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Background imageHollow Collection: Hollow Earth

Hollow Earth
THE HOLLOW EARTH Neuperts model

Background imageHollow Collection: The hollow head of the Sphinx, Egypt

The hollow head of the Sphinx, Egypt
Remarkable discoveries within the Sphinx: the temple within its hollow head. Professor G. A. Reisners interesting discoveries. A diagrammatic view of hidden temples and a stairway inside the Sphinx

Background imageHollow Collection: Sunday morning - Sleepy Hollow

Sunday morning - Sleepy Hollow. Date c1890 Oct. 9

Background imageHollow Collection: Sioux Indian Chief - Hollow Horn Bear

Sioux Indian Chief - Hollow Horn Bear (18501913) - a BruleIakota leader during the Indian Wars on the Great Plains of the United States. Date: 1906

Background imageHollow Collection: The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Big Hollow Tree - Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageHollow Collection: Jacks Saloon, Happy Hollow, Hot Springs, Arkansas

Jacks Saloon, Happy Hollow, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Jacks Sallon Bar at Happy Hollow. An " amusement park" of sorts, Happy Hollow was established in the late 1880s or early 1890s by Norman McLeod off Central Avenue on what is now Fountain

Background imageHollow Collection: Old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N. Y

Old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N. Y
Old Dutch church in Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, N.Y.. Date c1904

Background imageHollow Collection: Justice Personified

Justice Personified
Justice holding scales to symbolise even-handedness, stability and equality

Background imageHollow Collection: Dendrocopos major, great spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major, great spotted woodpecker
Plate 26 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageHollow Collection: Foxhunting scene on a greetings card

Foxhunting scene on a greetings card by Ernest Griset -- The first fox of the season. The fox hides inside a hollow tree trunk as the horses and hounds race by. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageHollow Collection: Home of Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow, Catskill Mountains

Home of Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow, Catskill Mountains. Date c1902

Background imageHollow Collection: Llanfair Pg

Llanfair Pg
The churchyard at LLANFAIR- PWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLL -LLANDISILIOGOGOGOCH (Church of St Mary white hazel hollow near the rapid whirlpool - Tysilios church of red cave.)

Background imageHollow Collection: Sheffield Truant School

Sheffield Truant School
A view of the Truant school established in 1879 in a former workhouse at Hollow Meadows, Bradfield, near Sheffield

Background imageHollow Collection: Shepherds Hollow

Shepherds Hollow
A landscape watercolour painting of some foreground hillocks, populated by some shepherds with their flock, set in front of a very steep, bushy bank, with a countryside building at the peak

Background imageHollow Collection: Avoid Hollow Sheeting

Avoid Hollow Sheeting
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster refers to the importance of sheetins goods trains appropriately. Date: circa 1950

Background imageHollow Collection: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Illustration to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow showing a man and woman in a strange clearing, surrounded by animated trees and a couple of goblins looking down on them. Date: circa 1929

Background imageHollow Collection: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llandisiliogogogoch

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-llandisiliogogogoch - longest place name in Wales, described here as the record tongue twister

Background imageHollow Collection: Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, New York, USA

Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, New York, USA, by Jules Guerin. 1922

Background imageHollow Collection: Hollow root, Corydalis cava

Hollow root, Corydalis cava (Hollow-rooted fumitory, Fumaria cava). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Background imageHollow Collection: Pigeon Scout

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

Background imageHollow Collection: FALL / NORWEGIAN BUHUND / 48

FALL / NORWEGIAN BUHUND / 48
BERTIL IF THE HOLLOW Owner: Lybbe Date: 1948

Background imageHollow Collection: MILITARY MANOEUVRES 1861

MILITARY MANOEUVRES 1861
A Battalion forming a hollow square to receive cavalry. Date: 1861

Background imageHollow Collection: Curtiss-Wright 16ft 8ins, four-blade, hollow steel propeller

Curtiss-Wright 16ft 8ins, four-blade, hollow steel propeller in a propeller test cell at its Caldwell, New Jersey, plant, July 1944. Date: 1944

Background imageHollow Collection: Curtiss-Wright propeller blade with wider hollow steel ?

