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"The Miracles of Jesus"-1910s-Prelinger Archives- A memorable religious silent film

"The Miracles of Jesus"-1910s-Prelinger Archives- A memorable religiou...

This silent movie exists in archive.org under the title "The Miracles of Jesus" and is part of the collection Prelinger Archives. It was distributed by The Mogull Film Company of New York. No other references... More

Atlas of Soviet administrative maps.

Atlas of Soviet administrative maps.

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arthur Henri Poole - May 19, 1922

Arthur Henri Poole - May 19, 1922

This motor cycle showroom in Waterford was photographed for Mr William Cordner, Cycle Agent. The Cordners lived on Henrietta Street. Would love to know if that's where their business was too...There's great inf... More

The Bridge, Athlone - A group of people standing on a bridge

The Bridge, Athlone - A group of people standing on a bridge

Very dramatic W.D. Hogan shot of soldiers marching across the bridge in Athlone for the handover of Custume Barracks - just one of the many barracks around the country to move from British to Irish control in 1... More

July 24, 1922 - A group of men sitting on top of a boat

July 24, 1922 - A group of men sitting on top of a boat

National Army troops at the South Western Front during the Irish Civil War...We've discovered (mostly through all of your efforts here on Flickr) that some of our W.D. Hogan collection dates are not as secure a... More

November 25, 1924 - A group of men standing next to a bunch of dogs

November 25, 1924 - A group of men standing next to a bunch of dogs

A well-to-do little boy with hounds before a hunt meet...Date: 25 November 1924..NLI Ref.: HOG210 ( vtls000218415 )

Queen Street, Masterton, New Zealand - 1920s

Queen Street, Masterton, New Zealand - 1920s

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

Arthur Henri Poole - The Happy Couple

Arthur Henri Poole - The Happy Couple

As an antidote to Valentine's Day cynicism, here are Major Bishop of the National Army and his bride. This photo is one of the smiliest (technical term) wedding photos we have in our collections...The photo may... More

Gondola ride in Coral Gables, Florida

Gondola ride in Coral Gables, Florida

Local call number: RC06233..Title: Gondola ride in Coral Gables, Florida..Date: January 27, 1926..Photographer: William A. Fishbaugh ( http://floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=collection:"Florida Photogr... More

A little girl with a locket

A little girl with a locket

This is a glass slide showing a portrait of a very little girl wearing an smock and a locket. .The slide is from some time between 1920 and 1930. It was taken by South Shields Photographic Society's photographe... More

Children's Party, Dublin, 1920s at Rutland Street National School.

Children's Party, Dublin, 1920s at Rutland Street National School.

A note on the back of this photo reads: "Party given by gentlemen to children."..Uploaded this one in June 2011, but I'm recycling it now because I have a very special request!..Next Wednesday 16th marks the 5t... More

Arthur Henri Poole - October 23, 1928

Arthur Henri Poole - October 23, 1928

Ulster Bank premises on The Quays, Waterford before renovation. The building to the left, with 1876 carved over the doorway was the Custom House. Further to the left is Waterford G.P.O. (General Post Office). T... More

Battling Siki - boxing sport photo

Battling Siki - boxing sport photo

This is Battling Siki from Senegal, World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion, with his sparring partner, Frenchman Eugene Stuber. Siki (real name Louis Mbarick Fall) was in Dublin to fight "Bold" Mike McTigue (a... More

My grandmother's 1920s trip to Sydney, N.S.W.

My grandmother's 1920s trip to Sydney, N.S.W.

