Accommodation Collection (page 5)

Nazareth House, Lancaster
A view of the Nazareth House, Lancaster, which provided accommodation for the elderly and orphaned children. Date: Date unknown

Poorly Vented Drains
Satire on poorly vented labyrinthine drainage in rented accommodation

Villa Des Orangers, Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria
Villa Des Orangers (family hotel), Mustapha, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910

Publicity Card, Grand Hotel Vittoria, Sorrento, Italy. 1892

Publicity Card, Grand Hotel du Vesuve, Naples, Italy - Fiorentino Freres. 1892

Hotel Restaurant du Midi, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hotel Restaurant du Midi, Avenida Corrientes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, under the management of Baget and Benazet. Date: circa 1880

The Hall - Aged Pilgrims Asylum, Hornsey Rise, North London
The Hall at the Aged Pilgrims Asylum, Hornsey Rise, North London. 1649 Pensioners, 120 inmates (!) - 43 Daily Expenditure

Temporary Accommodation Aden Date: 1959

Article on opening of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, 1917
Article in The Graphic, written by Margaret Chute, reporting on the opening of the Eagle YMCA Hut in Aldwych, London, which opened 3rd September 1917

Early days at Twin Falls, Idaho, USA -- a wooden shack advertising Beds. Date: circa 1910

Flamingo Hotel, Harlingen, Texas, USA, offering a swimming pool, and air conditioned rooms with TV and telephone. Date: circa 1950s

Interior on the Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Interior of an private luxurious sitting-room, with comfortable dinning room chairs, wooden panels and soft furnishings. 118 feet long assembly room for cabin class

Old arcaded inn, Acre, Galilee, Northern Israel
Khan al Umdan (Caravanserai of the Pillars, Inn of the Columns, Khan-i-Avamid), an old arcaded roadside inn at Acre, Galilee, Northern Israel, built in the Ottoman era. Date: 1920s

French officers in an underground shelter, WW1
French officers dining in an elaborately constructed underground shelter on the Western Front, somewhere in Northern France in the winter of 1915/16

Entrance hall of the Union Jack Club by Matania, WW1
Soldiers and sailors back from the front, arrive in the entrance of hall of the Union Jack Club near Waterloo Station. The club was funded through public subscription

Christmas Day at the Aldwych YMCA Rest Hut, WW1
Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco

YMCA Christmas fundraising appeal, WW1
Advertisement in the Sphere appealing for donations in order to provide more Y.M.C.A. huts during the First World War. The YMCA huts provided rest, food, accommodation

Union Jack Club fundraising advertisement, WW1
Advertisement in The Sphere, asking for donations towards an extension to the Union Jack Club of Waterloo Road, London during the First World War

The Little Theatre as a soldiers clubhouse, WW1
A page from The Sphere, reporting on how the Little Theatre, in the Haymarket, London (now the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) temporarily converted to become a soldiers clubhouse during the First World

The YMCA Shakespeare Recreation Hut
The Y.M.C.A Shakespeare Hut for Rest and Recreation near Kings Cross for members of the armed forces during the First World War

Interior of a YMCA hut in London
The interior of a YMCA hut in London, full to the brim with sleeping soldiers. Some of the lucky ones have beds, others have secured a chair while many sleep on the floor

Woman driver transports soldiers to accommodation in London
A female driver patrolling the streets of London, on the look-out for soldiers or sailors on leave in the capital who may not have anywhere to stay for the evening

Eagle Hut YMCA in London, WW1
A general view of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK and overseas with a place to eat, drink, relax, and write letters home

The Eagle hut in Aldwych, WW1
Exterior and interior views of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK and overseas with a place to eat, drink, relax, and write letters home

Map of YMCA shelters around London during WW1
A map showing the various YMCA huts available for soldiers and sailors in the capital on leave during the First World War, though The Graphic magazine, who published this picture

Financial situation in Paris at the beginning of World War I
To safeguard the stock of gold at the outbreak of war, payments were limited to 50 francs a fortnight for each depositor. The photograph shows the temporary accommodation provided by the Paris banks

You ve not said how I ve growed, Daddy ! T H Fisher
You ve not said how I ve growed, Daddy ! Copy of a painting by Thomas Henry Fisher which was painted for the National Institute for the Blinds Hostel Accommodation for Women Employees.. English School

Billeting soldiers, WW1 humour
Maid to mistress: If yer please, mem, theres a hofficer at the door, and e wants to know if you can FILLET two sojers. A maid rather misunderstands the request of a billeting officer at a house

Orient Line steamship interior
The luxurious interior of an Orient Line mail steamer ship whose routes to Australia took in stops at Spain, the South of France, Italy, Egypt and Ceylon

Stunts silhouetted by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley published in The Bystander depicting the trials and tribulations of a billeting officer

Scenes from behind the front line in Flanders, H. L. Oakley
Scenes of French life behind the front lines, familiar to British soldiers billeted in France during the First World War, cut on the spot with scissors by Lieut. (later Captain) H. L

The Albergo Popolare in Milan
Milans Albergo Popolare, opened in 1901, was modelled on Londons Rowton Houses and provided cheap accommodation for working men

1937 Coronation, stands constructed in Parliament Square
A mass of steelwork in the course of construction in Parliament Square to provide accommodation for those fortunate thousands who would witness the arrival and departure of King George VI

Inside a Whitley aeroplane by G. H. Davis
Inside a Whitley aeroplane, illustrating the roomy accommodation of this long-range bomber. Date: circa 1941

1932 Los Angeles Olympic Village
Built on the site of a once-famous Spanish rancho, an aerial view of the Olympic Village for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, where competitors were boarded at $2 per day. Date: 1932

1932 Los Angeles Olympic Village interior
The interior of one of the 550 two-roomed houses of Olympic Village, exclusively reserved for competitors at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, showing the rather basic looking accommodation

Leviathan luxury American ship 1924
Leviathan luxury ship sails April 22nd from Southampton - Cherbourg to New York. A trip on the Leviathan is a wonderful experience

Digs for a British soldier
A British soldier from the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in his dorm, probably in China; the wall is decorated with photographs. Date: circa 1913

Cornwall Terrace
Well-to-do residential accommodation facing Regents Park. Date: 1827

WW2 - Evacuation
Young Boys in temporary accommodation having been evacuated from a British city. Date: circa 1941

Germany - Berlin Olympics - Argentinian athletes training
Germany - Berlin Olympics 1936 - Argentinian athletes training in the early morning in the Olympic Village, in front of their accommodation bungalow. Date: 1936

The North West Hotel, Liverpool
The North West Hotel (LNWR), Lime Street Station, Liverpool - now student accommodation Date: circa 1910s

Playground at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
An informal game of cricket at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway, London

Accommodation block at House of Refuge, Wortel, Belgium
Accommodation block and playing field at House of Refuge, Wortel, Belgium Date: 1934

Teddy bears looking for accomodation

LCC-LFB Deptford fire station, SE London
Located at 189 Evelyn Street, Deptford fire station remains operational today. As with all fire stations of the period the upper floors were occupied by firemen and their families

LCC-MFB Streatham fire station family quarters
Whilst the new Streatham fire was being built, a sub-station was employed to serve the local area. Seen here is the building that housed the firemen

LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance
An LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance. All postwar appliances of the type shown provide enclosed accommodation for the crew

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