The Tower Bridge, London, England
Collection
Creation Date
1911
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate
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England--Thames River
London–The Thames embankment
Collection
Creation Date
1911
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate
Thames embankment
Postcard showing a street with street trolleys and horse-drawn vehicles. Large buildings visible in the background. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the Thames Embankment in London, England.
Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
Fielder & Henderson; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942
London Bridge
Postcard showing a stone bridge spanning a river with horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians. A barge is visible on the river, and buildings are in the background. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the reconstructed London Bridge across the Thames River. It carries a large amount of London’s traffic.
Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
Tower Bridge (shut)–London
Postcard showing a large bridge across a river with several types of boats in the water. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the Tower Bridge in London, England, which was closed at the time.
Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
H. Vertigen & Co.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942
Tower Bridge–London
Postcard showing a large tower bridge across a river with the lower road element drawn up to allow a steamboat through. Charles C. Myers identifies it as the Tower Bridge in London, England.
Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
H. Vertigen & Co.; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942
Greetings from London
Postcard featuring six sights around London, England-Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch, The Thames Embankment, The Pool of London, the Bank of England, and the Royal Exchange. Charles C. Myers comments that he visited several of the sites featured on the postcard during his visit to London.
Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
W.H. Smith & Son; Myers, Charles C. (Charles Cleveland), 1879-1942
The Victoria Embankment, London
Postcard showing a boat traveling down the Thames River past the Victoria Embankment in London, England. Charles C. Myers notes the history and construction of the Victoria Embankment and the tunnels underneath the street.
Collection
Creation Date
1910
Creator(s)
The Houses of Paliament
Postcard showing the Houses of Parliament in London, England. A boat is seen traveling down the River Thames in the foreground. Charles C. Myers describes various architectural aspects and cost of the building. Myers describes the clock tower and notes it is nicknamed “Big Ben” after Sir. Benjamin Hall.
Collection
Creation Date
1910-1911
Creator(s)
Harvard crew to row Cambridge in England
Arrangements for a crew competition between Harvard and Cambridge University have nearly been finalized. Frank L. Higginson and R. C. Lehmann have had the duties of representing Harvard’s interests in England, as both have previously been associated with the university. The race will be run purely for fun and for the sport of it, and will not be for any sort of international collegiate championship.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-07-23