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Lonely walker in a hilly landscape that is called the Chobham Ridge, near Camberley, Engla...
Colwyn Bay, Wales seen from the woods
Colwyn Bay is a picturesque town and seaside resort on the North Wales coast. Colwyn is fa...
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Picture of the Eidsfoss Waterfall and Lock in Telemarken, Norway as it was around 1900. ...
A Lapp family in Norway
Picture of a Sámi family (formally known as Lapps) in Norway. The Sámi are the indigenou...
Abbot's Hospital in Guildford
Picture of the Hospital of the Blessed Trinity, better known as Abbot's Hospital. The hosp...
Aberdeen Castle Street
A bonny day in Aberdeen on this coloured picture. Many folk about on foot and horse & cart...
Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast
Flash back in time to the end of the 19th century. Carts and horses, horse-drawn trams and...
Aletsch Glacier with Aletschhorn
Picture of the Aletsch Glacier and the Aletschhorn. Original title of this photochrom #147...
Algerian scene of the arrival of a Steamer
Photochrom #6280 shows the arrival of a steam-powered passenger ship and its travellers / ...
Algiers Cathedral
Great picture in lovely colours of the Cathedral in Algiers, the capitol of Algeria, at th...
Alpnachersee seen from mount Pilatus
Beautiful view of the Alpnachersee seen from mount Pilatus in Switzerland. The Alpnacherse...
Ambleside, Lake District, England
Lovely scenic view over Ambleside (Cumbria) in the rolling hills of the Lake District of E...
Another view of Flüelen, Switzerland
in the background is the town of Flüelen at the 'end' of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. See ...
Arolla - Mont Collon
This is the Swiss village og Arolla. It lies at the end of the Val d'Hérens at high altit...
Arrival of steamer in Algiers
A colourful picture of the busy affairs of the disembarking from a Marseille registered st...
Ascent of the Mont Blanc
Bright and sunny, the Ascent of the Mont Blanc. Two mountaineers climbing the icy slopes ...
Audierne - Bretagne
View of the sea front of the town of Audierne, in Bretagne, France. The town lies on a pen...
Avenue Leopold, Ostend, Belgium
Picture of the Avenue Leopold in Ostend, Belgium. Ostend is a seaside resort in West Fland...
Børsen of Kopenhagen
Picture of the Børsen or Stock Exchange of Copenhagen at the end of the 19th century. It ...
Bab Suika-Suker Square Tunis
Photochrom 6263, picture of Bab Suika-Suker Square Tunis Tunisia, c. 1890s. Even though ...
Bachalpsee and Schreckhorn
Picture (#17099) of the Schreckhorn, a mountain in the Aarmassif in the Bernese Alps. An a...
Bad Unter Schmecks, Tatra
Nice view of a little spa town against a backdrop of pine woodlands and a mountain range, ...
Bangor Cathedral around 1900
Picture of Bangor Cathedral in Wales as it was circa 1890-1900. The low cathedral is buil...
Beckenried am Vierwaldstätter See
This is a picture of the resort Beckenried on the south side of Lake Lucerne in the canton...
Belvédère, Nijmegen
Colourful picture of the former wall tower Belvédère, Nijmegen. It is likely that it was...
Black Cave Tunnel, Co. Antrim
Horse-drawn cart in front of the Black Cave Tunnel was built as part of the Antrim Coast R...
Bonigen from Brienz Lake, Switzerland
Lake Brienz is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The l...
Boscastle, entrance to harbour
Boscastle is a village and small fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England. Thi...
Bournemouth from Westcliff
Picture of what I think is the pier of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is taken from the ...
Bregenz from Gabhardsberg, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary
View over the Austrian town of Bregenz, on the bank of lake Constance, or Bodensee. An old...
Bridlington, the harbour, Yorkshire, England
Bridlington Quay is a seaside resort and minor seaport on the North Sea coast. There is ex...
Brighton promenade
Great scene at Brighton, England. If I am not mistaken this is the promenade on the right,...
Buarbreen Glacier, Odda, Norway
Photochrom 7019 Buarbrae Glacier, Odde. The best guess I can come up with is that this nic...
