Lights Collection (page 19)

Queen Victoria visits Castle Howard and the words God save the Queen are written in lights above the reception in the Great Hall

The Houses of Parliament - Evening
A view toward the Houses of Parliament from the southern bank of the River Thames in London. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fountains of Trafalgar Square lit with blue to welcome birth
The fountains of Trafalgar Square in London lit blue for a boy to celebrate the birth of Prince Charles on 14th November 1948

Train Storage Yard
A good example of perspective in a large train storage yard. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Chicago by night 1911
As the sun goes down, the electric lights go on, illuminating shop fronts in Chicagos commercial centre. Empty tram lines run down the middle of the street

A Night to Remember, film studio scene
An artists colour sketch of a film studio scene for the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

White City Greyhound Stadium Illuminated at Night
Aerial view of the illuminated course at White City Greyhound Stadium, regularly attracting a crowd of around 75, 000 spectators shortly after its opening in 1927

Hungarian Church
Peopl make their way up a snow-covered to hill for a Christmas service at a Hungarian Church

Radio City at Night - New York

Some Guy by Frank Newbould
An American soldier, with a torch saying Unlimited Manpower, lights a bonfire upon which sits a stuffed guy of Prussian militarism

Interior of the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
The interior of the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt. Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769 - 1849), is regarded as the " founder of modern Egypt"

Marie Lohr Smoking
Lady Thomasin, aka Miss Marie Lohr striking a masculine stance as she lights a cigarette. Taken during her stint in The Amazons

Lights Out in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1951
Photograph showing the Dim Out of Piccadilly Circus, London, in January 1951. This dim out of the advertising lights was due to a national coal-crisis

We are Making Progress
Entitled, " We Are Making Decided Progress-", a young man flirts with his dinner companion as he lights her cigarette. He might be in there. 1 of 2 images

The Lake at the Earls Court Exhibition, 1898
Photograph showing the lake and assorted buildings at the Earls Court Exhibition of 1898. The lake was surrounded by thousands of pearl and amber-coloured lights

Koldewey / Northern Lights
The crew of Koldeweys expedition in Germania hail the Northern Lights

Paris Exhib Electricity
Visitors inside the Palace of Electricity

Burglar alarm designs
Burglar detection by invisible beams. Once the beam is broken a alarm bell rings and a lamp lights up. The invisible rays ran across windows or doors to prevent entry

Posing by Traffic Lights
A couple pose either side of a set of traffic lights. They re not quite holding up the traffic themselves though

Spooky London : Midnight
Midnight: A man in a beret waits next to some traffic lights on the Euston Road, London, in this atmospheric photograph

Snow on Oxford Street
Only the taxis are braving the adverse weather conditions on Oxford Street, central London, during heavy winter snow

Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming With Despatches
Engraving taken from the painting Young Cloudesley Shovel Swimming with Despatches through the Enemys Fire. In the background can be seen the stern of a 16th or 17th century warship

The Express Mail Train, 1844
Engraving showing the Mail train from Folkestone to London, with three lights on the front to indicate that its the Express train, carrying post from India and the Far East

Police Officer & Jaguar
A police officer emerges from his rather smart 1968 S-type Jaguar police car, equipped with police sign and flashing lights on the roof

Suez Opening Lights
Illuminations at Port Said celebrate the official opening of the Canal, though some ships have been passing through for several months. Date: November 1869

The Bude Lights in Trafalgar Square
Bude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame

Football by the new electric light at Kennington Oval
Engraving showing spectators and players at a football match between the Wanderers and the Clapham Rovers illuminated by the new lighting system

Copper Beeches - 1
Holmes and Watson - he lights his pipe from a glowing cinder from the grate

London / Newgate Street
A fine view of Newgate Street and the Old Bailey, City of London, on a summers day, only one month before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: August 1939

Boy Scouts Signal
Boy Scouts signalling with a lamp

Aurora Borealis / Reindeer
The Northern lights over Porsangerfjord, Norway - part of Norwegian Lapland

Aurora Borealis 1847
The Aurora Borealis as seen on October 24th 1847

Egryn Chapel Interior
EGRYN CHAPEL, North Wales, is a focal point during the well-witnessed luminous manifestations which seemed to accompany the revivalistic preaching of MARY JONES

Oil Lamp Advert
A lady lights an oil lamp using Saxoleine, the safe and odourless fuel

Sucessful Tycoon
A man in a suit lights his cigar with a one pound note

Businessman Lights Cigar
A businessman in a suit sits at his desk and lights a cigar with a match

Gambling / Las Vegas
The Strip with " Slots A Fun" and glitzy casinos galore in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Candle Lights the Way
A girl uses a candle to light her way

Wwi / 1915 / Wire Cutting
In preparation for a raid on German trenches, a party of the 9th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, despite exposure by searchlights and Very lights, cut wire entaglements

Advert / Broadway Lights
The lights of Broadway, New York

Waiters Lights up Cigars
A waiter produces a box of matches to light up guests cigar and cigarette

Philips Big Bulb
Advertisement for Philips lamps - Dutch boy and girl tug on filament

Social / 2 Frenchwomen
Two fashionably dressed women walking in the snow

Dryden / Lightbulb Ad / 112
Advertisement for Metax lightbulbs

Leif Havik on site at Vaarhus Kjoelen, Norway
Hessdalen Project member Leif Havik tests observational equipment at Vaarhus Kjoelen, Norway. Mysterious lights appear regularly over Hessdalen, Norway, and have never been explained

Little Girl Asleep 1902
A little girl sleeps and dreams

Piccadilly Circus at night
A view of Piccadilly Circus at night, with some rather miserable-looking people

Christmas Decorations for a shop, Manchester
Two men prepare some street Christmas Decorations, Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

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