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Spot Collection (page 3)

Background imageSpot Collection: At the Blue Pool, Portrush

At the Blue Pool, Portrush - a crowd watching swimmers at a natural swimming spot. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageSpot Collection: Zeus faber, or John Dory

Zeus faber, or John Dory
Zeus faber, also known as John Dory, John Doree, St Pierre or Peters Fish. Date: 1863

Background imageSpot Collection: Dongdang, Beijing, China - The Ketteler Memorial

Dongdang, Beijing, China - The Ketteler Memorial
A paifang or " memorial gate" - The Ketteler Memorial which was erected at the location where German career Diplomat Clemens August Freiherr von Ketteler (1853-1900)

Background imageSpot Collection: Taking advantage of the situation

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Background imageSpot Collection: Dragon Rock - Port Soderick - Isle of Man

Dragon Rock - Port Soderick - Isle of Man. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpot Collection: Wales / Mumbles Head

Wales / Mumbles Head
Mumbles Head, Swansea Bay, Glamorganshire, Wales, a beauty spot on the Gower Peninsula. Date: 1950s

Background imageSpot Collection: Hat & Mask in One 1929

Hat & Mask in One 1929
Dual purpose headwear: cloche hat worn so low over the eyes that it doubles as a mask. Eyeholes are cut in the crown. Perfect hat for hiding upper facial flaws

Background imageSpot Collection: Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby

Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby
Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe, The Opticians, The Spot, Derby, offering sight testing and the scientific fitting of glasses

Background imageSpot Collection: Scene at Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria

Scene at Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Background imageSpot Collection: Newlands Valley, near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria

Newlands Valley, near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Background imageSpot Collection: Trout Beck, Lake District, Cumbria

Trout Beck, Lake District, Cumbria
View of Trout Beck, a stream in the Lake District, Cumbria. 1960s

Background imageSpot Collection: Blea Tarn, Lake District, Cumbria

Blea Tarn, Lake District, Cumbria
View of Blea Tarn, a hanging valley between Great Langdale and Little Langdale, Lake District, Cumbria, with holidaymakers. Date: 1960s

Background imageSpot Collection: Boats at Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria

Boats at Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria. Date: 1960s

Background imageSpot Collection: The Beauty Spot, by Arthur Anderson

The Beauty Spot, by Arthur Anderson, from the French of P-L Flers, with music by J W Tate. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, November 1917, then at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Background imageSpot Collection: Christmas card in the shape of flat brown fish

Christmas card in the shape of flat brown fish with red spots (a plaice). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageSpot Collection: Miss Cynthia Goode by Dolly Tree

Miss Cynthia Goode by Dolly Tree
Miss Cynthia Goode - Dancer and revue performer. The Goode sisters (Cynthia and Iris) were a glamorous dancing act that became well known in Paris and other continental resorts in the early 1920s

Background imageSpot Collection: Greetings card in the shape of flat brown fish

Greetings card in the shape of flat brown fish with red spots (possibly a plaice). circa 1890s

Background imageSpot Collection: English Cathedrals - Tomb of Edward II Gloucester

English Cathedrals - Tomb of Edward II Gloucester - Stone - Gothic style tomb. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals.A cathedral city

Background imageSpot Collection: WW1 - French troops watch a German Taube Aircraft pass over

WW1 - French troops watch a German Taube Aircraft pass over their trench. Advertorial postcard for Dubonnet. Date: 1915

Background imageSpot Collection: Two pretty girls come across a Nice little cove

Two pretty girls come across a Nice little cove
Two pretty seaside girls in bikinis climbing on a rock - the lead girl turns to the other and say: " Is this the nice little cove Mabel was telling you about?" !! Date: circa 1940s

Background imageSpot Collection: Happy Japanese woman doing a spot of gardening

Happy Japanese woman doing a spot of gardening in the bright summer sunshine Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpot Collection: Famous Diva and accompanist noticed - Oxford Circus Station

Famous Diva and accompanist noticed - Oxford Circus Station
A Famous highbrow Diva (and snooty accompanist) standing on Oxford Circus Underground Station, London - spotted by a couple (and their wailing infant) on the station

Background imageSpot Collection: Beppu - Hot Springs - Japan

Beppu - Hot Springs - Japan
Hot Spring at Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Beppu is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred and boasts the largest volume of hot water in the world apart from Yellowstone

Background imageSpot Collection: Music cover, Flapperette

Music cover, Flapperette, characteristic intermezzo by Jesse Greer. 1926

Background imageSpot Collection: Caricature of Florence St John, singer and actress

Caricature of Florence St John, singer and actress
Caricature of Florence St John (1855-1912), English singer and actress -- I am such an artless thing. Seen here in the role of Girola in Manteaux Noirs

