Images Dated 13th December 2011 (page 4)

Dolmabahce Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
The Dolmabahce Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey - commissioned by queen mother Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan - as seen from HMS Resolution - a Royal Navy ship on the Bosphorus. Date: 1923

The Hermitage - St Petersburg, Russia
The Hermitage - Museum of the Imperial Palace in St Petersburg, Russia, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great (open to the public since 1852)

Launch of Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn
Launch of an Atlas Rocket bearing the Mercury Space Capsule carrying John Glenn, blasting off from Cape Kennedy. Glenn was the third American in space

Salerno, Italy - Via Roma Date: 1936

Koblenz, Germany - Neuer Pfaffendorferbrucke
Koblenz, Germany - The New Pfaffendorfer Bridge over the River Rhine. Date: circa 1930s

Midosuki Avenue - Osaka, Japan Date: circa 1920s

Siena, Italy - Roman Gate Date: circa 1909

Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild
The Vicar is not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild from a village Yokel. A card from the Weather Reports series, entitled " Genial and Mild". Date: 1907

Elaborate Automobile sandcastle - Atlantic City, NJ
Elaborate Automobile (including the occupants!) sandcastle - Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sadly, pickpocketing of unsuspecting crowds of onlookers led to an outlaw of making sand sculptures

The Heathen and the Christian - Play
The Heathen and the Christian - promotional postcard for this play - performed at The Grand Theatre Southampton between 1908-1909

Augartenbrucke - Vienna, Austria
The Augarten bridge crossing the Danube Canal in Vienna, Austria. Rebuilt to a new design in the 1930s. Date: 1904

The Sanctuary of Monte Sant Angelo sul Gargano
Manfredonia, Puglia, Italy, in the province of Foggia. Coastal town to the south of Monte Gargano. This card shows the medieval castle, begun by the Hohenstaufen and completed by the Angevins

Naples, Italy - Posillipo and Donn Anna Palace
Naples, Italy - Posillipo (a residential quarter) and the Villa Donn Anna (Lady Annes palace). This building is on the site of the so-called " Rocks of the Siren"

Turkish Zeibek warrior - Izmir, Turkey. Zeibeks or sometimes Zeybeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire. Date: 1905

Alassio, Italy - Church of St. Ambrose (Ambrogio) Date: circa 1910

Diepholz, Germany
Diepholz, a town and capital of the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Date: circa 1920s

Ghum, Tibet - A Witch
Ghoom (Ghum, Darjeeling, Northern India), A Tibetan Witch. The humorous hand-written message on the front, makes note that this elderly (and rather kindly-looking)

Gravedona, Italy - Lake Como - St. Maria del Tiglio Church (St Mary of the Lime Tree). Date: circa 1907

Frick Building and Annex, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Date: 1910

Guards Memorial - St Jamess Park, London
The Guards Memorial - St Jamess Park, London (as seen from Horseguards Parade) - unveiled by the Duke of Connaught on 16th October, 1926. An obelisk of Portland stone with a granite base

American troops training with British tanks, France, WW1
American troops of B Company, 107th Regiment Infantry, 27th Division, training with British tanks near Beauquesne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War

American troops and tanks, near Boureuilles, France, WW1
American troops and tanks of the 326th Battalion, 311th Tank Center, moving up to a forward area near 35th Division headquarters, Boureuilles, north eastern France, during the First World War

Rome - Appian Way and Tomb of Caecilia Metella
Tomb of Caecilia Metella - an ancient Roman tomb on Romes Via Appia (Appian Way). The structure became a headquarters of papal-endorsed highway robbery in the Middle Ages!

Italy - Riva del Garda - Women washing
Italy - Riva del Garda in the northern Italian province of Trentino. Washerwomen cleaning clothes and bed linen on the banks of Lake Garda. Date: 1907

Cornucopia
Children carry a cornucopia full of flowers. Date: 1884

Flowers and People 1884

Waist Exercises 1940S
A young woman kneels down and swings her arms in the air, rotating her body to the left and then to the right. The aim of the exercise is a flat waist. Date: 1940s

John Law (Card)
JOHN LAW Scottish financier in France, where he promoted the Mississippi scheme. His initial funding came from success at the gaming table. Date: 1671 - 1729

Girl Exercising
Keep young and beautiful : A smart little girl demonstrates how a few minutes stretching your arms and legs each day is a good form of exercise. Child, children Date: 1930s

Flowers and People 1884
Two pages from a book about the symbolism of flowers, popular in Victorian times: from Abecedary to Almond. Date: 1884

Flowers and People 1884
Two pages from a book about the symbolism of flowers, popular in Victorian times: a cornucopia full of flowers, and three little fairies dancing in a ring. Date: 1884

Flowers and People 1884
Two pages from a book about the symbolism of flowers, popular in Victorian times: from Crowsbill to Dried Flax. Date: 1884

Leapfrog Girls 1940S
Two Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s

Keep Fit / Stretch
A woman performs a perfect stretch. Date: 1940s

L Cornelius Lentulus
L CORNELIUS LENTULUS Roman statesman, consul in 49 BC, opponent of Julius Caesar Date: ? - 48 BC

Service Fitness Class
A Fitness for Service womens class attended twice a week during lunch hours. Fitness classes, keep fit Date: late 1930s

Greenaway Book / Flowers
Pages from Kate Greenaways Le Langage des Fleurs. Date: First published: 1884

Telephone exchange Date: 19th century

Play / Strindberg / Julie
Play/Strindberg/Julie

Flying Scotsman No. 256 Date: late 1930s

Keep Fit Squat
An exercise designed to slim legs and ankles, improve posture and add spring to your step. Date: late 1930s

Bathing Beauties 1914

Keep Fit / Side Stretch
A side stretch, performed in the open air for added health benefit. Date: 1930s

King Solomons Mines
Sir Henry discovers his brother George, who has been living in the wilderness for two years & faints at the sight of him. Date: First published: 1885

Decorative Floral
from NARCISSUS (egotism) to NIGHTSHADE (truth) Date: 1884

Thaw in London
Effects of a thaw in the streets of London Date: 1865

Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down, broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after. Date: circa 1874

Little Miss Muffet she sat on a tuffett, eating of curds and whey; there came a little spider who sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away. Date: circa 1874

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