Blocks Collection (page 2)

Trades in Regency England. Tin mines, bullocks and pipe smoking. Miner on a ladder with a bucket of tin ore in a Redruth tin mine 10, beef cattle on a Devonshire moor 11

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

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

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

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

Small ice elevator, Hudson River 1875
Pikemen sending ice blocks up a small elevator to be stored. Date: 1875

Transferring ice to storehouse, Hudson River 1875
The storehouse buildings are composed of wood with double walls and were very rough looking, in the summer the ice is loaded into barges towed down stream to New York

Steam ice elevator, Hudson River 1875
Work was commenced during the winter months, when the thickness of nine inches was reached. Illustration showing the steam ice elevator steadily carrying blocks up to a desired gallery of

Ice-cutting on the Hudson River 1875
General view of gathering of ice at the Hudson River, hundred miles above the city of New York. Work was commenced during the winter months, when the thickness of nine inches was reached

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

Forty men and twelve horses would cut and stow away 400 tons a day. In favorite weather 100 men were sometimes employed at once

View from St. Pauls Cathedral, looking north-west, with the Old Bailey and Holborn and Bloomsbury area beyond. Note the modern office blocks being built. Date: 1963

An American military camp, Camp Blatch at Hempstead Plains, New York. Here, a sentry blocks two enthusiastic lady admirers and their bicycles. Date: 1898

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Chicago of Today Date: circa 1942

The Repaving of the Strand, London 1851
Group of men working to re-pave the road surface in the Strand, London. This image shows the workers using their heavy rammers to level off the surface of granite blocks. Date: 1851

Road Works in Whitehall, London 1882
Originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London. In the foreground the men are preparing pitch or tar with their portable

ENGRAVERS WORKSHOP
Teams of engravers were employed by illustrated magazines like the Illustrated London News, transforming the artists drawings into blocks for printing. Date: circa 1850

LANDING ICE AT BOMBAY
Blocks of ice being taken ashore at Bombay Date: 1878

JAPANESE PRINTING
How they print from wood blocks in the Orient - apart from its subject interest, a remarkable pastiche of Japanese painting Date: 1924

Docklands development, London, England. One of the preserved and listed cranes in the Royal Docks during development Date: 1989

Docklands development, London, England - barge and Dockland
Docklands development, London, England. An old barge lighter in a former dock - the Docklands Light Raiway passes over the dock Date: 1989

Butter Exhibit, Canadian Pavilion, Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London. Date: 1908

Aerial View of New York - Manhattan - The Great White Way. Date: circa 1935

San Francisco, California, USA - The Business District and Waterfront - Aerial View Date: 1928

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

Fountain Perseia. Mycenae
Mycenae. Fountain Perseia, underground cistern used for water supply. Built as a tunnel of 104 steps leading to a small pool. It was rebuilt in hellenistic period. Mycenae. Argo?lide province

Rigging for sailing ships, 18th century.. Rigging for sailing ships, including cordage, bale slings, butt slings, can hook slings, ropes, blocks and pulleys, 18th century

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

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

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

Jesse Owens, American athlete
James Cleveland Jesse Owens American athlete, four times champion, seen here taking part in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, pictured in starting pose. August 1936

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

Busy road in Hampstead. Woman standing by a black cab to the left of the picture, by double yellow line. Line of cars behind, people walking on the pavement, large blocks of flats

Busy main road in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 5 lanes with mixture of taxis and ordinary cars, H finished and unfinished building blocks, people walking on the pavement Date: 1980

Cyclopean walls. Lions gate. Butrint. Republic of Albania
Cyclopean walls of the ancient city dating from IV century B.C. View of the gateway called Lions Gate, one of the six entrances to the city. It shows a lion devouring a bull. Butrint

Book of Trades, The Quarry Man. 1841

Eskimos Build Igloo 2
Building an igloo, or snow- house, using blocks of ice. Suitable building materials are in plentiful supply. Date: 1881

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

Father Hudsons Homes, Coleshill, Warwickshire
An aerial view of the Father Hudsons Homes for children at Coleshill. The homes comprised the St Edwards Boys Home, the St Joans Girls Home, two blocks of cottage homes and a hospital

Saudi Arabia - Aerial View of the City of Mecca Date: circa 1980

Yemen - Sanaa - Multi-storey decorated Houses
The old city of Sana a, Yemen. A UNESCO World Heritage Site with a distinctive visual character due its unique architectural characteristics

Nigeria / Lagos
Modern apartment blocks in Lagos, Nigeria, west Africa. Date: 1960s

Hackney Union Workhouse, Homerton, London
Infirmary ward blocks at Hackney Union workhouse on Homerton High Street. Pedestrians and a horse and cart pass along the adjacent street. Date: 1905

Howitzer shell, Iron Ration, WW1
A 15 inch Howitzer shell on the ground, during the First World War, with the ironic words Iron Ration painted on it. Date: 1914-1918

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport
Administration block of Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. The hospital was opened as Stepping Hill Infirmary by the Stockport Union in 1905 to improve on the medical facilities that existed at

Battles of the Lys 1918
A picquet of the 10th Queens (41st Division) behind a wire block on a road at St. Jean during the Battle of Lys on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

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