Awning Collection

View down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London
A superb postcard view down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London - the detial is incredible, with individual shops identifiable, the pavements as busy (as they ever are)

Manchester - Stockport Road, Levenshulme Date: circa 1910s

Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland

Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, Teesside. Date: 1890s

BALHAM MARKET / 1950 S
Balham market, showing vegetable stalls

Mill Street, Alloa, Scotland
Mill Street in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Central Lowlands, Scotland. Date: circa 1905

Royal wedding at Balcombe, Sussex
The general interest in the wedding of Lady May Cambridge and Captain Henry Abel Smith, Royal Horse Guards, in the little village church of Balcombe

Jijel, Algeria - Hotel Djidjelli-Plage
Jijel (Djidjelli, Igilgili), Algeria - The Hotel Djidjelli-Plage. Algeria was (at this point) still under French control - hence the tricolore flying from the rooftop flagpole. circa 1920s

Norwich
The old fish market at Norwich, Norfolk, at the close of the 18th century. Date: circa 1800

Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill Date: circa 1870s

Covent Garden Market, London Date: circa 1907

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Warwick Way, Pimlico, London
Warwick Way (formerly Warwick Street ) on the corner of Hindon Street, Pimlico, London

Royal Box in the Grandstand at Goodwood
The Royal Box in the Grandstand at the Goodwood Racecourse

Labroke Grove, London
A view of Ladbroke Grove, London

Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London
An atmospheric early summers morning view of Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill, London. Date: 1960s

Large and Lavish Gypsy Caravan and its owners (and dog) Date: 1905

Hither Green Lane, Hither Green, Lewisham, London. Date: circa 1908

Electric Avenue, Brixton, London - note the delightful arcade-style covering of the sheltered walkways, providing shelter to the shopfronts

Erecting an awning Royal Navy

Regent Street, London, England
Regent Street, London - looking north toward Oxford Circus with Dickins and Jones Department Store (right), which traded between 1835 and 2007. Date: circa 1909

The Bath Club and St. Francis Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Japan - Parched Soybeans Store
Japan - A mother carrying her baby on her back stands in front of a store selling Japanese traditional Parched Soybeans. Date: circa 1920s

1890s Late 19th Century Lantern Slide Slides
1890s, late, 19th, century, lantern, slide, slides, indian, india, Cawnpore, Massacre, Hand, coloured, Illustration, Caucasian, woman, blue, dress, standing, room, some, kind, awning, over, She

SPAIN. Toledo. Spainish Civil War(1936-1939). Toledo. Wooden Christ from the Convent of the Concepcion mutilated with an ax

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Ruins of the Alcazar of Toledo, painting by A. Kremer. Watercolour

Spnaish Civil War (1936-1939). Carriage gate on the western facade of the Alcazar of Toledo. Painting by A. Kemer. Watercolour. SPAIN. Madrid. Military Historical Service

Morocco - Chemist with his stall
A Native traditional practitioner of ritual medicine with a variety of dead animals, used to cure all manner of ills and ailments Date: circa 1930s

Entrance to Castle Harbour Hotel, Tuskers Town, Bermuda. Date: circa 1950s

Cheapside, London 1896
Looking east, Bow Church on the right. 1896

Regent Street, London 1896
Regent Streets quadrant, shopping street in the West End of London. 1896

Smartly-dressed older man strolling along a London Street
Smartly-dressed older man in a pinstripe three-piece suit and wearing a white fedora strolling along a London Street. 1937

Arabian Cafe / Coffee House - Suez, Egypt Date: circa 1908

Turkish Cafe, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1908

Luc-sur-Mer, La Rue de la Mer, terrace of Hotel des Familles
Luc-sur-Mer, France - La Rue de la Mer and the terrace of the Hotel des Familles. The patrons are being entertained by a busker with his guitar. Date: circa 1908

Swiss Mobile Post Office (Schweiz Automobil Postbureau) offering postal, telephone and telegram services to remote parts of the country. Date: 1939

La Place Bresson, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1907

Sleepy Riverside scene - Nicaragua. Date: circa 1910s

Paris, France - Rue Scribe - Hotel de l Athenee. Date: circa 1905

Casablanca, Morocco - Clocktower Road (Rue de l Horloge). Date: circa 1910s

La Grande Rue - Fontainebleau, France Date: circa 1910

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - The Bazar Date: circa 1920s

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Seller of Traditional Uzbek Ceramics and a baker with a tray of bread rolls on his head. Date: circa 1908

Chiltern Court and Baker Street Station, London
Chiltern Court and Baker Street Station, on the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone Road, London. circa 1930

Island of Corfu, Greece - Corfu - Eugene Bulgare Street. Date: circa 1920s

Street Scene - Omdurman (Khartoum), Sudan Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - A Modern Tobacco Kiosk/store. Date: circa 1910s

Queen Street, Oxford, England - some very fine examples of shop advertisements and various forms of signage in evidence. Date: circa 1910s

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