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Background imageVast Collection: Smithfield Market

Smithfield Market
The vast interior of Smithfield meat market, with carcasses hanging from hooks all down the central aisle

Background imageVast Collection: Bathing Machines / 1883

Bathing Machines / 1883
A vast assortment of bathing machines

Background imageVast Collection: Dolmen of Bagneux

Dolmen of Bagneux
The Dolmen of Bagneux, near Saumur. A massive megalith of neolithic origin, comprising of eight upright slabs in two rows, covered by three immense horizontal slabs

Background imageVast Collection: Alexander Issus 333Bc

Alexander Issus 333Bc
At Issus (near Iskanderun in Turkey) Alexander routs a vast horde of Asiatics and mercenaries, driving Darius, King of Persia, from the field

Background imageVast Collection: Pyne - Drover

Pyne - Drover
A SMITHFIELD DROVER Vast numbers of sheep and cattle are needed to feed the people of London, and Smithfield Market is where they are bought and sold

Background imageVast Collection: Bristol Buckingham B Mk. I KV335

Bristol Buckingham B Mk. I KV335
Bristol Buckingham B Mk.I KV335. A victim of failure to meet the original specification and the success of Mosquito day raid and night strategic bombing

Background imageVast Collection: How vast the Queen Mary really is

How vast the Queen Mary really is
Facts which tell how vast the Queen Mary really is Date: 1936

Background imageVast Collection: Steel And Steam

Steel And Steam
An oil painting of some vast city buildings, shrouded in billowing streams of steam, conveying a feeling of industry and activity. Date: circa 1920

Background imageVast Collection: Clapham Common

Clapham Common
This painting shows a vast number of well dressed figures at Clapham Common, a large park in south London, it was converted from common land to parkland under the terms of the Metropolitan Commons

Background imageVast Collection: Column On The March

Column On The March
This painting shows a vast line of French soldiers marching to the Front, giving an unending, ceaseless description to the infantry in a message of condemnation of the war. Date: circa 1916

Background imageVast Collection: The Port Of Algiers At Twilight

The Port Of Algiers At Twilight
A painting showing a broad view of the Port of Algiers, with a vast amount of docked boats lining the waters. Date: circa 1916

Background imageVast Collection: Mountain Valley

Mountain Valley
A landscape painting of a valley sitting between the lower point of two vast mountains. The foreground is made up of a solid forest of trees. Date: circa 1916

Background imageVast Collection: RMS Queen Mary, engine room

RMS Queen Mary, engine room
The vast engine room of RMS Queen Mary Date: 1930s

Background imageVast Collection: Sydney From Bay Road

Sydney From Bay Road
A landscape watercolour painting showing a view of Sydney, with a vast expanse of water, with ships going to and fro, from the Bay Road. Date: circa 1924

Background imageVast Collection: Equihen, France

Equihen, France
A landscape oil painting, featuring some vast hills, patterned with winding streams and pathways running between copses of trees. Date: circa 1923

Background imageVast Collection: City of Newcastle, New South Wales

City of Newcastle, New South Wales
A landscape etching of a foreground covering of trees, and a vast flat grassland linking to the city of Newcastle, in New South Wales. Date: circa 1921

Background imageVast Collection: The Riva, Venice

The Riva, Venice
An etching of The Riva, in Venice, Italy, with a vast amount of people of different walks of life populating the walkway. Date: 1880

Background imageVast Collection: Morning Light

Morning Light
A landscape oil painting showing a vast Australian landscape on a bright morning. Date: circa 1918

Background imageVast Collection: Within the Grand Arch, Jenolan Caves

Within the Grand Arch, Jenolan Caves
A photograph taken from inside the Jenolan limestone caves located within the Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales

Background imageVast Collection: Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Bt

Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Bt
An Oil painting of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, a British politician and writer of works including Statistical Account of Scotland of which there are a vast 21 volumes

Background imageVast Collection: Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis

Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

Background imageVast Collection: INTO THE ABYSS

INTO THE ABYSS
Down, down for ever I was falling.. into the vast abyss Date: circa 1914

Background imageVast Collection: Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan

Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with coastline along the Caspian Sea

Background imageVast Collection: A gigantic feast: banquet for French mayors

A gigantic feast: banquet for French mayors
A gigantic feast: the banquet to the French provincial mayors. The centenary of the proclamation of the French Republic celebrated by a banquet given by President Loubet to the Mayors of France

Background imageVast Collection: A splendid interior view of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England

A splendid interior view of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England, looking from the Corona West, down the vast length of the Choir. The West Window shown over the Screen. Date: late 1940s

