Spartan Collection (page 2)

People on airfield with light aircraft, Scotland
People on an airfield in Scotland with a light aircraft belonging to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd of Glasgow. The G-ACSM was a Spartan Cruiser with three engines. Date: 1930s

People with car and light aircraft, Scotland
People in a field in Scotland with a car and a light aircraft. The G-ACSM was a Spartan Cruiser with three engines. Date: circa 1930s

Lamartine En Voyage
ALPHONSE-MARIE-LOUIS LAMARTINE visiting Thermopylae in Greece where the Spartans held the Persians, amazes his guide by exclaiming wih all his force Leonidas ! (Spartan king) Date: 1790 - 1869

Spartan Arrow, G-ABWP, at RAeS Garden Party
Spartan Arrow, G-ABWP, at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September. This aircraft is still airworthy. Date: 1957

Spartan aircraft

The sole Spartan Clipper G-ACEG
The sole Spartan Clipper, G-ACEG

Spartan Three Seater II G-ABTR
Spartan Three Seater II, G-ABTR

Spartan Arrow G-aWZ
Spartan Arrow, G-aWZ

The prototype Spartan Arrow G-aWY
The prototype Spartan Arrow, G-aWY

Spartan Cruiser III G-ADEL
Spartan Cruiser III, G-ADEL

Spartan Cruiser I

Britten-Norman BN2 Islander CF-YZT of Spartan
Britten-Norman BN2 Islander, CF-YZT, of Spartan

A girls marathon in traditional Greek costume?
The Sketch suggests that the problem of empty seats that beset the 1908 London Olympics could have been solved by holding a girls marathon in the becoming Ancient Greek women-runners costume

Spartan Dromos
Spartans exercise in the dromos, or sport stadium. Date: ancient

Piraeus Besieged / 388 Bc
Spartan ships besiege the Athenian port of Piraeus Date: 388 BC

Gythion - Greece
Gythion, Greece. It was inhabited since the early historic times, serving as a trading station to the Phoenicians. During the Peloponnesian War, it was a Spartan naval base

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (2 / 2)
The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (2/2). Massage Douche (Shower) Room - Aix System (from Aix-en-Provence, France)

Pelopidas Goes to Thebes
The Theban general Pelopidas (in green) and his men, disguised as peasants, set off for Thebes and are successful in freeing the city from the crushing Spartan occupation

Persian Spy Observes
A Persian spy hides behind some rocks observing the Spartan troops of Leonidas before reporting back to Xerxes, his king, that the Greeks are few in number

Brasidas Drops Shield
The Spartan admiral Brasidas, bombarded by Athenians defending the fortress of Pylos, drops his shield into the sea, an omen to the Greeks, who soon defeat him

Sacrificing a Sheep
The Spartan general Pausanias sacrifices a sheep before engaging the Persians at Plataea : he wins the battle, though whether because of his sacrifice, only the gods know

Open Air Dormitory
An open air dormitory near Arosa, Switzerland. In winter, children sleep in covered shelters without windows. Health and efficiency at school have improved

Battle of Plataea
BATTLE OF PLATAEA The Greeks, led by the Spartan Pausanias, defeat a Persian army twice their size, thereby freeing Greece from the Persian menace

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