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Ferry Station - St Pauli Region - HamburgThe Ferry Station in the St Pauli Region, one of the 105 quarters of the city of Hamburg, Germany. St. Pauli contains a world famous red light district around the Reeperbahn street. Date: circa 1902
Canale d Ognisanti, Venice, ItalyThe left side (bank) of the Canale d Ognisanti, Venice, Italy Date: circa 1910s
Mexican Revolution -The Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) - Dead Mexicans. Date: circa 1911
Portugal - Figueira da FozA couple running along the beach at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Date: 1939
Arab Sufi - Egypt, North AfricaArab Sheikh (in the spiritual sense - a sufi) with his (long) hair down - Egypt, North Africa Date: circa 1910s
Russian Christmas CardA photographic Russian Greetings Postcard, with three children enjoying the presents they have opened on Christmas Day, as they stand around the Christmas Tree. Date: circa 1910s
India - The PrayerTwo Indian Muslim men at prayer Date: circa 1907
Feeding medicine to a poorly kittenThe Patient. A sick kitten is spoon-fed some medicine - the patient does not seem too keen.....!! Date: circa 1910s
Sierra Leone - Family in a log canoeWaterloo, Sierra Leone - Family in a log canoe Date: circa 1910s
Sidmouth, Devon - The BeachComing Ashore - a fishing boat is pulled up onto the beach at Sidmouth, Devon. Date: circa 1910s
Italian Shepheard - close to RomeItalian Shepherd with his flock on a farm near Rome. Note the distinctive form of the hayricks, each ending in a pointed dome with a pole in the top. Date: circa 1910s
Bacongo, Congo - Tam Tam Drum players Date: circa 1930s
Woman from Lombardy carrying hay in a large backpack - taking (a well-deserved) rest against a low wall. Date: circa 1910s
Moscow - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - one of the Seven Sisters Skyscrapers, built under in the Stalinist style in the late 1940s. Date: circa early 1950s
Ancient Water Tower at Saigon, VietnamAncient (looks more like French Colonial architecture to me!) Water Tower at Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam Date: circa 1910
Low Country Sinhalese Woman - Sri Lanka. She appears to have a pile of interestingly-shaped fruit or veg in her lap, which defies identification.... Date: circa 1908
Tbilisi, Georgia - General ViewTbilisi, Georgia - General Panoramic View Date: circa early 1900s
Rollerskating ChapsTwo jolly chaps enjoying a spot of rollerskating, wearing fancy dress (the gentleman on the right has a fake beard and moustache painted onto his face!). Date: circa 1906
Battys Grand National Hippodrome, London, 1851Engraving showing two female charioteers performing at Battys Grand National Hippodrome, Kensington, London, in 1851. Date: 10 May 1851
Locust on an ArmA close-up photograph of a locust, sitting on a human arm. Date: 1960s
Hocktide KissHocktide at Hungerford, Berkshire, England. A Tutti Man carrying a bouquet demands a kiss from every female, or a penny fine! Date: 1930s
Lilac FlowersCommon lilac (Syringa Vulgaris) flowers. Date: 1930s
Study of LupinsA study of lupins. Date: 1950s
Camel train on a chain ferry at Kantara, EgyptA Camel caravan on the the rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal (Egypt) with several passengers. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope
Warsaw - The Destruction of Church of St AlexanderWWII - Destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the Church of St Alexander during the Warsaw uprising in 1944. The church was rebuilt between 1949 and 1953 Date: circa 1906
Turkey - SarikamisSarikamrighamish) - a town and a district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Scene of a battle during World War One between Ottoman Turkish and Russian forces
Kislovodsk - RussiaKislovodsk, Russia - a spa town. (the name means sour waters ) - founded in 1803 as a military station and boasts many mineral springs around the city of Narzan type. Date: 1910
Armenia - Yerevan - The Marketplace Date: circa 1908
Turkey - Samsun - The Municipality Building Date: 1909
Armenia Dacha at KaraklisAgaoakeva Dacha at Karaklis, Armenia Date: 1912
Syracuse, Italy - Ear of DionysiusSyracuse, Italy (Siracusa) - This card shows an artificial cave, 65 m long and 23 m high, which was given the name of The Ear of Dionysius by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, when in 1586
China - Qingdao - TradesmenChina - Qingdao (Tsingtao) - Tradesmen, selling a variety of foodstuffs, ceremic pots, plates and bowls, reed bags, grills and dried rushes. Date: circa 1910s
Lady at a Masked Ball displaying a toothy grin Date: circa 1904
Genoa, Italy - Via XX SettembreGenoa, Italy - Fine view looking down the Via XX Settembre through the massive span of the Ponte Monumentale. Date: circa 1910s
Quetta M. B. Institutes, PakistanQuetta M. B. Institutes (Military), Pakistan Date: circa 1910
Turkey - The Walls of AniTurkey - The Main Gate and the city Walls of Ani (formerly in Armenia) Date: circa 1910s
Tbilisi, Georgia - First Girls School Date: 1909
Armenian Bathhouse - Sulphur Baths. The attendant is wearing a camel hair mitten, which is using to rub the bather all over which cleanses and exfoliates! Date: circa 1910s
Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Garden of the Villa GiuliaPalermo, Sicily, Italy - Decorative pavilions in the garden of the Villa Giulia, designed by Nicholas Palma. Date: circa 1903
Milan, Italy - Arco della Pace - The Arch of Peace Date: circa 1910s
Milan, Italy - The Duomo. The Gothic cathedral took five centuries to complete and is the fourth-largest church in the world. Date: circa 1910s
Messina, Italy - before the earthquake of 1908Messina, Italy - seen before the devastating earthquake of 29th December 1908. The Giardino a Mare (Sea Garden) Date: circa 1908
Sap gathering in an American Maple Orchard, Vermont after the first fall of sugar snow. The large sap vat is being pulled by an ox team. Date: circa 1910s
Bolzano, Italy (2 / 3)Waltherplatz - Bolzano (or Bozen in German) - a city and comune in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol region of Italy in the far north east of the country
England / PolperroPolperro, one of the quaintest fishing villages in Cornwall, England. The houses are scattered around the narrow valley, shelving steeply to the sea. Date: 1939
Russell Lupins (Lupinus Polyphyllus), named after Yorkshire gardener George Russell, who experimented with lupins, crossing varieties to create brighter colours. Date: 1950s
Meadowsweet is a common fen plant, normally found growing amongst other tall herbs. From June to October it is covered in clumps of small, sweet- smelling white flowers. Date: 1930s
Bolzano, Italy (3 / 3)Laubengasse (Summerhouse Lane), Bolzano (or Bozen in German) - a city and comune in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol region of Italy in the far north east of the country