Lanterns Collection (page 3)

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

Old London Characters - Bellmen

Children in costume, Chinatown, San Francisco, USA
Children in colourful costumes, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Tin How Temple, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Interior, Tin How Temple (Joss House), Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

A View of a Chinese Street with all of the street furniture one might expect - lanterns, signs, children and a man wheeling a barrow... Date: circa 1910s

Hall, passage and verandah lamps for gas, Plate 256. Date: circa 1880s

Party Game greetings card, with Pierrot, Columbine, balloons and lanterns. circa 1920s

Medieval metalwork for churches, chapels, schools, Plate 167
Medieval metalwork for churches, chapels and schools, Plate 167, showing a range of ornate lamps, lanterns and fixtures. Date: circa 1880s

British Naval Continent in Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance
British Naval Continent in Japan following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902. The Alliance was to run for five years before being renewed

Japan - Female Japanese musical group and dancers. Date: circa 1905

Waterfront at Itsukushima - Miyajima - Hatsukaichi, Japan
The waterfront at Itsukushima - a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its " floating" torii gate

Japan - The Stall by the Bridge - as the reverse of the card states " every shop in an ordinary street is a perfect picture". Date: circa 1906

Bridge at Sumiyoshi taisha (Grand Shrine) in Osaka, Japan
The Taiko bashi (Bridge) at the Sumiyoshi taisha (Grand Shrine) in Osaka, Japan. Date: 1909

Japan - Paper worker - Making parasols and lanterns. Date: circa 1910s

Plum Blossom and Stone Lanterns, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Cherry Blossom Festival - Japan. Temporary tea-houses have been erected and the cakes and sweetmeats sold are shaped in the form of cherries. Date: 1908

Lanterns and Flags decorating Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan
Lanterns and Flags decorating Street in Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan. Today, the Hamanomachi Arcade is main shopping area in Nagasaki city Date: circa 1910s

Giant red Japanese lantern, Senso-Ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo
Giant red Japanese lantern at the Shinto Shrine at Senso-Ji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan

Leipzig Tree Market
A Christmas tree market in the Augustus Platz, Leipzig: people buying trees in the evening winter darkness by the light of lanterns and lamps Date: circa 1870

Music at Zikr Festival
Music-making at the Islamic festival of Zikr. Date: 1904

Kyoto Festival
Men and women attend a night fete at the waters edge, Kyoto Date: 1905

Card - Kids & Lanterns
Cupids hang paper lanterns to decorate the sky Date: circa 1905

Christmas in Poland
At Christmas Polish country folk exchange visits in decorated sleighs, while the children process round the village carrying lanterns Date: 1911

Trade catalogue of lamps 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of lanterns and burners. Date: 1911

View of The York Arms pub, Curzon Street, London
View of The York Arms pub, Curzon Street, Mayfair, London. Date: circa 1905

High Street, St Johns Wood, north-west London
Hanover House (mansion block of flats), High Street, St Johns Wood, north-west London. circa 1905

Trains with searchlights
Meeting of two locomotives equipped trains with electric lanterns. Date: 1903

The Golden Land of Fairy Tales
Promotional postcard for The Golden Land of Fairy Tales translated and adapted by A. H. Quaritich & Maurice Raye; music Heinrich Berte

Decorated tree on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Musicians in the snow on a New Year card, about to have something poured on them from a jug. circa 1890s

Three children and stockings on a Christmas card
Three children with their stockings on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of fir tree branches and presents. Date: circa 1890s

Jimmie Dwyers Saw Dust Trail, New York City, USA
Jimmie Dwyers Saw Dust Trail, West 44th Street, New York City, USA, offering continuous entertainment with four little white pianos. Date: circa 1930

Illustration, Stories from Puppyland -- specimen illustration from another pocket book, Topsy in Toyland, showing a little girl in a toy shop with her mother, trying to decide what to buy. Date: 1904

A Japanese girl sits outside a theatre
A girl sits outside a Theatre tea house. These tea houses would show extended performances, the writing over the door shows the names of the actors in the performance

Japan - Decorative lanterns for sale
Japan - Decorative lanterns sold for the O Bon period in summer, but, as that lasts only a few days, shopkeepers display them for several weeks. Date: 1932

Japanese children putting their dolls to bed on a hot night
Japanese children putting their dolls to bed on a hot summer night. Date: 1932

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