Slope Collection (page 9)

Georgia, Tbilisi - Old Tramway
Tramway in Tsitsishvili (now Baratashvili) Street, Tbilisi, Georgia. Date: circa 1910s

Approaching from the air - Hong Kong - Coming into HK was spectacular and breath-taking. We came in on a level with The Peak, so everything was near ships in the harbour, commercial centre

Climbing Ski Slope 1931
A female skier makes her way up the slope, trudging through knee-deep snow. Date: 1931

Aoi slope, outside Toranomon Gate. Print shows pedestrians, a porter or noodle vendor, and two men carrying lanterns on a walkway near waterfalls and the Aoi slope, beneath a cresent moon. Date 1857

Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill. Date 1903 Dec. 14

Launching track on Big Hill, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1903 Dec. 14

A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill. Date 1902 Oct. 2

Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1902 Oct. 10

Winter scene. Gliding on the snow
Three young girls gliding along on a snow covered slope. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: 1910

Silhouette of a mountain battery in action

Sinaia, Romania - Saint Anna Cliff
Small wooden pavilion on Saint Anna Cliff at Sinaia, Romania. A town and mountain resort named after the Sinaia Monastery, which in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai

Silhouettes of horses and men in wartime. From the top: staff officers on horseback, horses helping to pull heavy guns up a slope, men and horses in a cavalry charge, and on the march

Schafbergbahn - Austrian Mountain Railway
Schafbergbahn Cog-wheel railway up the slopes of the Schafberg in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Date: circa 1910s

Indoor ski school at Piccadilly Circus
Miss Audrey Sale-Barker, the well-known aviatrix, at the opening of the new ski school at the Criterion building, Piccadilly Circus, London. Date: 1931

Toboganning on Mount Royal, Montreal, Canada Date: circa 1910s

Zwingenberg Castle, Zwingenberg, Hesse, Germany
View of Zwingenberg Castle from across the River Neckar, in the town of Zwingenberg, in the state of Hesse, Germany. 2010

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Silhouette, A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss -- silhouette showing three stones rolling down a cliff face by the sea

Queen Charlotte Island - Masset Totem Poles
The Masset Inlet - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. The Totem Poles of the Haida People. Masset was known by the Haida as Uttewas (or White Slope Town)

Artillery team on Macedonian Front, WW1
An artillery team with horse-drawn transport taking a bank on the Macedonian Front, near the Struma River, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Fortified position, Siege of Przemsyl, Galicia, WW1
A fortified position during the Siege of Przemsyl in Galicia (now in Poland) on the eastern front during the First World War. The opposing forces were Russian and Austro-Hungarian. Date: 1914-1915

Skiing in Switzerland
Skiers and a strange statue of a ram on a ski slope in Switzerland. 1960s

Drambuie Dry Ski Slope
Learning to ski on the dry ski slop at Drambuie, Aviemore, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Dry Ski Slope
Learning to ski on the dry ski slop at Drambuie, Aviemore, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Ski Sledge 1930S
A group of skiers on a sledge, about to be towed to the top of the ski slope - this is the easy bit! Date: 1930s

Milton Abbey Turf Steps
This grass slope is probably the most remarkable in England, consisting of 111 green steps, leading up to a Saxon chapel, at Milton Abbas, Dorset. Date: 1950s

Christmas. On a sledge. Artist: Ivy Millicent James. Child on sledge hurtling down an icy slope Date: circa 1910

The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier Summit
The Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Christmas. 2 boys on a sledge. Artist: Anon. 2 boys on sledge hurtling down a steep icy slope Date: circa 1906

Ploughing with a horse team
A team of two heavy horses plough the upslope of an English farmers field, with spectacular rolling countryside disappearing away to a distant horizon. circa 1950s

Fishermen and boats in a harbour
(Fishermen and boats in a harbour, with birds flying overhead. circa 1940s

British tank F4 in action at Wailly, France, WW1
British tank F4 in action, about to descend a slope at Wailly, northern France, during the First World War. Date: October 1917

Tank climbing a steep slope, Lincoln, WW1
A " Mother" tank climbing a steep slope at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War. Date: January 1916

Avalanche victim aided by St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard (2472m), dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

Two children on a sleigh in the snow
Two children on a sleigh, sliding down a snowy slope. circa late 19th century

VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (3 / 3)
Promotional postcard for the VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (8th Swiss Agricultural Exhibition) at Lausanne, Switzerland (3/3) Date: 1910

Swiss Hill Slope
Wild flowers beneath bare boughs on a hillside near Bex, Switzerland. Date: 1903

Ski slope in Obergurl, Austria
View of a ski slope, from below, in Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Distant view of Obergurgl, Austria
Distant view of the village of Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Nursery slopes at Obergurgl, Austria
People skiing on the nursery slopes at Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Cows on the slopes of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps
View of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps. Its altitude is 4166 metres -- fortunately for the cows, they are slightly lower down the slopes. Date: circa 1956

Guardians Board Room, Union Workhouse, Weymouth, Dorset
Exterior view of the Board of Guardians meeting room at the Weymouth Union workhouse, Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset. The workhouse later became Portway Hospital but has now been converted to

St Justinian lifeboat, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
People in the St Justinians lifeboat, near the lifeboat station, on the Pembrokeshire coast, Dyfed, South Wales

Men outside shop, High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Two men standing outside a confectionery and tobacco shop in the High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales look straight at the camera

Two boys on a home-made go-kart
Two boys enjoying a ride on a home-made go-kart in Horley, Surrey. They are travelling at such a speed that the photograph is blurred!

Man and three children on a toboggan in the snow
A man and three children sliding downhill on a toboggan in the snow

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