Blocks Collection (page 7)

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

Building Bricks 1925
A child uses alphabet building blocks to build a tower spelling the name of a brand of cigarettes

Abdulla Cigarettes
ABDULLA CIGARETTES A child uses alphabet building blocks to build a tower spelling the name of a brand of cigarettes

OLYMPICS / 1948 / 200 METRE
Melvin Patton (USA) wins the 200 metres

Map of New York 1789
A Plan of the City of New York

Wwi / Italy / Sacile Bridge
An Italian donkey temporarily blocks traffic on a pontoon bridge at Sacile. During their northward advance, all the British troops and transport passed over this bridge

Printing Blocks 1760S
How printing blocks are built up from individual characters, each one placed by the compositor, manually

Second Treasury Mycenae
The Second Treasury at Mycenae. The building is in fact a Tholos tomb, with a ashlar walls and corbelling over the door to decrease weight on the lintel stone

Boyhood of Cheops
The boyhood of Cheops, future Pharoah and visionary who ordered construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza as a personal mortuary chamber of unpresidented magnificence

Laying Wood Paving, Paris
Laying wooden paving blocks in the avenue de l Opera, Paris, France

Paving a London Street
A passer-by holds her hand- kerchief to her delicate nose as she passes roadmenders laying wooden blocks with bitumen

Demolition / Paris
Demolition work prior to the building of the Rue des Ecoles with half demolished tenements propped up with wooden buttresses. Residents continue to dry their washing

St Pauls Precincts
The Precincts development around St. Pauls Cathedral, including Paternoster Square. Later deemed to be yet another ugly example of post World War Two architectural modernism

Thames Frozen 1814
The river choked with ice- blocks near London Bridge : a factory is burning in the background

C19th Lancashire Family
A Lancashire Working-man, who now lives " rent free", in his " own home". An idealised working class scene showing a happy and contented family

Printing Chase
A printer in a waistcoat with a handlebar moustache, checks his printing chase on the chase

Pyramid Flats, Paris
A model of a series of blocks of flats in the shape of the Egyptian pyramids, Paris, France

Girl with Dog / J Lawson
A little girl plays with her building blocks which tumble to the floor, proving that construction should be left to the boys

Japanese Printmaking
How they print from wood blocks in the Orient - apart from its subject interest, a remarkable pastiche of Japanese painting

Advert / Abdulla Cigs 1925
ABDULLA CIGARETTES A child uses alphabet building blocks to build a tower spelling the name of a brand of cigarettes

Futuristic building site
A futuristic building site, on which all the work is done by machinery. The architect simply sits in a box and operates the controls

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