Images Dated 2nd August 2015 (page 5)

Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881
Four scenes relating to the tomb robbery of Alexander William Crawford Lindsay(1812-1880), 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres. 1. Dunecht House, near Aberdeen. 2. The Chapel. 3

London pre-war tension
In Whitehall, London, police protect a man trying to distribute peace pamphlets to the crowd which had gathered on the Bank Holiday Monday

Port-na-Craig Tearooms Pitlochry, Scotland
Port-na-Craig Tearooms, Ferry Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Still (wonderfully!) still open as a Tea House although they have also diversified into (gasp...) Modern European Cuisine!

Dollarbeg, Dollar, Scotland - a Scots Baronial castle which was built in the 19th Century for a Victorian railway tycoon called Henry Dobie. Date: circa 1910

St James Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria
St, James Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria, England. Date: circa 1913

The Old Hall, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria - Rear view. Date: circa 1910s

Congratulations from Lord Kitchener to Sir John French
Postcard detailing the congratulations sent from Lord Kitchener to General Sir John French on August 25th 1914, at the very start of the First World War

Tupiza, Bolivia - The 27th October 1810 Society, pictured in 1897. The Society commemorated the Battle of Cotagaita, fought during the Bolivan War of Independence

Ocean Liner in dock in Bermuda. Date: 1908

Map of Bermuda - Western Atlantic Date: circa 1907

Boer Prisoners of War landing at Bermuda
Boer Prisoners of War landing at the British Naval base on the Island of Bermuda in the Western Atlantic. During the last phase of the Boer War (1901-1902)

Syria - Village Street near Aleppo Date: circa 1920s

Exterior view of Crystal Palace before its destruction by fire in 1936 Date: C. 1930

Exterior view of Westminster Hospital, London

General Sir Henry Horne, British army officer, WW1
General Sir Henry Sinclair Horne (1861-1929) of the British First Army during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Conjuror - Robert Houdin
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) the " conjuror" performing in front of a mid-nineteenth century French audience. Date: circa 1840

The first authentic stage Tess
Photographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester

Building Castles by William Barribal
A lush, colourful painting by William Barribal showing a red-haired girl reclining amongst cushions as she holds a parasol in one hand and a cigarette holder in the other

The Pond - Inverleith, Edinburgh
Sheep graze alongside The Pond - Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: 1909

Church of England Service on a WWI battlefield for troops heading into the trenches - the Chaplain is officiating from a small field altar. Date: circa 1915

Belgian Artillery Battery in action - WWI
Belgian Artillery Battery in action - screened (partially!) by trees - early months of WWI. Date: circa 1914

British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI
British Soldiers escorting German Prisoners, destined for internment in England - WWI Date: circa 1915

Entrance and Exit to the Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland
Alpine Mountain folk from Unterwalden (Sylvania) - the old name of a forest-canton of the Old Swiss Confederacy in central Switzerland, south of Lake Lucerne. Date: circa 1908

The Flag of Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

Bermudan Coastal Railway, Bermuda - which ran between 1931 and 1948. Date: circa 1940

Old House, Paget, Bermuda
The Oldest House, Paget, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

Corsica, A view of Vivario
A view of Vivario in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Date: circa 1903

Mexico - Street Scene at Veracruz - Calle Independencia Date: circa 1920

Remembrance Day, 1920
Remembrance Day (Armistice Day pre-World War Two), on 11th November 1920 at the Cenotaph. In the right foreground are the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), the Duke of York (later George VI)

Lady Howard de Walden
Portrait of the Dowager Lady Howard de Walden, formerly Margherita van Raalte before her marriage, founder and President of Queen Charlottes Ball, the highlight of the debutante season

The Old Hall, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria - front view Date: circa 1910s

David Devant (1868 1941) an English magician, shadowgraphist and film exhibitor. Date: circa 1905

French Magician / Robert Houdin Performing
The nineteenth century French performer Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) unleashing birds on a stage adorned with an array of peculiar objects. Date: circa 1840

Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan
Beautiful photograph showing the complicated shapes, folds and pinning of a Geisha hairstyle viewed from rear - Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, England
A beautiful photograph Pulls Ferry on the River Wensum, Norwich, Norfolk, England. The canal was originally constructed to transport the stone used to build the magnificent Norman Cathedral

Deaf and Dumb School, Palayamkottai, India
C. E. Z. (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society) Deaf and Dumb School, Palamcottah (now Palayamkottai in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu), India. Deaf and Dumb children learning to talk

Lord Carnarvon
Photographic portrait of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), c.1922. Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy, English amateur egyptologist who financed Howard Carters excavations in the Valley

Russian army uniforms, WW1
Russian army uniforms during the First World War. From left to right: general, guards infantry officer, guards infantryman, sergeant, guards infantryman. Date: 1914-1918

Advertisement for Kerrs thread, Newark, New Jersey, USA
An advertisement for Kerr & Co thread of Newark, New Jersey, USA. Keep your eye on Kerrs Thread. Sure to Please. Showing a young lady sitting on a giant reel of thread

American patriotic postcard, commemorating the civil war. Honour the Brave! 1861- 1865 Date: 1908

Queen Victorias Munshi, Abdul Karim
Favourite attendant of Queen Victoria, Abdul Karim ), who served the queen in the final 15 years of her reign. They had a close relationship which caused friction amongst the other members of

First Court of the London Season at Buckingham Palace, 1922
A cut-away diagram of Buckingham Palace showing where the first court of the London Season, 1922. The entry for those attending Court was by way of the West Portico entrance

Mr & Mrs Charles Sweeny
Mr Charles Sweeny with his wife, the former Miss Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll), seen at the opening night of the Cafe de Paris

Florence Cook, medium, with Katie King behind her
Florence Cook (c.1856-1904) was an English medium who claimed to materialise a spirit named Katie King. This photograph, taken during a seance at the house of William Crookes

Russian cossack uniforms, WW1
Russian cossack uniforms during the First World War. From left to right: Don cossack, Ural cossack, field artillery officer, Kuban cossack, field artilleryman. Date: 1914-1918

Soviet poster, Lenin points the way forward
Soviet poster showing Lenin behind a red banner, pointing the way forward for the October Revolution. Date: circa 1917

French war film, Verdun
The grim realism of war captured in the French film, Verdun, telling the story of the ferocious German onslaught and the heroic French defence

Oswald Boelcke, German aviator, WW1
Oswald Boelcke (1891-1916), German flying ace of the First World War. He is considered to be the father of the German fighter air force, and was the first to formalise rules of air fighting

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