Nearby Collection (page 5)

Geology Students
Sixth form A level Geology students, sorting through their booty after a day on nearby May Hill. The Wilderness Field Study Centre, Britain. Date: early 1970s

House and slag heap near Swansea
A house near Swansea is becoming overwhelmed by a nearby slag heap. A man clambers up the heap to inspect its progress. Date: circa 1936

Giraffes Scent Danger

Elephant Picks up Girl
An elephant picks up a young girl in its trunk, while her unconcerned mother stands nearby. Date: 1969

Shooting Pheasant Aldin
A nervous-looking pheasant, no doubt sensing that someone is nearby with a gun!

Prince John of Wales (1905-1919), youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured here wearing a dress. Until after the First World War it was normal to dress small boys

Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice at Osborne House
Engraving showing Queen Victoria at her writing desk in a room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice is playing the piano nearby

The Pumping Engine for Trafalgar Square Fountains, London, 1
Engraving showing one of the pumping engines used to draw water, from deep underneath Trafalgar Square, to supply the fountains and nearby Government offices, 1845

British Runner crossing No Mans Land; First World War, 1
Illustration showing a British runner carrying messages across No Mans Land under enemy shell-fire, France, 1916. Under the etiquette employed by British runners they were allowed to run when being

Emigration. On Board an Emigrant Ship. The Breakfast Bell
Detailed interior of ship with many passengers crowded on deck. The ship is the steamer Sarnia of the Dominion Line at anchor at Belfast Lough on the way to Canada

Brussels Street Scene
Street scene - the boulevard Anspach and the Bourse : the Grand Place is nearby and about a thousand restaurants

British Customs Officer with Immigrants, London, 1904
Engraving showing a group of Eastern European immigrants, just off the ship, being given directions by a customs official at Tower Bridge Stairs, London, 1904

German Sniper in a tree, Normandy, 1944
Illustration showing a German sniper, suspended in a tree by a parachute-style attachment, taking aim at nearby Allied troops, Normandy, 1944

W. E. Gladstone reading the lesson, Hawarden Church
Engraving showing William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), the English Liberal statesman, reading the lesson in Hawarden Church. Gladstone lived nearby, at Hawarden Castle, and was a regular at the church

Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904
Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904

Olney Watermill
The fine old watermill at Olney, on the River Ouse, Buckinghamshire. It has associations with the poet William Cowper (1731 - 1800), who loved to stroll nearby

Fishing at Abingdon
A young man stands fishing on the river bank at Abingdon, Berkshire, with its graceful bridge over the river Thames nearby

Child and St Bernards
A small child stands with a Saint Bernard, whose puppy sits nearby

Papal Audience 1898
Pope Leo XIII gives audience to a lady, while a cardinal sits nearby looking rather bored, and another religious person scratches his chin in a puzzled kind of way

Three Cats Drink Milk
Three cats (a Siamese, a persian and a tabby) drink milk from a bowl on a table while a tortoise shell cat looks on from a nearby chair

Demon & Horse Shoe
A cottager nails a horse-shoe over his front door, thereby frustrating the Devil who is lurking nearby with evil intentions

Waterfall at Kringlendal, Norway
A waterfall at Kringlendal, Norway, showing a bridge made of pine logs, and an aqueduct carrying power to nearby sawmills

Nebuchadnezzars Dog
While Nebuchadnezzar listens while Daniel interprets his dream, his dog lies patiently nearby

Seaplane Fire at Mine
A seaplane fires at a breakaway mine to eliminate its threat to nearby ships

Chinese Silk Industry
Women destroying the Chrysalides & reeling the cocoons while their children play nearby

Plane Hits Train
An RAF fighter flies too low over the London to Manchester express, hits the roof of the restaurant coach : it comes down in a nearby field, but without serious damage

Skater at Palais Glace
A glamorous young woman in red catches the eye of a nearby chap

Man Mending a Chair
A man repairs a chair on the street while a maid waters a window box through a the window of a nearby house

Shepherd & Dog in Winter
A shepherd and his dog sit beside their flock while he repairs a wattle fence : the machine behind them is the chaff cutter for the sheeps food

Albatross in Storm
(diomedeida) An albatross hunts for food in the midst of a storm, as a ship founders nearby

Seven Dials Bird Market
The Bird Fair in Great St Andrews Street, Seven Dials, in central London. A nearby shop buys and sells live rats

Old Basing Cottages
A woman fills her bucket from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. In 1645, Oliver Cromwells men stormed and captured nearby Basing House in the Civil War

Ship / Gt Western, 1838
The Great Western at dock in New York (nearby is the Sirius )

Hesione Rescued
Hesione, daughter of Trojan ruler Laomedon, is chosen by lot to be sacrificed to a monster; luckily for her Herakles happens to be nearby, and he of course rescues her

Girl Faints in Street
A girl passes out in the street, but luckily there is a handsome young man at hand to carry her inert but graceful form to a nearby shop

Slipping on Icy Steps
Dapper city gent slips on an icy patch on the steps of his townhouse losing his hat & cane in the process. A nearby cabman sees it all & can act as witness in the insurance claim

Shakespeare a Poacher
William is caught poaching rabbits on a nearby estate

Burial Mounds
Burial mounds constructed by Native Americans (probably Comanches) in the desert country of Oklahoma and nearby regions

Tunguska Trees
Taken in a valley, the photograph shows nearby trees still standing. However, the trees on the slope have been flattened

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