Pole Collection (page 92)

Two IFC Building and Hong Kong flags at night, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Beijing, China

Inside Kazakhs yurt, Tianchi (Heaven Lake), Tien Shan, Xinjiang Province, China

Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, Asia

Snow storm and blizzard, Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Chateau Frontenac, City of Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America

Close up of carvings, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia (B. C
Close up of carvings, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

Totems in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Close-up of carved totem in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Independence Monument, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Intha fisherman, leg-rowing, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Flags of Belgium on the right, Flanders in the center on the town hall of Ghent, Flanders, Belgium

Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ross / Magnetic Pole
John Rosss arctic expedition: Ross planting the British Standard on the true position of the Magnetic Pole

Admiral Byrd / Skyward
Richard Evelyn Byrd American admiral and aerial explorer; depicted entering his aircraft for the North Pole flight, 9 May 1926

Events / Peary / Henson
Matthew Henson, Pearys companion on his attempt on the North Pole

Amundsen (Photo)
ROALD AMUNDSEN Norwegian explorer, first to reach the South Pole, but not the most cheerful of men

Pole (Larmessin)
REGINALD POLE Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury

Nobile / Airship / Spitzberg
Umberto Nobile flew the airship Norge over the North Pole in 1926. His second attempt in 1928 in Italia ended in a crash landing. Flying over Spitzbergen

Amundsen / Polar Dress
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. Amundsen in his polardragt (pole-dress)

Amundsen / Supply Depot
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. Sledge at a supply depot

Amundsen / Raising Flag
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. Raising the Norwegian flag at the South Pole

Amundsen / Account / Cover
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely

Scott / Terra Nova
Scotts last expedition - he was beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen. Scott did not make it back. Scotts ship, the Terra Nova

Scott / Motorised Sleigh
Scotts last expedition - he was beaten to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen. Scott did not make it back. Motor sleigh tractor used by Scott

Albert Smith / Cdv
ALBERT RICHARD SMITH English writer, alpinist and lecturer (especially at the Egyptian Hall in London)

Barbers / Rowlandson
Customers mill around and tie up horses before going into a barbers shop in Alresford, Hampshire

Andrees Departure
Andree, with Strindberg and Fraenkel, leave Spitzbergen on their adventurous flight, hoping to reach the North Pole : they are depicted half an hour after lift-off

Andree Leaves Sweden
Andree and his expedition sail from Goteborg, Sweden, in the Virgo to Spitzbergen, whence they will - hopefully - fly to the North Pole in their balloon

Cresset Carried Instreet
Two men walking through the night carry a flaming cresset - a basket on a pole, containing flammable material - to show them where they are going

Lamplighter (Petherick)
London characters: London is lit by gas lamps now, and every evening the LAMPLIGHTER must switch on every lamp in the metropolis, and every morning switch them off again

Climbing the Pole / Fair
Climbing the pole. This game originated from an idea by M. Franck, a doctor who decided that humans should re-learn such skills previously used to climb trees & forage for food

Pre Andree Departure
Andree, with Strindberg and Fraenkel, make last-minute preparations at Spitzbergen for their flight : in a few moments they will be on their way to the North Pole

USA / Seattle / Totem Pole
Totem pole of the Raven Tribe of the Tlingit Indians (Alaska), purchased and re-erected in Seattle, Washington State

Dhruva & Pole Star
The prince Dhruva, let down by his fathers weakness, turned to meditation. At the end of his life Vishnu turned him into the Pole Star & a symbol of steadfastness

American Pole-Percher
A pole-sitter at Atlantic City, USA, sits at an altitude of 68m for 16 days, and plans to beat the 23 day record

Raising the May Pole
Raising the pole

Girl / Telegraph Songs
A little girl in a meadow listening to telegraph songs by a telegraph pole

Cassiopeia (Cig Card)
CASSIOPEIA and the Pole Star

Butchery & Preservation
Butchery and meat preservation in progress

Chinese Sampan Girl
A barefoot Chinese woman guides her sampan on the river at Canton, using a pole

Competing for Pig
Country bumpkins compete for a sucking pig fixed to the top of a greasy pole

Flushing 4 / Pillement
Flushing in the province of Zeeland: depicting barges laden with cargo. A sailor walks a plank between two vessels using a pole to aid his balance

Blunt / Ursa Minor / Pl 25
Ursa Minor and Draco : the pole star is situated at the extremity of the tail of Ursa Minor. Draco separates Ursa Major from Ursa Minor by a portion of its tail

POLE (1500 - 1588)
REGINALD POLE Cardinal and adviser to Queen Mary I

Girl Rock Pooling
A pretty young day-tripper, in a bathing costume paddles amongst the rock pools and shallows looking for starfish & shells equipped with a net on a long pole

Broadcasting House Japes
A young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building!

Sledge & Ski Australia
Descending the slopes of Mount Kosciusko, Australia - some on sledge some on ski. Though Kosciusko was a Pole, these intrepid skiers seem to be managing without poles. Date: 1910

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