Lake Collection

Poster for Lake Garda, Italy
Poster advertising Lake Garda, Italy -- an idyllic scene

Poster advertising Evian les Bains
Poster for French railways advertising Evian les Bains, on the southern side of Lake Geneva, just across the border in Switzerland

Newby Bridge, Lake District, Cumbria - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Bala Lake Railway guard Bob Davies at work on the platform at Bala. In 1988, Mr Davies had worked on the railway for 48 years Date: 1988

Anna Pavlova dancing Swan Lake
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballet dancer photographed here in Swan Lake in 1920

Lake and hotel, Vyrnwy, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Harbor Point from Harbor Springs, Michigan, USA Date: 1900

A Selection of Fish
An assortment of fish: 1. sharp-nosed eel, 2. blunt-nosed eel, 3. burbot, 4. lamprey, 5. lampern, 6. chub, 7. perch, 8. roach, 9. bream, 10. rudd, 11. Prussian carp, 12. Crucian carp, 13. tench, 14

Garadice Lake, Ballinamore, County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland

Windermere, Langdale Pikes, Lake District, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

England / Ulverston
The town centre at Ulverston, Cumbria, a market town a few miles south of the English Lake District

Label, Hotel on Lakecomo
The label for the GRAND HOTEL at TREMEZZO on Lake Como is content just to show a view of itself - need we say more ?

Map of the Lake District
National Parks poster map of the Lake District Date: circa 1950

Helvellyn and Thirlmere, Lake District, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The House - Lake Mohonk
Mohonk Mountain House - Built on the deep-blue waters of Lake Mohonk in 1869, this grand 267-room Victorian castle is one of Americas oldest family-owned resorts. Date: 1912

Excelsior Pavilion and Boat Landing - Lake Minnetonka, USA
Excelsior Pavilion and Boat Landing - Lake Minnetonka, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Road to Blencathra
A glimpse of the rocku track leading up to Blencathra (Saddleback), from Gategill, near Keswick, Cumbria, England. Date: 1960s

The Days Work by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in dungarees or overalls and with a wide brimmed hat stands on the end of a jetty fishing with a makeshift rod and line. Swans fly overhead

England / Southend-On-Sea
A glimpse of Pier Hill, seen from across the Boating Lake, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with the impressive Palace Hotel in the background

Map of Tenochtitlan. Mexico, 1560. By Alonso de Santa Cruz
Map of Tenochtitlan. Mexico, 1560. General islario of all the islands in the world. Work of the chronicler and cosmographer Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505-1567). National Library. Madrid. Spain

The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA. Date: 1902

Temple Square at night - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Temple Square in the moonlight - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA with the Tabernacle and Salt Lake Temple visible. Date: circa 1910s

Poster for Lago d Orta, Italy
Poster advertising Lago d Orta, Italy -- an idyllic location

Olympics / 1932 / Ice Hockey
Ice hockey: Canada beating USA 2-1 at Lake Placid

England / Blenheim Palace
Distant view from the north, seen from across the lake

View of Zurich and distant alps, Switzerland

Dock Scene - Walloon Lake, Michigan. Date: circa 1910s

Pallanza from Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy Isola Bella is one of the Borromean Islands of Lago Maggiore in northern Italy

Boating Lake, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1947

Photographic evidence of the Loch Ness Monster
Photographic " evidence" of the Loch Ness Monster

Bluebird on Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964
Illustration showing Donald Campbell (1921-1967) driving Bluebird across Lake Eyre, Southern Australia, during his successful attempt on the world land speed record in July 1964

West Wycombe Park, Bucks
The home of the Dashwood family. The notorious activities of Sir Francis Dashwood and the Hellfire club took place in the West Wycombe Caves

Lake Placid, N. Y. USA - Main Street
Lake Placid, N.Y. USA - Main Street Date: 1940

Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, Nevada, USA
Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, spa resort on Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, Nevada, USA, near Lake Tahoe. circa 1930

Queen Victorias new barge for Virginia Water, 1877. The royal four oared barge measures 30 foot, and was built by A. and C. Burgoyne of Kingston-upon-Thames. Date: 1877

Hotel Genazzini & Metropole, Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy
Hotel Genazzini & Metropole, Bellagio, on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

Isle of Skye - Blaven and Loch Slapin viewed from Torrin Village Date: circa 1920s

West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Essex
West Ham Infirmary, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, viewed across a small lake. The infirmary, better known as Whipps Cross Hospital

Ullapool - view from the hill
Ullapool, Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland on the banks of Loch Broom - panoramic view from a nearby hill

England / Blenheim Palace
View from the north, with a gentleman and lady walking by the lake

View of the Great Exhibition from across the Serpentine
The Great Exhibition of All Nations in Hyde Park, London - general view of the Crystal Palace from across the Serpentine

Anna Pavlova (1881 - 1931), Russian ballet dancer as the Dying Swan in a performance of Swan Lake'. Date: 1912

The Personification of Finland (Suomi)
The Female Personification of Finland (Suomi), holding aloft the National Flag over the sun rising across the Finnish lakes

St. Louis Worlds Fair - Festival Hall and Cascades
St. Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Festival Hall and Cascades Date: 1904

Derwentwater and Keswick, Lake District, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O. H. Perrys victory
The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perrys victory

Saratoga Lake, New York. Date c1901

Malcesine, Lake Garda, Italy
On a little headland of the Veronese side of Lake Garda, Italy, on the slopes of Mount Baldo, Malcesine was built around a fortress which belonged to the Veronese Della Scalas. Date: circa 1910s

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