Space Collection (#8)

Quex Park VAD patients & staff in hall of house
VAD hospital patients and staff in the hall of Quex House in March 1915. The hall was used as a recreation space for the patients

Comet of 1811 Rhine
A comet seen over the Rhine in Germany in 1811. Date: 1811

Comet of 1857 Paris
A comet is seen over Paris: in fact the " Comet of 1857" was a hoax. Date: 1857

Lunar Eclipses
Total and partial eclipses of the Moon. Date: 1877

Lunar Landscape in Sun
A lunar landscape in full sunlight : the Earth in the distance. Date: circa 1890

Midnight Sun, Sweden
The suns rays are reflected from the waters of Lake Torne Trask, seen from Aleisko, Sweden. Date: 1927

Space Ship of 1933
A giant rocket-ship of days to come... Date: 1933

PHANTOM FROM SPACE From what incredible world did he come, this stranger from the void, with his unimaginable desires, his fearful menace ? Date: 1953

TO MARS VIA THE MOON (Mark Wicks) Date: 1911

Italy / Pisa Duomo 1896
Pisa: the Razza del Duomo (open space near the Cathedral) Date: 1896

SPACE FEAR ! Date: 1951

Lunar Phenomenon 1893
Light phenomena in the Polar night : moon-ring with vertical axis through the Moon Date: 22 November 1893

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 3
Moonlight phenomena at the beginning of the Polar Night : vertical axes pass through the Moon and two mock moons, luminous patches show where they intersect the horizon Date: November 1893

COMETS OF 1577 1680 1769
THREE EARLY COMET OBSERVATIONS - 1577, after Cornelius Gemma - 1680, after Sturm - 1769, after Messier Date: 1577, 1680, 1769

Comet of Coggia, 1874
THE COMET OF COGGIA observed from the Pont-Neuf, Paris, France Date: 1874

Ufos / Books / Mexico
F Aniceto Lugo LOS VISITANTES DEL ESPACIO Popular Mexican survey of the UFO phenomenon, proposing that visitors from space are responsible for the sightings Date: 1978

Ufo Review Issue 19
NOSTRADAMUS OUTER SPACE CONNECTION Date: 1984

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

Earth in Gaseous State
The Earth circulating in space in a gaseous state

Polar Currents
Kirchers sketch of the ocean currents swirling round the North Pole Date: 1665

War in Space ?
Will the Germans carry the war into space ? Date: 1918

The Man in the Moone
C17 space traveller Domingo Gonsales, who has trained wild swans to tow a burden through the air, is carried by them to the Moon, where they are accustomed to hibernate. Date: 1638

Comet of 1811 / Anon
A comet seen in 1811 somewhere over England, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester on October 15th. Date: 1811

Comet of 1811 / Mag. Pitt
A comet seen in 1811, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester on October 15th. Date: 1811

Eclipse / Aswan Dam 1901
Photographed above the Aswan dam on the Nile, Egypt Date: 11 November 1901

Alien Spacecraft
With monstrous aerial machines the inhabitants of other planets will reach our Earth and make it one of their colonies - an alien spacecraft attacks Earth Date: 1933

Leys Ion Space Drive
Willy Leys Ion Space Drive project Date: 1958

Silent Partner / Sci-Fi
Silent Partner (Story bys A Lombino) Date: 1952

Spaceship over Moon
FANTASIA LUNAR - a huge spacecraft from Earth flies over the Moons rocky surface. Date: 1929

Bombing the Aliens
The Impossible World [Eando Binder] The spaceships from Earth drop their bombs on the cities of the aliens Date: 1939

To the Moon City
The Moon Pirates [Neil R Jones] A spaceship from Earth arrives on Mars, through the transparent domes which house the cities Date: 1934

Lion of Nemea /
The LION OF NEMEA, which, according to ancient legend, fell to the Peloponnese (Greece) from the MOON

Spaceship & Creatures
DRAGONS OF SPACE [Aladra Septama] A spaceship from Earth encounters deadly jellyfish- like creatures Date: 1930

Cownapping Aliens
DRAGONS OF SPACE [Aladra Septama] Jellyfish-like aliens abduct cattle from Earth Date: 1930

Verne: Illustration from Round the Moon(Autour de la Lune)
Autour de la Lune ( Round the Moon ). The space-travellers enjoy the pleasures of being gravity free! Date: 1870

A Trip to Mars - 4
A TRIP TO MARS (Fenton Ash) Winging a winged Martian. Date: 1909

Gold mining on the moon
The Moon will surely be rich in valuable minerals: a gold mine there could be a profitable investment. Date: 1895

Low Gravity on Moon
When Man finally lands on the Moon, he will discover the pleasures of comparative weightlessness Date: 1928

Morehouses Comet
MOREHOUSEs COMET photographed from Greenwich Date: 1908

Comet Pons-Winnecke 1921
The PONS-WINNECKE COMET, which some feared might hit Earth, passes by harmlessly Date: 1921

Hole in the Earth 1912
Prof Flammarion proposes to bore a hole eight kilometres into the Earth in order to study the composition of the inside of the planet Date: 1912

