Height Collection (page 9)

Tourists at Rome
Sightseers in the Forum, Rome, at the height of the tourist season

Don
Charming illustration by John Morgan (1823-1885) first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1885 showing two small children being measured in height by an older sibling

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

Professor Myers Air Bicycle, 1891
Photograph of Professor Carl Myers Air Bicycle being demonstrated at Congress Springs, Saratoga, 1891. The balloon above the rider was filled with hydrogen gas

Nilometer / Cairo
Nilometer, Cairo. Used to measure the height of the Nile at flood. Also the site traditionally believed to be where Miriam discovered Moses

Sultan Hassan Mosque
The minarets of the Sultan Hassan Mosque, one rising to a height of 81.6 metres

Bournemouth Beach 1960S
A very crowded scene on the beach at Bournemouth, Dorset, during the height of the summer season

Beachy Head Lighthouse
Building Beachy Head Lighthouse. 43 metres in height (31 metres above water). Brought into service in 1902

Skyscraper Building
A man hangs precariously from a line during the construction of a skyscraper in New York

Girl on a spacehopper 2 of 4
A girl bounces high into the air on her spacehopper, one of the classic new toys of the 1970s. (Picture 2 of 4)

Key Buildings 1850 / World
A comparative view of the principle buildings of the World in 1850 including the High Level Bridge - St Peters Rome - The Great Pyramid - The Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing

Ufos / French Wave
The End of the World is for Tomorrow ! - sensational cover reflects popular hysteria at the height of the French saucer wave

Clock / Clepsydra, C magne
The Clepsydra of Charlemagne (or water stealer ). A graduated vase was filled with liqued which stole through an aperture. The receding height marked the passage in hours

Trippers at Scarborough
A party of holiday-makers stand on the cliffs of Scarborough, Yorkshire : the ladies hair-dos and hats are in the height of fashion

Klondike / Nome July 1900
Prospectors crowd Front Street, Nome, Alaska, at the height of the gold rush

Wolsey / John Gilbert
THOMAS, CARDINAL WOLSEY depicted at the height of his power, on his way to Westminster Hall surrounded by suppliants and petitioners, lobbyists and parasites

Black Geyser, New Zealand
The BLACK GEYSER of New Zealand hurls mud and stones to a height of 300 metres

Sopwith Pups in Belgium
Two Sopwiths Pups fly over a war-time aerodrome in Belgium, climbing to the necessary height for their patrol

Scarborough / Caldecott
Scarborough, Yorkshire: the Spa Terrace is full of people at the height of the Season

Nilometer (Mayer) 1802
The Nilometer at Cairo

Shakespeare in London
SHAKESPEARE at the height of his career, he looks out on the streets of London

Boy Measures Girl 1884
A boy in a sailor suit measures his younger sisters height against markings on the wall

Merryweather Turntable
In 1908 Merryweathers designed and constructed the first motor fire-ladder built on the one-engine principle, using the same motor which propelled the vehicle

Costume / Photo 1902
A young woman wears a plain gored skirt & a blouse trimmed with lace with an all-round collar of a sensible height. A V shaped belt emphasizes her small waist

Giraffe, 18th Century
A fine 18th century depiction of the CAMELEOPARD, albeit with a somewhat exaggerated idea of its height

Costume / Men 17th Century
French gentilshommes dressed in the height of male fashion

Taj Mahal, Agra
Arguably the most beautiful building ever constructed, the Taj is built by Shah Jehan in memory of his wife. It is 78 metres in height, and is surrounded by fine gardens

Town & Country Costumes
Urban elegance confronts rustic simplicity - a London couple in the height of fashion meet a country bumpkin and his girl whose smartness cannot match their chic

Balloon Lightened
A scene in the basket of a balloon. One man consults the altimeter : another empties sand to lighten the balloon and gain height, a third releases a carrier-pigeon

Overcoming Vertigo
The would-be aviator should overcome sensations of vertigo by familiarising himself with the sight of terrestrial scenes observed from a height

Simeon Stylites
SIMEON STYLITES Syrian ascetic who chose to spend 30 years of his life on a pillar whose height was gradually increased to 40 cubits

Le Besniers Device
LE BESNIER, of Sable, France, could not rise from the ground, but launched from a height could cross a river with his flapping paddles

WILDE (1856-1900)
OSCAR WILDE at the height of his success

Emile Aubrun spotting submarines from his aeroplane
The French aviator Emile Aubrun (1881-1967) at Cherbourg demonstrates that submarines under water can be detected from aircraft flying at a height of 500 metres

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