Height Collection (page 2)

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, oak dressing table
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare First Class Stateroom oak dressing table, stamped 400 and marked B10 denoting where it resided on board

Bali Bird Dance
This illustration portrays a Balinese woman wearing a costume and holding two fans symmetrically at shoulder height, performing the cendrawasih dance

White Star Line - silver plated cover
White Star Line silver plated lid/cover, logo to one side, three stars either side and one star to handle. Height 3.5 inches. Date: 20th century

White Star Line, Royal & US Mail Steamers, brochure
White Star Line, Royal & United States Mail Steamers, soft cover brochure, covering all three classes of services at the height of the transatlantic immigrant trade

Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a Gasometer
A test match between England and New Zealand at The Oval, Kennington. The spectators in the foreground have scaled a nearby gasometer. Date: 1931

Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418
United States Air Force - Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418 (msn 1049A-4336, Model 1049A-55-86), at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB

The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York, USA
The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912 - an early skyscraper

The Pittsfield Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Town Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire
Town Bridge over the River Witham, Boston, Lincolnshire. The fine tower (the Boston Stump') of St. Botolph's Church can be seen behind The Assembly Rooms on the far side of the bridge

ST MARY'S CHURCH 1826
The magnificent church at Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England. Its tower rises in four stages to a height of 176 feet, with a short lead- covered Hertfordshire Spire'. Date: 1826

MEASURING ST BERNARD
A girl stands on a pile of books to measure the height of her Saint Bernard, who submits patiently to the ordeal. Date: late 19th century

English Electric Canberra E. 15 WH964 4
Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra E.15 WH964 4 (msn SH1689), of No. 98 Squadron, at RAF Cottesmore. The Canberra E.15s were conversions from B.15 reconnaissance-bombers

The Singer Building, New York, USA - located on the north-west corner of Broadway and Liberty Street - 47 stories high Date: circa 1910s

The Woolworth Building, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. Date: circa 1913

Portrait of Mata Hari at the height of her fame Date: 1929

Achilles Statue, Hyde Park
The Wellington Monument is a statue of Achilles erected as a memorial to Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and his victories in the Peninsular War

Memorial to Sgt Charles Ranginawawahia Sciasia
New Zealander Sciasia, born of an Italian father and a Maori mother, played, with his brother John, for the Maori All Blacks in 1913

Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song waltz, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, performed by Shaw and Weston. 1934

Machnow eating breakfast at the London Hippodrome
Feodor Machnow, the Russian giant, pictured next to his manager and (possibly) members of the staff at the London Hippodrome, eating breakfast during his time performing there

Machnow the Giant & Madame Chiquita, London Hippodrome
Machnow the Giant, alleged to be 9 3 " tall (more likely 7 10" ) appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1905 with the diminutive Madame Chiquita who is only 18" high. Date: 1902

Flying the Flume at Crystal Palace 1904
French Mademoiselle Dutrien (le fleche humaine), the human arrow, performing at Crystal Palace, London. After riding down a curving track on her bicycle which falls some seventy feet

Patrick Cotter O Brien, Irish giant
Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), giant of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall. 18th century

Wright Brothers, American aviation pioneers, in action
The Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur), American aviation pioneers, making a flight to set new records for altitude and duration. circa 1909

Man stands on chair to have portrait photographed
A man stands on a chair to reach the height of the cameras lens as he has his portrait photographed in a studio. Interestingly in this engraving you can see the detail inside the back of the camera

Comparison of mountain heights including Dhaulagiri in the Himalayas, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, Mount Etna, and the mountain towns of Chota (Micuipampa), Quito, and Cinchoma

A Sketch in Jet at Hyde Park Corner
In Height of Fashion - A Sketch in Jet at Hyde Park Corner, London. 1870

Byron meets the Gigantic Patagonians
Commodore John Byron meets with the indigenous people of Patagonia, on the Chilean coast. Byron stands with some of the people of Patagonia, who are depicted as dwarfing the man

Piccards Feat - recovery on landing
Aftermath of the ascent by Professor Picard of Brussels University on August 18 1932, by balloon to around 10 1/2 miles, the greatest height achieved by a man at that point

Military cartoon, He would be a Soldier. 19th century

Firefighters and policemen climbing a ladder, while a woman and girl stand in the open doorway below. Date: circa 1910s

LFB-LCC fire brigade ladder drill, with the heights marked on the wall. Date: circa 1900s

SACRIFICE, DAHOMEY
At Dahomey, in the annual EK- QUE-NOO-AH-TOH-ME sacrifice of the annual HWAH-NOOEE-WHA festival, victims are seated in little boats and dropped from a height Date: 1876

WEBBER LIFTS TABLE
Jack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a table above shoulder height, by manipulating gravity and etheric forces Date: 1939

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE "At a terific height directly above us
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE " At a terific height directly above us, & upon the very verge of the precipitous descent, hovered a gigantic ship". Date: First published: 1833

Table Mountain Cable Car - Cape Town, South Africa
1954

Ben Nevis viewed from Banavie, a village on the shores of Loch Eil. Date: circa 1910s

The Woolworth Building, New York, USA
The Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, USA. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and constructed between 1910 and 1912 - an early skyscraper

Medical room for the British Army 1901
A potential soldier in front of a doctor for a medical to join the British Army, to fight in the Second Boer War. Date: 1901

Building Site Trauma
An awkward accident on a skyscraper building site: a man is carried aloft by a crane Date: 1915

WHYMPER AT 6000 METRES
Edward Whymper climbs at the height of 6000 metres, in the Andes. Date: 1892

Boats at Maidenhead
The Thames at Maidenhead is jammed with boats of all kinds on Ascot Sunday at the height of the Season - a fashionable event for all levels of society Date: 1914

COMPETING WITH PEACOCK
A peacock (Pavo cristatus) is admired by a mother and daughter who try to compete by dressing in the height of fashion. Date: 1840s

King Charless Porter and Dwarf
A bas relief over the entrance to Bulls Head Court preserves the memory og a giant and a very small dwarf. The effigies represent William Evans a Welsh porter over 2 metres in height

An Aerial view over Croydon Date: circa 1935

An Aerial view over London Date: 1932

The Only & Original Dayton Family

Handglider prior to launch - Inkpen Beacon, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

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