Land Collection (#51)

One of the wells of Al Bireh, Palestine, WW1
One of the famous wells of Al Bireh (El Bira), Palestine, photographed during the First World War. The name of the town means Water Well. Date: circa 1917-1918

General view of Jaffa, Israel, with the sea in the background. Date: early 20th century

Street scene, Jerusalem
Street scene in Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

British nurses and airmen land in France, 1939
Nurses wearing a Red Cross armlet and a Red Cross ribbon round their hats disembark from a Channel steamer after arriving at an undisclosed location in France in the early weeks of World War II

General view of Jerusalem with Mosque of Omar
General view of Jerusalem with the Mosque of Omar at the centre. Date: circa 1920s

Land Army Girls carry milk pails, 1939
Two women at the Cheshire School of Agriculture pictured carrying milk pails to the dairy. Here, Womens Land Army volunteers learnt all classes of farm work from feeding pigs to milking the cows

Camels on seashore, Tel Aviv, Israel
Three camels on the seashore at Tel Aviv, Israel. Date: early 20th century

Prehistoric landscape with various creatures
A prehistoric landscape with various creatures in the air, on land, and in the water. 19th century

Scots Battalion at Es Salt, Palestine, WW1
A Scots Battalion marching through Es Salt, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Sarah Curran, Emmets Betrothed
Sarah Curran, Robert Emmets Betrothed crying in grief for his dedath on a harp. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her sighing

Railway station, Jerusalem
View of the railway station, Jerusalem, on a Christmas postcard. A verse is on the right, spelling out HAPPY CHRISTMAS. Date: early 20th century

Christmas postcard from Holy Land
A Christmas postcard from a soldier in the Holy Land at the end of the First World War. Printed with a poem by Saddler Smirk of 15 Heavy Battery, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery)

Street scene, Sarona, near Jaffa, Israel
Street scene in Sarona, near Jaffa, Israel. Date: 20th century

Trainee milkmaids, Womens Land Army, 1939
Trainee milkmaids working at Plumpton Agricultural College as recruits to the Womenss Land Army, some of whom previously worked in London stores. Date: 1939

Camels and orange groves, Palestine
Camels being led along a road between orange groves in Palestine. Date: 20th century

Valley of Hinnom, Suloe, near Jerusalem
The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) at Suloe, near Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

Pontoon bridge over River Jordan, Palestine, WW1
British troops building a pontoon bridge over the River Jordan at El Ghoranieh (between Jericho and Es Salt), Palestine, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Seats in byzantine synagogue, Capernaum, Israel
Seats in a byzantine period synagogue at Capernaum, Israel. Date: early 20th century

Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
View of the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv, Israel
View of Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv, Israel on a sunny day. Date: 20th century

Awaiting Allenby, Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
Scene at the Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, with soldiers awaiting General Allenbys official entrance into the city during the First World War. Date: December 1917

British Hospital, Jaffa, Israel
View of Jaffa, Israel, with the British Hospital at the end of the street on the right. Date: early 20th century

Entrance to Tomb of David, Jerusalem
Entrance to the tomb of David in Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

Scene on the River Jordan, Palestine, with a group of people bathing and others watching. A postcard produced as a souvenir of the occupation of Palestine by the British troops during the First World

Olivet House Hotel, Jerusalem
Postcard advertising the Olivet House Hotel, Jerusalem, a first class English family hotel, established 1880, managed by Mrs Landrey. Date: early 20th century

Making a new road, Palestine
Men and boys employed in making a new road in Palestine. Date: early 20th century

Jaffa, Israel
View of the landing at Jaffa, Israel, with people in rowing boats. Date: early 20th century

Boating on the River Jordan, Palestine
Two men in a boat on the River Jordan, Palestine. Date: early 20th century

Street market in old city, Jerusalem
People at the street market in the old city, Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

Church and schools at Ramallah, Palestine
A church and schools at Ramallah, Palestine, used as a hospital at the time of the photograph (probably during the First World War). Date: early 20th century

Rachels Tomb, near Bethlehem
View of Rachels Tomb, near Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem. Rachel, the wife of Jacob, died when giving birth to Benjamin. Date: early 20th century

Water supply depot, Jaffa and Tel Aviv, Israel
The water supply depot at Jaffa and Tel Aviv, Israel. Date: 20th century

Mosque of Omar interior, Jerusalem
Interior view of the Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

The Toscin of Liberty

World War One short story illustration
Illustrated header to a story entitled No, no, Murgatroyd! by Cosmo Hamilton featuring British World War One soldiers traipsing through the devastated landscape of the Western Front. Date: 1926

An idyllic rural scene: a farmhouse surrounded by fertile land, with a hedgehog and rabbit roaming peacefully, and a bird singing happily in the foreground. 1925

Bayeux Tapestry (5 of 8)
A black and white depiction of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this section, Williams fleet set sail across the Channel, and land at Pevensey. They set up camp and dine. Date: 1064 - 1066

Cadiz, Spain - Puerta de Tierra ( The Land Gate ). This marble monument was designed by Torcuato Cayon in the eighteenth century. Date: circa 1910s

Labor by Charles Sprague Pearce
Labor - from the Family and Education series by Charles Sprague Pearce. Found in the North Corridor, Great Hall, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C

The Queen returns from Scotland There is a breezy arrival at Heathrow airport, London, as the Queen and Prince Andrew end their holiday in Balmoral, Scotland. Date: 9th October 1980 1980

Sopwith seaplane, Balkan Front, WW1
A Sopwith seaplane about to set off on a flight on the Balkan Front during the First World War. Seen here with the pilot in the cockpit and men wading in the sea around it. Date: 1914-1918

Buck Balfour. Cartoon of Arthur Balfour (later British Prime Minister) when he was Chief Secretary for Ireland on the cover of Funny Folks

Ireland / Glengarriff
Glengariff, the lovely land- locked harbour in County Cork, Ireland, where the vegetation luxuriates in the warmth of the Gulf Stream and the growth is almost tropical. Date: 1950s

The Land Gate, Rye
Built by King Edward III, the Land Gate is one of the many ancient structures that remain in the quaint old town of Rye, Sussex, England. Date: circa 1400

American machine gunners, Villers-Tournelle, France, WW1
American machine gunners firing on Germans across no mans land, near Villers-Tournelle, Somme, northern France, during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Scene during Battle of the Falkland Islands, WW1
Scene from the land during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. Showing a sinking ship. Date: 8 December 1914

Zadar - Croatia - Porta Terraferma (" Kopnena vrata" - Landward Gate) Date: circa 1910s

Manchester Wasteland
Waste land in Manchester, England long before it was redeveloped into the cosmopolitan city it is today. Date: 1960s

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