Space Collection (#11)

Teddies in Space and Climbing

Red Patch on Jupiter
A mysterious red patch on Jupiters surface which some astronomers think might be the first stage of the creation of a new Moon for the planet Date: 1921

Meteor Fall Hungary 1866
A meteor fall at Knyahinya, Hungary Date: 9 June 1866

Meteor October 1868
The great meteor seen over Britain Date: 7 October 1868

LCC-MFB Perry Vale fire station, SE London
Built by the London County Council, Perry Vale fire station was located at 199 Perry Vale SE23

GLC-LFB Breathing Apparatus Coach (BAC)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

The Great Aerial Navigator, or Atmospheric Machine! An article with a detailed diagram showing an aerial machine claimed to be capable of transportation to India and China in the space of five days

The universal favorite. Date c1889 Jun. 15

London Sea Scouts in semaphore display
London Sea Scouts in a semaphore signalling display at Hyde Park. They are signalling the letter C, meaning Ready. 1947

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for William IV coronation
The first occasion on which a temporary annexe to Westminster Abbey was built, for the Coronation of King William IV in 1830

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for George V coronation
Photograph showing the temporary annexe constructed to provide extra space for the coronation procession of King George V. The structure was gothic in style with a porte-cochere. Date: 1937

Living room interior
A brightly dressed living room interior with red and green armchairs, two patterned rugs and framed modern art adorning the walls. 1937

Annexe built on Westminster Abbey for George VI coronation
The large annexe built onto Westminster Abbey in order to provide extra space for marshalling the coronation procession of King George VI

Marshall Field
The worlds largest department store occupies an entire block in central Chicago - 45 acres (18+ hectares) of floor space, employing about 10000 staff. Date: 1916

Dog and Blank - 3
A bloodhound invites you to write your own message on this greeting card. late 19th century

Antarctic Sunset
in the Antarctic autumn. Date: circa 1907

French and American soldiers at a military funeral, WW1
French and American soldiers taking part in a military funeral in a town in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Dog and Blank - 1
A labrador (?) invites you to write your own message on this greeting card. Date: late 19th century

Dog and Blank - 2
A terrier invites you to write your own message on this greeting card. Date: late 19th century

Art Institute Chicago
Attracting one million visitors each year, this is Americas most popular museum until they build Washingtons Air & Space museum. Date: 1916

Antarctic Moon
Full Moon in the Antarctic, as seen by Shackletons expedition. Date: circa 1907

Shiny Mini Dress
A black model in a shiny Space Age mini dress - very Star Trek ! Date: 1967

Abington Park Gateway
The old gateway pillars of Abington Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, now a municipal open space. Date: 1960s

Coastal Sunset
Sunset over the sea, off the coast at Minehead, Somerset, England. Date: 1930s

Small Cottage Garden
Even a small cottage garden. although limited in regard to space, can be made extremely picturesque. This example is in suburban London. Date: 1930s

September Sunset
A September sunset over Teignmouth, Devon, England, looking westwards up the River Teign, from the Old Quay, with Shaldon Bridge in the distance. Date: 1950s

Llanaber Sunset
A lovely sunset over Llanaber, Merionethshire, Wales. Date: 1930s

Scene in market place, Moorslede, Flanders, WW1
Scene in the market place of Moorslede, West Flanders, Belgium, during a defensive battle, First World War. Date: July-September 1917

Captured British Whippet tank on Western Front, WW1
An American photograph of a captured British Whippet tank used by the Germans during the First World War, with a German marking painted on the side

Launch of Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn
Launch of an Atlas Rocket bearing the Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn, blasting off from Cape Kennedy

Javanese Sunset
A lovely sunset off the coat of Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Fields and Housing
A spacious field with a cow lying in the foreground and a housing development in the background. Date: circa 1960

THE RADIUM MASTER (Jim Vanny) Earth explorers on Urania are prisoners of a robot controlled by the masked Emperor Date: 1930

Rehabilitating Earth
EARTH REHABILITATORS CONSOLIDATED (Henry J Kostkos) Earth descendants on Saturn plan to restore abandoned Earth to its former glory Date: 1935

Zagribud Meets Earthling
Zagribud (John Russell Fearn) Rath Granod, Master of Zagribud, confronts the earthlings. Date: 1938

Atom Smasher, Astounding Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
The Atom Smasher. Travelling through space and time. Date: May 1930

COMET OF 1910
The populace of Tientsin, China, attempt to frighten away a comet by making hostile gestures and noises Date: 1910

Moon of Arcturus
MOON OF ARCTURUS (Richard Tooker) The Terran rescue team practise for their mission to retrieve a girl marooned on a satellite of Arcturus Date: 1935

A Giant Amoeba
CAPTAIN BRINK OF THE SPACE MARINES (Bob Olsen) The Space Marines face the threat of giant amoebas on Titan - highly intelligent amoebas they are, moreover. Date: 1932

Parallels of Latitude
Parallels of latitude, including the Equator Date: circa 1690

Space Marines & Slavers
THE SPACE MARINES AND THE SLAVERS (Bob Olsen) Captain Brink watches on his teleview slaver Zureks last stand, vainly wielding his electrolysis guns. Date: 1936

The 35th Millennium
THE 35TH MILLENNIUM (Arthur G Stangland) War in space : the merciless Kulons (bad) seek to destroy the last of the Futurans (good). Date: 1931

Argument against Chunnel
An argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882