Curtiss-Wright propeller blade with wider hollow steel ?
Curtiss-Wright propeller blade with wider hollow steel blades, left, now being fitted onto the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, is compared with the previous blade used on the aircraft

Background imageHollow Collection: Test pilot Gerard Demunk - front of Curtiss-Wright propeller

Test pilot Gerard Demunk - front of Curtiss-Wright propeller
Test pilot Gerard Demunk stands in front of a Curtiss-Wright propeller with wider hollow steel blades, fitted to a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Background imageHollow Collection: Large Hollow Tree Trunk - Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada

Large Hollow Tree Trunk - Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada, British Columbia. Date: 1914

Background imageHollow Collection: Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Atapuerca, Spain

Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Atapuerca, Spain
Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Discovered in the Pit of Bones Site of Atapuerca (Spain). European Middle Pleistocene. Atapuerca. Spain

Background imageHollow Collection: Matryoshka doll

Matryoshka doll. Sevastopol. Ukraine

Background imageHollow Collection: Lillehammer, Norway - Hollow Tree Trunk Room

Lillehammer, Norway - Hollow Tree Trunk Room now in the Maihaugen open air museum. Historically thought to have been used for some form of counterfeiting (note the printing press inside)

Background imageHollow Collection: Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum

Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum
Pre Historic Hearths, Dundrum, Great Sand Hollow in Which Bronze Objects and Pottery Have Been Found. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageHollow Collection: Carnmoney Church and Hill, Belfast

Carnmoney Church and Hill, Belfast - a view over vegetation to the Church in the hollow. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageHollow Collection: Ballyligpatrick, the Place of Patricks Hollow, Co. Antrim

Ballyligpatrick, the Place of Patricks Hollow, Co. Antrim - a view down a road into a village, with a motor car on the road and a lady sitting on a stone wall

Background imageHollow Collection: Bird nesting in a gatepost, Seaford, East Sussex

Bird nesting in a gatepost, Seaford, East Sussex. Date: 1960s

Background imageHollow Collection: Chapel of Saint Roman. Spain

Chapel of Saint Roman. Spain
Spain. La Puebla de Castro. Chapel of Saint Roman. 13th century. Exterior

Background imageHollow Collection: Remains of a fishing boat. Wood. 12th-13th centuries

Remains of a fishing boat. Wood. 12th-13th centuries. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Background imageHollow Collection: Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. 625-600

Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. 625-600
Head from a statue of a warrior with conical helmet. Terracotta. 625-600 BC. Neo-Cypriot style. From the Sanctuary of Apollo, Phrangissa, Tamassos. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Background imageHollow Collection: Small Girl Carries Books

Small Girl Carries Books
A little girl attempts to carry a pile of enormous books past a baby sleeping in a cradle. The books, some of which look like hollow shells, topple onto the floor. Date: circa 1890

Background imageHollow Collection: Old castle ruins, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Old castle ruins, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Old castle ruins (Hohler Zahn or Hollow Tooth) in a street in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Date: 1910

Background imageHollow Collection: Two owls on crescent-shaped New Year card

Two owls on crescent-shaped New Year card
Two owls with tree and star on a crescent-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageHollow Collection: Hollow-rooted fumitory with dusty mauve flowers

Hollow-rooted fumitory with dusty mauve flowers, native of Germany, Fumaria cava.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss Botanical

Background imageHollow Collection: Lanchester Veteran Car, Hollow Lane, East Hoathly, Lewes, En

Lanchester Veteran Car, Hollow Lane, East Hoathly, Lewes, En
Lanchester Veteran Car, Hollow Lane, East Hoathly, Lewes, near Uckfield, Sussex, England. Date: 1900s

Background imageHollow Collection: Broch tower of Clickimin

Broch tower of Clickimin
An illustration of how the Broch at Clickimin Loch, in Shetland, Scotland, may have looked at the end of the First Century A.D

Background imageHollow Collection: Forest dormouse, adult, climbs out of its shelter

Forest dormouse, adult, climbs out of its shelter (a tree-hollow) (Dryomys nitedula). in deciduous forests of South Ural Mountains, nocturnal; South Russia, summer

Background imageHollow Collection: Spruce Log, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Spruce Log, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Spruce Log at Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was sent from Washington State. One end is hollowed out and contains a writing desk and benches. The other end is an animal cage. Date: circa 1910

Background imageHollow Collection: Regional African music

Regional African music
Native African musician playing a musical instrument, composed of a bow and a hollow gourd. Date: 1868

Background imageHollow Collection: The Naga head-hunters of Burma

The Naga head-hunters of Burma
Mr A. S. Vernay visited a village of the head-hunting Burmese Nagas with the American Museum of Natural History expedition, taking the photographs that appear on this page which include

Background imageHollow Collection: Cartoon, German officer and Turk as animals, WW1

Cartoon, German officer and Turk as animals, WW1
Satirical cartoon depicting a German officer and a Turk as animals during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageHollow Collection: Kirik Aqueduct (Kovuk Kemer), Istanbul, Turkey

Kirik Aqueduct (Kovuk Kemer), Istanbul, Turkey - this aqueduct was built atop an old Roman aqueduct (1554-1562). Date: 1920s

