Tourist Collection (page 20)

The Custom House, the Press Gang and the Tower of London. The New Custom House opened in 1817 on Lower Thames Street 10, Press Gang men armed with swords

The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and barge
The Bellman, a London Wharf and Coal-ship and coal barge. London Bellman or Town Crier reading a notice about missing child Tommy Dallow 7, London Wharf at the East India Docks 8

New London Bridge, Billingsgate and the Scavenger. New London Bridge built by John Rennie in 1825 4, Billingsgate fish market 5 and Scavengers with horse and cart cleaning the streets 6

Countrymen on a stage coach, the Monument and Pie Corner. Four-horse stage coach in front of Saint Pauls Cathedral 1, the Monument to the Fire of London in Fish Street Hill 2

Calligraphic title page with vignette of the city of London with Saint Pauls Cathedral. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London

Gentleman giving out medicines to beggars, 18th century
English 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

Children playing on carts cutting up a newly-rolled
Children playing on carts and toys cutting up a newly-rolled gravel drive. More miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

English tourist in a bird basket in a gannet hunt
English tourist riding in a bird basket in a gannet or guga hunt on the isle of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Doctor Factobends recantation in the bird basket, St. Kildd

English tourists defacing an ancient tomb on the isle
English tourists defacing an ancient tomb with hammer and chisel on the isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Doctor Prosody clears up the antiquities of Iona

English tourists on a boat near the basalt pillars
English tourists falling overboard on a boat in choppy seas near the basalt pillars of Staffa, Inner Hebrides. Doctor Prosody proves the inconvenience of a timid companion at Staffa

English tourist sketching the waterfall from Ossian s
English tourist sketching the Black Linn falls of the Braan River from Ossians Hall of Mirrors, Dunkeld, Scotland. A dog attacks its reflection and Dr. Factobend smashes a mirror

English tourists watch fishermen opening pearl oysters
English tourists watch Scottish fishermen opening pearl oysters on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Doctor Prosody fishing for pearls in the Isle of Sky

International Hotel, Niagara Falls, NY, USA. Date: circa 1920

Small Ferry boat - Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Small Ferry/excursion/pleasure boat - Bridlington, East Yorkshire - running non-landing coastal cruises from the harbour to Flamborough Head. Date: circa 1920s

Passionate couple
Passionate young Dutch couple in an embrace. Holland was a very popular tourist resort in Edwardian times and was a theme captured by many postcard artists of the day. Artist: Anon. Date: circa 1908

German Crown Princess at Assouan, Egypt
The Crown Princess of Germany (Cecilie of Mecklenberg-Schwerin) pictured leaving the German Church at Assouan (Aswan), Egypt in 1911

Poster, Spain Glorious Spring. circa 1930

Poster, Assisi, Italy. circa 1930

Plaque to 3rd Parachute Squadron RE, Troarn, Normandy
This is on the wall of the Tourist Office and was put up by the citizens of Troarn in honour of the officers and men of the Squadron who at dawn on the 6 June 1944

Mountain view in South Tyrol, northern Italy
Mountain view with tourist bus and passengers in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Date: late 1910s

La Bateliere de Brienz (The Boatwoman of Brienz)
Elisabetha Grossmann (1795-1858), Swiss skipper who ferried tourists across the lake in Berne, Switzerland, and herself became a tourist attraction - La Bateliere de Brienz (The Boatwoman of Brienz)

South-east view of a Tudor house in Sweedon s
South-east view of an old 15th-century Tudor house in Sweedons Passage, Grub Street, 1791. Formerly inhabited by Sir Richard Whittington and Sir Thomas Gresham

View of Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France, 18th century tourist attraction. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Christian Muller from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Glaciers and snow slopes in Chamonix valley, France, 18th century tourist attraction. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Art Deco tourist
An elegant woman with luggage. Date: c.1929

Visit Egypt advertisement by Gladys Peto
Exquisite advertisement for the Egypt Travel Bureau by Gladys Peto in The Graphic featuring tourists in Petos trademark colourful frocks among ancient ruins. Date: 1930

The Graphic, Egyptian Number 1930
Front cover of The Graphic magazine specially designed in an Egyptian style for its number on the same subject. Date: 1930

The Ranch House, Mount Rose Ranch, Reno, Nevada, USA, with tourists on horseback. Date: circa 1930

Entrance to Camp Grande, El Paso, Texas, USA - an automobile tourist camp (motel) with affordable accommodation. Date: 1923

On board the Queen Mary - Tourist Cocktail Bar
Guests enjoying a Whitbread Pale Ale of all things in the smart Tourist Cocktail Bar on board the newly launched Queen Mary ocean liner. 1936

Charley Dodson crossing the finishing line in an MG Magnette, winning the 1934 Tourist Trophy Race. 1934

Advertisement for Turnberry Hotel, Girvan, Scotland. Date: 1931

Advertisement for the Mount Railway, Madeira
Advertisement for the Mount Railway Company of Madeira, offering excursions for tourists, with return passage between steamer and pier, toboggan or return by railway

Local men with tourist car in Funchal, Madeira
Local men with a tourist car in Funchal, Madeira, designed to entertain visitors by sliding down the steep slopes of the town. Date: circa 1910

Street scene with tourist cars in Funchal, Madeira, sliding down the steep slope from top to bottom. Date: circa 1910

Tourists at exhibition tower lift, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tourists at the foot of the exhibition tower lift, waiting to ascend, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. Date: circa 1906-1907

Bear cubs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. circa 1940

A man driving the new four-seater Wolseley motor car, speed of 30 m. h. Date: 1905
A man driving the new four-seater Wolseley motor car, speed of 30 m.h. Date: 1905

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver VH-SSG (msn 1444), of SeAir - Australias Tourist Airline. Date: circa 1990

Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A N41881
Vought-Sikorsky VS-44A NC41881 / N41881 Mother Goose (ex Excambian) of Avalon Air Transport, tied up on the Avalon jetty at Long Beach

Mrs Salmons Waxworks in Fleet Street, London, the Madame Tussaud. Waxworks of Kings and Queens. There was a figure on crutches at the door and Old Mother Shipton, a witch from the 16th century

Tourist Queries Guard Date: 1950

Haworth Parsonage
View from the churchyard of the Haworth Parsonage, in West Yorkshire, at the time of the Brontes. Date: 19th century

A TRIP TO BOX HILL
A motor excursion to Box HIll, Surrey, a popular tourist spot. Date: 1916

CLOTHES FOR MOROCCO 1924
Man: plus fours, flat cap, knitted vest, plaid or tartan socks & brogues. Women: cloche hats, tubular shaped skirts with jacket or belted tunic & spectator/co-respondent shoes. Date: 1924

British Tourist Vandals
Modern Christians in the palace of the ancient Moorish kings, Alhambra - English tourists in Granada indulge in a little vandalism... Date: circa 1870

Dr Syntax sketching the lake
Dr Syntax in Englands Lake District sketches the scene before him. At this time, tourists carried sketch books the way later travellers would carry cameras. Date: 1815

Lady Tourist on camel - Giza, Egypt
A young woman on holiday poses whilst sitting on a camel as her male companion captures the moment on his cinecamera Date: January 1936

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