Pigeons Collection (page 6)

Girls feeding the pigeons close to St. Marks Basilica
Girls feeding the pigeons close to The Doges Palace, Venice, Italy Date: circa 1898

Bird Enclosure - Valmondois, France
Early outdoor wire and mesh bird enclosure, for poultry, pigeons and possibly doves at the Maubuisson Mill at Valmondois, Seine Region, France. Date: 1911

St Marks Square - Venice, Italy - feeding the pigeons. Date: circa 1910s

Birds / Pigeon
A nesting wood pigeon. Date: 1930s

Bolzano, Italy (3 / 3)
Laubengasse (Summerhouse Lane), Bolzano (or Bozen in German) - a city and comune in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol region of Italy in the far north east of the country

Pigeon Study
Pigeons and towers reflected in puddles in Budapest, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Feeding the pigeons outside St Pauls Cathedral Date: circa 1910s

Flying pigeon
A flying pigeon photographed with a high-speed camera, resulting in an interesting flying saucer shape. circa 1940s

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

Man with racing pigeons
A man with racing pigeons, sent to London from all over Britain and from European countries to take part in an Old Comrades Show involving over 2000 birds at the Royal Horticultural Hall. circa 1940s

Scouts releasing pigeons at Olympics
Scouts releasing pigeons as part of the opening ceremony of the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Carrier pigeons at Sorrus, France, WW1
Carrier pigeons enjoying a bath in a baking tin full of water at Sorrus, France, during the First World War. Date: 2 June 1918

Feeding Pigeons 1950
Feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London, with St Martin-in-the-Fields church in the background Date: 1950s

St Marks Cathedral and Piazza, Venice, Italy
St Marks Cathedral and Piazza in Venice, Italy, on a busy day, with pedestrians and pigeons. Date: 1968

Angling for pigeons / W H Robinson
Angling for pigeons in the courtyard of the British Museum. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Brightening up Trafalgar Square / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - Social amenities. One of Edwin Landseers Lions in Trafalgar Square would make the perfect spot for a bar, to brighten up the place

Dubrovnik (Ragusa) - Croatia - Street Scene
A beautifully shot street scene in the old medieval quarter of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia, looking toward the imposing shape of Dubrovnik Cathedral

French pigeon communications WWI
French communications via carrier pigeons during World War I

The Beyazidiye Mosque with pigeons, Constantinople
The Beyazidiye Mosque (built between 1501-1506) in Constantinople, with pigeons. The Mosque encorporated a number of educational buildings, public baths and tombs (turbes)

Lady feeding the pigeons - Constantinople, Turkey
A young lady in the latest fashions and holding a parasol, feeds the pigeons in Constantinople. One of a number of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in

Lunchtime
A woman stands by a window eating her lunch and watching as birds fly in to take their share. She doesn t seem to mind them stealing her lunch and watches on wistfully

Humourous postcard - Foreign Tourists
A funny cartoon, lampooning tourists to Egypt as Pigeons plucked by Egyptian Vultures

Aquascutum rainwear
This charming green proofed Ottoman silk coat with its pretty collar and wide, rounded shoulder line can be worn belted as it is here, or hanging loose from the shoulders

Pigeon Container on a British Paratrooper, Second World War
Photograph showing a pigeon container strapped to the stomach of a British paratrooper, 1944. Pigeons are one of the oldest and most reliable forms of military communication

A converted bus for pigeons
A motor bus converted into a home, or cote, for French carrier pigeons. Pigeons, along with dogs, proved to be a vital method of communication during battles

Planets - Mercury
MERCURY (Hermes) drives his chariot drawn by two carrier pigeons over Earth where merchants are trading, importing, selling, bartering, and exchanging goods

The Vultures & Pigeons
THE VULTURES AND THE PIGEONS The vultures fight each other and tear with beak and talon; the pigeons attempt to be peacemakers and succeed, but then are themselves attacked

Pigeon Used in Crash
During World War One, a British flying-boat is forced to ditch in the sea : a homing pigeon is released to summon help

Social Scene 50S
People relaxing in Trafalgar Square on a warm summer evening; women in summer dresses and lots of children feeding pigeons and playing

Live Pigeon Shooting
Sportsmen shooting live pigeons as they are released from cages: Theres no rural sport surpasses pigeon shooting, the text says

Birds / Pigeons
Prize pigeons at the show of the Philo-Peristeron society held in freemasons hall

Feeding Pigeons / 1891
Feeding the pigeons

German Pigeon Post 1915
Carrier pigeons used by the German army during the First World War

Pigeon Flock / Ascot
A flight of pigeons over Ascot

Pigeon with Message
A messenger pigeon with message strapped to foot (Columbidae species)

Additional Postmen
Huge increase in the number of postmen ! A comment on the pigeon post which employs carrier pigeons to fly messages out of Paris over the heads of besieging Prussians

Boy & Pigeons
A young man in a cloth cap and waistcoat, photographed with four friendly pigeons sitting on his head and shoulders at Hyde Park, central London

Beeton Game & Poultry
GAME AND POULTRY snipe on toast - larks - roast pheasant - pigeons - roast fowl - roast goose - roast duck - boiled fowl - roast turkey

Trafalgar Sq / Pigeons
People feed the pigeons

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