1920-1929 Public domain scan of the vintage Sydney, Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Boonah, Qld - circa 1920s
Thebarton Primary School, Adelaide, South Australia - 1920s

Thebarton Primary School, Adelaide, South Australia - 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain photograph - Australian children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Railway picnic, Springsure, Qld - 1920s

Railway picnic, Springsure, Qld - 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain photograph of a train, railroad, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mail train at the Mt Isa railway station, Qld - 1920s

Mail train at the Mt Isa railway station, Qld - 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain scan of the vintage Queensland postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

YMCA CAMP BECKET, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - 1920s

YMCA CAMP BECKET, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - 1920s

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

Friends in the Botanical Gardens in Brisbane circa 1920

Friends in the Botanical Gardens in Brisbane circa 1920

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

Group of friends swimming at Wellington Point near Brisbane - 1920

Group of friends swimming at Wellington Point near Brisbane - 1920

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - fence 3 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - fence 3 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Гоголевский бул. 1686 г, 1809 г., трапезн.- 1898-99 гг. г. Москва. Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Общий вид ограды (по Большому Знаменскому)

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - fence (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - fence (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Гоголевский бул. 1686 г, 1809 г., трапезн.- 1898-99 гг. г. Москва. Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Ограда. Общий вид ограды.

Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [pencil on lined, white (signed in red pencil)]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [pencil on lined, white (signed in red pencil)]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [pencil on lined, white (signed in red pencil)]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [pencil on yellow legal pad paper]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [pencil on yellow legal pad paper]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [pencil on yellow legal pad paper]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [typescript with emendations in red, blue & black pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [typescript with emendations in red, blue & black pencil]
HMRB44-06-07 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

HMRB44-06-07 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Negative of a photograph taken by Harold McMurrich Rathbun, showing a young woman leaning on a sundial outside the Rathbun property at 315 Dundas Street, believed to be a former water tower.

Dancing - A group of men standing on top of a boat

Dancing - A group of men standing on top of a boat

A lighter moment during the Irish Civil War captured by photographer W.D. Hogan, as Free State soldiers on board the S.S. Arvonia dance with each other to melodeon music.....Date: Monday, 7 August 1922 (99% ce... More

Donnybrook Village, Leinster, Ireland

Donnybrook Village, Leinster, Ireland

Our catalogue described this as a Street scene, possibly in Dublin: with motor cars, pedestrians and tramlines. I knew we could do better than that, hoping J. McCaffrey at no. 39 would be a help...I was thinkin... More

Arthur Henri Poole - February 9, 1924

Arthur Henri Poole - February 9, 1924

Brand spanking new, and a snip at £360 - this is the Vulcan Demonstration Van. Its chassis could take 20-25 cwt., and it was distributed by B.T. Lambert Ltd., 3 Cornmarket, Dublin...From examining shots of the ... More

Irish war of independence - July 8, 1921

Irish war of independence - July 8, 1921

A crowd gathered outside the Mansion House in Dublin, one day before a truce was signed in the War of Independence...Date: 8 July 1921..NLI Ref.: HOG116 ( vtls000206844 )

Arthur Henri Poole - May 19, 1922

Arthur Henri Poole - May 19, 1922

This motor cycle showroom in Waterford was photographed for Mr William Cordner, Cycle Agent. The Cordners lived on Henrietta Street. Would love to know if that's where their business was too...There's great inf... More

"Bridge House, Miss Miles", Oxford, England, UK

"Bridge House, Miss Miles", Oxford, England, UK

"Miss Miles" at Bridge House in Oxford..."Miss Miles" vid Bridge House i Oxford. ..Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom ..Photograph by: Berit Wallenberg .Date: 28.05.1929.Forma... More

Supporting a Society for the Protection of Animals flag day

Supporting a Society for the Protection of Animals flag day

John Grantham, Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne attends the official inauguration of a flag day in aid of the Northumberland and North Durham Society for the Protection of Animals, 19 June 1925 (TWAM ref. DF.GRA/... More

The Dalton Hotel, Charleville, Qld - circa 1920s

The Dalton Hotel, Charleville, Qld - circa 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mystery death of one of these workers at Sleeps Hill Quarry, Belair, S.A.

Mystery death of one of these workers at Sleeps Hill Quarry, Belair, S...