Background imageVast Collection: LARGE BANQUET 1863

LARGE BANQUET 1863
A lone speaker holds forth at a vast formal banquet. Date: 1863

Background imageVast Collection: Construction of the pyramids

Construction of the pyramids
Constructing the pyramids: using vast wooden ramps to haul the stones into place

Background imageVast Collection: Start of the Suez Crisis - Vast crowds in Alexandria listen to Colonel Nassers spwwch

Start of the Suez Crisis - Vast crowds in Alexandria listen to Colonel Nassers spwwch after Egypt siezed control of the Suez Canal. Date: 1956

Background imageVast Collection: Girl in bright pink dress with ENORMOUS hat

Girl in bright pink dress with ENORMOUS hat
Girl in bright pink dress with an ENORMOUS flower-adorned hat and carrying a pink parasol. Date: 1909

Background imageVast Collection: Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat

Harem Skirt - Enormous Hat
The Harem Skirt - The Simple Life - The shade option provided by wearing an all-encompassing hat! Date: 1911

Background imageVast Collection: Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, London

Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, London
A fantastic, rare view of the Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, Brixton, London. As Brixtons population increased rapidly during the 1870s

Background imageVast Collection: Medina Azahara Palace. Cordoba. Andalusia. Spain

Medina Azahara Palace. Cordoba. Andalusia. Spain
Medina Azahara. Palace-city built by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir (912-961). Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba. Horseshoe arch. Andalusia. Spain

Background imageVast Collection: Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour

Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour
SS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration

Background imageVast Collection: Schmidts Shop Window

Schmidts Shop Window
The shop window of Schmidts famous German delicatessen on Charlotte Street, London, with a vast variety of tinned and preserved goods on display, a taste of Germany in London. Date: 1930s

Background imageVast Collection: Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Background imageVast Collection: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Tanganyika Plateau

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Tanganyika Plateau
Black and white lantern Slide of Tanganyika Plateau - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, Britrish South Africa. Boswell Collection

Background imageVast Collection: Jubilee Stamp room, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Jubilee Stamp room, North Bersted, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
The stamp room at The Rising Sun Pub, North Bersted, Bognor Regis. Eventually, in the 1920s, the collector and publican Richard Sharpe retired

Background imageVast Collection: Large Ivory tusk from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Large Ivory tusk from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Large Ivory tusk, weighing over 200lbs from the Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVast Collection: Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer reclining

Tunisia - A transvestite arab dancer reclining
A transvestite - in the garb of an arab dancer, reclining on a fur pelt and plump cushions, adorned with vast quantities of jewellery and patterned clothing

Background imageVast Collection: The Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul

The Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul
The Dolmabahce Palace, Constantinople. Commisioned by Abdul Mecit (1839-61) - architect Nikogos Balyn who in collaboration with his Father completed construction in 1853

Background imageVast Collection: Scene in the Libyan or Western Desert, Egypt

Scene in the Libyan or Western Desert, Egypt, with arabs, camels, and undulating sand dunes. Date: 1936

Background imageVast Collection: Scene in the Arabian or Eastern Desert, Egypt

Scene in the Arabian or Eastern Desert, Egypt, with three biplanes flying overhead, and evidence on the ground of volcanic upheaval. Date: 1936

Background imageVast Collection: British and Indian machine gunners with Vickers machine gun

British and Indian machine gunners with Vickers machine gun
Photograph of British and Indian machine gunners with a Vickers machine gun, Lewis gun and range-finder, 1917. By the end of 1918 the British had deployed 112

Background imageVast Collection: Sand dunes of the Sahara

Sand dunes of the Sahara
Two nomads and their camels, stand amidst a vast expanse of sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageVast Collection: Animals at a French Zoo - Saiga Antelope

Animals at a French Zoo - Saiga Antelope - small antelope standing by wall.. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Background imageVast Collection: The Netherlands experienced no shortage during WW1

The Netherlands experienced no shortage during WW1
Poor Little Neighbour. According to the French illustrator of this postcard (Emile Dupuis), whilst France and Belgium were starving and suffering shortages in 1916

Background imageVast Collection: Chion-in, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Chion-in, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Chion-in in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan - the headquarters of the Jodo-shu (Pure Land Sect) founded by Honen (11331212). A vast Buddhist Temple complex. Date: circa 1906

Background imageVast Collection: Maid with Tray

Maid with Tray
An Edwardian housemaid hurries along the vast hallway of an Edwardian Country House carrying a tray of edibles for her masters. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)



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