Stopping Collection (page 2)

Aleppo, Syria - House of Sheikh Velveke Date: circa 1910s

Raphael (1483-1520). Logge. Joshua Stopping the Sun. 1518-1519. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco

LCC-LFB Motorised Fire King fire engine
The Fire King was manufactured by Merryweather of Greenwich. The London Fire Brigade purchased the Fire King, one of the first going to Whitefriars fire station

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Council. Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake

A stopping place on the road: the horse shed. Date c1868. A stopping place on the road: the horse shed. Date c1868

General Dwight D. Eisenhower stopping for noon mess by the roadside during an inspection tour in Tunisia. The menu is a C ration, and hot

Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London
An obstructive crowd of dockers at the Tower of London during the dock strike, preventing a loaded horse-drawn cart from passing in any direction. 1911

Costume of a Woman Of Lake Como, Italy
The costume of a Woman from near Lake Como, Northern Italy. She carries an immense bundle of hay on her back and is taking a short (and seemingly well-deserved/required) rest from her labours

Industry / Cork Cutter
Two french cork cutters cutting bark which is stripped from the cork tree, into a variety of small round cylindrical pieces for stopping bottles. Date: circa 1760

Cairo to the Cape, an Escorted Tour through Africa
Cover illustration for Cairo to the Cape, an Escorted Tour through Africa. A map of Europe and Africa shows the route from Cairo to the Cape and the stopping places en route -- Port Said, Luxor

Georgia - A group of Georgian Pilgrims

Filling with water / W H Robinson
Filling up ones car with water without stopping by means of a portable water resovoir, pipework and a lever for the driver

Arm signaling / W H Robinson
This particular arm signal indicates that the driver will be slowing down or stopping...if only for a better look at a passing attractive woman

Eating lunch in China
A lovely photograph of three Chinese workers (of very different ages) having their rice for lunch. The padded clothing attests to either the season or the type of labout they were occupied in

The Super Sports
An exaggerated version of a sports car driving through busy London streets

Road Advice by Frank M. Lea
Humorous colour illustration by Frank M. Lea showing a somewhat bemused car driver stopping before a road sign which has given him some coincidentally good advice

Cyclists at a European Frontier on a Penny Farthing
Engraving showing two English cyclists on Penny Farthing or Ordinary bicycles reaching a Border post as they travel across Europe

Drawing up at Night
Avoid stopping at night with the headlights on

Stopping by White Line
Never stop beside a white line, thus forcing other vehicles over it

During the British Advance in the West: Australian Officers
Official photograph from August 1916 showing a group of Australian soldiers stopping for lunch during the British advance at the Western Front

Robin & Allin
Robin helps Alan-a-Dale to stop the marriage of Alans sweetheart Alice de Beauforest to the evil rich old knight Isenbart de Belame

Holy Lance Discovered
Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land, stopping off at Antioch (in todays Turkey) are thrilled to discover the lance that was used to pierce the side of crucified Jesus

Stopping an Invader
How to stop an Invader England, threatened with invasion by Napoleon, responds with patriotic fervour !

Paris / Park / Boulogne 1890
People in the Bois de Boulogne, riding, walking, and stopping for a chat

Grosvenor Square 1850S
A relatively active view of Grosvenor Square with carriages rushing to new destinations and stopping to pick up important passengers

Stopping the train at Woodford, Australia
A female passenger raises a signal to stop the train at Woodford, Australia

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