1920-1929 Picryl description: Public domain image of a dog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Aerial view of Darwin, Northern Territory - circa 1920s
Welcome Arch in Sydney, N.S.W. - possibly 1927 when Duke and Duchess of York visited

Welcome Arch in Sydney, N.S.W. - possibly 1927 when Duke and Duchess o...

1920-1929 Public domain scan of the vintage Sydney, Australia postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Train at the railway station, Killarney, Qld - circa 1920s

Train at the railway station, Killarney, Qld - circa 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TRIABUNNA HOUSE, TRIABUNNA, TASMANIA - 1920s

TRIABUNNA HOUSE, TRIABUNNA, TASMANIA - 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Affleck's Belvedere Hotel at Woody Point, Qld - 1920s

Affleck's Belvedere Hotel at Woody Point, Qld - 1920s

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

Tasmania, David Lidster collection

Tasmania, David Lidster collection

Same three riders on Triumph Model NP (centre spring forks rather than the P's side springs) about to set off on a time trial from Launceston to Burnie and return. At left is W. S. McCausland of Evandale, centr... More

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - demolition 2 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - demolition 2 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Гоголевский бул. 1686 г, 1809 г., трапезн.- 1898-99 гг. г. Москва. Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Вид обнаруженный во время разборки церкви... More

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - old dome base (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, Theotokos of Rzhev church - old dome base (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Гоголевский бул. 1686 г, 1809 г., трапезн.- 1898-99 гг. г. Москва. Церковь Ржевской Богоматери у Пречистенских ворот. Вид обнаруженной при разборке церкви древней главы.

Wooden church in Lyublino 7 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Wooden church in Lyublino 7 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Москва. Деревянная церковь в Люблино. 1860-е гг. Интерьер. Вид на купол.

Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [pencil on lined, white (signed in red pencil)]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: After Vivaldi/After Schumann [pencil on lined, white]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: After Vivaldi/After Schumann [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: After Vivaldi/After Schumann [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: After Vivaldi/After Schumann [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [typescript with emendations in red, blue & black pencil]
December 9, 1924, Leinster, Ireland

December 9, 1924, Leinster, Ireland

Perched at the back of this jaunting car (holding the umbrella) is the Right Honourable F.O. Roberts, M.P. and British Minister for Pensions, apparently enjoying a ride around St. Stephen's Green...Date: 9 Dece... More

A black and white photo of a group of children. Children black and white 1920s, education.

A black and white photo of a group of children. Children black and whi...

A group of young boys sitting on top of a table / A group of children sitting at a table / Public domain stock photo of a food.

'Trawlers' c.1935 [RAHS/Osborne Photograph Collection]

'Trawlers' c.1935 [RAHS/Osborne Photograph Collection]

This image is part of the ‘Osborne Collection’ of images of Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s, which was kindly donated to the Royal Australian Historical Society by Lyle and Jennie Osborne in 2011.. .While the loc... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Always be Hatted by Battersby

Arthur Henri Poole - Always be Hatted by Battersby

The right hand window display at Brennan's Drapery ( nlireland/8464750796/ ) , 27 Barronstrand Street, Waterford...Date: Thursday, 27 September 1928..NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3565 ( vtls000594179 ) . .You can also vie... More

March 17, 1924, Leinster, Ireland

March 17, 1924, Leinster, Ireland

This happy crew are "Miss Forde's Children entertaining". We know this photo was taken in Dublin (perhaps near Smithfield) on St. Patrick's Day, 1924 but that's about it.....Date: Monday, 17 March 1924..NLI Ref... More

Arthur Henri Poole - December 2, 1923

Arthur Henri Poole - December 2, 1923

A group of students from Mallow pictured at De La Salle College, Waterford. Many of the young Corkmen are wearing the Fáinne rings and/or Pioneer badges on their lapels, showing that they speak Irish (enthusias... More

Arthur Henri Poole - August 20, 1928

Arthur Henri Poole - August 20, 1928

The Lord Mayor of Waterford, Edward Walsh offering a civic welcome to Fr. Walsh. We assume the woman in the photo is the Lord Mayor's wife. Hope that the two Walshes is not confusion on the part of the photogra... More

