Observation Collection (page 2)

Aerial photography in World War One
A illustrated explanation of the uses of and how aerial photography worked in World War One. Aerial photography was introduced as an additional means of observation

Lessons in elementary science at Whitechapel
Miss Kate M. Hall, the curator of the Whitechapel Free Library and Museum, giving a demonstration of working bees to Board School children with the aid of a observatory hive, invented and made by Mr

Brighton, Hove & Worthing Municipal Airport, Sussex. Date: circa 1930s

Coogee Bay Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Coogee Bay Beach with Shark Tower (for observation), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with hot sea bathing and massage rooms. Date: circa 1930s

Insurrection in Haiti
The bridge of the Corvette, on 22nd December, in observation off the Cape. Sailors are grouped about the bridge, talking and resting, as the ship sails around Cap-Haitien. Date: 1865

A Mangrullo
Two soldiers stand watch atop a mangrullo, overlooking a military camp. A mangrullo is a rustic observation tower constructed quickly to watch over large flat areas. Date: 1867

On the lookout for German U-Boats, WW1
On the lookout for German U-Boats during the First World War. 1914-1918

Forward Observation Dugout, Festubert, by RBT Kelly, WW1
Forward Observation Dugout, Indian Village, Festubert, June 1915, drawing by Lieutenant Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly, First World War. 1915

The Field Survey Battallion, by Ellis Martin
The Field Survey Battallion, design for a stained glass memorial window by Ellis Martin. Depicting three Royal Engineers at work in a trench. 1921

Dr. Frederick Cook using sextant 1908
Dr. Frederick Albert Cook (1865 - 1940), American explorer, physician, and ethnographer, claims that he reached the North Pole on 21st April 1908, a year before Robert Peary

American paratroop, hunting snipers in St. Mere Eglise, firing a volley into a church tower, used by German soldiers as an observation post

Dassault MD. 315 Flamant OF
Dassault MD.315 Flamant OF (msn 130), at the Musee de l Air et /Espace, Le Bourget, parked next to Douglas DC-7C AMOR (Avion de Mesure et d Observation au Receptacle) 45061 / F-ZBCA. Date: circa 1975

Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F. 40 1494
Aviation Militaire Francaise - Farman F.40 1494 (msn 1433) observation aircraft, at an airfield in France. Date: circa 1916-1917

Cox-Klemin CO-1 P-377 at McCook Field for evaluation. The CO-1 and CO-2 (company designations) were licence-built Heinkel HD17 reconnaissance biplanes

Martin MO float-plane observation aircraft, on catapult trials in harbour. Date: 1924

United States Navy - Atlantic Fleet in harbour, including the Illinois-class battleships USS Alabama and USS Illinois, distinctive for having side-by side funnels

Heston JC. 6 VL529
Heston JC.6 VL529 1st prototype at the 1947 SBAC Radlett airshow. The Heston JC.6 was designed and built to meet Air Ministry Specification A.2-45 for an Air Observation Post (AOP)

BATTLE OF FLEURUS The French under Jourdan repulse the Austrians led by Coburg : a French balloon used for observation is the first instance of military aviation Date: 26 June 1794

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - View from the observation platform of the Skyride, showing the Electrical Building in the foreground. 1933

Valentine Zodiac Card for August Virgo Date: 1910

Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View, in Walking Posture Date: 1800

Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View Date: 1800

Money Box in Three Color Eartenware Date: 800

Still Life with Chinese Porcelain Bowl Date: 1662

Pair of Balances Date: 1880

Sun and Sunflowers Date: 1885

Chemists in Laboratory Date: 1950

Tornado Sweeps Fields Date: 1950

Surgical Operation

Jenner Vaccinating Boy Date: 1915

Explaining theory of circulation to King Charles I

Lune Date: 1683

Sci Fi - Apartment City

Orbital Activity Demo

Irish Monks in Homage to Sun

Tulip Botanical Date: 1652

Saturn with two Zodiac Signs Date: 1450

Astronomers Using Astrolabes Date: 1450

Petrified Trees

Anti-Syphilis Ad Date: 1930

Primula Floral Date: 1911

Zodiac Constellations

Odontoglossum Williamsianum Date: 1882

Phalaenopsis Rosea Date: 1882

French Commander directing operations from tree top 1917
Birds-eye view of the battle behind the lines, showing two French Commanders with periscope and map, directing operations and sending their strategy back to the front lines. Date: 1917

Plate 51 from Mineralogie
Or natif en dendriet sur du quartz de Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b
A painting by Mrs J. Gould from Specimens of British minerals, selected from the cabinet of P. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the County of Cornwall vol. 2 (1802) by Philip Rashleigh

POST-WW1 AMERICAN FARM
HOW YA GONNA KEEP EM DOWN ON THE FARM AFTER THEYVE SEEN PAREE ? - a perceptive social observation concerning those young Americans who fought in Europe during World War One Date: 1919

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