Sight Seeing Collection

Poster advertising excursions to Anjou
Poster for French railways advertising excursions to Anjou

Cottage of Alfred Wallis, St Ives, Cornwall
View of the cottage of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942), primitive artist, mariner, fisherman and marine stores dealer, at Back Road West, not far from Porthmeor Beach and the Tate Gallery

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells
The Pantiles, an affluent collonaded shopping area of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. Queen Anne paid for the area to be paved (with pantiles ) after her son fell over on the Collonade

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912. This photograph shows a daybreak pilgrimage by members of The Universal Bond of the Sons of Men

The Tatler travel number front cover, 1953
Charming illustrated front cover of The Tatlers Travel number showing a number of well-known global landmarks with various intrepid travellers using a multitude of transport methods. Date: 1953

Pantheon and Fountain, Rome, Italy
View of the entrance to the Pantheon, with a fountain in the piazza in front. The Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome

Ordnance Survey map cover - Dorking and Leith Hill
Front cover of an Ordnance Survey map covering the Dorking and Leith Hill area of Surrey. The cover features a hiker or rambler leaning against a wall and smoking a pipe as he consults his map

Poster advertising the Taj Mahal, India
Poster advertising India, with a view of the Taj Mahal

Very Well Meant by H. M. Bateman
A well-meaning tourist offers a carrot to the horse of a Guard standing in its traditional sentry post in Whitehall, London, much to the horses astonishment. Not the done thing

Poster advertising excursions to Brittany
Poster for French railways advertising excursions to Brittany in the north west of France

Paris / Eiffel Tower 1908
from the river Seine, with a bateau mouche sightseeing steamer

Hanworth Air Park - 1932 - Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127
The German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 at Hanworth Air Park conducting sight-seeing flights over London. On 18 August 1931, the German airship Graf Zeppelin (D-LZ127) visited Hanworth

Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist probably early 1900s

Sight-seeing Train - Panama Canal. Date: circa 1910

Laker DC-10
One of the two Laker Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10, disembarking journalists, schoolchildren and travel agents after a demonstration flight to Berlin-Tempelhof airport

People on Eiffel Tower
Visitors enjoy the view from the first stage of the Eiffel Tower

A cable car in the Austrian mountains
View of a cable car somewhere in the Austrian mountains. Date: 1953

Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Guards in Whitehall
Illustration for the masthead of The Bystander magazine featuring a chic 1920s woman visiting the mounted Guards at their sentry post in Whitehall, a popular London tourist sight. Date: 1927

Poster advertising tours of Britain by bus or coach, with a view of Stonehenge. 20th century

Rooter Rocks, Peak District
A party of tourists admire the Rooter or Roo Tor Rocks, in the Derbyshire Peak District Date: 1837

View from the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, 1911
Visitors to St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London look across London from its roof towards the River Thames and Westminster Abbey. Date: 1911

Scale Force, Cumbria
Sightseers admire Scale Force, Cumbria, one of the most dramatic falls of the Lake District. Date: 1833

Castle Crag, Borrowdale, Lake District
A party of sightseers admire the picturesque beauties of Castle Crag, Borrowdale, Cumbria, from the village of Grange, while their guide waits with their horses. Date: 1832

Kenwood House Bridge
The elegant Georgian bridge across the late at Kenwood House, Highgate, London, a 17th century building, remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. Date: 18th century

Crowds viewing decorated Mall prior to Coronation, 1953
A crowded Mall in London showing the grand processional route with its decorated arches spanning the road. From the middle of May, as excitement about the impending Coronation increased

Trackless Trolley Tour - First in California
Balloon Route Excursion - The Scenic Trackless Trolley Trip - 101 miles - one day - one dollar! Visiting 10 Beaches and 8 Cities, paralelling the mountains from Los Angeles to the Ocean

View of Dovedale, Derbyshire, showing a lady and a little girl, with a towering rock above them. Date: circa 1910

Huntley and Palmers Christmas advertisement
Advertisement for Huntley and Palmers, the first name you think of in biscuits showing a snowy Trafalgar Square in central London

Shakespeares birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon
View of Shakespeares birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, with some late Victorian cyclists standing in the roadway

Two sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Two late Victorian sightseers at Stonehenge, Wiltshire. One man sits on a flat stone (possibly the sacrificial stone), while the other man leans on his bicycle

Royal Blue Line Motor Tours, New York City, America

Glass Roof Sightseeing Buses, New York
Glass Roof Sightseeing Buses from the Times Square Sightseeing Lines Inc, New York City, America

Beauty Spots and Places of Historican Renown
Cover illustration for Beauty Spots and Places of Historican Renown in Great Britain and Ireland, a handbook for travellers, by Thomas Cook & Son

Cooks Continental Coach Tours
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks Continental Coach Tours -- see it all so easily! A roll of camera film shows colourful pictures of holiday resorts, and a coach travelling along a road

S Teerwood. Open-top charabanc
An open top charabanc, full of day trippers arrives at the harbour of a seaside town

S Teerwood. Open top London bus
Passengers hurry to climb aboard an open top London bus, which advertises Twelfth Night at the Imperial Theatre along its side

Inversnaid Hotel, Loch Lomond, Scotland - coaches setting out for Loch Katrine

Buddhist caves, Luang Prabang, Laos
Scene inside the Buddhist caves at Luang Prabang, Pak Ou, Laos

Wat Bayon temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia
View of Wat Bayon Khmer Buddhist temple at Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
The Tiantan Temple (Temple of Heaven), Beijing, Chinas largest temple. Construction began in 1420, with extensive renovations during the 18th and 19th centuries

Buddhas at Yungang Caves, Datong, Shanxi, China
Two Buddha statues of varying size carved from the rock at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Entrance to Yungang Cave in Datong, Shanxi, China
The entrance to Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Cave or Grotto no. 10 in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China, showing details of intricate Buddhist carvings in the rock

Cliff and Yungang Caves in Datong, Shanxi, China
View along the cliff, showing the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Buddhist monastery in Datong, Shanxi, China
View of a Buddhist monastery at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Front view of Yungang Caves in Datong, Shanxi, China
Front view of the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Buddha in Yungang Cave, Datong, Shanxi, China
Visitors viewing the Buddha statue in Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Cave or Grotto no. 18 in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Met Police officer speaking to tourists
A Metropolitan Police officer speaking to a group of young tourists outside Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, Central London

Shantytown near Paroa, South Island, New Zealand
General view of Shantytown, a recreation of a typical 1880s West Coast gold mining town near Paroa, Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand

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