Sight Collection (page 3)

Helsinki Central railway station, Finland
The Helsinki Central railway station was designed by Eliel Saarinen and inaugurated in 1919. Date: circa 1935

Parliament House, Helsinki, Finland
Parliament House (Eduskuntatalo) is the seat of the Parliament of Finland. Date: circa 1930

Mikael Agricolan Church, Helsinki, Finland
Mikael Agricolan Church in Helsinki, Finland. The Lutheran church is named after Bishop Mikael Agricola, who created the basis for the literary Finnish language. Date: circa 1935

Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Cathedral is a Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral and a part of the Empire era centre of Helsinki. It is a neoclassical church, designed by architect, Carl Ludvig Engel, and planner

Panorama of the east Hudson riverfont and docks, New York
Panorama, showing the East River riverfront and docks of New York 1911

Panorama of the west Hudson riverfont and docks, New York
Panorama, shows the west Hudson riverfront and docks of New York. 1900

Madison Square in New York City, USA
Madison Square and Madison Square Garden, 1905 in New York City. Date: circa 1905

New York Skyline from Brooklyn, USA. Date: circa 1905

Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Egypt
Columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Egypt. The hall is part of the Precinct of Amun-Re, the largest of the four main temple areas at the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor (ancient Thebes)

Ruins of House of Naaman in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1916

Tobit recovers his sight - Tobit 11. circa 1690

Norway - Briksdalsbreen Glacier Date: circa 1910s

The Matchmaker - eyeing up another match with a client
The Matchmaker - A stern woman in classic late Victorian garb suggesting a suitable match (passing in the back of a motor car) to her young male client... Date: 1912

Italian Lakes - Madonna del Sasso - White gravestones leading to church on top of hill. Part of Box 184 Boswell Collection - Italian Lakes

X-Ray - Sight - muscles of eye and Lachmymal apparatus. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

Fantastic Adventures - Invasion of the Planet Men
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1949, featuring the story Invasion of the Planet Men by Berkeley Livingston. A couple is surprised by a view bizarre looking green complected men coming out

Boat Trip around Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isle of Scilly
People on a boat trip to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

City Building Site
Many workers on a construction site in the City of London within sight of St Pauls Cathedral Date: 19th century

Mary Benton (120)
MARY BENTON Countrywoman of Kiverston, Durham, England : at age 119 she fed her chickens, enjoyed good hearing and sight, and never consulted a doctor. Date: 1731 - 1851

Leonard Euler / Chapman
LEONHARD EULER Swiss mathematician: he lost the sight of one eye in 1735 and of the other in 1766 but continued working Date: 1707-1783

Soldier Recovers Sight
Edward Gleeson, ex-soldier, partially regains his sight thanks to the miraculous image of the Virgin Mary at Templemore, county Tipperary, Ireland Date: 1920

Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn, WW1
Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn. The Saturnians contemplate Earth from their rings, and find the sight of war discouraging. Date: 1918

Children / Railings 1870
Seven children of varying sizes look through some railings at an interesting sight... Date: circa 1870?

Mongolian horsemen
The Mongol without his pony is only half a Mongol, but with his pony he is as good as two men. It is a fine sight to see him tearing over the plain, loose bridle, easy seat

American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Co, USA
Advertising leaflet, American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Co, USA. offering trips in New York, Washington and Philadelphia

Sir Arthur Pearson on St. Dunstans Day, Trafalgar Square
Sir Arthur Pearson (1866-1921), English newspaper and magazine publisher, seen at his wifes stall in Trafalgar Square on St. Dunstans Day. Sir Arthur founded St

Women gunnery opticians, Illustrated War News, WW1
Women gunnery " opticians". Learning gun-sight lens making at Northampton Institute during the First World War. Date: 1917

The Gift of Sight & Braille as only recreation of the blind
A picture drawn specially for The Sketch by Frank Reynolds, highlighting an appeal in 1914 to raise 30, 000 to complete the buildings at the Royal Institute for the Blind in Great Portland Street

Women selling flowers in Regent Street, London - once a familiar sight, this picture shows clean streets and a haycart in what is nowadays a very different scene. Date: 1902

ZUCCHI, Paolo (16th c. ). Sight of Villa Medici
ZUCCHI, Paolo (16th c.). Sight of Villa Medici. 1576-1577. ITALY. Rome. Villa Medici. Mannerism art. Fresco

SPAIN. Bilbao. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Exterior sight. Architecture

Switzerland - Berne. The Clock Tower
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Clock Tower at Berne. One of the most famous sight is the Zytglogge (Bernese German for Time Bell ), an elaborate medieval clock tower with moving puppets

Dollonds military spectacles advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for military spectacles, with specially constructed frames with large round eyes to give the best possible field of vision. Date: 1918

A new type of German machine gun, World War One
A new type of German machine gun from the months preceding the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. It has a telescopic sight. Date: 1914

Sperry automatic computing gun sight by G. H. Davis
A mechanical brain: the Sperry automatic computing gun sight, in use during the Second World War. An invention which enabled US bombers to target a large number of enemy fighters. Date: 1944

Sperry bomb sight in action by G. H. Davis
Precision bombing: the Sperry bomb sight in action during a raid, Second World War. The flight of bombs is controlled by a mechanism guided by a skilled bombardier. Date: 1944

Crews for British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Seeing in the dark: stringent eyesight tests precede the selection of crews for British night fighters during the Second World War. The men selected have highly developed vision. Date: 1944

Escort carrier Archer by G. H. Davis
How the escort carrier Archer made her kill in the gap during the Second World War. The aircraft of the Archer, escorting an Atlantic convoy, sight and sink a German U-boat. Date: 1943

Lifeboatmen, c1870
Three lifeboatmen scan the horizon for seafarers in peril. Date: c.1870

Cleopatras Needle in silhouette
Cleopatras Needle situated on the Victoria Embankment, London, watched over by the sphinx. The artist describes it rather poignantly as That Sad Stone. Date: 1926

One-eyed man roasting chestnuts at market
One-eyed pipe-smoking man roasting chestnuts at a street market with car passing behind him. Date: 1930s

YEW TREE BIRD
With its giant tail arched high across the road, this giant bird is really a remarkable trimmed yew tree, a familiar sight in North Cadbury, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Italy - Laboratorio di precisione, Roma - Precision Optics
Italy - Laboratorio di Precisione, Roma - Precision Optics made in Rome - produced optical instruments used in WW1 - suppliers to the Royal family in Italy Date: circa 1906

The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover - A British Naval Officer enjoying the delights of Japan behind a paper umbrella. Date: 1906

Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier - RNIB postcard
Memories - WW1 Blinded soldier looking back on his past life and the activities he is unable to continue to pursue due to his lost sight - Fund-raising postcard for the Home Teaching Branch of

John A Collins - Lancashire Industrialist and Inventor
John A Collins - Lancashire Engineer, Industrialist and Inventor. Produced bicycle bags (Cykewear Limited) with a distinctive red dot in the centre

Souvenir of Scarborough - Elderly Widow - looking through her Lorgnette spectacles to little a-veil... Date: circa 1890s

The Great Headless Radical Party Elephant
The Great Headless Radical Party - The sort of thing no fellow can understand!. Joseph Chamberlain mocking the ruling government, labelled the Radical Party )

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping