Supports Collection (page 2)

Kyoto, Japan - Maruyama Park
Japan - Cherry Blossoms in Maruyama Park, Kyoto. The parks star attraction is a weeping cherry tree (shidarezakura), supported by a multitude of props - here shown out of season. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - A street in Tokyo and a street in Osaka - decorative
Japan - A street in Tokyo and a street in Osaka - two photographs set within a very decorative surround of bamboo water pipes, swallows and lilies. Date: circa 1910s

Building an Ocean Liner at Harland & Wolff, Belfast - In the Course of Construction. Date: circa 1903

Poole Pottery - Setting the glazed ware in the kiln
Setting the glazed ware in the kiln. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in

The Spiral Railway - Franco-British Exhibition - White City, Shepherds Bush, London. Date: 1908

A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West Africa
A rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Pier, Wabana Iron MIne, Belle Isle, Newfoundland
Dominion Iron and Steel Company Pier at the Wabana Iron MIne, Belle Isle, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1902

Roscoff, Finistere, Brittany, France - Ancient Fig Tree
Brittany, France - Ancient Fig Tree in a convent garden at Roscoff, Finistere, dating back to 1610. The expanse of branches is supported by rowsof grante props

H M Dockyard, Bermuda - A Floating Dock Date: circa 1910s

Timber supports in a South Wales mine
Timber supports in a mine in South Wales

Antioch - Turkey - Large waterwheel
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Carpenters building a wagon
Three carpenters working on a wooden wagon, using traditional tools and techniques. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Waterwheel at Antioch
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Large waterwheel at Antakya
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Council of Vienne
At the Council of Vienne (on the Rhone) pope Clemens V (from Avignon) supports Philippe IV by withdrawing support for the Templars, thus ensuring their destruction

Dryden / Fountain Pen Ad
An advertisement for L & C Hardtmuths fountain pen, showing the pens as supports for a bridge with skyscrapers in the background

Life on Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is 318 times as large as Earth, so perhaps supports a huge population which may surpass our civilisation in every way

Gokstad Viking Ship
Excavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway

Scaffolding / Beverley
A stunning view of the framework scaffolding used to move the North front of Beverley Minster back over its base foundation after it had shifted due to subsidence

Channel Bridge 1
Project for a railway bridge : signal lamps warn shipping to steer clear of the supports for the suspended monorail

FRENCHWOMAN 1570- 2
A lady-in-waiting supports the hand of her mistress : though more modestly dressed, she still wears a high ruff, and deep sleeves to her fine gown

Timber Sawing / 1835
The Sawyer

Brassiere 1911
La Brassiere Lystra supports the bust without compressing it, thus keeping the bust always young

Goldins Magic Trick
Horace Goldin suspends Miss Fransiola in mid air on stage at the Palace Theatre and passes a hoop around her body to show there are no hidden supports

Lecture / British Museum
A lecture in the Assyrian Gallery of the British Museum. The speaker points towards one of the massive carved Lion supports removed by Layard from excavations at Nineveh

Atlas Holds up Heavens
The Titan Atlas supports the Heavens on his shoulders (other versions have him holding up the world, but this is probably the original version)

Wm Franklin Arrested
William Franklin (son of Benjamin), governor of New Jersey, supports the British so is arrested by the rebels. He will be exchanged and end his days in England

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