Mar19 Collection

The French Memorial - Lyle Hill, Greenock
The Free French Memorial - Lyle Hill, Greenock with Cardwell Bay and Gourock in background - Scotland. The war memorial (built in the shape of the Cross of Lorrain)

Malta - Valletta - a traditional Dghajsa boat. Date: circa 1908

Silema, Malta - View of the long promenade
Sliema is a resort town on the east coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. The waterfront features a long promenade (as shown here). Date: circa 1910s

Neville Chamberlain fishing by Ernest H. Thomas
Prime Minister, The Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain engaged in his favourite pastime of fly fishing. The artist, Ernest H. Thomas

George Town, Penang, Malaysia - Campbell Street
Penang, Malaysia - Campbell Street, named after the Penang Inspector General (1866-1891) Sir George William Robert Campbell

Chamberlain Clock in Birmingham
The Chamberlain Clock, Birmingham, erected to commemorate Joseph Chamberlains tour of South Africa 1902-3 after the end of the Second Boer War

Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. Date: circa 1910s

French Leon Gambetta-class armoured cruiser Jules Ferry
French cruiser Jules Ferry was one of three Leon Gambetta-class armoured cruisers built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 20th century

Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s

Arthur Askey - English comedian
Arthur Askey (1900-1982) English comedian with the catchphrase - hello playmates Date: circa 1940

Nicholas Nickleby as an assistant to Wackford Squeers
Nicholas Nickelby (left) gets a low-paying job as an assistant to Wackford Squeers, who runs the school Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - A Cha Cha Family
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - A Cha Cha Family. A small population descended from 17th and 18th century French Huguenot immigrants who originally settled on St. Barts

Eleven British Public Schoolgirls in their PE Gymslips. Date: circa 1920s

Malta - Mtarfa - St. Davids British Military Barracks. Date: circa 1910s

The Sprays, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905

1st Avenue - Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
1st Avenue - Nipawin - a town in north-east Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. Date: 1950s

Eleanor Boardman - American silent era Movie Actress
Eleanor Boardman (1898-1991) - American Movie Actress of the Silent Era. Married American Movie Director King Wallis Vidor (1926-1931)

Jewels of Empire Ball - Lady Diana Cooper
Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners), leader of the Diamond group at the Jewels of Empire Ball, held at the Park Lane Hotel in aid of Enham Village Centre for Disabled Ex-Service Men

Norfolk Island as a penal settlement, 1853
Norfolk Island as a penal settlement: a drawing, made in 1853, showing the buildings as they appeared when the Pacific island was a penal colony. 1) Commissariat and magazine. 2) Military barracks

Sunlight Soap - cut-out advertising trade card. A Young man gazes (somewhat glazed over) at a vast tract of text advertising Sunlight Soap which states (by dint of the headings)

Java, Indonesia - Batavia - A backstreet canal Date: circa 1930s

Kano Airport, Nigeria - Camel rider with horn (and spare camel...). Date: circa 1960s

Malta - Valletta - a fishing boat. Date: circa 1908

Comte Frederic de Merode - Place des Martyrs, Brussels
Art Nouveau memorial to Comte Frederic de Merode (hero of the Belgian Revolution who died at Mechelen in 1830) - Place des Martyrs, Brussels

The Venice Lido, Italy - Casino Municipale. Date: circa 1950s

1st Rank French pre-dreadnought battleship the Republique. Date: circa 1917

Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Stampede - Chuckwagon Race
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Stampede - a big crash during a Chuckwagon Race. Chuckwagon racing is an equestrian rodeo sport in which drivers in a chuckwagon led by a team of Thoroughbred horses race

Entente Cordiale, Butter carving, Franco-British Exhibition, London - Canadian Pavilion. King Edward VII (1841-1910) (left) shaking hands with Emile Loubet (1838-1929), President of France. Date: 1908

Avenida de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina - Patriotic card. Date: 1913

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Returning Home
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Returning Home. Date: 1938

U. S. Virgin Islands - Government House, Christiansted
U.S. Virgin Islands - Government House, Christiansted, St. Croix. Date: 1938

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Street Scene
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - Street Scene. Date: circa 1938

Erewash Canal and Sawley Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire. It is unclear if the gentleman in the foreground is going to receive a stern reprimand from the copper approaching from the background....!

Bridge over the River Axios is guarded by troops - Greece
1st Balkan War - Bridge over the River Axios (Vardar), Greece is guarded. The First Balkan War, lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

Malta - Valletta - Scesa Marina
Malta - Valletta - Scesa (Strada) Marina. Date: circa 1910s

Valletta, Malta - View of Grand Harbour from Barrakka lift
Valletta, Malta - View of the Grand Harbour from the Barrakka lift (which links the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre)

Malta - Panoramic View of Floriana (Borgo Vilhena). Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Mosta Church and Maltese Island Tour Buses
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or Rotunda of St Marija Assunta (sometimes shortened to as The Mosta Dome) - a Roman Catholic church in Mosta, Malta

WW1 - Ypres - Hell Fire Corner, British Demarcation Stone
WW1 - Ypres - Hell Fire Corner on the Menin Road, British Demarcation Stone - the inscription reads (in English): " Here the invader was brought to a standstill"

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Grain Exchange - 156-160 Princess Street. Winnipegs 2nd Grain Exchange building from 1898-1908

Post Office - Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, Ontario
Post Office - Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, London South, Ontario, Canada Date: circa 1905

A busy day in Douglas, Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1908

Malta - Marsamuscetto Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Malta - Greetings Postcard, featuring inset pictures of (from left): The Royal Opera House at Valletta - The Custom House and Barracca Lift - The Fountain at the St Antonio Garden

WW1 - Scottish American War Memorial, Princes Street Gardens
WW1 - Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Erected by Scottish Americans in memory of Scottish soldiers who fell in the Great War

US President Abraham Lincoln and Star & Stripes
Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1965) before the Star & Stripes flag of the united States of America - showing 36 stars

Cary Arms Hotel, Babbacombe, Torquay. Date: circa 1908

The Essence of Britain - A small Afternoon Tea Stall Date: circa 1909

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