Remote Collection (page 2)

Caucasian oilfields by G. H. Davis
The Achilles Heel of the Soviets: the Caucasian oilfields. A pictorial map of the strategically vulnerable oilfields on either side of the Caucasus upon which Russia depends for the bulk of her

Autumn by Adrian Hill
A rural autumnal scene showing the changing colours of foliage on the trees to rich oranges and browns

Exploring with Airships
The airship will enable explorers to get to remote places easily and comfortably, avoiding lions and bears though it will not enable them to avoid heat and cold

Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway track at a remote station on the Great Plains of America

Scene at Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Newlands Valley, near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Trout Beck, Lake District, Cumbria
View of Trout Beck, a stream in the Lake District, Cumbria. 1960s

Blea Tarn, Lake District, Cumbria
View of Blea Tarn, a hanging valley between Great Langdale and Little Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, with holidaymakers. Date: 1960s

Boats at Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Signpost at John O Groats, Caithness, Scotland
Signpost at John O Groats, Caithness, in the far north east of Scotland. Date: circa 1980s

Lighthouse bombed with food supplies
A remote lighthouse in bad weather is bombed with pork pies (and, presumably, other food stuffs) by two aeroplanes bringing supplies by air. Date: 1932

Malarrif, Snaefellsnes, Iceland
Malarrif, Snaefellsnes peninsula, on the far west of Iceland. Date: circa 1930

The Intruder by S. Drigin
A polar bear watches an encroaching plane as it descends over its remote Arctic territory. 1930

Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, dating back to the 13th century. Date: circa 1900s

Cairn on Slieve League, County Donegal, north-west Ireland
Cairn on the summit of Slieve League (Slieve Leag, Slieve Liag), a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, north-west Ireland. Date: circa 1900s

Peat stack, County Donegal, north-west Ireland
Peat stack in County Donegal, north-west Ireland, with a trench in the foreground from which the peat has been dug. Date: circa 1900s

Horse and cart, County Donegal, north-west Ireland
Horse and cart in County Donegal, north-west Ireland, on the road from Malin More (Malinmore) to Killybegs. circa 1900s

Women in Glen Columbkille, County Donegal, Ireland
Two women in Glen Columbkille (Glencolmcille, Gleann Cholm Cille), County Donegal, north-west Ireland. One of them, with bare feet, sits on a rock, embroidering a handkerchief

Car on a remote country road. circa 1937

Mission station, South Africa
Mission station somewhere in South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Swedish mission, Emtulwa, Natal, South Africa
Swedish mission at Emtulwa, Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1920

Skjaeggedalsfos, Hardanger
Skjaeggedalsfos waters are some of the most remote in Hardanger Date: 1905

Lodore Stream
A quiet scene by the Lodore Stream, with its old stone bridge spanning it, at Watendlath, a remote hamlet in the Vale of Watendlath, Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1960s

Rosita Forbes at Jaghbub crossing the Sahara Desert
Rosita Forbes (1890-1967), English travel writer and explorer at Jaghbub (a remote desert oasis village in the eastern Libyan Desert)

Island Love - front cover by Reginald Heade
Front cover of Island Love by Catherine Whitby showing a couple on a balcony gazing (a little stiffly) into each others eyes. Date: c.1950

SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

A Visit to the Alpini - 19? by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1
The war was over some time ago, but this man hasn t heard about it yet, and nobody can get up to tell him. His sniping is therefore very annoying to that Austrian village in the valley

Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Sami family, Arctic area of Sapmi
Sami couple, baby and dog outside their home. They are from the Arctic area of Sapmi, which covers northern parts of Scandinavia and Russia. Date: late 19th century

Crewless aircraft for atomic explosions by G. H. Davis
Crewless aircraft, controlled from parent machines, which will probe the secrets of an atomic bomb explosion by means of television. Date: 1946

Street of houses, Iona, Scotland
Street of houses on the island of Iona, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Robot guns for British aircraft by G. H. Davis
Robot guns for British aircraft: remotely-controlled turrets. Enabling one gunner to direct fire from numerous different positions

Man and woman with cattle, Scotland
A man and a woman with cattle in a remote rural area of Scotland. Date: 1930s

Cottage on Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A crofters cottage on the island of Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. A woman stands in the doorway and her dog looks with interest at the camera. Date: 1930s

Gipsies with tent on a Scottish island
A family of gipsies with their tent on a Scottish island. Date: circa 1920s

Cottage buildings in remote landscape
Cottage buildings in a remote landscape, possibly in the north of Scotland. A sign on the building on the left reads: Telegraph Office

Silent radio telephony on the battlefront 1943
Using a throat microphone and wireless silent speech transmitter, the soldier on patrol can report instructions back to base from under the noses of the enemy. Date: 1943

Rural Russian railway station
A view of a railway station building and passengers standing on the platform waiting for the approaching steam train, in the countryside of Russia. Date: Late 19th Century

Peru - Railway Station at Surco - Ferro Carril Central del Peru (F. C. C. Peru) Date: circa 1905

Sunset over Sorfjorden, Hardanger, Norway
Sunset over Sorfjorden, a 38 km-long fjord arm of the Hardangerfjord in Hordaland county, Norway. Date: early 1950s

Navy Garrison on Ascension Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives grouped in front of a hut, Manila, Luzon, Philippine
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Victoria Peak
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Straw roofed houses on stilts, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Rotomah Men
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Devils Bridge, Cape of Good Hope. Western Cape, South Afri
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

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