Images Dated 24th April 2012 (page 5)

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 Monastery
Ukraine - Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves Date: circa 1910s

Nicolas Street and the Town Hall, Baku - Azerbaijan
Baku - 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, London
Collecting 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 Guards
Mounted Trooper of the First Kings Dragoon Guards Date: circa 1907

Shooting seabirds - Newfoundland
Hunting (Shooting) seabirds amongst the Arctic Ice Floes of Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1907

Tam O Shanter escapes the devils - Burns Poem
Tam 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, Turkemistan
A Turkman Mullah at Hazar, Turkemistan on the Caspian Sea. The Balkan Province of Celeken (Cheleken). Date: circa 1906

National Savings - Growth up to 1945
See 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 Amur
View 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 - Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds A smiling, jolly Sporting Gal and her fine horse (and doesn t he just know it...). Date: circa 1910

Advert for Swan fountain pens 1914
For 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 - Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz 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 Peter
A bright scene showing fashionable ladies in the streets of Seville, Spain on Easter morning. Date: 1927

Russian men travelling by rickshaw in Manchuria
Two 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 Milkmaid
A 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 harvesters
Farmers cutting he corn with horse-drawn harvesting machines. Date: 1904

Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - WWI
Chateau 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 Opposition
Parliamentary Notes illustrated - The Bill Met With Strong Opposition! Date: circa 1905

Stage shot of a performance of Iolanthe
Stage 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 Breakfast
One 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 man
British Soldier escorting an old blind Arab man off a Nile Steamer, possibly at Port Said? Date: circa 1910s

Velta Village on the Ossetian Military Highway
The Ossetian Military Highway. Tower in Velta Village Along the Road to the Mamisson Pass. North Ossetia, Caucasus Mountains. Date: circa 1904

Kia-Ora advertisement, 1936
An 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 horse
Reproduction 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 Holiday
The 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 Conrad
The Grave of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Polish Novelist in Canterbury City Cemetery. Date: circa 1925

Russian actor in the role of Denis Vasilyevich Davydov
A 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 MacHale
John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam Date: 1850

Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - Lena
Name Card (in wood) with Swallow - " Lena" Date: circa 1907

Local Traders at Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan
Local 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 / Chorsu
Uzbekistan, 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, England
Lyveden 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 timber
Russian 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, China
Harbin - 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

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