Night Collection (#74)

Paris / Cite / Night 1909
Ile de la Cite: viewed from the Pont des Arts by night

Wizard of Oz / Farmhouse
Dorothy askes a woman at the door of one of the farmhouses just outside the Emerald City, if she and her friends might pass the night. Her companions peer nervously over the fence

Thames / Charing X 1926
The Thames: Charing Cross by night

For Evening Wear
Two women dressed in evening gowns and an opera coat prepare for their night out on the town

Ufos / New Berlin, NY
A New Berlin housewife looks out of her window at night and sees beings working on a mysterious craft : alas, our artist has taken generous liberties with the facts !

Emigrants Halt
Settlers travelling west halt on the Great Plains for the night with their cattle and sheep : they have been lucky with their hunting and will eat well tonight

Aldwych / By Night 1926
Aldwych by night

Fremont Surprised
Fremont and his party, camped for the night during their exploration of the Oregon Trail, have a surprise visit from a native American woman of ghost-like appearance

Poes the Gold Bug
THE GOLD BUG We dug steadily for two hours ; the treasure is discovered

New York Harbour
The harbour by night

Bathtime / Saturday Night
Preparing a childs bath on Saturday night

Money to Old Woman
On a cold winters night, a couple give money to an old woman

Sphinx at Night
the Sphinx by Moonlight

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

Christmas Dancers
Dancers on Christmas Night are punished for their impiety, and condemned to dance for a whole year - a legend of the 15th century

Cambodia Mekong River
The Mekong River at night

Garibaldi at Caprera 4
Garibaldi in temporary retirement in Caprera goes fish-spearing at night

Grendel & Victims
Grendel, a scaly monster from the marshes, with several unfortunate young Danish victims he has abducted by night from Heorot, the court of King Hrothgar

Dainaides Punished
The Danaides, all but one of whom murdered their husbands on their wedding night, are condemned to spend eternity in hell fetching water in vessels with holes in them

Penelope Spinning
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, has promised to re-marry when she finishes her weaving : so each night she undoes what she has done during the day

Berlin / Friedrichstrasse
A deserted Friedrichstrasse by night, with illuminated U-Bahn sign framing the scene

Youngs Night Thoughts
EDWARD YOUNG offers his book of poems to The Eternal, who, we may be sure, is enormously grateful

Spinning, England
A tired spinner pauses and thinks there must be more to life than turning this wheel night after night

Night Attack by Water
Troops in boats attack a town at night by water - but the defenders have placed spikes under the surface which could sink the boats unless they are careful

Cereus Grandiflorus
Night-Flowering Cereus

The Perils of home Brew
When you brew your own beer at home there is no such thing as last orders, as this household is discovering

A Christmas Adventure in the Land of Dreams
A festive Christmas scene featuring a group of children in their night clothes being invited to dance around a Christmas tree

Gulliver Transported
Gulliver is transported by the Lilliputians: " We rested at night with 500 guards on each side of me, half with torches, & half with bows & arrows."

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 !

Mr. Mrs. Caudle / Fiction
Mr. & Mrs. Caudle in bed: " No! Mr. Caudle, I shall not go to sleep like a good soul! "

Twisting the Night Away
Dance floor fashions include winklepickers, suits and liberal amounts of brilliantine, bouffants, stilettos, chain belts & abstract print frocks

Nightclub Singer 1939
Die Diseuse (" The Singer" ) A redheaded German nightclub singer in a slinky green dress accompanied by the orchestra

Bagne De Brest - 2
LE BAGNE DE BREST A dormitory at night

London Night Scene / 1927
A bright and bustling London street at night

Flying on a Horse
The prince returns secretly by night to carry away the daughter of a foreign king; they flee on a magical flying horse

Haunted by Drink, 1873
Ten thousand devils haunt him, day and night; haunt him alike in darkness and in light : the torment of a drunkard portrayed

Military Telegraph
Optical and electric telegraphy used by the French army. Specialists are trained to use the Morse code by day or night

Crusaders Vigil
A Crusader keeps vigil at the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, during the night before he is made a knight

Womens Night Lodging
The womens ward of a night lodging house, London Date: 1902

Xmas in German Trench
Stille Nacht ! German soldiers celebrate Christmas in the trenches (but published a fortnight before Christmas day !)

Blackpool / Tower / 1925
Blackpool, Lancashire: the Tower and pier by night

Devilish Funny Ha Ha
In Vienna statuettes of the devil are sold on 1 December but when an artist makes a life-size one for a client, returning late one night, he jumps from the window

Tregeagles Ghost
The ghost of Tregeagle, an evil-doing Cornishman, seeks nightly to escape his prison, Dozmary Pool; but every night he finds the Hounds of Hell awaiting him

Rosenkavalier 1st Night
Richard Strauss with Max Reinhardt (3rd from left, back), librettist Hoffman- sthal (behind the composer) and other VIPs, on the first night at Dresden, 26.1.1911

Female Type / Morning Aft
Attractive young woman resting in a chair after a rather lively time the night before

Chamber of Deputies / Rome
A night sitting of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, in Rome

Soviet Bombers Return
Soviet PO-2 Night Bombers return to base

Sailors on Watch
Soviet sailors on night-sentry duty

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