Land Collection (#55)

Land Mine explosion 1918
Explosion of a land mine on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918

Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell, Utah, 1935
Photograph showing Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) and his son, Donald Campbell (1921-1967), standing next to Bluebird after one of Malcolms land speed record attempts on Utah Salt Flats in 1935

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

Fisher folk awaiting a boat, 1895
Engraving showing a scene on a beach as a group of women and fishermen await the arrival of a boat. In the distance heavy breakers show that strong weather is involved

No Mans Land - A Study on the British Western Front
The war torn landscape of the Western Front during World War One. Very little is visible except for mud, far off explosions and burnt trees

Crash in the Crater Zone
An aeroplane damaged during a forced landing in a crater zone waits for help. It emerges from a tank sporting multi-coloured camouflage

The land periscope: A German staf officer observing with a hyposcope

A land mine and emergency hand grenades captured from German troops

Ladies Land League meeting, Ireland
Authorities dispersing a meeting of the Ladies Land League in Ireland

Sketches of the evictions in Ireland
These sketches show scenes of evictions, trial, and Irish Land League activity in south west of Ireland. In the first sketch, the special artist of this publication is misunderstood by the crowd

German Workers Re-erecting a Free Passage Sign, Berlin, 19
Photograph showing German workers re-erecting a Russian and German sign declaring Free Passage on the border between West Berlin and the Soviet Sector at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

Interior of a Transport Airplane filled with coal, 1948
Photograph showing the interior of a Dakota airplane loaded with kitbags full of coal, destined for Berlin during the airlift of 1948

Unloading an airplane, Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing a generator set being unloaded from a York aircraft at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Stalin, leader of the USSR

Royal Air Force York at Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a Royal Air Force York transport airplane, after landing at Gatow Airport, carrying the millionth ton of supplies during the Berlin Airlift of 1949

Exchanging Clothes at a Second-hand Depot, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing several citizens of West Berlin bringing their old woollen garments to a second-hand clothing depot, Berlin, August 1948

West Berlin Train Crew Prepare to Travel, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing the crew of a West Berlin locomotive hoisting the banner Greetings to Western Germany onto the front of their train at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

The First Bus out of West Berlin after the Blockade, 1949
Photograph showing the first civilian bus to leave West Berlin after the end of the Soviet blockade, May 1949. The bus shown was heading for Hanover and proudly bore the banner Hurra

Citizens of West Berlin outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall, 1
Photograph showing up to 500, 000 West Berliners gathered outside the Schoeneberg Town Hall to celebrate the end of the Berlin Blockade, 12th May 1949

The Statistics Board at Frankfurt Airport during the Berlin
Photograph showing American aircrew studying the achievement board at Frankfurt-on-Main showing the daily and overall tonnage of supplies flown from Frankfurt to Berlin, during the airlift of 1948

Gatow Airport, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing a York transport airplane at Gatow Airport, during the Berlin Airlift, 1948. In the background of the image, extension work on the runway can be seen being undertaken

The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a West Berlin policeman (on left) talking to a Soviet Sector policeman over an East-West frontier barrier, in Berlin, 1949

Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin Airli
Photograph showing a large wall map of Berlin and its air corridors, in the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the airlift of 1948

The British 34th Regiment leaving the Crimea, 1856
Massed British troops, many bearded, boarding the ship the Prince Arthur for their return to England after the Crimean War

German Boys on a disused Railway, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing two German boys playing on a railway track leading into the American Sector of West Berlin, November 1948

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Dredging f
Photograph of the worlds largest purpose built dredger dredging for gold in the Sierra Nevada, California

Gold in the Land of the Nile. Ancient Workings in the Easter
Photograph of ancient egyptian diggings for gold

Emigration. The land of Promise. Emigrants Catching their Fi
Moving illustration showing in close up the expressions on the faces of young emigrants as their ship enters the St Lawrence River and the passengers catch their fist sight of Canadian land

Gold in the Land of the Nile. The Um Garaiart Camp of the Ni
Photograph of the sloping tables used to separate gold from waste products

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Leaving De
Photograph of the mounds of stones and earth piled up behind the gold dredger as they are disgorged on the conveyor belt

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. In the Wak
Photograph shows a channel, cut in the land by the gold seeking machine, and mounds of stone thrown out by it

The debatable Land in British Guiana. A Gold Prospecting Par
Illustration showing a shanty town of gold propectors, out for the main chance, a British flag in the foreground

Gold in the Land of the Nile. Ancient Gold Crushing Mills
Gold mining was established in Ancient Egypt and there exist many ancient gold mine workings and these mills for crushing the ore

Boleslav III and Sword
King Boleslaw III (known as Wrymouth) pays tribute to emperor Lothair II and carries his sword in token of fealty. (But he gets lots of land in return.)

Reclaiming Land
The peaceful way to acquire new territory : commencing the works of the Netherlands Land Enclosure at Hanswerk

German Invasion - 2
With the railways in their hands, it will be easy for the Germans to seize control of a strategic town such as Colchester as headquarters (scene 2 of 4)

Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Engraving showing Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the Norwegian explorer, biologist and oceanographer, pictured at Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land, 1896

The Main Base, Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1913
Photograph of the main base of Australian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 1913. The stores and wireless telegraph poles can be seen in the foreground

The Cape of Pillars, Crown Prince Rudolf Land, 1875
Engraving showing the Cape of Pillars, on the coast of Crown Prince Rudolf Land, as seen by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition of 1872-1874

Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, Franz Josef Land, 1894-
Photograph of Frederick Jackson and his companions of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, with the ice-boat Mary Harmsworth, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1894-7

American Indians. The peaceful extincion oif the red indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

Emigrants sighting land, 1871
Engraving showing a scene on the deck of an emigrant ship, as the passengers sight land, 1871. In the foreground a lady is sewing and a family with very young children look anxiously towards land

Dr. Fridtjhof Nansen at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of Dr. Fridtjhof Nansen taken by Frederick Jackson, leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

An Emigrant Ship leaving Great Britain, 1844
Engraving showing a three masted sailing ship being towed out of the harbour at the start of its journey to Australia, 1844

Amphibious Car, France, 1909
Photograph of a Canot-Automobile Ravailler amphibious car taking to the water, France, 1909. The car had a 14-hp engine, capable of 40km per hour on land and 10km per hour on the water

A Land-rush in the United States. A Minute after the signal
Horses and wagons of all sorts take the participants in the land-rush to stake a claim for their plot. The land on which Arkansas City was to be built had belonged to the Cherokees until they were

Land-mine explosion
Photograph showing the upheaval of earth and debris as a land-mine explodes. A frequent characteristic of siege warfare, the landmine could destroy huge section of trenches

Three Chippewa Indian chiefs at Montreal, 1849
Three native American Indian chiefs in full ceremonial dress, with beads, necklaces and feathers: Chingwackonce (Little Pine), Nabunagoging (The Eclipse) and Menissino Wenninne (The Great Warrior)

A Land-rush in the United States. The crowd waiting to take
Once the Cherokee Indians had been taken off their lands, a land rush was organised where settlers would race to take possession of the land, sometimes shooting rivals in the process

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