Tropical Collection (page 15)

View of hills and tree plantations, Dominica, West Indies
View of hills and tree plantations on the island of Dominica, West Indies. 1949

A deer lounges in lush, tropical surroudings. Flowers bloom and trees merge with one another in a scene of beautiful abundance. 1925

Ireland / Glengarriff
Glengariff, the lovely land- locked harbour in County Cork, Ireland, where the vegetation luxuriates in the warmth of the Gulf Stream and the growth is almost tropical. Date: 1950s

Buccoo Reef Snorkellers
A group of snorkellers at Buccoo Reef, famous for its coral beauty, Tobago, West Indies. Date: 1960s

Ireland / Kenmare Bay
By the shores of Kenmare Bay, at Parkinsilla, County Kerry, Ireland. This is a delightful area on the west coast, with its tropical vegetation and distant Glengarrif Peninsula. Date: 1950s

Argentinian Farmer
An unfortunate farmer stuggles to harvest his crops with an ox-drawn wooden cart in monsoon conditions, Argentina, South America. Date: 1930s

Tropical riding outfit, 1930
A tropical riding habit, for society types who require such get-ups for East Africa or suchlike with a terai, a wide-brimmed felt hat, typically with a double crown

Elater (Click Beetle) and Elops Saurus

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)

Banana advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for Fyffes bananas from 1931 advising people to eat them in the winter as a popular, nourishing, nuturitious and cheap snack

Silhouette of Grace Moore
An intricate silhouette of the American film star, Grace Moore who made her d?t at Covent Garden in June 1935, as Mimi in Puccinis La Boh?. 1935

Victor Hugos house at St Peter Port, Guernsey
VICTOR HUGO View across the front garden of Hauteville House, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, where the French novelist lived during his exile from France. Date: circa 1960

Thomas A. Edison memorial bridge, and Thomas Edison
F4- Thomas A. Edison memorial bridge, Ft. Myers, Fla. Thomas A. Edison called Ft. Myers his adopted home from 1885 when he first came here, until 1931, the year of his death

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Tropical Sunset - Singapore
Tropical Sunset with Palm tees - Singapore

Lady Diana Cooper in Nassau
The British socialite and actress Lady Diana Cooper, in the tropical garden at the New Continental at Nassau

A tropical shoreline
Two seagulls fly over a tropical beach lined with palm trees. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Poster advertising Bananas
Banana Palms: a poster artistically designed by E McKnight Kauffer for the Empire Marketing Board

Cyclone damage on Martinique
Cyclone Damage to the Mairie (Town Hall) at Gros Morne on the Island of Martinique - 8th August 1903

The Birthplace of the Empress Josephine
The birthplace of the Empress Josephine (wife of Napoleon) on the Caribbean Island of Martinique

Shipwrecked on a Tropical Island
Front cover illustration showing a young woman shipwrecked on a tropical island. Dressed only in a slip, she nevertheless ensures her lipstick is expertly applied. Date: 1928

Design for a winter garden at Alexandra Palace, 1859
Engraving showing the interior of a proposed winter garden inside the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, 1859. The large dome shown was proposed to allow tropical plants

Sketch by ILN special artist, Melton Prior. British troops in tropical helmets survey the destruction by fire of the house of Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus, at the end of the Zulu wars

Portrait of Sir Ronald Ross
Sir Ronald Ross discovered the scientific link between mosquitoes and human malaria. In 1899 he became Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool

Humming Birds - 2
(Trochilidae) Birds of this species depicted among tropical flora

Humming Birds - 1
(Trochilidae) Humming birds are found only in tropical regions of the Americas

Morrab Gardens
Tropical trees and plants in the lovely Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Racial Types Fiji 19C
Two men of Fiji

Indian elephant and rhinoceros
An Indian Elephant and a Rhinoceros

Summer Flowers 1866
Orchids (Dendorbium Devonianum & Cattleya Leopoldi); Stephantis; Begonia; Rondeletia Odorata; Melastoma (Dedinella Magnifica); Cissus Discolor

Sunbathing on Sand
A bronzed woman, in sun hat & white bikini to emphasize her tan, sunbathes on a sandy beach

Girl Snorkeller
A young woman, in a bikini, prepares to go snorkelling by putting on her rubber flippers. Her goggles & snorkel are worn on her head ready for the first dive

Brazil / Amazon C1890
Tropical forest lines the banks of the lower Amazon, Brazil

Banana Tree / 1880
A Banana plant in the tropics

Trumpet Fish
Latin name: Aulostoma Maculatum

Sri Lanka / Coast Scene
Coastal scene with Palmyra palm trees

Sago Palm Trees 1913
SAGO PALM, southern Asia (metroxylon species)

Tropical Scenery 1835
A tropical vignette complete with parrots in the tree-tops, mountainous terrain and lush ferns and palms (tree ferns ?)

Humboldt / Keller / Orinoco
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT German scientist and traveller depicted on the Orinoco with Bonpland during his American travels, 1799 - 1804

Charles Darwin as a wild man of the jungle
Charles Darwin, depicted as a wild man of the jungle with a beard almost down to his feet

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