Peak Collection (page 7)

Lady outside Hotel
Entitled E. Bramwell at Boarding House Hotel, this lady is believed to be Ellen Bramwell, daughter of a local postmistress near Bakewell

Entrance to Peveril Hotel, Dovedale
Named after a legendary local figure, the Peveril of the Peak Hotel is still in business today, little changed over 100 years after this photograph was taken Date: 1909

Houses at Ashford in the Water, Peak District, Derbyshire
Believed to be Fennell Street in Ashford in the Water, the view is very similar today. Date: 1909

River Derwent in Middleton Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
A view of the River Derwent as it winds through Middleton Dale. Date: 1909

Dovedale - River and scenery with trees
View of Dovedale in the Peak District, Derbyshire Date: 1909

Dovedale - river and waterfalls
View of Dovedale in the Peak District, Derbyshire Date: 1909

Dovedale - the river in the Peak District, with the slower exposure giving the water flow a very soft appearance in this tranquil view. Date: 1906

Edwardian man fishing in Dovedale in a beautiful action shot set against the scenery of the Peak District Date: 1906

Peak District - Lathkill Dale from Cales Dale end showing the river in its natural beauty but also the top of two sluice gates built into the flow. Date: 1906

Beresford Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire showing a man-made waterfall with a sluice gate. Judging by the relative clarity of the waterfall. This was on a very fast exposure by the standards of 1906

Edwardian man at gateway in countryside, identified as Haddon Fields in the Derbshire Peak District. Dated Easter 1906 Date: 1906

Three men on a bench in the countryside, possibly in the Peak District. Formal clothing fails to hide the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the photograph. Date: circa 1908

Two Edwardian girls in April 1908 at the popular rural spot of Dane Bridge in the Macclesfield hills on the edge of the Peak District, showing outdoor clothing of the period! Date: 1908

Garden in Baslow, Derbyshire Peak District
Ted Ellis on the left and Ernest Battersby beside him with sherry and cigarettes. A third drink waits onthe tray for whoever had been tasked with operating Ernests camera. Date: circa 1906

Temperance Hotel, Alsop, Peak District
The building was just 10 years old when this photo was taken - Ted Ellis on the left, and Ernest Battersby seem to be making a point that their glasses are empty

Charles Cotton Hotel, Hartington, Peak District
Still in business over 100 years later, and recently refurbished, the Charles Cotton Hotel is seen here around 1906 - Photogrpaher Ernest Battersby sits on the wall outside with friend Ted Ellis

Blackwell Mill Cottages, Millers Dale, Peak District
A very rare photograph of Blackwell Mill Cottages with the railway line with a goods train in view. One of the trucks identifies its owner as Brunner Mond, the forerunner of I.C.I. chemicals

Millers Dale, Peak District
A tranquil view of the River Dove at Millers Dale Date: circa 1906

Road and trees near Millers Dale, Peak District
A rural view which has probably not altered much, except for the road surface which show how relatively little traffic there was in the Edwardian era in rural Britain. Date: circa 1906

Devonshire Arms, Baslow, Peak District
The landlords name is identifiable as Griffiths, and carved onto the outside stonework is the telephone number - 9. A sign also advertises coach trips to local sights. Date: circa 1906

Railway station on Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
Railway station on Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: 1901

Cog road engine climbing Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
Cog road engine with crew climbing Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910

Railway train ascending Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
Railway train with sightseeing passengers, ascending Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1905

Canary Islands - Icod, the peak of Tenerife
Lantern slide of Icod, the peak of Tenerife.. Part of Box 126, Canary and Madeira, slide no.15 Date: circa 1890s

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zimbabwe
Black and white lantern Slide of Zimbabwye - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

China - Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway
Lantern slide of Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway. In 1881 Alexander Findlay Smith first put the project of a Peak Railway into shape

Switzerland - Grindelwald, the Eiger and Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Mount Eiger. It is the easternmost peak of a ridge crest that extends across the M� to the Jungfrau.. Slide number 35 of Box 181 entitled Swiss No.1

Oldoinyo Lengai from lake Natron, Tanzania, Africa

Lava - The top of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. Tanzania - Africa

View of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. from Lake Natron - Tanzania - Africa

The top of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. Tanzania - Africa

Mount Kilimanjaro - Snow melting on summit. Tanzania - Africa

Rainforest, volcanic Twin Peaks - Bukit Batu Sirau and Bukit Semukut peaks, and the Gunung Kajang peak on the left, a jetty and a wooden cabins of the Bagus Place Retreat

DEMOISELLE CRANES - In flight, over mountains (Anthropoides virgo). Nepal

Mount Fuji. Japan

A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
You might think the Austrians were safe on top of a place like this - but they re not. Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander showing three Austrian soldiers staked out atop a

Group photo of wolf cubs, Hong Kong, China
Group photo of wolf cubs and leaders, Peak School Wolf Cub Pack, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1915

Tourists on the peak of the Rigi-Kulm, Switzerland. There are panoramic postcards on sale, and a Pyramide lightning conductor for safety

The Peak, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1890

Peak Tram, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1890

Peak Hotel, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1890

Silhouette of boy with toy rabbit
Full length silhouette of a boy in a peaked cap with a toy rabbit. Date: 20th century

Mount Hood, Oregon
A cavalry detachment crosses the plain before Mount Hood, in the Cascade range, the highest peak in Oregon. Date: 1857

Diamond Peak Ca
Two travelers pause to admire the view of Diamond Peak and the ravine of the middle fork of the Willamette river, northern California. Date: 1857

Lassens Butte Ca
A U.S. cavalry column deploys near Lassens Butte (aka Lassen Peak, Mount Lassen) in the Cascade Mountains of northern California. Date: 1857

Hong Kong Dusk 1975
Victoria area: looking down on the city from the peak at dusk. Date: 1975

Church Spire at Zermatt and Mont Cervin, Switzerland Date: circa late 1930s

Devils Peak from the Gardens of Groot Schuur, Cape Town
Devils Peak from the Gardens of Groot Schuur (the home of politician, entrepreneur and imperialist Cecil Rhodes), Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1901

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