Riverside Collection (page 6)

China - Shanghai - The Bund
The Bund - a waterfront area (and street) in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

China - Shanghai - English Policeman on The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement

Shanghai, China - Japanese Consulate and N. Y. K. Company
Shanghai, China - Japanese Consulate and N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha Lin) Shipping Company - Hunagpu River Waterfront. Date: circa 1910s

Shanghai, China - The Bund from the Huangpu River
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Shanghai, China - The Bund - Birds eye view
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Shanghai, China - The Bund - Buildings and Colonial Statue
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Shanghai, China - The Bund - View from Huangpu River
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Shanghai, China - The Bund - near the Garden Bridge
The Bund (near the Garden (Waibaidu) Bridge - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement

Shanghai, China - The Bund foreshore
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Shanghai, China - The Bund - Public Gardens
Public Gardens on The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement

Shanghai, China - The Bund and Garden Bridge
View of Waibaidu (Garden) Bridge over the Suzhou Creek, looking toward The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International

Shanghai, China - Evening Scene of the Bund - Huangpu River
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Shanghai, China - The Bund and English Settlement
English Settlement on The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement

Shanghai, China - The Bund - Public Garden and Bridge
Public Garden and Bridge on The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement

Shanghai, China - A view of the Bund from Huangpu River
The Bund - a waterfront area in central Shanghai focused on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, along the western bank of the Huangpu River

Fishermens huts on the Grand Canal, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1908

Luxembourg City, Grund, bridge over the Alzette River. This view has hardly changed to the present day. Date: circa 1910

Windsor Castle seen from The Brocas. Date: circa 1885

The Thames Embankment, London. One of the two faux-Egyptian sphinxes, designed by George Vulliamy and modelled by C. H. Mabey, which were added to flank Cleopatras Needle in 1882. Date: 1930s

Amasya, Turkey - The Grand Citadel
An extremely rare postcard showing Amasya, Turkey. Mountainous city on the Black Sea coast famous for apples and produced Kings, Princes, scientists

The Grain Market - Omdurman, Sudan on the banks of the River Nile. Date: circa 1910s

Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb, Baghdad, Iraq
Sitt Zumurrud Khatuns Tomb. This is the most famous mausoleum in Baghdad. It is situated in the western sector of Baghdad not faraway from the main railway station.Erroneously ascribed to Sitt

View of Lynmouth, Devon - The mouth of the River Lyn
View of Lynmouth, Devon - The mouth of the East Lyn River and the Lymouth Tower. Date: early 1920s

South Marsh Mill, Arundel, West Sussex
South Marsh Mill on River Arun at Arundel, West Sussex - emerging from a misty gloom... Now converted into a house and (sadly) bereft of its magnificent sails Date: circa 1920

Benares, India - Riverside Ghat on the banks of the Holy River Ganges (a series of steps leading down to a body of water, particularly a holy river). Date: circa 1905

Edirne, Turkey - Kasim Pasa Mosque Date: circa 1910

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New York, USA
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New York City, New York, USA - 89th Street, Riverside Drive. Date: circa 1910s

Seiki Hotel - Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan Date: circa 1905

Adana, Turkey - Deuxieme Ecole Sultani
The Sultan Secondary School - Adana, Turkey Date: circa 1910s

Turin, Italy - The US Pavilion - Turin International Exhibit
Turin, Italy - The United States Pavilion at the Turin International Exhibition of 1911 at the Parco del Valentino. Date: 1911

Small Baby boy in a Moses Basket amid the reeds. The child is showing admirable resourcefulness in taking along a brolly, in case of showers or passing high speed motor boats

River Tarn, Eltham, London Date: 1916

Turkish Baths - Catherine Park, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia
Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) - The Moorish style Turkish Baths, built by Ippolito Monighetti in 1852. The baths were built to commemorate the victorious Turkish campaign of 1828-29

A View of Greenwich Hospital, by John Paul (1804-1887), painted in an 18th century style. Date: circa 1850

View on the Canton River, China

LCC-MFB Fire float and tug at drills
Prior to the MFB acquiring its first purpose made fireboat, a tug would tow a fire float (containing a steam fire pump) to the scene of riverside blazes and fires on ships on the Thames

Drawing of MFB fire float and tug on the River Thames
A drawing of a Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug heading to a riverside blaze in the distance. The fire float was a fire pump mounted in a barge that could supply water to the land via

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in action
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

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