Zone Collection

Afridi Tribesman of the Khyber Pass, NWFP
Afridi Tribesman (Afreedis / Abaorteans) - a Pashtun (Pathan) tribe from the Khyber Pass region posing with his long rifle. Date: circa 1920s

Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, 1948
Photograph showing Wunstorf Airfield, near Hanover, in the British controlled zone of Germany, with a large number of Dakota and York airplanes lined up for use during the Berlin Airlift, 1948

Duty Free Gatwick
Travellers browsing around in the Duty Free zone of Gatwick airport, London

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

World War II aricraft at an aerodrome near Munich
World War II vintage photograph - aricraft at an American Zone aerodrome near Munich

WW II Liberator bomber supplies Titos Yugoslav forces
Vintage World War II photograph - Liberator bomber heading towards its drop zone to supply food and ammuniition to Titos Yugoslav forces

Agate nodules. Ovoid nodule of agate 1, aphanite with agate geode 2, and nodule of agate 3. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve
This area was in the landing zone of the Screaming Eagles, the 101st US Airborne Division, and was known as DZ C. It was where the 506th PIR were due to land

Limit of French Zone in the Ruhr
France extend their sphere of influence after German default in reparations - limit of French Zone in the Ruhr. 1923

A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, WW1
Cartoon, A Nice Conclusion, by William Heath Robinson, First World War. Enemy aviator (beginning to realise) -- Himmel! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. circa 1918

American paratroop, hunting snipers in St. Mere Eglise, firing a volley into a church tower, used by German soldiers as an observation post

Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain
(ex Armee de l Air) - Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain 92449 (msn 12251, call-sign FA ) at Le Bourget Airport on display with the Musee de l air et de l espace in July 1982

Mammari, Cyprus - Nicosia District, north of Kokkinotrimithia (currently in the UN buffer zone). Date: circa 1930s

South Manchurian Railway Company Hospital - Shenyang, China
South Manchurian Railway Company Hospital - Shenyang (formerly Mukden), China. With the region under Japanese control following victory in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

Operation Gold. Reconstruction of the tunnel built by American intelligence and British between 1954 and 1955 to link the west and east side of the city

Map of Germany, Belgium, France illustrating Armistice
A map illustrating the Armistice at the end of World War One. The black line shows the battle line on Armistice Day, 11th November 1918

Police Station at Cherat - NWFP. Cherat is a hill station, immediately above the village Chapri and Saleh Khana in the Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan

Lalkurti Bazar, Rawalpindi, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

British Indian Army - Hindustani Jats, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Red Cross travelling repair shop 1916
Interior view of a travelling repair van, with a soldier working on repairing vehicles in the war zone. Date: 1916

Mending Red Cross ambulances 1916
Soldiers working under a canopy in the war zone, repairing most needed Red Cross ambulances. Date: 1916

Soldiers on the Russian frontier at Helmstedt, Germany
Three soldiers (two British, one Russian) on the Russian frontier at Helmstedt, Germany, standing in front of a British Zone sign

Two women in the Russian zone, Berlin, Germany
Two women in the Russian zone, Berlin, postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

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

Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec. Pyramid of Santa Cecilia Acatitlan. Main staircase. Mexico

Two pages of a postwar leaflet about Germany
Two pages (front and back cover) of a postwar reconstruction leaflet -- Germany under control, with a map showing the British Zone, and statistics. Date: circa 1947

Berlin, Germany - postwar - French sector border post
Berlin, Germany - postwar - Sign alerting that you are leaving the French-controlled sector. Date: circa 1947

Cartoon, Fighting zone, WW1
Cartoon, Fighting zone. Two French soldiers have just bought food and drink from a trader. The trader is amazed that they keep buying cheap wine from him at an inflated price

WW1 - German gas attack
WW1 - Illustrating a gas attack in the eastern war zone from an aerial viewpoint. The poisonous cloud rolls before a westerly wind towards the Russian lines

Concert in the War Zone for soldiers and others, France, WW1
Concert in the War Zone for the boys in khaki and blue. British soldiers, nurses and others listen to an open air concert in the shade of trees, somewhere in France. Date: 1915

Big gun going forward across waterlogged battle zone, WW1
British soldiers moving a big gun forward across a waterlogged battle zone in Flanders in 1918 - demonstrating the famous mud and flooding of the Western Front. Date: 1918

German boy scouts in British Zone, Germany

German boy scout in British Zone, Germany

Ordeal for horses on the Western Front, 1917
British horses in the back area of the battle zone are terrified by the flash of an exploding bomb leading the cussing guard to round them up and resume control. Date: 1917

Surely I must be approaching the zone of fire
Flying. Enemy Aviator (beginning to realise) Himmel ! Surely I the zone of fire approaching be. Or the English version - Aviator (beginning to realise) Surely I must be approaching the zone of fire

Scenes on the Eastern front in silhouette, WW1
Silhouettes by a Russian cavalry officer depicting scenes a Cossack food convoy being attacked by Uhlans (ultimately a fruitless exercise). Date: 1915

Women workers in the war zone by H. L. Oakley
Silhouettes of French women workers made by Lieutenant (later Captain) H. L. Oakley in the area behind the firing line on the Western Front

US blockade of Mexico
The United States blockades Mexico: the naval demonstration in the Gulf. The Mexican situation seen from above the port of Vera Cruz

British offensive on Western Front by G. H. Davis
The British offensive on the Western Front during the Second World War: troops in action, and a map of the Normandy battle zone. Date: 1944

Map of Tunisia by G. H. Davis
Map of the Front Zone in Tunisia, North Africa, immediately prior to the capture of Mateur, opening the road to Tebourba and Djedeida for Allied forces during the Second World War. Date: 1943

Map of Low Countries by G. H. Davis
Defence by inundation: the Low Countries bar against invasion. A pictorial map drawn in the early weeks of the Second World War

DMZ, De-militarised Zone, South Korea
Looking towards Unity installation art sculpture statues of anonymous people at the DMZ, De-militarised Zone on the South North Korean border at Imjingak, South Korea Date: 2012

Copenhagen, Denmark - Nytorv Square
Nytorv (New Square / New Market) - a public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with Gammeltorv it today forms the Stroget pedestrian zone

Cuartel de Bamba, Cristobal, Zona del Canal - Panama
Cuartel de Bamba (Fire Station), Cristobal, Zona del Canal (Canal Zone) - Panama. Date: circa 1910s

Izmir - Hisar Mosque - Turkey
View toward the Kizlaragasi Han (1744) caravanserai in the historic Kemeralti bazaar zone of Izmir (Smyrna), with the Hisar Mosque (1592) seen in the background. Date: circa 1902

Camel Caravan at the Caravaniserai Landikotal - NWFP
Camel Caravan at the Caravaniserai, Landikotal, NWFP en route from Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan. Date: circa 1920s

Waziri Tribal Family of Waziristan - NWFP
Family of a Waziri Tribesmen of Waziristan - North West Frontier Province. Date: circa 1920s

United Provinces, India - Camel Conveyance
United Provinces, India - A Camel Conveyance - a superb camel-pulled two-level wagon, transporting goods and people! Four British soldiers stand in front of this unique mode of transport

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