Faroe Collection

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Women Spinning
A woman working at a spinning wheel with two companions - The Faroe Islands, Denmark

Whaling / Faroe Islands
The slaughter Whaling in the Faroe Islands

Wreck of Zeppelin L3 in the Faroe Islands

Wreck of Zeppelin L3 in the Faroe Islands early 1900s

Obelisk, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands
Vintage c.1900 photograph: obelisk, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. A basalt obelisk erected in 1882 to commemorate the visit of the Danish king Christian IXs visit to the Faroe Islands in 1874

Young women in traditional dress, Stromo Island, Denmark
Three young women in traditional dress, Stromo (Streymoy) Island (largest of the Faroe Islands), Denmark, standing by the memorial stone of Niels Finsen (1860-1904)

United States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 - USS Billingsley
United States Navy - Destroyer DD-293 USS Billingsley, assisting Douglas World Cruiser float-plane 23-1231 (msn 147) Boston, which was forced down near the Faroe Islands and damaged beyond repair

Bird catching in the Faroe Islands, using boats and ropes. It looks perilous. Date: C.1860

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Kvivik - a village on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. Excavations have shown early Viking settlements here

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Wedding Party & Mussel Gatherers
Mussel pickers (with large pots on their back) at Skuo, Faroe Islands, Denmark and a large wedding party (top) also on the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Catching puffins with a long handled net. They are caught whilst flying in this strange contraption

Faroe Islands, Denmark
A very dramatic photograph of some tiny rowing boats coming close to the towering cliffs of the Faroe Islands, Denmark

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Thorshavn
A typical town on the Faroe Islands - Thorshavn - with wooden boarded houses and a couple of cheeky chappies always to be found in shot around the world when a photograph is being taken

Zeno Lands on Faroe Isl
Italian explorer Nicolo Zeno is shipwrecked on the Faroe Islands. He was joined there by his brother Antonio, and some believe they assisted Templar expeditions to America

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