Block Collection (page 16)

Nail trimmers, scissors, pen knives & buffing block, from thes Maw & Sons catalogue Date: 1903

Copper to Gold
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Joyce Green Hospital - stores
Interior of stores block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Little boy on a postcard, King of the Castle
I m the King of the Castle -- a little boy on a greetings postcard builds a model castle with wooden building blocks. Date: early 20th century

Bradford on Avon Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
The main block of the former Bradford-on-Avon Union workhouse at Avoncliff. In the First World War, the building was used as a Red Cross Hospital and was later converted to a hotel. Date: 2000

The Knot That is Not
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Kings Norton Union Workhouse, Worcestershire
The main block of the former Kings Norton Union workhouse on what is now Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton. The buildings, designed by Edward Holmes, later became part of Selly Oak Hospital, Date: 2000

Coin Switch Case
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Atomic Cigar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Simple Change Frame
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Tipsee Wine Glass
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

The Musical Seat
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Prudhoe Colony for Mental Defectives - Infirmary
" The infirmary block at the " Colony for Mental Defectives" established in 1914 at Prudhoe, Northumberland, by the Northern Counties Joint Poor Law Committee." Date: 1930

Trowbridge and Melksham Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
The entrance block of the former Trowbridge and Melksham Union workhouse at Semington, Wiltshire. The site later became St Georges Hospital. Date: 2000

Southampton Union Workhouse, Hampshire
The main block of the former Southampton Union Workhouse, now forming part of Southampton City College. Date: 2000

3-D Tie
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Snakes From a Flower Vase
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Find the Lady
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Trace the Ace
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Baffo Box
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Carolina Apartment House, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA Date: circa 1910s

Loading ice onto Fishing Boats, Pensacola, Florida, USA Date: circa 1909

American Building, Baltimore, Maryland
USA - The American Building, Baltimore, Maryland Date: 1907

Metropolitan Police officers on horseback outside stable
A group of Metropolitan Police officers with their horses outside a stable block. Date: circa 1990s

Finland 1970s
Newly built block of flats, Helsinki, Finland, 1970s. Date: 1970s

Marshall Field
The worlds largest department store occupies an entire block in central Chicago - 45 acres (18+ hectares) of floor space, employing about 10000 staff. Date: 1916

Chicago City Hall
The City Hall and Court House covers an entre block in the center of the city, and cost more than ten million dollars. Date: 1916

American Embassy, London
The American Embassy buildings, Grosvenor Square, Westminster, London. Date: 1950s

Japanese lady about to unfurl her umbrella. - she is weasring distinctive block shoes and a purple headscarf/shawl Date: circa 1900s

Beckett House, once the modern office block premises of the Department of Environment, now demolished. Date: 1970s

A man and his horse Date: 1825

Main Street - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Izmir, Turkey - The Barracks Date: circa 1920s

Chicago Post Office
Nothing in Chicago is modest : the Post Office built in 1905 occupies an entre city block and cost 5 million dollars. Date: 1916

Lowering the life boats
A diagram showing life boats from the Titanic being lowered to the water. The distance is compared to the height of a city office block

Hilton Park Lane Hotel
The 28-storey exclusive London Hilton Park Lane Hotel overlooks Hyde Park, central London and is within walking distance of Oxford Street. It was built in 1963. Date: mid 1960s

Modernist Flats
A modern block of flats, with weatherboarded balconies, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

MODERN OFFICE BLOCK
A modern office block in Oslo, Norway. Date: late 1960s

Horse Mounting Block
An ancient horse-mounting block of steps, well worn over the centuries, at Burford, Oxfordshire, England. It was made from a solid piece of Cotswold stone. Date: 1950s

Secret Garden
An old water pump and block paved entrance, through a lovely arched wrought iron gateway into a secret garden or suchlike... Date: 1930s

Brookes Ltd. of Halifax - Road building Materials
Stall for the European granite of Brookes Ltd. of Halifax at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition, London - June 1913

Waterloo, Iowa - USA - Syndicate Block and YMCA Building. Date: 1906

Prancing horse Date: 1835

Luhrs Tower - Phoenix, Arizona, USA Date: circa 1950s

Rockefeller Building - Cleveland, Ohio, USA - the building opened in 1905 (the date of this picture) and was then extended in 1910. Date: 1905

New York - The Syndicate Building or Park Row Building. The tallest office building in the world for nine years. Date: circa 1899

Captured British Whippet tank on Western Front, WW1
An American photograph of a captured British Whippet tank used by the Germans during the First World War, with a German marking painted on the side

Two ladies in outfits by Premet
Two fashionable ladies wearing outfits by Premet. On the left, a three-piece beige suit, single-breasted jacket with black block squares and belt

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