Source Collection

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Photograph of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, linguist and diplomat. A master of up to 30 languages, Burton made a pilgrimage to Mecca disguised as a Pathan in 1853

Suffragette Militant Arrested Mary Phillips. A woman, flanked by two policemen, with mounted officer in front, is led down a London Street

Lady Wearing a Spencer
One woman wears a fur-lined spencer the other a pelisse. Fashions of around 1805 according to a later source

COSTUME FOR 1815-1820
French & German dress 1815-20 according to a later source: cut-away coat & white trousers, pelisse with mancherons & dresses with profusely trimmed hemlines

Morocco - Moulay Yacoub, close to Fez
A Sulphur water Spring. Moulay Yacoub, close to Fez, Morocco

Dragons of Snowdon
Two dragons, sleeping beneath Snowdon, prevent the 5th century ruler Vortigern from building a castle at the source of the Conway River, near Snowdon

Cinchona Officinalis
Peruvian Bark, or Jesuits Bark Source of Quinine

Abano Terme, Italy - Imposing entrace to the Ancient Springs
Abano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei

Vichy - Source Lucas spring at the spa
Vichy, France - Source Lucas spring water at the spa. Water Temperature recorded at 28 degrees. One of the many different sources in the Grande Palais des Sources at Vichy

River Wye near its source, Plynlimon, Mid Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Source Chomel at Vichy, 1920s
Source Chomel at Vichy, one of the most popular of the health spa resorts in France, 1920s Date: 1920s

Source de la Grande Grille at Vichy, 1920s
Source de la Grande Grille at Vichy, one of the most popular of the health spa resorts in France, 1920s Date: 1920s

American Helicopter XA-5 Top Sergeant
The American Helicopter XA-5 Top Sergeant having one of its AJ 8.75in rotor-tip mounted pulse-jet engines started, using an external compressed air source. Date: 1949

HMS Stalker, a Mk. III LST
HMS Stalker, a Mark III LST (Landing Ship, Tank), previously known as LST 3515, seen at the Pounds of Portsmouth scrapyard circa 2006

On The Seine
An illustration of a line of fisherman along a bank of the River Seine, in France, with an arched bridge in the background

Interior of Queen Anne's Bath, a natural springs between Holborn and Long Acre, London, 1845. Being a source of fresh water it was known for its medicinal properties from at least the time of

REINDEER HIDE
While it lives, the reindeer is a means of transport and source of milk : when it dies, its hide is put to good use in clothing. Date: 19th century

OLIVE MACLEOD IN AFRICA
When her fiance dies exploring Central Africa, she travels there, lays flowers on his grave, then she too explores, discovers the source of the Mao-Kabi river Date: 1911-1912

de Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver 164525
United States Navy - de Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver 164525 (msn 492-1275, ex USAF 52-6113, ex N4755T), of the Naval Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland

Source of the Barada River at Baalbek, Baalbec, Lebanon
Vintage 19th century photograph: source of the Barada River at Baalbek, Baalbec, Lebanon

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Here is the News
The Caption is Here is the News, and this is yours truly reading it. With radio being the most direct source of News, the broadcasts were avidly listened to

Mrs Thrales house
View of Mrs Thrales house in Streatham. Hester Lynch Thrale (1740/41-1821) was a Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts

Electric Lighting in Library of William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the Library of the residence (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Electric Lighting in Home of Industrialist William Armstrong
Electric Lighting in the rsidece (Cragside) of Industrialist William Armstrong (Swan Lighting). 1881

Scenes from Abyssinia, 1820
Governor of Abyssinia in breastplate with turban and upright ornament 67, eating raw flesh cut from a live cow 68, and the bridge over the cataract of Alala on the River Nile 68

Soya beans - a hint for hungry Europe 1921
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the possibilities of the soya bean as the solution to the cost of living in Europe

Method of sealing an ancient letter - Paston correspondence
Method of sealing an ancient letter, an item from the correspondence of the Paston family in the time of Henry VI and Richard III (15th century). Date: 15th century

Ancient items from the Treasury of Great Britain
Ancient items from the Treasury of the Exchequer of Great Britain, following an inventory conducted by Sir Francis Palgrave, archivist and historian - a medieval leather pouch. Date: 1840s

Source of the River Duddon, Lake District
Source of the River Duddon, at the Pike of Blisco, Cumbria. The river, which flows south-westwards through the Lake District, inspired Wordsworth to write several poems

Enontekis at source of the Muonio River, Finland
Enontekis (Enontekio) at the source of the Muonio River, Finland, showing the Ministers House, the Church, and the Warehouses of the Lapps and Merchants of Tornea. 1819

Costumes of Europe, Soleure, Switzerland
Costumes of Europe - Soleure, Switzerland. 19th century

Costumes of Europe, Lady of Rome
Costumes of Europe - Lady of Rome. 19th century

Largo do Chafariz and Cathedral, Funchal, Madeira
Largo do Chafariz (Fountain Street) and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (dating back to the 16th century), Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1904

Water source in Pollensa, Majorca, Spain
Water source in a street in the town of Pollensa (Pollenca), Majorca, Spain. Date: 1920s

Piazza Cavour, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy, showing the Cisterna (water source) in the foreground. Date: circa 1904

Harold swears fealty to Duke William
Allegedly after being shipwrecked on the French coast in 1064 (a date highly disputed amongst historians), The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources

Chadwell Spring, near Ware, Hertfordshire, England, one of the sources of the New River. Opened in 1608, sourced from an underground river, some 629 feet below ground level. Date: 1930s

The Wishing Well, Upwey, Dorset
1906

Orange Girl
London characters: an ORANGE GIRL offers her wares to passers-by in the street, a valuable source of vitamin C if they only knew it. Date: circa 1870

SILVER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
A paddle steamer at Silver Springs, where 150 springs form the source of the Silver River Date: circa 1860

MAPS, ASIA, INDIA 1719
Crude map of northern India, previous to any extensive colonisation, including parts of Pakistan & Bangladesh & the sources of two great rivers the Ganges & Indus

Source of River Thames
The source of the River Thames in a field near Thames Head, Oxfordshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Borjomi - hydrothermal health spa resort - Georgia
Borjomi - a hydrothermal health spa resort in the southern region of Samskhe-Javakheti in Georgia with an international reputation for its geothermal spring mineral water resources

Source of the Sauveniere spring at Spa, Belgium. Date: circa 1906

Abano Terme, Italy - The Roma Hydro (" Thermal Establishment" ). Abano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy

Early Christian art. Spain. Sarcophagus decorated with scenes from the Old and New Testaments. From right to left: Sacrifice of Isaac, Jesus speaks to Zacchaeus climbed on the fig tree

WW2 Poster -- Dysentery and Diarrhoea
Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Colour lithograph information poster, after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper. The poster poses questions relating to the dangers and causes of disease, and provides helpful hints

Dr. David Livingstone attacked by a lion, 1843
Engraving showing David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary and explorer, being attacked by a lion in the Mabotsa Valley, Africa, 1843

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