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The Juan Ferrer of Valencia was a handsome, well-equipped motor coaster of nearly 700 tons, thrashing her way up towards Land's end on her usual run from her home port of Liverpool.

Owned by Frederick Ferrer of Valencia, the Juan Ferrer was only…

Postcard "Cruel Seas Off Land's End"

General closeup view of the Lighthouse located at the Bishop's Rock, Isles of Scilly

View of the Lighthouse, located close to shore at Land's End, Cornwall.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Redruth

View of the Lighthouse, which is located close in to shore at Land's End, Cornwall

A general view of the Lighthouse located close to the shore at Land's End, Cornwall

General view of the subject.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Denby, Derbyshire

View of frontage

General view of the frontage

Panoramic view of the building. The reverse giving details of its usage as a Convalescent Guest House and home for the elderly

The 1,597-ton steel ship, Hansy, launched at Dumbarton by Alexander Macmillan & Sons in 1885 as the Aberfoyle.

In the course of a somewhat chequered career, she had been picked up in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1896 by a steamer which had found her…

The boy is noted as being called Joe, later Churchwarden.

The granite fountain is being dismantled ready to be moved from outside the Public Buildings (commonly called St John's Hall) in Penzance to St Anthony Gardens, Penzance. The fountain is seen here in in two pieces.

Richards's Jersey excursion carriage outside Wardour House, formerly Wardour Pension, Wherrytown, Penzance.
Loaded with people for Land's End.
Family information on the back of the print.

The frontage of St. John's Hall, Public Buildings, Alverton, Penzance.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Notting Hill, London

General view of the the Library Building with the Second South African War (Boer War) Memorial in the foreground.
Hand written message to the reverse of the card to a recipient in Langport, Portsmouth

View of the Church and entrance gateway with the bridge over the Newlyn Coomb river