Remarkable Collection (page 3)

St. Govans Chapel
St Govans Chapel, the remarkable building nestling in between the rocks on St. Govans Head, where St. Govan the hermit lived, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 6th century

Bible Organ
Mrs Galpin plays a remarkable 17th century organ and bellows, with a case made from an old bible. Part of an collection of over 600 musical instruments, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Great Alms Cliff
View at Great Alms Cliff, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, a rocky outcrop, commanding remarkable views of Wharfdale and the Plain of York. Date: 1950s

Indian Beggar in remarkable hat
Indian Beggar - a " Wassoo deo", wearing a rather remarkable hat! Date: circa 1900

Large Minoan Strage Jar - Pithoi
The excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce

SUMER IS ICUMEN IN
Song for four tenor voices, probably written by John of Fornsete, of Reading Abbey, England : the complexity of the writing is remarkable, puzzling music historians. Date: 13th century

Georgina Weldon
GEORGINA WELDON (nee Thomas) Remarkable and eccentric adventuress, opera singer, mistress of Charles Gounod etc. Date: 1837 - 1914

Flying Saucer
Ralph 124C 41+ [Hugo Gernsback] Domed-disc spacecraft which anticipates to a remarkable degree the flying saucers of twenty years later Date: 1929

Lady Bends in Corset
A lady bends to pick up the soap tablet she has dropped - thus demonstrating the remarkable flexibility of her Guzzi girdle Date: 1928

Greece - Palace of King Minos at Knossos
The excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce

Lighting in John Lennons study
Remarkable tall and thin coloured lighting in John Lennons study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Display at Twilight
Remarkable aerial display observed at sunset at Paris- Auteuil : the sky was coloured

Mountain Mirage
Remarkable reflection observed on the Pic du Midi, in central France, at 15.30

Lear / Nonsense / Kamschatka
There was an Old Man of Kamschatka, who possessed a remarkable fat cur; His gait and his waddle, were held as a model, to all the fat dogs in Kamschatka

Lear / Nonsense / Chertsey
There was an Old Lady of Chertsey, who made a remarkable curtsey; She twirled round and round, till she sunk underground, which distressed all the people of Chertsey

A Little Pride before a Fall
Cartoon, A Little Pride before a Fall. Remarkable presence of mind of one skier called forth by the carelesness of a companion while skiing

A Remarkable Instance of Quick Skating
A man is ice skating so fast that he leaves his shadow behind. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Comparatively undamaged amidst all the shells: The remarkable escape of one of the monuments in Ramscapelle Church

Reaching Great Heights
It is remarkable what scientific training methods will accomplish on the football field. Four players spring upwards to head a football

Female Cossack
At the battle of Telissu, this female Cossack distinguished herself by her remarkable skill and courage

Sainte Genevieve
This remarkable picture depicts Genevieve tending her flocks in the centre of a pagan stone circle

Empress Saint Pulcheria
The remarkable PULCHERIA was empress, first with her brother Theodosius II, then with Marcian. She remained a virgin and became a saint for her good works and her faith

Egypt Mount Sinai
(aka Mount Horeb) in the Sinai desert, the scene of many remarkable happenings

Pearl Lenore Curran
American housewife of St Louis, who under the name Patience Worth authored several writings of remarkable literary force, purporting to be dictated by a spirit Date: 1883 - 1937

Young Gypsy Child
A young Gypsy child with a remarkable wool hat sits atop a pile of horse tack and rags drinking from a teated milk bottle under the axel of the family caravan

Dragon (Mandeville)
Sir John Mandeville encountered flying dragons in the course of his unbelievably remarkable travels

Maria Silbert Psychic
Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936) who produced many remarkable phenomena but was discovered by Harry Price to use trickery on occasion

Prophets of the Cevennes
THE PROPHETS OF THE CEVENNES Persecuted after Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, the French protestants in the Cevennes manifest remarkable prophesying, convulsions etc

Wilde / Rocket / King
Let the fireworks begin, said the King

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Man and Woman, 1606
An elegant couple of Henri IVs time - she in a high lace ruff and extraordinary farthingale, he in equally remarkable breeches of unsurpassed bagginess !

Rail in Fraser Canyon
A passenger train of the Canadian Pacific Railway passes through the Grand Canyon of the Fraser River - a remarkable engineering feat

Petrocsy Helicopter
Austrian lieutenant Stefan Petrocsy proposes a remarkable helicopter design in which the cockpit is above the rotating blades : note, too, the balls serving as undercarriage

Racial / China / Uighur Men
Four Uighur men from the far west of China. The Uighurs have a remarkable cultural heritage, with influences from Mongolia, Turkey and further East. The majority are Muslim

Welsh Bus on Hill
Wales is a hilly country, and its buses are frequently called on to perform quite remarkable feats of climbing, especially when carrying their full complement of passengers

Abu Simbel / Egypt / 1909
A view toward the remarkable carved guardians of the mortuary temple at Abu Simbel

Pontins Holiday Camp
The guests outside the chalets at Pontins Holiday Camp, Osmington Bay, Dorset, include a remarkable proportion of pretty girls and an even more remark- able absence of noisy kiddies

Moon - Kepler
The moons surface showing Kepler - a spot of remarkable brilliancy

Dortmund-Ems Canal
Opened in 1899, this canal links Dortmund and Emden. The remarkable Hanrichenburg raises ships 14 metres : it will be replaced in 1962 and become a museum

Moscow in 1738
General view of the city showing the remarkable number of spires

Japanese Printmaking
How they print from wood blocks in the Orient - apart from its subject interest, a remarkable pastiche of Japanese painting

Livadia Steamship
Royal yacht of the Tsar of Russia : the remarkable design seems to be designed to enable the royals and their passengers to go swimming from the ship

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