Forty Collection (page 5)

Book cover design, Through the Air: a Narrative of Forty Years Experience as an Aeronaut, by John Wise, Philadelphia: To-day Printing & Pub. Co, 1873. Showing a balloon over the sea. 1873

The champion trotting stallion Smuggler owned by H. S. Russel
The champion trotting stallion Smuggler owned by H.S. Russell, Milton Mass.: By Blanco, dam by Herods Tuckahoe. On the back stretch in the third heat Coming Away

Panoramic view taken from The Tower of the Forty Martyrs, Ramleh, Holy Land, (i.e. Ramlah, Israel). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Tower of the Forty Martyrs, Nebi-Samuel, Holy Land, (i. e
The Tower of the Forty Martyrs, Nebi-Samuel, Holy Land, (i.e. Israel). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Mrs. Caudill and her daughter in their dugout, Pie Town, New Mexico. The Caudills have one of the few radios in their neighborhood

Man sleeping
A nap by the sea at Borstahusen, Landskrona, Sweden, 1967 Date: 1967

Israel - Ramla - Tower of the 40 martyrs
The Tower of Ramla, Israel. Also known as the White Tower, this interesting survival was built in the 13th century. It served as the minaret of the White Mosque (al-Masjid al-Abyad)

Israel - Ramla
Scenes from Ramla, Israel (at this time part of the Ottoman Empire) - featuring Reinharts Hotel, a panoramic view of the town and the The Tower of Ramla

49th Street Rail Station, Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY
49th Street Rail Station, Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. Date: 1908

Oscar Asche as Abu Hasan in Chu Chin Chow
Mr Oscar Asche in the lead role of Abu Hasan in Chu Chin Chow - a musical comedy based on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves he wrote, produced and also directed! Date: circa 1919

The Queen drives through rain to the House of Lords
The Queen takes the ceremonial drive by carriage to Westminster for the Opening of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom

Two Officers of the Highland Infantry
Two officers of the Highland Infantry with their swords. On the left is a member of the 76th Regiment of Foot, in the act of fronting; on the right is a member of the 42nd Regiment of Foot

Beauty Contest 1929
The forty-four contestants in the Miss World competition at Galveston, Texas. Date: 1929

Dr Tanner Fasting 1880
Dr Tanner of New York fasts for forty days as a scientific experiment. Date: 1880

Forty Warm Winks
Bonzo, the canine cartoon character created by George Studdy and hugely popular during the 1920s, is pictured getting closer and closer to the fire and on drowsing off

Nelsons arrival in Goldfield, Nervada, Battling Nelson vs Joe Gans, Boxing, Gans dropped Nelson repeatedly during the bout, but could not knock him out

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Tableau for Trente & Quarante
A description of the playing board and full rules for the populare French game of Trente & Quarante favoured by gamers at the Monte Carlo casinos and in Nice

Railway Sleeper - Aberystwyth Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Welsh shepherd takes forty winks leaning up against his crook, sitting on a wooden crate at Aberystwyth Station, his trusty Collie sheepdog at his feet

A scene inside a cafe
Flo: I say, do you believe that awful story about Doris? Elsie: Of course I do- which one? An illustration of two ladies catching up with the gossip inside a cafe

Spring! By A. E. Bestall
A scene of a winter sunset showing an elderly gentleman walking with his granddaughter across a snow covered field. A sprightly fairy is trying to tug the gentleman back

Dress And Fashion Note For Skiiers, by A. E. Bestall
Fashion ideas for the first time skiier. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years

A scene on a bus, by A. E. Bestall
Precocious Boy: Mother, aint we ever going to get out of this damded bus? Mother: Hush, child! How many more times am I to tel you not to use that word

A childs bathtime. By A. E. Bestall
Child (hearing knock at the door): If you come in, Uncle, you must excuse me being all pink! A bathtime scene depicting a mother bathing her young daughter

A bathtime scene, by A. E. Bestall
Small Girl (owner of the teddy bear), after careful inspection of herself after her bath: You know, mummy, God must be magic, Hes made me without a single seam

Superstition. By A. E. Bestall
A humorous cartoon showing a young woman driving her uncle through the countyside. She is reassuring her passenger about how safe and experienced she is, not concentrating on the road sign ahead

The entrance to a captured German dug-out
The staircase and entrance to a German dug-out captured by the British army during the Somme offensive in July 1916. Such shelters were often highly elaborate

An Afghan guard passing through the desert during the Afghan
The Afghan revolt: rebellion of the Shinwari tribe. An Afghan guard on the photographers car passing through the Bandits Hills

Passengers on board an Emigrant Ship, 1884
Scene showing passengers on the deck of an emigrant ship just prior to its departure from Britain, 1884. The passengers include babies, small children, wealthy people and a preacher

Hms intrepid on an Iceberg, Baffin Bay
HMS Intrepid, an Arctic exploration vessel, having been driven forty feet up an iceberg, Baffin Bay, 1851. The Intrepid, under the command of Lt. J.B

Miss Gabrielle Ray
Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing

Braille Library
Reserve Braille library stock in the Paris, France headquarters, from which books are shipped in six languages to forty countries

Louisa Fairbrother / 1845
LOUISA FAIRBROTHER Actress and dancer in the role of Aladdin in The Forty Thieves

French Marquis
A French marquis at the court of Louis XV. He probably lost his elegantly wigged head forty years later

Speed-King Steel Scooter
Speed-King all-steel scooter, offered for only $1.29 to any Boy or Girl who collects forty bottle tops from drinks manufactured by the Lansford Bottling Works

Pyne - Yeoman of Guard
YEOMAN OF THE GUARD Traditionally, the sovereigns body guard : forty of them guard the prisoners in the Tower of London and pose for artists and sightseers

Nellie Farren
ELLEN Nellie FARREN actress who is best known as Principal Boy and other transvestite parts : here as Ganem in The forty thieves

Jesus in Wilderness
Jesus spends forty days in the wilderness, contemplating his mission

Passengers Despondent
NOAHs ARK - The passengers feel miserable as the forty days and forty nights seem to last for ever

Arabian Nights / Ali Baba
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The thieves hide in jars

50 Chess Games at Once
Playing fifty games of chess simultaneously. Bogoljubow wins forty games, loses two and draws eight to Aljechin at Monaco

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