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Group of four females, possibly one family
Four females seated, young baby to old woman, possibly one family through generations.
Image shows photograph pinned on to board with newspaper cutting. Reads "..s, is great ..e Scout SSWC ..e call ov.. favour"
Image shows photograph pinned on to board with newspaper cutting. Reads "..s, is great ..e Scout SSWC ..e call ov.. favour"
Headshot of sailor in Naval Reserve
Image shows a partial photograph of a naval reservist pinned to a board.
Bushy handlebar moustache
Bushy handlebar moustache
Young man, seated
Studio portrait, wearing patterned jumper under jacket, two pens in left breast pocket, crown insignia on pocket
Young man in uniform
Flat topped hat and plenty of braid and decoration to uniform. Four upward chevrons on arm possibly indicate rank of staff sergeant or company quartermaster.
Trinity House vessel Satellite leaving Penzance harbour
very over-exposed
Three masted ship aground
Ship is probably The Enterprise, schooner, re-floated a fortnight later.
Double subject photo:
Top photo: a Submarine
Bottom photo: Viewers looking at a Zeppelin
Top photo: A Submarine ashore at Carn Gloose, St Just.
Bottom photo: not clear but researcher indicates this is of people looking at the 'Hindenburg' Zeppelin above Pordenack Point at Land's End.
Bottom photo: not clear but researcher indicates this is of people looking at the 'Hindenburg' Zeppelin above Pordenack Point at Land's End.
Vierge Marie - Belgian trawler
The trawler is shown ashore, under Tregiffian Cliffs, near Lamorna
The boat had developed engine trouble in heavy seas. The Master and deckhand were saved by rocket apparatus (Breeches Buoy), but the other lives were lost.
The boat had developed engine trouble in heavy seas. The Master and deckhand were saved by rocket apparatus (Breeches Buoy), but the other lives were lost.
Vierge Marie - Belgian trawler
The trawler is shown ashore, under Tregiffian Cliffs, near Lamorna
The boat had developed engine trouble in heavy seas. The Master and deckhand were saved by rocket apparatus (Breeches Buoy), but the other lives were lost.
The boat had developed engine trouble in heavy seas. The Master and deckhand were saved by rocket apparatus (Breeches Buoy), but the other lives were lost.
Winifred Laura Prudence Turner 1890-1972
Taken in the conservatory of The Bungalow, Perran Cross Roads, the home of her grandparents Charles and Mary Dennis.
Lamorna Birch newspaper obituary.
Lamorna Birch newspaper obituary.
Charles Dennis b. 1828, London, d.1918, Devon
At his home, The Bungalow, Perran Crossroads.
Charles and Mary Dennis.
Charles Dennis 1829-1918 and his wife Mary Linscott Woodman 1834-1918 .
He was a retired grocer from Essex when he came to live at The Bungalow, Perran Crossroads, Marazion.
He was a retired grocer from Essex when he came to live at The Bungalow, Perran Crossroads, Marazion.
Aida Lauro
Wreck of Italian cargo ship Aida Lauro which ran aground in fog
SS Umbre
SS Umbre ran aground at Pendeen ,. Detailed reports on:
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76121
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76121
Chevychase a steel screw steamer
Chevychase a steel screw steamer mined and sunk 1940-03-09 (March) on passage Blyth for London with a cargo of coal
Postcard sent in 1905 from LA Mortola on the Ligurian Coast.
A Botanical Garden near Menton France.
Postcard sent to Lamorna Birch in 1905 from LA Mortola on the Ligurian Coast.
Walked here from Menton where I am staying (Hotel Prince de Galles).
Brassy cloudless sky-very blue sea: Baking in the sunned frying in the shade! I can seee Bordinghouse…
Walked here from Menton where I am staying (Hotel Prince de Galles).
Brassy cloudless sky-very blue sea: Baking in the sunned frying in the shade! I can seee Bordinghouse…