Mountainous Collection (page 4)

A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
You might think the Austrians were safe on top of a place like this - but they re not. Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander showing three Austrian soldiers staked out atop a

Retreat of Serbian Army
A group of Serbian soldiers bivouac in the mountainous district of Western Serbia during the armys retreat. Gathered round a camp fire

Artillery mule on Italian frontier
On the Italian frontier, an artillery mule is lowered on to a ledge in the Alps. The mules were used by the Italian Alpine artillery to carry gun parts on their backs across the mountainous terrain

French scouts carrying planks of wood in a mountainous area

Onward roads to Rome by G. H. Davis
The onward roads to Rome: the terrain of spectacular advances during the Second World War. A panoramic map from the Liri Valley and Pontine Marshes, showing the main highways to Rome. Date: 1944

Map of Sardinia by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sardinia, showing airfields and seaplane bases during the Second World War. The island was experiencing concentrated bombing by the Allied Strategic Air Force. Date: 1943

Russian Guard in the Balkan Mountains
A small battalion of Russian soldiers based within the Balkan Mountains during the Russo-Turkish war (April 24, 1877 March 3, 1878). Date: circa 1877

German soldier in a trench, WW1
Artists impression of a German soldier in a trench, with a fence of barbed wire, in a mountainous area during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sinaia - Romania
Sinaia, Romania. A mountain resort in Prahova County, the town was named after the Sinaia Monastery (itself named after the Biblical Mount Sinai), around which it was built

The Bull-Dog Breed: some manifestations of
Silly Points: How cricket is played in mountainous districts. illustration by William Heath Robinson. Date: 1924

Javanese Landscape
A winding road cutting through steep hills and woodland, Java, Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Mountainous Landscape with Bridge (1868). Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, jnr. 1823 - 1875. Date: 1868

Transportation in the French Pyrenees - laden pack mules Date: circa 1910s

Regional Costume of Savoie, France - Chatel and Chambery Rhone-Alpes region in southeastern France. Date: circa 1910s

Vietnamese Water Carrier - Muong People - Hoa Binh Province
Young Female water carrier (water stored within the thick bamboo canes) of the Muong People from the Hoa Binh Province and the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa Province in the north of the country

Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Altenahr, in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Situated on the River Ahr, in the Eifel mountains. Date: circa 1910s

Laos - A Village in the Houaphanh province. The terrain is rugged, with dense mountainous forest forming much of the province, particularly on the western side (as pictured here). Date: circa 1910s

Lucerne, Switzerland on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee) with Mount Pilatus behind. Date: circa 1910s

Amasya, Turkey - The Grand Citadel
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

Zermatt and Matterhorn, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Shekar Monastery
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Shekar Monastery Date: 1922

A Village in a Mountainous Landscape, by Alfieri
A Village in a Mountainous Landscape, by Giosafatto Alfieri. Date: 1807

CHINA. HUPEH. Danjiangkou. Wudang Mountains

United States (1849). Gols seekers. Engraving. Private Collection

San Mateo R�Hondo, town and train station
San Mateo R� Hondo, town and train station. Oaxaca, Mexico, 1885. Litography

Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway
The Highest Viaduct on the Kalka-Shimla Railway - a narrow gauge railway in North-West India travelling along a mostly mountainous route. Date: circa 1910s

Santa Maria de Montserrat - a Benedictine abbey located in the Montserrat mountain, in Monistrol de Montserrat, in Catalonia, Spain nr. Barcelona. Date: circa 1910s

Chakrata, India - The Cart Road Brewery
Chakrata (or Chakrauta) is a cantonment town in the Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, Northern India, close to the border with Chinese Tibet. Date: circa 1910s

The Road to Damavand, Iran
A summer camp on the road to Damavand - a city in Tehran Province in Iran. This scene could be a gathering to celebrate the opening of a new road through the mountains to Damavand. Date: circa 1904

Yachts & Mountains
Yachting off a mountainous coast. Date: 1930s

Touring in Canada
Tourists motoring through a mountainous region of Alberta, Canada. Date: early 1930s

Alpine Snow Scene
A snowy, mountainous terrain in the Alps. Date: 1930s

Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies. Date: 1960s

Alpine Crevasse
Mountainous Alpine scenery - climbing a glacier through a narrow crevasse in the rocks, through which melting water flows. Date: 1930s

Cherat, Pakistan - The Bazaar Date: circa 1910s

Dramatic landscape
A dramatic landscape with a cross on top of a rocky outcrop and a pathway with figures

Shimla, India - Elysium Hill viewed from the ridge
Elysium Hill viewed from the ridge at Shimla, originally called Simla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India

Georgia - Georgian Military Road - Goudauour Station
The Georgian Military Road is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. This is the Station at Goudauour

Argentina - Limay River
The Limay River is an important river in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the region of Comahue). It begins at the eastern end of the Nahuel Huapi Lake

Afridis of the Pass - North West Frontier Province
Afridis of the (Khyber) Pass - North West Frontier Province

Mexico - Ascending slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano
Amecameca, Southern Mexico - some hardy souls and their horses ascend the slopes of the Popocatepetl Volcano

A rocky outcrop on the side of a mountain, formed by the weathering of soft rock, possibly sandstone. Pen & ink drawing by Raymond Sheppard

The mouth of a rocky ravine
A pen & ink (with blue watercolour wash) by Raymond Sheppard of the mouth of a rocky ravine, with a river snaking down from below the sheer cliff faces to rolling tree-topped hills

Mountain Postal Service, Switzerland
The Mountain Postal Service in Switzerland. The post is transported in a variety of panniers and boxes on the backs/flanks of mules

Uyghur Children - close to Kashgar
Two young Uyghur Children, close to Kashgar in Xinjiang, South West China. Photograph taken by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, who travelled up from Kashmir to Kahgar

The mountain noblewoman
A noblewoman of a mountainous region walks beneath the boughs of a tree

Amasya, Turkey - Bridge over the River Yesilirmak
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

Amasya, Turkey - Cliff Tombs
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

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