King William's Temple at Kew Gardens (detail from stereoview)
I'm very excited by this find as it's the only 19th century image of King William's Temple ( http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/garden-attractions-A-Z/king-williams-temple.htm ) that I have ever seen...This ... More
On board "Lady Canning", floating church, Calcutta, India, c. 1875. E...
I'd be fascinated to hear if anyone has any further information about this floating church in Calcutta harbour, now dated to late 1875 or early 1876...Thanks to a little research we now know that the mother men... More
Palm House Pond and Museum No1 at Kew Gardens (detail from stereoview)
A fairly standard view taken from the south end of the Palm House terrace - a view that has barely changed today...This is one of two stereoviews bought from an eBay seller in the US. They are in exceptional c... More
Mr. Tilling's Hansom - A horse pulling a carriage in front of a buildi...
Description: "Photograph of hansom cab bearing the name 'T. Tilling' and standing outside Greenwich Railway station." Photograph by RL Sirus...Date: 1884..Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/369/249 ( http://www.na... More
Anchor Hotel and Ship & Plough Hotel, Kingsbridge, Devon c. 1890
This is a very early amateur photograph, measuring just 4" x 2.75", and is one of several in a small album I acquired a few years ago. Other images (to follow) depict the building of the Kingsbridge branch line... More
The Stapleton Family, at the Rodney, Easter Monday 1907
Hook Edwardian Family Album page #29..Interesting that this is clearly noted as 'Stapledon' whereas the census records have the family as Stapleton...The lady marked as 'mother' will be Ethel Hook, nee Stapleto... More
Identified! WW1 hospital at Parc Wern (now Parc Beck), Swansea
During the Great War many stately houses were taken over as hospitals for injured soldiers (as the TV series Downton Abbey has shown), although it has to be said that the guys here look fit as a fiddle! (see co... More
Hospital ward, Sainte Adresse, Le Havre, November 1914
The previous day the sender, nurse Margaret Ripley, sent a card from Sainte Adresse, Le Havre, so I assume that she was still there when this was sent, and hence this hospital must be in that locality...In it s... More
Postcard: Le Havre - Le Cap de la Heve pris de la nouvelle Jetee
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Postcard: Paris - Panorama - Quartier Sainte Clotilde
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Postcard: Paris - Hotel des Invalides - Entree Principale
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Postcard: Paris (VIIIeme) - Le Pont Alexandre III vers les Invalides
Wonderful image. From what I can tell it must have been taken from the roof of Petit Palais - maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Le+Pont+Alexandre+III,+paris&... ( http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Le+Pont+Alexandre+III... More
Postcard: Dunkerque - Vue generale de la Ville et des Bassins
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Postcard: Dunkerque - Station de la Defense Mobile
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Postcard: Sainte Adresse, Le Havre, France, December 1914
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Monument du Dr Duchesne, Boulogne-Sur-Mer
Front of postcard sent 14 May 1914..I believe that this may be Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_de_Boulogne ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_de_Boulogne )
Postcard of Sainte Adresse, Le Havre, sent November 1914
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Postcard of L'eglise St Ouen, Rouen, France
Sent 19 November 1914 Public domain scan of the vintage19th-century French postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Postcard: Dunkerque - Le Bassin du Commerce et le Quai des Hollandais
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Postcard: Environs du Havre - Ste-Adresse
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Postcard of Le Havre "Vue generale vers le Port" sent November 1914
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Postcard: Rouen - La Grosse Horloge. December 1914
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Postcard: Bergues - Le Beffroi (XIVe siecle)
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Postcard: St Omer - Le Canal pres de la Caserne de Cavalerie, sent Aug...
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Postcard: Malo-les-Bains [Dunkirk] - Rue des Ecoles, sent March 1915
On the reverse this has the message "This is road we live in. Officers quarters house on right with balcony - ours 4th down on left back of hospital the high point further on left. My wards are in separate buil... More
Postcard: Paris - Abside Notre-Dame sent 1 May 1915
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Postcard: Dunkerque - La Rue de l'Eglise, sent March 1915
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Postcard: Bergues - Marche aux Bestiaux, sent Feb 1915
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Postcard: Dunkerque - Dunkerque - L'Entree du Port, sent April 1915
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Postcard: Dunkerque - Une division de la 2me flotille des Torpilleurs ...
