Huge Collection (page 11)

Sanjusangen-do - Buddhist temple Higashiyama District, Kyoto
Sanjusangen-do - a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama District of Kyoto, Japan. Officially known as " Rengeo-in" (Hall of the Lotus King). Date: circa 1905

Firework Display for the Shah of Persia - 1902
Firework Display for the Shah of Persia at Crystal Palace, 24th August 1902. There were 70, 000 spectators! Date: 1902

Thessaloniki, Greece - Arrival of Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) - eminent Greek leader of Greek national liberation movement and a charismatic statesman of the early 20th century

Pineapple plant - Malaysia
Huge Pineapple plant - Malaysia - not quite the type one would expect to pick up in Morrisons...!! Date: circa 1920s

HRH Princess Mary - British Royalty
Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (18971965) - the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary - British Royalty - the size of the bouquet seems to be causing

Russia, Siberia, Yakutsk - Export of Woolly Mammoth Tusks. Date: circa 1907

Canada - Transporting a load of fancy poulty, the size of which is certainly not paltry! Date: 1904

The Cenotaph before unveiling
The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London before unveiling on 11th November 1920. Date: 1920

200, 000 bushels of Oyster Shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA - adjoining an oyster packing plant Date: 1914

One in a Million
This girl is One in a Million! Date: 1905

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

Rotund and Imposing Waiter at Chez Julians Date: 1895

The Tsar Cannon, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia - cast in 1586 in Moscow, by master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Never used, but bears traces of having been fired at least once. Date: circa 1906

Ethiopia - A large eagle, held by a venerable missionary Date: circa 1910s

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Muharram Festival on Maidan
The Muharram Festival on Maidan, the largest urban park in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. Date: circa 1910s

Potter Hotel - Sail Boats - Santa Barbara, California, USA
Sail Boats on the lake at the massive Potter Hotel and Grounds, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Six-and-a-half stories high with 390 guest rooms

The huge Victoria Fruit Market - Bahia Blanca, Argentina Date: circa 1907

The Undercut of a Californian redwood
The immense Undercut required in the felling of a Californian giant redwood tree Date: circa 1906

Portugal - Lisbon - Baker Boy Date: circa 1910

Potter Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, USA
The Massive Potter Hotel and Grounds in Midwinter (!), Santa Barbara, California, USA. Six-and-a-half stories high with 390 guest rooms

Hiram Maxims flying machine at Baldwyns Park Kent
From 1891-1894 Hiram Maxim constructed in the grounds of Baldwyns Park a huge steam-powered biplane machine. Powered with the assistance of a Thorneycroft marine boiler

A boy ties a large basket to the mantle-piece
A small boy ties a huge basket to the mantle-piece, instead of the traditional stocking, in the hope that Father Christmas will fill it up with presents. Date: c. 1910

Bangkok Wat Po - Thailand - Wat Po huge colourful sloping roofs with pretty courtyards. Date: 1952

Reclining Buddha near Kokine - Rangoon - Big Boy what at first seemed like some huge rocky hill top across the fields and little truck gardens

Twnate Canal - Rangoon - We stopped at the official tollhouse and our junior officer captain had chairs and tables set out for our tea under a huge Ginko tree

Ayuthaya Buddha - Thailand - A huge Buddha made of bronze which was once covered with a layer of gold. When the Burmese (Siams old enemies) captured Ayuthaya, they burned the gold off. Date: 1952

View of old houses in the Dordogne, France
View of old houses built at the foot of a huge rockface in the Dordogne, south west France, with water in the foreground. Date: 1951

Mitchell - South Dakota - The fabulous Corn Palace was in process of being refurbished for the festival at the end of the month

Huge Artillery Shell
Two English soldiers on the Western Front swing a huge shell into the firing position. Date: 1918

Essen Coal Mine / Germany
The huge Zeche (= colliery) Victoria Mathias at Essen, Germany, with rail trucks loaded with coal Date: early 20th century

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

A wagon laden with remarkable giant cabbages
Giant Cabbages - freshly picked..... Possibly a bit of creative photography, although you never know....! Date: 1910

An Aerial honeymoon invented and patented by John F. Byrne : funniest show in the world - the huge pantomimic musical comedy. Date 19 - ?

Primrose & Dockstaders Huge Minstrel Company Primrose & Doc
Primrose & Dockstaders Huge Minstrel Company. Date c1900

Trousseau of the Duchess of Roxburghe
A huge stack of trunks, portmanteaux, dress baskets and suitcases representing the substantial trousseau of Miss Mary Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr

Lone Star - Largest Cow in the World - Texas
Lone Star - The largest Cow in the World (of the cattle breed) - Texas, USA. Lone Star stood 6ft 1 inch tall and can be seen here standing alongside the Chief of Police in Rome, Georgia

German mine landed on Dutch coast, 1939
A huge German mine pictured on the beach along the Dutch coast where numerous mines drifted during the first few weeks of World War II

Titanic - precisely what the sinking meant
A huge crowd scene of around 1635 people, the number estimated at the time of publication to have perished in the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic. Date: 1912

Great bells at Solovetsky Monastery
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky, Solovetsky Monastery - Great Holy Bells. 2010

Large catch of mackerel on a trawler
A large (30 ton) catch of mackerel in nets on a trawler. Date: circa 1970s

Statue of Saint Carlo in Arona, Italy
A colossal statue of Saint Carlo in Arona, Lake Maggiore, Italy. The designer was Giovan Battista Crespi, known as Cerano

Marriage of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
Prince Wilhem of Prussia (later Kaiser Wilhelm II) (1859-1941) and his new wife Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921) are married in Berlin on 27th February 1881

A profitable crop of Onions grown in Canada! I think a certain amount of photo trickery has been employed here.... 1910

Czech Republic - Patriotic Gymnastic Display
Czech Republic - An immense patriotic synchronised gymnastic (?) disply by Czech schoolgirls Date: 1938

Lyon, France - International Exhibition (2 / 7)
The Bed of Louis XVIII at the International Exhibition at Lyon Date: 1914

Bartholis Lion carving at Belfort
Frederic-Auguste Bartholis carving of a Lion at Belfort, France. Bartholi is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty

Landing record pike at Winneconne, Wisconsin
Landing some record pike at Winneconne (a village in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States). It is possible a little bit of photographic trickery was employed in obtaining this picture

Fantasy Fishing
Two groups of fishermen make a couple of record catches on a North American river! These have to be the largest perch ever seen! 1903

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