Miethes Flying Disk, flown at Prague
Miethes Flying Disk, 20m in diameter, successfully flown at Prague by Schriever and Habermohl on 4 February 1945, ad taken over by the Russians after World War Two. Date: 1945

Meteorite discovered at Bacubirito, Mexico
A meteorite discovered at Bacubirito, Mexico, in 1871. Its estimated weight is 22 tonnes, and it is made of iron. Date: 1871

Early model of a Remington typewriter
An early model of a Remington typewriter, sitting on a table. Date: 1877

Martians watching scenes of life on Earth
A group of Martians watching scenes of life on Earth through special viewfinders. Date: 1906

Annihilator rocket leaving for Mars
The Annihilator rocket leaves Earth for Mars Date: 1910

Elgin Cathedral Nave, looking East, Moray, Scotland. Date: circa 1930s

Letters from the Planets
Venusian space travellers, who have landed on one of Jupiters moons, walk from night into day Date: 1892

Meteorite India 1857
Quenngouch, India : (spelling uncertain) spectacular meteorite explodes over the town in fine weather. Date: 26-27 December 1857

Entrance hall, Town Hall, Liege, Belgium, dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1910

Parisians panic at the sight of a comet, thinking that it presages the end of the world. Date: 1819

Two faces of the planet Mars
The two faces of the planet Mars, seen against a night sky with stars. Date: 1927

Meteorite strike in India
Spectacular meteorite which exploded over the town of Queennggouch in India in fine weather Date: 26-27 December 1857

Bolide meteorite observed by Padre Secchi
Bolide observed by padre Secchi, Italian astronomer, who stated that the body was brighter than Venus and the two tails changed colour in the course of combustion. Date: 14 November 1868

Bolide meteorite with lance-like antenna
Bolide with lance-like antenna which exploded like a sunburst, the largest fragment ontinuing on its original trajectory Date: 11 November 1869

Quadruple bolide meteorites
Quadruple bolide recorded by the astronomer Tacchini at the Rome observatory Date: 27 July 1874

Meteorite burning up in the atmosphere
A meteorite burns up as it enters Earths atmosphere, exploding in a shower of glowing debris Date: 1954

The Heavens
The Christian concept of the heavens Date: medieval

Lunar Landscape 1911
The surface of the Moon as imagined in 1911, with a volcanic crater, a rocky plain and mountains. Date: 1911

Ptolemaeus system Date: 2nd century AD

Porte de Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
Porte de Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek), Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910

Liars License Card, from The Ancient, Reckless & Independent Order of Prevaricators, entitling the recipient to lie for a whole year, to be signed by U. R. A. Nother, Secretary of State

Jan van Eyck Square, Bruges, Belgium, with a statue of the famous artist. Date: circa 1900

Gare du Nord railway station, Brussels, Belgium
Street scene in Brussels, Belgium, with people, traffic, an advertising kiosk, and the Gare du Nord railway station. Date: circa 1900

Group on rear verandah, Quex Park
Group of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer

Smiling girl with her pony in a field, May 1934. Date: 1934

City Hall, Burg Square, Bruges, Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1880s

Provincial Court building, Market Place, Bruges, Belgium, before the addition of a left wing. circa 1880s

Market Square, Bruges, Belgium, with a statue in the middle. circa 1880s

Street scene in Laurent Plaats, Ghent, Belgium, with pedestrians and buildings, including Nagel Esders, mens and childrens tailors. Date: circa 1880s

Street scene in Brussels, Belgium, with people, horse-drawn carriages, and various buildings (left to right): Hotel Cosmopolite, Hotel Royal Nord, Grand Hotel St Jean, Gare du Nord railway station

Christmas greetings card with holly
Christmas greetings card (blank) with holly in the top left corner. Date: 20th century

Nurses & Patients, Front Verandah, Quex Park. The Verandah, which was outside A Ward, offered a sheltered, south-facing outdoor space

Fitted wardrobe advertisement, 1965
Advertisement for the Opus 22 fitted wardrobe system by the Stag Cabinet Company of Nottingham. Colour brochure available! Date: 1965

Cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, 1934-1968
Russian cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968 ). Date: 1961

Art nouveau design with green leaves and a space at the centre. Date: circa 1920s

Art nouveau design with green flowers and two rectangular spaces. Date: circa 1920s

Art nouveau design with fruit in green and grey. Date: circa 1920s

Art nouveau abstract design in green and mauve. Date: circa 1920s

Art nouveau leaf design with yellow fruit and a space at the centre. Date: circa 1920s

Boy doing high jump at athletics event
A boy doing the high jump at an athletics event. Date: circa 1930s

WW2 greetings card, RAF -- In a World of Space. Profits from the card went to the RAF Comforts Committee. Date: circa 1942

Yuri Gagarin Statue
Statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first space cosmonaut, given by the Russian Space Agency to Great Britain

Sicily - Politeama in Palermo
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of a circular building, the Theatre Politeama, which has mounted statues galloping on the roof

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