Nigh Time Collection

Le Mans Poster
A poster for the 1924 24-hour maotor race at Le Mans, France, billed as the Gran Prix D Endurance. Held on the 14 and 15th June

Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware Road
The Metropolitan Music Hall, 207 Edgware Road London - a very fine Music Hall which was sadly demolished in 1963 to allow the building of a flyover for the A40

Temple Square at night - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Temple Square in the moonlight - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA with the Tabernacle and Salt Lake Temple visible. Date: circa 1910s

Studdys Nightmare by George Studdy
Bonzo and Co. get their own back on the artist, after the Christmas pudding. George Studdy, the creator of the comic canine Bonzo

A Barn Owl hunting a rat. Pen & ink illustration by Raymond Sheppard

First World War - Blackout cartoon postcard
Hoping to see more of you - mindful of the blackout enforced in London during World War one, this couple look forward to getting a better view of each other when their paths next cross

Gryon, Switzerland - A moonlit street. Gryon is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle. Date: circa 1910s

Railway signal at night
Colour-light signalling, a modern innovation in the early 1960s, on an electrified railway line. Electrification of busy routes demanded a system of train control that was rapid

Sports of the Australian Summer
A group of surfers surfing at nightime

Destitute women
5616492 Destitute women; (add.info.: Illustration depicting destitute women awaiting shelter for the night. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1869); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Destitute women
5616491 Destitute women; (add.info.: Illustration depicting destitute women awaiting shelter for the night. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1869); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Night time view of the 1861 fire in Tooley Street, Bermondsey, 1861 (colour litho)
781256 Night time view of the 1861 fire in Tooley Street, Bermondsey, 1861 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); 32x49 cm; London Metropolitan Archives

Vampire Bats feeding off sleeping humans, c. 1890 (engraving)
2630744 Vampire Bats feeding off sleeping humans, c.1890 (engraving) by Vuillier, Gaston (1847-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vampire bats are bats whose food source is blood)

Wee Willie Winkie " Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock

Only Me - Small child sitting on a crescent moon
Rather delightful fantasy postcard showing a small child sitting on the crescent moon, gazing into the distance Date: circa 1900

She Stood Gazing Upwards, by William Marshall Craig
Original drawing for a book illustration. Medieval exterior scene, a castle, a moonlit night. A woman is standing still and staring up at the sky. A man and woman stand talking in a doorway

A rising full red moon, 2nd September 2012

Policeman stops a man with cart
" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Some potentially illegal night manoeuvres are thwarted by

Torquay, Devon - Illuminations (2 / 3)
Torquay, Devon - Illuminations - Pavilion and Gardens Date: circa 1930

Main Street at Night - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Date: circa 1908

Torquay, Devon - Illuminations (1 / 3)
Torquay, Devon - Illuminations (1/3) - The Pier and arbour Date: circa 1930

Milan, Italy - Arco della Pace - The Arch of Peace Date: circa 1910s

San Diego, California - 5th Street at nightime, USA. Date: 1915

New Zealand - Moonlight Boating, Riverton
New Zealand - Moonlight Boating in the Narrows at Riverton Date: circa 1910s

Chicago World Fair - The Lagoon at night Date: 1933

Torquay, Devon - Illuminations (3 / 3)
Torquay, Devon - Illuminations - Vane Hill and the Harbour Date: circa 1930

Herald Square, Broadway and 6th Avenue - NYC - by night. Date: circa late 1920s

Broadway looking north from 38th Street by night, New York City, USA. Date: circa late 1920s

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin - at night Date: circa 1920s

glowing spark spiral

World War One humorous postcard by George Ranstead
Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps and produced a large number of hand drawn postcards during the period

1925 Exhibition of Decorative Arts - Paris - nightime view

The Church of Our Lady before Tyn - Prague (at night)
The Gothic magnificence of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn - Prague, Czech Republic

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Fontaine Park, Montreal, Canada
Fontaine Park (with Fountains in full effect!) at night, Montreal, Canada

Searchlights over St Pauls Cathedral
Searchlights pick out the menacing shape of a German Zeppelin flying a bombing raid over the capital during World War One

Night-time Street Scene, Malta
Street scene, night-time, Santa Marija, Victoria / Rabat, Gozo, Malta. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Ferry transporting railway wagons
A wonderful nightime photograph of the Suffolk Ferry departing Harwich with a load of railway wagons. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Track laying - using a bulldozer
A Caterpillar bulldozer being operated during track laying by the Wimpey construction company. Nightime engineering works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Laying railway tracks at night
A very atmospheric shot of a steam engine and cranes aiding the laying of a new set of railway tracks. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Barcelona, Spain - International Exhibition
The Great Fountain by night. Barcelona, Spain - International Exhibition of 1929 - 1930. In a large park on the Montjuic hill

Two Monuments of London
Illustration showing the obelisk, Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment in Central London with the Hotel Cecil in the background

Delineator magazine cover August 1927
Stylish art deco front cover featuring a sleek looking blonde woman with fashionable cropped hair positioned against an inky blue starlit sky

An oil field at night - Middle East
A view across an oil field at night with fires and explosions of light illuminating the scene - definitely in the Middle East, likely to be in Iran or Iraq

Radio City at Night - New York

Dreaming of being the victor
A man dreams of being the Olympic Champion!

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"Embracing the Enchanting Night: A Tapestry of Moments" The Metropolitan Music Hall at night, where melodies dance under a starlit sky. Temple Square at night in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - a tranquil sanctuary bathed in moonlight. Le Mans Poster: Racing through the darkness, adrenaline fuels the night-time spectacle. "Studdys Nightmare" by George Studdy - an eerie dreamscape that unravels after dusk. Witness nature's nocturnal prowess as a Barn Owl stealthily hunts its prey under the moon's glow. First World War - Blackout cartoon postcard: Shadows whisper secrets amidst wartime blackout precautions. Gryon, Switzerland: Surrender to the allure of alpine nights and twinkling constellations above snow-capped peaks. A railway signal illuminates the darkness, guiding travelers on their nocturnal journeys through time and space. Sports of the Australian Summer come alive under floodlights as athletes strive for glory after sunset. Barcelona, Spain - International Exhibition: As twilight falls, artistry takes center stage in this vibrant cityscape. Behold history unfold with a night-time view of the 1861 fire in Tooley Street, Bermondsey (colour litho). Vampire Bats feeding off sleeping humans (c. 1890 engraving): An ancient nocturnal dance between predator and prey. In every corner of our world lies an enchantment that awakens when daylight fades – from captivating performances at Metropolitan Music Hall to ethereal landscapes like Temple Square or Gryon's majestic mountainscapes illuminated by stars overhead; from historic events captured on postcards to surreal nightmares painted onto canvases; from wildlife prowling silently through darkened forests to bustling cities transformed into dazzling spectacles beneath countless lights.