Tall Collection (page 21)

Old house with graveyard
An old timbered house with a graveyard in the foreground

Young man standing by a gate
A young Edwardian man in a smart suit and flat cap, standing by a gate. He has a watch chain across his waistcoat and a flower in his buttonhole

Pink rosebush with lavender
A tall pink rosebush (Rosaceae family), with lavender growing below

A cold reprimand
A young lad faces a reprimand from a tall and imposing-looking London Metropolitan Police Officer after deciding that a naked swim in a London lake was the best idea for a sunny summers day!

Woman wheeling two babies in a pram
A woman wheeling two babies in a pram, between two trees in silhouette

Man dressed up to celebrate Dickens Day
A man dressed up in vaguely Victorian gear for Dickens Day, to celebrate the life and work of the novelist Charles Dickens

Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Aerial view of Southmead Hospital, Bristol. The entrance is on Southmead Road at the bottom left of the picture. The buildings were originally erected in 1900-1902 as a workhouse for the Barton Regis

A man and Woman of Palestine. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Italy - Cremona - The Cathedral and Torrazzo
Italy - Cremona - The Cathedral. Started in 1107, the church was in an advanced state of completion when an earthquake interrupted and largely destroyed the building

Primula Farinosa (Birds Eye Primrose), a flowering perennial of the Primulaceae family, with violet-blue or candy pink flowers

View of Pyongyang, North Korea
General view of Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, across the Taedong River in the early morning

General view of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
A general view of the central business district of Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, with a boat travelling across the harbour

A White Ship
View across a dock toward a smart white navy steamship in port, moored alongside a tall ship. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard

King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales
Staff and patients at the entrance to The King Edward VII Hospital, Tregaron, Wales. The hospital was formerly the Tregaron Union workhouse, erected in 1876, on Dewi Road, Tregaron

Forest near Lake Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
Scene in a forest near Lake Kochel (Kochelsee) in Bavaria, Germany, on a sunny autumn day

Meknes, Morocco - Mosque close to the Mellah Gate
Mosque close to the Mellah Gate at Meknes, Morocco. It stands next to a spectacular palm tree!

Frankfurt am Main, Germany - View of the Cathedral
A view through to the Cathedral - Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Abu Simbel, Temple of Nefertaril, Egypt
Abu Simbel, entrance, Temple of Nefertaril, full-length close-up of figures. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Lighting in John Lennons study
Remarkable tall and thin coloured lighting in John Lennons study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Australian Church Fete - Dressing as Japanese
An Australian Church Fete at Yarra, Geelong - 41 miles from Melbourne. The three women being transported by rickshaw are all wearing Japanese kimonos. It is captioned Jinricksha, Japanese Village

Leaning against his motor
A tall man in relaxed pose leans against his motor car

Egypt - Mevlevi Dervish Sheikh (portrait). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Giraffes at London Zoo - Regents Park
The Giraffes in their enclosure at The Zoological Society of London - Regents Park, feeding from a tall tree(with trunk protected by high fencing)

Garden in Cambridgeshire
An unidentified garden in Cambridgeshire with a view across the lawn, showing colourful plants and shrubs growing on either side of a flight of stone steps, a red brick garden wall

Two species of Giant Cactus - California, United States

Industrial School, Cockermouth, Cumbria
The Cumberland County Industrial School on Lorton Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria, was opened in 1881 to hold 150 boys. Industrial Schools housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a

Chanel Outdoor Jacket
Glamorous tall lady models her splendid new fur lined outdoor coat by Chanel. Her dog sits upon a chair and look suitably impressed too

A Fine Cactus in the desert at Phoenix, Arizona with a gentleman stood alongside to give even more sense of the giant scale of the plant!

Singa, Sudan - A Tame Giraffe
A tame giraffe come to say hello at Singa, Sudan, Africa

Young storks and parent - Baghdad, Iraq
Fledgling storks - Baghdad, Iraq. It is seen as very fortunate across the Mediterranean and Middle East if a stork lands (and subsequently nests) on your roof!

Mato Grosso - Giant Cactus
Mato Grosso, Brazil - Immense Giant Cactus

Morocco - Storyteller
A Moroccan storyteller entertaining a group of seated children before a large pavilion tent

Radio City at Night - New York

The Book Shop
Two girls (one hardly older than a toddler!) look through a variety of volumes in a Bookshop

Ottoman gentleman - seated
Photograph of a seated Ottoman gentleman with extremely fine shoes with white laces. Named on the reverse as Ahmed Ahmed El Arousi

Shullucks of the Upper Nile (Khartoum)
Shulluck Tribesmen of the Upper Nile near Khartoum, Sudan

Namibia - Railway Station scene
Ladies of Walvise Bay, Namibia (formerly German South West Africa)

Life / Saint Valentines Day 1924
It takes all sorts. A short plump lady and a tall thin man are speared together by Cupids arrow

Colour Sergeant - 37th Regiment of Foot - North Hampshire Regiment amalgamated with the 67th South Hampshire in 1881 to form The Royal Hampshire Regiment. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Grenadier, 12th Regiment of Foot
A Grenadier of the 12th Regiment of Foot, 1756 - 63. The Suffolk Regiment. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

View toward The Pyramids Giza, Egypt
View across an irrigation channel and through some tall thin palm trees toward The Pyramids Giza, Cairo, Egypt

The Power of Imagination
A Grandfather laughs to himself as he reads aloud to his two grandchildren, both of whom have fallen asleep in his arms. The imagined fantasy world of the story unfolds behind him

A Meeting at the Front Door
Engraving showing a dramatic moment as a woman opens her front door, on a dark and wet night, to a tall, dark man, 18th century

German V-2 Base at Watten; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the huge concrete bunker of the German V-2 base at Watten, near St. Omer, France, 1944. This bunker was 300 ft. long, 200 ft. wide and 50 ft. tall

Very Tall Man / Streetlamp
An extremely tall, long-legged man under a gas street lamp; his companion has to stand on tiptoe

Photographer holding a Sky-scraper camera on the roof of a
Exaggerated view through a Sky-scraper camera. An invention by the famous New York photographers, the Byron Company, the camera was designed to capture tall buildings at close range

Easter Island stone heads
An illustration of the Moai stones found surrounding the coastline of Easter Island. The heads stand at 13 foot tall and are believed to guard the island from intruders

USA Savannah Ga
General view of the town : I can t imagine what that tall tower is

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