City Collection (page 3)

Poster advertising Johannesburg, South Africa
Poster advertising Johannesburg, the Metropolis of South Africa. A couple in silhouette look down on a bustling city

City of London 1945
A panorama of London by Cecil Brown, architect and painter, commenced in 1942, completed in 1945, showing the results of the wartime bombing of the area and dedicated to the citizens of London

Permanent Hair-Waving machine, 1928
Curls are attached by the flex to the chandelier-like electrical machine. This device was exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibion at the White City, 1928

Lincoln Cathedral 1940S
A fine overview of the city of Lincoln, England, with its majestic cathedral, first founded by the Norman Bishop Remigius in 1086

London arms and seals
The Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries

Carlisle Circus, Belfast, Northern Ireland. circa 1908

Franco-British Exhibition, London - Unity
Franco-British Exhibition, White City, Shepherds Bush, London - Unity. The main focus of the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908 was to celebrate the Entente Cordiale

Steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, Welwyn Garden City
Steam locomotive 60007, Sir Nigel Gresley, near the Welwyn Garden City tunnel. It was built in 1937, and is still preserved today. Date: circa 1960s

New University, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1910s

Dubrovnik. Map of the city before the earthquake of 1667. Croatia

Norway. Horten. 19th century. View of the city with the port and arsenal of the state with the Spanish frigate Blanca entering in the drydock

Corbetts Vision
In American planner Harvey Corbetts vision of a future city, fast traffic will be segregated from slow, and people from both Date: 1925

The Three Spires - Coventry, Warwickshire
Coventry, Warwickshire is known as The City of the Three Spires - Holy Trinity Church (left), St. Michaels Cathedral (centre) and Christ Church (Greyfriars) (right). Date: circa 1910s

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

Dome of the Rock and Wailing Wall, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

PINGRET, Edouard (1788-1875). Cocina Poblana (Pueblas Food Culture). 1853. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. MEXICO. Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle

Siege of Vienna by Turks (1683). Battle of Kahlenberg, in which the European army, under the command of Polish king Jan Sobiesky, defeated the Ottomans. Oil on canvas. AUSTRIA. Vienna

LCC-LFB Cannon Street fire station, City of London
Cannon Street fire station was opened in 1906. Seen here are its three appliances on the station forecourt. Fire brigade horses had now been replaced by motorised fire appliances

LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London
Bishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate, City of London, 10 July 1904, showing the combination of horse drawn and mechanised fire engines

Liverpool birds eye view, 1886
A magnificent birds eye view of Liverpool from the Mersey in 1886, showing the then-new public buildings, at the time of Queen Victorias visit to the Liverpool Exhibition

England / Lincoln, 1950S
A general view of the city of Lincoln, the county city of Lincolnshire, England. The fine cathedral on the hill dominates this fine city. Date: 1950s

Beirut, Lebanon - a panorama Date: circa 1910

York Minster in winter by Ernest Uden
The towers of York Minster cathedral viewed by Bootham Bar, from beyond the citys walls

St. Regis Hotel, New York
St. Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, New York City, America

Jack Dempseys Restaurant, New York
Jack Dempseys Restaurant, at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in New York City, America

Poster advertising New York by rail
Poster encouraging people to travel by train to New York on the Pennsylvania Railroad

Poster advertising Lourenco Marques, Mozambique
Poster advertising Lourenco Marques, now Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. Follow the swallows

Yankee Stadium - New York
A view of the extreior Indiana limestone facade and main entrance of the original Yankee Stadium in The Bronx in New York City

Dixie Dean, Everton Captain, with the F. A. Cup, 1933
Photograph of the Everton Captain and centre-forward, Dixie Dean (1907-1980), running around Wembley Stadium after the F.A. Cup Final of 1933

London going out of town -- the expansion of London
London going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London

Keenor / Cardiff F ball
Fred Keenor, player for Cardiff City

Liverpool Slum 1912
Liverpool : a sunless court, finally closed in 1912 by the Health Committee of Liverpool City Council

Letchworth / Hillshott
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire: Hillshott, a street of small houses

Arriving at New York
Arriving in New York harbour aboard the Normandie - few ports give you the chance to anchor in the heart of a big city, and none quite so spectacularly as this !

The Botanic Gardens, Dublin City, Republic of Ireland

Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

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

Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Wyoming Valley Trust Company and Second National Bank (left) and Jonas Longs Sons department store, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1907

Custom House and Post Office, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Date: 1905

Pampulha Church, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Church of St Francis of Assisi at Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer in the organic modern style

Children doing handstands on a Balham street, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, doing handstands against a concrete wall on a Balham street, SW London. A smaller child watches them, backed into a corner. Date: circa 1961

Children with ice lollies on a Balham street, SW London
Five children eating ice lollies in the doorway of a betting shop on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Statue of Liberty and Lower Mannhattan
The Statue of Liberty, Hudson River and lower Mannhattan in 1995 Date: 1995

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

Sydney, Australia - Map of Sydney and Port Jackson
Slide showing a map of Sydney and Port Jackson, with the areas of the city labelled.. Boswell Collection. Slide number 5. Sydney is the most populous city in Australia

View of Sitka, Alaska, USA
View of Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1920

Latakia, Syria - General view
Latakia (Lattakia, Latakiyah or al-Ladhiqiyah) - the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. Date: circa 1908

Kuwait - The Main Street of the Kuwait City Date: 1933

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