Block Collection (page 6)

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

Man and a woman on a country walk by Miyagawa Choshun (1683-1753). Note they are wearing Geta - a form of traditional Japanese footwear that resemble clogs and flip-flops

Lion cub has her morning wash and scrub - London Zoo
Mary Pickford the young lion cub (!) has her morning wash and brush-down from her keeper - London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London. Date: 1920s

The Chicago Civic Opera House. - a 42 stories high building built in 1929, occupying an entire block between Madison and Washington Streets - home of the Chicago Civic Opera. Date: circa 1930s

The Old Slave Block, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA. In the days prior to the US Civil War, the block was used for the sale and annual hire of slaves

Vancouver, Canada - Robson Street entrance to Court House, Vancouver Hotel and Vancouver Block. Date: 1919

United Brethren Publishing House, Dayton, Ohio, USA Date: 1909

Wallpaper fragments
Seven fragments of wallpaper with a floral pin print pattern on a green ground, hand block-printed on laid paper. Probably made in London in c.1790

Wallpaper border fragments
Two fragments of a wallpaper border with a neo-classical ribbon and stylised flower design, and two fragments of filling paper with a floral pin print pattern on a green ground

Wallpaper fragment
Two fragments of wallpaper, with a stencilled and block-printed design of ribbons and sprigs in orange, white and black on a grey ground on laid paper, probably made in London c.1780

Fragments of wallpaper border
Three fragments of wallpaper border, block printed with a pattern of swags and pater栩 n black, purple, red and shades of green on an off-white ground on laid paper, from Wandsworth House

Army Camp and Jail, Crater (Kraytar), Aden
Army Camp and Jail, Crater (Kraytar, Seera), British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1910s

Medieval alphabet, ornate initials L-Y. circa 1900

Princess Mary gift tin, with sweets, for non-smokers, 1914.Printed on inner sweet block: ?Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary Christmas Fund 1914

Pre-Columbian Art. Maya. Archaeological Site of Copa?n. Altar Q. West side. It was created during the rule of King Yax Pac in 776

Statue-cube of Senenmut and Princess Neferure. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Statue-cube of Senenmut and Princess Neferure. Senenmut was architect and royal chancellor during the reign of Hatshepsut and guardian of her daughter, Neferure

Woman police officer in a London street, sticking a yellow label on a car windscreen, with a Metropolitan Police Vehicle Removal Unit lorry behind her

Maybury Mansion, Marylebone, London W1. Date: circa 1910

Hollymount Orphanage Infirmary, Tottington, Lancashire
The infirmary block at the Hollymount (or Holly Mount) orphanage for Roman Catholic children at Tottington, near Bury, Lancashire. Date: circa 1912

Life of Charles Dickens - Thavies Inn (Bleak House). Thavies Inn was one of the Inns of Chancery and was situated on Holborn

WWI Poster, Your King & Country Need You
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, design by Lawson Wood (1878-1957). Your King & Country Need You to Maintain the Honour and Glory of the British Empire

Jewish people praying at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Holy Land. Date: circa 1870

People climbing the Great Pyramid, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Japan - Young Japanese Mother carrying her baby on her back and holding a paper umbrella / parasol. Date: circa 1904

Modern Buildings, Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1950

Barony Hospital, Nantwich
Aerial view of the Barony Hospital, Nantwich, formerly the Nantwich Union workhouse. The original workhouse block is at the upper centre

Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, Cuba
General view of the Presidio Modelo Prison on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), Cuba, now renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth)

Nell Lane Hospital, Manchester
Aerial view of Nell Lane Hospital, Withington, Manchester, opened in 1855 as Chorlton Union workhouse. The cross shaped block (left of centre) was the main workhouse building

Nell Lane Hospital and Institution, Manchester
Aerial view of Nell Lane Hospital at Didsbury, near Withington, Manchester, opened in 1855 as Chorlton Union workhouse. The cross shaped block (above centre) was the main workhouse building

Union Workhouse, New Cross, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Aerial view of the Wolverhampton Union workhouse at New Cross, Wednesfield (then Staffordshire, today part of the West Midlands district), opened in 1903 and designed by Arthur Marshall

Bosch Dugouts, by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, WW1
Bosch Dugouts, Hill 60 Sector, drawing by William Hugh Duncan Arthur, First World War. Showing a deserted German blockhouse with a table and chairs outside. 1917

Nedous Hotel, The Mall, Lahore, Punjab, British India
Nedous Hotel, Dane Block dated 1908, The Mall, Lahore, Punjab, British India. Date: circa 1910s

Advertisement for Dujardin-Lammens furniture, Brussels
Advertisement for Dujardin-Lammens oak, cane and rattan furniture, Brussels, with a Japanese theme. circa late 19th century

Medieval alphabet, ornate initials A-L. circa 1900

Alphabet initials in floral style A-Z. circa 1900

Soho, London - Green Court W1, viewed from Brewer Street, with the Victoria Junior Commercial Technical College straight ahead

Block Wheel Car - a side view of a man and horse and block wheel cart on a road. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Find the Fault card No. 21 -- office desk. circa 1930s

Amun-priest Hor. Block statue. Egypt
Block statue of Hor, priest of god Amun in the temple of Karnak. Third Intermediate Period. 23rd Dynasty. 775 BC. Karnak, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Pre-Columbian Art. Aztec. Mexico. Seated Deity (Macuilxochitl). 15thearly 16th century. Basalt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Tomb of Clitmenestra
Mycenaen Art. Greece. Tomb of Clitmenestra. XIII century. Mycenae. Argo?lide province. Peloponnese region

Advertisement for Felco chain block. 1938

Advertisement for Felco bearing block. 1949

Book of Trades, The Quarry Man. 1841

Chiltern Court and Baker Street Station, London
Chiltern Court and Baker Street Station, on the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone Road, London. circa 1930

Chepstow Mansion, Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, London
View of Chepstow Mansion, Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, West London. Date: circa 1905

The Chilehaus (Chile House), Hamburg, Germany
The Chilehaus (Chile House), a ten-storey office building in Hamburg, Germany, an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. Date: 1930s

Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road, Westcombe Park

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