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Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910
A Hole through the EarthThe immense works at the drilling site as the engineers work their way to the Antipodes. Date: circa 1900
Egyptian Lady SmokesEgyptian woman stands holding a cigarette, her face turned away from the camera, wearing striped headscarf, necklace and metallic bangles on her wrists. Date: 1919
The Black BottomTwo young things demonstrate the Black Bottom for their elders, with immense enthusiasm and a display of leg which both shocks and delights the male spectators. Date: 1927
Preparing for FlightPreparing a biplane for flight at the Semaine d Aviation, Nantes (France) : this kind of air show is repeated throughout France, attracting immense public interest. Date: 14-21 August 1910
Verne / to the MoonDE LA TERRE A LA LUNE (From the Earth to the Moon ) performed with immense success as a magical operetta at the Theatre de la Gaite, Paris Date: 1875
Lanes Redwood Flat, Redwood Highway, California, USA. Date: circa 1936
Bringing home some jumbo spudsA farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s
Duc De LA Force - 2Satire on the activities of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force : the discovery of hoards of foodstuffs and medicines caused immense scandal. Date: 1721
As M Hutchinson 3ARTHUR STUART MENTEITH HUTCHINSON Popular novelist who scored an immense success with If winter comes in 1922, at work on his next best seller. Date: 1879 - 1971
As M Hutchinson 2ARTHUR STUART MENTEITH HUTCHINSON Popular novelist who scored an immense success with If winter comes in 1922. Date: 1879 - 1971
Daibutsu Buddha, Nara, JapanTodai-ji, a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. The Diabutsen (or Great Buddha Hall ) is the largest wooden building in the world
Benson log raft - Columbia River, USAA fine view of a Benson raft - a huge seagoing log raft designed to reliably transport millions of board feet of timber (at one time - this card says 8 million feet) through the open ocean
Japan - Great statue of Buddha Daibutsu at Kamakura Date: circa 1910s
Beijing, China - City Wall, Rickshaw Stand and market stalls Date: circa 1910s
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto - Massive Water Gate at the Port. Date: circa 1910s
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
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
Potter Hotel - Sail Boats - Santa Barbara, California, USASail 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 Undercut of a Californian redwoodThe immense Undercut required in the felling of a Californian giant redwood tree Date: circa 1906
Potter Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, USAThe Massive Potter Hotel and Grounds in Midwinter (!), Santa Barbara, California, USA. Six-and-a-half stories high with 390 guest rooms
Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America LineFixing 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 cabbagesGiant Cabbages - freshly picked..... Possibly a bit of creative photography, although you never know....! Date: 1910
Lone Star - Largest Cow in the World - TexasLone 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
Great bells at Solovetsky MonasteryRussia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky, Solovetsky Monastery - Great Holy Bells. 2010
Statue of Saint Carlo in Arona, ItalyA colossal statue of Saint Carlo in Arona, Lake Maggiore, Italy. The designer was Giovan Battista Crespi, known as Cerano
Marriage of Prince Wilhelm of PrussiaPrince 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 DisplayCzech Republic - An immense patriotic synchronised gymnastic (?) disply by Czech schoolgirls Date: 1938
Landing record pike at Winneconne, WisconsinLanding 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 FishingTwo groups of fishermen make a couple of record catches on a North American river! These have to be the largest perch ever seen! 1903
Mexican Porter - Carrying massive wooden crateMexican Porter - Carrying a massive wooden crate on his back. The card is captioned as: " The Poor Mans Burden in Mexico". Date: circa 1909
Riems, France - The Central Main Entrance/Doorway Date: circa 1908
Record-breaking cauliflowerA gigantic record-brealing cauliflower and the very proud gardener responsible for this remarkably-leaved vegetable! Date: circa 1894
Launching a huge Japanese kite on a festival day, Japan. Date: circa 1910s
The royal wedding cakeThe immense wedding cake of King Faruk and Queen Farida of Egypt
Mons Meg Cannon - Edinburgh Caste. A medieval weapon of mass destruction (!) made to the order of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy circa 1449 and sent as a gift to King James II of Scotland
Marshall Britannia Boiler transported - IndiaThe transportation of a Marshall Britannia boiler across the Indian countryside by a vast team of oxen and men. Many thousands of portable steam engines were made between the 1840s and 1920s
Mexico - Chapultepec, Mexico City - Giant TreeChapultepec, Mexico City - a large hill on the outskirts of central Mexico City. A special place for Mexicans throughout Mexican history
Crown Princess Margaret of SwedenHer Royal Highness Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden (1882 - 1920) with Prince Bertil (1912 - 1997). She is wearing a simply fantastic hat of grandiose scale!
Abu Simbel, Temple of Nefertaril, EgyptAbu Simbel, entrance, Temple of Nefertaril, full-length close-up of figures. Photograph by Lionel Coates
Granite quarry, Aswan, EgyptGranite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates
The Meskoutine Mineral Bath near GuelmaA giant Turpentine tree outside the Thermal baths, covering 420 m (sq) at the Meskoutine Mineral Baths, near Guelma, Algeria
A Spooner Travelling ovenA immense Spooner Travelling Oven - with the dough for loaves of white bread entering the immense baking oven section of the machine
Apple Salesman with a gigantic pannier - TurkeyApple seller standing alongside his large pannier, filled to the brim with fruit. The weight of this woven backpack must have been immense
Photographic Studio sceneA fantastic example of a photographic studio from the early 20th century with the decoration and dressing of the studio, the immense plate camera and the photographer himself
Shaping metal plate in a large hydraulic pressTwo factory workers remove a metal plate from a large industrial hydraulic press after shaping. The completely piece appears to be the bodywork for a road vehicle. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Armenia - Carrying an immense wooden caseExtraordinary photographic postcard of an Armenian porter carrying a ridiculously large wooden box on his back