Temporary Collection

Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating

WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London
WW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941

Chaffinch (Morris)
(Fringilla coelebs) Coelebs means bachelor, and refers to the birds habit of temporary separation from its mate

Selection of diamond crystals
Diamond crystals from the Natural History Museum collections

Athelney in Somerset, the most flooded village in England
Athelney in Somerset, devastated by floods in 1930 showing the only method of travel around the area - in Venetian style, by boat

Insane Soldiers Asylum, Chatham, Kent, 1857
Engraving showing the exterior of the Asylum for the Temporary Reception of Insane Soldiers at Fort Pitt, Chatham, 1857

Russian Jews in England
Russian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street, in the East End of London

The Temporary Courthouse at Morant Bay
The temporary courthouse in Morant Bay in Jamaica. Soldiers stand guard at a gathering under a long gazebo, serving as a temporary courthouse. A stone grain store lies a little further away

Opening ceremony by Queen Victoria, Great Exhibition 1851
25, 000 grangers and dignitaries with season tickets attending the grand opening by Queen Victoria on the 1st of May 1851 of the temporary glass structure, The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London

Coronation Delhi Durbar - Bahawalpur Camp Entrance. Temporary (!) Camp for His Highness The Nawab of the Gods Granted Kingdom of Bahawalpur

Ration Cards WWII
People queuing for temporary ration cards during World War II

Grub Street, London, C18
Grub Street, near Moorfields, described by Dr. Johnson as much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems. It was named Milton Street in 1830

A dummy village made of canvas used for Artillery practise with Lyddite shells - near Okehampton, Dartmoor. A shell explodes near the Church'. Date: 1912

Verdun Victims remains still in temporary Ossuary in 1927, awaiting definitive internment. See 10412369 for an earlier shot of the same location. Date: 1927

Construction of Lenin's mausoleum, Red Square
Vladimir Lenin was an exceptional revolutionary, adored by the majority of Russia, and regarded as being among the leading global intellectuals of the time

Construction of Lenin's Temporary Mausoleum
A temporary but elaborate wooden mausoleum was quickly built on Red Square in Moscow to hold Vladimir Lenin's Body following his death in 1924

Lenin's mausoleum, Construction, Red Square
The Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924. Due to the exceptional public support he received whilst alive it was deemed fitting to honour him in

Temporary buildings after World War Two under construction at the Bristol Aeroplane Company's factory at Barwell. Date: 1947

Keeping Green the Memory of the Glorious Dead
Crowds come to pay their respects to the dead as they walk past the cenotaph memorial in Whitehall. A temporary construction in 1919, it was completed the following year in Portland stone

Charing Cross - Temporary Entrance 1864
Temporary entrance to the station from Villiers Street. 1864

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 56-0689 (msn 464060) at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. before construction of the American Air Museum building

Reception of the hostages from Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, by Lord Cornwallis, March 1792. Tipus two sons, aged about ten and eight

Two women in fashionable holiday outfits pose for their photograph outside their chalet in Jaywick. Date: 1931

Evacuee arriving at her new home with the Billeting Officer
An Evacuee arriving at her new temporary home. The great evacuation scheme, arranged by the Miistry of Health, was carried out by school teachers, members of the WVS and local authorities

Celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII - Fulham
Celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII in Fulham, West London - decorations adorning the streetside buildings and crowds gathering beneath and around a temporary arch across the street

View over Dikkebus Lake, Dickebusch, Belgium
The name Dickebusch means hick forest and dates from the time that this area was dense woodland. The Germans never took the lake, although they reached the water in May 1918

Westminster Abbey, London - Coronation of Elizabeth II
Temporary entrance to Westminster Abbey, London - Coronation of Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Temp Seats, Buckingham Palace - Coronation of Elizabeth II
Temporary Seating in front of Buckingham Palace, London - Coronation of Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Temp entrance, Westminster Abbey, Coronation Elizabeth II
Temporary entrance at the front of Westminster Abbey, London - Coronation of Elizabeth II. Date: 1953

Heraldic statues outside Westminster Abbey, London
The Queens Beasts, heraldic statues which stood in front of the temporary western annexe to Westminster Abbey, London, for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 1953

A temporary wartime policeman in uniform, September 1939
A temporary wartime " bobby" wearing his armband and helmet, and carrying his gas mask in London, a few weeks after the outbreak of World War Two. Date: 1939

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Soldiers in their quarters at a racecourse, September 1939
Soldiers photographed at an unidentified race course in their temporary sleeping quarters in September 1939. In peacetime, these seats would be reserved for richer customers. September 1939

Navajo Indian family and their hut, Arizona, USA
Navajo Indian family and their temporary hut (known as a Hogan), Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1910

Great Exhibition, Hyde Park 1851
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, held at Hyde Park, London. Date: 1851

Great Exhibition - main entrance 1851
Main southern entrance to the transept of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, held at Hyde Park, London. Date: 1851

Hop-picking on the road 1858
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and town of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Hop-picking resting 1858
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and towns of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

Russian department at The Great Exhibition 1851
Russia exhibit in The Great Exhibition of 1851 at Hyde Park. 1851

French department at The Great Exhibition 1851
French display of objects in bronze. 1851

Exterior of Western entrance, Great Exhibition 1851
Western entrance to the Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London. Date: 1851

Exterior of the Great Exhibition of 1851
Temporary glass structure of The Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park taking place between from 1 May to 15 October 1851, referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition. Date: 1851

Belgian refugees at Ostend, WW1
Belgian refugees at Ostend - families living in beach huts escaping the German invasion, August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Kaiser Willhelm crosses Strypa River, Western Ukraine
Kaiser Willhelm crossing a temporary bridge erected over the Strypa River in Western Ukraine during the First World War. 1914-1918

Temporary Theatre - Neufchatel-en-Bray, France
A temporary Theatre erected (alongside other tents and sideshows) outside the Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) at Neufchatel-en-Bray - a commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy

Interior of The Great Exhibition 1851
Interior of the transept, as seen from the south entrance. 1851

Interior of the Great Industrial Exhibition 1851
Interior of the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park. Date: 1851

The Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park 1851
Temporary glass structure of The Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park taking place between from 1 May to 15 October 1851, referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition. 1851

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