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1.—Scarborough: General View of the South BayRound The Coast (1895)

A fairly crowded beach even by modern standards, with Victorian bathing machines. From a Photo. by Poulton & Son. “This has been called the “Queen of English Watering-Places,” and is at least unrivall [...]

Keywords: beaches, water, boats, towns, townscapes, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Scarborough; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-11-28

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Durtal, Anjou.A Short History of the English People (1902)

A street leading to a small town of stone buildings including a castle and a church. There seemed to be some plate wash in this engraving and i’ve retained that in the digital image, as it added atmos [...]

Keywords: castles, streets, spires, turrets, towns, buildings, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Durtal; Anjou; France

Added: 2018-07-21

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345.—Castle of LillebonneOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

General view of Ruins, Church, etc. “The character of William of Normandy [William the Conqueror] was so remarkable, and indeed was such an element of success in his daring attempt upon the English cr [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, people, trees, towers, churches, towns, arches, views, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Lillebonne; Seine-Maritime; France

Added: 2003-08-31

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OxfordOxford (1910)

Line illustration from first page of the book.

Keywords: towns, chapterheads, colour

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2003-02-22

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West Gate, WarwickWarwick and Leamington (1920)

A shepherd herds his sheep up Warwick’s main street, past mediaeval house.

Keywords: towns, colour, churches, mediaeval, people, animals

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-11-09

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High StreetOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

“Most old towns are like palimpsests, parchments which have been scrawled over again and again, by their successive owners. Oxford, though not one of the most ancient of English cities, shows, more le [...]

Keywords: cities, buildings, streets, towns, colleges, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-04-26

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Fowey: Entrance to the harbour.Round The Coast (1895)

“FOWEY.—This has been described as a miniature Dartmouth, and is a small seaport with a picturesque harbour at the mouth of the Fowey. This little place is 280 miles from London. In the old days it sh [...]

Keywords: water, boats, ships, views, towns, townscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Fowey; Cornwall; England

Added: 2007-03-27

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Castle StreetOxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Engraving by A. Brunet-Debaines.

Keywords: streets, towns, buildings, people, carts, houses, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2005-12-14

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AssenOud Nederland (1927)

Assen is the capital of Drenthe, in North-East Netherlands (Holland). It’s possible that the large building at rear left is now the headquarters of RTF-Drenthe, the public regional broadcasting channe [...]

Keywords: buildings, cities, towns, cityscapes, churches, trees, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Assen; Drenthe; Netherlands

Added: 2010-05-23

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Dutch Delft ceramic tile 5The History of Ornament: Design in the Decorative Arts (1915)

This small tile picture shows a town with two tall circular towers and several other tall buildings, set into an abstract dotted border. It is taken from plate 104, Dutch ceramic tiles.

Keywords: views, towns, towers, faience, ceramic art, tiles, borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-19

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Nazareth, PalestineFamous Scenes and Cities (1894)

A photograph of the town Nazareth, captioned (in 1894) as being in Palestine (it was captured in 1948 by the then-new invading European Israeli army): NAZARETH, PALESTINE—Few Oriental towns are so at [...]

Keywords: photographs, towns, cities, buildings, israel, greyscale

Places shown: Nazareth; Palestine

Added: 2024-08-10

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Wimel of Windmolen Poort, NymegenOud Nederland (1927)

Wimel of Windmolen Poort in Nijmegen, Netherlands, as i appeared in 1732. This was a gate in the old city walls, and was built in 1436 when the city was expanded. There is a more recent photograph of [...]

Keywords: buildings, streets, towns, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Nijmegen; Gelderland; Netherlands

Added: 2010-05-24

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Wimel Poort from the other Side.Oud Nederland (1927)

Wimel Poort van de andere Zyde.

This is the same gate as plate 107 but from the other side, again drawn in 1732.

Keywords: buildings, streets, towns, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Nijmegen; Gelderland; Netherlands

Added: 2012-02-10

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Plate 12.—Newport, Monmouthshire.History of Wales (1853)

Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey.

Newport City Council Homepage

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, chimneys, towns, castles, colour

Places shown: Newport; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-03-06

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WinterIm Wechsel Der Tage (1885)

An old man and woman walk together, arm in arm, in dark snowy weather. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, uses a walking-stick or cane, and has a white beard; she has a woollen winter dress an a shawl agai [...]

Keywords: snow, winter, cold, christmas, xmas, people, couples, men, women, hats, beards, shawls, towns, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2021-01-17

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1951.—Battle at WorcesterOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

At top – View of Worcester. (From an old [as of 1845] Print.) The battle was fought on the foreground meadows. In the centre, the flight of [King] Charles before the Parliamentary Soldiers; designed [...]

Keywords: battles, horses, weapons, churches, towers, houses, towns, horses, greyscale

Places shown: Worcester; Worcestershire; England

Added: 2004-04-14

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The East Gate, WarwickWarwick and Leamington (1920)

...the beholder now looks down a narrow street, on each side of which here and there are dwelling-houses preserving their Elizabethan aspect, and at the further end of which, looming up like the backg [...]

Keywords: towns, streets, churches, spires, colour

Places shown: Warwick; Warwickshire; England

Added: 2003-12-02

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Bala Town and LakeThe British Isles (1905)

Bala is a market town in Gwynedd, North Wales; when this picture was taken, the town was rather small.

Keywords: old photographs, lakes, towns, views, greyscale

Places shown: Y Bala; Merionethshire; Wales

Added: 2008-07-14

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The Old Clarendon Building, Broad StreetOxford (1910)

...the Clarendon Building with its lofty pillared porch, where once the University Press was housed. [p. 30]

Keywords: buildings, towns, colour, roads, carts, streets

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2004-04-01

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Lake Como: The Waterfall of the FiumelatteIllustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The River Fiumelatte in Varenna in Italy, a town built on a steep slope and with a rapid river running through it. There are brdges, one of stone and one looking rather rickety of wood; there are hous [...]

Keywords: waterfalls, rivers, cities, towns, cityscapes, views, buildings, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Varenna; Lecco; Lombardy; Italy

Added: 2021-02-21

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