Area Collection (#28)

American Express London
The first American Express office in London, which opened 3 Waterloo Place in 1896. The Crimea Memorial dominates the area. Date: early 1900s

Bedroom Window Desk
A modern desk and waste paper bin have certainly cheered up this rather large Edwardian bay window and made a small bedroom office area. Date: 1930s

Norway / Oslo
A pedestrianised modern shopping area in Oslo, Norway. Date: late 1960s

Hampstead Houses
Well-kept Georgian terraced houses in Hampstead, a well- to-do area of north London. Date: 1930s

The New Forest
View in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, the vast wooded area which was founded by William the Conqueror. Date: 1950s

Paradise Street Football
Working class lads playing street football on Paradise Street, a rough (but now regenerated) area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Australian Signals laying cable near Albert, France, WW1
Australian Signals laying cable in a muddy area near Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 21 September 1917

Istanbul, Turkey - The Old Quarter
Istanbul - The Old Quarter (Eski Mahalle). Date: circa 1910s

Dugouts, bridge and burial area, WW1
Dugouts cut into a hillside during the First World War, with a makeshift wooden bridge in the foreground, and crosses in a burial area on the right. Date: 1918

Aerial photograph of rural area, western front, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of a rural area on the western front during the First World War, showing fields, roads and buildings. Date: 12 May 1917

Aerial photograph of an urban area with harbour during WW1
Aerial photograph of an urban area with harbour and shipping during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

1930s slum dwelling at Blaina, Monmouthshire

Aerial photograph of battle area near Verdun, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of a battle area near Verdun, France, showing trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Aerial photograph of area around Fort Vaux, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the area around Fort Vaux, north eastern France, during the First World War. This was the second fort to fall to the Germans during the Battle of Verdun, in June 1916

Aerial photograph of La Chaussee, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of the area around La Chaussee, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 17 September 1916

Aerial photograph, Allaines, Somme, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of Allaines and surrounding area, Somme, northern France, during the First World War, taken from a height of 800 metres

Aerial photograph of battle area, western front, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of a battle area on the western front during the First World War. Date: 24 September 1917

Fleet Marriages
A minister takes money from a couple in the Liberty of the Fleet (the area around the Fleet Prison) - a notorious venue for clandestine marriages

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia with King of Saxony, WW1
Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst of Prussia (1882-1951) with Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony (Friedrich August, 1865-1932), during a tour of a battle area

Aerial photograph of Zonnebeke, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the area around Zonnebeke, including Zonnebeke Lake and Church, Belgium, on the western front during the First World War

Aerial photograph of rural area, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a rural area during the First World War, showing fields, roads and buildings. Date: 1914-1918

The Grill Room, Trocadero, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Interior view of the Grill Room, Trocadero, Shaftesbury Avenue (near Piccadilly Circus), London, proprietors J Lyons & Co

H Miller. Skipping & tripping
Skipping and tripping -- children playing. 20th century

Model of Concorde
A model of the first prototype Concorde 001 stands in a glass case, close to the main assembly area (of the real aeroplane) at the St. Martin plant of Sud-Aviation, France. Date: 1967

Flats in Birmingham
A block of flats on a council estate in Birmingham with a childrens play area in the foreground Date: 1968

Muybridge Work Place
His open-air studio at the Palo Alto stock farm, California : camera shed on right, background wall left, four cameras on stands at corners of the track area Date: 1878

Events / Britain 1510
Scottish hero Sir Andrew Wood defeats English insurgents in his ships " The Yellow Carvel" and " The Flower". The English vessels were in the Firth of Forth to raid the area

1913 American Tourist
Harry G Potter. Autos, Old Styles. - 1913 American Tourist automobile with driver and two passengers in a wooded area

Gipsy woman making tea, Charlwood, Surrey
A gipsy woman making tea in the open air at an encampment in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. There is a loaf of white bread and a plate of uncooked bacon on the table

The Lane at Aldenham House, Hertfordshire
Part of the gardens known as The Lane, at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. A wrought iron gate opens onto a pathway between tall hedges

Edwardian family group of five, Mid Wales
An Edwardian family group of four men and an elderly woman. One of the men (possibly the womans husband) has a very long beard. They are in a paved area in front of a building

Groom with stallion, Mid Wales
A groom with a magnificent stallion in a cobbled area in front of stable doors, probably somewhere in Mid Wales

Country garden with trees and grass
An unidentified country garden, with trees growing alongside a path, and a grassy area in the foreground

Balloon over Prendergast, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A hot air balloon makes its way over the Prendergast area of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. Part of the old wharfing is visible below

Derelict building, slate quarrying area, North Wales
View of a derelict building in a slate quarrying area of North Wales. The roof of this house has several tiles (probably made of slate) missing

Church Army emergency accommodation, London
Men try to sleep on narrow benches at a Church Army emergency accommodation shelter in London. The Church Army was founded in 1882 by the Rev Wilson Carlile, an evangelist for the Church of England

Breakfast at Church Army Shelter, London
A 5 am breakfast for homeless men being distributed at a Church Army shelter in London. The Church Army was founded in 1882 by the Rev Wilson Carlile, an evangelist for the Church of England

Salvation Army Food Depot interior, East London
Inside the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

Little gipsy girl with yellow flowers, Charlwood, Surrey
A little gipsy girl, member of the Vincent family, in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. She is wearing bright blue clothes and a cream-coloured headscarf

Red-haired gipsy boy with a dog
A red-haired gipsy boy with a dog, at an encampment in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey

Two young gipsy girls with a dog, Charlwood, Surrey
Two young gipsy girls playing with a dog at an encampment in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. They are sitting on the ground at the side of their caravan

Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampment
A cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment

Gipsy girl standing by her caravan, Surrey
A gipsy girl, member of the Vincent family, standing by her caravan at an encampment in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey

Gipsies with horse-drawn caravan
Gipsies guiding their horse-drawn caravan through a wooded area in Surrey

Herd of zebra in a sunny, wooded area
A herd of zebra (Equus Quagga) in a sunny, wooded area

Gipsy family walking through a wood, Surrey
A gipsy mother and two daughters, members of the Vincent family, walking through a wood in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey. They are wearing colourful clothes and carrying yellow flowers

Met Police PC and WPC, suburban scene
Two Metropolitan Police officers, a PC and a WPC, walking along a suburban pathway in a residential area of London. The woman has a large walkie talkie radio at her waist

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