The condition of the site before park operations were commenced seems incredible to us of the present day.
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The Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy.
The celebrated bridge of the Rialto was built under the government of the Doge Pascal Cicogna
Dorothy Levitt. The Woman and the Car. The question of dress.
Levitt, Dorothy (1909), The Woman and the Car – A chatty little handbook for all women who motor or who want to motor.
Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland.
Margaret was the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark and Dorothea of Brandenburg.
Well at Bolonchen, Mexico.
Bolonchen derives its name from two Maya words, Bolon, which signifies “nine,” and Chen, “wells” and it means “the nine wells.”
Portrait of John Knox. Scottish clergyman, writer and historian.
John Knox is considered as one of the founders of the Scottish Reformation
Castle of Thurnberg. Called also “The Mouse”.
Castle of Thurnberg is the most perfect of all the Rhenish castles. In sublimity of character, the feudal palace of Thurnberg is unequalled.
Kashmir Dancer. Bodyguard. Raja of Kashmir c. 1890.
Traditional Costumes of Kashmir. On the history of costumes. Female dancer. Bodyguard. Raja.
Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.
Ely Cathedral is considered a masterpiece of medieval architecture.
Norman knight (Varangian) in chain mail. 11th century.
Varangian reconstructed from the embroideries of the Bayeux Tapestry and contemporaneous original weapons.