mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
St Vincents Boys Home, Hull - Recreation RoomSt Vincents Boys Home, Hull. The recreation room containing benches, books and games
River front, Hannibal, Missouri, USARiver front at Hannibal, Missouri, USA, showing a large steamboat on the Mississippi River. Date: circa 1925
Spruce Log, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USASpruce Log at Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was sent from Washington State. One end is hollowed out and contains a writing desk and benches. The other end is an animal cage. Date: circa 1910
Paris, France - Champs-Elysees - open-air concert. Date: 1836
Paris, France - Barrieres, Ball at Dancehall Just Outside. Date: 1855
Paris, France - Barrieres - Cafe Outside City Limits. Date: 1855
Paris, France - Barriers, Skittles beyond the City Wall. Date: 1855
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain, - Three old FriendsBunyola, Mallorca, Spain. Three old friends sitting on a bench within town. Date: 2013
Seat of the Sorrowful - the Homeless in LondonSome of Londons homeless spending the night on the citys public benches. Date: 1909
Woodworking Classroom, Bedfordshire Reformatory, SharnbrookAn instructor stands in front of the blackboard in the woodwork classroom at the Bedfordshire County Reformatory, Sharnbrook. Planes, mallets and other tools lie on the benches. Date: Date unknown
Sinaia - RomaniaSinaia, Romania. A mountain resort in Prahova County, the town was named after the Sinaia Monastery (itself named after the Biblical Mount Sinai), around which it was built
Cherry Blossom and refreshments in Ueno Park, Tokyo, JapanCherry Blossom and a refreshment stall (with seating) in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s
China - Shanghai - Chinese GardenChina - Shanghai - Chinese Public Garden - note the three European children seated on the bench to the right - marking this Park as being part of the International settlement in Shanghai
St. James Park, London - View towards Horseguards Parade. Date: circa 1906
San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico - Open Air Theatre. The Pyramid of the sun can be seen in the background. Date: circa 1930s
Russian Rural family gather around the Samovar and share afternoon tea. Date: circa 1902
Dining Hall at Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireBenches and tables set for a meal line the dining hall in B Wing at Wakefield prison. A black central heating shaft rises from the floor to the roof. Date: Date unknown
Outpatients Department at London Hospital, WhitechapelRows of what appear to be mostly women and children sit on benches in the outpatients department of the London Hospital, Whitechapel - on of the capitals many voluntary hospitals. Date: circa 1910
Four French chiefs sitting on a bench. 1908
The Hofbrauhaus Beerhall, Munich, GermanyThe famous Hofbrauhaus Beerhall, Munich, Germany. The inset gilded profile portrait depicts Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (18211912), the de facto ruler of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912
Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba. Interestingly, this postcard shows a lector (or reader) who was always employed to entertain cigar factory workers by reading books
Coronation street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexTo celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens street parties at various locations around the town
Chinesischer Turm at the Englischer GartenThe Chinesischer Turm and beer garden in the Englischer Garten, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. 2010
Constanta - Romania - Avenue and Lighthouse Date: 1907
Kingham, Oxfordshire - The Fete at the Tennis Courts Date: 1915
South Beach Terrace, Aberystwyth, Wales Date: circa 1930
County School, Gillingham, Kent - Chemistry laboratory Date: circa 1920s
POND SWANSSwans at the edge of a park pond, watched by people sitting on benches. Date: 1960s
Vietnam, Hanoi - Embroiderers and draughtsmenEmbroiderers and draughtsmen at work in a textile workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, surrounded by the glorious results of their labours. Date: circa 1903
North Gate of Bab-ul-Moazzam, Baghdad, Iraq. The Ottoman Turkish flag was, at this point, flying proudly above the gate. Date: circa 1909
Albert Embankment LampsLovely Victorian lamp posts and benches on the terrace of County Hall, Albert Embankment, London. The Embankment was built 1866 - 1869 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette Date: early 1950s
Regents Park 1950SVisitors to Regents Park, London, chatting and relaxing on benches on a spring day. Date: 1950s
Further Ed / Food TechnolYoung men working at their benches at the National College of Food Technology. Date: 1950s
Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, LondonView of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls
Men on benches in a London parkMen sitting on benches in an unidentified London park. A terrace of houses can be seen in the background
Sewing class, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys take part in a sewing class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Church Army emergency accommodation, LondonMen try to sleep on narrow benches at a Church Army emergency accommodation shelter in London. The Church Army was founded in 1882 by the Rev Wilson Carlile, an evangelist for the Church of England
Women vagrants sleeping, Spitalfields, East End of LondonA group of women vagrants sleeping on benches at the churchyard of Christ Church, Spitalfields, East London
Kitchen of a Common Lodging HouseResidents eating and socialising in the kitchen of a common lodging house, location unknown. Such establishments provided cheap accommodation by the night for those of limited means
Living Room of a Rowton House, LondonThe living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large
Scene at a racecourse in the Far East. A fashionable Western woman in a long coat leads a horse and jockey along, watched by crowds of people
Old women picking oakum in a Casual WardThe womens casual ward (vagrants ward) of a workhouse, thought to be at Lambeth, south London. Three women in workhouse uniform sit on benches
Italy - Livorno - The Long Sea Walk
Park benchesLakeside park benches in Autumn. Pastel and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard
Lourdes - Pilgrims ShelterLourdes, France - the interior of the pilgrims shelter. Believers line the interior of the building, seated in bath chairs
Allan Gardens and Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Canada
House of Lords cleanersTwo cleaners in the House of Lords, vacuuming and polishing in preparation for the State Opening of Parliament in a few days time
Titanic Third Class Smoke RoomThe Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912