Wonders Collection (page 3)

The marvel of the century! Newmann and his marvelous show of wonders. Includes small portrait of Newmann and small images of 4 posters advertising his performances. Date ca. 1930

The master mentalist, Newmann the man who knows and his marvelous show of wonders : including the science baffling Simla seance

General Tom Thumb & Wife, Commander Nutt & Minnie Warren. Four wondrously formed & strangely beautiful ladies & gentlemen in miniature, natures smallest editions of her choicest works

Motor bike & sidecar & tram
The Wonders of Speed. Book illustration.Date: 1924

7 Wonders / Mausoleum / Mus
In 353 BC, Greek architects Satyros and Pythios were ordered to design & build a huge tomb for Mausolus of Caria, provincial ruler of the Persian Empire, by his wife

Weighing Machine
A lady on a weighing machine wonders if she ought to cut down on polysaturates Date: circa 1890

The Discovery of The Chamber of Wonders, 1922
Howard Carter, Mrs Arthur Merton, Lady Allenby and Lord Carnarvon waiting to enter the newly discovered Chamber of Wonders

Sunset over the desert and Pyramids, Egypt

Camel group close to the Pyramid of Khufu, Egypt

Pyramids at Giza
The pyramids of Khufu and Khafre at Giza with the Sphinx in the foreground. A very early aeroplane flies above these wonders of the Ancient World

The Restraining Hand
Constantine I, King of the Hellenes wonders whether to join the Triple Entente, or to remain neutral. The mailed fist of the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, tries to influence his decision

Napoleon and Son
NAPOLEON III contemplates his son and wonders what their future will be : he has good reason to be pessimistic - four years from now, they will both be in exile in England

Cyprus / Larnaca
The Bazaar at Larnaca : a priest wonders whether to buy a pot, a donkey approaches, but its too hot for very much activity

Strauss / Salome / Destinn
Emmy Destinn, in a production at the Koniglich Opera, Berlin, contemplates the head of Johannes : should she have it mounted, she wonders ?

Fable / Mountain in Labour
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR When a mountain is heard to utter prodigious groans, multitudes flock to it in expectation of wonders, but all that appears is a mouse

Pyramid of Chephren / Giza
The Pyramid of Chephren, son of Cheops, built around 2600BC. Often described as the Great Pyramid of the Giza site

Pyramid of Cheops / Giza
The Pyramid of Cheops at Giza. 146.6 metres high, 13 acre base, 6 million tonnes of stone, 20 years in construction

Artemisia / Caria / Thevet
QUEEN ARTEMISIA Asian queen (reigned 352-350), widow of her brother Mausolus; erected a Mausoleum to his memory at Halicarnassus (one of the Seven Wonders)

Davenport Publicity
The World-Renowned DAVENPORT BROTHERS will appear in their Extraordinary Wonders at Pikes Opera Hall, Cincinnati - mediumship ? or magic ?

Wonders of the telephone
Advertisement from 1925 by the Telephone Development Association illustrating the benefits of having a telephone to counteract that womanly feeling of loneliness

Pacific / Sewing Machine
Civilisation comes to the Caroline Islands (West Pacific) - natives learn the wonders of the Singer sewing machine Date: circa 1900

Key Buildings 1850 / World
A comparative view of the principle buildings of the World in 1850 including the High Level Bridge - St Peters Rome - The Great Pyramid - The Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing

Pin-Up with Racquet
Fresh faced girl-next-door type wonders if, theres anyone for tennis?. She has a wooden Dunlop racquet

7 Wonders / Diana / Picart
Built by the Greeks, almost entirely from marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name

7 Wonders / Nineveh / Parr
The Temple of the Sun at Nineveh

Hanging Gardens / Munster
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife, Amyitis who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

Statue of Zeus, Olympia
The giant statue was carved by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC from ivory. It was slowly destroyed by fire, floods, earthquakes and landslides

Buildings / 7 Wonders
Built by the Greeks, almost entirely from marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name

Buying Stockings
A customer wonders whether to buy some Bear Brand stockings

A Drop of London Water
THE WONDERS OF A LONDON WATER DROP A water drop as it would be seen under the Molecular Magnifier. It is home to many hideous microscopic creatures

Mausoleum / Halicarnassus
A massive memorial to King Maussollus of Caria built at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum). Completed in 350 BC, the mausoleums stones were re-used in a crusader castle

Romanian Peasants Panic
Panic breaks out when a mobile cinema gives peasants of Bessarabia, Romania, their first glimpse of the wonders of cinematography !

Hogarth Distressed Poet
The Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill

Father / Children / Nature
Father explains the wonders of nature to his three children

Girl Posts Parcel 1880S
A little girl in a huge fruit festooned bonnet, arms full with a doll, umbrella & muff, looks up at the high slot on the red pillar box & wonders how she will ever reach it

Bile Beans Advert
BILE BEANS FOR BILIOUSNESS they sound disgusting but they ve done wonders for this wasp-waisted lady !

The Sphinx in 1813
Even in 1813 the Pyramids and the Sphinx were wonders of the world, intriguing scientists and sightseers, antiquaries and archeologists

Hogarth Poor Poet
The Distressed Poet and his wife both have problems : he wonders what to write, while his wife wonders how to pay the milkmaids bill

7 Wonders / Diana / Sargent
Built by the Greeks, almost entirely from marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name

7 Wonders / Rhodes / Century
A bronze statue of Apollo, 100 feet high, erected at the entrance of the harbour of Rhodes in about 280 BC. An earthquake in 224 BC caused it to fall from its pedestals

7 Wonders / Babylon / Wonde
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

7 Wonders / Diana / Won. Mus
Built by the Greeks, almost entirely from marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name

7 Wonders / Pyramids / Parr
Located just outside Cairo, Egypt, the pyramids are believed to have been built around 2600 to 2500 BC, and served as tombs for Egyptian kings

7 Wonders / Babylon / Parr
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife, Amyitis who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces and used water from the Euphrates River

7 Wonders / Zeus / Parr
The statue was carved by the Greek sculptor, Phidias, around 435 BC from ivory. It was slowly destroyed by fire, floods, earthquakes and landslides

7 Wonders / Rhodes / White
A bronze statue of Apollo, 100 feet high, erected at the entrance of the harbour of Rhodes in about 280 BC. An earthquake in 224 BC caused it to fall from its pedestals

7 Wonders / Pyramids / Picar
Located just outside Cairo, Egypt, the pyramids are believed to have been built around 2600 to 2500 BC and served as tombs for Egyptian kings

7 Wonders / Babylon / Picart
Allegedly built by Nebushadnezzar II for his wife Amyitis, who missed her homeland, Iraq. They were grown on terraces & used water from the Euphrates River

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