Waves Collection (page 20)

English Puritans leaving England for America

Red Star Line poster
Poster for the Red Star Line shipping company promoting its passenger liner service between Antwerp, New York, Southampton, Cherbourg and Canada

Franklin / Trent in Floes
Lieutenant John Franklin on his first expedition: the Trent among ice floes which halted their expedition, although they did bring back some valuable charts

Pizarro Leaves Panama
Pizarro sets sail from Panama to conquer peru

Sweden / Stockholm / 16th C
A bird s-eye view of the city

Cavendish / Magellan
Cavendish sails round the straights of Magellan

Olympics / 1948 / Swimming
Ann Curtis (USA) sets the record for the 400 metre womens freestyle

Steamship Leith 1847
The Leith arriving at Granton Pier, Edinburgh, while The Monarch leaves for London

ARK ROYAL ATTACKED
The British aircraft-carrier Ark Royal is attacked by waves of Italian warplanes who damage her severely with two direct hits

Amy Johnson in her Plane
Amy Johnson (Mrs Mollison) sits in her plane and smiles and waves to the camera

THE AMERICA WINS CUP
The America winning the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup, open to yachts of all causes and nations

Madras, Fort St. George
Fort St. George, Madras

Waving Tearful Farewell
A young lady waves a sad farewell to her soldier lover as he returns to the front - for this is 1915, and World War One is taking its toll

Girls on the Wing
Some daring, yet foolhardy young ladies pose on the top wing of a bi-plane. The pilot waves his handkerchief and roses fall from the sky

Race Cource Fashions
Dark blue dress: skirt trimmed with fringing & waves of ribbon, open body with bows arranged like echelles. Green mantle with black reversed vandyke trim

Canute Orders Waves
Canute tries to order back the waves to demonstrate how ridiculous the flattery of his courtiers has become

Cowes Regatta / 1914
A scene at Cowes Regatta - sailing ships fly past as the wind fills their billowing white sails. Some spectators wave their hankerchiefs in encouragement

Sailing Ships / Dreadnough
The old sailing ship towed to her last berth

Riding a Chinese Beast
The Chinese deity Han Tchong- li rides a sea creature across the waves

Girls at the Seaside
A girl is invited by a friend to go into the water : ropes stretch out into the sea from the shore so that the bathers shall not be swept out to sea by the waves and drowned

Bathing Beauty C1900
A pretty woman in a one-piece swimsuit stands in the sea up to her calves

DELIA MASONs HAT C1906
Delia Mason wears a hat composed of lace & gauze over a wire frame & trimmed with daisies. The brim is shaped into waves

Goodbye on Platform
A lady waves goodbye to a parting train, a porter handles luggage, the station master surveys his platform with proprietorial watchfulness

Flushing / Peters
Flushing in the province of Zeeland: A view of the entrance into the port showing a couple of sailing barges being tossed by the raging sea

THE SHIPWRECK C17TH
The Shipwreck

Lisbon Quake / Ciceri
A panoramic view of the ruined city after the 9.30 am tremors have been followed by a succession of tsunami (tidal waves) and further destruction is being caused by fires

Tidal Wave, Japan
A Japanese sailing vessel is hit by a tidal wave following an earthquake

Steamer in Seine Barre
A steamer caught by the MASCARET or BARRE at Quilleboeuf in the Seine estuary, France

Canute Reproves Courtier
Canute demonstrates that the flattery of his courtiers is foolish, by showing them that he cannot turn back the sea as they had suggested

Olympia Motor Show
A cheery woman driver waves from the drivers seat of a sports car

Pyne - Admiral
AN ADMIRAL Britannia survives by ruling the waves, and her admirals are her greatest heroes. This one wears full uniform with the Order of the Bath

Witches Frolic
Witches frolicking in the waves

Seaplanes & U-Boats
German seaplanes and U-boats in the North Sea

Navigation Using the Sun
Navigation by reference from the sun

A stormy Lake Ontario, Canada
View of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes of North America, with Canada to the north and the USA to the south. Vessels are struggling to stay afloat in stormy weather

Shark pursuing a shipwrecked sailor
A Common Shark (carcharias lamia) about to make a meal of a shipwrecked sailor

Futuristic air sea rescue
A futuristic air sea rescue, with an aeroplane coming to the aid of a ship in trouble

Separation / Keel Row Song
A woman waves goodbye to her husband or sweetheart

F. Christmas / Transport
A small boy waves to Father Christmas as he flies past in a plane

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