Oldest Collection (page 5)

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

Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels oldest 23rd year, best. Includes portraits of Hamilton Alvin and Jack Alvin. Date c1908

Oldest boy of family of nine, seventeen years old, claims two years schooling; living with his family in open field, on US Route 70 between Camden and Bruceton, Tennessee. Date 1936 Mar

104-year-old Welshwoman in a motor car
Pictured at Nine Wells near Solva in Pembrokeshire, 104-year-old Welshwoman, Mrs Mary Hughes, the oldest person in Wales. She lived the whole of her life in the Fishguard area

The Saaihalle - Bruges, Belgium - 14th century wool market building. Formerly the Genoese lodge, housing Genoas trade representatives in the city. The oldest building in Bruges. Date: circa 1910s

Craiova, Romania
St. Demetrius Church; The Church of Cosuna Monastery the oldest building preserved in Craiova, Romania dating from 1483. Also pictured (right)

Perugia, Umbria, Italy - Chiesa di S. Angelo
Perugia, Umbria, Italy - The Romanesque Chiesa di S. Angelo, one of Italys oldest churches. The Church said to stand on the site of a pagan temple (captioned here as templo di Vesta )

Lead Norman Font
The lead Norman font at Lower Halstow Church, Kent, England, one of the oldest in the country. Date: 12th century

Ripley Castle, Nidderdale, Yorkshire, England. In the mid 15th century, Sir John Ingilby built the oldest surviving part of the building; the tower is 16th century. Date: 15th & 16th century

Old Chesil Rectory
The Old Chesil Rectory, the oldest house in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Date: mid 15th century

Presbyterian Bell
The fine bell in the churcyard of St. Wynwallow Church at Landewednack, Cornwall, England. It is one of the oldest pre Reformation bells, in use until 1937. Date: Medieval

The Isa Bey Mosque at Selcuk, Turkey
The Isa Bey Mosque at Selcuk, the present town of Ephesus, Turkey. Constructed in 1374 - one of the oldest works of architecture remaining from the Anatolian beyliks (rich, powerful gentry)

Kaskaskia, Illinois
This village is located close to the oldest town in the American West (1703). Date: 1850

England / Abertanat
The bridge over the River Tanat, at Abertanat, Shropshire, England. Facing the bridge is the Horse Shoe Inn, one of Shropshires oldest licenced houses. Date: 1950s

The Earliest recorded picture postcard from Italy
The Grand Hotel in Venice, Italy - the earliest recorded picture postcard from Italy - March 15th 1888 - very very rare. Date: 1888

Madonna Lilies
The Madonna Lily (Lilium Candidum) is one of the oldest cultivated lilies, propigated by the Minoans. It was probably brought to Europe by Phoenician traders. Date: 1950s

Australia House, on the Strand, London. Officially opened in 1918, home of the Australian High Commission and Australias oldest diplomatic mission abroad. Date: 1950s

The Oldest Chemists Shop
Ye Oldest Chymist Shoppe in England, which, naturally, claims to be the oldest chemists shop in England! It is in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Date: founded circa 1720

Trip to Jerusalem Cellar
The rock cellar of Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem inn, at Nottingham, England, which dates from c. 1165 and claims to be Englands oldest public house. Date: 12th century

Holy Cross Hospital
Holy Cross, or the Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, was founded between 1132 and 1136 by Henry de Blois and has become Britains oldest charitable institution. Date: 12th century

Oldest British Font
The ancient font of Old Radnor Church, Radnorshire, Wales, is probably the oldest and largest font in Britain. It was probably a Pagan altar, adapted to Chritianity. Date: 1950s

Old French Cannons
Two of the oldest and most interesting cannons in a collection in Paris, France, the upper of them called The Snake, covered with sculptures of men and women embracing. Date: 16th century

The Golden Cross Inn, Cornmarket, Oxford, England, is the site of the oldest pub in the city. Its landlord was prosecuted for selling blackmarket wine in 1285! Date: 1950s

Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire, one of the oldest Cistercian monasteries in England, founded for the monks from Savigny by Roger de Clinton in 1135. Date: founded 1135

Oldest House in Wales
The Aberconway, an ancient timbered building in Conway, north Wales, which claims to be the oldest house in Wales. Built c. 1300, a fine example of medieval architecture. Date: early 14h century

Exeter Tudor House
Tudor House, Tudor Street, Exeter, Devon, England, the oldest private house in the city. Date: 16th century

Bristol Theatre Royal
The Theatre Royal, King Street, Bristol, England, beloved by David Garrick and the oldest working theatre in Britain. Date: built 1766

Cathedral Porto Bello, the oldest church in the Americas

Hotel Central, Panama City
Hotel Central, Cathedral Park, Panama City, the oldest and most famous and best located first class hotel in Panama city

Chepstow Castle, Gwent, Wales
Edwardian woman at Chepstow Castle, overlooking the River Wye at Gwent (formerly Monmouthshire), Wales. Building began in the 11th century

The Cathedral, oldest building in Panama

Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai, Thailand
View of two buildings of Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Construction of the temple began in the late 13th or early 14th century

Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos. Built in 1818 in Siamese style, it is probably the oldest temple still standing in Vientiane

Golden statues at Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos
Golden statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) at Wat Si Saket (or Sisaketh), a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos

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