Oct16 Collection (page 6)

Norway - Torghatten
Torghatten (Trolls Hat) is a hill in Norway renowned for its distinctive hole piercing straight through the hillside (not a printing error!)

Fra Lyngseide - Norway - Steam ferry and Net racks
Fra Lyngseide - Norway - Steam ferry and lakeside racks to dry fishing nets. Date: circa 1908

Ornate, glittery kitsch French Christmas Greetings postcard. Date: circa 1906

The Central Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko), Chuo, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1908

Tokyo, Japan - Mitsukoshi Department Store Building. Date: circa 1930s

Monaco - View of La Condamine, the central Ward in the Principality of Monaco. It includes Port Hercules (pictured). Date: circa 1940s

Zermatt Railway - Switzerland - Bridge over a valley
Railway - Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Viege a Zermatt SA - Switzerland - Bridge over a valley Date: circa 1908

Zermatt, Switzerland with the Matterhorn and Railway
View of Zermatt, Switzerland with the Matterhorn (Mount Cervin) in the background. In the foreground is the Railway Bridge over the River Vispe and a train of the Gornergrat railway (Gornergratbahn)

The Fan Painter - Japan. Date: 1905

Ongoing restoration to Entrance of Petit Trianon, Versailles
On-going restoration to the Entrance Gates of the Petit Trianon, Palace of Versailles, France. Date: circa 1902

Christmas Greetings postcard with Tortoiseshell butterfly amid the pink Pelagonias. Date: circa 1908

Sir Henry Irving (1838 - 1905), English stage actor and actor-manager of the Victorian era. Shown here in the role of Cardinal Wolsey. Date: 1899

Advertisment for a Lalique mascot
An advertisement for a Lalique car mascot from Breves Lalique Galeries, Knightbridge; A mascot - and a seal of good taste

Two young children talking - Elizabeth Bem
Painting by Elizabeth Bem (1843-1914) - " There will be a lot of Honey and Flies". Date: 1910

Railings of the Summer Garden, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Railings of the Summer Garden, which occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia - painting by Georgi Kreskentevich Lukomski (1884-?)

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia - Pushkinskaya ulitsa. Date: 1907

On leave in Paris, dance at the British Army & Navy Club
Our men on leave in Paris: a dance at the British Army and Navy Leave Club, 1918. The British Army and Navy Leave Club in Paris is a great boon to thousands of British soldiers at the Front who spend

Interior of a French tank in World War One
On board a land-ship in action: the interior of a French tank in 1917 during World War One. Gunners in the centre and machine-gunners on the right, one firing forward, the other laterally. Date: 1917

Broadway Jones by George M. Cohan
Postcard for Broadway Jones by George M. Cohan by artist John Hassall. The image shows a fat policeman pointing accusingly at a laughing man and saying Are You Laughing At Me

Father Christmas with children
A Merry Xmas - Here is Every Joy! Three children in their nightwear aid Father Christmas in his delivery of presents by pulling on the belt of his cloak. Date: c.1920

German submarine on the surface at night, 1915
A German submarine running on the surface of the sea at night in 1915 during the German blockade of the British Isles in World War One. Date: 1915

Broadway by Philip Dunning & George Abbott
Broadway by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. First produced by Jed Harris in England at the Strand Theatre on 22nd December 1926. It went on to become one of the most successful plays of the 1920s

Dieppe - The Duquesne Quay - Fishmongers and Fishwives. Date: circa 1907

Basel SBB Railway Station, Switzerland
Basel SBB Railway Station, Centralbahnplatz, Basel, Switzerland - Europes busiest international border station. Date: circa 1910s

Southport, Merseyside - The Promenade - Aluminium postcard
Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England - The Promenade - An amazing Aluminium metal postcard! Date: circa 1907

Hotel Regina, Cannes, France. Date: circa 1904

The Falzarego Pass (Passo Falzarego) - a high mountain pass in the province of Belluno in Italy, connecting Andraz and Cortina d Ampezzo. Date: circa 1920s

Pomagagnon - a mountain of the Dolomites in Belluno, Italy
Pomagagnon - a mountain of the Dolomites in Belluno, northern Italy. Towering over the resort of Cortina d Ampezzo. Date: circa 1920s

Railway Station - Monfalcone, Italy
Railway Station - Monfalcone - a town and commune of the province of Gorizia located on the coast of the Gulf of Trieste, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Bayeux, Normandy, France - Maison de la Rue Saint-Martin. Date: circa 1903

The South Station (Gare du Midi) - Bordeaux, France. Date: circa 1908

L Entente Cordiale, Young Japanese boy and Young British Boy
L Entente Cordiale. A young Japanese boy and young British boy, each carrying their national flags, shaking hands. Date: 1905

Palermo - The Cathedral, Sicily, Italy
Palermo - The Cathedral (Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary / Cattedrale metropolitana della Santa Vergine Maria Assunta), Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1920s

Street scene in Bergen, Norway - the route up the steep slopes of the Fjellveien Mountain. Date: circa 1910s

Fjeldvand (Fjeld Vand, Fjellvatnet), Norway. Date: circa 1910

Spitsbergen, Norway - Bellsund (Bell Sound)
Bellsund (Bell Sound) - a 20km long sound on the west coast of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Reindeer Herd, Finse, Hordaland County, Norway
Reindeer herd at Finse, a mountain village area on the shore of the lake Finsevatnet in Ulvik municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Panoramic view of Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag county, Norway Date: circa 1910s

The Floibanen cable car to Mount Floyen, Bergen, Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Britannia Hotel, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag county, Norway - the interior is still much the same to this day! Date: circa 1920s

The Briksdal glacier, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway
Briksdalsbreen (English: the Briksdal glacier) - an arm of the Jostedalsbreen glacier - located in the municipality of Stryn in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Date: circa 1908

A Christmas tree for the birds
Hung with coconuts, brazil nuts, chains of monkey nuts and suet: a Christmas tree for wild birds, as suggested by Mrs. Howard Pease of Otterburn Tower, Northumberland. December 1922

The Blue Ray by Shirland Quin - Flyer, Eastbourne Production
The Blue Ray by Shirland Quin. First produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne on 28th November 1927. Back and front pages of the flyer for the Eastbourne production

Mr. Tim Healy, 1922
Mr. Tim Healy(1855-1931), politican and first Govenor-General of the Irish Free State, pictured here in 1922. Date: December 1922

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