Contest: Mystery Photos [closed]

Welcome to the first contest on my blog, featuring mystery photos!

The aim is to identify the main subject (not the exact location or date!) in ten cropped images, all taken from archival photos from around the world (with no known copyright restrictions).

To be eligible to win you must 1) submit your answers in the form below the pictures and 2) subscribe to my monthly email newsletter (if you’re not already a subscriber) by signing up at the bottom of the post.

The person who submits the most correct (and specific) answers wins a dozen postcards featuring tall ships (on their visit to Halifax in 2000) and Biltmore estate (the largest home in America, built between 1889 and 1895).

The contest closes November 25, when the answers will appear in the November edition of my newsletter, The Mouse & Pencil.

Update (25/11/15): The winner is Emily Miller. Congratulations!

(If you enjoy solving puzzles, be sure to also check out my free Cipher Series. Each month I post a new encrypted message and a grand prize will be awarded in August, 2016.)

Without further ado, here are the mystery photos!

Photo 1