Bank Collection (page 37)

War Scare in Berlin
A run on a Berlin savings bank at nine o clock in the morning in August 1914. The news that diplomatic relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had been broken off caused stampeding upon banks

Pulling a wagon up a steep slope, Yellowstone, 1883
Engraving showing a wagon making its way around a steep hill above the river in Yellowstone National Park, 1883. The river bank is so steep that three men are needed to pull ropes to keep the wagon

The Bank Nun
Sarah Whitehead, sister of a failed businessman, believed the Bank of England owed her money, lost her mind, flitting about the City until she became known as The Bank Nun

Russia Nizhni Novgorod
General view of the town seen from the right bank of the Oka, which joins with the Volga here

Russia Astrakhan
The harbour and town, seen from the far bank of the Volga

Barrow-In-Furness Tram
The Biggar Bank Tram Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria

Seine Frozen 1854
The Seine frozen over - Parisians are able to walk from one bank to the other without using the bridges

Seine Frozen 1868
The Seine frozen over - Parisians are able to walk from one bank to the other without using the bridges

Israel / Nablus Desert
Desert country to the east of Nablus, on the West Bank

Seleucia, Ctesiphon
The ruins of the ancient cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, on either bank of the Tigris. A native is paddling his coracle on the river. Date: circa 1835

Lombard Street
Two Morris Minors drive down Lombard Street in the heart of Londons financial district

England / Chesil Beach
A glimpse of the famous Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, which is nearly eleven miles long

Crowded Brighton Beach
Brighton beach packed with people enjoying good weather on Easter bank holiday; some sit on deckchairs, others directly on the shingle

Cotton shoot on the Alabama
Cotton shoot of around 350 feet in length used to send bales of cotton from high up on a steep river-bank down to a passing paddle steam-ship, Magnolia

Trafalgar Sq. Demo 1892
Wot! Allowed to meet in Trafalgar Square on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank olidays, are we! Then we just won t go!

England / Blandford
Blandford, Dorset, England, where a window cleaner cleans the windows of a branch of the Midland Bank and a placard advertises a forthcoming television exhibition

Fishing in Devon
A gentleman fishing in his top hat in a stream in Devon. In the background three children watch from the bank while another man rests on a picturesque stone bridge

Bank of England / 1940S
Known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, the Bank has occupied this site since 1734

Thames at Nine Elms
The river bank at NINE ELMS, South Lambeth : barges are being loaded from a steam crane at Nine Elms pier

The Thames at Mortlake
The river bank at MORTLAKE at low tide - boys scavenging at the waters edge

Girl Relaxing Outside
A young woman with bare feet lies on her back on a grassy bank and stares up at the sky in a mood of relaxation and contemplation

G J Goschen
GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN 1st Viscount Goschen, politician and financier. Director of Bank of England 1858-1865 and later Chancellor of the Exchequer

Waiting for the excursion train
On the departure platform of a suburban branch of the Great West-Eastern Railway. Five hundred Londoners scrambling to board the second and third class carriages for Bank Holiday excursions

Mastiff (Reinagle)
A formidable-looking mastiff on a long chain guards a carpenters works on the south bank of the Thames

Festival White Knight
The " White Knight" (with the morale raiser on his back) in the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion (symbolising British action and imagination respectively), at the South Bank Exhibition

Festival Sea & Ships
The River Walk outside the Sea and Ships exhibition centre, part of the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London

Country Pavilion 1951
The interior of the Country Pavilion, exhibiting the latest tractor models, part of the Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition, London

Royal Exchange 1950S
The third building of its kind erected on the same site, the Royal Exchange (1842-44), was built by Sir William Tite at the junction of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street

Cardiff / Queen St / 1950S
Queen Street

Fishing at Abingdon
A young man stands fishing on the river bank at Abingdon, Berkshire, with its graceful bridge over the river Thames nearby

Notre Dame Cathedral - Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris - viewed from the Southern bank of the River Seine, where secondhand book sellers have set up their (semi-permanent) stalls, alongside vendors of paintings and prints

Bank of Ireland / Dublin
The impressive facade of the Bank of Ireland building in Dublin

Digging a Rail Cutting
The construction of the Tring Cutting. Railway navvies dig out the earth and rock by hand with the spoil lifted up to the top of the bank by horse- powered winches

Hippopotamus C1880S
A hippopotamus with its front legs in the river and its back legs still on the bank

Dispute with China 3
A frontier dispute leads to fighting between China and Russia : the Chinese are on the far bank of the Amur, the Russians on this, seeking to relieve Blagovestchensk

Trainee Miners / Safety
Trainee coal miners are familiarised with fire fighting equipment at Bank Hall Training Centre, Burnley, Lancashire, England

Barings Bank in Trouble
The Bank of England to the Barings board : Well, you ve got yourselves into a nice mess with your precious " speculation" !

Sucessful Tycoon
A man in a suit lights his cigar with a one pound note

IRAQ MOSUL
General view of the town, seen from the farther bank of the Tigris

Bank of England Parlour
The Parlour

Printing at Bank of Eng
The banknote printing room at the Bank of England, London

Charon (Moreau)
Charon, the ferryman of the Styx, refuses to carry anyone who doesn t pay the fare; those who arrive without the necessary coin are left to gibber on the bank

Bank / Osborn St / Living L
A gentleman being served at the counter of a high street bank in Osborn Street, Whitechapel, London

Balzac / Birthplace / Tours
HONORE DE BALZAC French novelists birthplace at Tours

Honduras Mejocote R
Rope suspension bridge enabling people to cross from one bank of the Mejocote river to the other

Blackheath Fair / 1906
Blackheath Fair - Crowds at the fair, Bank Holiday (August?)

Congestion at Bank
Congested London streets - the scene outside the Bank of England

5 Note from Deal Bank
BRITAIN Five pound note from Deal Bank

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