Résultats

      The S/S Virginian was launched in 1904 in Glasgow, with passenger accommodation of: 346 first class, 286 second class, and 1000 steerage. She was scrapped in 1955 in Trieste. Printed on the front: Allan R.M. Line, "Victorian" and "Virginian," turbine triple-screws, 12,000 tons.

      The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world, dating from 1451. In 1870 it moved from High Street, due to overcrowding and squalor of the city and the expanding factories and railways, to its current west end location at Gilmorehill, then a greenfield site enclosed …

      The John Knox House is an historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant Reformer John Knox (1505-1572) during the 16th century. The house itself was built in 1490, featuring a wooden gallery and hand-painted ceiling. Over the next few centuries many decorations …

      Stirling Castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries.

      Printed on reverse: "The Auld Brig of Doon was made famous by Burns' [Robbie Burns, 1759-1796] poem 'Tam o' Shanter.' It was here Tam galloped himself and his steed into immortality. The date of the erection is uncertain." The postcard is of the old bridge over the River Doon, in …

      Westminster Bridge, over the Thames River, was designed by Thomas Page and opened in 1862. It is a seven-arch wrought iron bridge with Gothic detailing by Charles Barry (the architect of the Palace of Westminster, in the background).

      On the north-east corner of the Chester city walls overlooking the canal, is the "King Charles' I Tower." The inscription above the door reads: "King Charles Stood on this Tower Sept. 24 1645. And saw his army defeated on Rowton Moor." However, Rowton cannot be seen from the tower as …

      The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot was built in 1902 and served rail passengers as the gateway to Albuquerque and the Southwest for over 90 years. Built in the California Mission style, it sported a domed tower and red tile roof and was made with pebbledash stucco. …

      Chester Cathedral dates from between 1093 and the early 1500s, although the site itself may have been used for Christian worship since Roman times.

      Magdalen College, beside the River Cherwell, was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. The large, square Magdalen Tower is a famous Oxford landmark, and there is a tradition since the days of King Henry VII that the college choir sings from the top of it at …

      A postcard illustrating Yarmouth Wharf in Nova Scotia at the beginning of the 20th century.

      A postcard given to Mr & Mrs Layton for Christmas. The unique name of Fort Massey Church in Halifax recalls the early years of the garrison town when there was a blockhouse on the site. The fort was named after General Eyre Massey who was commander-in-chief at Halifax from 1776-1780. …

      From 1885 to 1920, the Mount Royal Funicular Railway brought sightseers to its peak in Mount Royal Park, Montreal.

      A postcard sent to Mrs. Robert Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I., mailed from Bingen, Germany.

      A postcard of Via Dolorosa (Way of Grief or Way of Suffering) in the Old City of Jerusalem.

      A postcard sent from Damascus (City of Jasmin) in Syria.

      The Milan Cathedral, in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy, was begun in 1386 and completed five centuries later in 1965.

      A postcard of Amalfi, Italy from 25-year-old Agnes Mary Kitchen to Rev. R. B. Layton in San Fernando, Trinidad, B.W.I. Postmarked from Hotel Marine Riviere, Amalfi.

      Vienna's City Hall was erected between 1872 and 1883 in the Gothic style.

      Oberammergau Passion Play is performed once a decade since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.