GOD-BRAIN
AVENGERS OF SPACE (Henry Kuttner) The captive travellers from Earth are dragged before the God-Brain of Kathor. Date: 1938

Micro-Men Invasion 1946
Invasion of the Micro-Men (Richard Shaver) Date: 1946

Schiaparellis map of the planet Mars
A map of the surface of the planet Mars by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli. Date: 1881/2

IN THE SPACESPHERE (Charles Cloukey) The Earthman hi-jacks the spaceship, using his useful slug-gun Date: 1931

Lunar Landscape
The crater Plato : overhead is the Earth, somewhat larger than it would actually appear. Date: 1890s

FLIGHT OF THE MERCURY
THE FLIGHT OF THE MERCURY (Charles R Tanner) The space travellers from Earth make their escape from Mars in their ether-propelled spacecraft Date: 1930

Return of the Tripeds
THE RETURN OF THE TRIPEDS (Neil R Jones) The Professor (as a metal man) fights the flying beings until his rescue ship arrives. Date: 1932

BEAM TRANSMISSION (George H Scheer, junior) Earthmen encounter bizarre (by our standards) aliens, on an unknown world Date: 1934

SKYLARK THREE (Dr Edward E Smith) The spaceship from Earth slices through the hostile craft from the planet Fenechrone Date: 1930

DIMENSIONAL FATE (A L Burkholder) Earthmen explore the Fouth Dimension Date: 1934

Death in Stratosphere
DEATH IN THE STRATOSPHERE (Henry J Kostkos) Explorers encounter alarming wildlife up there : the heroine, dressed for golf, defends her spacecraft Date: 1937

A BABY ON NEPTUNE (Harris and Breuer) Safe (they trust !) inside their pressurised capsule, visitors from Earth arouse the curiosity of Neptunes fauna Date: 1929

50TH CENTURY REVOLT (Arthur C Stangland) The Venusian solar power plant is destroyed by Terrestrials wearing appalaron self- propelling space-suits Date: 1932

Beyond the Planetoids
BEYOND THE PLANETOIDS (Edwin K Sloat) As the two pirate ships collide, the escaped prisoners - fortunately wearing space suits - hurtle into the void Date: 1932

Alien Spacecraft 1936
UNCERTAINTY (John W Campbell Junior) An alien space-ship heads towards Earth Date: 1936

Brooklyn motor show
[Auto Show.]. Auto Show composed of automobiles of Brooklyn dealers in a large exhibition space

Lawson Aircraft Co. Part of Airplane. Factory space with wooden airplane structure under construction

Miner cutting coal in a narrow seam, South Wales
A miner undercutting or holing the coal in a narrow seam, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales. A solitary candle provides him with light

Salvation Army elevator dormitory
A dormitory in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working there

Young people in Pyongyang, North Korea
Young people in formation in Kim Il Sung Square, in front of the Korean Central History Museum, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. They are practising for a mass show to take place in a sports stadium

Post war housing / W H Robinson
Post War Town planning. A neat post war villa built on the cantilever principle

Folding car / W H Robinson
The Collapso folding car, to house your car overnight in the oddest of places such as sheds and wardrobes

Darth Vader in Cornwall
Darth Vader turns up in Cornwall and chats with a group of puzzled looking boys. Perhaps his spaceship took a wrong turning and he is having to ask the way

Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia
External view of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. It was built in the first century AD and is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia

Interior view of Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia
Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. It was built in the first century AD and is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia

Letterbox at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor
Two women stand in front of the letterbox at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon

Daily Mirror Advertising space advertisement - Hatter
An advertisement from the Daily Mirror looking for companies to advertise in the newspaper, using the argument that more skilled workers than ever are readers of the paper. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Parapet, Baku, Azerbaijan

Newgate Prison
Old Newgate prison shortly before its demolition to make space for the Old Bailey

Planet Saturn
Saturns rings observed from the surface of the planet

Lunar surface sketched by Galileo
A sketch of the lunar surface made by Galileo and originally published in his book Siderius Nuncius in 1610

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

EASTBOURNE
Eastbourne, Sussex, is already a popular watering place - beach huts compete for space with fishing boats

Success: Or the Ever Diminishing Dancefloor by Leslie Butler
Humorous illustration by Leslie Butler showing an unfeasibly crowded, popular restaurant, with tables crowded together and waiters struggling to reach customers between the very few gaps

A Fountain - Constantinople
At the Fountain (well) - Constantinople

A casual worker shovelling stones from his cell
This intriguing image entitled, The sieve in the wall: in the casual ward, shows a casual

Illustration showing the Eclipse of the Moon, 1932
Illustration showing the passage of the moon through the cone of the Earths shadow (invisible in space, but represented diagrammatically here) on 14th September 1932

Field-Marshal Montgomerys Headquarters, Luneburg Heath, Sec
Illustration of Field-Marshal Montgomerys tactical Headquarters on Luneburg Heath, Germany, during the last days of the Second World War in Europe

Sailing Dinghy and some Hulks, Britain, c. 1877
Illustration showing three people in a small sailing dinghy crossing the bows of an old hulk, Britain, c.1877

EARTHs INTERIOR, 1735
English geologist John Woodwards conception of the composition of the globe, with molten lava surrounded by a thick crust

The North End of the Old Blackfriars Bridge, London, c. 1900
Photograph showing the road junction at the North end of the Old Blackfriars Bridge, London, c.1900. This was replaced by a new bridge in 1909

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