Huge Collection (page 2)

Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St Petersburg
View of the equestrian statue to Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) in St Petersburg, Russia. Known as the Bronze Horseman, it was installed in 1782

Pitch Lake - La Brea, Trinidad
The huge Pitch Lake at La Brea, Trinidad - source for the pitch used in road-covering ashphalt. The asphalt from the Lake is of economic value to Trinidad and Tobago

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Carpet Factory (Usak)
Armenian or Greek women at work at a carpet factory at Usak, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. They sit on the carpet they are slowly producing

Scoppio del Carro - Florence, Italy
Florence - Scoppio del Carro. In Florence (Tuscany, Italy), Easter is celebrated with the Scoppio del Carro, explosion of the cart

Smithfield Market 1843
A scene in Smithfield Market with traders examining and discussing huge cattle

Can-Can Dancer
A solo dancer in a huge white hat displays a lot of frilly undergarments as she dances

Trojan Horse
After the death of Hector the Greeks made a huge wooden horse. The Trojans dragged it into Troy, but it was full of Greek soldiers who sacked Troy

Phororhacos
A huge bird-like creature from Patagonia, Miocene period

Kluski and Bird
At Warsaw, in the presence of Colonel Okolowicz and others, though searched before and after, Kluski materialises a huge bird

Jesus Catches Fish
Jesus conjures up a huge catch of fish in Peters boat

LUMBERJACKS 1930S
Two lumberjacks set about the daunting task of breaking up a huge felled tree with their axes. Date: 1930s

Construction of Blackfriars bridge, London
Builders involved in various tasks atop two huge arches under construction. One of the arches clearly shows the scaffolding required to form such a huge structure. Date: August 1764

Fireworks Factory
Women from Brooks fireworks factory, one of the oldest British fireworks companies, show off a selection of their huge rockets and catherine wheels!

Lner Express Locomotive
The huge L.N.E.R. locomotive engine 2-8-2 No. 2001, leaving Waverley Street Station, Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the first of this type built for an express service

Stripping Oak Bark
Four working class men in flat caps work as a team, stripping bark off a huge oak tree, which has been felled for tanning

Anglo-Russian Festival
A Russian sailor watching part of the huge crowd waiting to get on board the Soviet ships during the Portsmouth Festival of Friendship. Date: April 1956

Building a wooden Rollercoaster - Ramsgate Seafront
Huge scaffolding erected for the construction of a wooden rollercoaster on the seafront - part of the Merrie England funfair at Ramsgate, Kent, England

Big-Screen Broadcasting
News, political broadcasts and public announcements will be made on massive television screens located at strategic points, where huge crowds will be able to see perfectly

Captured German Tank
A huge German tank captured by the Americans in France, shortly before the Armistice

R101 at Cardington - 2
The huge R.101 at its mooring mast at Cardington

Mazawattee Advert
A small native boy holds a huge packet of MAZAWATTEE, delicious tea from Ceylon

Comic postcard, Plump woman riding a donkey on the beach Date: 20th century

Ivan Markoff, a Russian cossack giant, early 20th century
Ivan Markoff, who was famous as a Russian cossack giant in the early 20th century. Markoff is seen in London where the caption says he was being fitted for a new suit. He was reputed to be 9ft tall

Size of Argentavis magnificens compared to a human figure
An approximation of the size of Argentavis magnificens (" magnificent Argentine bird", or more literally " magnificent silver bird")

Pithos (plural - pithoi) - a large ancient Greek storage container. Some very fine examples excavated from within the Minoan palace at Knossos on Crete. Date: circa 1920s

Carl Zeiss Jena Concave Mirror Lens - Searchlights
Carl Zeiss Jena Concave Mirror Lens for large electric headlamps (searchlights) which used these 2m wide parabolic reflectors. Date: 1926

Australia - Bullock teams carrying huge Karri logs (Eucalyptus diversicolor) - native to the wetter regions of Southwestern Western Australia. Date: circa 1910

Giant of Trapani
The skeleton of this huge gentleman was found at Trapani, Sicily, by Boccatio. He measured 400 feet (121m) though this would not be anatomically possible

Comic postcard, Putting on weight at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple getting dressed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman at seaside with stick of rock
Comic postcard, Woman at the seaside with a large stick of rock (in English and French) Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman and minstrel at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump man riding donkey on beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Moby Dick himself takes shape: The monstrous leviathan, with whom Ahab and the whalers waged a feud to the death, is being constructed in Fishguard Harbour

Comic postcard, Obese man drinking in pub. Yes, and his wifes a skinny little woman - flat as a pancake! Date: 20th century

Sunset off Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2
Sunset off Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, during the evacuation, with Junkers dive-bombers attacking shipping, and a paddle steamer hit and beached

Pretty young girl with a huge velvet bow in her hair sitting for a studio photographic portrait on an elegant curved stool seat. circa 1910s

Kitty in London - Glamorous girl with two cats and HUGE hat
Kitty in London - Glamorous girl with two cats and a HUGE green hat with feathers. Date: circa late 1904

Armour Meat Refrigeration Plant - Berisso, nr Buenos Aires
Berisso near Buenos Aires, Argentina - enormous cold meat plant of the American Armour company, who specialised in refrigeration of meat for export and transportation purposes. Photographed at night

The Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, Iraq
Interesting view (from the rear) of the gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad, Iraq

Statue of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt
Statue of Ramesses II ( The Great ), Statues in peristyle courtyard of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Impressive Tall Cactus Grove and pot seller - Mexico
Impressive Tall Mexican Fence Post Cactus Grove (Pachycereus Marginatus) and a pot seller (carrying his wares on his back) - Mexico. Date: 1910s

Giant Redwood - Yosemite National Park
California Redwood Tree " Wawona" Mariposa Big Tree Grove, California, USA - in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. 1912

Guinness Brewery, Dubllin - Massive storage vats
Storage Vats at St. James's Gate - the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. There are 179 vats like this in which the stout beer is stored before being drawn off into casks for distribution to

Diddums with bouquet of flowers, by Mabel Lucie Attwell
Diddums carrying a huge bouquet of flowers, by Mabel Lucie Attwell - These ain't nuffink to what I'd likes to give you! Date: 1936

The Snake
A colourful book illustration of a petrified looking man, being consistricted by a huge, green snake that is coiled around his body. Date: circa 1917

Vim Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vim, a cleanser and polisher manufactured by Lever Brothers Limited, used for cleaning kitchen utensils, glass and chinaware

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