Background imageSpot Collection: Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in The Belles Stratagem

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in The Belles Stratagem
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, actors of the Lyceum Theatre, dancing in 18th century costume in a production of The Belles Stratagem, a play by Hannah Cowley

Background imageSpot Collection: Kings Road Boutique

Kings Road Boutique
A girl does a spot of window shopping outside the Looking boutique on the Kings Road, Chelsea, London. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSpot Collection: Admiral Benbow Birthplac

Admiral Benbow Birthplac
ADMIRAL BENBOWs BIRTHPLACE In this retired spot our hero was born, at Cotonill, a small village in the environs of Shrewsbury. (Shropshire) Date: 1653

Background imageSpot Collection: Chinese Embroidery 1913

Chinese Embroidery 1913
A narrow fitting dress with bateau (boat) neckline made from an oriental (Chinese) fabric depicting cranes & flowers. She wears 2 long strings of beads. 1913

Background imageSpot Collection: Social / USA / Cheap Lodging

Social / USA / Cheap Lodging
Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement in New York: the cost is " five cents a spot" Date: 1889

Background imageSpot Collection: Paris Dance Hall 1898

Paris Dance Hall 1898
Interior view of the Moulin de la Galette, on the slopes of Montmartre, Paris : la nouvelle salle de danse, in this popular night spot, a favourite artists subject Date: 1898

Background imageSpot Collection: Oil slick sighted by German Dornier Do 17 light bombers

Oil slick sighted by German Dornier Do 17 light bombers
Luftwaffe German Dornier Do 17 light bomber aircraft spot an oil slick in the British Channel which indicates the presence of a submarine - 1941

Background imageSpot Collection: New York Lodging House

New York Lodging House
A casual lodging-house in New York - Three Cents a spot ! Date: 1891

Background imageSpot Collection: On The Spot by Edgar Wallace

On The Spot by Edgar Wallace
Promotional postcard for On The Spot by Edgar Wallace. First produced at Wyndhams Theatre, 2nd April 1930. Edgar Wallaces Play about Chicago The Play America Banned

Background imageSpot Collection: A sketch of the interior of Le Capitole night-spot in Paris

A sketch of the interior of Le Capitole night-spot in Paris
A sketch of the interior of Le Capitole night-spot, dancing, cabaret and restaurant in Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

Background imageSpot Collection: Louis Mitchellls famous night-spot The Grand Duc in Paris

Louis Mitchellls famous night-spot The Grand Duc in Paris
Louis Mitchellls famous night-spot The Grand Duc in the Place Pigalle, Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

Background imageSpot Collection: An interior view of Le Capitole night-spot in Paris, 1924

An interior view of Le Capitole night-spot in Paris, 1924
An interior view of Le Capitole night-spot, restaurant and dancing in Paris, 1924, located at 58 Due Notre Dame de Lorette Date: 1924

Background imageSpot Collection: The Chapel of the Stigmata - St Francis of Assisi

The Chapel of the Stigmata - St Francis of Assisi
The Chapel of the Stigmata - marking the spot on Mount Verna where St Francis of Assisi received the stigmata. Date: 1905

Background imageSpot Collection: Wartime fashion photograph, Britannia and Eve, 1940

Wartime fashion photograph, Britannia and Eve, 1940
A model wearing a short grey white-spotted dress with matching turban and black gloves for the Spring collection. Date: 1940

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot returns home

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot returns home
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot finds his way home to his master. " I knocked over a china jar." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and a policeman

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and a policeman
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot wanders around the streets of London looking lost and is taken in charge by a policeman. " A melancholy troop we must have looked." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other dogs in cages

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other dogs in cages
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and other stolen dogs are kept locked up in cages. " Never before, or since, have I found myself in such a strange, mixed, company." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot fights a bigger dog

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot fights a bigger dog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot has a fight with a bigger dog. " Pinned him by the foreleg." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets some sheep

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets some sheep
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a ram and some sheep in a field, and has a theological conversation. " And what may latitudinarian be?" Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a poodle

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a poodle
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot is stolen, and sold to a man in London, where he meets a poodle. " A curious-looking foreign dog." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and a bulldog have a chat

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and a bulldog have a chat
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot and Scrunch the bulldog have a chat. " I laid the whole matter before Scrunch." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from a bulldog

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from a bulldog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot runs away from Scrunch, the butchers bulldog, though they do make friends later. " I had to run for my life." Date: 1895

Background imageSpot Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a cat

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot meets a cat
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot as a puppy meets a large black cat. " Oh! if you call that barking, I ve no more to say!" Date: 1895



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