Mainland Collection

View of St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
View of St Michaels Mount from the mainland, Cornwall. The Mount is united with nearby Marazion by a manmade causeway which can only be walked on at mid to low tide -- at high tide the sea covers it

Thurso Church
The ruins of St. Peters Church, seen from the quayside, at Thurso, the most northerly town on the mainland of Caithness, Scotland. Date: 1960s photo

Bigbury-on-Sea - The Burgh Island Hotel Tractor
Transportation in the Sea Tractor over to the Burgh Island Hotel, Bigbury-on-Sea, South Devon, allowing guests to travel to/from the mainland at High Tide

Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira with seaplane taking off
Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal with seaplane taking off on the regular mainland service. Date: circa 1940s

View of St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
View of St Michaels Mount from the mainland, Cornwall. The Mount is united with nearby Marazion by a manmade causeway which can only be walked on at mid to low tide -- at high tide the sea covers it

Dunkirk Evacuation
FRANCE : Beaten back by the German advance, the British evacuate mainland Europe via the beaches of DUNKIRK, under heavy attacks from the enemy

Menai Bridge with steamship
The steam ferryboat St. Seiriol passing under the Menai Bridge designed by Thomas Telford. The Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh

Rocket Mail to I O Wight
Gerard Zucker demonstrates his rocket system for a postal service between the English mainland and the Isle of Wight, but his rocket travels only three kilometres

Entrance to Menai Bridge
The entrance to the Menai Bridge from the Carnarvon shore. The bridge between mainland Wales and Anglesey was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826

Crossing Northumberland Strait by Ice Boat. These boats were operated in the Northumberland Strait during the 19th century and early 20th century

A stone breakwater in Germany between the mainland and Hamburg Hallig. Claimed that these break waters increased territory for Germany. Date: circa 1900

Mont St Michel, Low Tide
An etching of Mont Saint Michel at low tide, a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. A statue of Archangel Michael sits atop the spire. Date: circa 1931

Eretria, looking across to mainland Greece Date: 1907

The Menai Strait, North Wales
The Menai Strait which separates the island of Anglesey from Mainland North Wales. Date: 1953

Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Date: 1953

Post-WW2 export trade of cars to the European mainland
Post-WW2 export trade of cars from the UK to the European mainland, using a former wartime tank landing craft. Date: late 1940s

Main entrance to Caldey Abbey - Caldey Island off the southwest coast of mainland Wales, near Tenby in Pembrokeshire. Date: 1937

Ponte della Liberta (Bridge of Liberty) - Venice, Italy
Ponte della Liberta (Bridge of Liberty) - a road bridge connecting the historical center of the city of Venice to the mainland

Clachan Bridge, Easdale, which links the west coast of the Scottish mainland to the island of Seil. Designed by John Stevenson of Oban and built between 1792 and 1793 by engineer Robert Mylne

HERRERA, Antonio de (1559-1625). General History of the Deeds of the Castilians on the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea Known As the West Indies. 1601 - 1615

Queen of Spains chair - Black and white view from mainland of Gibraltar. Date: circa 1890s

View through palm trees, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
View through palm trees from the mainland, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Ceuta, Spain - Almina Bridge and Liberty Street
Ceuta, Spain - one of two permanently inhabited Spanish territories in mainland Africa - Almina Bridge (Puente Almina) and Liberty Street (calle de la Libertad). Date: circa 1910s

London, England - Indian Elephant - Elephant and Rider. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.The Indian elephant (Elephant maximus indicus)

Lebanon / Tyre 1847
Tyre: general view from the mainland Date: 1847

Aerial view of Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly point of mainland Great Britain. Date: circa 1980s

Artist at work, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
An artist at work on the beach, painting St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. The Mount is united with nearby Marazion by a manmade causeway which can only be walked on at mid to low tide -- at high tide

Switzerland - The Falls of the Rhine, Neuhausen
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Rhine Falls. Neuhausen is a small municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland; the little town is well known for the Rhine Falls

Earthquake victims arriving at hospital, Greece
Earthquake victims arriving at a hospital, Greece. Many earthquakes occurred in the Ionian area in August 1953, the worst one destroying many buildings in Kefalonia and Zakynthos

Earthquake victims in a hospital, Greece
Earthquake victims and staff in the dining room of a hospital, Greece. Many earthquakes occurred in the Ionian area in August 1953, the worst one destroying many buildings in Kefalonia and Zakynthos

Scouts escorting earthquake victims, Greece
Scouts escorting earthquake victims to the mainland, Greece. Many earthquakes occurred in the Ionian area in August 1953, the worst one destroying many buildings in Kefalonia and Zakynthos

Scouts from Patras, Greece
Scouts from Patras (Patra), Greece, on one of the islands affected by an earthquake in August 1953 which destroyed many buildings in Kefalonia and Zakynthos

Scouts with earthquake victims in Patras, Greece
Scouts with earthquake victims in Patras (Patra), Greece. Many earthquakes occurred in the Ionian area in August 1953, the worst one destroying many buildings in Kefalonia and Zakynthos

Luoyang Bridge, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
Luoyang Bridge, Quanzhou - the longest bridge in the Fujian Province (Fukien or Foukien), a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Date: circa 1910s

Britannia Tubular Bridge - Menai Straits
Britannia Tubular Bridge - between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales over the Menai Straits. It was originally designed and built by Robert Stephenson. Date: circa 1910s

View of Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa from the Mainland. Date: 1930s

Title page from the Historia General de los
" Title page from the " Historia General de los hechos de los castellanos en las islas y tierra firme del mar Oc顮 o"

Roman invasion of Britain
Julius Caesar leads an attempted landing on the British mainland, somewhere on the Kent coastline. Facing the Britons gathered on the shore

Sugar Glider
A Sugar Glider (or Flying Sugar), a small gliding possum, native to eastern and northern mainland Australia. Date: 1960s

Chicago - Pier
The East End Recreation Pier will include Concert Halls, Dance Hall, Childrens Amusements and Refectory, accessed by street car from the mainland. Date: 1916

Stones of Stenness
Orkneys, Scotland - The Standing Stones of Stenness on the Mainland, some prehistoric monoliths, probably the temple of a long vanished race

Seaspeed Hovercraft
The Seaspeed Hovercraft which ferries passengers from the Isle of Wight to mainland England. Date: 1960s

Street scene, South American mainland, WW1
Street scene on the South American mainland around the time of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. Date: circa December 1914

Stockholm, Sweden - Skansbron Bridge
Skansbron Bascule Bridge (" The Fortlet Bridge" ) over the Hammarbykanalen canal connecting the major Sodermalm Island to the southern mainland district (Sodra Hammarbyhamnen)

Tsing-Tao 1914
British and Japanese soldiers mingle on the beach in the Tsing-Tao area, following the joint operation to land forces with the aim of capturing the German base on the Chinese mainland

The Britannia bridge
Three views of the Britannia bridge, which was built across the Menai strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was begun in 1846 and completed in March 1850

Trogir (Trau), Croatia
Trogir (Trau) is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The historic city is situated on a small island between the Croatian mainland

Bangor - looking down the Menai Straits, past the Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth, designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826

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