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Bristol Channel cutter in Tall Ships Race, Torbay, DevonA Bristol Channel cutter taking part in the Tall Ships Race at Torbay, Devon. 1962
Cadet on the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall shipCadet in the rigging of the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship, probably during a Tall Ships Race. Date: 1960s
13th Highlanders Band of scouts on the march with drums
Admiring view from second platform of the Eiffel TowerPeople looking at the view through telescopes and binoculars from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower (a height of 380 feet)
Letting loose balloons from the Eiffel TowerA small girl in the arms of her father, lets loose a small balloon with a postcard attached from the third platform of the newly completed Eiffel Tower
Graphic front cover - Visitors to the Eiffel TowerSome rather good portraits by Graphic artist, Paul Renouard, depicting visitors to the Eiffel Tower at the Paris International Exhibition of 1889
Reception on completion of Eiffel TowerVIPS, state and civic dignitaries, along with senior engineers gather for a reception at the top of the completed Eiffel Tower on 31 March 1889. Date: 1889
German troops driving down a street, WW2German troops on army vehicles, driving down a street watched by civilians. Date: 1940
Suffragette on Her Honeymoon. Tall, thin and boney suffragette leads her husband firmly by the arm, while he looks rather apprhensive Date: circa 1909
Suffragette Defies the Tyrant Man. Depicts a very small suffragette carrying a VFW flag while a very tall policeman, hands behind his back, looks down at her from the pavement
Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2Sir Ernest Gowers (1880-1966), civil servant in charge of Civil Defence in London, watching rescue operations during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Major fire at Prudential Assurance Building, High HolbornFirefighters at work on a major fire at the Prudential Assurance Company building in High Holborn, London WC1, on 16 June 1932. Date: 1932
Neuve Chapelle - WWINeuve Chapelle. Including a separate hand-written description as follows - Here enemy made a counter-attack (under cover of a mist) in mass formation
Britain poster, Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, by A F Kersting for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938
Cottages at Bridgend, Warwickshire. 1960s
The Sorlandet, Norwegian tall shipView of the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship
Men and boy on deck of shipTwo men and a boy on the deck of the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship
Long Jock by William Heath RobinsonCanny Kiltie Camouflage. A mischievous pair of Highland soldiers terrify a German soldier into imagining he really will have to tackle some great Scots
Asakusa Pagoda, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Giant bamboo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Pagoda, ChinaA pagoda in China. Date: circa 1890
1902 Coronation - In the Crowd, a friend in needLittle Binks wouldn t have seen anything if he had not fortunately run across his friend Longley, of the Guards. A tall Guards officer hoists his vertically challenged friend onto his shoulders so he
Bunny Austin and Lyttleton Rogers at WiimbledonHenry Wilfred Bunny Austin (1906-2000), looks up at the towering frame of his 6 ft 7 inche opponent, Lyttelton Rogers of Ireland
Colonnade, Qutub Minar, Delhi, IndiaColonnade in the Qutub Minar, Delhi, India. It is next to the tallest minaret in India. Date: circa 1890s
Latest Paris Fashions 1885Three women with bustles. 1885
Following the fashion 1794A short and stout woman following the fashion in 1794, regardless of how it might suit her, wears a voluminous chemise dress and a bonnet with enormously tall feathers. Date: 1794
Crops - fashion of c. 1794This satirical print is entitled Crops, perhaps referring to the dandyish gentlemans cropped hair. He also wears a high cravat and short cropped boots to reveal stripey stockings
The Fashion in December 1795Fashion satirised in 1795: a woman wears a long nightgown-like dress or smock with blouson sleeves and watch fob detail, and a turban with two tall feathers. Date: 1795
Bond Street fashions of 1796High Change in Bond Street, 1796. Two fashionable men wearing high cravats and jackets cut short at the front stare at a woman and her daughter wearing long flowing dresses and, in the womans case
Fashions of 1773A satire on dandyish fashions of 1773. A Macaroni gentleman wearing a ridiculously long wig in which the hair is tied in a bundle down his back
The Singer Building, New York. It was the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company. It is the tallest building to have been purposefully demolished at 187 meters tall
Twelve young people standing in a line, from the tallest to the smallest, with a large building in the background. Date: 1930
Old St Pauls Cathedral, London, viewed from the south side. Date: 1560
A scarecrow, 1793A scarecrow of 1793 - a woman wearing a fashionable, but ridiculed, high-waisted gown (with watch fob) which makes it appear that her legs begin under her bosom
Caricature of fashion 1794 Shepherds, I have lost my waistA satire on fashions of 1794. The high-waisted look that had come into fashion aroused much ridicule, and was described as the banishment of the body from the female form
Fruit Label -- oriental manFruit Label -- a smiling oriental man in red and blue costume. Date: 20th century
The CaptainHarlequin illustration, showing the Captain standing in a typical bragging pose. Date: 1923
Cover design, Nursery Rhymes, showing Mother Goose flying through the air. Date: early 20th century
LMS steam engineAn LMS (London, Midland and Scottish) steam engine on a railway track
Two women at a tennis club, with a tennis court behind them
Woman in field with parked carA woman sitting in a field at the side of her parked car
Tall slim cricketerA tall, slim cricketer with two bats, wearing shinpads
Three women outside a buildingThree rather tall, slim women outside a building
Woman in goggles outside hotelA smiling young woman wearing a woollen dress and goggles on her head stands outside Brighton House, a private hotel
Caledonian Road fire station, North LondonCaledonian Road fire station, which closed in 1920. Date: 1910
London MilestoneA tall stone milestone on the famous Bath Road (The A4), England : 1 mile to Hungerford, 8 miles to Newbury, 64 miles to London. Date: 1940s
Dorstone SundialAn ancient sundial on the village green at Dorstone, Herefordshire, England. They must have been tall people in the good old days to have read the time by this!
London Wall OfficesTall modern office block buildings in London Wall, City of London. The decorated vehicles are part of the Lord Mayors Show, waiting to join the procession. Date: 1960s
