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Photograph of racing yacht Meteor. This could possibly be one of the five racing yachts named Meteor owned by Kaiser Wilhelm II.

The vessel Busby, a screw steamer, wrecked on 24 June 1894 on Three Stone Oar (also known as The Wra). The vessel was on its maiden voyage, carrying coal from Newport to Civitavecchia, Rome.

Photograph of the vessel "Earl of Arran", beached on St. Martins, Isles of Scilly. The vessel was operated as a passenger vessel by the West Cornwall Steam Ship Company from 1871-1872 and was wrecked on Nornour on 16th July 1872. Nornour lies to…

A possibly staged photograph of a woman purchasing seeds (spices?) from a merchant.

Photograph of Artillery Square, Tehran

Photograph of local people bleaching cotton at an unknown location in Persia (Iran)

Page of two photographs.
The top photograph shows the main Street in Bridport in Dorset showing the Town Hall at the end of the street.
The bottom photograph is of Rock Mill in Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire.

A caravanserie (where travellers could rest whilst on the trade routes in Asia) at an unknown location.
There is an illegible signature (?) in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph.

Photograph of a caravanserai at an unknown location in Persia (Iran). A caravanserai was a place for travellers to rest on journeys across the network of trade routes.

Photograph of a cathedral, identified, in pencil, at the bottom left hand corner of the page as Gloucester. The no. 592 is in the bottom right hand corner of the photograph.

Memorial stone to Dolly Pentreath, said to be the last Cornish speaker. Situated outside Paul Church

Photograph of an English steamer discharging cargo on the Euphrates.
The number 163 can be seen on the photograph when enlarged - possibly indicating that it is a professional photograph.

The entrance to the Tresco Abbey Gardens on the Isles of Scilly, showing part of the Valhalla collection of figureheads from vessels wrecked on and around the islands. Gibson Penzance is printed on the bottom right hand corner.

One of four loose photographs in this album. The photograph is printed on thin paper and shows an unidentified building . Written on the back of the photograph is the name Enzeli (subsequently renamed Bandar-e Anzali), a town lying on both sides…

A photograph of the Cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral.
The bottom left hand corner shows 4992 Cloisters, Gloucester Cath. and above it reads Frith's Series.
Underneath is a postcard showing various views of the Cathedral., both interior and…

Page with two photographs of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire. The top view has fields in the foreground with the town behind and in the second, the buildings are in the foreground with fields rising in the background.

A view of Hugh Town, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
At the bottom of the photograph is the number 5178 and the initials J.V.

On the inside back cover of the album there is a very faded photograph of trees. Written in the bottom right-hand corner is Completed 16 12 02 and the initials W.P.

Photograph of a meeting inside a mosque at an unknown location. Women are present at this meeting, sitting behind the men and also on the gallery. The women are heavily veiled.

This is one of four loose photographs in the album. The photograph, which is printed on thin paper, shows an unidentified building with a group of people outside the entrance. On the back of the photo is written Isfahan. Isfahan is in Iran…