Busy promenade in Herne Bay
Photochrom 11261 titled 'Herne Bay, clock tower'. Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, ...
Carlingford Lough, Co Down Ireland
Picture of the sea loch Carlingford Lough, situated on border between Northern Ireland and...
Carmarthen
Colour landscape picture of Carmarthen, Wales with sheeps on the hill and the river Towy w...
Cartmel Church
Late 19th century picture of the Cartmel Priory in England. The Priory was founded as earl...
Castle Hill, Torrington, England
Beautiful view from Castle Hill, Torrington, Devon, England. The river down in the valley ...
Castle Rosendael in Arnhem, the Netherlands
Castle built by the Dukes of Gelre in the late Middle Ages, situated in Rozendaal, just ou...
Cathedral, from the river, St. Asaph, Wales
View of the river Elwy running under the bridge in the town of St Asaph, north Wales. In t...
Cattle in River Dysynni
Landscape view of Cadair Idris at sunset. The cattle is standing in the river Dysynni, Wal...
Clifden, County Galway
View of the seafront of the town of Clifden, County Galway. Clifden, the Capital of Connem...
Cliffs and beach at Clacton-on-Sea
Picture of Clacton-on-Sea (#10253). Plenty of people enjoying the beach on what looks to b...
Cliffs of Moher
One of the natural wonders of Ireland, the cliffs rise between 120 and 214 meters above th...
Colour picture of Dawlish, England
Photochrom number 10479 shows Dawlish, a town at the outlet of the river Dawlish Water on ...
Colour picture of Lulworth Cove
Photochrom #10800, this is Lulworth Cove, near the village of West Lulworth, England. Part...
Cooking in the streets
Great picture showing some of the city life as it was over a hundred years ago. Here we se...
Cove, Lulworth, England
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset...
Cwernan Lake and Cader Idris, Wales
Cadair Idris is a mountain in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It sits at the southern end of Sno...
Der Mutter Gottes Brunnen in Einsiedeln
Colour picture (#1967) of 'Der Mutter Gottes Brunnen' in Einsiedeln. Einsiedeln is a muni...
Dinham Bridge at Ludlow
Dinham Bridge is an arched stone bridge across the River Teme. The bridge in this picture ...
Disembarking of a paddle steamer at Brixham
Brixham's breakwater with the many fishing vessels behind it. In front of it is a paddle s...
Dumbarton Castle
Sitting on vulcan rock, also named the Dumbarton Rock, is Dumbarton Castle, Scotland. For ...
Dungarvan, County Waterford
Picture of Dungarvan Bridge and Harbour, co. Waterford in Ireland. Dungarvan lies on the ...
Dunoon East Bay
Picture of Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. This seems to be ...
East Farleigh Lock near Maidstone
Idyllic rural picture of the East Farleigh Lock and stone bridge near Maidstone, England, ...
Eide Hardanger, Norway
Colour photochrom #7020 of Eide Hardanger, Norway. A beautiful piece of scenery with tradi...
Eiffel Tower at turn of the century
Picture of the base of the Eiffel Tower and a fountain in front of it. It seems likely thi...
Einsiedeln Abbey, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
A rather impressive building, Einsiedeln Abbey, a monastery in the town of Einsiedeln, Swi...
Engelberg
Picturesque view of the Swiss village of Engelberg. Engelberg has a long history, at least...
Engelhartszell an der Donau
Picture of what seems to be a hand rowed wooden ferry moored on a little jetty on the rive...
Family fun on the shores of Bundoran
Picture of mums, dads and kids having fun on the beach of Bundoran, County Donegan, Irelan...
Festivities at Bray
Picture of the coastline of Bray and Bray Head, on the east coast of Ireland south of Dubl...
Flüelen, Switzerland
Picture (#1147) P.Z. - Flüelen. Flüelen is a municipality in the canton of Uri, right...
Flamborough
View of the shore line at Flamborough (Flamborough Head),a village in Yorkshire, England. ...
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice
Step back in time to the Fountain of 'Acqua Felice', Rome, Italy. This picture shows the F...
Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria
Picture of the fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria....
Freshwater Bay
Colourful picture of late 19th century Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks, Isle of Wight, ...
Freshwater Bay and Stag Rock, Isle of Wight
Colourful picture of a nice coast line with white / chalk cliffs. This is the town of Fres...
From the Bellevue Pavilion, Spa, Belgium
Lovely view of the town of Spa in Belgium, situated in the Ardennes about 35 km from Lièg...
From the cliffs, Clacton-on-Sea, England
View of what seems to be a busy or even a special day at the beach of Clacton-on-Sea. Plen...
Furness Abbey
Furness Abbey here are the remains of the former Cistercian monastery situated on the outs...
Gambetta's monument, Paris, France
Picture of Gambetta's monument, Paris, France. All I have been able to find was the ref...
Gemmi, Hotel Wildstrubel, Switzerland
From the Gemmi pass at 2322m there is a magnificent view of the Alps. Gemmi is well-known ...
General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm
Picture of the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (Sweden) of 1897. Also k...
George Square Glasgow
Glasgow's George Square at the end of the 19th century. Named after King George III this i...
Gersau
View over the town of Gersau on the shores of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. It has been a wel...
Girton College, Cambridge, England
Girton College was established in October 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The G...
Gornergrat and Matterhorn
Gornergrat is a ridge of the Alps in Switzerland, overlooking the Gorner Glacier to the so...
Grove Park in Weston-super-Mare
Band playing in the park on a sunny day in the seaside resort Weston-super-Mare, Somerset,...
Helensburgh Esplanade
Picture taken from the pier of the Esplanade of Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Th...
Hereford Cathedral and Wye bridge
View of Cathedral and Wye bridge, Hereford, England. Or rather Wye Bridge and Church of Bl...
Horsedrawn trams in Kristiana
Photochrom #7086 titled: Christina, Carl Johans Gade med Slottet. This is the main street...
I.O.M. Douglas Lighthouse and Bathing Cove
Photochrom picture of Isle of Man Douglas Head Lighthouse and Bathing Cove. The lightho...
Juggler
Performer (on the left in the circle) attracting plenty of attention with his juggling act...
Košice, eastern Slovakia
Overall view of Kaschau (German) around 1900 when it was part of Hungary (Austro-Hungary)....
Ladies enjoying time in a boat
Picture (#16865) of three rowingboats out in Franzensbad Stadtteich, western Bohemia (Czec...
Le Bardo L'escalier Des Lions
Lebardo L'escalier Des Lions, Tunis. I did my best, but as my knowledge of the French lang...
Living high up in the Alps
Family picture taken at Champéry. Three women (and one man) of Champéry, Valais, Alps of...
Locals at a cafe, Algiers, Algeria
Locals having a rest and a chat at a cafe in Algiers. Algiers is the capital and the large...
Madonna di Campiglio
Picture of the village Madonna di Campiglio in Northern Italy, complete picture with both ...
Mariánské Lázně - Marienbad
View of the town Mariánské Lázně (in German Marienbad), a spa town in the Czech Republ...
Market in Zagreb
Picture of Agram, Capital Palace, with Maria Statue, (Croatia, Austro-Hungary). According ...
Menton on the French Riviera
Nicknamed 'la perle de la France' (The Pearl of France), this is the lovely Menton, situat...
Mers-les-Bains and Le Treport, France
Picture of the seaside towns of Mers-les-Bains and Le Treport, on the border of Picardie a...
Odde
Lovely view over the town and fjord from Vikinghoug, Odde (or Odda), Hardanger Fjord, Norw...
old colour picture of Dijon, France
This is Dijon, France supposedly around 1890. Notice the absence of traffic. Dijon is a ci...
Old picture of Durrenstein A.D. Donau
Dürnstein is a town in the Wachau in Krems-Land, Austria and a popular tourist destinati...
Paisley Dunn Square
Photochrom of Paisley's Dunn Square with the Paisley Town Hall. Paisley is a town and fo...
