Peasant woman carries a basket on her head
A peasant woman in Japan carries a large, round basket with low sides on her head, as she smiles at the camera. The basket is filled with large leaves. She stands on rocky barren soil. A donkey stands...
People cross the bridge to the wharf where a steamship awaits on the Caspian Sea
Ferry at dock in the Caspian Sea with city skyline in background. The wharf sign reads in Cyrillic, "Caucases and Mercury." This was a steamship company based in Astrakhan, Russia. The wharf is...
People stand on the beach by a dead whale
Six villagers, men, women, and a boy, stand on beach in front the belly of a dead Blue Whale. The fishing village is behind them with a bridge across a body of water. Hills rise behind the village. A...
Perahera
A street in Sri Lanka is very crowded as the Perahera, an annual Buddhist procession during the Festival of the Tooth in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], moves down the street. The parade down the center has...
Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia
The view of Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from across the Olgin Pond shows the ornate architectural characteristics of the spires above the trees and reflected in the water.
Petit Trianon at the palace at Versailles
The statue, Petit Trianon, is in the center of a round pond with cement walls at the side of the palace and park of Versailles in Versailles, France. Printed along the bottom of the photograph in...
Pilgrims
Pilgrimage group at an unidentified location in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. Part of the group sit on the ground, and benches, or stand in rows outside a building. Others look at the camera from the open...
Pleasure boat on a lake
A pleasure boat to take passengers on excursions around a lake sits in the water. The boat has three flags displayed. A steam pipe runs up the center of the boat where the open seating is for...
Plevna Chapel
The Plevna Chapel stands in a green area in front of the Ilyinsky Gate of Kitay-Gorod in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia.
Pontikonisi Islet and Vlacherna Monastery, Corfu Island
Pontikonisi Islet is in the background with a few houses on it, and Vlacherna Monastery is in the foreground as seen from the hilltops of Kanoni, Corfu Island. Mountains surround the water and islets.
Port des Pêcheurs
The fishing port in Biarritz, Basque Country, France, has one-story shacks with multiple doors along the shore walls and fishing boats on the land behind the shacks. There are several rock outcrops in...
Possibly Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, as Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, lies in state
Possibly Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, at the time of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, lying in state. A large crowd had gathered outside the palace. Several officers of law are standing about or...
Prayers offered by the tombs of Mahmud II and Abdulaziz
A man kneels on a pillow by a foldable book stand with an open book on it, in front of the two tombs in the interior view of the Sultan Mahmud II mausoleum, showing the tombs of Sultan Mahmud II and...
Procession in Tangier, Morocco
Procession of people in a public square in Tangier, Morocco. One man rides a horse on a roadway ahead of a few other men on horses behind him; all others walk. Some hold large flags. Others hold long...
Propylaea temple ruins
One man stands at the entrance to the Propylaea Temple ruins in Athens, Greece. Printed in white ink in the bottom, right-hand corner, "21." Printed in white ink script on the bottom, left-hand corner...
Pulpit at the church of St. Andrew in Antwerp
The pulpit of Church of St. Andrew in Antwerp, Belgium, is an elaborately sculpted pulpit with a support column as its base. It's a complete sculpture that can be viewed from all sides. It tells the...
Queen Anne's bedroom
Queen Anne's bedroom in Hampton Court Palace in London, England, shows a four-post bed with the same ornate fabric covering the bedposts, bed, bed back wall, canopy, bed bench, side chair, ottoman...
Queen Mary's bower
Queen Mary's bower, a view of an arched opening of a shade-covered walkway through an arbor of elm trees on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace in London, England.
Queen Mother's reception room
Queen Mothers' reception room in the Palace of Fontainebleau in Fontainebleau, France, is a Renaissance-style room of parquet floors, chandeliers, and walls covered with tapestries. It has a gilded...
Queen's Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Many people stand along the street in front of a wall for the Queen's Hotel in Kandy, Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. On the extreme left of the photograph, a man stands in the street, stops and turns to...
R.M.S. Norham Castle anchored by Dartmouth, United Kingdom
R.M.S. Norham Castle anchored by Dartmouth, England. The buildings and homes of Dartmouth rise from the harbor up a steep, forested, hill across the background of the photograph. The tops of trees are...
Red Gate
A line of horse-drawn carriages passes the left side of the Red Gate in a photograph taken from Red Gate Square in Moscow, Russia. The gate consists of dark walls, snow-white reliefs, golden capitals...
Reindeer on Reindeer Mountain
Three reindeer stand on a rocky protrusion of boulders called, Reindeer Mountain," in their enclosure at the zoo portion of Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden. A high fence of wood rails is visible in the...
Relief of two women and a child holding a bird
Relief depicting a seated woman being handed a bird by child. Another woman is standing behind the child holding a box, Attique. Printed in white ink on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph...
Restaurant at Saltsjöbaden
The restaurant in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden, that is part of a seaside resort, stands tall on a rocky shore among trees. An arched bridge crosses a body of water on the right side of the photograph...