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Istanbul, Turkey - Golden Gate - YedikuleGolden Gate at the Castle of Seven Towers (Yedikule) Date: circa 1930s
Ticket for Summer Sports Day at a Suvorov Military SchoolA ticket pass to the Summer Sports Day at a Suvorov Military School (a type of boarding school in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia and Belarus for boys of 14-18)
Zermatt, Switzerland - Post OfficeZermatt, Switzerland - Street scene and the Post Office Date: circa 1910s
Marrying for Love or for Money" Either Choice is Painful" If I marry for love I am poor, if I marry for Money I lose out on true love. This German gentleman is suffering a severe emotional quandry on this issue
Crescent Steamer - Boat Trip de Luxe - San Diego, CaliforniaCrescent Steamer (of the Star & Crescent Boat Company) - Boat Trip de Luxe - San Diego, California. Date: circa 1937
Albert I of Morocco - Parody" The Supreme law is the Kings Purse" " Roulette is the Source of my Strength" French parody souvenir postcard from Monte Carlo, depicting Albert I of Morocco (1889-1922)
Lagos, Nigeria - Empire Day - SchoolchildrenLagos, Nigeria - Empire Day - Pupils from local Schools parade the Racecourse. Date: 1928
Ornithological Humour at the CinemaTwo Usherettes discuss the finer merits of English Garden Birdwatching: " My Husbands a Bird Watcher - Guess what he was getting excited about last night - Blue Tits!" Date: circa 1950s
Port Said - Egypt - Sultan Hussein Quay - Victoria MonumentQueen Victoria Monument on the Sultan Hussein Quay at Port Said, Egypt - Important and strategic port on the Suez Canal. For this view 25 years later - see 10284668. Date: circa 1903
Tunis, Tunisia - A Jewish Woman and her son Date: 1910s
Laundry in a hot spring - Reykjavik, IcelandWomen do their household laundry in a hot pool - Reykjavik, Iceland. Date: circa 1910s
East Los Angeles, California, USA - birds eye view. Now Lincoln Heights. Date: circa 1906
Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport - JohannesburgCard issued for the Empire Exhibition - Johannesburg, South Africa. Delivery of the mail at Rand Airport. Very few of these official cards were sent back to the UK, but this is one of them. Date: 1936
Halki - Istanbul, Turkey - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses)
The Hofbrauhaus Beerhall, Munich, GermanyThe famous Hofbrauhaus Beerhall, Munich, Germany. The inset gilded profile portrait depicts Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria ), the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912. Date: circa 1903
Turkish Maize Mill - Macedonia Date: 1918
Valentines Postcard - Chef makes Sweet Hearts Lets be Sweet hearts together. Date: 1907
Man of the Krgyz Republic (Former Kyrgyzstan) Date: circa 1910s
The Year of the Dog - A Japanese card, but produced for the Chinese market. A cute dog holds the string of a Chinese kite in his mouth. Date: 1910
Helsinki, FinlandThe Ateneum, a Museum in Helsinki, Finland on Railway Square designed by Carl Theodor Hoijer. Date: 1934
Boulogne Restaurant - Gerrard Street, London - AdvertAdvertisement for the Boulogne Restaurant - 27 Gerrard Street, London, featuring a cartoon and quote. See 10586805 for a promotional postcard (interior photograph of the restaurant)
Turkey - Bursa - The Green Mosque (Yesil Cami)Turkey - Bursa - Yesil (Green) Complex - view toward the southern facade of the Yesil Cami (Mosque of Mehmed I). Date: circa 1906
WWI - Great Advance - German PrisonersWWI - The Great Advance - captured German Prisoners flowing past British troops. 1st July 1916. Date: 1916
Waterfall - Vietnam - Tonkin ProvinceWaterfall at Ke So - Quy Hop, Nghe An, Vietnam - Tonkin Province. Date: circa 1906
Turkey - Istanbul - The Hippodrome, Blue Mosque / AyasofyaTurkey - Istanbul - The Hippodrome with the Sultan Ahmed Mosque(Blue Mosque) (foreground right) and a view toward the Ayasofya (back right). Date: circa 1920
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
Jewish Woman reclining on a divan - India Date: circa 1910s
North Broad Street, Globe, Arizona, USA Date: circa 1908
Tanglin Road - Singapore - named after the home of William Napier (a 19th century lawyer and newspaper editor), which was called Tang Leng. Date: circa 1910s
Turkey - Istanbul - Ayasofya Interior. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus. Date: circa 1920
Platforms 1 & 2 at Waterloo Station, London - 24th December 1953 - taken at 3:10pm !! A beautiful photograph with the lengthening shadows in the late afternoon light forming a mirror to the vanishing
Official postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Johannesburg - reverse of one of the cards Date: 1936
Turkey - Venerable Turks surrounded by postage stampsTurkey - Venerable Turks (Anatolian Farm workers - now retired!) surrounded by Turkish postage stamps Date: circa 1903
North Lancashire Regiment cheer their return to warAn inspiring picture showing the men of the the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment cheering gaily when ordered to take their turn in the trenches. Date: circa 1915
Festival of Britain - Windmill - South Bank of the Thames, London Date: 1951
Lushunkou / Port Arthur - General Panoramic ViewLushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province, also called Lushun City or Lushun Port, formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun - General Panoramic View. Date: circa 1905
South Africa - Transfer by basket at East LondonSouth Africa - Passengers transferred by basket from the Mail Steamer at East London Date: circa 1910s
Columbus Monument at Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1920s
French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard. They all wear loose overalls over their uniforms (even the supervising officers) - dusty work! Date: 1906
Ferguslie Thread Works of J & P Coats Ltd, Paisley, Scotland Date: circa 1920s
Myanmar (Burma) - Gubyaukgyi Pagoda at BaganMyanmar (Burma) - Bagan Pagoda - Gubyaukgyi (Myinkaba) built in 1113. The temple is in an Indian style, the monument consists of a large shrine room attached to a smaller antechamber
Turkey - Istanbul - Church of Saint IreneHagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, often erroneously rendered (as on this card!!!) in English as St Irene - a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapce in Istanbul, Turkey
Georgian Man region riding a donkeyGeorgian man of the Caucasus region riding a laden donkey. Georgins are alternatvely known as Gruzins, or (as on this card, somewhat confusingly Grousins ). Date: circa 1910s
The Esplanade, Oban, Scotland Date: 1907
Indian Maypole Dance. A traditional English social custom, which seems to have been met with a sizeable lack of interest (!) by this group of Indian Children. Date: circa 1910s
Switzerland Lac Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee)A steamer heading out across Lac Lucerne ( Lac des Quatre Cantons or Vierwaldstattersee ) in Switzerland Date: circa 1890s
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince BernhardQueen Juliana of the Netherlands (1909 - 2004) with her husband, Prince Bernhard on their wedding day. Date: 1937