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Background imageRoof Collection: Menu - Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria

Menu - Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria
Menu for the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria, New York, 1930s Date: 1930s

Background imageRoof Collection: Narberth Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Narberth Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a deserted Narberth Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Background imageRoof Collection: The Ship Inn, Porlock, Somerset

The Ship Inn, Porlock, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageRoof Collection: The Appian Way (Via Appia) at Perugia, Italy - view looking down toward the Aqueduct

The Appian Way (Via Appia) at Perugia, Italy - view looking down toward the Aqueduct. Date: 1905

Background imageRoof Collection: Italy. Lucca. Panorama

Italy. Lucca. Panorama of the old town with the Basilica of San Frediano, 12th century, from the Guinigi Tower

Background imageRoof Collection: Hindu Scriptures / Lahore

Hindu Scriptures / Lahore
Ranjit Singh reads the Hindu scriptures on the roof of the palace at Lahore. He was the founder of the Punjab Empire and a Sikh leader

Background imageRoof Collection: St Pancras Station, London - Interior

St Pancras Station, London - Interior. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageRoof Collection: Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA

Mark Twains Study, Elmira, New York State, USA. The octagonal summer house where the American author wrote many of his books. He spent many summers in Elmira, and is buried there. Date: circa 1930

Background imageRoof Collection: Magazine cover design, Cat on a Roof

Magazine cover design, Cat on a Roof
Cover design, Mon Ouvrage, a French embroidery magazine for women. Depicting a cat on a roof. Date: November 1929

Background imageRoof Collection: Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car

Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back

Background imageRoof Collection: Aerial View - Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station

Aerial View - Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station
This photograph shows a portion of the extensive Railway Goods Station at Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway. The illustration consists chiefly of the roof of the sheds

Background imageRoof Collection: Interior of the Queens Hall Roof cabaret

Interior of the Queens Hall Roof cabaret
A sketch of the interior of the Queens Hall Roof cabaret with a show in progress, London, 1922. Situated at second floor level above the entrances

Background imageRoof Collection: Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, Essex

Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, Essex
Standing in the vegetable garden of Tudor Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a bowler hatted and bearded gentleman proudly displays one of his marrows, while a woman stands on the path. circa 1900

Background imageRoof Collection: A Village Post Office in Jamaica

A Village Post Office in Jamaica Date: circa 1907

Background imageRoof Collection: A Mazawattee Tea Van

A Mazawattee Tea Van

Background imageRoof Collection: Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail

Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor with the airmail
The aviator Gustav Hamel arriving at Windsor from Hendon on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor

Background imageRoof Collection: Army airship crash at Farnborough

Army airship crash at Farnborough
An army airship, the Morning Star Lebaudy Dirigible, which crashed into Woodlands Cottage, the home of Captain and Lady Follett, at Farnborough, Hampshire, near the Farnborough to Farnham road

Background imageRoof Collection: Village of Moveen during the 1840 s

Village of Moveen during the 1840 s
A landscape view of the village of Moveen during the forced evictions of the 1840 s. Dwellings, some of them without a roof, appear without human habitation

Background imageRoof Collection: Thatcher, Sidney Chun, splitting a spar - Marlborough

Thatcher, Sidney Chun, splitting a spar - Marlborough
A thatcher, Sidney Chun (1903-1985), wears protective clothing, including a cricket shin pad, while splitting spars before thatching a roof at Marlborough - date: 1950s

Background imageRoof Collection: Cannon Street Station, City of London

Cannon Street Station, City of London
An impressive view from the direction of the Thames of the newly completed Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway

Background imageRoof Collection: High Tea above London

High Tea above London
A young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building and having a truely High Tea! Date: early 1930s

Background imageRoof Collection: Crystal Palace Roof

Crystal Palace Roof
Photograph of the roof of the Crystal Palace, illustrating the scale of the structure and the skill of its architects and builders

Background imageRoof Collection: Crowd in St. Peters Square, blessing from Pope in Vatican

Crowd in St. Peters Square, blessing from Pope in Vatican
Vintage 19th century photograph - large crowd in St. Peters Square for a blessing by the Pope from the Vatican. Most liklely Leo XIII

