Blocks Collection (page 6)

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

Dormitory blocks, Salvation Army Colony, Hadleigh, Essex
Dormitory blocks at the Salvation Armys labour colony at Hadleigh in Essex. Founded in 1891 as a farming colony, the centre is still in existence today as a Salvation Army employment training centre

Rowing boat, the Kathryn Anne, in a boatbuilders workshop
A rowing boat, the Kathryn Anne of Exmouth, in a boatbuilders workshop. (1 of 2)

Ice Palace - Montreal, Canada
The Ice Palace erected in the Dominion Square, Montreal, Canada during the Winter Festival of 1885. This extraordinary structure was built out of sixteen thousand blocks of ice three feet four inches

Two Edwardian bikers, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Two Edwardian men on their motor cycles in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The man on the right, on a Triumph Imperial, is a member of the Philipps family of Picton Castle

Building a Castle by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children sit contentedly and construct a castle from building blocks

Union Infirmary, Wigan, Lancashire
The Wigan Union infirmary, Upholland Road, Wigan - an unusual composite of two photographs. The infirmary, later known as Billinge Hospital

Union Workhouse, Limerick, Ireland, perspective view
The Union workhouse at Limerick, Ireland, was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1841. This 1847 view shows the workhouse after proposed enlargements

Landi Kotal - North West Frontier Province
Winter view of Landi Kotal - the highest point on the Khyber Pass and a British fort/garrison during their rule of the subcontinent

Four women - Cubist Style
A cubist-style painting of four women by Raymond Sheppard

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

Toy bears and Alphabet Squares
Two toy teddy bears, a pile of A, B, C alphabet blocks and a solitary yellow childs shoe

Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Birmingham
Aerial view of the Birmingham Union workhouse and infirmary on Dudley Road, Birmingham. The workhouse, opened in 1852, is the cross-shaped building just above right of centre of the picture

Cubist experiment
Cubist Experiment, abstract by Raymond Sheppard in the style of cubism

Bomb damage by County Hall during the Blitz
The Southbank terrace alongside City Hall, showing fallen masonry attesting to bomb damage following a German Air Raid during the Blitz

Labrador Eskimo Snow-house
Eskimo snow-house at Turnavick, Labrador. A small shelter is prepared for the team of husky dogs

Laying Pavements in London, 1877
Engraving showing a group of workmen laying pavement in a London street, c.1877. The men appear to be preparing an asphalt or glue substance, with which to lay the wooden paving blocks

Southampton Docks 1940S
King George V Graving Dock at Southampton, England, 1, 200 feet long and 135 feet wide, with a depth of 50.5 feet to keel blocks

At the Wheel of a Yacht, 1890
Engraving showing the scene at the steering wheel of a sailing yacht, entitled Passengers are requested not to speak to the man at the wheel

A radium safe
A safe at the Radium Institute, showing lead blocks holding radium needles. 4 inches of lead sat between where the radium was kept and the front of the safe

Dionne Quintuplets / Brick
Cecile, Yvonne, Annette, Emilie & Marie Dionne; Canadian quintuplets b. May 28th 1934

Transporting Cut Stone
A stonemason transport dressed stone using an ingenious wheelbarrow with a sail to help him speed the materials along to their destination

Stonemason at Work
A Stonemason prepares a large block of stone whilst sheltering from the hot sun below a wicker shade

Snow Queen (Walton)
Kay and the ice-blocks

Ice-Cutting on Hudson
The ice harvest on the River Hudson

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