Images Dated 17th August 2011

New York State - Fort Ticonderoga

New York State - Fort Ticonderoga. The fort (formerly Fort Carillon) is a large 18th-century fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York. Constructed by Michel Chartier de Lotbiniere, Marquis de Lotbiniere in the mid 18th century during the Seven Years War. Became strategically important during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and also during the American Revolutionary War. Date: circa 1905

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Camel Caravan

A camel caravan in Oman - only in the heart of the Arabian Gulf do the caravan bells still sound regularly. The huge, noble camels stride in peace among oven-hot rocks. Date: 1930s

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1930s, Arabian, Camel, Camels, Caravan, Gulf, Heart, Hot, Huge, Noble, Oman, Oven, Peace, People, Regularly, Rocks, Sound, Stride

Irish Shillelagh

An ornamental Shillelagh, a fighting stick traditionally used by the Irish to settle disputes between gentlemen. Date: 1960s photo

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1960s, Disputes, Fighting, Gentlemen, Ireland, Irish, Military, Ornamental, Settle, Shillelagh, Stick, Traditionally, Weapons