Build Collection (page 3)

Wall mural of Frederick Douglass at Belfast
Belfast. Wall mural of Frederick Douglass - It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults. Date: 2011

Princess Elizabeth making a sandcastle at Craigweil House
" Our Little Princess" - Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) making a sandcastle at Craigweil House, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Date: circa 1929

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - Building Riverside Fortifications - Chirchiq River. Date: circa 1908

Syria. Damascus. Nur al-Din Bimaristan. Old hospital. 12th ce
Syria. Damascus. Nur al-Din Bimaristan. Old hospital. Built 1153. Now Museum of Medicine and Science in th Arab World. Near East. Photo before Syrian civil war

Eskimos Build Igloo 2
Building an igloo, or snow- house, using blocks of ice. Suitable building materials are in plentiful supply. Date: 1881

Eskimos Build Igloo 1
Esquimaux building a snow- hut - Eskimos build an igloo - observed by Franklins Arctic expedition. Date: 1818-1819

No. 6 Stirling Single Steam Engine 2-2-2 - Build 1868
No.6 Stirling Single Steam Engine 2-2-2 - Build 1868, The Railway Station, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Great Northern Railway. Date: 1900s

Boeing Stratocruiser N1024V Pan Am Singapore
Originally named Clipper America N1024V was refitted as a Super Stratocruiser and renamed Clipper Kathay and used on the Pacific routes

Paris, France - Building the Arc de Triomphe (de l Etoile). Date: 1830

Aswan Dam under construction
A photograph of the Aswan dam during its construction, particularly showing its extensive Sluices lined with Ashlar. Date: 1902

The Gentle Art of Excavating - a specially designed skimmer
The beginning of a garden suburb. Excavating a new road with a specially designed skimmer, a typically rickety contraption from the inventive mind of gadget king, William Heath Robinson. Date: c.1938

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France
WW2 - British Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - shown here building railway sidings. Date: 1942

Building the frame of the Zeppelin Hindenburg - first flight 1936 - destroyed by fire in 1937. Built by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Date: circa 1935

New NFS sub-fire station, Bushey District 34, WW2
With the longer lulls in enemy bombing following the Blitz on London, fire service personnel were put to more productive work in addition to their normal training and drills

Robinson Crusoe & Boat
Robinson Crusoe and Friday build the boat

Suez Canal Opened 1869
The procession of boats, one of which carries the French Emperor, passes El Guist, watched by thousands - many of whom are doubtless workers who helped build the Canal

Construction work at the Bank of England
Rebuilding of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street. In the late 1920s much of John Soanes original building was knocked down and a new

People walking and sitting, Cairo, Egypt
" People walking and sitting in the distant on a build-up street in Cairo. A man sits on a stool to the left of the image, to the near right a man carrying a tray

A narrow build up street on a Greek Island. Errol Holders back to the camera to the left, a Unisex salon sign to the right and three men further ahead Date: 1978

The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2 / 4)
The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - (top) Temporary cradle for the River span on the Gateshead side on 25th July 1927 - (bottom) The Main Span on the Gateshead side

The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1 / 4)
The Building of the Tyne Bridge - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - pushing out from the Newcastle side on 28th April 1927. Date: 1927

Advert for Frys Cocoa - Mother prepares drinks 1912
Advertisement for Frys Cocoa - Mother prepares some cups of hot chocolate for her brood, occupied happily building a huge snowman in the garden. Date: 1912

Builders of the Wesleyan Chapel, Milford Haven, Wales
Group photo, builders of the Wesleyan Chapel (Priory Road Methodist Church), Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The building was officially opened on 5 June 1902 by Mrs J A Turner. Date: circa 1902

Fantastic Adventures - The house that hate build
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1953, featuring the story The house that hate build by Peter Dakin. A huge weird looking face appeared in the distance watching how two men trying to rescue

Shipyards in the Gulf of Riga. Model made by A. Ferler (1837-1904). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Charlemagne visiting the construction works of Aix la Chapel
Charlemagne (742-814). King of the Franks (768-814) the Lombards (774-814) and emperor of the Romans (800-814). Charlemagne visiting the construction works of Aix la Chapelle, in 796

Spain. Barcelona. Statue of the Llotja representing Asia by
Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Statue of the Llotja representing Asia by Francesc Bover (1769-1831). Neo-classicism. Sculptural group called the Four Continents

Spain. Barcelona. Statue of the Llotja representing Africa w
Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Statue of the Llotja representing Africa was created by Manuel Oliver. Neo-classicism. Sculptural group called the Four Continents

Spain. Barcelona. Church of the Salesas designed by Joan Mar
Spain. Barcelona. Church of the Salesas (1877-1885). Build by Joan Martorell (1833-1906), catalan architect. Neogothic style. Architectural detail

De Architectura by Vitruvius. Detail
Labourers working on the foundations of a building. De Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius (88-26 BC). Book IX, page 83 v. Venice. 1511

Vanderbilt House, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

View from Vanderbilt, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

Grand Hotel Brighton
The GRAND HOTEL dominates the BRIGHTON seafront - until they build the Metropole next door... Date: circa 1865

Viscountess Glenorchy
Willielma Campbell, nee Maxwell, viscountess GLENORCHY Scottish noblewoman who at age 23 acquired intense religious convictions, which caused her to build chapels here & there Date: 1741 - 1786

Customs / Oyster Day
OYSTER DAY 25th July (also St James Day) children build oyster shell grottoes to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

Music cover, A Dear Little Cute Little Love Nest
Music cover, We ll Build A Dear Little Cute Little Love Nest Some Sweet Day, words and music by Tulsa Leason and Harry T Hanbury, sung by Gwladys Stanley. 1921

The Alhambra Theatre, London
Promotional postcard showing the Alhambra Theatre, London. Built as Panoptican of Science and Art, which opened on 18th March 1854

Building A Ship, Torre Del Greco Italy
Four young gentlemen thought of the beach, in front of a church in Torre Del Greco, to be the perfect spot to build their ship on. Date: 1904

WW1 - Subsidiary wars in Africa - Northern Rhodesian rifles
WW1 - Subsidiary wars in Africa - The Northern Rhodesian rifles, a combined force of Northern Rhodesians and Belgians build a bridge over the Lusemfwa River in Zambia. Date: 1915

Rumpler D I German fighter biplane (serial no. 1589/18) which came too late to take part in the First World War. It was apparently difficult to build

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in construction
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, suspended
R.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December 1931 as Cunard had run out of funds

CLEMENS AUGUST of Cologne (1700-1761). Archbishop and Prince Elector of Cologne. Member of the Wittelsbach family. He ordered to build the palaces of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in 1725. Rococo

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, nearly ready for launching
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, 6 months of activity
Six months of ceaseless activity. The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, supplying her 1000 needs
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, work resumed
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

Queen Mary Ocean Liner crisis stops work
Tragedy comes to Clydeside. On 10th December 1931, almost exactly a year after signing of the contract for the construction of Hull Number 534, know as Queen Mary Ocean Liner

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