Moon Collection (page 24)

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

A City on Europa
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has cities of glass and plastic, exploiting ersatz science : on the other hand, giant domesticated insects provide the transportation

A City on Io
Temperatures are low on Io, a moon of Jupiter, and its people must wrap up well : their cities are built entirely of crystal, which doesn t make life any cosier

A City on Ganymede
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is inhabited by cat-like people, who build their cities at the poles to exploit the magnetic force to provide heat, light and energy

A City on Callisto
Conditions on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter, are comparable to those on Earth, and their people, cities and artifacts are not radically different from ours

Airship of Europa
On Europa, Jupiters fourth largest moon, the science of plastics is advanced to its ultimate in this light and transparent airship

Lunar Corona Arctic
Lunar corona observed by an Arctic expedition

Lunar Corona
Lunar corona observed at Moscow, to the alarm of the populace

MOON IN 1585
LUNA drives her chariot, drawn by two lady hunters, over the Earth where fishermen are at work, merchants are unloading their cargoes and the sea is busy with shipping

Fable / Fox and Turkeys
THE FOX & THE TURKEYS Some turkeys who have escaped from a fox into a tree, are unable to sleep for the foxs tricks and contrivances, and eventually fall to the ground

Police / Watchmen / Blarney
Ted Blarney, a night watchman on his rounds; he patrols a riverbank. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London

Moonlit Ship in Calm
Becalmed on a moonlit night without a breath of wind - the sails of this three-master hang limply as she hardly moves through the water

Fashionable flappers
Two young women, dressed in up-to-the-minute knee length dresses pose on a verandha or balcony under the light of a crescent moon

Silhouette of a Witch
A silhouette of a witch with her broom and a new moon. She has a particularly pointed nose and chin

Disraeli and Asia Minor
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli repairs Asia Minor, claiming this improving of the noble Turk is his proudest work in this satire on early British Colonialism

On the Dark Moon
DARK MOON (Charles W Diffin) The scientists from Earth land on the satellite which has approached Earth and entered its orbit, and encounter some fearsome fauna

Ernest Reyer / Trade Card
ERNEST REYER French composer with a scene from his opera, Salambo

Aerial Swing / Luna Park
A view of the aerial swing, Luna Park, Coney Island, New York, USA, at night when the park is deserted

Shape of the Earth
A diagram demonstrating how the Earth is definitely round due to the shadow cast across the moon and not triangular square or hexagonal in shape

THE MOON AS LUNA 1809
THE MOON AS LUNA When light her sable mantle spreads, extinguishing the day; the moon a friendly lustre sheds to guide our lonely way

Monkeys Drink Beer
Monkeys get a taste for beer

Prairie / Music Cover
A young couple gaze lovingly at each other as they stand on a vantage point from where they can see their log cabin. Illustration for the song: " When the Moon Hangs High..."

Reading Chronicle / Persia
AHASUERUS or XERXES I the Great King of Persia (486-465 BC), who features in the Book of Esther, and fought against the Greeks

Triple Moons & Haloes
Triple moons and haloes astonished 17th century Scandinavians as much as they astonish us today

Moon on Tenth Day
The moon photographed on the tenth day of the lunar cycle

Moon Studies Earth
Inhabitants of the Moon, studying life on Earth, conclude that our human wars must be some kind of attempt to prevent the planet cooling

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 2
Lunar phenomena in the Polar night : an inverted arch forms a tangent to the moon-ring, luminous patches show where the ring intersects with the horizon

Lady in the Moon
A LADY IN THE MOON

Robinsons Lunaires Cover
(The lunar family Robinson) by G Le Faure. A balloon is carried to the Moon, but make a successful return to Earth

Les Exiles De LA Terre
LES EXILES DE LA TERRE (Andre Laurie) Exiled on the Moon, a man gazes at Earth through his telescope and wishes he was back there again

Man in the Moon Postcard
I keep laughing and laughing all night, for I see on the Earth such fun, I wouldn t be kept out of sight, no, not to change berths with the Sun !

Blackpool / Big Wheel 1905
An exciting view of the town, seen from the North Pier, showing the Big Wheel, the Tower, and a New Moon which has actually been cunningly cut into the card itself

Sphinx Guard Dardanelles
The Turkish sphinx guards the Dardanelles

First on Moon / Selenites
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Bedford and Cavor experience their first encounter with the Selenites

17C River Fishing Etc
The Moon (LUNA) in her chariot passes over busy rural scene as scantily-clad villagers trawl river to net fish

First on Moon / Carrying
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Worker-Selenites carrying a Selenite intellectual who is no longer capable of walking due to his oversized brain

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