Busy Collection (#25)

View from Charing Cross Bridge and Pool of London
View from Charing Cross Bridge (top), showing the River Thames, Cleopatras Needle on the left and St Pauls Cathedral in the middle distance

Broadway and 155th Street, New York
Broadway at 155th Street, with cut out figures cars and airplanes added. The cut-outs are painstakingly placed so as to almost look a part of the picture

Karachi, Pakistan - Bunder Road Date: circa 1930s

Metropolitan Police vehicle database, London
View of the Metropolitan Police vehicle database at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers working at computer terminals, checking the details of stolen vehicles. (2 of 3) Date: 1974

Metropolitan Police Information Room, London
General view of the Metropolitan Police Information Room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers busy taking calls. In the foreground are the Inspectors and Sergeants positions. Date: May 1974

Rue de Lafayette, Paris 1927. Date: 1927

Busy street in Vienna, Austria

Chicago Congestion
A busy day on Dearborn and Randolph Streets, Chicago... Not always so bad as this. It took nine policemen seven minutes to untangle the knot. Date: 1916

England / Newquay
A busy scene on Towan Beach, Newquay, Cornwall, England. Date: early 1960s

Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - the main business thoroughfare of the city. This card shows a portion of the retail shopping district

Marsh Lock, Henley
A busy scene at Marsh Lock, Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

Romford, Essex
The market place at Romford, Essex, on a busy day. Date: circa 1830

Busy high street in Vienna, Austria
View of a busy high street in Vienna, Austria, with traffic, parked cars and people out shopping. Date: 1953

Tottenham Court Road, London
Busy traffic on Tottenham Court Road, London at the junction with Oxford Street (looking north). Date: 1913

Aberystwyth Beach
A view of the busy beach and seafront at Aberystwyth, a popular seaside resort in Ceredigion, mid Wales. Date: 1950s

London / Cheapside 1930S
A busy scene outside the Express Dairy Company, Cheapside, London, England. Date: 1930s

Lymington Harbour
Ships and boats in the harbour of the busy yachting centre of Lymington, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Dorchester High Street
A glimpse of the High Street, Dorchester, Dorset, England, an important town in Roman Britain and a busy town today. Date: 1950s

People in the Street
People on a busy street, photographed from above. Date: September 1972

New York / Park Avenue
A bustling scene on Park Avenue, New York, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

British Market Scene
A busy market with a Great Eastern Railway Express Parcels Service cart; possibly an East Anglian location. Date: 1880s

Fairground Roundabout
Lots of cloth caps and cloche hats in evidence at this busy fairground roundabout. Date: early 1930s

Boulevard Haussmann
Cars and cyclists on the busy Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, France. Date: 1930s

Scotland / Oban
A fine impression of the harbour at Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, a busy seaport, known as the Gateway to the Highlands, Date: 1950s

England / Rye
A fine study of the ancient Cinque Port of Rye, Sussex, England, once a busy sea port, but now marooned on a hilltop. Date: 1950s

Sneeuwwitje Date: circa 1912

Busy communication trench, Mesopotamia, WW1
A busy communication trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during an action, with walking wounded and stretcher cases, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Elite Gardens, Japan British Exhibition, London
View of the Elite Gardens at the Japan British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. Date: 1910

Traffic on Oxford Street, London c. 1930s

Ship in George V Dock
A large ship moored in Londons busy Docklands, King George V dock, North Woolwich, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: February 1939

London Bridge / Late 19C
London Bridge with heavy traffic Date: late 19th century

Hyde Pk Corner / 1825 / Col
A very busy scene at Hyde Park Corner - horse carriages, pedestrians and horse riders 1825

St Peters Street, Derby, with traffic and pedestrians
View of St Peters Street, a busy shopping street in the centre of Derby, with traffic and pedestrians. St Peters Church is the building on the left. Date: circa 1920

Busy Class / Coughton Cope
A class of children working hard at their desks at Coughton Cope Junior School. Date: 1973

St Marks Cathedral and Piazza, Venice, Italy
St Marks Cathedral and Piazza in Venice, Italy, on a busy day, with pedestrians and pigeons. Date: 1968

India / Bombay Street 1840
Bombay: busy street scene Date: circa 1840

Mr & Mrs Vinegar - 1
A busy scene at Piccalilli Cottage

North Sands and Cafe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
View of the North Sands and Cafe at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Date: 1920s

View of the Cornmarket, Derby, on a busy day
View of the Cornmarket, in the centre of Derby, busy with shoppers, trams and cars. The tower of the Cathedral can be seen in the middle distance. Date: circa 1920

Egyptian Chair
On this handsome seat a Pharaoh may have rested after a busy morning supervising the work on his new Pyramid. Well, its possible... Date: BCE

Fairground 1930S
A busy scene at a fairground, showing families milling around the rides, most of them wearing various types of hats - cloche, pith helmets, straw boaters, trilbys, etc. Date: early 1930s

Commerce / Shares
A stockbrokers office during the Railway Mania when people were falling over themselves to buy shares in the new railways in Britain Date: circa 1850

Teachers in staff room, Hemel Hempstead
Teachers drinking coffee in the staff room at Cavendish School, Hemel Hempstead. Date: 1975

Street market, Brynmawr, Wales
Aerial view of a busy street market in Brynmawr, Wales. Date: 1974

Penny train arriving, Victoria Station, Central London
The workmens penny train arrives at Victoria Station, Central London, just before 6am each workday. Date: 1865

Busy scene outside Covent Garden Market, London
A busy scene outside Covent Garden Market, London. Horse-drawn carts are being loaded up with baskets of fruit and flowers

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Industry
Industry. A hard working man sits busily stitching fabrics and casts a shadow of a bee hive. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled

Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London
Street scene outside the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, City of London, on a busy day

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