Interesting Collection (page 2)

Neville and Anne Chamberlain in the park
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) with his wife Anne (1883-1967) taking a stroll in the park. The watching soldiers are signallers under instruction. Date: 1939

Annie Benham, a Romany traveller
A portrait of Annie Benham, a Romany traveller pictured in the Dorset Downs. Date: 1939

Advert for Harella coats, emphasising their smart fit from any angle. Date: 1943

Ocean Pier Wildwood New Jersey at night
The card is one of a series of finely printed Tichnor images of interesting sites in America. Wildwood is a tourist destination beside the Atlantic

An der Somme photogravure record of the Somme Front
Book entitled An der Somme. Erinnerungen der 12. Infanterie-Division an die Stellungskampfe und Schlacht an der Somme, Oktober 1915 bis November 1916. Not paginated, approximately 240 photos

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I C I. O. U. A P. C
This is a particularly interesting card. The girl with the pen is writing a message in a simple code. The card was posted from Bletchley - the hub of the code breakers of WW2

View of Mount Carmel taken from St. Jean d Acre, Palestine. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

The gate of Cairo called Beb el Fath. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

House constructed in a rock at Old Paphos 1, and catacomb at Paphos, Cyprus 2. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey

A fountain among the mountains of Paphos, Cyprus. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

View of the ancient temple at Amathus, Cyprus. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

View of the ruins of the Queens Palace, Morocco
View of the ruins of the Queens Palace near the Monsastery of Saint Chrysostom, Morocco. Illustration by Michallon from Ali Bey el Abbassis Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia

A Moroccan cavalry soldier and Ali Bey
A Moroccan soldier on horseback attacking an enemy a, and Ali Bey traveling on horseback b. Illustration by Michallon from Ali Bey el Abbassis Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia

View of Morocco and the cordillera of the Atlas mountains. Illustration by Michallon from Ali Bey el Abbassis Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

Castle or Alcazaba, Tangier, Morocco. Illustration by Michallon from Ali Bey el Abbassis Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816

Wild horse of Siberia, or Yakutian horse. Equus ferus caballus. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Figures of divinities in the Kalmyk religion: Maidarin, Amitabha and Shakyamuni. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Labantsiksa, shaman of the Khorintzi Buryats people of Siberia. She wears a helmet with antlers, leather dress decorated with bells, a cape with three entwined serpents

Man and woman of the Nenets or Samoyeds people. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Kalmyks in traditional costume
Kalmyk man and woman in traditional costume. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Ancient Tatar tomb of a Khan in Kasimov on the Oka River (Ryazan Oblast, Russia). Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Villa of the Shah of Persia, Qajar Dynasty. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Fath Ali Chah, second Qajar emperor or Shah of Iran (1772-1832). Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Portrait of Shah Mohammad Ali Han of Persia, 1760-1779. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Portrait of Nadir Shah of Persia, 1698-1747. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Persian woman in dance costume. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Persian woman in city dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Persian man in summer dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting elephant, deer and boar 2, and the coronation of Shah Khosrau II, 1

Kurdish man with shield and club. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Great Fish River (Groote Visrivier), South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Pampoen-Kraal (Durbanville), West Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Cape baboon or chacma baboon, Papio ursinus. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Young San woman nursing child, South Africa. She wears a cape, necklaces and beaded skirt. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Young San man, with bow and arrows, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni

Woman and child of the San people, South Africa
Woman and child of the San people (Housouana or Bushmen). From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Man of the San people, South Africa
Man of the San people (Housouana or Bushmen), South Africa. With bow, arrows, feather and belt. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Noble Namaqua man of South Africa. He wears a fur cape and codpiece, and holds a spear. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, eating a sheep. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni

Khoikhoi (Hottentot) woman in full dress of fur cape, beaded skirt, anklets, necklaces. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Francois Le Vaillants camp at Heere, Verloore Valley
Francois Le Vaillants camp at Heere (Verloore Valley, northwest of Piketberg), Western Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Head of a giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Female hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Head of a male hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

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