Panorama of or from Eggishorn
Nice vista from the Eggishorn, a mountain in the Bernese Alps, Valais, Switzerland. With o...
Photochrome of a mediteranian town
No luck in identifying this picture. Even though there is writing at the bottom right, the...
Piazza Corvetto
View over Corvetto Place, Genoa, Italy. Genoa is a substantial city in the north of Italy,...
Picture of Achill Head, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Photochrom number 12061, Irish scenery at Achill Head, County Mayo, in the west of Ireland...
Picture of Aletsch Glacier
Photochrom 1471 Aletschgletscher mit Jungfrau. Two gents clearly enjoying the view over t...
Picture of Anstey's Cove, Torquay
Rocks, seagulls, boats and sea. A typical picture of the coast in Devon. This is Anstey's ...
picture of Bad Neu-Schmecks, Tatra
Part of Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this is a street scene of Bad Neu-Schmecks, ...
Picture of Blackrock Castle, Co Cork
Photochrom #12108 of Blackrock Castle, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The 16th centur...
Picture of Brixham, Devon
Colourised photo of the fishing port Brixham, Devon, England. Nowadays it is still used by...
Picture of Bude Castle
Colourful scenery: late 19th century picture of the castle and church at Bude, Cornwall, E...
Picture of Chillon Castle - Château de Chillon
Photochrom named 'Chillon et la Dent du Midi'. It is a picture of the Chillon Castle (Châ...
Picture of Darmouth Estuary
Photochrom 10604 with the title 'Darmouth Estuary from Panorama Walks'. I assume this i...
Picture of Derwent Water
Photochrom 10,013 of Derwent Water, one of the lakes in the Lake District National Park in...
Picture of entrance to the Jetty at Lowestoft
Picture from the late 19th Century of the entrance to the Jetty at Lowestoft. Lowestoft is...
Picture of Fluelen at Lake Lucerne
Photochrom 17025 with the town of Flüelen, and a general view of Lake Lucerne, Switzerlan...
Picture of Hermannstadt - Sibiu
Colourised photo / photochrom 16759 with a view of the city Sibiu in Romania. Hermannstadt...
Picture of Kairouan
Photochrom of a 'street scene' in Kairouan. The Tunisian city of Kairouan according to wi...
Picture of Largs
Photochrom 13036 shows the Scottish seaside town of Largs, on the west coast, near Glasgow...
Picture of Llanstephan Castle
Photochrom 11185 of Llanstephan Castle, or better known as Llansteffan Castle, Wales. It o...
Picture of Louvain - Leuven
Photochrom with a General view of Louvain, Belgium. Leuven is the capital of the Belgia...
Picture of Ludlow, Shropshire, England
View of what I think is the River Teme in the front (or if I am wrong it is the river Corv...
Picture of Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
Photochrom 6772 with a view over the roofs of the city of Montpellier, in the Languedoc-Ro...
Picture of the Bandak Lake, Telemarken
Colourful view of the Norwegian Bandak Lake. Picture taken from Dalen, Telemarken. The 32...
Picture of the 'dalen' of Telemarken
Dalen usually means 'valley' in Norwegian, so this is the valley of Telemarken. Telemarken...
Picture of the former Royal Burgh Inveraray
Scenic view of the town Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the western shore...
Picture of the shore at Trouville
Photochrom 8034 showing the town, shore and beach of Trouville (as indentified on the pict...
Picture of unknown building
Although this photochrom does have a title at the bottom, I've not been able to read it. N...
Picture of woman in traditional dress, but where?
A photochrom without identification, so if you want to take a guess, feel free! To me i...
Picture of Yarmouth Britannia Pier and Parade
Picture of Britannia Pier and Parade in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Nice to see all ...
Picture of Zurich at the end of the 19th Century
Photochrom 1418 show Zurich, the largest city of Switzerland. Here you can see the river L...
Picture with a View of Cette or Sète
Photochrom Cette, named Sète after 1927, a port on the Mediterranean Sea in Languedoc-Rou...
Picture with general view of Worcester
Photochrom #11022 representing a general view of Worcester, West Midlands of England. The...
