Point Collection (page 6)

America - Clinton Takes Stony Point
General Sir Henry Clinton Takes Stony Point, New York During The American War of Independence Date: 1779

Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point, Virginia, USA
Chamberlin Hotel in the moonlight, Old Point, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Hampton Roads, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, USA
US battleship fleet at Hampton Roads, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Landing of Swedish Settlerd at Delaware Bay
Swedish settlers, under Peter Minuit, land at Paradise Point along Delaware Bay. The settlers arrive onshore and start to explore the land in groups

Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street 1897
Electric tram being recharged on a Paris street. 1897

Capt. Faulknor Storming Fort Royal, Martinique
Captain Faulknor in the ship Zebra, storming Fort Royal in Martinique in 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Faulknor uses his sword to point up a set of wooden stairs

The Barrister - " And peers through all things with his half-shut eyes." Date: 1840

Nepean Point and Parliament Library, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nepean Point, with the Parliament Library in the distance on the right, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. From this point royal salutes are fired, hence the line of cannons. Date: circa 1910

Cabo da Roca (Cape Rock), near Lisbon, Portugal
Lighthouse at Cabo da Roca (Cape Rock), south west of Lisbon, Portugal, the westernmost point in Europe. Date: circa 1950

Weekend cruise, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Weekend cruise on a steam yacht passing Point Atkinson Lighthouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. circa 1900s

Blues Point and McMahons Point, Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1900

Guglielmo Marconi - Radio Project 1930, The Elettra at Genoa
Guglielmo Marconi, Radio Project 1930, The Elettra at Genoa sporting Marconis radio antenna. Date: 1930

Tourists setting out, Yosemite Valley, California, USA
Tourists setting out for Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Postcard booklet, highest point in Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, end of the Guadalupe Range, the highest point in Texas, USA. Date: 1942

Found Bronzes - Archaeology
Bronzes - Archaeology - found in Galloway (1 and 2), Fairholm, Lockerbie (3), and Barnhill, Dumfries (4). 1863

Shop window broken by suffragettes. Sign with text saying Burglars score again. Suffregattes 1 Burglars 2 Burglars lead by one point Date: 1912

The Crescent - Steamer Point, Aden, Yemen. Date: circa 1910s

King Cnut commands the tide to retreat (unsuccessfully)
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

Panto time from the clowns point of view 1858
Well attended threatre, with every watching except one! 1858

Northrop T-38A Talon 61-0941
United States Air Force ??? Northrop T-38A-40-NO Talon 61-0941 (msn N.5307, buzz number TF-941), at a Point Mugu Naval Air Station air display, on 15 May 1965

Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703
United States Navy - Vought DF-8F Crusader 143703 (call-sign 103 ), target tug, of the Pacific Missile Centre, at Point Mugu Naval Air station, on 15 May 1965

Grumman QF-9J Cougar 144341
United States Navy - Grumman QF-9J Cougar 144341 39, at Point Mugu Naval Air Base on 15 May 1965. Date: 1965

Junkers Ju 88 D-1 / Trop FE-1598
(ex Royal Romanian Air Force) - Junkers Ju 88 D-1/Trop FE-1598 (Werk Nr. 430650 / HK959 / Baksheesh ), in outdoor storage / display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825
United States Navy - Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825, at an air display on 15 May 1965. Built as an A3D-2P photo-reconnaissance bomber

Convair F-106A Delta Dart O-70237
United States Air Force - Convair F-106A Delta Dart O-70237 (msn 8-24-26) Built August 1958; Air Force Flight Test Center [AFFTC], Edwards AFB, CA. Date: circa 1965

Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 148896
United States Marine Corps - Lockheed KC-130F Hercules 148896 (msn 282-3623), of VMGR-252 at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. Retired to AMARC on 28 June 2006. Date: circa 1980

United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29 Superfortress
United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29-90-BW Superfortress 44-87744 (msn12547), force landed at Moses Point Airport, Elim, Alaska due to two in-flight engine failures

GAF Nomad 22B VH-RCC (msn 33) of Clubair. At some point this aircraft was operated by BPA (Bush Pilots Airways). Date: circa 1982

POPE DONUS II Donus II, placed on some old lists at this point, did not exist (Carpenter) - but this is what he would have looked like if he did.. Date: supposed 974

Panning for gold at Thompsons Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1853

Istanbul, Turkey - Seraglio Point or Sarayburnu
Istanbul, Turkey - Palace Point - La Pointe du Seraile, Seraglio Point or Sarayburnu. circa 1910s

Projection of three boxes to a vanishing point Date: 1751

Double-Decker with a View Date: 1947

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

Number 6
The number 6 - extracted from a point of sale card (indicating that an item is special value at 9 d.) Date: c.1920

Scotsmans Point, Co. Cork - a view of a headland by the sea with a building and road to the right. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Cork). Date: circa early 1900s

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Young woman of le Havre in a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux

Oldest lace-worker in bucks 1904
Old lady sitting with a pillow with bobbins and pins. Date: 1904

BELGIAN TRAFFIC POLICE
A policeman with a white helmet and parasol! Belgium has protected her point traffic policemen from the sun by providing them with white helmets and wide umbrellas! Date: 1930s

Cartoon, ELEVEN OBSTINATE MEN (jury)
Cartoon, FROM ONE POINT OF VIEW (Scene - British Jury Room) All agreed on the verdict except... Irish Juryman: Ah, thin, ilivn more obstinit men I nivir met in me loife! Date: 19th century

NEW MEXICO IN LOCKS
The U.S.S. warship New Mexico in Gatun Locks : both the canal and the ships using it are very vulnerable to attack at this point. Date: circa 1915

MYTTON AS HWAYMAN
JOHN MYTTON After dining at Halston House the doctor & clergyman are held-up at gun-point by Mytton disguised as a smock-wearing highwayman. What a lark! Date: 1796 - 1834

CONVICTS CLEAR RUBBLE
After a German raid on London, convicts are brought from the prisons to clear the rubble - at pistol point ! Date: October 1940

EVENING DRESS 1830
Gowns with transparent lace over-skirts with deep scalloped & embroidered flounces & wide over-sleeves that taper to a point. The white gown has lace manchettes. Date: 1830

BARTER POINT FOR TRADE
An enclosure situated on the border between Russia and China, by the Great Wall. The spot selected for barter between the two nations. Date: 1858

The Rookery, St Giles
Victorian montage. The rookery stood between New Oxford Street and Seven Dials, near where Centre Point stands today. It was of one of the worst slums in Britain, a site of overcrowding and squalor

Ivy Bridge Lane
An alley (long demolished) leading from the Strand to the Ivy Bridge or pier on the River Thames, a drop-off point for river passengers

Wych Street
Old houses in Wych Street. Wych Street was a street in London, roughly where Australia House now stands on Aldwych. It ran west from the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand to a point towards

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