A woman walks down a crowded Parliament Hill in north London's Hampstead Heath. By late afternoon much of snow that fell began to mix with rain and melt, but for a few hours Londoners were greeted to a splendid winter wonderland.
January 24, 2021
Protest scenes in Moscow in support of jailed anti-corruption activist and politician Alexei Navalny. In addition to Moscow, thousands more came out nationwide across 11 time zones in Russian cities from Saint Petersburg and Kazan to Yekaterinburg, Omsk, and Yakutsk.
Two views of the Szeged synagogue in Szeged, Hungary, both from the interior and exterior. The synagogue was built in 1907 and designed by Jewish Hungarian architect Lipot Baumhorn. It is a blend of Art Nouveau and Historicist styles, which are often jointly referred to as Magyar style. The synagogue is the second largest in Hungary and the fourth largest in the world.
A postcard of the early paddle-steamer, PS Pepys, a pre-cursor to today's modern river buses, along the Thames with London's Victoria Embankment in the background. PS Pepys was built in 1905 by Rennie at Greenwich, a subcontractor of J I Thornycroft of Southampton. It served London County Council's River Thames service from Greenwich to Hammersmith 1905-1907 and then taken over by the City Steamboat company for the 1910 and 1912 seasons for continued use through London. It was sold in 1913 to the Cie,. Lyonnaise de Navigatiuon et Remorquage at Lyon, France, and renamed Ville de Valence. Via paddlesteamers.info.
Circa 1910 - 1912.