Background imageRoof Collection: View of the sea at Molde, Romsdal, Norway

View of the sea at Molde, Romsdal, Norway. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageRoof Collection: Euston Station, London 1837

Euston Station, London 1837
Euston Station, London, in 1837, at the start of railway development and expansion. Showing a first-class carriage in the foreground

Background imageRoof Collection: Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex

Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Background imageRoof Collection: SOLAR PANELS 1929

SOLAR PANELS 1929
Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929

Background imageRoof Collection: South Devon Foxhounds, Cockington, near Torquay

South Devon Foxhounds, Cockington, near Torquay
South Devon Foxhounds with huntsmen and horses at Cockington, near Torquay, Devon, getting ready to set off. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageRoof Collection: Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Background imageRoof Collection: Music cover, Puss! Puss! Puss

Music cover, Puss! Puss! Puss! Comedy song waltz, words by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J Damerell, music by Tolchard Evans. 1932

Background imageRoof Collection: Hotel Sir Walter Raleigh - North Carolina, USA

Hotel Sir Walter Raleigh - North Carolina, USA Date: circa 1930s

Background imageRoof Collection: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa
Mweya Safari Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, East Africa. Date: circa 1954

Background imageRoof Collection: English Cathedrals - Bangor Cathedral

English Cathedrals - Bangor Cathedral - Interior - arched sides, Low timbered roof. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Bangor Cathedral is an ancient place of Christian worship

Background imageRoof Collection: Street scene with Drommedaris, Enkhuizen, Netherlands

Street scene with Drommedaris, Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Street scene with Drommedaris Tower (right), Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. The Tower (a gate of the city) dates back to the 16th century. Date: 1913

Background imageRoof Collection: Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1

Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1
Firefighting at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion

Background imageRoof Collection: Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2

Blitz in London -- burnt-out incendiary device, WW2
Blitz in London -- incendiary device which burnt itself out on an asphalt roof. Date: 1940s

Background imageRoof Collection: LCC- MFB Blackheath fire station

LCC- MFB Blackheath fire station
Blackheath fire station, located at Brigade Street, Tranquil Vale, SE3 (very near the Mary Evans Picture Library), with the escape ladder stored at the side

Background imageRoof Collection: Robert Burns / Ayr Cottage

Robert Burns / Ayr Cottage
ROBERT BURNS the Scottish national poets cottage at Ayr Date: 1859

Background imageRoof Collection: Selection of Views of Seoul, Korea - Postcard Pack

Selection of Views of Seoul, Korea - Postcard Pack Date: 1930s

Background imageRoof Collection: An Irish Country Man and his Donkey, Northern Ireland

An Irish Country Man and his Donkey, Northern Ireland
The Poor Mans Friend. A sentimental postcard of an Irish Country Man and his Donkey, Northern Ireland, standing outside their farmstead. Date: circa 1904

Background imageRoof Collection: Snooker car / W H Robinson

Snooker car / W H Robinson
Making good use of the cars flat roof surface for a game of snooker, accessed more easily by standing on a log straddling the wheel arches

Background imageRoof Collection: A pair of lovebirds

A pair of lovebirds
Austro-Hungarian Empire souvenir tourist postcard of a pair of lovebirds

Background imageRoof Collection: Mary Ardens House - Stratford-upon-Avon

Mary Ardens House - Stratford-upon-Avon. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageRoof Collection: Roof Garden Dance Floor

Roof Garden Dance Floor
Dining and dancing at the roof garden of the Pennsylvania Hotel, New York City

Background imageRoof Collection: Maes-Howe (Interior)

Maes-Howe (Interior)
The interior of the Maes Howe chamber shortly after it was re-opened in 1861. Norsemen had already robbed the mound in the 12th century AD and left runic inscriptions

Background imageRoof Collection: Accident- Snow from Roof

Accident- Snow from Roof
A REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !

Background imageRoof Collection: O connell / Cahirciveen

O connell / Cahirciveen
DANIEL O CONNELL Irish National leaders birthplace at Cahirciveen, near Tralee, Ireland

Background imageRoof Collection: Abbots Leigh church after the fire

Abbots Leigh church after the fire
Engraving of the church in Abbots Leigh near Bristol, which suffered a fire on 20th February 1848. The fire was thought to have originated from the flues of a stove becoming over-heated



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