Illuminations Gallery

Barcelona, Spain - International Exhibition

One of the Fountains by night. Barcelona, Spain - International Exhibition of 1929 - 1930. In a large park on the Montjuic hill, following a previous exhibition in 1888 which had not aroused much excitement, the second World Exhibition in Barcelona took place in 1929. Spanish works of art and industrial products, as well as replicas of Spanish architectural monuments in the Spanish Village were displayed. Date: 1929 - 1930

London at Night - Cleopatras Needle and Victoria Embankment

London at Night - Cleopatra's Needle and Victoria Embankment. The red granite obelisk was brought to London from Egypt in 1878 - its base is flanked by two bronze statues of the sphinx. Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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HMS Marlborough and HMS Ajax illuminated at night

HMS Marlborough (front) and HMS Ajax illuminated at night on the occasion of the wedding of HRH The Duke of York on 26th April, 1923. Taken from the rocks above the bay - Malta. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Built at Devonport Royal Dockyard between January 1912 and June 1914 and entered service just prior to First World War. Assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet after the war, Marlborough took part in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (in the Black Sea 191920). She was also involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Date: 1923

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection