Bank Collection (page 35)

Ivanhoe Polka, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet of the Ivanhoe Polka, by Thomas Browne, depicting two medieval horsemen in armour on the bank of a river in the moonlight, based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott

Shantytown near Paroa, South Island, New Zealand
General view of Shantytown, a recreation of a typical 1880s West Coast gold mining town near Paroa, Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand

Duck hunting, unidentified location
Duck hunting in an unidentified location on the bank of a river

Bank run in Berlin WWI
A run on a Savings Bank in Berlin, Germany during World War I

Girl in traditional Czech Costume / Cesky Tesin
Cesky Tesin - a town in the Karvina District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Tesin and lies on the west bank of the Olza River

Man & Sheep stare across the Seine
A Gentleman and a curious sheep (!) inspect the view across the River Seine at Le Manoir-sur-Seine - a wonderfully bizarre card!

Lenin Statue, Vladimir, Russia
Statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) in front of a bank in the city of Vladimir, Russia

College Green and the Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

The Bank of England - Art Nouveau Border
A rather ordinary photograph (apart from the provenance - see below!) of England, but set within a spectacular Art Nouveau border!

Comic Postcard - A run on the Bank
A Run on the Bank - a policeman chases a young boy, who had been defying the notice not to bathe. A humourous card playing with the meaning of this phrase

Groynes on the seashore
Partially washed-away old groynes on the seashore. Pencil sketch by Raymond Sheppard

River flowing through a rocky valley
A river flowing through a steep-sided rocky valley. Pen and ink drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Cannon Street Station from the Thames
A view from the south bank of the River Thames at London (at low tide), looking toward Blackfriars Bridge and Cannon Street station. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Boats out of the water
Boats pulled up out of the water, possibly in the Norfolk Broads. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Falmouth - The Bank & Killigrew Monument
The Killigrew Monument at Grove Place, Falmouth, Cornwall - a mysterious structure seemingly constructed solely as a memorial to this famour family of the town

San Francisco - Market Street - overhead street view
A fantastic birds-eye view down a San Francisco street, with the famous tram cars, in two lanes (both ways) defying the hilly nature of the terrain in places!

Bank of England, London
The Bank of England, London with much traffic in the foreground in the form of horse buses, wagons and carts and many pedestrians

Aswan, Egypt
A panoramic view of Aswan, Egypt. The city stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center. Its ancient name, Swenet, translates as trade

County Hall - Westminster, London
County Hall on the south bank of the River Thames - Westmister, London, designed by Ralph Knott and opened in 1922. The former offices of the London County Council

Post Office Savings Bank
A coal carter opening an account with Her Majesty at the Post Office Savings Bank. In 1861 the Palmerston government set up the Post Office Savings Bank

Guards of the Ottoman Bank and the Ambassador of Austria
Studio photographic portraits of the guard of the Ottoman Bank and the guard of the Ambassador of Austria in Constantinople, Turkey

Poster advertising Australian National Airways
Poster advertising ANA, Australian National Airways, offering flights to Adelaide in South Australia

River and riverbank, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
View of a river and riverbank in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Banks of Winding machines for acrylic yarn
A seemingly never-ending bank of winding machines for acrylic yarns at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn

Thames Bank Depository, Pimlico, London
The Thames Bank Depository, by the river at Ranelagh Road, Pimlico, London

The Ottoman Bank in Ankara
The Ottoman Imperial Bank in Ankara, up against an ancient wall of the city

Ferry Boat on the Bosphorus at night at Moda on the Asian side. Today it is a very up market area of Istanbul. A summer resort

Will it Come to This
A possible scenario due to the falling value of the pound against the dollar in 1920. A brashly dressed cigar-smoking American changes a dollar at a bank and when asked how he would like it, replies

A countryside stream
A view of a countryside stream. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Houses of Parliament - Evening
A view toward the Houses of Parliament from the southern bank of the River Thames in London. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Stratford-Upon-Avon
The River Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace and sometime home of William Shakespeare and the home today of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Maud Hospital, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Maud Hospital was erected in 1867-9 on Bank Road, New Maud, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was originally a poorhouse for the Buchan Combination, a group of Aberdeenshire parishes

Fold-out postcard with scenes of Shanghai, China

Alma, Quebec, Canada - General View
The present city of Alma was born in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d Alma

Boys Club swimming 1930
A group of ten boys from a Boys Club take an afternoon swim in a river, doubtlessly cold. All wear one piece costumes. Two boys on the bank look slightly apprehensive

Bomb damage by County Hall during the Blitz
The Southbank terrace alongside City Hall, showing fallen masonry attesting to bomb damage following a German Air Raid during the Blitz

People on a riverbank, India
A group of people on a riverbank in an unidentified location in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

LAMBETH 1750
Viewed from the north bank of the Thames

An early Egyptian Private Banker
Pop in and speak to your own personal banker at Egypts first fully staffed cash machine doorway! A wonderful postcard depicting a money changer seated in front of his unlocked safe alongside piles of

Chiswick Mall
The river bank and Chiswick Mall

Battersea Reach
The Thames at Battersea, with hay-barges moored at the bank

Senegal Matam
Fort built at Matam, on the bank of the Senegal River, for the protection of French traders

The Old Lady of Thread-needle Street in the Hands of Beauty
Bank of England in the 1920s. The demolition of part of the building allowed for the public to view the statues for the first time, which can be seen in this image

Constantinople - Karakoy scene with ferries
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats with awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers. Galata Tower in the background

Morocco - Tangiers - Little Market
The Little Market, Tangiers, Morocco Date: circa 1920s

Third Battle of the Aisne 1918
Men of the Worcesters holding the southern bank of the Aisne at Maizy during the third Battle of the Aisne on the Western Front in France during World War I on 27th May 1918

Chesil Bank (or beach) Dorset, viewed from Portland

Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1852
Engraving showing the, then recently opened, Billingsgate Fish Market on the north bank of the River Thames, in London, 1852

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