Lanterns Collection (page 2)

Victor G Ginn catalogue, Lights and Lanterns. 1939

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (back cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (back cover). Advertising the most unique ballroom novelty yet introduced - an electric lantern, for lantern dances. 1939

Child with tree and bag on a Christmas postcard
Child in the snow with tree and bag on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Girl with tree and lantern on a Christmas postcard
Girl in the snow with tree and lantern on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Cutout Christmas card with bird and lantern in the snow. Date: circa 1890s

View of the nave, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Wales
View of the nave, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with the organ pipes visible above, and the pulpit on the left. Date: circa 1900s

Dining Room, Hotel Francia, Seville, Spain
View of the Dining Room, Hotel Francia, Mendez Nunez, Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1910

Spanish scene with lady, lanterns, cafe and street musician
Spanish night scene with a smiling lady in traditional costume, lanterns, fireworks, a typical roadside cafÚá│erving food, and a boy with a street organ on wheels. Date: circa 1930s

Shadow Dance 1861
Christmas season, Victorian children being amused by the shadow theatre. Magic lanterns are at hand and many over apparatus profuse of grotesque figures that appear

LANTERN MERCHANT PEKING
A lantern merchant in Peking, China. His shop sells a wide range of lamps and lanterns which are decorated in the shop. Date: circa 1840

ITALIAN DINING ROOM
Dining Room at Villa Medici at Fiesole redecorated in the 18th century: carved gilt mirrors, lanterns on pedestals, crystal chandelier, & ornately carved furniture. Date: 18th century

PEKING LANTERN MERCHANT
A lantern merchant in Peking shows a decorative lantern to a customer; other fine lanterns hang in the shop, some in the shape of fish Date: circa 1840

KUBLAI KHAN / MONGOL / CORNE
KUBLAI KHAN Chinese Emperor revives the imperial birthday ceremony, circa 1275 Date: 1215 - 1294

THEATRE / EXOTIC / CHINA
A character representing the moon (on the right) is in conflict with the Sun figure (centre). This scene is a part of a performance called The Sun and the Moon

French Couple Dancing
A happy French couple dancing in each others arms. Date: 1934

Roman carnival at night
A Roman carnival taking place in the streets at night. Date: 1849

Scarisbrick Avenue Bridge, Southport
A middle aged couple relax and look at the view as they lean on the balustrade of Scarisbrick Avenue Bridge, Southport, England. She wear a white summer dress Date: 1989

Seafront - Monte-Carlo, France. Date: circa 1901

Japan-British Exhibition - White City - 4 Seasons - Autumn
The Four Seasons - Autumn - The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 took place at White City, London in Great Britain from 14 May 1910 to 29 October 1910. Date: 1910

Japanese painting - late 18th century - lantern seller Date: late 18th century

Italy - Indian Fig Seller. Date: circa 1901

The Carnival of Basel, Switzerland
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Bronze Sphinx on the Thames Embankment, London
One of a pair of faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy at the foot of Cleopatras needle on the Thames Embankment. They were brought to London in 1878

Hotel Miramar, Fedala (Mohammedia), Morocco
Terrace overlooking the gardens, Hotel Miramar, Fedala (Fedhala, now Mohammedia), Morocco. Date: circa 1930

Magic Lantern
Using a double lantern, which makes it possible to superimpose one image on another, giving a crude illusion of movement

New Year card in the shape of a lantern. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

The Carnival of Basel - the 4am Morgestreich
The Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel

Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns - one used as a sign
Making Japanese Paper Chochin lanterns and an example of one being used as a sign. Date: circa 1930s

Emperor Hirohito on an official visit, Japan (possibly Kobe). His Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Hooper car stands at the kerb. Date: circa 1927

Lantern shop in Shanghai, China. On the left is the Ox Brand Leather Trunk Sale Depot run by Lim Teck Lee. Date: circa 1920s

A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu Shinto Shrine, Nikko
A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu, a Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate

Advert for Mandel Brothers department store 1913
Announcement for the opening of the new spring collection at Chicagos Mandel Brothers department store. Advert showing some well dressed women and a men being welcomed by a Sikh boy. Date: 1913

Chins Restaurant, Broadway, New York City, USA
Chins Restaurant, Broadway, corner of 44th Street, New York City, USA, with band instruments on the left and a dance floor on the right. Date: circa 1920

Interior, Port Arthur Restaurant, New York City, USA
Interior, Port Arthur Restaurant, Mott Street, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1910

Candles and lanterns at Wat Phan Tao Temple, Chiang Mai
Buddhist Monk at Wat Phan Tao Temple holding candle during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

Cover design, Storyland, by Gladys Peto
Cover design for Storyland, by Gladys Peto. Gladys Emma Peto (1890-1977) was an English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of childrens books. Date: 1931

Tunisia - Tunis - The Light Souk, selling lanterns, chandeliers, lighting fittings etc Date: circa 1910s

Shops on Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan
Motomachi - a district of Naka Ward in Yokohama, Japan, which consists mainly of the Motomachi Shopping Street, a five-block long stretch of boutiques and shops

The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square
Postcard showing the frontage of The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. The year is unknown. Date: 1900s ?

The Christmas Tree by Charles Robinson
Illustration showing two young children gazing up at The Christmas Tree that is covered in toys and decorations. Date: 1906

Kameido Tenjin Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Music cover, The Moonlight Waltz, by Frederick Knight Logan. 1916

Mother makes jam
Maman confiture (Schlecksel-Mama) -- mother makes jam. (2 of 2) 19th century

Theatre building with banners, Kofu, Japan. Date: circa 1910

Pochoir print - Fancy Dress Party Masked Ball

London Trade Card - William Conaway, Lamp Seller
London Trade Card - William Conaway, near the Bull Head in Dean Street, by St Anns Church, selling lamps, lanterns and irons, and servants to light them. 18th century

Banquet Hall, Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma. Date: circa 1930

Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. 21 December 1907, Howard & Wyndhams Royal Pantomime. Aladdin being chased by four policemen with truncheons, with Chinese lanterns above. 1907

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