Imperial Collection (page 71)

The Western Qing tombs, Yi County, Hebei Province, China
The Main stone Gateway leading to the Western Qing tombs, Yi County, Hebei Province, Peoples Republic of China. Site of the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - General Kuroki inspecting captured guns
Russo-Japanese War - Count Tamemoto Kuroki GCMG (18441923) General in the Imperial Japanese Army, inspecting captured Russian guns. Date: circa 1905

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Screw Presses Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Automatic Balances. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Assay Furnaces Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Melting Furnace Date: circa 1910s

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Torpedo Boat Squadron returns to base having engaged the enemy. Date: circa 1904

Japan - Entrance to the Imperial Palace - Tokyo. Inset photograph set within a fine floral decorative border also featuring a set of curtains. Date: circa 1910

Top Russian Diplomatic Staff in Italy. Date: circa 1905

Thessaloniki - Fine Imperial Administration building
Thessaloniki - Fine Imperial Ottoman Administration building (at present not identified). Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki - Imperial Ottoman Secondary School Date: circa 1904

The Chen Clan Academy, Guangzhou (Canton) China
The Chen Clan Academy - an academic temple in Guangzhou (Canton), China built by the 72 Chen clans for their juniors accommodation

Design for the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London
The exterior view of a design, by T.E. Colcutt, for the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London. Date: circa 1885

Istanbul, Turkey - Ortakoy
Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii), officially the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1930s

Yakov Zhilinski, Chief of Staff of the Imperial Russian Army
Yakov Zhilinski (Zhilinskiy) (18531918), Chief of Staff of the Imperial Russian Army in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, Governor-General of Warsaw

Turkish Imperial Steamship - Ertogrul
Turkish Imperial steamship (albeit still with high masts for sails) the Ertogrul (named after the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire) riding high in the Bosphorus Date: circa 1930

Amasya, Turkey - The Grand Citadel
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

Imperial Airway Flying Boat - Calcutta - Westminster
Imperial Airway Flying Boat - Calcutta - all-metal flying boat the River Thamas by Westminster Bridge in front of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on 1st August 1928. Date: 1928

Tsarskoye Selo - The Farm
Tsarskoye Selo (" Tsars Village" ) - town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, south of Saint Petersburg. Now part of the town of Pushkin

Imperial Turkish Princes - pre-revolution. Ottoman Empire Date: circa 1905

The Imperial Fountain and Ancient Halls - Beirut, Lebanon Date: circa 1910s

Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii) - Istanbul, Turkey
Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii), officially the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1936

Bulgarian Fountain, Imperial Court, Earls Court Exhibition in London, England. Date: early 20th century

Jamiaca, West Indies - The Imperial Hotel, Kingston. Date: 1914

Istanbul, Turkey - Ortakoy Mosque
Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii), officially the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1927

The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Ortakoy Mosque
Ortakoy Mosque (Ortakoy Camii), officially the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1910

Haydarpasa Campus - Marmara University, Istanbul
(Now the) Haydarpasa Campus of the Marmara University, originally built as the Imperial Medical School and designed by Alexander Vallaury and Raimondo D Aronco. Date: circa 1910s

WWII - Packing Department - Girl Guide Imperial HQ
WWII - Packing Department - Girl Guide Imperial Headquarters, London. Date: 1943

WWII - General Lord Gort - Patriotic Postcard sold in aid of the Daily Sketch War Relief Fund, with one penny from every card sold being donated to the fund

Hotel Imperial - Odessa, Ukraine - seaport on the northwestern coast of the Black Sea. Date: circa 1910s

Imperial Sports Club - Franco-British Exhibition, London
Imperial Sports Club - Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London Date: 1908

Cossack Imperial Guardsmen to Tsar Nicholas II
Four Cossack Imperial Guardsmen to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Date: circa 1905

Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine later Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (18721918) - Empress of Russia as spouse of Tsar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire. Date: circa 1909

Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Imperial Chair
Carrying the Imperial Chair at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926

Lieutenant-General Zasulich reviews Chinese Regiment
Lieutenant-General Zasulich with his staff at the front reviews the Chinese Regiment. Mikhail Ivanovich Zasulich (18431910) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army

Processional Way - Ming Tombs, Beijing
Processional Way with Animal Statues - Ming Tombs, Beijing. Photograph prior to complete French restoration of the site in the late 1920s. Date: circa 1920s

Stone Elephant, Ming Tombs, Beijing
Kneeling Stone Elephant, Sacred Way, The Ming Dynasty Tombs - located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing, within the suburban Changping District of Beijing municipality

Kneeling Stone Elephant, Ming Tombs, Beijing
Kneeling Stone Elephant, Sacred Way, The Ming Dynasty Tombs - located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing, within the suburban Changping District of Beijing municipality

Istanbul, Turkey - Sehzade Mosque and Fountain
The Sehzade Mosque (Sehzade Camii) - Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih, on the third hill of Istanbul, Turkey. Sometimes referred to as the Princes Mosque. Date: circa 1910s

Samoa - Hoisting the Union flag - World War One
Samoa - Hoisting the Union flag - 30th August, 1914. At the outbreak of World War One, New Zealand troops landed on Upolu unopposed on 29th August 1914 and seized control from the German authorities

Mihrimah Sultan Camii, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Mosque), Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey (designed by Sinan), with inset photographs showing local dancers and a guard of the Imperial Ottoman Bank! Date: circa 1897

Broadway - New York City, USA
A view looking down Broadway (31st to 32nd street) - New York City, USA, featuring the imposing building of the Hotel Imperial, highlighting its proximity to Pennsylvania Station Date: 1913

Avro 652, G-ACRM, Avalon, of Imperial Airways

The Duke of Kent congratulating Sqn Ldr Herbert Brackley of Imperial Airways for being the first recipient, along with eight other Captains

The first Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign, G-ADSR, for Imperial Airways at Hamble in 1937

Short L17 Syrinx G-ACJK of Imperial Airways
Short L17 Syrinx, G-ACJK, of Imperial Airways

Short L17 Syrinx G-ACJK of Imperial Airways at Croydon
Short L17 Syrinx, G-ACJK, of Imperial Airways at Croydon

Short L17 Scylla G-ACJJ and Syrinx G-ACJK
Short L17 Scylla, G-ACJJ, and Syrinx, G-ACJK, of Imperial Airways

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