Place du Capitole - Toulouse
This is the Capitole de Toulouse, the seat of the administration of the French city of Tou...
Sidi Okba
Picture of a busy street in Sidi Okba, in the Biskra province of Algeria. Photochrome...
Spitsbergen, Andrees Station at Danskoen
Picture of Andree's Station at Danskoen, Spitsbergen, Norway (#7183). Spitsbergen is the ...
St Catherine's Island
Picture of St Catherine's Island, of the coast at Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is a s...
Street in Algiers
Unfortunately I am not able to identify the exact title of this photochrome other tha 'P.Z...
Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway
Picture of a grotto in Suphellebrae, Sognefjord, Norway. This seems to be the end of a gle...
Swanage Beach, England
Great colourful picture of Swanage Beach, Dorset England, as it was around the turn of the...
Swiss house at Lake Brienz
Looking rather idyllic, youngsters playing with a boat next to a picture perfect house at ...
The Piazzette San Marco
This photochrom came without any info. But I think this is the Piazzette San Marco, the pa...
The pier at Clacton-on-Sea
Looks like a wonderful place to spend a sunny summers day, doesn't it? Clacton-on-Sea is ...
The Town of Dawlish
A more general view of Dawlish, England. At the time this picture was made Dawlish was a s...
Unidentified Steamer with passengers
Colour picture of a steamer with plenty of passengers on board, just leaving a harbour beh...
View from above over Dartmouth, Devon
Picture of Dartmouth, England. Great view of the river Dart with all sorts of boating acti...
View from Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth, England
Picture of Plymouth and The Sound seen from Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall, England. Is that Dra...
View from south, Arrochar, Scotland
This is the village of Arrochar and Loch Lomond, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The western en...
view in Lake District
Old picture of the Tarn Hows, Coniston, Lake District, England. Tarn Hows is a small lake...
View of Antwerp - Main Square
The text on this picture is almost impossible to read, but with some searching I think I c...
View of Bridge of Allan
Bridge of Allan is a town in Stirlingshire, Scotland. This picture is proclaiming to be ta...
View of Buttermere and Crummock Water
The title of this picture is 'Buttermere and Crummock Water'. Both lakes situated in the n...
View of Comrie
Comrie is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, a few miles west of Crieff. Though not...
View of Dartmouth from Dyer's Hill
Picture of the River Dart and Dartmouth, Devon England, taken from Dyer's Hill. That is th...
View of Furka Pass
Coloured picture of a few buildings and a gathering of cattle (it seems) at the Furka Pass...
View of Ilfracombe from Hillsborough Hill
Picture of the (nowadays) seaside resort Ilfracombe, on the north coast of Devon, England,...
View of Odda, Hardanger Fjord, Norway
General view towards Odda and Hardanger Fjord, Hordaland - Norway. Odda is a small town wi...
view of Ormesby from Sportsman's Staithe
Colour picture called 'Ormesby from Sportsman's Staithe', with two gents enjoying time in ...
View of Portland
If I am not mistaken this is a picture of Portland, the peninsula in Dorset, England. Not ...
View of Solothurn
Picture of the city of Solothurn, north-west Switzerland. It has deep roots as it was firs...
View of the church and alps at Frutigen
Picture titled 'Frutigen, Kirche & Alpen', giving a nice view of the church of Frutigen an...
View of Weymouth from the Nothe
Photochrome 10790 shows a nice view of Weymouth and Weymouth Bay, Dorset, England. The tit...
View of Zurich
Photochrom number 1414 PZ - Zurich. Looks like a park and walkway next to the Zürichsee....
View on Clisson, France
Clisson is a place in the Loire-Atlantique department in France, close to Nantes. Two rive...
View over Dawlish and its beach
Picture of Dawlish, a town and seaside resort on the south coast of Devon, England. Still ...
View over Okehampton
Okehampton is a town in Devon, England at the edge of Dartmoor. In the front in this pictu...
View over the city of Caen
Nice view over the French city of Caen, north-west of France. There are three real landmar...
Worcester Cathedral
The Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England, seen here from across the River Severn (the ...
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