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The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station. Three kilometres from Orsova
Ukraine - Kiev Pechersk Lavra MonasteryUkraine - Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves Date: circa 1910s
Nicolas Street and the Town Hall, Baku - AzerbaijanBaku - Republic of Azerbaijan. Nicolas Street (named after the Tsar one presumes) and the Town Hall. Date: circa 1910s
Istanbul, Turkey - Bodrum Mosque - Fatih District in the neighbourhood of Leleli. Now fully restored. Date: circa 1910s
The Netherlands - Schiedam - The Commodity Exchange Date: circa 1900
Collecting the mail on Christmas Eve - Ashley Street, LondonCollecting the mail on Christmas Eve 1955 - Ashley Street, London. The postal van bears the slightly humorous slogan (in regard to the date this photograph was taken) Post Early for Christmas !
Trooper of the First Kings Dragoon GuardsMounted Trooper of the First Kings Dragoon Guards Date: circa 1907
Shooting seabirds - NewfoundlandHunting (Shooting) seabirds amongst the Arctic Ice Floes of Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1907
Tam O Shanter escapes the devils - Burns PoemTam O Shanter rides with the devils close behind him... " And scarcely had he Maggie rallied When out the hellish legion sallied." Date: 1909
Railway Bridge at Chulfa, Varna, Bulgaria Date: circa 1910
Turkman Mullah at Hazar, TurkemistanA Turkman Mullah at Hazar, Turkemistan on the Caspian Sea. The Balkan Province of Celeken (Cheleken). Date: circa 1906
National Savings - Growth up to 1945See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945
Hunstman blows his horn and the chase begins. The Foxhound head off after the target prey to the sound of " Tally Ho!" from the hunters. Date: circa 1910s
Robert Southey ) - English Romantic poet and historian, one of the so-called " Lake Poets". Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 until his death. Date: circa 1800
Racehorse Just Cause owned by the Duke of Westminster. Date: circa 1910
View of Blagoveshchensk across the AmurView of Blagoveshchensk, Russia from Chinese territory across the Amur River. Occupied by the Japanese Army during the Siberian Intervention of 1918-1922
Tea Tasting at Matheson, McClaren & Co. Edinburgh. Date: 1909
Farrier - Blacksmith preparing horseshoes Date: circa 1910s
The Richest Kyrgyz man at Orenburg - a transcontinental city on the Ural River (the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast), Russia. Date: 1902
Sporting Gal and her horse - ThoroughbredsThoroughbreds A smiling, jolly Sporting Gal and her fine horse (and doesn t he just know it...). Date: circa 1910
Advert for Swan fountain pens 1914For the Naval men and Admiral to A.B. A necessity for the Paymaster, Doctor and writer. Date: 1914
Oldest House in Cheapside, London. This house on the corner of Friday Street is said to have survived the Great Fire of London in 1666
Kyrgyz Family outside their yurt - KyrgyzstanKyrgyz Family (a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan) - outside their Yurt. Date: circa 1910s
Scene in a town on Lake Lugano, Switzerland Date: circa 1910s
Easter Morning in Seville in PeterA bright scene showing fashionable ladies in the streets of Seville, Spain on Easter morning. Date: 1927
Russian men travelling by rickshaw in ManchuriaTwo Russian men travelling by rickshaw in Manchuria - now China. Area controlled by Russia between 1896-1924. Possibly at Harbin / Pinyin. Date: circa 1908
Blackpool Pleasure Beach - South Shore Date: circa 1920s
Fox Hunt - Hunstman chatting up a MilkmaidA pause on the Fox Hunt - A mounted Hunstman chats up a pretty Milkmaid. The hounds seem less interested... Date: circa 1910s
View of Omsk, Russia - the administrative center of Omsk Oblast, located in southwestern Siberia Date: circa 1903
Farmers cutting he corn horse-drawn harvestersFarmers cutting he corn with horse-drawn harvesting machines. Date: 1904
Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - WWIChateau d Oex internment camp, Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - card sent by Private C. Cusworth (8662) of the 2nd Manchester Regiment - interned Prisoner of War
The Bill Met With Strong OppositionParliamentary Notes illustrated - The Bill Met With Strong Opposition! Date: circa 1905
Stage shot of a performance of IolantheStage shot of a London performance of Iolanthe - the comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. This is likely the D Oyly Carte 1915 Tour production, featuring Nellie Briercliffe in the lead role
Market Reports Series - Miniature Fish for BreakfastOne of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Fish: There was a poor supply this morning. A gentleman baulks at the miniature nature of his breakfast kipper
Egypt - British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab manBritish Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man off a Nile Steamer, possibly at Port Said? Date: circa 1910s
Velta Village on the Ossetian Military HighwayThe Ossetian Military Highway. Tower in Velta Village Along the Road to the Mamisson Pass. North Ossetia, Caucasus Mountains. Date: circa 1904
Kia-Ora advertisement, 1936An advertisement for Kia-Ora Barley Lemon and Lime Cordial drinks. " These handsome modern bottles are full of good health-ideal for the sideboard and cocktail cabinet." Date: 1936
A Grey and a Chesnut horseReproduction of a painting of a Grey and a Chesnut horse, set within a pale green frame containing horseshoe motifs. Date: circa 1910s
Royal Tournament at Olympia by Gilbert HolidayThe Royal Tournament at Olympia, showing a striking picture of one of the most popular events on the programme - the Musical Drive by M Battery of the R.H.A (Royal Horse Artillery). Date: 1927
Grave of Joseph ConradThe Grave of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Polish Novelist in Canterbury City Cemetery. Date: circa 1925
Russian actor in the role of Denis Vasilyevich DavydovA Russian actor in the role of Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (1784-1839) - a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented a specific genre hussar poetry (noted for its hedonism and bravado)
Archbishop John MacHaleJohn MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam Date: 1850
Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - LenaName Card (in wood) with Swallow - " Lena" Date: circa 1907
Local Traders at Turkmenabat, TurkmenistanLocal Traders at Turkmenabat (Chardzhou, Carjew, Chardjui, Charjou, Chardzhev, Charjev, Charjew - Persian for " four canals/streams" ), ancient Amul - a town in Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan, Tashkent - Eski Juva / ChorsuUzbekistan, Tashkent - Eski Juva - the biggest and the oldest market in the whole of Central Asia. Located right in the centre of the citys Old Town
Lyveden New Bield, Northamptonshire, EnglandLyveden New Bield (sometimes called New Build) is an unfinished summer house in the parish of Aldwinkle St Peter in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1906
Sakhalin Island, Russia - Convicts at working moving timberRussian Convicts on Sakhalin Island work to move timber on a basic railroad. A katorga (penal colony) was established by Russia on Sakhalin in 1857. Date: circa 1910s
View of Harbin, ChinaHarbin - the largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. Russian-controlled from 1896-1924 (hence prevalence of cyrillic text). Many Civil War White Russians ended up living in Harbin