In 1872, a nightly summer ritual took place from the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Staff at the old Glacier Point Hotel create large fires and burn them down to piles of red-hot embers.

The RMS Titanic is pictured in Belfast before it made its way to Southampton ahead of its maiden voyage in April 1912

Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Oklahoma, April 1936 

Long before the days of high-performance equipment, basic wooden skis and poles were the norm (pictured Mount Norquay in 1956)

Skiers wear trousers, long coats and caps on Mount Norquay in 1956

Spectators were able to get dangerously close to ski jumpers, who did not wear any safety gear, at the Jasper Ski Meet in 1959

A model line-up of the various designs suggested for the shape of Concorde, with the eventual deign is at the far end of the row

Vintage Snapshots Showcase the Thriving Streets of Paris in the 1960s-2

Vintage Snapshots Showcase the Thriving Streets of Paris in the 1960s-1

Vintage Snapshots Showcase the Thriving Streets of Paris in the 1960s

The Concorde underwent several years of design and testing in the UK and France, including this vibration test at Toulouse in 1967

A team of designers examine the interior of a Concorde prototype in 1964. The supersonic airliner made its first flight 12 years later

With no chairlift or T-bar available, skiers used a Bombardier snowmobile to get up the mountain at Sunshine Village in Banff in 1953

This March 1956 photo shows a skier, with his trousers rolled up to his knees, heading down Mount Norquay at Banff National Park

Images from the 1873 book The Wonderland of the Antipodes and other sketches of travel in the North Island of New Zealand by J Ernest Tinne.

A skier soars through the air while racing down Mount Norquay in Alberta's Banff National Park in March 1956

A herd of caribou cuts across the Bald Hills, which are today a popular hiking spot, in Jasper National Park

A smiling Afghan boy is pictured decorating mounds of different cakes piled high on plates

This March 1956 photo shows a skier, with his trousers rolled up to his knees, heading down Mount Norquay at Banff National Park

the pristine slopes viewed from Jasper's Outpost Peak (1950)