Area Collection (#19)

Indian Village on the Cheyenne, Dakota, USA
A scattered group of wigwams or tepees form a native American Village in the Cheyenne area of Dakota. Date: circa 1895

Lanterns and Flags decorating Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan
Lanterns and Flags decorating Street in Hamano-machi, Nagasaki, Japan. Today, the Hamanomachi Arcade is main shopping area in Nagasaki city Date: circa 1910s

CCFF leisure area / mess hut, Portsmouth
The CCFF leisure area / mess hut Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Fire service camp
A depot/training area somewhere in the south of England, but exact location unknown. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters

Vanderbilt House, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

Butchers boy and housemaid on a comic Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Policeman and housemaid on a comic Christmas card. circa 1890s

Red Cross Motor badge
During the First World War this label was attached to one of the two motor ambulances owned by Major PHG Powell-Cotton of Quex Park, Birchington

View from Vanderbilt, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

Boston Harbour
Discovered in 1614 Boston harbour played an important role in American history. By 1660 almost all imports came through this greater boston area

Loading an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station
Loading a stretcher into an ambulance at Ramsgate Town Station in March 1916. Several men, including service personnel and a civilian are assisting lifting a stretcher holding a patient into the top

Stretcher bearers waiting for ambulance train arrival
A group of civilians are standing by parked ambulance vehicles inside a station building at Ramsgate Town Station. On the ground nearby are several stretchers

Cancer X-Ray Machine
A huge new German x-ray lamp, for cancer treatment, which casts a very long localised beam on the affected area, without touching the rest of the patients body. Date: 1933

Caesarea / Crusaders road
Four arches of the Crusaders road from the 13rd century. Caesarea was built by Herod the Great in the 1st century BC. The area remains an important archaeological site. Date: 1984

Caesarea / Crusaders gate
East gate house of the CRUSADERS GATE built in the 13rd century. Caesarea was built by Herod the Great in the 1st century BC. The area remains an important archaeological site. Date: 1976

British Michelin Prize
Some of the ingenious devices in the cockpit area of Mr Codys aeroplane, which won the British Michelin Prize for the longest flight over a marked course (189.3 miles) Date: 31 December 1910

Social / Philadelphia Slum
People in St Mary Street, in the slum area of Philadelphia Date: 1875

Le Bourget Airport
The embarkation area at Le Bourget, the principal airport for Paris : a Buffet caters for travellers needs. Date: 1932

Fort Dearborn Massacre
Chicago-area Indians, on the side of the British, formed a war party led by Chief Blackbird, and ambushed 96 soldiers and civilians being exacuated from Fort Dearborn Date: 15 August 1812

Mining Area / Germany
A mining area in Germany. Date: 1909

Bank Holdiay Excursion
Excited crowds surround horses and carriages full of boys and girls off on a Bank Holiday excursion from a working class area. Date: circa 1895

Rail / Britain / Waterloo
Waterloo Station and the surrounding area being developed. Date: 1848

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Night scene in the Terminal Area Date: circa 1934

Sacramento, California, USA, Business District - Aerial View
Sacramento, California, USA - Business District - Aerial View. Date: circa mid 1930s

Schoolchildren in a school display area. Date: 1970s

Garden city area with gothic cross, Vienna, Austria
Garden city area with gothic cross (Spinner am Kreuz, Spinner at the Cross), dating back to the 14th century, in the 10th district (Favoriten), Vienna, Austria

View of the bay area, Santa Barbara, California, USA, with the large Hotel Potter on the left. Date: circa 1910

Ferry at Bizerte (Bizerta), Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1930

Picturesque view of Zarate, Argentina, South America
Picturesque view of a rustic area of Zarate, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, South America, showing a native family and their home. Date: circa 1920

People relaxing at a holiday camp, Devon
People relaxing in a grassy area at a holiday camp in Devon, with chalets in the background. Date: 1950s

Cornish wrestlers and spectators, Cornwall
Two Cornish wrestlers in a grassy area, watched by spectators, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Thanet VAD Motor Transport Group and stretcher bearers outside The Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children (date - journal). Sir Alfred Yarrow opened this home in 1894

Four Patients playing billiards, Quex Park
Four hospital patients playing billiards in the Hall of Quex House, 1917. This billiards table was bought with the proceeds of a sale organised by the Powell-Cotton children, Diana aged 10

Barnardo Waif Saturday, Birmingham
A well-dressed woman and two children collect money at a Barnardos fund-raising Waif Saturday held in the Birmingham area. A railway station entrance is nearby. Date: 1906

Gates Circle, Buffalo, New York State, USA
Gates Circle with central fountain, Buffalo, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1904-1908

VAD Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park
Voluntary Aid Detachment Ambulance & Patients, Quex Park. Major Powell-Cotton converted two of his personal cars into ambulances and was the Area Transport Officer (VAD)

People picnicking in a wood, Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA
A large group of people picnicking in a wood at Silver Creek, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1908

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Saloon Smoking Room. Date: 1922

The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - Regal Suite Dining Room. Date: 1922

Environs of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, with an ox-drawn haycart. Date: circa 1905

Main Avenue West, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Main Avenue West, a residential area of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Date: circa 1906

Webbers Post, in the Devon and Somerset Hunt area
Landscape view of Webbers Post, in the Devon and Somerset Hunt area, with two people on horseback in the foreground. Date: 1936

Badgworthy Crossing, in the Devon and Somerset Hunt area
View of Badgworthy Crossing, in the Devon and Somerset Hunt area. Date: 1936

View of Rodgrove, in the Blackmore Vale Hunt area, Dorset, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

View near Shinfield, South Berkshire Hunt area
Landscape view near Shinfield, in the South Berkshire Hunt area. Date: 1936

Ashe Gorse, Meynell Hunt area, Staffordshire
View of Ashe Gorse, a popular covert in the Meynell Hunt area, Staffordshire. Date: 1936

Saunders Farm, Holyport, in the Garth Hunt area, Berkshire
Landscape view on Saunders Farm, Holyport, in the Garth Hunt area, Berkshire. Date: 1936

Askham Bogs, York and Ainsty Hunt area, Yorkshire
View of Askham Bogs, in the York and Ainsty Hunt area, Yorkshire. Date: 1936

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