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Mallory and Irvine at the Second Step, Everest, 1924Illustration showing an artists impression of George Leigh Mallory (top) and Andrew Irvine climbing up the Second Step on Everest, 1924
Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering EverestFront cover of The Illustrated London News showing Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa Tensing Bhutia reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953
Everest 1924 Group1924 EVEREST EXPEDITION Colonel Norton, the leader (3rd from left) between Irving (L) and Mallory (R) the two climbers who died near the summit
Nepal / Everest April 1933The first aerial photograph of Mt Everests summit
Hillary and Tensing on Mount EverestHillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953
The summit, Ben Nevis, Fort William, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
George Leigh Mallory (1886-1924)Photographic portrait of George Leigh Mallory, the British climber who took part in three expeditions to Everest in the 1920 s, pictured in 1924
Majorca, Spain - Town of Soller and the Puig MajorView down to the town of Soller and up to the distant form of the Puig Major, the highest peak on the Spanish island of Majorca. Date: circa 1930s
Ascent Mont Blanc - 4THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Reaching the summit: during this final stage, each step takes ten minutes Date: 1855
St. Michaels Mount, Cornwall, England. Edward the Confessor granted it to the Benedictine monks, who built an Abbey and a Priory on the summit
Climbers on Chomolhari, Bhutan, May 1937Photograph showing two climbers on the 24, 000 ft. Himalayan mountain Chomolhari, near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E
German Mountain RailwayThis steam train carries tourists up the Brocken, in the Harz mountains, once the haunt of witches (but they had to rely on their broomsticks to take them to the summit)
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The Statue of Christ the Redeemer at the summit of Mount Corcovado. Created by French sculptor Paul Landowski
Wallis SimpsonA glamorous studio portrait of Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor (1896-1986), American socialite. Born in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, she divorced her second husband
Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, ScotlandObservatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Fort William, Scotland Date: 1908
Switzerland MatterhornThe peak of the Matterhorn seen from Zermatt : it was first climbed by a party led by Edward Whymper, who reached the summit on 14 July 1865
Mauritius - Pieter Both MountainPieter Both - the second highest mountain of Mauritius - named after Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Date: circa 1910s
The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - GermanyThe Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland
Conference table, Livadia Palace, Yalta, UkraineView of the conference table in the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Conference table and photos, Livadia Palace, Yalta, UkraineView of a conference table, and two photos on the walls, in the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Skiers - Riffelboden - view of Matterhorn - nr. Zermatt, Switzerland Date: circa late 1930s
PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Germanys Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) arrives prior to the NAC (North Atlantic Council) meeting on November 19, 2010 in Lisbon
PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Lithuanias President Dalia Grybauskaite smiles as she arrives prior to the NAC (North Atlantic Council) meeting on November 19, 2010 in Lisbon
Windermere, from summit, Lake District, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Ascent Mont Blanc - 2THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Leaving the Grands Mulets, the climbers separate, only the more experienced going on to the summit
New River HeadIn 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill
Alison Jane Hargreaves - British mountain climber" Alison Jane Hargreaves 1962 - 1995 was a British mountain climber. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team
Bidston Hill, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The summit and distance marker and Bidston Observatory. Date: 1913
Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s
Laramie, Wyoming, USA - Black Bear WafflesSummit Tavern on the Lincoln Highway (elevation 8835ft) - Laramie, Wyoming, USA - Black Bear Waffles - a Local celebrity! Date: circa 1930s
The summit of The Lawley, in the Shropshire Hills, England. The image of the crow represents an icon of the Corbet family coat of arms
Switzerland - View toward the Matterhorn. Date: circa 1910s
Mount Pilatus summit, Switzerland
Summit of Mount Snowdon, Wales
Summit of Mount Snowdon
Summit of Mount Snowdon, Wales - early 1900s
Summit of Mount Snowdon, Wales, Victorian period
Summit of Mount Snowdon, Victorian period
Summit of Mount Snowden Victorian period
Summit HM-5 NX25332 (msn 1), designed by Howell Miller to use the Vidal bonded plastic-plywood process, seen on 27 June 1942
The Puy Mary, Massif Central, Cantal, FranceThe Puy Mary - a summit in the mounts of Cantal in Massif Central in France. It is classified as a Grand National Site in France. Nearly 500, 000 visitors come to this site every year
Summit and Mountain Railway, Snowdon, Snowdonia, WalesSummit and Mountain Railway, Mount Snowdon, Snowdonia, North Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Summit of Tangla mountain range (Tanggula Tangla, Tanglha, or Dangla), from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside
La Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre, Paris, France Date: circa 1920s
Thomas Cook Vesuvius Postcard pictures & mapCook had the Funicular built for their growing tours. Travellers rushed to the kiosk at the top to buy and then post right there a postcard
Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, GenevaRonald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and others, signing a peace agreement at the conclusion of a summit in Geneva, Switzerland
Dwight D Eisenhower and Nikita KhrushchevThe Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ((1894-1971, right) with the American President Dwight D "Ike" Eisenhower (1890-1969, 34th US President 1953-1961), during a summit meeting in the USA
Saluting the dawn from the summit of the Tower Date: July 1905
Watching a firework display to celebrate the Franco-Russian festivities, from the summit of the Tower Date: 1893
LMS Princess Coronation Class No. 46257 ?City of Salford? hauling the Mid-day Scot, passing the Shap Summit signal box by Alan Anderson
Monument to Eugenie de Montijo on the summit of Larrun (La Rhune), a mountain at the western end of the Pyrenees. It is located on the border of France and Spain
The Summit of Sonnwendstein, Austrian Alps - with view toward the peak of Schneeberg. Date: 1919
Sinai - Jebel ed Deir from the summit of Jebel MusaVintage 19th century photograph: Sergeant James McDonald (active 1865-9). Ordnance survey of the Peninsula of Sinai by the Royal Engineers - : Jebel ed Deir from the summit of Jebel Musa
View from the summit of Gornergrat, Swiss Alpscirca 1910s
19th c. photograph: Gotthard Rail tunnel, SwitzerlandGotthard Rail tunnel, Switzerland The Gotthard Tunnel (German: Gotthardtunnel, is a 15.kilometre-long railway tunnel and forms the summit of the Gotthard Railway in Switzerland)
British Columbia and Alberta, Canada - Summit Hotel, built in two provinces - Crows Nest Pass - burnt down circa 1921-1922. Card dates from the 1910s. Date: 1910s
Midshipman Newcome meets crew from HMS Victory at Sally Port, Gibraltar. Masters Mate Spunyarn falls in the sea at the dock, a soldier guards the Sally Port
Tower - Baiyu Hill (Baiyushan), DalianThe War Monument (Baiyu Mountain Tower), at the summit of Baiyu Hill (Baiyushan) (Mt. Hakugyoku), Dalian, Liaoning province (also called Lushun City or Lushun Port)
Climbing the Geyenstein, SaxonyMen climbing the frowning summit of the Geyenstein in Saxony, Germany. 1928
Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USARiders on the trail in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA. Date: circa 1940
Mount Lassen, California, USAMount Lassen (Lassen Peak), California, USA, an active volcano, viewed from Raker Peak. Showing damage done by the 1915 eruption. Date: 1939
German Mountaineer hitting the heights of satisfactionThats the Limit !! As good as it gets!! A german Mountaineer has reached the peak of a high summit, he is sunbathing and his packed lunch is VERY satisfactory. Date: circa 1930s
Sir Christopher Wrens original design to go at the summit of Monument to the Great Fire of London
Cannon near the summit at GibraltarA cannon on display near the summit of the rock of Gibraltar Date: circa 1988 / 1989
Hotel Riffelalp and the Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland. Date: 1928
Love at its Height - a couple embrace at top of stepladderLove at its Height - a couple embrace at the top of a wooden stepladder Date: circa 1920s
Switzerland - summit of Vrenelisgartli - Glarnisch massifMountaineers at the summit of Vrenelisgartli - one of the peaks of the Glarnisch mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the Swiss canton of Glarus, Switzerland
Climbers at the peak of a mountain in the Churfirsten range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) - Stormy Weather. Date: circa 1920s
Picnic on the summit of a Swiss Alpine peak. Date: circa 1910s
The Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt, SwitzerlandThe Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s
Switchback railway, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USASwitchback railway, near Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. A gravity narrow gauge railroad at the Summit Hill coalmines, used by the company to transport coal in trucks to the village across
Sherpa Tenzing NorgayTENZING NORGAY (1914 - 1986), who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, scaled the summit of Mount Everest on 29th May 1953. Date: 1953
Fantasy Japanese landscape with birdFantasy Japanese landscape featuring a songbird perched on a variety of blossoms, a stylised sun and snow-capped volcanic peak, similar to the iconic outline of Mount Fuji
Large Red deer stag and mountainous woodland landscapeA light, atmospheric view of mountains seen through the green silhouettes of fir trees on the lower slopes. A male red deer stag has been set into the border framing this picture
Andrew Irvine (1902-1924)Photographic portrait of Andrew Comyn Irvine, the British climber, pictured in 1924. George Leigh Mallory and Irvine were last seen by N.E
London Peace Conference or the Conference of the AmbassadorsThe Balkan (Turkish, Greek, Montenegran and Serbian) delegates at the peace conference in London. The London Conference of 19121913
K2 mountaineers - Lacedelli & CompagnoniLino Lacedelli (1925 - 2009) on the left, alongside Achille Compagnoni (1914 - 2009), the two climbers who made the first successful ascent to the summit of K2 on 31 July 1954
Bald Eagle and Mountain sceneryA bald eagle is set into the border framing this light, atmospheric view of mountains, seen through the green silhouettes of fir trees on the lower slopes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Switzerland - Rotondohutte and view toward the Ywerberhorner Date: circa 1910s
The Matterhorn, Switzerland - Gornergrat Bahn - RiffelalpThe Matterhorn, Switzerland with view of the Gornergrat Bahn (Railway) and Riffelalp Station, near Zermatt. Date: circa 1910s
The Mettelhorn and the Weisshorn, Switzerland Date: circa 1920s
Cyprus - Stavrovouni Monastery - founded by Saint HelenaStavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus - founded by Saint Helena (Saint Constantines mother) in around 327-329 AD - one of the oldest monasteries in the world. Date: circa 1930s
The Matterhorn, Switzerland and Kulm-Hotel Gornergrat, near Zermatt. Date: circa 1920s
