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Barrier Collection (page 4)

Background imageBarrier Collection: Ross and South Barrier

Ross and South Barrier
The Erebus and Terror amid the ice off the South Polar Ice Barrier, 700 km long, in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: 1842

Background imageBarrier Collection: Ross in Pack Ice

Ross in Pack Ice
The Erebus and Terror in pack ice, in gale conditions, off the South Polar Ice Barrier, in the course of James Rosss 1839-1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Background imageBarrier Collection: Cartoon, Metro Gate Closer, WW1

Cartoon, Metro Gate Closer, WW1
Cartoon, The Metropolitan Anastasie, a woman working in the Paris Metro during the First World War, taking the place of a man who is away fighting

Background imageBarrier Collection: Girl & ticket collector

Girl & ticket collector
Silhouette of young girl hurrying to catch a train passing through the ticket barrier.Date: circa 1930

Background imageBarrier Collection: Berlin, Germany - postwar - French sector border post

Berlin, Germany - postwar - French sector border post
Berlin, Germany - postwar - Sign alerting that you are leaving the French-controlled sector. Date: circa 1947

Background imageBarrier Collection: Berlin, Germany - postwar - American sector border post

Berlin, Germany - postwar - American sector border post
Berlin, Germany - postwar - Sign warning that You are leaving the American Sector. Date: circa 1947

Background imageBarrier Collection: Merchant tribunal, Italy, 15th century

Merchant tribunal, Italy, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

Background imageBarrier Collection: Sydney, Australia - Silver Mine - Broken Hill

Sydney, Australia - Silver Mine - Broken Hill
Slide showing a photograph of a Silver mine. Broken Hill is Australias longest-lived mining city. In 1844, the explorer Charles Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range

Background imageBarrier Collection: Paris, France - Barriere des Champs Elysees

Paris, France - Barriere des Champs Elysees. Date: circa 1850

Background imageBarrier Collection: Paris, France - Barriere de la Cunette

Paris, France - Barriere de la Cunette. Date: 1830

Background imageBarrier Collection: Paris, France - Barrieres, Ball at Dancehall Just Outside

Paris, France - Barrieres, Ball at Dancehall Just Outside. Date: 1855

Background imageBarrier Collection: Paris, France - Barrier of Montrouge

Paris, France - Barrier of Montrouge. Date: 1860

Background imageBarrier Collection: Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7

Petrol station, Old Brompton Road, London SW7
Brew Brothers petrol station in Old Brompton Road, London SW7, where a fire and explosion occurred in a basement store, 20 July 1957

Background imageBarrier Collection: Massey Shaw fireboat in action, River Thames, London

Massey Shaw fireboat in action, River Thames, London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat in action with hoses spraying, on the River Thames near the Thames Barrier at Woolwich, with firefighters on deck

Background imageBarrier Collection: Cricket Fielding (wrong!)

Cricket Fielding (wrong!)
A fielder demonstrates the incorrect way of fielding to stop the ball as he should be using the long barrier method. Date: 1888

Background imageBarrier Collection: Flanders: Crossing of Yser river barrier

Flanders: Crossing of Yser river barrier
The bridging of the Yser and Yser canal under fire, during the opening allied attack: Two of the British infantry and pack-horse bridges. Date: 1917

Background imageBarrier Collection: Toenga, Daughter of Maori Chief, New Zealand

Toenga, Daughter of Maori Chief, New Zealand
Toenga, the only daughter of the celebrated Waraurangi, the most powerful chief of the Nga-ti-maru tribe, formerly inhabiting the Great Barrier Island, north of the mouth of Hauraki Gulf

Background imageBarrier Collection: Barrier across road near Les Boeufs, Western Front, WW1

Barrier across road near Les Boeufs, Western Front, WW1
A barrier across a newly won road near Les Boeufs on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBarrier Collection: 1937 Coronation - spectators in Trafalgar Square

1937 Coronation - spectators in Trafalgar Square
A section of the huge crowd in Trafalgar Square standing by the crush barrier after waiting all night to watch the Coronation procession of King George VI

Background imageBarrier Collection: The Supermarine 508, VX133

The Supermarine 508, VX133, is escorted by the second prototype Swift, VV119, in its later Type 535 guise. This Swift went on to star as Prometheus in the film Sound Barrier

Background imageBarrier Collection: Eimeo and barrier reef

Eimeo and barrier reef
Illustration (p.432) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imageBarrier Collection: Photograph of coral from the Yonge collection

Photograph of coral from the Yonge collection

Background imageBarrier Collection: Mrs Stephenson wearing a diving helmet

Mrs Stephenson wearing a diving helmet
Photograph of Mrs Stephenson wearing a diving helmet. Great Barrier Reef expedition 1928-1929

Background imageBarrier Collection: Photograph of corals from the Yonge collection