Sent March 1915, and one assumes the image was taken not long before given that it contains navy vessels. But that aside, what a lovely image, and wonderfully coloured...For more details of the story behind thi... More
Postcard: Malo-les-Bains - La Place Turenne, sent May 1915
A further card of this square in Malo-les-Bains, now a part of Dunkirk. See map for others - whatsthatpicture/map?&fLat=51.0... ( whatsthatpicture/map?&fLat=51.0374&fLon=2.3841&zl=4&order_by=recent ) ..For mor... More
Postcard: Bergues - Tour de St Winoc, sent Feb 1915
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Postcard: Calais - Bassin Ouest et Vue Generale du Quartier Maritime, ...
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Postcard: Boulogne-sur-Mer - Porte des Dunes, sent June 1915
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Postcard: Bergues - Porte de Bierne, sent Jan 1915
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Postcard: Bergues - Eglise St Martin, sent March 1915
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Postcard: Bergues - Le Pont Saint-Jean (Maison de 1597), sent Feb 1915
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Postcard: St Omer - Quai du Haut Pont, sent July 1915
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Postcard: Malo-les Bains - Place Turenne, sent March 1915
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Early Paget Process colour image - identified as Corhampton, Hampshire...
One of a small batch of images made using the Paget Process, identified from the sign to the left, which points to Exton, Warnford & West Meon...There are some great comments below rightly questioning the loca... More
Postcard: Bergues - La Colme en Ville, sent January 1915
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Postcard: Bergues - La Caserne, la Porte de Bierne vue des Ramparts, s...
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Postcard: St Omer - La Place Victor-Hugo, sent June 1915
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Postcard: Le Havre. L'Hotel de Ville et le Boulevard de Strasbourg, se...
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Postcard: Malo-les-Bains - Avenue Kleber, sent 30 April 1915
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Postcard: Bergues - Porte de Cassel, sent Jan 1915
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Postcard: Dunkerque - Le Beffroi, sent April 1915
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Postcard "Captured German Guns in London" by Judges, sent Christmas 19...
This is on the Mall, looking towards Buckingham Palace Public domain scan of the vintage German postcard, historic place, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Queen Elizabeth class battleship in Valetta Harbour, Malta, 1920s/30s
Someone has suggested to me that this may be Malta. There's another similar and perhaps clearer view that is possibly the same location of a submarine in this album..One of many images that I am slowly importi... More
Preston Guild parade and Harris Museum, 1922 - image #3
From image this third image in the set, showing the Harris Museum, these five images have been identified as Preston...And the occasion is now known to be the Preston Guild, 1922.
Preston Guild parade, 6 Sept 1922 #4
From image #3, showing the Harris Museum, these five images have been identified as Preston...And after contacting the museum they have identified the occasion as the Preston Guild, 1922
Preston Guild parade, 1922 #2
From image #3, showing the Harris Museum, these five images have been identified as Preston...And after contacting the museum they have identified the occasion as the Preston Guild, 1922
Preston Guild parade, 1922 #1
From image #3, showing the Harris Museum, these five images have been identified as Preston...And after contacting the museum they have identified the occasion as the Preston Guild, 1922
Preston Guild parade, 1922 #5
From image #3, showing the Harris Museum, these five images have been identified as Preston...And after contacting the museum they have identified the occasion as the Preston Guild, 1922
The port at Trouville, 10 September 1926 in animated 3D
A nice dated stereoview showing the port and casino at Trouville sur Mer, Normandy France
Buskers (detail), Foire de la Sainte Catherine, Fontainebleau, Novembe...
The caption reads "Chanteurs ambulants (foire de la Ste Catherine) prise sans soleil, a 3h.45 le 25/11/26" which loosely translates as "Mobile singers [or perhaps buskers] (Saint Catherine's Fair) taken without... More
911: New York City Views, 09/11/2001.
Original Caption: Smoke rises from the site of the World Trade Center Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. ..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: P7127-23..Created By: President (2001-2009 : Bush). Office of Managem... More
Robert French - Motor Car at Larne
Beautiful vehicle, which I'm sure some of you will be able to identify, at Larne, Co. Antrim...Thanks to Niall McAuley, we now have an exact location for this photo on Chaine Memorial Road, right opposite the C... More