Villages Collection (page 2)

Fountain on the main square of a village in Djibouti
People gathering water from a fountain on the main square of a village in Djibouti, north-eastern Africa. Date: 1936

Antakya, Turkey
General view on the Orontes River and Antakya, near the south border of Turkey (formerly Syria). Date: circa 1910

Sawfar (Sofar), Lebanon
Sawfar (Sofar) with the Donna Maria Sursock Mansion built circa 1909 on the right - Mount Lebanon (Liban) Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Old Biskra, Algeria
An elderly man stands next to a house made of clay-like materials, on the corner of a street in old Biskra. Date: circa 1910s

Starry village with snow and Christmas sleigh
Snowy village at Christmas with starry night and Santas sleigh in the street. Date: 1960s

Swedish Countryside
Christdala i Smaland - a country village dominated by its church, and looking pretty much like villages anywhere else !

Stop in Petit-Serr頯n a travel route to Cilaos, R鵮ion
Stop in Petit-SerrÚá»n a travel route to Cilaos, RÚÁ«ion, an island in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar and French territory. Date: circa 1900

Oasis in Egypt
Travelling camels and crowds in a palm oasis in Egypt. Date: circa 1900

Railway station in Kafr el-Dawwar, Egypt
Railway station in Kafr el-Dawwar, nowadays a city near Alexandria, Egypt. Date: circa 1905

Pyramid complex of Giza from the Nile, Egypt
View over the river Nile to a village at the opposite shore with men and camels standing on the river bank and (from right to left) the Great Pyramid of Giza

Madagascan women gathering water from a fountain
A group of Madagascan women and men around a fountain in a farm village with cottages in the background. Date: circa 1910

Beit Mery, Mount Lebanon
Beit Mery - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Overlooking the capital Beirut, the town was a summer mountain resort of the Phoenicians and later the Romans. Date: circa 1940

View of Kingsand from the sea, Cornwall
View of the village of Kingsand from the sea, south-east Cornwall. Date: circa 1930

Prehistoric Houses
Pre-historic dwellings at Sumburgh, Shetland. These buildings were excavated by H. M. Office of Works and were communal villages of the past, partly built underground Date: March 1939

Perambulate library 1857
A Gentleman travelling from village to village, wheeling a large box containing a supply of books to rural people. Once they had received their books he would take the next set that they had used to

Stia, Italy with Porciano in the distance Date: 1905

Turkmen girl - in traditional dress - boils water for tea on an outdoor stove - a bread-stove build of clay is behind. Karahoudan village - foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan

Turmen - a family sleeps outside on plank-beds - sunrise. Karahoudan village - in foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Russian village at midwinter sunset. a typical scene in North Ural Mountains; outskirts of the Vsevolodo-Blagodatskoye village, surrounded by coniferous forest; Russia, december

River Syilva / Sylva passing through Syilva / Sylva village, one of oldest Russian settlements in Siberia (now in a state of desolation). Ural Mountains, near Ekaterinburg, Russia; late summer

Maloyuganskii village - aerial of village and taiga forest. near Surgut, Siberia, Russia. Spring. Fog visible on the horizon is due to smoke from uncontrolled forest fires

Village Arba - in sand dunes of Central Karakum desert. March - Turkmenistan - former CIS

Russian village Garyi stretching along the river Sosva bank. North Ural Mountain region, Russia. traditional wooden houses and vegetable gardens, meadows and forest. September

Reading Armistice terms on a village green by night
A small group of British villagers, having received a newspaper containing the terms of the Armistice, signalling the end of the First World War, gather around on a village green to hear the news

Sphere cover - French refugees from lost villages, Matania
A refugee French mother and her children are given a lift by some British soldiers on a road in Northern France as they escape the approaching German guns

Port Sunlight - where work and pleasure go hand in hand
Double page spread from The Illustrated London News showing scenes at Port Sunlight, the model village built by William Lever (Lord Leverhulme) to house workers at his soap factory

Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain, - Old Village
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain. Alaro, Orient depicting the old village through an archway. Date: 2013

Germany cavalry entering Mouland, Belgium
Germans advancing through Belgium at the beginning of World War I. These patrols penetrated scores of villages, burning houses and looting as they went. Date: 1914

Bomb launching installations in France by G. H. Davis
Homes of the flying bombs: the layout of launching installations in northern France during the Second World War. They are sometimes camouflaged among woods, or disguised as small villages. Date: 1944

Children at the village of Marg near Cairo riding a donkey
Young Egypt. Native children at the village of Marg near Cairo riding a donkey. Date: C. 1920

Syrian Housing
Syrias villages are poor, and these domed houses are characteristic dwellings. They are made of clay and erected over a wall of stones or ruins. Date: 1930s

Lago di Lugano (Lake Lugano) - Switzerland
Villages of Castello and Dramo at San Mamete, on the shore of Lago di Lugano (Lake Lugano), Italy Date: circa 1907

Chilonda, Bie, Angola - Women off to hear Gospel Meetings
Chilonda, Bie, Angola - Women heading off to the villages to Gospel Meetings - everyone is travelling in the back of a van! Date: circa 1930s

Moschoviae Tabula. Map of Russia and of the Indo-European

floating island villages - Inle Lake
Floating island villages - Inle Lake - The floating islands of the lake dwellers, clear green rectangles of the bamboo rafts growing out from the shore like algae

Village of Marathon and plains. From: A journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810.. Date: 1813

The Indian village at Alert Bay. Canada

The villages, Harzburg, Hartz, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Ivychurch, Romney by Percy Home
Ivychuch, Romney, Kent with the cathedral of the Marsh, St. Georges Church, clearly visible. Date: 1939

Russian armoured car rattles through Polish town, 1939
The advance of the Russian Army into Poland. Scene in Rakov, a small Polish town of typical wooden houses. As the countryside was practically unoccupied by Polish forces these armoured columns

Audresselle, France - Train Renard - A Road Train
Fantastic (and very rare) postcard depicting a road train devised by Charles Renard (also an airship pioneer) in 1903, which ran through the rural French villages of Wimereux

Ambletuse, France - Train Renard - A Road Train

England / Beer
The tiny East Devon fishing village called Beer, tucked in between great chalk cliffs, one of the most charming villages of Devonshire, England. Date: 1950s

English Model Village

Christmas Eve by Charles Pears
Festive scene showing a village, with its illuminated church in the foreground, covered by a blanket of snow in the fading light. 1930

Coronation Tea Party (advertisement)
As part of an advertisement for Bowater Paper Corporation Limited, artist Illingworth previews the typical scene in British villages during Coronation week. Date: 1953

Robin Hoods Bay and Ravenscar, North Yorkshire Date: circa 1930s

Lakeside Villages - Dahomey / Benin
Dahomey (modern-day Benin) - Lakeside Villages with traditional houses/huts built on stilts. Date: circa 1910s

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