Height Collection (page 5)

The moon and its mountains.. The moon and its mountains. Profiles of the heights of the mountains of the moon, the earth and Venus

Chopper. Lower Paleolithic
Chopper on pebble. Lower Paleolithic. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. Torroella de Montgr� Cau del Duc

Japan - A Peculiar Native Bridge at Sumi-Yoshi
Lantern slide of a Peculiar Native Bridge at Sumi-Yoshi. Bridge has very high arch. Soribashi is one of the representative structures of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine

Switzerland - Handeck, Falls of the Aar
Coloured lantern slide of the Aar Falls at Handeck. A waterfall on the Aare River in Bern, Switzerland; it is located about 9 miles south of Meiringen village

Switzerland - Lauterbrunnen, the Staubbach
Coloured lantern slide of a view through the town of Lauterbrunnen. In the background is the Staubbach Falls. The waterfall drops about 300 metres from a hanging valley that ends in overhanging

Suffragette Votes for Women Painted Figure
A painted metal figure of an old woman sitting on a chair. She is dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U, purple skirt, white bow and green hat and jacket

Suffragette Votes for Women Tobacco Jar
A porcelain bust, hand-painted of a woman wearing a black hat with purple, white and green ribbon. Over her left shoulder is a sash, also in the colours of the W.S.P.U

Suffragette Votes for Women Ceramic Cats
A pair of dark grey ceramic cats with the textured fur coats and ribbons around their necks. Their mouths are open as they demand, Votes for Women. Probably of English origin but with no marks

Suffragette Votes for Women Puppy Ceramic
A brown pottery cat, the pattern of its fur resembling that of a tabby. It is wearing a ribbon tied with a bow around its neck and has painted eyes and open mouth

Suffragette Votes for Women Match Holder
A ceramic figure of an Old Maid suffragette painted in the colours of the W.S.P.U. She wears a Votes for Women sash and a rather sour expression. Below is the caption, A Match for Any Man

Suffragette and Tall Policeman Child Ceramic
A ceramic figure of a tall policeman, hands over his ears standing beside a small dumpy child, waving a flag and crying, I Want a Vote

Admiring view from second platform of the Eiffel Tower
People looking at the view through telescopes and binoculars from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower (a height of 380 feet)

Suffragette Window Breaking Campaign. A notice put in the window of a jewellers shop, at the height of the militant window smashing campaign in early 1912. Date: circa 1912

Suffragette Big Ben Votes for Women. Two Suffragettes have stormed the tower which houses Big Ben. One has unfurled her VFW flag while the other is peering through the clock face

Jump for Joy! Date: 1960s

Indicating scale, Leyland Metz fire engine
Indicating scale on a Leyland Metz fire engine, showing the elevation and extension of the adjustable ladder

London Fire Brigade escape competition with dummies
London Fire Brigade escape competition at Drill HQ on 11 April 1933, aerial view, lowering a dummy down to the ground. Date: 1933

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916. Signed Walter Hunt.This relates to the Zeppelin raid on the night 2nd/3rd September 1916

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

Toda man, southern India
A Toda man, belonging to a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. Date: circa 1890s

Use of radar in the war at sea by G. H. Davis
Radar in the war at sea: some ways in which the Royal Navy used this weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Outstanding flying achievements: a pictorial record of the recent advances in speed, distance, height and endurance. Date: circa 1930s

Queen Elizabeth passenger ship by G. H. Davis
The 83, 673-ton Queen Elizabeth as a passenger ship: diagrammatic details of the worlds largest liner. Date: 1946

Air attack and defence at sea by G. H. Davis
Methods of air attack and defence at sea explained: showing how the Navy has countered the bomber. The main forms of air attack on warships: height-bombing and dive-bombing

Effects of varying speeds, wind, and height on bombing 1917
The race for raiding: Problems of bombing for Briton and Boche. Top, a comparison with a British bomber and a Gotha heavy German bomber

Mountaineering in the Tyrol
A lady mountaineer, assisted by local guides, turns a corner while climbing in the Tyrol Date: September 1886

War in the stratosphere by G. H. Davis
War in the stratosphere: some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth during the Second World War. The immediate and vital concern of flying experts all over the world

Aerial fog trail by G. H. Davis
The aerial fog trail which often reveals high-flying raiders. The involuntary sky writing effect produced by raiders and fighters at great heights may be caused by exhaust condensation or reduced

Aircraft Anti-Fog Device by G H Davis
A diagram explaining the wireless system used to guide aeroplanes using charged cables. The system was designed to help planes land in their aerodromes by leading pilots to the landing straight

Prince Philips four sisters, 1922
The daughters of HRH Prince Andrew of Greece, pictured in 1922, when they were bridesmaids at the wedding of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Miss Edwina Ashley

Characters in High Life, c. 1796. Although one of the women is much shorter than the other, she makes up for it in the height of the feathers she wears in her turban

Liberty character dolls in various costumes, all looking very cute. Date: 20th century

Firefighters climbing wheeled escape ladders
Firefighters demonstrating various lengths of wheeled escape ladders. Date: circa 1900

Stockholm, Sweden - Katarinahissen
The Katarina Elevator (Katarinahissen) - a passenger elevator in Stockholm connecting Slussen (Docks) to the heights of Sodermalm. The original elevator (pictured here) was constructed in 1881

Offenbach, Cartoon
JACQUES OFFENBACH French musician, at the height of his popularity, 1864 - besieged by impresarios hoping to commission another hit. Date: 1819 - 1880

Height measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his height measured by a senior instructor, Station Officer Butt. The brigade minimum is 5 feet 7 inches in stockinged feet

Vickers Vespa VII, G-ABIL, captured the World?s Height R?
Vickers Vespa VII, G-ABIL, captured the World?s Height Record on 16 September 1932 with an altitude of 43, 976ft

Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height ?
Lorne Welch in Olympia glider G-ALJZ is towed to height at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

L. C. Marmol in a Lunak L107 sailplane, G-ALSI, is towed ?
L.C. Marmol in a Lunak L107 sailplane, G-ALSI, is towed to height at the 1950 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodrome on 14 May

The Hammetschwand Lift, Switzerland - Burgenstock
Timetable - Burgenstock Furnicular Railway, Switzerland. The main image shows the Hammetschwand Lift, the highest exterior elevator of Europe and is located in Switzerland

A Coming of Age Cake - Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition
The Coming of Age Cake - a remarkable commemorative three-tiered construction, displayed at the Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition, held at the Agricultural Hall, London in September 1913

Comic postcard commenting on the length of womens skirts - " Its a funny thing, but womens skirts are looking so short that they make men look very long!" Date: 1918

Zermatt - pilgrimage to the mountain chapel Maria zum See
Zermatt, Switzerland - pilgrimage to the mountain chapel Maria zum See (Schwarzsee) in the height of summer. Date: 1907

Jungfraujoch Station, Switzerland Date: circa 1930s

Chicago, USA - Looking North on Michigan Boulevard, showing Michigan Boulevard Bridge and some of the tallest buildings in the city at this period

Beijing, China - City Wall, Rickshaw Stand and market stalls Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Evacuee Son returns home
Evacuee Son (who has had a growth spurt!) returns home to a surprised Mother!! Date: circa 1940s

Agressive local man spots ths chance of a swift buck
Scene - Scarboro. Time - Sunday Morning. Very Muddy. Inhabitant: " Be Thoo a Strong Mon?" Amateur Weightlifter (rather proud that his fame has spread so far): " Well, yes, my friend

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