Images Dated 5th August 2015 (#25)

Sailing luggers off the Norfolk Coast near Great Yarmouth
Sailing luggers (Herring fleet) off the Norfolk Coast near Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1904

Wroxham Broad - The Broads, Norfolk Date: circa 1910s

Premier Hotel, Southampton Row, Russell Square, London
Premier Hotel, 150 Southampton Row, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London - now called New Premier House. Date: circa 1914

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Bride and Parents-in-Law. The bride performing a rite of drinking sake with her husbands parents in order to express the true heart of loving each other tenderly as

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Drinking Sake
Japanese Wedding Ceremony - Bride and Bridegroom each drink Sake nine times to fasten the ties of matrimony - the most important ritual act in marriage. Date: circa 1910s

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

Shepherds Bush Green, London Date: 1906

Melon Market, Naples (Napoli), Italy. Date: 1899

Gerda Maurus - Austrian film actress
Gerda Maurus (1903-1968) - Austrian actress Date: early 1930s

Main Post Office and Automobile Club, Casablanca, Morocco. Date: circa 1920s

Adana, Turkey - Old Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Mount Fuji, Japan - from Kawaibashi Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Mutsu Dreadnought Battleship
The Mutsu - a dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the end of World War I - of the Nagato Class. Date: circa 1921

Havana, Cuba - Capitol / Government Building. Date: 1947

Sikkim, Northern India - The Maharajah Maharani and suite
Sikkim - a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayas - The Maharajah Maharani and suite. Date: circa 1910s

Coogee Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: circa 1910s

Turkey - Istanbul - Princes Islands (Prinkipo) - Buyukada
Constantinople - Princes Islands - Buyukada - the largest of the nine islands (a place of exile for the Byzantine Empresses). Today, the rich inhabitants of Istanbul have their summerhouses here

Carantec, Brittany, France, Crevette fishergirls
Carante cin the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France - Crevette fishergirls. Date: circa 1910s

Chile - Valparaiso - Avenue Pedro Montt, Teatro Victoria. Date: circa 1930s

Le Mont Cervin (Matterhorn Mountain) from Riffelalp a hamlet in the municipality of Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

View of the Rockefeller Center and Downtown New York City
View of the Rockefeller Center looking Downtown, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State, USA. Aerial photograph. Date: circa 1940

Seoul, Korea - Panoramic view over the city, looking toward the Japanese General Government Building, Seoul (back centre). Date: 1930s

The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - Germany
The Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland

Chinook Basket Maker - British Columbia, Canada. The use of the word Kloochman on this postcard is an example of chinook jargon, meaning Wife. Date: circa 1910s

Mount Rainier and Gateway to the City of Tacoma, USA (note the Old City hall - 8193) - sitting above the extensive Northern Pacific Railroad freight depot (yards) and the Thea Foss Waterway

Japan, Imperial Mint, Osaka - Rolling Mills, Cutting Presses
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - Rolling Mills, and the Cutting-out Presses. Date: circa 1910s

Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt - Great Pillars, Hypostyle Hall Date: circa 1930s

Brittany - Local Bretons dance around a jug of local cider
Brittany - Inebriated Local Bretons (and a pair of pigs) dance around a jug (pitcher) of local cider. One chap (left) has certainly had a little too much.... Date: circa 1910s

A Korean terracotta jar / pot seller and his seated chum
A Korean terracotta jar/pot seller and his seated chum (smiling) Date: circa 1910

High Street and Sullivan School, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1904

Helens Tower, Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Helens Tower, Clandeboye Estate in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Commissioned by Lord Dufferin of Clandeboye, designed by Scottish architect William Burn and named in honour of Dufferins mother

Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back

South Africa - Old Main Street, Kimberley Date: circa 1908

Chiropractor - Dr. A Ortman of South Dakota
Chiropractor - Dr. Amon S. Ortman (1892-1956) of South Dakota, USA - Founder of the Chiropractic Hotel & Clinic - practiced between 1918 and 1956 - developed the Ortman Technique

A shepherd of the Lakes with dog and leading his horse up the hillside. He carries one of his flock across his shoulders. A charming scene. Date: circa 1920s

Jamaica, West Indies - Banana Blossoms and fruit. Date: circa 1910s

Serbia - Belgrade - Prince Michael Street Date: circa 1902

Souvenir postcard from Athens, Greece, showing the Arch of Hadrian and the Parthenon atop the Acropolis. Date: 1899

The Carnival of Oruro, Bolivia
The Carnival of Oruro - a religious festival (dating back over 2000 years) in Oruro, Bolivia - one of UNESCOs Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

WW1 - King George V - his message to the Royal Navy - The Sure Shield. The shield in the bottom left-hand corner is the Royal Navy Kings Colours. Date: circa 1914

SS Anselm of the Booth Steamship Company
SS Anselm, a British turbine steamship of the Booth Steamship Company. Flying both the English and Brazilian flags - hinting at the standard route of passage for this particular vessel

Thames Embankment by night - View toward Westminster, London
Thames Embankment by night - View toward the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London. Note the elctricity saving of only lighting every other light. Date: circa 1910s

Indonesia - Java - Bandung - City Centre Cinema. Date: circa 1950s

Public laundry of St. Brigida, Genoa, Italy Date: circa 1890

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, Channel Islands
Elizabeth Castle, Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - names after Queen Elizabeth I. Date: circa 1910s

Marie Hall - Violinist
Marie Hall (1884-1956) - Violinist and pupil of Edward Elgar - gave the 1st performance of Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending in 1920 Date: 1907

London Life

Paul Kruger, State President of Transvaal as an Ogre
O!. Stephanus Johannes Paulus ( Paul ) Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal) (1825-1905) - as an Ogre causing nightmares for various British Politicians of the day

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