July 10, 1922 - A man in a suit standing in front of a crowd

July 10, 1922 - A man in a suit standing in front of a crowd

Arthur Griffith, journalist and politician. He died just one month after this photo was taken...Date: 10 July 1922..NLI Ref.: HOG229 ( vtls000218949 )

Berit Wallenberg at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Berit Wallenberg at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Berit Wallenberg with sunglasses and her camera case in the snow at Jungfraujoch.. .Berit Wallenberg med solglasögon och kameraväska i snön vid Jungfraujoch...Location: Jungfraujoch, Canton de Berne, Switzerlan... More

All of us on Nerang Creek, Qld - circa 1920  (In Explore)
My grandmother's 1920s trip to Sydney, N.S.W.

My grandmother's 1920s trip to Sydney, N.S.W.

1920-1929 Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking south along Grey Street, Glen Innes, N.S.W. - circa 1920s

Looking south along Grey Street, Glen Innes, N.S.W. - circa 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Kiosk, One Tree Hill, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, Qld - circa 1920s
W.R. Souter, Real Estate Agent, Cronulla, N.S.W. - circa 1920s

W.R. Souter, Real Estate Agent, Cronulla, N.S.W. - circa 1920s

1920-1929 Public domain scan of the vintage New South Wales postcard, Australia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NYAL'S FAMILY REMEDIES - 1920s ADVERTISING

NYAL'S FAMILY REMEDIES - 1920s ADVERTISING

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

On Kirra Beach 1924, Queensland, Australia

On Kirra Beach 1924, Queensland, Australia

"I originally joined Flickr to dedicate and share on my photostream vintage photographs taken by Henry William Mobsby F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. (1860-1933) who was my husband's great great uncle... He was an Englishma... More

Moscow, 1st Meshchanskaya house 1 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, 1st Meshchanskaya house 1 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Москва. Дома на 1-й Мещанской (проспект Мира)

Moscow, Ostozhenka church (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, Ostozhenka church (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Русский: Церковь Воскресенья на Остоженке, между 1922 и 1933. Фото Н. Н. Лебедева, собрание ГНИМА. Церковь стояла на стрелке Остоженки и 1-го Зачатьевкого, где и по сей день пустырь.

Moscow, St Adrian and Natalia church 3 (N.N.Naidenov, 1920s)

Moscow, St Adrian and Natalia church 3 (N.N.Naidenov, 1920s)

Церковь Адриана и Наталии на 1-й Мещанской. 1686-1688 гг., 1750 г. г. Москва. Церковь Адриана и Наталии на 1-й Мещанской. Общий вид церкви со стороны 1-ой Гражданской улицы. (так в описании)

Moscow, Pogodinskaya 24 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, Pogodinskaya 24 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Русский: г. Москва. Погодинская улица 22 (cовременный адрес - Погодинская, 24 стр.1). Впоследствии к дому пристроили два крыла и устроили внутри родильный дом (логично, учитывая что под боком - большой медицин... More

Moscow, St Nicholas-Zayaitsky church interior (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Moscow, St Nicholas-Zayaitsky church interior (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Церковь Николая Заяицкого. 2-й Раушский пер., 2-3/26 (Космодамианская (Раушская) наб., 2). 1741-1747 гг. 1749-1759 гг., г. Москва. Церковь Николая Заяицкого. Трапезная. Интерьер. Мичурин Иван Федорович.; Мергас... More

Wooden church in Lyublino 4 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Wooden church in Lyublino 4 (N.N.Lebedev, 1920s)

Москва. Деревянная церковь в Люблино. 1860-е гг. Вид части южного фасада.

Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [pencil on lined, white (signed in red pencil)]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: [Untitled] [typescript with emendations in pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [typescript with emendations in red, blue & black pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [typescript with emendations in red, blue & black pencil]
Thursday Evening Previews Scripts: Copland in the Twenties [typescript with emendations in red, blue & black pencil]
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