Summit Collection (page 6)

The Summit Hotel, Brunig, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Furka Pass, view from the summit, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Grand hotel Summit Mt. in the Catskills, on the Ulster & Delaware R.R. Date c1881 Apr. 22. Grand hotel Summit Mt. in the Catskills, on the Ulster & Delaware R.R. Date c1881 Apr. 22

Noon hour at Obear-Nestor Glass Co. East. St. Louis, Ill

Summit of the Puy de Dome and ruins of the temple Mercury, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Summit Basin, Mammoth Hot Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Date c1898

Queen Elizabeth walking on the summit of Maiden Castle, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II inspects the unique stronghold of the round barrow men, while walking on the summit of Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset. Date: 3rd July 1952

Queen Elizabeth on the summit of Maiden Castle, 1952
Queen Elizabeth II on the summit of Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset, one of the largest and most complex Iron Age hill forts in Britain. She is conversing with Professor R.E. Mortimer Wheeler

Summit of the Ballon D alsace, Vosges, France
An early airship (the Adjudant-Reau )passing the Monument of Joan of Arc, built on the summit of the Ballon D alsace - one of the most famous summits in the Vosges mountains

Summit of Zuckerhutl Mountain at Stubal
Summit of Zuckerhutl ( Sugarloaf ) Mountain at Stubal, Austria Date: circa 1910s

Cairmgorms Summit
A family on the rocky summit of one of the Caingorm range of mountains, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Snowdon Mountain Rly
The easiest way to the summit of Snowdon, Waless highest mountain, is to take the mountain railway. There are hotels when you get there. Date: 1908

Summit of Cadair Idris, Snowdonia, Wales
The summit of Cadair Idris or Cader Idris - a mountain in Gwynedd, northwest Wales that lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park

Monte Lyskamm
A mountaineer, perched on the snow covered summit of Monte Lyskamm, Cervinia, Italian Alps. Date: 1930s

Derbyshire Peaks
The rocky summit of Thorpe Cloud, a 900 feet high hill, which overlooks Dovedale, in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1960s

Wales / Glyder Fach
The summit of Glyder Fach, North Wales. Strewn with huge, rough volcanic boulders, this is probably the roughest summit in the country. Date: 1930s

Welsh Scenery
View from the summit of Trei Ceiri Hill Fort, near Llanaellraiarn, on the Lleyn Peninsula, Caernarvonshire, Wales, looking across Myndd Carnguwch to Tremadoc Bay. Date: 1960s

Summit of Great Orme
The rocky summit of Great Orme, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

Loch Restal
A fine impression of Loch Restal, at the summit of Rest and Be Thankful, a famous road between Arrocher and Inverary, Scotland. Date: 1950s

The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier Summit
The Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

The Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland
The Wallace Monument, on the summit of Abbey Craig, Stirling, Scotland - designed by architect John Thomas Rochead. Date: circa 1920s

Cairn on the sumit of Mount Cathedral, Canada
Cairn on the summit of Mount Cathedral, near Keremeos, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Israel - Church on Mount Tabor in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley. This postcards shows the Church of Transfiguration at the summit

Jungfrau Mountain Allegory
A stylised (and rather bizarre) view of the Jungfrau Mountain, depicted as... a Jungfrau! Date: 1908

Austrian Alps Climb C20
A climber stands at the summit of the Glocknerspitze, in the Austrian Alps. Date: early 20th century

Stevenson / Tomb / Samoa
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Tomb of the Scottish writer and his wife on the summit of Vaea, Samoa Date: 1850 - 1894

The cross erected to Captain Scott and his companions on Observation Hill. The picture was taken at the height of summer when the rocky summit was almost bare of snow

K2 Conquered
An Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954

Photo of Stalin and Roosevelt, Livadia Palace, Yalta, Ukrain
A photo of Stalin and Roosevelt in the museum section of the Livadia (Livadija) Palace, Yalta, Ukraine, where the historic February 1945 meeting took place between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill

View of Vesuvius Volcano - showing the Funicular Railway
A view of the Volcano of Mount Vesuvius, east of Naples, Italy, showing a plume of flame touching the evening sky and the Funicular Railway, winding bravely up the volcanos slopes toward the summit

Summit of Hex River Pass - South African Railways
A classic feat of railway construction in South Africa - the summit of the Hex River Pass on the South African Railways

Mountain fir tree forest
A light, atmospheric view of mountains seen through the green silhouettes of fir trees on the lower slopes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Androsace Glacialis, of the Primulaceae family, also known as rock jasmine or fairy candelabra. They flourish in rock clefts on alpine summits, with pink flowers fading to white in the early spring

Tatler Motor Show Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration of an intrepid driver wearing cap, goggles and scarf steering his vintage car to the summit of a very steep hill

Japan - Mount Aso, the largest volcano in Japan and one of the largest active volcanos in the world. Asos pyroclastic flow deposits (welded tuff) have been used for bridge construction in the region

Polar Explorers on the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 1
Photograph showing members of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09 reaching the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 10th March 1908

Welsh Mountain Scenery
This wonderful North Welsh mountain scene was taken from near the summit of Snowdon. Note the mountain railway winding up the steep slopes

Brent Tor Church
This early English church, dedicated to St. Michael, is built upon the summit of Brent Tor, an imposing rocky knoll between Tavistock and Lydford, Devon, England

Cycle Tour, Wales 1930S
Touring cyclists at the summit of Bwlchygroes, mid Wales

Woman on Mountain Top
A young woman stands on a summit amid a mountain range

King Alfreds Tower, (1722) 160 feet high, on the Somerset - Wiltshire border: " Alfred the Great, A.D. 879, on this summit erected his standard against Danish invaders"

Matterhorn Climbed
THE MATTERHORN Edward Whymper and his companions reach the summit

Moming Pass
Edward Whymper at the summit of the Moming Pass

Austen Chamberlain 1928
SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN and his wife at the Hotel Splendide in Lugano, Italy, where he was attending a summit meeting

Bernina / Alps / Kunst / 1899
Climbing the Crast-Aguzza part of the Bernina Group in the Swiss Alps, very near the border with Italy

Sport / Climbing / Alps
MONT BLANC CONQUERED Alpine guide Jacques Belmont, after several unsuccessful earlier attempts, is the first to reach the summit

Picnic on the Pyramids
British tourists picnic on the summit of the Great Pyramid, to the astonishment of the locals

Torricellis Barometer
Perier checks the results of Torricellis barometer experiment on the summit of the Puy-de-Dome, France. Torricelli devised the earliest form in 1643

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