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This image of a family group is very distorted. Adults and one young boy.

Image of sheep with horns in open pasture.

Woman wearing black clothing. Her outfit comprises of a rather ornate black hat, skirt and ornate lace jacket. At her throat she is wearing a Cameo brooch.

The woman is dressed in back, her outfit comprises black skirt, waistcoat and short jacket. As an embellishment to the waistcoat a fancy watch chain is attached .

The image shows a young boy standing. He is wearing a double breasted jacket and a hat , he is holding a walking stick.

The portrait shows a woman who is wearing a long black dress, sitting on a chair. The woman holds a young child who is wearing a long whit Christening robe.

Portrait shows woman sitting on a chair. Woman is wearing a light coloured dress with a flower arrangement on left shoulder and also what appears to be opera gloves. A white sheet behind her chair aids the photographer.

The 5,994-ton Clan lines steamer Clam Malcolm of Glasgow, wrecked at Green lane at 9pm on September 26th while bound from Port Natal via London to Glashow.

Dense fog cloaked the headland at the time, and the coastguards were unaware of the wreck…

Ketch wrecked on rocks, Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives

Ketch , wrecked on rocks at Porthgwidden Beach, St Ives

"Caroline Parsons" was the St Ives lifeboat, wrecked after attempted rescue of the "Alba"

The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.

She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…

The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.

She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…

The American steamer Bessemer City wrecked at Clodgy in 1936, was launched in 1921 by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company of Alabama for the US Steel Production Company.

She was steel screw steamer of 3,450 tons net, 5,686 tons gross, powered by…

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.

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…

One of four loose photographs in this album. The photograph, which is printed on thin paper, shows an ornate two-storey building. Written on the back of the photograph is Shah's Palace, 10 miles from (illegible).
This could be the Sorkeh Hesar…

One of four loose photographs in this album. The photograph is printed on thin paper and shows soldiers gathered on a large square. The back of the photo has Isfahan written on it. Isfahan is in Iran, formerly Persia.

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…

View of cliffs at Gwennap Head