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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

Egyptian boy sitting on the head of Rameses II
A young boy sitting on the fallen head of a huge statue of Ancient Egyptian Pharoah Rameses II. This magnificent statue was discovered in 1820 by Giovanni Battista Caviglia at the Great Temple of

Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crate
Mexican Porter - Carrying a massive wooden crate on his back. The card is captioned as: " The Poor Mans Burden in Mexico". Date: circa 1909

Saint-Omer, France - Platforms on the Railway Station
Saint-Omer, France (Pas-de-Calais) - The platforms of the Railway Station and a couple of very fine telegraph poles. Date: circa 1910s

Camel Caravan
A camel caravan in Oman - only in the heart of the Arabian Gulf do the caravan bells still sound regularly. The huge, noble camels stride in peace among oven-hot rocks. Date: 1930s

Senegal, West Africa - preparing couscous
A Senegalese woman crushing chickpeas to make couscous using a huge pestle and mortar and a young man from the Ouoloff tribe, Senegal. Date: circa 1903

Allied soldiers climbing a ladder, WW1
Allied soldiers climbing a ladder into what looks like a huge oil drum during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Cockington Forge, Devon, England, where huge quantities of midget horseshoes for holidaymakers are made yearly on the old forge. Date: 1950s

Painting Pantomime Sets
Pantomime preparations - painting scenery. The huge canvasses are laid out on the floor and the sets are painted onto them using long handle brushes. Date: 1930s

Wales / Glyder Fach
The summit of Glyder Fach, North Wales. Strewn with huge, rough volcanic boulders, this is probably the roughest summit in the country. Date: 1930s

Holy Year Cross
The huge 25 feet Holy Year Cross, on Bray Head, Bray, Co Dublin, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Gipsy Encampment Meal
Mother gets the fire ready to cook the food in huge pots at a gipsy encampment, while the menfolk mind the children on the caravan steps, England. Date: 1930s

Huge Pumpkin Lantern
A happy housewife cuts the lid into the top of her huge Halloween (or Thanksgiving) pumpkin lantern! Date: 1960s

DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979
A huge pile-up of cardboard boxes and other refuse during the Dustmens Strike over pay and working conditions, central London. Date: 1979

Building a Bonfire
Gleeful boys building a huge bonfire of household rubbish! Date: 1950s

SHAP ABBEY
Shap Abbey, Cumbria, England, is a rare Premonstratensian house, in a rather bleak setting. Its most distinctive surviving feature is its huge West Tower. Date: founded circa 1200

The Four Stones, Walton, near New Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales. An arrangement of huge megaliths, believed to have been of religious significance, now in a meadow. Date: BC

Leominster Church, Leominster, Herefordshire, England, a huge Norman church, with two naves and an early 14th century tower. Date: 12th - 14th century

England / Bentley
The amazing village sign at Bentley, Hampshire, England. In the form of a huge open book, it lists all the historical events connected with the village since 41 AD Date: early 1940s

Whitchurch down Cross
The huge granite cross, standing over 7 feet high, on Whitchurch Down, Dartmoor, near Tavistock, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Sculptor at Work
A sculptor carving a huge stone statue of a Classical style female figure. Date: 1930s

Singing Mothers Choir - Salt Lake Tabernacle, Utah, USA
The 900 Singing Mothers of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) Relief Society performing in front of the organ inside the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
The 900 Singing Mothers of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) Relief Society performing in front of the organ inside the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Italian declaration of war, Rome, Italy, WW1
A huge crowd outside the Royal Palace (Quirinal Palace, Rome), cheering the Queen of Italy and the Princess on the day Italy declared war

Cake stand for wedding of Duke and Duchess of Kent
A girl admires her reflection in the mirror like surface of a huge silver cake stand for one of th ecakes at the marriage of the Duke of Kent

Record-breaking cauliflower
A gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894

Rail car transporting giant cabbages Date: 1910

Rail car transporting giant Bellflower apples Date: 1910

Carload of Mammoth Navel Oranges
A frankly ridicuolous carload of Mammoth American Navel Oranges! Date: 1909

Californian farmer with an immense watermelon Date: circa 1910

Rail car transporting a giant lemon Date: 1910

Rail car transporting a giant pear Date: 1910

Rail car transporting giant tomatoes Date: 1910

Children with a huge snowball at Christmas
Three children with a huge snowball at Christmas, probably planning to make a snowman. early 20th century

Mingun Bell nr. Mandalay, Myanmar
The Mingun Bell located in Mingun, Sagaing Region, Myanmar. This early photograph was taken prior to the bell being re-hung in 1896. It fell from its support following earthquake damage

Launching a huge Japanese kite on a festival day, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

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