Land Collection (page 13)

Joes Bridge on the Belgian-Dutch border
Operation Market Garden was a combined British & American land and air operation planned to break into and around the German defences & then on into Germany itself

Member of the Womens Land Army in uniform, September 1939
Jean Jacobs, formerly a London shop assistant, photographed in her Land Army uniform as she receives her training in Sussex. Date: 1939

Womens Land Army volunteers in training, September 1939
Volunteers for the Womens Land Army learning basic agricultural skills, courtesy of the East Sussex Agricultural College. The Sphere comments on the health benefits of country life. 1939

Uniformed female workers in British war services, April 1941
A selection of women involved in British war services including the Womens Royal Naval Services, the Womens Auxiliary Territorials Service, the Red Cross, the Womens Auxiliary Air Force

Female land army workers resting after a full day 1918
Women in Theydon, Essex, resting, socialising and reading in their club room after a days training for land army work. The Womens Land Army was established in 1917 to replace male workers in

Cartoon, Dosset in Fresh Quarters, No Connection with the Shop Opposite. Depicting David James (1839-1893), English comic actor. 1885

Music cover, The Bolden Ode, Land, Love and Liberty - Horatio Nelson and HMS Victory. circa 1840

The Land of Nod, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

This land of By and By, by Minnie Asprey
Its a place that Mother tells us of, This land of By and By, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

King Alfred, Angles, Saxons and Norsemen
King Alfred the Great, Angles, Saxons and Norsemen, agriculture, ships and churches. (3 of 4) 9th century

General view of Zaragoza (Saragossa), Spain. Date: circa 1840s

Pierre Clostermann Memorial, Bazenville, Normandy
Clostermann, the First Free French pilot to land in Normandy (ALG B2), held the DFC and Bar and the Legion d Honneur. The Memorial is in the shape of a Spitfire wing

Varieties of ants and their nests -- nest of the Fuliginous ant, Formica fuliginosa, Yellow ant (Formica flava), Fallow ant (Formica rufa), nest of the Common Yellow ant

View of Portobelo, Colon Province, Panama. Date: 1843

View of the Skellig Islands, off the SW coast of Ireland
View of the Skellig Islands, off the south-west coast of Ireland. Date: 1843

Common adder and Ringed snake. Date: 1843

Three varieties of lizard -- Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara), Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) and Blindworm (Anguis fragilis). Date: 1843

View of Tahiti, French Polynesia, South Pacific
View of Tahiti (Otaheite), French Polynesia, South Pacific. Date: 1843

Three varieties of British shrew -- Oared Shrew (Sorex remifer), Water Shrew (Sorex fodiens) and Common Shrew (Sorex araneus). Date: 1843

View of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
View of Pointe-a-Pitre, largest city on the island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, before the earthquake of 1843. Date: 1843

Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in the spring. Date: 1843

Varieties of Water Newt or Eft -- Common water newt (Triton cristatus), Common smooth newt (Lissotriton punctatus), Straight lipped water newt (Triton bibronii)

Advert, Ewing & Lawson, Boiler Makers, Glasgow
Advert for Ewing & Lawson, Boiler Makers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

View of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, at the time a British colony. Date: 1842

Aerial photography in World War One
A illustrated explanation of the uses of and how aerial photography worked in World War One. Aerial photography was introduced as an additional means of observation

Caryodes dufresnii dufresnii (Dufresnes bulimus, Bulimus dufresnii), Tasmanian landsnail. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Medieval children playing a war game called I m on your land (je suis sur ta terre, vilain), others playing croquet, and others trying to hit each other while tied back to back

Natives of Tasmania (Van Diemens Land)
Natives of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land. Grou Agara, man with scarification on his chest and animal-skin cape, and Arra-Maida, woman with child on her back in kangaroo papoose

Aborigine huts and village in West Australia (Eendachts land). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Chinese mountebank riding a boat on land, Qing Dynasty
Chinese mountebank riding a boat on land accompanied by a musician playing a recorder, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Rices wattle or Mr. T. Spring Rices acacia, Acacia riceana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Hawksbill sea turtle and Greek tortoise
Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, critically endangered 1, and land or Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca, vulnerable 2

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals

Great Britain highlighted on the globe
A Greeting from the Dear Home-Land, showing Great Britain highlighted in red on a globe of the planet

Unicyclist at start of a cycle ride, Lands End, Cornwall
A unicyclist (left) at the start of a cycle ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland. Date: circa 1980s

Scotsman with map of Scotland, pinpointing Pitlochry, Perthshire. Date: circa 1910s

Lakeside scene with cottages, Italian-Swiss region. Date: circa 1908

General view of Naples and Pignolo, Italy, with Mount Vesuvius erupting in the distance. Date: circa 1905

Castello dell Ovo, Naples, Italy, viewed from the Via Partenope, with Mount Vesuvius in the distance on the right. Date: circa 1905

The Land of Nod by Muriel Dawson. 1941

The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Aerial view from a balloon, New York City, USA. 1857

My Native Land So Green by T P Carey
Promotional music sheet for My Native Land So Green song of about 1867 by T. P. Carey. The song indicates that the lake shown is supposed to be in Killarney. Date: circa 1867

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard landing in a field
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist landing in a field, causing disruption to people and animals. Date: circa 1785

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard flying across the Channel
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist flying with large wings, crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover, carrying a ship. Date: circa 1785

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in a balloon
Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the English Channel in a balloon, 7 January 1785 -- 100th anniversary commemoration. Date: 1785

Lake Innisfallen, Killarney, Ireland
Lake Innisfallen (Inishfallen), Lough Leane, Killarney, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. 1930

Ballards Pier, Bombay, with P&O liner Strathnaver
Aerial view of the new Ballards Pier, Bombay, India, with the P&O liner Strathnaver, 16 November 1934. 1934

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