Jan16 Collection (page 10)

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, Statue of Gordon
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London with view of the Statue of Major-General Charles George Gordon by Hamo Thornycroft, removed in 1943 and re-sited on the Victoria Embankment in 1953

Leicester Square, London - including The Empire Theatre. Date: circa 1909

Paradeplatz in Mannheim, Germany
Flying through the world - arriving now at the Paradeplatz in Mannheim, Germany Date: circa 1903

Calais, France - fishing boats in the harbour
Calais, France - tethered fishing boats at rest in the harbour, with the waterfront and buildings visible in the background. circa 1910s

Bergues, France - view over the town
Aerial view of the northern French town of Bergues, taken from the church belfry. circa 1910s

Coach provided for the less well-off going to Auteuil Races
The Coach provided for less well-off people going to the Auteuil Hippodrome Race-course in Paris, France. Date: circa 1903

Luzern, Switzerland - the Schweizerhofquai
Luzern (Lucerne), Switzerland - the Schweizerhofquai. There are pleasure boats for hire on the left! Date: 1910s

Jean Bart leads fishermen into battle
Reproduction of a Dunkirk Museum (Musee de Dunkerque) tableau by French painter Virginie Demont-Breton, depicting Jean Bart enlisting Dunkirk fishermen to follow him into battle aboard the galleon

Dunkirk, France - Dunkirk Lighthouse
Dunkirk Lighthouse (phare de Dunkerque, or phare de Risban), France - the highest automated first order lighthouse in France

Dunkirk, France - general view of the Port
Dunkirk, France - A general view of the Port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque), showing ships at rest and the rooftops of houses from above. Date: circa 1910s

Malo-Les-Bains, France - seaside resort and beach
The seaside town of Malo-Les-Bains, France, showing the dike and crowded beach lined with wooden huts. circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - Lighthouse
Dunkirk Lighthouse (phare de Dunkerque, or phare de Risban), France - the highest automated first order lighthouse in France

Hondschoote, France - Street facing west towards Church
Hondschoote, France - The view up a westwards facing street, with the Hondschoote St Vst Church (Eglise Saint Vst) at the end of the street. Date: circa 1910s

Hondschoote, France - Interior of a church
Hondschoote, France - The interior of an ornate church showing the church organs and decorative pillars. Date: circa 1910s

Hondschoote, France - Court Road
Hondschoote, France - A town road, Court Road (Rue de la Cour), with several groups of town residents walking up the street. Date: circa 1910s

Hondschoote, France - Panorama
Panoramic aerial view of the French town of Hondschoote, Nord, looking down onto rooftops and a town square, with houses, shops and a church steeple visible. Date: circa 1910s

Esquelbecq, France - castle viewed from the town square
Esquelbecq, France - A large Chateau or castle, surrounded by gardens and waterways, as viewed from a square in the town of Esquelbecq, in northern France. Date: circa 1910s

Wormhoudt, France - Grand Place
Wormhoudt, France - a car driving through the Gland Place, with the town hall visible in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Socx, France - large Chateau and gardens
Socx, France - Front view of a large Chateau or manor house, showing the garden lined with trees. Date: circa 1910s

Hondschoote, France - City Hall (La Mairie), with townspeople and children pictured standing outside. Date: circa 1910s

Bergues, France - Marche aux Bestiaux (cattle market)
Bergues, France - children playing in the main square of the Marche aux Bestiaux (cattle market) of the French town of Bergues. Date: circa 1910s

Socx, France - View of the village
Scenic view of the French town of Socx, in Nord, showing a park with trees and a lake and bridge. In the background the town church (Eglise Saint Leger)

Bombing of Bergues - damage to Place Gambetta, WW1
People clearing a corner of the Place Gambetta, in the French city of Bergues, after damage caused during WW1 bombing of the city. 1914-1915

Socx, France - Saint Leger Church (L Eglise Saint Leger) surrounded by winter trees and the churchs graveyard. Date: circa 1910s

Nautical Terms Illustrated IV - Crossing the Line
A sailor flirts with a woman over her washing line drawn by Harold Earnshaw, artist husband of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Earnshaw was a successful artist who joined the Artists Rifles at the outbreak of

Womens Legion pulling a broken down ambulance, WWI
Members of the Womens Legion, who worked convoying wounded soldiers among many other tasks, pulling a broken-down ambulance during the First World War. 1918

Nautical Terms Illustrated - Anchored by Harold Earnshaw
Illustration showing an old sea salt finding himself in a bit of a fix after his wooden legs has caught in a drain grill and snapped

Regatta at Marlow for Blinded Soldiers & Sailors, WW1
Two photographs depicting a rowing at regatta at Marlow for blinded soldiers and sailors from St. Dunstans during the First World War

A Red Cross Ambulance with motor-cycle attached
A Red Cross ambulance with motorcycle attached, First World War. 1917

Sporting & Dramatic News cover - A Better Ole
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News featuring photographs of three stars of the stage in 1917. On the left is Miss Vera Clarke

A gas-bag motor boat
The scarcity of petrol during the First World War saw the introduction of cars and vans powered by gas, with the gas being transported in a huge bag on the roof

American lumberman on road near Western Front
An American lumberman on a road near the Western Front, 1917. 1917

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