Pole Collection (page 2)

Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer, in her canoe on the Ogooue (Ogowe) River in Gabon, West Central Africa, in 1896

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Central Park sign, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

San Diegos most famous building, Hotel del Coronado dating from 1888, San Diego, California, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Wall Street sign, New York City, New York State, USA, North America

Tribune Tower, the 1920s Gothic skyscraper and home to the Chicago Tribune in downtown Chicago, and Hotel Intercontinental behind, Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America

The Pier, Santa Barbara, California. USA

O Connell Street
OConnell Street, General Post Office, Monument of Light (The Spike), and Jim Larkin statue in the evening, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Some of the flags of the European Union, La Defense, Paris, France, Europe

Yak train approaches Tarboche, prayer flag pole in Lha Chu canyon, on the kora round sacred mountain, Mount Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Shackletons Sled-Car
In his attempt on the South Pole, Shackleton plans to use this specially designed automobile, rather then dogs, to haul his supplies

Boys Scrumping
Two boys, use a long pole, to knock apples from a tree while a little girl makes ready to collect them. The elder girl seems unconvinced regarding the legality of scrumping

Amundsen Winter Quarters
Amundsen and others in their winter quarters at the South Pole

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928)
Photographic portrait of Roald Engelbreth Gravning Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who was the first man to navigate the Northwest Passage and reach the South Pole

The Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland, Europe

Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, North America

Buddhist stupa at Bodnath (Bodhnath) (Boudhanath), Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Australian flag, Australia

Amundsen at the Pole
Norwegian explorer Amundsen and his colleagues at the South Pole

MAY POLE / 1904 WOK HAM
A group of girls and their maypole in Wokingham, Surrey

F1, Formula 1, Formula One, Gp, Grand Prix, Portrait, Priority, Helmet, Pole, Helmet
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Saturday 14 May 2016. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid, celbrates taking pole in parc ferme

The young Nelson killing a polar bear (engraving)
3643529 The young Nelson killing a polar bear (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The young Nelson killing a polar bear)

Main Street - Yorktown, Virginia, USA Date: circa 1901

Aerial view, Bunder Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Aerial view, Bunder Road (now M. A. Jinnah Road), Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan, on a busy day. Date: circa 1950

Oxo advertisement - Scott Antarctic expedition endorsement
Advertisement for Oxo as supplied to Captain Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. The advert quotes a letter from Scott who wrote

Inside the Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain, London
General view inside the Dome of Discovery, part of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. This part of the exhibition covered Britains conquest of the physical world through

The Highway to the South - Scott expedition
The magnificent entrance to the Beardmore Glacier showing the snow slope leading up to the two massive granite pillars through which Captain Scott passed with his men

Vic Reeves 23 of Walsall has been up this particular pole for twenty four days. He wants to spend at least six more to beat the world record of thirty days held by an American

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

Filming Scott of the Antarctic, with John Mills as Captain Scott RN, James Robertson Justice as Petty Officer Taff Evans, and Kenneth Moore as Lieutenant Evans

Oxo in the Antarctic - Captain Scott polar expedition
Advertisement for Oxo showing members of the ill-fated Captain Scott polar expedition to the South Pole enjoying an 11 o clock cup of OXO on board the Terra Nova

WORLD MAP, 1635. By Willem Janszoon Blaeu, with two polar insets in the body of the map and border panels depicting the four elements, the seven known planets, the four seasons

Thaddeus Kosciuszko of Poland
Polish General Tadeusz Kosciuszko with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Members of the Search Party who found Captain Scott
From left: Sub-lieutenant Gran, Petty-Officer Williamson and Mr E.W. Nelson (biologist), members of the relief party who discovered the bodies of Captain Scott

The spot where Captain Scott lies buried
A cross placed on top of a large cairn of snow marking the resting place of Captain Scott, Dr Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers

Robert Falcon Scott - at the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic. Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) - who lost his life in an ill-fated race to be the first person to reach the South Pole

Row of houses overlooking the sea, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stilt fishermen at Welligama, south coast, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, Asia

Ufos / Michalak
At Falcon Lake, Manitoba, Stephen Michalak, a Pole, approaches a landed UFO and receives a grid-pattern of burns on his chest

England, Cumbria, Keswick, Barbers pole, barbers shop sign

Pole fishermen, Sri Lanka - 4
Sri Lankan pole fishermen, sometimes known as stilt fishing, on the coast near Galle, Sri Lanka. Pictured at dawn and silhouetted against the light Date: 2001

The Harbour Front - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa
The Harbour Front - Dar-es-Salaam (" Haven of Peace" ), Tanzania, East Africa - showing the Anzani front and the Cathedral. Date: circa 1910s

Native of Yap carrying stone money
A native man from Yap wearing a mangrove wood comb in his hair (a sign of high rank) carrying stone money on a pole over his shoulder. Date: 1937

Calle Comercio (Commercial Road), Concepcion, Chile. Date: 1904

Street scene, Harrow School
Pupils in the street outside Harrow School. Date: 1918

Main Street, Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA
Main Street (looking north), Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1925

Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USA
View of a busy Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1904

Electric tram, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
An electric tram on the road at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, with the driver standing at the front in uniform

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