Block Collection (page 5)

A Grand Apartment Block on Hyde Park Gardens, London. Date: 1909

Nottingham General Hospital
A view of Nottingham General Hospital. The distinctive circular ward block of its Jubilee wing, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and Son, was opened in 1899. Date: circa 1911

Comic postcard, hen and suspicious cockerel Date: 20th century

The Coronation Stone - Kingston upon Thames
circa 1910s

Trades in Regency England: Spar ornaments, pottery ware and salt refiner. Alabaster stone ornaments made in the Peak District on a mantlepiece 52, shop window with pottery from Etruria

Cartoon, A Block on the Line (Electoral Reform)
Cartoon, A Block on the Line -- a satirical comment on a delay in the progress of electoral reform, with rival political parties offering to sort it out

101st Airborne Division Memorial, Veghel, Holland
The Memorial is in the form of a kangeroo with a baby in her pouch ( a symbol of the Allied Forces leaping over Dutch rivers) on a huge stone block which weighs 1, 200 kgs

Phyllis Barron and her hand-block printing on stuffs
Phyllis Barron seen cutting her own hand blocks for printing fabrics. After leaving the Slade School, she began designing patterns for cretonne printers

La Piedra Parade (bloque erratico) en el Rio Alto Chubut
The Piedra Parade (erratic block) in the Alto Chubut River (dried-out riverbed, which has slowly eroded the base of the rock)

New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London
New building in New Coventry Street, Leicester Square, London, one of several public improvements made during 1845. Date: 1845

Boring machine and cornering saw, 18th century
Boring machine and cornering saw, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Crown saw and coaking engine, 18th century
Crown saw and coaking engine, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Sawing machine at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Varieties of masonry for walls, ancient and modern
Varieties of masonry for walls, including reticulated, incertain, isodomum, pseudisodomum with unequal courses, Roman emplection with core of rubble and Greek emplection

Block machinery or lathe at Portsmouth naval docks, including shaping engine, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Block machinery or lathe at Portsmouth naval docks, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel. In the background, another mason cuts a block of stone with a saw

Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Six printing blocks used to create one pattern at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW London
Original printing block used at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842

Method of moving a house in America, by elevating it on blocks of wood, before moving it to its new location. Date: 1842

Mayfair Hotel, Berkeley Square, London. circa 1925

Main Street, Suffern, New York State, USA
Main Street with Post Office Block, Suffern, Rockland County, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1910

Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge from HMS Vindictive, WW1
Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, from HMS Vindictive, 23 April 1918, First World War. Known as the Zeebrugge Raid, it was an attempt by the British navy to block the port. 1918

Stock Exchange, Goldfield, Nevada, USA
A crowd of people outside the Nixon Block and Mining and Stock Exchange, Goldfield, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1905

The Gorton Party Attacked at Shawomet
The Gorton party attacked at Shawomet; a line of soldiers from Massachusetts fire towards a block-house, at Shawomet, in order to capture and bring Samuel Gorton to court in Boston

Fortifications at Cap-Haitien by Insurgents
Fortifications at the port city of Cap-Haitien, by the occupying insurgents for defence of the town. Several men guard the cannons set up at the top of the wall

The Battle of Vuelta de Obligado 1845
The battle of Vuelta de Obligado on 20th November 1845, was a collaborative attack by the French and British to defy the Argentine Confederations decision to block the unregulated sailing

The climb of Rio-Frio barricaded by the Mexicans
A battalion of soldiers march up the Rio-Frio pass, with two officers on horseback watching as groups of soldiers ahead try to drag fallen trees and logs from the path. Date: 1863

La Digue, Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium
La Digue (The Dyke), Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1950s

The Engraver by Jost Amman. 1568

The Babe of Fire, original woodblock, by Frederick Carter, W
The Babe of Fire, original woodblock, by Frederick Carter, First World War. circa 1915

Block puzzle with French battle scene, WW1
Block puzzle with French battle scene, First World War. 1914-1918

Advert for Sapolio cleaning soap 1887
Bar of soap Sapolio, and a scrubbing brush, helped this housewife keep her floors in proper shape! Date: 1887

Harley House, Marylebone Road, London NW1
Harley House, a residential mansion block in Marylebone Road, near Regents Park, London NW1. Date: circa 1900s

Postcard booklet, Gateway to Dallas, Texas, USA
Postcard booklet, aerial view, Gateway to Dallas, Texas, USA, with triple underpass. Date: 1942

Two knocked-out German tanks blocked the road, and a diversion had to be constructed to bypass the obstruction during World War II Date: September 1944

Concrete barricades at Findon, West Sussex during World War II Date: June 1940

Seven identical letter boxes in a block of flats. Date: 1960s

The construction of the Rotunda, an iconic cylindrical tower block in Birmingham, England. Date: 1964

The Woolworth Building, New York City, USA. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert and located at 233 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

Block Printing, Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester 1843
Block-printing a design onto a length of calico cloth at Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester. Date: 1843

BUILDING COUNCIL FLATS
The construction of a block of flats on the Woodchurch Estate, at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s

BARBER / MSTR BLOCK
Master Block the Barbers Son, from Happy Families devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861 Date: 1861

INDUSTRY / PIG IRON ROLLED
IRON - a block of pig iron being rolled into the furnace Date: 1901

Middle Row, Holborn
Engraving depicting Middle Row, Holborn, a block of three or four properties that obstructed the free-flow of Holborns traffic, seen here shortly before their demolition in 1868

Halal butcher, Kashmir
Halal Muslim butcher cuts pieces of meat in his butchers shop in Srinagar, Kashmir. He squats beside his butchers block, holds a large cleaver and looks directly at the camera Date: 1986

A Housekeeper - West Central London Frontage of a large Terraced house, possibly on a Grand Square, Row or Street. Date: circa 1904

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