Moon Collection (page 23)

Hey Diddle Diddle - Nursery Rhyme
Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon

Theatre, Maughams, The Moon And Sixpence 1925, Nerman
Eileen Sharp as Ata, the native girl, and Henry Ainley as Charles Strickland, in Somerset Maughams The Moon And Sixpence. Although and excellent play

Moonlight Romance
The first buss and the last bus - a back-to-earth tragedy. A couple kiss in the moonlight having floated away from the earth in a mist of romance

We Anchored by the Moon by Hilda Miller

Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (Temps)
Music cover for Valse a Deux Tems (or Temps), meaning Waltz in Two Beats or Two-Step Waltz, a popular style of waltz in the mid-19th century

Ivanhoe Polka, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet of the Ivanhoe Polka, by Thomas Browne, depicting two medieval horsemen in armour on the bank of a river in the moonlight, based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott

Ship sails past lighthouse
A steamer sails past a lighthouse under the light of the moon

The Flag of Morocco

Les Robinsons Lunaires, title page
(The lunar family Robinson) A balloon is carried to the Moon, but make a successful return to Earth

Saint Genevieve in Paris
Saint Genevieve (d.500) - Patroness of Paris. Took veil at 15 after the death of her parents and moved to Paris. Made a personal sortie to gain supplies for the City during the siege of Paris by

An advertisement for ICT
A wonderful advertising picture taken for International Computers and Tabulators, showing their office building and lines of light left by the passing traffic. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Turkish Woman wearing the Turkish flag
Turkish woman draped in the National flag leaning on a plant stand

Ottoman Empire Flag

German soldiers at Eskisehir
German troops pose with Turkish officials at Eskisehir, Turkey. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC

Group of Mevlevi Dervishes - Istanbul - with children
Group of Mevlevi Dervishes - Istanbul (Constantinople) - with childrenThe Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

Imperial Gates - Constantinople, Turkey
Imperial gates on the European side of the Bosphorus. A lady of the Harem sits astride the crescent moon of Turkey in an unusual addition to this fine card

Turkish Firemen - Constantinople
Turkish Firemen in Constantinople - Galata Tower with cresent moon flag flying atop. The gentleman on left is a fire lookout

The Skyline of Constantinople at night
The dramatic skyline of Constantinople, Turkey, with the moonlight reflecting on the waters of the Bosphorus as two rowing boats make their way homeward. View from Asia toward Europe

Ferry Boat on the Bosphorus at night at Moda on the Asian side. Today it is a very up market area of Istanbul. A summer resort

The Dolmabahce Mosque, Constantinople at night
The Dolmabahce Mosque, on the banks of the Bosphorus. The capital city of the Roman Empire between 330-395 AD, in Byzantine times

Only the Moon Can See by Florence Hardy
Only the moon can see. A young couple walk through a garden holding hands

The Silvery Moon by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, skate together under a silver moon

Catch of the day
A jolly fisherman wearing a bright yellow waterproof jacket holds on to his mighty catch - an enormous cod. His fishing companion seems less than impressed with his catch or his bufoonery!

Language of Stars 1918
She gazes at the moon and sees an image of her soldier love reflected in it. Three cherubs use a telescope and translate the writing in the stars - Je t aime

Arab Woman with fine earrings - Egypt
Arab Woman with fine crescent moon-shaped earrings - Egypt

Manchester
Factories at night on the Irwell at Manchester

Egypt - Cairo - Kasr-el-Nil Bridge
Egypt - Cairo - the Pont de Ghazirah (a bridge over the Nile) and a street scene in the city

Summer Nightmares
A Good Suggestion For Stuffy Summer Nights. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Lunar surface sketched by Galileo
A sketch of the lunar surface made by Galileo and originally published in his book Siderius Nuncius in 1610

Lear / Nonsense / Hague
There was an Old Man of the Hague, whose ideas were excessively vague; He built a balloon to examine the moon, that deluded Old Man of the Hague

Lear / Nonsense / Troy
There was an old person of Troy, whose drink was warm brandy and soy, Which he took with a spoon, by the light of the moon, in sight of the city of Troy

German troops at Oesel Island
German troops, wearing lifebelts, in a small boat having disembarked from the larger troopship alongside, prepare to make an amphibious landing on Oesel Island (Saaremaa)

A play at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris
The Crocodile, a play by Michel Sardou, is performed at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris. The scene shows the moment when Lieutenant Lotus discovers Richard Kolt

Keeping It Dark
Mrs Blotchet (after watching a violent drive by her husband during the eclipse of the sun): Well, I knew he d knock a hole in something before he d finished

An Ottoman National Anthem, which replaced the previous version in 1909

Proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica
The proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica (now part of Greece), on 24th July 1908 - revolutionary military group from Resna, South West Macedonia under the commmand of Melek Bey

Aya Sofya in Moonlight - Constantinople
The Hagia Sophia Mosque in Moonlight with the Hippodrome (and associated obelisks) in the foreground

Ottoman Flags
Collection of Ottoman Flags

Ataturk Primary School
Pupils at the Ataturk Primary School -

Dreaming of being the victor
A man dreams of being the Olympic Champion!

Illustration showing the Eclipse of the Moon, 1932
Illustration showing the passage of the moon through the cone of the Earths shadow (invisible in space, but represented diagrammatically here) on 14th September 1932

Very Tall Man / Streetlamp
An extremely tall, long-legged man under a gas street lamp; his companion has to stand on tiptoe

Inhabitant of the Moon
An inhabitant of the Moon

America. The Chinese in San Francisco. Fishing boats by moon
Chinese boats fishing off the Bay of San Francisco, with their distinctive curved shaped sails

Cyrano De B / Visits Moon
SAVINIEN DE CYRANO DE BERGERAC French writer visiting the moon, in a story combining science fantasy with political satire

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

Hidden Lunar City
HIDDEN CITY by Chesters Geier. Two spacemen spot a hidden circular city rising out of a crater on a seemingly deserted moon

Glider of Ganymede
Though Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon in the solar system, they rely on their abundant air currents (its a windy place) to carry gliders wherever they travel

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