Busy Collection (page 30)

India / Calcutta C1835
Calcutta: Chittapore Road on a busy shopping day

India / Calcutta / Chitpore
Calcutta: Chitpore Road on a busy day

Johannesburg / Main Street
Johannesburg, South Africa: Main Street on a busy day

Peru / Lima / Harbour 1881
Lima: the quayside, busy with people preparing to evacuate the city during the war with Chile

Olympics / 1932 / Main Str
Los Angeles: Main street decked out in flags in honour of the Olympic Games

Metro - Crowd
In a crowded coach You can put your gloves on again, dear this is our station !

Steam Carriages Galore
The widespread activity, seeking to harness steam power to road transport, is satirised in this view of the Whitechapel Road where horse drawn vehicles are no more

St Pancras Platforms 2
A busy moment at the Midland Railway terminus which claims to be the largest single span passenger station in the world

Paris Pavement Cafe 1890
A busy scene at a Paris pavement cafe

Social / Ice Cream Stall
An ice cream vendor is kept very busy with orders from the children flocking around his stall Date: circa 1900

Social / Austria 1878
A busy street scene near the Opera House in Vienna

Lady at her Toilet 1903
A ladies maid tightens her mistresss corset who is busy washing her hands & chatting to a friend. Her chemise, with a flounce & ribbon bow trim, is clearly visible

Social / 13C Britain
Street scene near the sea

Newcastle Ca 1790
A superb view of the city from the south, the Tyne busy with shipping, showing that this is a major port though the town itself relatively small, with fields close by

China / Hu Kew Hyen
HU KEW HYEN or KYEW on the RIVER KYANG. A walled city set up high on a cliff above a busy trading river. Sampan with sails or oars can be seen

Canton from Nieuhof
A view of the city possibly from a craft in the Pearl River showing the busy port. An 18th century engraving from a 17th century original

Docks at Haarlem C18Th
View of a busy dock scene on the River Spaarne at Haarlem. Sailors use poles to guide their ship through the Bascule bridge which is opening in the distance

St Petersburg Postcard
A busy street scene with horses and carts and pedestrians in Nevski Prospect, St Petersburg

Gare De L est / Paris
A view of the station to the east of Paris

Pl De LA Republique
An aerial view out over the busy square

Newspaper Office 1930S
A busy newspaper office

Chelsea Shopping Centre
Busy scene at Chelsea shopping precinct, London, with a son helping his mother to pull her trolley along, old ladies buying flowers from a stall and Sainsburys store behind

Whitechapel High Street
Busy traffic in Whitechapel High Street - coaches, carriages, wagons and pushcarts fill the roadway

Off the North Foreland
Sailing vessels off the North Foreland, Kent; a small fishing boat is busy in the foreground

Man in Moon (Anon)
The man who lives in the Moon is busy with his housekeeping

Paris Tram 1896
Scene on a busy Paris tram

Bank of Eng / 1870 / Anon
A busy street scene outside the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange

Whitehall / Admiralty / Shepherd
The Admiralty, Parliament Street busy with pedestrians and horse carriages - one is going to Blackheath

German Street Scene
A busy street scene in medieval Germany

Franklin as a Boy
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN As a boy, he works in a candle-makers factory but already his mind is busy with future projects

Lewisham 1808
Now a busy Metropolitan Borough, Lewisham was once a quiet rural village in the county of Kent

Childrens Playground
A busy playground in Regents Park, London, England, with lots of children on swings, and a baby in a pram, but no parental supervision!

Post War Southampton
Above Bar Street, the busy new street in re-built (post World War Two) Southampton, Hampshire, England

Fly-In Cafes
For the busy traveler, fly-in cafes are a boon - no need to quit your cockpit, the waiters deliver your order directly to your seat

Southampton above Bar St
A busy street scene in Southampton, above Bar Street, with carriages outside the Royal Hotel

Hazardous Street
One man crosses a busy street while a couple are caught between a horse cab & a loaded wagon in the days before pedestrian crossings. An accident waiting to happen

Improved Sow (Bewick)
A mixture of Chinese Black Swine with the larger British breed, this busy sow produced three litters (50 pigs) in ten months for Arthur Sherburn of county Durham

Hair Styles for 1831
How the well-groomed lady is dressing her hair this year. Evidently designed to keep her maidservant busy !

Aircraft Factory 1914
The Royal Aircraft Factory at Aldershot is busy in 1914 producing warplanes such as the RE5 flying overhead - the first specifically reconn- -aisance plane of the RFC

Singapore Harbour Scene
Where the East sits down and waits for the West to come and barter - then as now, Singapore is a busy, bustling commercial city depending on mercantile trade

Dutch Printing Office
Interior view of a busy Dutch printing office

Regent Street Traffic
Busy traffic in Regent Street, seen from Oxford Circus : several horse-buses, cabs and other vehicles

German Farm C16
Busy scene on a German farm - the master on a horse gives orders, villeins and servants get on with their various tasks

USA / Boston Harbour 1750
General view of Boston and its busy harbour

Chat Noir Conversation
A busy scene in the cafe

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