River Collection (page 100)

Somerset Levels, Somerset
The Somerset Levels, a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, running south from the Mendip Hills to the Blackdown Hills

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

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

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach crossing Umtali river
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach crossing Umtali river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Old Fort, Tuli
Black and white lantern Slide of Old Fort, Tuli - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 10

South Africa - Fourteen Streams Railway Bridge over Vaal Riv
Lantern slide of The Fourteen Streams Railway Bridge over the Vaal River. Part of Box 287 South Africa Diamond Mines, part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 56. Date: circa 1890s

African Elephants - drinking (Loxodonta africana). Zambesi River - Lower Zambesi National Park, Zambia, Africa

Red-breasted Goose - female by nest with 5 eggs laid in gooses down - at riverbank cliff (Branta ruficollis). river Maksimovka near Kara sea - near Dikson - Russian Arctic - summer - July

FUNGI False Morel - on taiga-forest floor near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement (Gyromitra esculenta). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia

Pine taiga - forest with forest floor covered in lichens; typical in the basin of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; spring. Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia;

Typical taiga forest floor in Autumn with lichens, various berries, mushrooms, near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

HMS Seamew, British river gunboat, seen here in Hong Kong harbour. Date: circa 1920s

Tiger Leech / Painted Leech on a leaf, typical in lowland rainforest of Kinabatangan river floodplain (Haemadipsa picta). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Karakum / Qaraqum / Kara Kum / Garagum Canal - water comes from water pump in sluices. goes along Kopet-Dag Mountain Range - Turkmenistan - Spring - April

Frozen river meanders in Taiga-forest, a tributary of river Taz. Aerial, early spring, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Sphere cover - German U boat in Thames by Tower Bridge
The German submarine, U-155 (Deutschland) one of four lying in the River Thames flying the White Ensign at the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

Port Sunlight - aerial map
Superb aerial view of Port Sunlight, the factory and home of Sunlight and Lifebuoy soaps, together with the model village built on the Wirral by William Lever for the benefit of his workers

Steamer on Zambezi River, Mozambique
Steamer on the Zambezi River, Mozambique, with passengers and crew

Aerial view of Sistov (Svistov), Bulgaria
Aerial view of Sistov (Svistov), on the River Danube, Bulgaria

Paris, France - Place Dauphine. Date: 17th century

German airship SL2 bombing Warsaw, WW1
German airship SL2 bombing Warsaw, Poland, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Franz Josef Platz, Budapest, Hungary
Franz Josef Platz (Ferencz Jozsef-ter), Budapest, Hungary

Millbank Tower under construction, London SW1
Millbank Tower under construction in March 1961, London SW1. Originally known as Vickers Tower, it was completed in 1963. It is located opposite LFB Headquarters. Date: 1961

Turnout of vehicles from Lambeth HQ, with the River Thames and Houses of Parliament in the background. Date: circa 1937

Royal visit to the Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire in 1912. The Royal barge by Henley Bridge Date: 1912

Busy scene at Shiplake Lock on the River Thames, probably taken early in the 20th century. Date: early 20th century

The ferry at Aston, near Henley-on-Thames
All manner of livestock transported across the River Thames. the site of the ferry can still be clearly identified to this day. Date: early 20th century

Yser and flour mill, Dixmude, Belgium, WW1
River Yser and flour mill, Dixmude (Diksmuide), Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Tank Corps souvenir relating to 16th Battalion Tank Corps
Tank Corps souvenir relating to the 16th Battalion Tank Corps. commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel, the Hon. J. D. Y. Bingham, DSO, listing command structure and appointments, individual awards

Britain poster, Houses of Parliament, London
Britain poster, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, London, by J Dixon Scott for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Taking a small steam launch out for a river trip on a very still day. Date: circa 1904

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Murrays Club opens at Maidenhead
Murrays River Club at fashionable Maidenhead, opened in 1915 as a sister club and alternative summer venue to the original Murrays club opened by Jack May in Beak Street, London in 1913

Ranana, Whanganui River, New Zealand. Date: circa 1890s

Attock Bridge over the River Indus, Pakistan (then in India). It opened in 1883. Date: circa 1890s

New York panorama at Shepherds Bush, London
The realistic panorama of New York City at the Pink City (White City), Shepherds Bush, London, part of an Anglo-American exposition

Corsair flying boat damage
A large hole in the hull of the Imperial Airways flying boat Corsair, the result of a forced landing on the River Dangu, Belgian Congo (Zaire) in March 1939

Temporary dam construction on River Dangu
Local workers construct a temporary dam on the River Dangu, Belgian Congo (Zaire). The dam was being constructed in order to create a lake to allow the flying boat Corsair to take off

River Dangu dam construction
In the Belgian Congo (Zaire), local workers collect stone quarried nearby for the purpose of constructing a temporary dam on the River Dangu

Edersee Dam, Eder River, near Waldeck, Germany
Edersee Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Eder River, near Waldeck, Germany. Constructed between 1908 and 1914, it was destroyed by bouncing bombs dropped by 617 RAF Squadron on 17 May 1943

Tram crossing Putney Bridge
View of a tram and a horse drawn cart crossing Putney Bridge over the River Thames, London. Date: C. 1910

Austrian Monitor Gunboat
An Austrian Monitor Gunboat patrolling the Danube, on its way to the Serbian frontier, shortly before the outbreak of World War One Date: 1914

Men with cattle at Gampola, Sri Lanka
Men with cattle in a shallow stream at Gampola, Sri Lanka. Date: 1920

Luxembourg - Esch-sur-Sure Castle
Esch-sur-Sure Castle (also known under its German name Burg Esch-an-der-Sauer) located in a small village with the same name

Aswan Dam
Lock gates on the newly-constructed Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Bad Kreuznach - Bridge Houses
Bad Kreuznach - the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river

Boys Crabbing
Three boys in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England - skippers of the future, fishing for crabs from the pier of the Corporation Bridge across the River Freshney. Date: 1950s

Singapore River 1971
Singapore: houseboats and cargo boats on the river. Date: 1971

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