Position Collection (page 5)

British gunners place a line of artillery in position - WW1
British gunners placing a line of artillery in position during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu for Sunday 14 April 1912. The Prince Frederick Wilhelm was one of the ships in the vicinity when the Titanic hit the iceberg

Italo-Turkish War - Defense of the Bumiliana Wells, Libya
Italo-Turkish War - The heroic Italian defense of the Bumiliana Wells, Libya, North Africa. Date: 1911

Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving. Colored
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Battle of Ping-Yang (September 15, 1894). The Japanese take a Chinese position. Engraving. Colored

The Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi (1318-1388). Used to determine the position of planets according to he Ptolemaic theory of the Universe. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. 2nd-3rd centu
Buddha statue with dharmachakra mudra gesture. Gandhara. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Pigeons - Blue, White and Black Jacobins, Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Blue, White and Black Jacobin, a breed of fancy pigeon. The Jacobin developed over many years of selective breeding and originates from Asia

Pigeons - Red and Yellow Jacobins, Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Red and Yellow Jacobin, a breed of fancy pigeon. The Jacobin developed over many years of selective breeding and originated in Asia

WW1 - Aerial view of Gallipoli, 1915
WW1 - A photograph of a town in Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915, taken from one of the allied aeroplanes operating at the Dardanelles

SIAI Marchetti SM93 -this Italian attempt at a Ju 87 Stuka replacement used a prone pilot position and was tested by the Luftwaffe

WW1 - Russian Officer using a Periscope to get a (safer) view of the enemy above the trench Date: circa 1916

Anatomy of the Human Body. Persian manuscript (16th c.) illustrating the muscles and nervous system in a male body in a squatting position. Persian art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

Rome, Italy - Capuchin Monks Campo Santo
Black and white. A crypt in which the walls are completely covered in human skulls. In addition there are three skeletons dressed in monks clothes attached to the wall in a standing position

Lappet Moth - on tree-bark - has its wings and antennae in folded position that makes it looks like a small twig. Bohol, Philippines. February. Gastropacha sp. probably pardale

Catalina spots Bismarck in heavy sea by G. H. Davis
A Catalina flying boat (seaplane) spotting the damaged German battleship Bismarck in a heavy sea: the flying boat under severe attack by enemy fire during the Second World War

A Japanese Geisha girl - classical portrait photograph wearing a beautifully-decorated silk kimono. Date: 1910s

Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans Buff
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905

Japan - Geisha Girls kneels at her low writing table to finish a letter Date: circa 1904

China - Shanghai - Second Sino-Japanese War 1937
China - Shanghai - Sino-Japanese incident 1937 (The Battle of Shanghai) - The Chinese position near a bridge over the creek on the Woosung Road in East Shanghai

Rockfort, Tank and Clives House, Tiruchirappalli, India
Tiruchirappalli (formerly called Trichinopoly and nicknamed Tiruchi or Trichy) - a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District

Ruins of Ollantaytambo, Cuzco, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco

Dutch attack on Fortress of Muxima, Angola
Attack by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) on the Fortress of Muxima (held by the Portuguese), situated in the Bengo Province of Angola next to the Cuanza River

Russian officers near wall of Krakow, WW1
A Russian commander and Cossack scout officers near the wall of Krakow on the Eastern Front during the First World War, making observations on the enemys positions. Date: circa 1914

Turkish Ottoman Obelisk / Memorial, Kut, Iraq
Turkish Ottoman Obelisk/Memorial at Al-Kut, Iraq - built prior to the re-occupation by British Forces during the Mesopotamian Campaign in September 1915 (during World War One)

Russian heavy field artillery, WW1
Russian heavy field artillery during the First World War, with a curved set of tracks laid on the ground for manoeuvrability. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian machine gunners near Obrenovici, Serbia, WW1
Serbian gunners with Russian machine guns in firing position near Obrenovici, Serbia, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Gun of Tirpitz Battery in firing position, Ostend, WW1
A gun of the German Tirpitz Battery in elevated firing position at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Work on the construction of the Battery can be seen in progress in the background

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Princess Elizabeth (right) and Princess Margaret Rose at the last of the Duke of Yorks Camps, at Balmoral in August 1939. In 1919, the Princesses father, then Duke of York

Manasa Devi (Padma), the Goddess of snakes. She was the daughter of Shiva & a mortal woman

Petrograd, Russia - February Revolution, 8th-15th March 1917
A very important (and very rare) real photograph postcard showing National militia firing on a Czarist police position (the police were running along the rooftops according to the eyewitness report)

San Marino - Panorama of The City, Defensive Walls and Borgo Maggiore. Date: 1943

San Marino - Panorama of The City and Defensive Walls Date: 1943

San Marino - The Second Tower and Castle Walls. Date: 1943

Normandy: The advance to Troarn
Photograph: Normandy: The advance to Troarn. Although thick mud is holding up operations in the Caen sector, a double blow by British and Canadian tanks

Appearance of Comet Crommelin in 1881
The appearance of Comet Crommelin in June/July/August 1881. Also known as Comet Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes, a periodic comet with an orbital period of almost 28 years

Javelin thrower, 1913
The graceful pose of a javelin thrower published to accompany an article by F. A. M. Webster in The Bystander suggesting reasons for Britains failure in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games was down to a

Old Battery, Entrance to The Narrows, Newfoundland, Canada
The Old Battery, Entrance to The Narrows, St. John s, Newfoundland, Canada - note the iceberg! Date: circa 1910

Concealed machine gun position in the jungle Date: unknown

British, with machine guns, take up a position in a ditch in
Photograph: British, with machine guns, take up a position in a ditch in France.In fact it shows men with a Vickers machine-gun in training

An awkward position - true love never did run smooth circa early 19th century

The exploit of Michael O Leary, V. C. of the Irish Guards
Capturing the position practically by himself: the exploit of Michael O Leary, V.C. of the Irish Guards in 1915. A deed of valour which probably saved a whole British company: Sergeant O Leary

Tugela Heights, Colenso, Natal Province, South Africa
Tugela (Thukela) Heights, Colenso, Natal Province, South Africa, location of a battle, 14-27 February 1900 which led to the lifting of the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War (1899-1902)

Caesars Camp, Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa -- a Boer position during the Siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900). Date: circa 1920

WW2 - We win because we are the strongest - Buy War Bonds
WW2 - " We win because we are the strongest" - Buy French War Bonds. Map showing the comparative strength of the Allies. The Axis powers at this point did not include Italy and Japan

Highgate Hill, London - Dick Whittington Stone
Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London - where Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge 1912
Advertisement for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge - A Royal Usher gestures his guests to enter (the Palace?). Date: 1912

Crimean War, position of Allies around Balaclava
Crimean War -- position of the Allies around Balaclava. 1855

Crimean War, Russian redoubts taken by 98th Regiment
Crimean War -- position of the Russian redoubts taken by the 98th Regiment of the line, to the right of the burial ground. 1855

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