Massive Collection (page 4)

A Washington Saw Log used as the home for a man and a bear! Date: circa 1907

English comic stage performer (or clown?) wearing Arab Clogs, a fez a massive moustache, fake enlarged head and a jerkin decorated with birds and flowers

Baalbek, Lebanon - The massive stone courses of the walls Date: circa 1910s

Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910

Excavations at Ostia, Rome reveal the Oil Stores - Italy
Excavations reveal large oil storage jars at Ostia (the Ancient Port of Rome), Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1909

Stone statue of a camel on the approach to the Ming Tombs
Stone statue of a camel on the approach (Sacred Way) to the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Date: circa 1905

Motor Cycle and Sidecar
A splendid New Hudson motorcycle and sidecar, with a massive radio aerial on it! Date: 1930s

William Beckford - 5
WILLIAM BECKFORD - Alderman of the City of London, twice Lord Mayor, with two of his sheriffs, on the occasion of his second election by massive popular acclamation. Date: 1709 - 1770

Etna Crater in 1834
The crater of Mount Etna, Sicily, is continually being modified by eruptions : this is how it appears in 1834, before the massive 1869 eruption changes it again. Date: 1834

Walla Brook Bridge, a single massive slab of stone across a stream. Date: 1905

Captain William Harrison
The first commander of the Great Eastern, Cpt. William Harrisons fate mirrored that of the massive ship under his command, when he drowned in an accident off Southampton Date: circa 1859

Two-Charabanc Outing
A party of excursionists prepare to set off in two massive charabancs : note how the rear seats are raised to give passengers a better view of the passing sights. Date: circa 1920

Pyramids at Giza / Egypt
One of the pyramids at Giza (Gizeh). The pyramids were massive mortuary monuments to the Old Kingdom Pharoahs Cheops (Khufu), Khefre and Menkaure. Date: circa 1910

Abu Simbel / Egypt
The four massive relief carvings of Rameses II dominating the entrance to the temple of Abu Simbel. The entire structure was moved to higher ground in the 1960s. Date: 1848

Dornier Do-X Photo 6
The massive 12-motor German flying boat on Lake Constance, before delivery to the Italian Air Force who purchase two (of three built) doubtless to gratify Il Duces megalomania. Date: 1932

Suez Construction 4
Digging the cutting between the Sweet Water canal and Nefiche : giving some idea of the massive scale of the operation, most of which is done by manual labour. Date: 1863

Edfu (Edfou) / Egypt
A view toward the massive entrance pylon at the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu. The pylon, constructed between 237 an 57 B.C.E. is covered with relief carvings Date: 1847

Denderah Temple / Egypt
The massive pillars under the Portico of the Temple dedicated to Isis/Hathor at Denderah on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Date: 1848

Paris / Place Louvois
Place Louvois, with its massive fountain Date: circa 1856

Raising a Rib
One of the massive arched ribs of the transept is raised into position above the main Great Exhibition building at Hyde Park. Date: 1851

Dornier Do-X Photo 4
The massive 12-motor flying boat takes off from Lake Constance, where it is based at Altenrhein. Only three will be built, two of them for sale to the Italians. Date: 1930

Dornier Do-X Photo 3
The Italian Air Force purchase two (of three built) of this massive 12-motor German flying boat, which doubtless appeals to Mussolinis megalomania : seen here on lake Como. Date: 1932

Baalbek / Quarry
A colossal stone remaining in the quarry near Baalbek, showing that the massive stones used in the construction were cut as single pieces Date: circa 1840

Baalbek / Pillar
A fallen pillar, showing the massive scale of the Baalbek construction Date: 1880

Lanes Redwood Flat, Redwood Highway, California, USA. Date: circa 1936

Beneath the Coliseum, Rome, Italy. Date: 1927

Blisworth Vicarage, Northamptonshire, showing the gardening staff at work. Note the massive wheelbarrow which would be heavy even before it had been filled with fresh grass cuttings! Date: 1905

Blocking shop at Battersbys hatworks - the felt hat on the right awaits further forming. Note the massive chain drive on the machine on the left. Date: 1902

Hat factory machinery after fire at Battersbys of Stockport in June 1906. The machinery shown is a crown finishing machine, and in the top left of the picture the drive system is visible

Massive fire damage at hat factory after 1906 fire, showing the extent of destruction, yet manufacture was stopped for only 6 weeks Date: 1906

Four men in hat factory finishing room at Battersbys in Stockport, June 1906. Note the massive exposed machinery behind them and the driveshaft for it which comes through the wall. Date: 1906

Switzerland - Interlaken, Hotel Beau-Rivage
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Swiss town Interlaken. In the background is a Mount Jungfrau - one of the main summits in the Bernese Alps

Paris, France - Eglise de La Madeleine. Date: circa 1900

Funeral train en route to London Necropolis
A funeral train en route to the London Necropolis - a massive cemetery at Brookwood, near Woking in Surrey. Date: circa 1902

Mexico Santiago Guat
Massive monument at Santiago Guatusco (note the size of the people seated on it !) Date: 1855

Mexico Archeology
Transporting a massive monument, known as The Goddess of Water. Date: 1890

Timbers for Dykes
The zeedijken (sea dykes) of the Netherlands are reinforced by massive timbers. Date: 1466

India Madurai
Distant view of Madurai (or Madura) famed for its massive temple. Date: circa 1840

Italy Pignerol
At various periods Pignerol has been in French hands : its massive fortress has housed many famous prisoners, but none more celebrated than The Man in the Iron Mask. Date: 17th century

Moltke Besieges Paris
Graf von Moltke, the Prussian commander during the Franco- Prussian war, peers into one of the massive guns targetting Paris, which he will soon occupy. Date: 1870

Charles Earl Harrington
CHARLES STANHOPE, third earl of HARRINGTON Military commander : but did he really wear so massive a headgear ? Date: 1753 - 1829

Daibutsu Buddha, Nara, Japan
Todai-ji, a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. The Diabutsen (or Great Buddha Hall ) is the largest wooden building in the world

A 19th century member of the Reding Family - Huge Beard
A 19th century member of the Reding Family from a cadet branch of the von Reding family of Ital, Switzerland. Date: circa 1880

A Coming of Age Cake - Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition
The Coming of Age Cake - a remarkable commemorative three-tiered construction, displayed at the Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition, held at the Agricultural Hall, London in September 1913

Benson log raft - Columbia River, USA
A fine view of a Benson raft - a huge seagoing log raft designed to reliably transport millions of board feet of timber (at one time - this card says 8 million feet) through the open ocean

Japan - Great statue of Buddha Daibutsu at Kamakura Date: circa 1910s

Taft on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - Giant Veg
William Howard Taft (18571930), on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - the card is entitled Prosperity due to the funny addition of piles of exaggerated-size vegetables

Beijing, China - Bactrian Camels by the City Walls Date: circa 1910s

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