Benches Collection (page 5)

River front, Hannibal, Missouri, USA
River front at Hannibal, Missouri, USA, showing a large steamboat on the Mississippi River. Date: circa 1925

Spruce Log, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Spruce Log at Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was sent from Washington State. One end is hollowed out and contains a writing desk and benches. The other end is an animal cage. Date: circa 1910

Paris, France - Champs-Elysees - open-air concert. Date: 1836

Paris, France - Barrieres, Ball at Dancehall Just Outside. Date: 1855

Paris, France - Barrieres - Cafe Outside City Limits. Date: 1855

Paris, France - Barriers, Skittles beyond the City Wall. Date: 1855

Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain, - Three old Friends
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain. Three old friends sitting on a bench within town. Date: 2013

Seat of the Sorrowful - the Homeless in London
Some of Londons homeless spending the night on the citys public benches. Date: 1909

Woodworking Classroom, Bedfordshire Reformatory, Sharnbrook
An instructor stands in front of the blackboard in the woodwork classroom at the Bedfordshire County Reformatory, Sharnbrook. Planes, mallets and other tools lie on the benches. Date: Date unknown

Sinaia - Romania
Sinaia, Romania. A mountain resort in Prahova County, the town was named after the Sinaia Monastery (itself named after the Biblical Mount Sinai), around which it was built

Cherry Blossom and refreshments in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
Cherry Blossom and a refreshment stall (with seating) in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

China - Shanghai - Chinese Garden
China - Shanghai - Chinese Public Garden - note the three European children seated on the bench to the right - marking this Park as being part of the International settlement in Shanghai

St. James Park, London - View towards Horseguards Parade. Date: circa 1906

San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico - Open Air Theatre. The Pyramid of the sun can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Russian Rural family gather around the Samovar and share afternoon tea. Date: circa 1902

Dining Hall at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
Benches and tables set for a meal line the dining hall in B Wing at Wakefield prison. A black central heating shaft rises from the floor to the roof. Date: Date unknown

Outpatients Department at London Hospital, Whitechapel
Rows of what appear to be mostly women and children sit on benches in the outpatients department of the London Hospital, Whitechapel - on of the capitals many voluntary hospitals. Date: circa 1910

Four French chiefs sitting on a bench. 1908

The Hofbrauhaus Beerhall, Munich, Germany
The famous Hofbrauhaus Beerhall, Munich, Germany. The inset gilded profile portrait depicts Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (18211912), the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912

Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba. Interestingly, this postcard shows a lector (or reader) who was always employed to entertain cigar factory workers by reading books

Coronation street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens street parties at various locations around the town

Chinesischer Turm at the Englischer Garten
The Chinesischer Turm and beer garden in the Englischer Garten, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. 2010

Constanta - Romania - Avenue and Lighthouse Date: 1907

Kingham, Oxfordshire - The Fete at the Tennis Courts Date: 1915

South Beach Terrace, Aberystwyth, Wales Date: circa 1930

County School, Gillingham, Kent - Chemistry laboratory Date: circa 1920s

POND SWANS
Swans at the edge of a park pond, watched by people sitting on benches. Date: 1960s

Vietnam, Hanoi - Embroiderers and draughtsmen
Embroiderers and draughtsmen at work in a textile workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, surrounded by the glorious results of their labours. Date: circa 1903

North Gate of Bab-ul-Moazzam, Baghdad, Iraq. The Ottoman Turkish flag was, at this point, flying proudly above the gate. Date: circa 1909

Albert Embankment Lamps
Lovely Victorian lamp posts and benches on the terrace of County Hall, Albert Embankment, London. The Embankment was built 1866 - 1869 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette Date: early 1950s

Regents Park 1950S
Visitors to Regents Park, London, chatting and relaxing on benches on a spring day. Date: 1950s

Further Ed / Food Technol
Young men working at their benches at the National College of Food Technology. Date: 1950s

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

Men on benches in a London park
Men sitting on benches in an unidentified London park. A terrace of houses can be seen in the background

Sewing class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys take part in a sewing class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

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

Women vagrants sleeping, Spitalfields, East End of London
A group of women vagrants sleeping on benches at the churchyard of Christ Church, Spitalfields, East London

Kitchen of a Common Lodging House
Residents eating and socialising in the kitchen of a common lodging house, location unknown. Such establishments provided cheap accommodation by the night for those of limited means

Living Room of a Rowton House, London
The living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large

Scene at a racecourse in the Far East. A fashionable Western woman in a long coat leads a horse and jockey along, watched by crowds of people

Old women picking oakum in a Casual Ward
The womens casual ward (vagrants ward) of a workhouse, thought to be at Lambeth, south London. Three women in workhouse uniform sit on benches

Italy - Livorno - The Long Sea Walk

Park benches
Lakeside park benches in Autumn. Pastel and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Lourdes - Pilgrims Shelter
Lourdes, France - the interior of the pilgrims shelter. Believers line the interior of the building, seated in bath chairs

Allan Gardens and Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Canada

House of Lords cleaners
Two cleaners in the House of Lords, vacuuming and polishing in preparation for the State Opening of Parliament in a few days time

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Boys Club breakfast 1932
A group of boys from a Boys Club take their breakfast alfresco. They sit on long benches and eat a boiled egg with bread and a cup of tea

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