Immense Collection (page 3)

The royal wedding cake
The 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 - India
The 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 Tree
Chapultepec, Mexico City - a large hill on the outskirts of central Mexico City. A special place for Mexicans throughout Mexican history

Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden
Her 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, Egypt
Abu Simbel, entrance, Temple of Nefertaril, full-length close-up of figures. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt
Granite 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 Guelma
A giant Turpentine tree outside the Thermal baths, covering 420 m (sq) at the Meskoutine Mineral Baths, near Guelma, Algeria

A Spooner Travelling oven
A 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 - Turkey
Apple seller standing alongside his large pannier, filled to the brim with fruit. The weight of this woven backpack must have been immense

Photographic Studio scene
A 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 press
Two 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 case
Extraordinary photographic postcard of an Armenian porter carrying a ridiculously large wooden box on his back

A Fine Cactus in the desert at Phoenix, Arizona with a gentleman stood alongside to give even more sense of the giant scale of the plant!

Mato Grosso - Giant Cactus
Mato Grosso, Brazil - Immense Giant Cactus

Date Sellers - Marrakesh, Morocco
A stall selling dates - Marrakesh, Morocco. The trader sits halfway up the immense pile of the dried fruit, which he can weigh on the suspended scales alongside his perch

Sudan - Sandstorm
A sandstorm in the Sudanese desert - an immense cloud of sand rises up over the horizon and the buildings of the capital, Khartoum

Fragments Day
How London bookstall managers celebrated " Fragments" day, showing the immense popularity of the " Fragments from France" portfolios of cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

When Meteorites Crash
Every day 1000s of meteorites hit our planet : most are small, but if a large one were to fall into the ocean near a major city, the destruction would be immense

Read by the World: The Illustrated London News overseas
Series of images by A. Forestier showing readers of the Illustrated London News around the world, a reflection of the papers immense popularity both home and abroad

Overheard at the docks by H. M. Bateman
Black & white illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man asking directions to the newly built cruise ship the Queen Mary

Trilby Music Sheet
The immense success of Du Mauriers romance of Bohemian Paris inspires countless spin- offs : this is a waltz by Charles Le Thiere

Luxor Temple Courtyard
Luxor Temple; courtyard surrounded by pillars and statues of Rameses II. The two tourists give a good idea of the immense scale of the carved figures

Luxor Temple / Egypt
Some of the massive papyriform columns and one of the immense statues of Rameses II at Luxor

Kimberley Diamond Mine
The open-cast diamond mine at Kimberley, South Africa : the buildings at the top give an idea of the immense scale of the workings

Duc De LA Force
Satire on the activities of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force : the discovery of hoards of foodstuffs and medicines caused immense scandal

Queen Caroline Popular
The immense popular support for Queen Caroline is vividly demonstrated when the Thames watermen gather to address her at Brandebnurgh House, backed by boat-loads of well-wishers

Landseers, Bewick, Haydon
Benjamin Haydons studio : Charles & Edwin Landseer and Thomas Bewick, Haydons pupils, are working on a series of immense cartoons by their eminent master

USA Memorial Service
Revivalist Ira Sankey sings to an immense congregation at the memorial service to fellow revivalist Charles Haddon Spurgeon

As M Hutchinson
ARTHUR STUART MENTEITH HUTCHINSON Popular novelist who scored an immense success with If winter comes in 1922

THE CHASE 1904
THE CHASE ! A symbolic depicting of the immense enthusiasm for motor racing at this period when cars were still a novelty

Lisbon Quake / Ruins
Part of the ruined city after the earthquake, which destroyed immense numbers of buildings besides causing the deaths of some 60, 000 people

Military Airship
In 1910, it is safe to predict that airships will play a part in a future war. This one is causing immense damage with its bombs, but is being fired upon in its turn

Battle of the Crater
Burnside blasts an immense breach - the crater - in Petersburgs defences, but fails to follow through and what should have been a great victory turns into defeat

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