Poles Collection (page 3)

Skier with backpack following tracks - Switzerland - 1900s Date: circa 1907

Pair of Skiers - Switzerland - 1900s. Date: circa 1907

Masonic Hall and College Street, Toronto, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Large hunted deer - Germany. Date: circa 1910s

Ski Jumpers or Downhill ski racers limbering up - Germany (no snow required!). Date: circa 1930s

Nevada, USA - Virginia City - C-Street Date: circa 1930s

Japanese barge-dweller hanging out her laundry
Japanese barge-dweller - Tokyo, Japan hanging out her laundry. Date: 1930s

President Street - Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa Date: circa 1909

Cacao (Cocoa) harvesting in Equador. Date: circa 1930s

Hop Pickers
A group of hop pickers at work, probably in Kent. The hops, used to flavour beer, can be seen in the background trained up poles and wires. Date: Date unknown

Scene from the film Rose Marie, Lake Tahoe, USA
Scene from the film Rose Marie, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, filmed on the shores of Lake Tahoe, California, USA. Date: 1936

Female skier with her ski poles
A smiling woman with patterned neck scarf, bright yellow jumper and patterned glove, holds on to her ski poles, looking forward to a session on the slopes. 1937

Skiing Shadows
Skiers, skis and ski poles cast artistic shadows across the snow. Date: 1930s

Totem poles, Khanty Mansiysk museum, Russia
A display of carved totem poles of the Mansi tribe at the open air Okrug Ethnographic Museum (Torum Maa) in Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Beyond the Poles
The legendary Land Beyond the Poles said to exist at both Poles : Admiral Byrd reported something of the sort during his 1929 South Pole overflight

Poster;russia & Ukraine
the Rallying-Cry of the Ukrainian and Russian : the White Poles Will Never Lord it over the Workers !

Steam locomotive at Scout Green, near Tebay, Cumbria, well known for its steep gradient. circa 1960s

View of The Crescent, Aden
View of The Crescent, Steamer Point, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen), including the Hotel de l Europe and the Britannia Anonymous Society (cigarette factory). Date: circa 1930s

Market and Broadway, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Street market in the foreground with Broadway leading into the distance, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910s

The High Street - Singapore, Malaysia. Date: circa 1920s

Sixth Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Sixth Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907

State Street, Carthage, NY, USA, from the Levis House Hotel. Date: circa 1907

Market Street, Barranquilla, Colombia, Central America
Aerial view of Calle del Mercado (Market Street), Barranquilla, Colombia, Central America. Date: circa 1920s

China - Traditional Mandarins litter carried by porters
China - A traditional litter for a Chinese Mandarin carried by three porters Date: circa 1910s

Covered bridge, Buffalo Creek, Elma, New York State, USA
Covered bridge (Bullis Bridge) at Bullis Road, Buffalo Creek, Elma, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1912

Quamphegan Park, South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA
Quamphegan Park, an amusement park in South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA. Date: 1907

View of Meaderville, Butte, Montana, USA
View of the Main Street, Meaderville, a suburb of Butte, Montana, USA. Date: circa 1927

Street scene in Nome, Alaska, USA, piled high with snow. circa 1910

Narrow Boats in the Dock
Manoeuvering narrow boats in the dock with barge poles on the Grand Union Canal, England. Date: 1950s

Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia
Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the Republic of North OssetiaAlania, Russia. Tram (and a lone female pedestrian) crossing a bridge over the Terek River. Date: circa 1910s

Lalkurti Bazar, Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan Date: circa 1920s

LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole
Following a visit to the United States, the Chief Officer (Captain Eyre Massey Shaw) saw these devices in American firehouses, and brought the idea into his own fire stations

Maypole Dance
Maypole dance, 1899 Date: 1899

Malaysia - Men of the Sakai tribe
These men of the Malaysian Northern Sakai tribe have built a scaffolding system enabling them to cut down a tall (and very wide!) tree at an easier higher level

Procession of the Taziya, India
The Procession of the Taziya. Chup Tazia is the name in India and Pakistan given to an annual religious procession held by Twelver Shia Muslims to commemorate the martyrdom of the Prophets grandson

Porters and their boss at Haydar Pasa Quay, transporting a very large and probably very heavy, block of stone, suspended on two long wooden poles

Hendon Union Workhouse, Edgware, Middlesex
An electric tram runs past the Hendon Union workhouse in Middlesex (now North London), erected in 1838 at Burnt Oak on the north side of the Edgware Road. The site later became Redhill Hospital

Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway track at a remote station on the Great Plains of America

Padda barge in full sail, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Houseboat (Dungar) on a river, Kashmir, India. Date: circa 1910

Drying Fish on wooden racks - Nordland, Northern Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Cobblers on the street, Delhi, India
Cobblers on the street in Delhi, India. Date: circa 1920

Train passing a railroad crossing, USA
Train consisting of two carriages passing through a railroad crossing, USA. Date: circa 1910

Steep hillside with railway track Sydhaus Oerne, Pacific
Steep hillside with narrow gauge railway track and side-tipping skip wagons, Sydhaus Oerne, South Sea Islands, Pacific Ocean. Date: 1914

San Fernando Street, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Date: circa 1925

Linea Street, near Banos, Vedado, Havana, Cuba, showing the St Vedado tramline. Date: circa 1910

Aerial view of King Street, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Aerial view of King Street (looking south), Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, showing public buildings. Date: circa 1920

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