South Collection (page 95)

Hawera, New Zealand
High Street, Hawera, New Zealand - South Taranaki Coast, on North Island

DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma - circa 1945. The DUKW (popularly pronounced " duck" ) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors

Firing mortars over pagodas at Meiktila, Burma
Firing mortar shells over the historic pagodas at Meiktila, Burma - 28th February 1945

RMS Olympic invitation, restaurant card
An invitation, bearing the name of Mr George F Morrell of The Graphic, for a Channel trip on the White Star Line cruise ship, the RMS Olympic

Fijian Man with war club
A Fijian Man with war club resting on his shoulder. He wears a spectacluar neckace of carved bones and wears his hair brushed upwards in a wild and alarming fan-shape

South Africa - Transvaal - Chinese Coolies in a Compound

Captain Scott returning from a shopping expedition in Norway
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), the famous Polar explorer, returning from Norway on the Wilson liner, Aaro, where he was purchasing sledges

Two Zulu Women, Southern Africa

Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947
A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in

Junkers Ju-87 crashed in Britain; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing a crashed German Junkers Ju-87 dive-bomber, also known as a Stuka, somewhere in South East England during the summer of 1940

Harold Macmillans Speech to the South African Parliament, 1
Photograph of Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) (standing at top) delivering a speech to the South African Parliament, 3rd February 1960

Chinese Coolies leaving South Africa, 1907
Photograph showing Chinese boys and an old Chinese man in traditional dress with long jacket, cap and pigtail, in the process of emigrating from South Africa, 1907

The New Holland Ferry, on the Humber, April 1848
Engraving of the New Holland Ferry, on the Humber River, belonging the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, from the Illustrated London News, 15th April 1848

Great Trek / S. Africa
To escape British rule, Boer families emigrate northwards en masse to the Transvaal and beyond, fighting the Zulus (shown here) and others on their way

The Sterling Companys Womens Football Team, 1917
Photograph of the Sterling Companys Womens Football Team, November 1917. The photograph was taken prior to a match against Harrods Womens Football Team, played at Barnes, South London

Robert Falcon Scott and Peter Markham Scott, c. 1909
Photograph of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval commander and explorer, and his son, Peter Markham Scott, taken in late 1909 or early 1910

Philip Gidley King
PHILIP GIDLEY KING First governor of Norfolk Island, third governor of New South Wales, Australia

Lady Richmond Brown and Baron Mitchell Hedges on the steps of a prehistoric ruin in the jungle south of Panama

Kaffir Kraal
A Kaffir kraal : the term Kaffir is used somewhat indiscriminately of South African natives, but these are probably Bantu-speaking people of Cape Province

SCOTTISH BURRY MAN
The Burry Man of South Queensferry, beneath the Forth Bridge. King Malcolm III of Scotland made his escape from the English armies in a similar disguise

Queen Mother 1947
ROYAL TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA AND RHODESIA: Queen Elizabeth attends the Civic Ball, City Hall, Durban. She makes her entrance on the arm of the Mayor, Rupert Ellie Brown

Cross at Monasterboice
The South Cross (High Cross), also known as Muiredachs Cross at Monasterboice, County Louth - north of Drogheda

Shackleton / Board Game
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. A popular board game To the pole with Shackleton

Durham / Cathedral Nave
Durham: cathedral nave and south transept

Racial /s Africa / Hottento
Female Hottentot of South Africa

Racial / Ecuador / Quito Man
Indian man from Quito, carrying a heavy pot

Vampire Bats / Darwin
A vampire bat (desmodus d orbignyi) caught at the back of Darwins house in Chile, South America

Paul Kruger
STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (PAUL) KRUGER, last President of the South African Republic and generlly regarded as the greatest figure Afrikanerdom produced

African Green Parrot
AFRICAN GREEN PARROT (Psittacus species) There are several species of green parrot living south of the Sahara : this is one or other of them

African Circumcision
Circumcision is a crucial rite of passage in most African societies, the occasion for solemn ceremonies such as this tribal procession in south or west Africa

DINGO
Described here as Native Dog of New South Wales

Puma (Lydeker)
(felis concolar) also known as the COUGAR, and even as the PANTHER or MOUNTAIN LION. Resident in South America

Battle of Maipo 1818
Independence war against Spain : The Battle of Maipo

Montevideo Stormed 1807
The storming of Montevideo by the troops under the command of General Sir Samuel Auchmuty

Map /s America / Brazil 16C
Map of Brazil

Woman reading a book in her bedroom
A woman sits on a chair beside her bed reading a book by lamplight

Captain Arthur Phillip raising the English flag at Sydney, Australia, marking the foundation of New South Wales of which he becomes the first Governor

Passiflora -- Passion Flower -- brought from Peru/Brazil to Europe in 1699

View of Quito, Ecuador, South America
A view of Quito, capital city of Ecuador, South America, with a bridge over a river in the foreground

Diagram of a Whirlpool
The form of the whirlpool at the south-east of Sumbo, Sunderoe Island, Faeroe Isles, aka Monck Rock whirlpool, with the soundings

Blowing up old radar station, Beachy Head, Sussex
Blowing up an old radar station at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1950 an underground Air Ministry Radio Station was constructed on the cliff top at Beachy Head

National Library, Valparaiso, Chile, South America
National Library building, Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1912

Harbour at Valparaiso, Chile, South America
View of the harbour at Valparaiso, Chile, South America, seen from Larrain Hill. Date: circa 1905

General aerial view of Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1930

Buildings in Valparaiso, Chile, South America, including a billiard hall and a warehouse. Date: circa 1910

Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina, South America
Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, Patagonia, Argentina, South America. View from the crows nest of a ship alongside the jetty. Date: circa 1910s

Dinner for Dr Benito de Miguel, Argentina, South America
Some of the guests at a special dinner in honour of Dr Benito Feliciano de Miguel (1882-1966), doctor and conservative politician, in Junin, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, South America

Dr Benito de Miguel and others, Argentina, South America
Dr Benito Feliciano de Miguel (1882-1966), doctor and conservative politician, with others in Argentina, South America. At the time he was Mayor of Junin, in Buenos Aires province

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