Background imageHollow Collection: Panther Hollow Bridge, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, USA

Panther Hollow Bridge, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, USA
Panther Hollow Bridge, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1902

Background imageHollow Collection: de Havilland hollow-steel-bladed propeller under development

de Havilland hollow-steel-bladed propeller under development
A 16ft 6in diameter de Havilland hollow-steel-bladed propeller under development on a Bristol Centaurus-powered Airspeed Ambassador

Background imageHollow Collection: Aulacorhamphus prasinus, emerald toucanet

Aulacorhamphus prasinus, emerald toucanet
Plate 47, hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter from John Goulds A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans, 2nd edition, (1854)

Background imageHollow Collection: Dryocopus martius, black woodpecker

Dryocopus martius, black woodpecker
Plate 25 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageHollow Collection: Columba oenas, stock dove

Columba oenas, stock dove
Plate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageHollow Collection: Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker

Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker
Plate 19, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageHollow Collection: Jynx torquilla, northern wryneck

Jynx torquilla, northern wryneck
Plate 76 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageHollow Collection: Dendrocopos leucotos, white-backed woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos, white-backed woodpecker

Background imageHollow Collection: Ptiloris paradiseus, paradise riflebird

Ptiloris paradiseus, paradise riflebird
Plate 100, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)

Background imageHollow Collection: Parotia lawesii, Lawes parotia

Parotia lawesii, Lawes parotia
Plate from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageHollow Collection: Riparia riparia, sand martin

Riparia riparia, sand martin
Plate 128 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageHollow Collection: Ramphastos toco, toco toucan

Ramphastos toco, toco toucan
Plate 1, hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter from A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans, 2nd edition, (1854) by John Gould

Background imageHollow Collection: Ursus americanus, American black bear

Ursus americanus, American black bear
Ursus Americanus, Cinnamon Bear (Male and Female). Plate 127 from from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3, 1848, by John James Audubon (1785-1851) and John Bachman (1790-1874)

Background imageHollow Collection: Tagasago couple in the hollow of a pine tree

Tagasago couple in the hollow of a pine tree. Print shows an elderly couple in a decayed hollow of a pine tree. Date 1811

Background imageHollow Collection: Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow. Date c1884 Sept. 6

Background imageHollow Collection: Coon Hollow Chas. E. Callahans big scenic play

Coon Hollow Chas. E. Callahans big scenic play. Date c1894

Background imageHollow Collection: The big scenic production Coon Hollow by CE Callahan

The big scenic production Coon Hollow by CE Callahan. Date c1894

Background imageHollow Collection: Jas. H. Wallick presents The dairy farm a romance of Sleepy

Jas. H. Wallick presents The dairy farm a romance of Sleepy Hollow by Eleanor Merron. Date c1899

Background imageHollow Collection: Lamourettes Kiss

Lamourettes Kiss
The abbe Lamourette seeks to reconcile all factions in the assemblee legislative : much hugging ensues, but Lamour- -ettes kiss becomes a byword for a hollow reconciliation. Date: 7 July 1792

Background imageHollow Collection: Dead Sequoia Tree in California, 1877

Dead Sequoia Tree in California, 1877
Engraving showing three men on horseback next to a fallen giant sequoia tree, California, 1877. This particular tree, it seems, was hollow enough for a man to ride through on horseback

Background imageHollow Collection: American Indians. The Decay of a Romantic Race. The Red Indi

American Indians. The Decay of a Romantic Race. The Red Indi
Chief Hollow Horn in all his old war paint. Sioux Chief, photographed in 1905, then living on a reservation

Background imageHollow Collection: Belgian Grotto 4

Belgian Grotto 4
Hollow cords, junctions and stalagmites at Tilff

Background imageHollow Collection: England / Castle Combe

England / Castle Combe
Castle Combe, which lies in a deep hollow in the Wiltshire Downs, some six miles from Chippenham. It is claimed to be one of Englands loveliest villages

Background imageHollow Collection: Du Maurier / Coming Out

Du Maurier / Coming Out
Comment on the aristocracy - time to come out into hollow society

Background imageHollow Collection: Steelworks, Shefield, 1920

Steelworks, Shefield, 1920
Steelworks of John Brown & Co. Sheffield: the hollow rolling mill

Background imageHollow Collection: Stone Age Boatmaking

Stone Age Boatmaking
Stone Age man builds one of the first boats, using heated stones to hollow out a log

Background imageHollow Collection: W. Irvings Home / Sleepy H

W. Irvings Home / Sleepy H
WASHINGTON IRVING His home at Sleepy Hollow near Tarrytown, New York



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