Items matching christmas taken from England Beautiful (1936)

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christmas: the supposed anniversary of the birth of Jesus, although since there were baby lambs it was more likely at Easter. Many of these christmas pictures would make good xmas clip-art or would be good on the front of a christmas card.

Synonyms: xmas, noel

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Pictures from England Beautiful by Wallace Nutting (1861 – 1941), illustrated by the author.

This book was published in the USA in 1936, and copyright was not renewed in 1963, 1964 or 1965, which means it is in the public domain and out of copyright.

A Doorway Colloquy

England Beautiful (1936)

A thatched cottage with an English country garden behind a stone wall, and a huge tree. If you look very closely there are two people standing in one of the doors (thanks to Martina Fuseli for pointin [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, thatched cottages, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Biddestone; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-06

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Lincoln Gate

England Beautiful (1936)

This is probably the remains of a gate in the City Walls of Lincoln, but I’m not sure: the book doesn’t say, and in any case isn’t very reliable. If so, the lower walls may well be Roman, posibly dati [...]

Keywords: castles, arches, entrances, christmas

Places shown: Lincoln; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2005-04-25

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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