Worlds Collection (page 3)

Entrance to Tapestry Section, Paris Exhibition of 1889
Entrance to Tapestry Section, the World's International Exhibition, Paris 1889 Date: 1889

Entrance on the Quai D'Orsay, Paris Exhibition of 1889
Entrance on the Quai D'Orsay, the World's International Exhibition, Paris, 1889 Date: 1889

Grenoble 1925 Exposition Internationale de la Houille blanche et du Tourisme (International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism) - The Grand Entrance Gateway. Date: 1925

The War of the Worlds - Despair - Surrounded by martians
"My imagination was haunted by these fast metal monsters and the memory of the dead body smashed against the fence." Date: First published: 1898

Opening of Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels
King Baudouin in Army uniform in the centre of the Royal group, on his right his brother Prince Albert in naval uniform. On the left of King Baudouin are Princess de Rethy with Princess Marie

Aerial photograph taken from one of the spheres of the giant Atomium at the Universal and International Exhibition of the Atomic Age. Date: May 1958

Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, American writer
Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945), American novelist, poet and playwright, best known for two novels: The Quick or The Dead? (1888) and World's End (1914). Date: 1914

Elevated train to take visitors around the exhibition. Date: May - October 1893

Diagram of the original design for the Great Wheel. Columbian Exposition's tallest attraction, designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr

Attraction at the Chicago's World's Fair, designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. The ferris wheel named the Chicago Wheel, had thirty-six pendulum cars

CHOLERA/USA/1893
"A Prophetic Picture": the World's Fair will be closed by the Cholera Date: 1893

Westland Lynx 800 ZB500 World's fastest helicopter
Westland Lynx 800 ZB500 (msn 102, ex G-LYNX, ex ZA500'), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 18 July 2003

The Cheltenham Flyer - World's Fastest Train

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037
(ex United States Air Force) - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Used as the Administration Building during the Worlds Fair of 1904. Date: circa 1900s

Advert, Paris International Exhibition, Worlds Fair
Advert for the Paris International Exhibition, Worlds Fair, May 1937 Date: 1937

Chicagos World Fair - A Century of Progress - General Exhibits Group - Aerial view. Buildings which housed the exhibits of applied sciences and industries

Cartoon, The Pipe of Peace II
The Great Dry Chief. I was half afraid my navy cut might make you sick; But so far I see no ill effects. Mr Balfour. On the contrary, I could do with it a bit stronger. Date: 1921

Cartoon, The Pipe of Peace
Great Dry Chief. I do trust this won t make any of them sick! Date: 1921

19th century vintage photograph Paris France - The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889

The worlds largest single oilfield: Kuwait and its fabulously rich ruler, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. The discovery of oil has brought immense wealth to Kuwait

Vienna Universal Exhibition: Principal entrance
The Vienna Universal Exhibition 1873: the principal entrance with many visitors gathered around

Advert for winter holidays in Switzerland, 1927 - come and see the worlds playground, the paradise of winter sports and the clear, bracing Alpine air Date: 1927

Advert for summer holidays in Switzerland, 1927 described as the Worlds playground, the Paradise of Summer Sports in the clear, bracing Alpine air. Date: 1927

Photograph of Worlds End PH, Tilbury, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Mother Red-Cap
The Worlds End is a pub and music venue at 174 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London, just south of Camden Town tube station

Entrance to London Zoo
View of the entrance to the zoological gardans 1840. London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828

The Worlds End
The old tavern was a noted house of entertainment in the reign of Charles II. The grounds and tea gardens were extensive and it was elegantly fitted out

The Royal Opening of the new Dry Dock at Southampton on Wednesday, July 26, 1933 by King George V, accompanied by the Queen and the Duke and Duchess of York

The Imperial Austrian Exhibition worlds fair of 1906 at Earls Court London - Empress Hall - A Tyrolian Village by Kautsky & Rottonara of Vienna. Date: 1906

Le Salon Royal - Lyon Exposition Internationale (Belgian Section). The Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon was the 1914 Worlds Fair in the French city of Lyon

Magna Carta being opened by tin-opener on return to Lincoln
The Magna Carta being opened by a tin-opener (from its hermetically-sealed container) on its return to Lincoln Cathedral from America where it had been on loan since 1939

Spanish Settlement at St. Augustine, Florida
The Spanish settlement of what would later be the city of St. Augustine in Florida. A caravan moves down the road towards a harbour in the distance, busy with ships. Three men work in the foreground

New York Worlds Fair - Trylon and Perisphere - Promo card Date: 1939

Johannes Treu, the worlds strongest tooth-athlete
Power achievement of the Russian Johannes Treu, claimed to be the worlds strongest tooth-athlete. circa 1898

War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - First Publication
The narrator is invited to an astronomical observatory at Ottershaw, where he meets astronomer Ogilvy and they observe Mars. The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G

Souvenir card, Worlds Fair 1904, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Souvenir card, Administration Building, Worlds Fair 1904, St Louis, Missouri, USA. When held up to the light, the windows, moon and fountain glow. 1904

Paris Exhibition of 1900 - The Monumental Gate
Paris Exposition (Exposition) of 1900 - The Monumental Gate (La Porte Monumentale). Date: 1900

FRASCATIs RESTAURANT
Dining and dancing at Restaurant Frascati, the worlds rendezvous, Oxford Street, London. Date: 1920s

Douglas XF4D-1 Skyray 124587 (msn 7464), 2nd prototype of the F4D at Edwards Air Force Base, on loan to General electric for engine development

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

Exterior of the Vienna Universal Exhibition, entrance and grounds. Date: 1873

Interior of the temporary Vienna Universal Exhibition, showing the English court. Date: 1873

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Administration Building. 1933

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Entrance, Illinois Host House. 1933

Chicago Worlds Fair - American Radiator-Standard Sanitary
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - American Radiator-Standard Sanitary Building. 1933

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Sears Roebuck Building. 1933

Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - View from the observation platform of the Skyride, showing the Electrical Building in the foreground. 1933

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