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The Dove of Love Valentines Postcard - To My Sweetheart. The dove symbolicaly flies to its target bearing a sprig of forget-me-not... Date: 1912
Street Scene in Tangier Morocco - close to the Kasbah. Date: circa 1910s
Turkey - Istanbul - View Across Golden Horn from just east of the Galata Bridge. View looking toward (from left) the Ayasofya, the Blue Mosque and (foreground) the Yeni Camii (New Mosque)
The Memorial Church, Kanpur, IndiaThe Memorial Church (Formerly All Souls Cathedral - built to commemorate the Siege of Cawnpore of 1857) at Kanpur (Cawnpore), India. Designed by Walter Granville, architect of east Bengal Railway
Parisian beauty in figure-hugging dress Date: circa 1910s
Sudan - A delegation from Darfur, a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. Date: circa 1910s
Edward VII lampooned with a Chastity BeltFrench postcard lampooning British Monarch King Edward VII, by picturing him in association with a Chastity Belt. Edward was known to have had a number of extra-marital affairs whilst Prince of
Changing Role of Women in the UKThe Girls reckon they can do anything without us men now-a-days - But can they? Interesting postcard highlighting the changing role of Women in the UK workplace in the early years of the twentieth
Two men from Lajes do Pico, AzoresCostumes of two men from Lajes do Pico, a municipality on the Island of Pico in the Azores. Date: circa 1910s
Nice, France - Jetee PromenadeNice - the the Jetee Promenade, which was dismantled by the Germans during WW2 for scrap iron because it blocked free fire from gun-batteries on the Promenade des Anglais
Bergen, Norway - The German Quay Date: circa 1910s
Arab Dancers from Tunis, TunisiaTwo beautiful Arab Dancers from Tunis, Tunisia, wearing elaborate metal wrist bracelets and bangles, jewellery, necklaces, shawls, headresses and massive hooped earrings. Date: circa 1910s
Galveston, Texas, USA - Murdocks Bath House Date: 1907
Wigmaker making a wig for the legal profession - Temple, London. Date: 1910
Boulogne Restaurant Dinner Menu - Gerrard Street, LondonBoulogne Restaurant Dinner Menu for the 22nd August 1936 - 27 Gerrard Street, London. See 10586805 for a promotional postcard (interior photograph of the restaurant)
Floral Staircase at The Parade, Bridlington, YorkshireFloral Staircase at The Parade, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire Date: circa 1920
Turkey - Istanbul - Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)Turkey - Istanbul - View of the Roman Hippodrome and Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) (on left - rear) Date: circa 1920
Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - JohannesburgCard issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. The airmail section of the General Post Office in Johannesburg
Railway Station at at Manisa, TurkeyTurkey - Railway Station at Manisa (Magnesia du Sypile) on a cold winters day, close to Izmir, Turkey Date: circa 1908
Invercargill, New Zealand - Most Southern Gas Lampost and Hansom cab in the world! Date: 1906
Myanmar (Burma) - Pyin U Lwin (Maymyo)Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar - The Government House. Date: circa 1910s
Pecs, Hungary - Charitable Womens Association BuildingThis building was built for the purposes of Pecs (Hungary) Charitable Womens Association in 1905. The architect was Andor Pilch. Date: circa 1906
Rosedale Mines, North Yorkshire - Ironstone WorkingRosedale Mines, North York Moors, North Yorkshire - Ironstone Working Mines - 1856-1926. Date: circa 1920s
Baku, Azerbaijan - The ParapetThe Parapet, Baku, Azerbaijan Date: circa 1910
Railway Station at Mersin, Turkey Date: circa 1907
Turkey - Istanbul - Castle of Seven Towers (Yedikule)Turkey - Istanbul - Interior of the Castle of Seven Towers (Yedikule) Date: circa 1920
Grandes Cafe-Restaurant Barthes at Blagnac, France - the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse. Date: circa 1910s
Thessaloniki - Greece - Troops Pass through the town with their mules. This happened quite a lot in the eraly twentieth century and it would not be wise to speculate exactly which army this is
Timisoara - RomaniaTimisoara, in the Banat region of western Romania. It is the capital of Timis County. Date: circa 1910s
Adams Express Company Couriers. A delivery company since the 1830s, in 1854 it was re-organised as Adams Express. Following a robbery
Russian Falconer Date: circa 1910s
Occupying French troops in front of the Bank of CreteCrete - Greece - Occupying French troops parade in front of the Bank of Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands
Roman ruins at Vlore (Valona), Albania Date: 1910s
Municipal Water Works, Santa Clara, CaliforniaThe Municipal Water Works, Santa Clara, California Date: circa 1904
A young Farmers boy taking a pig to marketA young Farmers boy taking a pig (in a basket!) to market on a basic wheelbarrow - Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1904
Turkey - Suleimaniye Mosque, IstanbulInteresting Turkish postcard - a view across the waters of the Bosphorus toward the striking profile of the dome and minarets of the A view across the waters of the Bosphorus toward the striking
German Organ Grinder with small monkey attracts a crowd of appreciative children (the girl in the foreground is celebrating her birthday), drawn by the music and the spectacle
Istanbul, Turkey - Bodrum MosqueInterior view of the Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527
Switzerland - Returning from MarketSwitzerland - A group of Swiss locals returning home from a day at the Market at Lugano. Their boat crosses Lake Lugano filled with their (now empty) baskets. Date: 1904
Myanmar (Burma) - Royal Lakes, Rangoon Date: circa 1910s
Myanmar - The Chief Court, Rangoon (Yangon) Date: circa 1910s
Wide view of a Grand Street in Baku, Azerbaijan Date: 1904
Valentines Postcard - Locked togetherTwo lovers are locked together by cupid - they all laugh at the thought of a locksmith being required to break them apart - this will never happen (hopefully....!)
Chinese Water Buffalo - Shanghai Date: circa 1910s
Thessaloniki - Greece - The Harbour Date: circa 1910s
The Mill at West Blatchington, near Brighton, East SussexA fine photographic Judges postcard showing the Mill at West Blatchington, near Brighton, East Sussex. The windmill is a " smock" windmill
Feroz Shah Kotla - The Ashoka Pilar / ColumnRemains of the Fortress built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq (r. 1351-88), the Sultan of Delhi, who established the fortified city of Ferozabad in 1354
Aldermaston March - 27th March 1959Aldermaston March - The 2nd annual Anti-Nuclear protest march on 27th March 1959 to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston