Cities Collection

Letchworth Brochure
WHERE SHALL I LIVE ? In Letchworth, of course ! will be your answer when you have visited this exhibition (from 1907) promoting the joys of living in Letchworth Garden City

Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning
An advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities

Ebenezer Howard - Three Magnets diagram
The Three Magnets - Ebenezer Howards diagram illustrating the advantages of the garden city. Diagram from Ebenezer Howards To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898)

Winston Churchill in Bristol, 1941
Winston Churchill visits bomb-damaged Bristol on 12th April 1941, during World War Two. Date: 12th April 1941

Poster, Imperial Airways -- Fly through Europe in perfect comfort. circa 1930s

GARNERAY, Louis (1783-1857). Naval Battle of Navarino. ca. 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-1832). Battle of Navarino, October 20th, 1827. Victory of the British and French fleet on the ottoman

Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9
Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)

Autogyro Landing Pad
In tomorrows cities, the autogyro landing pad will be a standard feature, enabling travelers to fly directly to the city centre, landing on a rooftop

Futuristic transport -- the torpedo car
This is how Mr Fletcher Felts suggests we tackle the inner- city traffic problem - monorails whizzing over the jammed cars, whirring smoothly past our windows

Ebenezer Howard - plan of garden city
Ebenezer Howards plan of a garden city. Date: 1898

Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, Egypt
Bustling street life at Sherif Pasha Street in Alexandria, Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

The Croydon Hotel in New York City, USA
The Croydon Hotel at 86th Street in New York City just off Central Park and Museum Mile, USA. The hotel was built in 1932 and conversed to an apartment building in 1976. Date: 1930s

Portolan chart, 1582. Map of the central part of the Mediterranean sea. Printed in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Grocery store in Cairo, Egypt
Grocery store at a street in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

Avenue des Francais in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon, with the Orient Hotel on the left and the New Royal Hotel, the Kit Kat club and the St. Georges Hotel in the background on the right

Saint George Bay in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Saint George Bay (Bay of Beirut) with the rooftop of St. Georges Hotel on the left - Lebanon. Date: circa 1940

Map of the Pall Mall area of London
Map of the Charing Cross, Pall Mall and Pimlico area of central London showing, the famous thoroughfare of Pall Mall with its numerous club houses

Carta marina (map of the sea). 1516. Facsimile
" Carta marina (map of the sea). 1516. Facsimile. Sea map described by Carlos Sainz in his work " The name of America". Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum."

Poster, Moody Manners Opera Company
Theatre poster, Moody Manners Opera Company, from Covent Garden, London, touring to principal cities with productions including Carmen, Lohengrin and Faust

A birds eye view of the island of Taiwan featuring Taipei and Yushan (also known as Mount Yu or Jade Mountain ) - the highest mountain in Taiwan. Created during the Japanese occupation

General view on Alexandria, Egypt, with the Ras el-Tin Palace, built between 1837 and 1847, in the centre and the Mediterranean Sea in the background. Date: 1910s

WWI photo frame showing the Western Front with map
First World War photo frame showing the Western Front with map of France and Belgium. Also shows the names of Allied Generals and various towns and cities. Trench Art. Date: 1914-1918

Nord Air Express Poster
Nord Air Express Air France - Sabena Poster, the direct route for Scandinavia, with a map showing routes between cities. 20th century

Cedars Estate Rickmanswh
Aerial view of Cedars Estate, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England - showing homes tastefully laid out with large gardens

A Tale of Two Cities
A tale of two cities staged at the Lyceum Theatre, London Date: 1860

Fraternity Clubs Building in New York City, USA
The Fraternity Clubs Building (nowadays Jolly Madison Towers Hotel), Madison Avenue at 38th Street, New York City, USA. A club hotel for men

EDWARD OF WOODSTOCK The Black Prince (1330-1376). Prince of Wales, first-born son of Edward III of England. The Black Prince is received in Bordeaux in 1355 during his campaign against John II of

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Coloured slide with handwritten inscription - Lorry reads the dispatch Recalled to Life

Moscow. Tsars Palace in the Kremlin, 1805. Engraving

The great East River suspension bridge--Connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. View of Brooklyn Bridge with many sailing craft, including a large paddle-wheeled steamer. Date c1874

Wellington poster
Poster advertising Wellington, New Zealand contrasting the comparatively rural looking town of 1844 with a contemporary photograph of a sprawling Wellington of the twentieth century

Port Sunlight Postcard
PORT SUNLIGHT Cottage Homes in Park Road

World Map / Leipzig Codex
A German map of the world, showing various cities, rivers and seas

Tunnel connecting Liverpool with Birkenhead 1926
Diagram showing where the tunnel connecting Liverpool to Birkenhead would be, under the River Mersey. Spanning 44ft wide with two desks for vehicles only

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1900s

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, with his autograph above Date: circa 1910s

Music cover, Cap and Gown Lancers, on airs from the Scottish Students Song Book, by Margaret Canmore, with views of Aberdeen, St Andrew's, Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities Date: 19th century

Syria. Dead Cities. Serjilla. Remains of the necropolis
Syria. Dead Cities. Serjilla. Ancient city founded ca. 473 AD and abandoned in 7th century AD. Remains of the necropolis. (Photo taken before the Syrian civil war). Date: 2011

John Martin Harvey, English actor, in The Only Way
John Martin Harvey, English actor, as Sidney Carton in The Only Way, based on the Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Date: late 19th century

Syria. Rueiha. Dead Cities. Northwest Syria. Roman Empire
Syria. Rueiha. Dead Cities or Forgotten Cities. Northwest Syria. Roman Empire to Byzantine Christianity. 1st to 7th century, abandoned between 8th-10th centuries. Unesco World Heritage Site

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Byzantine Art. Syria. Al Bara (al-kafr). Dead Towns. Decorative detail in the Mausoleum-Pyramid. Western Asia

5th Century AD Al Bara Al-Kafr Archaeological
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Byzantine Art. Syria. Basilica of St. Simeon (476-491). Around Aleppo. Arquitectural detail. Western Asia

Byzantine Art. Serjilla. Chi Rho. Syria. Western Asia
Byzantine Art. Serjilla. Relief of Chi Rho. Syria. Western Asia

Byzantine Art. Syria. Rueiha. Dead towns. Arc detail. Middle East. Asia

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Coloured slide with handwritten inscription - Monsieur the Marquis's coach and a dead child

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya

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