Photograph of corals from the Yonge collection
Photograph from the collection of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986) relating to the Great Barrier Reef Expedition (1927-1929), in the Archive of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBarrier Collection: Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich

Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich, SE London

Background imageBarrier Collection: Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso

Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso. Print shows samurai Minamoto Yoshiie with another samurai passing cherry trees. Date between 1843 and 1846

Background imageBarrier Collection: The actor Ichikawa Ebizo in the role of Shinozuka breaking t

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo in the role of Shinozuka breaking through the barrier. Date 173-

Background imageBarrier Collection: Border post between Muntenia and Transylvania

Border post between Muntenia and Transylvania
The Border post between Muntenia and Transylvania at Predeal, Romania Date: circa 1906

Background imageBarrier Collection: Beach Groyne

Beach Groyne
A study of the old groyne (a low wooden wall or barrier built into the sea from a beach), Worthing, Sussex, England. Date: 1960s

Background imageBarrier Collection: Khyber Pass - Border - NWFP

Khyber Pass - Border - NWFP
Khyber Pass - Border between Afghanistan and North West Frontier Province. Date: 1909

Background imageBarrier Collection: Blizzard on Barrier

Blizzard on Barrier
Ponies at the camp during a blizzard on the Barrier. Date: 1907 - 1909

Background imageBarrier Collection: Picking up Party

Picking up Party
The Nimrod picking up the Northern Party at the Drygalski Barrier. Date: 1907 - 1909

Background imageBarrier Collection: Shackleton on Ice

Shackleton on Ice
Shackletons men on the Great Ice Barrier, during their Antarctic expedition. circa 1907

Background imageBarrier Collection: Newly Built M1 Motorway

Newly Built M1 Motorway
A stretch of the newly-built M1 Motorway, near Little Linford, Buckinghamshire, England, looking south, towards Bow Brickhill, No crash barrier or traffic! Date: 1959 - 1960

Background imageBarrier Collection: The Italian / Austrian border at Thorl

The Italian / Austrian border at Thorl Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBarrier Collection: The Second Scott Polar Expedition at the Barrier

The Second Scott Polar Expedition at the Barrier
Captain Scotts expedition reached the Great Ross Barrier in January - February 1911 showing the immense height of the ice barrier, which in some places reached to 280 feet compared to the Terra Nova

Background imageBarrier Collection: The Steep Nature of the Shore Ice Edge

The Steep Nature of the Shore Ice Edge
View demonstrating the difficulties of landing during the 1912 expedition to the South Pole. The barrier edge is perpendicular

Background imageBarrier Collection: New York Subway

New York Subway
Entrance to the New York subway station at 14th street and 6th avenue, downtown, in America

Background imageBarrier Collection: Two women with full veils on the Galata Bridge

Two women with full veils on the Galata Bridge
When Ataturk came to power and established the Republic, he felt it essential for the veil to be abolished in a modern society

Background imageBarrier Collection: The Mayors of Liverpool and Birkenhead Meet under the Mersey

The Mayors of Liverpool and Birkenhead Meet under the Mersey
Margaret Beavan (centre), the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, shaking hands with the Mayor of Birkenhead (right) at the meeting of the two halves of the Mersey Tunnel, 1928

Background imageBarrier Collection: Proposal for a Thames Barrage, Gravesend, 1905

Proposal for a Thames Barrage, Gravesend, 1905
Illustration showing a barrage of barrier and locks across the River Thames at Gravesend proposed by James Casey in 1905. The object of this proposal was to protect London against serious flooding

Background imageBarrier Collection: The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949

The East-West Frontier in Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing a West Berlin policeman (on left) talking to a Soviet Sector policeman over an East-West frontier barrier, in Berlin, 1949

Background imageBarrier Collection: French Suffragettes in Paris, 1936

French Suffragettes in Paris, 1936
Photograph showing a policeman attempting to end a suffragette demonstration in the Rue Royale, Paris, 1936. The suffragettes had formed a human barrier across the road to stop traffic

Background imageBarrier Collection: The Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barri

The Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barri
Photograph showing the sledge team of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition camping on the Level Barrier, on their way to the South Pole, 1911

Background imageBarrier Collection: The flooded fens around the Coffer Dam. Farmland drowned in

The flooded fens around the Coffer Dam. Farmland drowned in
The flooded fens of the Eastern Counties. The flooding caused by numerous high tides which was hoped to be resolved by the building of the Coffer Dam The dam would act as a barrier to the assaults of

Background imageBarrier Collection: Popular Paris Resto

Popular Paris Resto
La Californie a popular working-class eating and drinking place, just outside the customs barrier at Montparnasse

Background imageBarrier Collection: KAZAN - 4

KAZAN - 4
The Barrier of Siberia

Background imageBarrier Collection: China Cholera 1911

China Cholera 1911
When cholera rages in Manchuria, the Great Wall serves as a barrier to keep out refugees seeking to enter China



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