Block Collection (page 9)

Orange River, Cape Colony, South Africa
Norvals Point, Orange River, Cape Colony, South Africa, with a Blockhouse (octagonal fort, a relic from the Second Boer War) on the right. Date: circa 1910

The New York Telephone Company Building, NYC, USA
The Verizon Building previously known as the Barclay-Vesey Building and the New York Telephone Company Building, NYC, USA. Opened in 1927 on 140 West Street between Barclay and Vesey Street

Egypt. Giza. Khafres Valley Temple. Pink granite and alabas
Egypt. Giza. Khafres Valley Temple. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty. C. 2520-2494 B.C. Built with blocks of pink Aswan granite that forms pllars surmounted by an architrave. The floor is made in alabaster

Soho, London - Rupert Street Market W1, viewed from Shaftesbury Avenue, looking towards Walkers Court and Broadwick House. 1973

Mansion block, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Mansion block of flats, Quartz Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930

A perched block, Fair Head, Ballycastle, Co Antrim
a view of a perched block, Fair Head, Ballycastle, Co Antrim taken in Aug. 1907. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Ballycastle Fair Head). Date: circa early 1900s

A Primitive Mountain Slide Car, Co Antrim - man with horse drawn slide car and woman outside a thatched cottage (also a block-wheel cart in the picture). (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim)

A Co Antrim Blockwheel Car - a man with horse drawn block wheeled cart outside thatched cottage. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Block Wheel Car, Cushendall - a man with horse drawn block wheel cart outside thatched cottage. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Cushendall). Date: circa early 1900s

Perched Block, Fair Head, Co Antrim - with boy in a sailors suit for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Ballycastle Fair Head). Date: circa early 1900s

Temple Block Salt Lake Cty, Utah, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Block of council flats in Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1960s

Modern office block in Eastbourne, Sussex, with parking space underneath. Date: 1960s

Best carbon block filters, Plate 40
Best carbon block filters fitted with anti-corrosive taps, Plate 40, for obtaining purified water in different locations. Date: circa 1880s

Nereid Monument. Classical period Lycia. Turkey. Soldiers. P
Nereid Monument. Sculptured tomb from Xanthos. Classical period Lycia. Turkey. Soldiers. Secondary Podium frieze. 390-380 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Israel. Jerusalem. Western Wall. Detail

Israel. Jerusalem. Western Wall. Inscription

Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Medusa column base. Istanbul
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Medusa column base. Detail

Neried Monument. Classical Period Lycia. Kinik, Antalya prov
Neried Monument. Sculptured tomb from Xanthos. Classical Period Lycia. Kinik, Antalya province, Turkey. Built 4th century BC. Tomb for Arbinas. Reconstructed facade of the monument. British Museum

Block statue of Harsomtusemhat (664-610 B. C. ). Basalt. Lower
Block statue of Harsomtusemhat (664-610 B.C.) sitting on a socle, with his legs grouped and the hands on his knees. He is holding the sesheshet sistrum, with the face of the goddess Hathor. Basalt

Hitite slabs with hieroglyphic inscription about the activit
Slabs with hieroglyphic inscription about the activities of King Urhilina and his son. Detail. Basalt. Late Hitite Period. 9th century BC. From Hama (Syria). Archaeological Museum

Italy. Rome. Forum of Nerva. Built in 85-97 A. C
Italy. Rome. Forum of Nerva. Built in 85-97 A.C. It was started by Emperor Domitian but officially completed and opened by his successor, Nerva

Portugal. Evora. Street. Old Town. Alentejo region

Syria. Amrit or Marathos. Ancient Phoenician city. d al Maghazil or The Spindles

Italy. Pompeii. Pedestrian crossing at Via della Fortuna

Steel Industry. 19th century. Oven. Modeling a steel block. Colored engraving, 1874

Relief depicting a scene from the Kings Heb Sed. Palace of
Relief depicting a scene from the Kings Heb Sed. Monumental gateway from the Palace of Apries, Memphis, Egypt. Limestone. Late Period, Saite. 26th Dynasty. C. 589-570 BC

Statue on diorite. Treasury of Sethi I
Treasury of Pharaoh Sethi I. Diorite. Reign of Ramses II, 1290-1224 BC. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Statue-cube on diorite. Treasury of Sethi I
Treasury of Pharaoh Sethi I. Statue-cube. Diorite. Reign of Ramses II, 1290-1224 BC. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Egypt. Henutsens pyramid at Giza. Limestone stones. Fourth-dynasty Queen. 26th century B.C. Old Kingdom

Egyptian Art. Cornice Block with relief showing the Baptism of Pharaoh Roman Period. 41- 68 A.D. Sandstone. 1st Cataract, Philae, Temple of Harendotes. Egypt. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

Pre-Columbian art. Aztec. Standard Bearer. 15thearly 16th century. Sandstone, laminated. It comes from the town of Castillo de Teayo in northern Veracruz, Mexico. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statue-cube of the vizier Nes-Pekashutty. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Statue-cube of the vizier Nes-Pekashutty. From the Temple of Amon (Karnak). 22nd Dynasty Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Cyclopean wall. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain
Cyclopean wall (6th or 5thcentury B.C.) built of irregular stone blocks. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona. Houses and the roman cyclopean
Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona. Houses in the old town. At the botton, the remains of the roman cyclopean wall

Agamemnon Treasure
Mycenaen Art. Greece. Atreus Treasure or Agamemnon Treasure. Architectural mycenae masterpiece (end XIV c. BC). View of the door surmounted by two architraves and a discharge triangle. Mycenae

Tomb of Clitmenestra. Dome
Mycenaen Art. Greece. Dome of the tomb of Clitmenestra. 13th century. Mycenae. Argo?lide province. Peloponnese region

Mycenae. North Gate
Mycenaen Art. Greece. North Gate built around 1250 BC with four blocks of monolithic conglomerate. Mycenae. Argolide. Peloponnese

Japanese Art - Couple out for a walk - Springtime. Date: 19th century

Japanese Geisha seated on a bench - studio photographic portrait (this same backdrop can be seen in a number of Geisha photographic studies). Date: circa 1902

Old Maid card - Butcher. circa 1940s

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mr Bone the Butcher. circa 1935

Caricature of Sir Julius Benedict, composer
Caricature of Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) -- Baby Mine. He was a German-born composer and conductor who lived in England for most of his career. 1881

Apartment block, Moscow suburb, USSR. Date: 1986

Man on bicycle with umbrella, photographed from a car. Date: 1970s

Hotel Hollandaise, 5th Avenue, New York
Built in 1891 Hotel Hollandhouse shared its block with Marble collegiate church on 5th avenue. Date: 1902

Vanderbilt House, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

View from Vanderbilt, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

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