Oldest Collection (page 4)

The Oldest British Regiment? The East Kent
Officers of the Second Battalion of the East Kent regiment, known as The Buffs. Pictured here on the steps of Winchester College

White Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features

De Havilland Dragon G-ACIT Beagle Aircraft Sywell 1966
De Havilland Dragon G-ACIT owned by Beagle Aircraft Ltd. at Sywell on 13 April 1966, Britains oldest surviving airliner Date: 1966

Oldest Chemists Shop in England, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Oldest Chemists Shop in England, Knaresborough, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1920s

Comparison of adjectives, learning for children
Comparison of adjectives to help children learn. Wet, wetter, wettest. Short, shorter, shortest. Etc. Date: 1930s

Smith Tower, Seattle, Washington, USA
The Smith Tower, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, it is the oldest skyscraper in the city. It is named after its builder

Antoines Restaurant, St Louis Street, New Orleans, USA
Antoines Restaurant, 713 St Louis Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is claimed to be the oldest French restaurant in the city, in the heart of the French Quarter. Date: circa 1940

Oldest building in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, with boots and shoes on display. Date: circa 1910s

Jerusalem (6th c. )
JORDAN. Madaba. Basilica of Saint George. Jerusalem (6th c.). The oldest existing map of Palestine. Byzantine art. Mosaic

Switzerland - The Upper Bridge, Basel
Coloured lantern slide depicting a view of Basels Upper Bridge or Wettsteinbrucke. It is the second oldest bridge across the Rhine

Switzerland - Basel, Old Bridge and Three Kings Hotel
Coloured lantern slide depicting a view of the Three Kings Hotel, Basel. Old Bridge can be seen in the foreground, as can the River Rhine

China - Peking Observatory. The Beijing Ancient Observatory
Lantern slide of Peking (Beijing) Observatory. The Beijing Ancient Observatory - a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China

Rome, Italy - Ruins on the Palatine Hill
Black and white. Roman ruins on Palatine Hill, the oldest of the seven hills of Rome.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 9. Date: circa 1890s

Visit to Madeira - Calheta - View on South Coast
Black and white lantern slide of Calheta, view on the South Coast - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection. Calheta is a municipality on the southwest coast of Madeira

River Syilva / Sylva passing through Syilva / Sylva village, one of oldest Russian settlements in Siberia (now in a state of desolation). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia; late summer

The Czech Republic, Blatna: Palace (13th century), inner court, oldest section (right). Date: 2013

Paris, France - Hotel du Preux. It is one of the oldest Gothic buildings in Paris. Date: circa 1830

Paris, France - Fontaine des innocents, originally called Fountain of the Nymphs. It is the oldest monumental fountain in Paris which was built to commemorate the solemn royal entry of King Henry II

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Merri, rue Saint Martin. Date: 1829

Drinks during an interval at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris
L abreuvoir de L Olympia pendant un entr acte (Drinks during an interval at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris) - c. 1918.Recognisable by its giant red glowing letters above the establishment

Elephant Statue Chedi, Wat Chiang Man temple, Chiang Mai
The Chedi decorated with elephants in Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: December 2012

Chedi, Wat Chiang Man temple, Chiang Mai
The Chedi decorated with elephants in Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: December 2012

St Johns Church, Meerut, India
St Johns Church in Meerut, built from 1819 to 1821, the oldest church in northern India. Date: C.1914

Israel Mar Saba
(aka Santa Saba) - the Greek Orthodox monastery, in the Kidron Valley, one of the worlds oldest, once housed some 4000 monks, but now there are only 20. Date: circa 1840

Egyptian Fantasy card - State Telegram and Al-Azhar Mosque
Egyptian Fantasy card - featuring an Egyptian State Telegram and an inset photograph of the Al-Azhar University and Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (founded in 975) all on a faux papyrus background

Comic Postcard - Missing out on a drink
Guide: " We are now passing the Oldest Pub in England" (Chorus): " What For?" !! Comic Postcard - A Charabanc Tour Guide proves unpopular with his party as they pass by the Oldest

Hampton Court Maze - Hampton Court Palace
Aerial view of Hampton Court Maze - Hampton Court Palace - designed by George London and Henry Wise and commissioned around 1700 by William III

Atmospheric skyline of Edinburgh, Scotland - The Auld Reekie
Sensational Judges postcard - An atmospheric skyline of Edinburgh, Scotland - The Auld Reekie -The oldest part of the city. Date: circa 1910

Lacey Green Windmill - a Smock Mill in Buckinghamshire
Windmill at Lacey Green (a village connected to Loosley Row), Buckinghamshire - the oldest surviving smock mill in England

Statue of Catherine II ( The Great ), St Petersburg, Russia
Monument to Catherine the Great (Catherine II) in Catherine Square, a public garden in St Petersburg, Russia. It was installed in 1873

Example of Kufic writing - Aleppo, Syria. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Date: circa 1920s

Cheesehill (Chesil) Rectory, Winchester
The oldest house in Winchester, the Old Cheesehill Rectory. Now called The Chesil Rectory it is a restaurant serving fine cuisine. The building dates back to1450. Date: circa 1906

St. Peters Church, St. Georges, Bermuda
St. Peters Church, St. George s, Bermuda - The oldest in Bermuda. Date: circa 1930s

Depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur
One of the oldest depictions of the wheel on a bas-relief at Ur, 4000 BCE Date: 4000 BCE

Geochelone elephantopus, giant tortoise

From the Beginning
One of the oldest rocks on Earth dating back 3, 850 million years on display in the From the Beginning gallery, the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen from Greenland

Oldest rocks on Earth

Fossilised Mesolimulus
This fossil, Mesolimulus, a horseshoe crab, is an impressive 40 centimetres long. Preserved in the fine mud of a lagoon in Solenhofen, Germany, about 150 million years ago

Map of the Mediterranean (Add. Ms. 25691). It
Map of the Mediterranean (Add.Ms. 25691). It is probably the oldest portolan chart from the school of Mallorca ca. 1327-1330. Are represented Italy, Sicily and North Africa. Miniature Painting

JORDAN. Madaba. Basilica of Saint George. Mosaic of the 6th century with the oldest representation of Palestina. Detail of the Jordan River in the mouth at the Dead Sea. Early Byzantine art. Mosaic

Moschoviae Tabula. Map of Russia and of the Indo-European

Dolores Mission - California - Stopped at the Dolores Mission which is practically intact and the oldest building in San Francisco. Date: 1952

Waltham, Harolds Bridge. Oldest Bridge in England. Date: 1910

Oldest House in Cheapside, London. This house on the corner of Friday Street is said to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread

Three of the four Arnold children. The oldest boy earned the money to buy his bicycle. Western Washington, Thurston County, Michigan Hill. See general Caption number 36. Date 1939 Aug

The oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer cares for the family. Yakima Valley, Washington. Date 1939 Aug

Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels oldest, biggest, best. Date c1900

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