Blocks Collection (page 5)

The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA Date: 1940s

Multi-Storey Car Park
An ugly new multi-storey car park, on the banks of the River Thames, London. Note the cranes and modern office blocks under construction behind and St. Pauls (left). Date: late 1960s

MODERN LONDON 1960S
New development in the City of London and the Old Bailey, showing modern office blocks which were built after World War Two. Date: 1960s

Paving a French Street
French paveurs at work, paving a street with stone blocks, useful for street demonstrations or building barricades. Date: circa 1845

London Wall Offices
Tall modern office block buildings in London Wall, City of London. The decorated vehicles are part of the Lord Mayors Show, waiting to join the procession. Date: 1960s

Advertisement for Triumph bicycles -- boy model (David Scully). 1959

Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife
" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife

The New Compensation Act of 1906
" The New Compensation Act" - " Never mind Bill, we re insured!" - a pair of labourers are not unduly concerned at the blocks of stone falling on their heads

The Skyscrapers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Date: circa 1910s

Izmir, Turkey - Ephesus (Efes)
The Caplio Roads - Izmir Efes (Smyrna) a paved street close to the site the site of Ephesus, Turkey Date: circa 1930s

Stone Quarry, Bermuda Date: circa 1909

A curly-haired boy playing with wooden building bricks
A young boy takes a break from playing with his wooden building bricks, clearly in deep contemplation about something. c. 1915

Zion National Park - Utah

Boy riding a rocking horse

Warwick Prison - Exterior View
An exterior view of cell blocks at Warwick Prison. Date: Date unknown

Chelmsford Prison, Essex
A view of the entrance to Chelmsford Prison, Essex. A sign above the date is inscribed County Gaol. Cell blocks are visible behind the high walls. Date: Date unknown

Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance room
Motorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions

GPO By Air Mail Poster

ABC box lid
Coloured picture ABC box lid, 1885 Date: 1885

Pictorial Alphabet
Picture Alphabet, 1885 Date: 1885

Nursery Alphabet

ABC of Fun
Little Trotabouts ABC Of Fun, 1885 Date: 1885

Illustrated Alphabet, 1885 Date: 1885

Kindergarten Alphabet, 1885 Date: 1885

The soldier abc blocks. Date c1908 July 27

Amerindian Man - Cyclopean Wall - Cuzco, Peru
Amerindian Man - standing in front of a Cyclopean stone Wall - testament to the skill of Incan masons - Cuzco, Peru. Date: circa 1910s

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

Syenite Rocks, Old John Hill, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of Syenite Rocks at the foot of Old John Hill near Bradgate Park Plantation, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Joyce Green Hospital - Poultry runs - isolation blocks in di
Poultry runs with isolation blocks in distance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

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

USA - Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan
USA - Grand Circus Park, Downtown Detroit, Michigan Date: circa late 1930s

Starting blocks - 1948 Olympics
New adjustable, aluminium starting blocks developed by Mr. H. Rottenburg and used at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Date: 1948

Sierra Leone - Separating the seed from the cotton
Sierra Leone, West Africa - Separating the seed from the cotton Date: circa 1910s

Starting blocks - 1948 Olympic Games
New adjustable, aluminium starting blocks developed by Mr. H. Rottenburg and used at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Date: 1948

Halfords, Birmingham
The strikingly ugly modern Halfords Building, facing Brick Kiln Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Date: 1960s

Office Buildings
Looking down the Well - an angle photograph of office buildings. Date: 1930s

MODERN FLATS 1930S
A modern blocks of flats, Putney Hill, south west London. Date: 1930s

Green Shield House, a fine example of the ugliness of Post World War Two modernism, High Street, Edgware, London. Date: 1960s

Croydon Office Blocks
Modern office blocks, a familiar sight in the centre of Croydon, Surrey, England. Date: 1980

Torhouse Standing Stones
The Standing Stones of Torhouse, about 2 miles from Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The stones form a circle of 19 stones, enclosing 3 central blocks. Date: BC

The Shell Building
The Tower of the then new Shell Building, South Bank, London. Date: 1963

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

New York - Elevated Train going south Date: circa 1890s

Fight between a landlady and soldier
Meg Dods and Captain McTurk ; the Captain protects himself from the onslaught of the furious landlady, Meg. Date: 1843

Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire
Exterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown

1930s poor housing at Shadwell, Stepney
Women and children in a passageway between blocks of poor housing in the Shadwell district of Stepney in Londons East End. Date: circa 1936

Nuremberg / Street 15C
Nuremberg: a horse-drawn litter blocks the cobbled street, but most of the traffic is pedestrian Date: 15th century

Gear Lift for Stones
A gear lift for stone blocks in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

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