Plateau Collection

Battle of Cambrai 1917
Tank trains standing at Plateau Station awaiting despatch to detraining railheads at the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917

Doyle / The Lost World
The approach to the plateau

Chimborazo viewed from the Tapia plateau. Snow-capped inactive stratovolcano in the Andes. In the foreground, Native Americans tend to lamas, cactus, agave, etc. Chimborasso in South America

Isfahan. The Allahverdi Khan Bridge, also called Si-o-se-pol
Persia, Isfahan. The Allahverdi Khan Bridge, also called Si-o-se-pol. It was built over the Zayanderud River, between 1599 and 1602 under the reign of Abbas I

Persia, Isfahan. The Allahverdi Khan Bridge, also called Si-o-se-pol. It was built over the Zayanderud River, between 1599 and 1602 under the reign of Abbas I

Tehran. Panoramic of the city and Elburz mountain range
Persia, Tehran. Panoramic of the city and Elburz mountain range. Engraving by Ales. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851

Positioning of the South Pole
A detailed map of the South Pole in position to other countries in the world. It shows the positioning of the different land masses across islands and countries. Date: 1912

Persia, Tehran. Panoramic of the city and Elburz mountains
Persia, Tehran. Panoramic of the city and Elburz mountain range. Engraving by Ales. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851. Date: 2018

Kola Dancers. India
Vintage 19th century photograph: Kola tribal dancers, Munda-speaking peoples, NE India

Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration. After the Pancrastinae statue of Pankratiasts in the Florentine Museum (now in the Uffizi). Pancraziasti del Museo Fiorentino

Map of the Battle of Buena Vista
A map of the formations and placements of troops and defences of the Mexican and American forces at the battle of Buena Vista. Date: 1847

Laos - Tran Nink Province - Meo Girl
A young Miao Girl from the Xiangkhouang (or Xiangkhoang) Plateau, also known in French as Plateau du Tran-Ninh in the north of Laos Date: circa 1910s

Liverpool General transport Strike 1911
Most of the summer of 1911, dockers, railway workers and sailors, as well as people from other trades went on strike, paralysing Liverpools commerce. Transforming trade unionism and Merseyside

Woman riding a camel in Giza, Egypt
Tourist woman riding a camel accompanied by a man and a local guide in Giza, Egypt. In the background the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza can be seen. Date: 1913

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

Map of Egyptian coast and Libyan plateau by G. H. Davis
Where the fate of mankind may be decided: a panoramic map of the Egyptian coast and the Libyan plateau

The Hammetschwand Lift, Switzerland - Burgenstock
Timetable - Burgenstock Furnicular Railway, Switzerland. The main image shows the Hammetschwand Lift, the highest exterior elevator of Europe and is located in Switzerland

Girl of the Toda Tribe - Nilgiri plateau, India
Girl of the Toda Tribe, a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pitching tent
The double tent used by Captain Scott on the last journey of his ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912, shown in a photograph by Lieutenant H. R. Bowers on the upper plateau

Hissarlik (Troy)
A view toward the Plateau of Ilium Novum and the site of Hissarlik, where Heinrich Schliemann excavated remains that he claimed were the foundations of Homers Troy

Animals at a French Zoo - Yak Bull - Yak Bull. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum, Old Land Surface Plateau With Flint Implements, Bones and Pottery. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Indurated Chalk Capped By the Plateau Basalts, Whitewell Quarry, Belfast - a close in view of rock strata. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza. Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and M
Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza. Great Pyramid of Giza (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) and the Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos)

Senjogahara Marshland, Nikko National Park, Japan
Three sentinel trees standing tall above the Senjogahara Marshland, which covers the plateau between Lake Chuzenji and Yumoto Onsen in the Nikko National Park, Japan. Date: circa 1910

Switzerland - Berne. From Schaenzli
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Berne. The city lies on the Swiss plateau in the Canton of Bern, slightly west of the centre of Switzerland and 20 km (12 mi) north of the Bernese Alps

Switzerland - Fribourg, Lower Town Fountain
Coloured lantern slide of a nighttime view across Fribourg. In the foreground is the Fountain de la Fid鬩 t頨 loyalty), with a statue that stands with a flag

Visit to Madeira - The Janella Valley
Black and white lantern slide of The Janella Valley - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Switzerland - Lucerne and the Rigi
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Lucerne, Switzerland with Mount Rigi in the background. Rigi is known as the Queen of the Mountains, with the highest point at 1, 797.5 meters

A wild flower (unidentified) on a mountain plateau. South Tuva, Russia

Russia - rocks in tundra on a mountain plateau. South Tuva

Russia - tundra and semi-tundra on a mountain plateau. South Tuva

Wild flowers (unidentified) on a mountain plateau. South Tuva, Russia

Toda man, southern India
A Toda man, belonging to a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. Date: circa 1890s

Group of Toda men, southern India
Group of Toda men, belonging to a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. Date: circa 1890s

Southern India - Toda People - Cathedral at Ooty
Toda People - Cathedral at Udhagamandalam (better known as Ooty and sometimes Ootacamund or abbreviated as Udhagai), the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Heho Valley - Central Burma - Over strangely treeless moors, climbing up from the Shan Plateau, wide, wide view that seemed like pictures of the African Veldt. Date: 1952

Peasant home near Ayuthaya - Thailand - Peasant home Most of the bamboo and frame cottages are built on a mound of fill above the flooded land

Camps on plateau before Sebastopol. View of British camp with Turkish camp in the distance. Date 1855

Cathcarts Hill, looking towards the Light Division & Inkerm
Plateau of Sebastopol: Allied camp on the plateau before Sebastopol. Military encampments showing tents and huts on Plateau of Sevastopol. Date 1855

Ritten Plateau, Tyrol, Italy - Erdpyramids
The Renon/Ritten Plateau - the spectacular and bizarre Earth pyramids (Erdpyramids)

Lubaantun archaeology - reconstruction of the citadel
A reconstruction drawing of the Maya citadel of Lubaantun, British Honduras(today Belize). 1925

Cauterets, France - Pyrenees Department
Cauterets, France - a spa town, ski resort and a commune in the Hautes-Pyrenees department in south-western France. View toward the Pic de Monne over the Plateau du Cambasque. Date: 1906

Plants / Cactus / Mexico
Prickly pears on the plateau of Anahuac, Mexico Date: 1913

Rham Plateau, Luxembourg - Passarelle Viaduct
Rham Plateau, Luxembourg and Passarelle Viaduct (footbridge), Bisserweg. The Swimming School ( Ecole de Natation ) can also be seen

USA Cumberland Gap
The Cumberland Gap, a pass through the Cumberland plateau in Tennessee, was a notable landmark for settlers traveling to the West

Table Setting Russe
A Table spread for Dinner a la Russe with plateau of looking glass and fountain

1917 / Craonne Cliff
The desolated battlefield at Craonne, showing the plateau cliffs

Lost Worls Plateau / Doyle
The plateau, seen from the lowlands: the lost world was up on the plateau

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