States Collection (page 6)

State of Oklahoma, USA - Turner Falls, 70ft high - between Davis and Ardmore Date: circa 1940

Miniature silhouette - Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde
Miniature bust-length silhouette in ebonised frame of Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. He is in Mess Dress uniform

Shelton Square, Buffalo, New York State, USA
Aerial view of Shelton Square, Buffalo, New York State, USA, with St Josephs Cathedral (left), St Pauls Church (centre) and Erie County Bank (right). Date: circa 1900s

Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - A Shrunken Human Head
Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - An Amazonian Shrunken Human Head. According to the card caption, although many years old, the hair still grows... Date: 1939

United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields. Me
United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields, dedicated to the memory of the musician John Lennon. Memorial mosaic. Imagine. Detail

Phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Phonograph. Created in 1877 by Thomas Alva Edison (Milan, Ohio, 1847-West Orange, 1931). Colored engraving

Map of the Lake Tahoe area, Nevada and California, USA, showing the highway system. Date: 1922

Two girls playing on the beach in America Date: circa 1905

Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA. The octagonal summer house where the American author wrote many of his books. He spent many summers in Elmira, and is buried there. Date: circa 1930

Painesdale Cricket Club, Michigan, USA - played in the Copper (Houghton) County league - founded in 1906. The teams were made up of local miners, formerly Cornish tin miners

View of the Rockefeller Center and Downtown New York City
View of the Rockefeller Center looking Downtown, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State, USA. Aerial photograph. Date: circa 1940

Mount Rainier and Gateway to the City of Tacoma, USA (note the Old City hall - 8193) - sitting above the extensive Northern Pacific Railroad freight depot (yards) and the Thea Foss Waterway

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

Washington DC, USA - Great Falls, Potomac River. How fortunate for the rainbow to have appeared just as the picture was taken.... Date: 1920

WW2 - Chemical Warfare Instruction - USA
WW2 - American soldiers undergoing Chemical Warfare Instruction at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1944

Joseph Jefferson in his bicycle Chair (The Palm Beach Coach) - Florida, USA. Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (18291905) - American actor

Packing Parachutes at US Air Fields, San Antonio, Texas, USA Date: circa 1942

Keep em Flying - US Dive Bombing Planes. he planes shown here are all U.S. Navy Douglas SBD (" Scout Bomber Douglas" ) Dauntless aircraft

Arch Rock, Mackinac Island, Michigan Date: 1899

The Old Fort, Mackinac Island, Michigan Date: 1899

St. Pauls Minnesota, USA - Conservatory at Como Park and the Sunken Gardens Date: circa 1920s

Daniel Webster and quote on God granting Liberty
A postcard illustrating a quote by Daniel Webster (1782-1852) - a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War

Canoe Surfing in Honolulu, Hawaii Date: circa 1910s

A Texans eye view of the USA, with a certain state having slightly more georgraphical significance than the physical reality....!! Date: circa 1930s

Victory is a question of stamina - Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar - The fuel for fighters United States Food Administration. Poster showing soldiers running with bayonets. Date 1917

P-51 Mustang fighter in flight, Inglewood, Calif. The Mustang, built by North American Aviation, Incorporated, is the only American-built fighter used by the Royal Air Force of Great Britain

Dorchester House, Park Lane, London - The official residence of the American Ambassador (The US Embassy) - built in 1853 by Robert Stayner Holford - demolished in 1929 - now the site of

Waiting at the Cotton Gin - Memphis, Tennessee. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds Date: circa 1910

Smelter - Morenci, Arizona, USA
Smelter - Morenci Copper Mine, Arizona, USA. The Detroit Copper Company started mining at Morenci in 1872. Copper Queen Consolidated Mining bought the property in 1885

Travellers at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
A group of travellers make their way towards a small aeroplane on the tarmac at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

Silhouette portrait of George Washington
Silhouette portrait of GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) American soldier & statesman and first President of the United States. Date: 1787

American Gangster - Al Capone quizzed by Police
Al Capone offering his standard response to enquiries about involvement in gang-related slaughter: " I know nothing about it Chief"

The Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C. Date: circa early 1930s

American Cub Scouts
A group of American cub scouts sit around a table doing art and craft activities with their den mother or Akela. In American Cub Scouting, the boys meet in small groups called " dens"

Chicago World Fair - Enchanted Island. A playground for Children, featuring old and new amusement devices. Date: 1933

New York State - Fort Ticonderoga. The fort (formerly Fort Carillon) is a large 18th-century fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York

Hotel Bretton Hall, New York
Hotel Bretton Hall on Broadway and 86th Street, New York City, America

St. Denis Hotel, New York
St. Denis Hotel on Broadway and 11th Street, New York City, America

Howard Johnsons Restaurant, Saratoga Springs, New York on route 9, America

Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri
The Japanese surrender delegation aboard the USS Missouri, 31st August 1945. All the US naval personnel are wearing Class B uniforms on purpose. The surrender officially ended World War Two

Map of North America, 1845
Map of North America, showing the United States as they were pre-Civil War, 1845

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

Puysegurs Magnetic Elm
PUYSEGUR His magnetic elm at Buzancy, which he magnetised, and which magnetised his subjects in their turn

New York City Depression
A scene in New York during the depression following the Wall Street Crash in 1929. Essential supplies are handed out to a line of impoverished citzens

Cotton Picking
Picking cotton in the southern United States

Map / Europe / Germany 1827
Map of Germany (Prussia) showing the various nation states

The Biltmore Hotel, New York, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Yeichi Nimura, Japanese dancer in Broadway Nights, a new New York revue, 1929 Date: 1929

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