mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
WELLINGTON'S FUNERALThe Horse Guards, who will be marshalling the procession. Top hats tied with black crepe are worn. A tent housing the coffin & funeral car & plumed horses can be seen. 18 November 1852
Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred
Comic postcard, Soldier and civilians, WW2 Date: circa 1940s
Comic postcard, Drunken man with crocodile Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Two women at a fairground, near the fortune tellers tent Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Middle aged couple at the seaside, not having any fun Date: 20th century
WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - The Gardens by the French School - home to the 59th Regiment. Date: circa 1916
Man in a bush tent, likely New ZealandVintage 19th century photograph: possibly New Zealand - man in a bush tent, reading, news from home
Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s
Big game hunting, tiger hunt in India - a seriesTiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s. One of 10 images listed
Comic postcard, Edinburgh Exhibition - man collides with woman Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple sitting on the beach. Mothers complexion blooms like a rose; fathers complexion has gone to his nose! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, British soldier in dugout, WW1 Date: circa 1918
Comic postcard, Soldier in the British Army, WW2 - what its like to sleep in a small tent with seven soldiers! Date: circa 1940s
A lady kitted out for a cycling trip in warm coat and long socks standing alongside a magnificent bicycle made for two, which is heavily laden with tent and belongings. Date: circa 1920s
Large crowd watching sumo wrestling outdoor arenaLarge crowd watching sumo wrestling in an outdoor arena. Vintage 19th century photograph
With the distressed hop pickers in Kent - a series of drawings by ILN Special Artist Mr H. C. Seppings Wright showing the poor conditions for hop pickers in Kent during bad wet weather
Historical views of Switzerland. Swiss peasants in the Alps 46, William Tell shooting an arrow at his son 47, and an avalanche or mountain snowball 48. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Historical views of Arabia. Arab performer with goat balancing on blocks 64, view of the Greek convent at Mount Sinai 65, and Muslim pilgrims on the Hajj at Mecca 66
Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticksMandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo
Medieval knight in armour with troop of mounted knights. Sir Ethelbert looking for a horse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament
Gentleman giving out medicines to beggars, 18th centuryEnglish gentleman dispensing his medicine cabinet to beggars at Ivry-sur Seine, 18th century. He gives aerated salts to a one-armed soldier, Bruchsal elixir to an old woman, and magnetic drops
People of the Osage Nation. Minckchtahooh or Little Soldier, 22, lower left, Gretomih, young woman, 18, upper left, and Kishagashugah or Little Chief, age 28, right
The Sultan watching young men battle with tomacThe Sultan in his Kiosk watching young officers and pages battle with tomak, wool balls on strips of leather. Esercizio del Tomac
View of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, 1800sView of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, the Sultans vacation palace on the European side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1800s. The Sultan
WW1 era - RAMC Recruitment TentWW1 era - RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) Recruitment Tent. Date: circa 1916
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Mess tentRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - John Boucher et al having lunch in the mess tent. Date: 1977
View over Dikkebus Lake, Dickebusch, BelgiumThe name Dickebusch means hick forest and dates from the time that this area was dense woodland. The Germans never took the lake, although they reached the water in May 1918
Cartoon, Installing the tent. 1923
Native American Indian mother with children. 1908
Native American encampment, Calgary, CanadaNative American Indian encampment, Calgary, Canada. 1908
Native American camp in winter. 1908
Precautionary camouflaging of tents, September 1939A group of people camouflage a tent in the countryside to protect it from potential air raids, following the outbreak of the war
Portable bathing tent for changing at the beachPortable changing tent for the beach. Held up by the head (with viewing opening!) there were pockets inside for clothes to helped. Available from Marshall and Snelgrove. Date: 1925
Field Artillery Camp, Okehampton, Dartmoor, West DevonField Artillery Camp, near Okehampton, Dartmoor, West Devon, with soldiers riding on horseback, and tents and buildings in the background. Date: circa 1910
Army camp on the shores of Lake Erie, CanadaArmy camp on the shores of Lake Erie, Niagara District, Canada, with Fort Erie in the distance. Date: 1770
Advert, Piggott Bros & Co, Garden TentsAdvert for Piggott Bros & Co, new registered designs of Garden Tents, Season 1889, showing a Crusader Tent (marquee). 1889
Francois Le Vaillants camp at Great Fish River (Groote Visrivier), South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa
Francois Le Vaillants camp at Pampoen-Kraal (Durbanville), West Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa
Le Vaillants camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld. A giraffe skin is undergoing taxidermy on a frame. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa
Francois Le Vaillants camp at Heere, Verloore ValleyFrancois Le Vaillants camp at Heere (Verloore Valley, northwest of Piketberg), Western Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa
Sami people or Lapplanders in a tent made of sail and stakes. Seats made of soft reindeer skins and woollen covers. Illustration from Leopold von Buchs Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813
View of the village of Mina, in the desert of Arafat (Tent City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia). Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia
Board games of chess and tables (backgammon) from 14th century manuscripts. Knights in armour playing chess watched by other knights in front of a military encampment
Serrated tortoise and diamondback terrapinSerrated tortoise or Kalahari tent tortoise, Psammobates oculiferus (Testudo serrata), and diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin (concentric tortoise, Testudo concentrica)
Musket racks, laboratory tent and officers tents18th century military tents: horse or rack to support firelocks 1, 2, 3, muskets on the rack 4, laboratory tents belonging to the artillery 5, field officers tent or marquis 6
Tomb of Akbar the Great, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaTomb of Akbar the Great, Mughal architectural masterpiece in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Tournament held in England circa 1450. (Caption refers to the huge tournament held at Beaucaire during King Henry IIs reign)