Grand Collection (page 100)

Grand Centrifugal Railway
Advertising flyer for the Grand Centrifugal Railway, an Extraordinary Novelty, 200 feet long, with a Virtical (sic) Circle, upwards of 40 feet in circumference

Popular music - ragtime in the home in 1906
Incongruous glimpse of a stately home music room, with the upper class occupants enjoying the popular music of the day: ragtime

Turkish military camp at Jaffa
Plan of the the Turkish military camp at Jaffa (then in Syria) on 25 July 1800 by Mr George Pink. 1800

Prince Henry of Prussia, von Tirpitz and others
Prince Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia (1862-1929), with Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), German naval commander, and others, mainly British, sitting on some steps at the Royal Yacht Club in Queenstown

Grand Infantry Regiment
Mobilisation of the Grand Infantry Regiment in Berlin during the First World War. Circa 1916

Music at home - things best left unsaid
Tactless and painfully shy Captain Lovell refuses when implored to sing at a party, and in the process of refusing, accidently rubbishes the performance of his hostess. Date: 1886

Elite Gardens and Restaurant, Franco-British Exhibition
View of the Elite Gardens and Grand Restaurant at the Franco-British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. Date: 1908

Music at home - fashionable trio at the piano, 1883
Three fashionable ladies gather round the piano to sing and play, whilst modelling the latest fashions for November 1883. Ruffles, pleats and and bows are in abundance. Date: 1883

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Royal Navy
Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), British Royal Navy admiral. He commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (1916) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Little girl on a Happy Birthday postcard
A little girl with flowers and an apple, on a greetings postcard to wish my dear grand-daughter a Happy Birthday. circa 1910s

Lewiss department store, Liverpool
An advertisement for Lewis department store, in Ranelagh Street, Liverpool. 1883

Grand Buddha Pagoda, Hanoi - Vietnam
Grand Buddha Pagoda, Hanoi - Tonkin Province, Vietnam Date: 1904

A singing lesson at Minerva House, 1863
A large family group gather round a grand piano to sing together. Date: 1863

Queen prima-donna at home, 1874
Three girls plead with their musical Mamma to stop playing the piano. Date: 1874

Aerial view, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley
Aerial view of the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. The Grand Scenic Railway can be seen in the foreground. Date: 1924

Cairo, Egypt - The Grand Continental Hotel Date: circa 1910s

Veiled Lady of Grand Cairo, Egypt
A Lady of Grand Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian woman in a white robe with a veil across her face. 1803

Selim III - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
The Grand Seignior. He is Selim III (1761-1808), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Son of Mustafa III (175774), he succeeded his uncle Abdulhamid I (177489)

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Toutoun Bashi - Chief of the Tobacco
The Toutoun Bashi of the Grand Vizier or, Chief of the Tobacco. He wears a green robe and a red and white turban and carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem. 1803

Cairo, Egypt, with camels and driver
Grand Cairo with its Citadel under Mount Mokattam. The city is in the background with two camels and their driver in the foreground. 1803

The Grand Lama of Rongbuk
The Grand Lama of the Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet. Date: circa 1910s

Prince of Wales at Costume Ball
The Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) as the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers of Malta. He wore this costume to the Historical Costume Ball at Devonshire House

Avalanche victim aided by St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard (2472m), dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich and General Brusilov
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (1863 - 1919), on left, and General Aleksei Brusilov (1853 - 1926), Russian general, salute each other. Date: World War One

Concert performance, Paris 1843
Concert hall in rue de la Victoire, Paris. Date: 1843

Cookery lesson, 1885
A French cookery lecture, held at the Grand Amphitheatre de Physique de la Faculte des Sciences at Rouen. A keen audience, composed mostly of women, look on and take notes

Programme for Beethovens grand choral symphony, 1852
Programme for Beethovens grand choral symphony, with principal vocalists Clara Novello, Miss Williams, Mr. Sim Reeves, Herr Staudigl. Date: 12th May 1852

Wild Roses -- a grand lady in a garden admires some flowers, watched by her young lady-in-waiting. 20th century

The Sonnet -- a grand lady sits in a garden, her lady-in-waiting standing close by. 20th century

Raid on Scarborough - 1914
Damage caused to the Grand Restaurant during the raid on Scarborough, which took place on December 16th, 1914. The raid was an attack by the German navy on the British seaport resulting in 137

Grand Hotel - Yalova, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Packing Warehouse at Biskra, Algeria
Champagne Freres Packing Warehouse at Biskra, Algeria - taken over by E. Vinatie. Date: circa 1910s

Montreux - Disembarktion quay for the Ferry
Montreux, Switzerland (on the Lake Geneva shoreline...) - the disembarkation point for the Lake Ferry. Date: 1910s

The rooftops of Sanliurfa, Turkey
Sanliurfa (often simply known as Urfa in daily language), formerly cited as Edessa in in Aramaic, Riha in Kurdish, and Urhay in Armenian) is a city in south-eastern Turkey

Horse / Grand National 19C
Grand National, a Clydesdale stallion. Date: 1899

Knight of Grand Serpent
The ceremonial initiation of a Knight of the Bronze Serpent : the participants march anti- clockwise round a tumulus surmounted by a caduceus - a crucifix with a serpent Date: 1890s

Laying a Tiled Floor
Three men lay a tiled floor in a grand house, being careful to measure everything exactly Date: circa 1760

Villiers De L isle-Adam
Philippe de VILLIERS DE L ISLE-ADAM Grand Master of the Knights of Malta Date: 1464 - 1534

Market square and belfry tower, Bruges, Belgium
View of the market square (Grand Place) with the tall tower of the Belfort (medieval belfry tower) and former city treasury and cloth hall, in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Date: circa 1920

Grand Canyon (Photo)
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona, - the sunset seen from Hopi Point Date: 1923

Grand Canyon (Anon)
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona Date: 1905

Crossing the Mer de Glace - Chamonix
A smartly attired group of walkers cross the Mer de Glace at Chamonix, France. circa 1880

Spa and South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
The Spa and South Bay, with a view of the beach, the harbour, and the castle on a distant cliff, at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The four turrets of the Grand Hotel can be seen on the left horizon

Grand Hotel St Moritz
Advertisement for the Grand Hotel St Moritz, featuring the latest sanitary arrangements and the opportunity for every kind of winter sport Date: 1906

Cosimo II Medici / Thevet
COSIMO II DE MEDICI Grand Duke of Tuscany, son of Fernando I, ruler of Florence, protector of Galileo Date: 1590 -1621

Start of Flight
The start of a Grand Raid (long-distance flight) by a French monoplane (possibly a Bleriot). Date: 1936

Erards Grand Piano
Erards grand piano, exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, and subsequently purchased by Napoleon III. Date: 1851

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