Finns and Russians in the snow : the Soviet troops locate their enemy by the fires they light against the extreme cold Date: December 1939

MAP / EASTERN EUROPE 1550
A detailed map of Eastern Europe, showing the major regions, cities, rivers and lakes. The map stretches from Constantinople in the East to Strasbourg in the West. Date: 1550

EASTERN EUROPEAN DANCE
Two couples dancing an Eastern European country dance (Two of Three)

Ship - Gt Eastern (Cable)
The start of laying the telegraph cable across the Atlantic Date: 1865

UNGARI INVADE ITALY
Italy is invaded by the UNGARI, from eastern Europe Date: circa 200

Great Eastern - Port Paddle
The view (looking aft) from the port paddle box of the Great Eastern showing the trough for cable. Date: 1865

GREAT EASTERN CONSTRUCT
Under construction at Millwall. Date: 1857

ARAB POEM - 1
The poetry is written in the central cartouches which are gold lined. Comments are in the margins. The script is nastaliq - one of the classic Middle Eastern scripts. Date: 16th century

ARABIC MANUSCRIPT - 2
The poetry is written in the central cartouches which are gold lined. Comments are in the margins. The script is nastaliq - one of the classic Middle Eastern scripts. Date: 16th century

Papaver Orientale or Eastern Poppy Date: 1796

Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737

Strolling beggars in China with burning coals
Strolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752

Franz Josef Fjord and Peterman Mountain, Greenland
View of the Franz Josef Fjord (named after the Emperor who helped to fund an expedition there) and the Peterman Mountain, with glacier, in north eastern Greenland. Date: circa 1870

Cannon Street Station 1866
The terminus of the South Eastern Railway at Cannon Street Station. Date: 1866

Saint Helena of Constantinople
Saint Helena, also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople. She was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and according to tradition she found the relics of the True Cross

Building Cannon Street Station, London 1866
Boatmen on the Thames can see that work on the Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway is nearly completed. Date: 1866

Sveta Nedelya Church - an Eastern Orthodox church in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pictured before the terrorist attack on 16 April 1925

Henry VIIs chapel
The Henry VII Lady Chapel, or just the Henry VII Chapel, is a large Lady Chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, paid for by the will of King Henry VII

Douglas DC-8-61 N8776 of Eastern Airlines at Stansted Airport. Date: circa 1969

San Toy, musical comedy - wishing you good luck and merry times. circa early 1900s

Rose of Araby, musical play, Opera House, Northampton
Rose of Araby, a musical play, at the Opera House, Northampton. early 20th century

San Toy! musical comedy, Opera House, Leamington
San Toy! a musical comedy at the Opera House, Leamington, previously at Dalys Theatre, London. Showing Sing Hi, The Emperor and Ko Fan. circa early 1900s

Mr Wu, Grand Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Mr Wu, a play by Harry M Vernon and Harold Owen, at the Grand Theatre, Croydon, Surrey. Previously at the Strand and Savoy Theatres, London. 1910s

The Mousme (The Maids of Japan), Royal Theatre, Portsmouth, previously at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. 1910s

I ve Seen The Arem, burlesque, Empire Theatre, Islington
I ve Seen The Arem, a musical farce burlesque, at the Empire Theatre, Islington, North London. circa 1915

The Forty Thieves, a childrens pantomime

The 40 Thieves, a pantomime

The Forty Thieves, a pantomime

Turkey - Istanbul - Interior of the Castle of Seven Towers (Yedikule) - the South eastern tower and view toward the Sea of Marmara. Date: 1933

King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) visit a factory workshop during a tour of the North Eastern Counties of England. Date: circa 1916

US Marines in the Philippines during the US-Philippines War, outside an administrative and post office building. Date: circa late 1890s

Passenger on train, St Petersburg to Moscow route, Russia
Passenger in a train compartment on the St Petersburg to Moscow route, Russia. Date: circa 1900

Train on the Bucharest to Galicia railway, Romania. Date: circa 1900

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) - SS Prague - launched in 1929. Built by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, a sister of Vienna and Amsterdam

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