Cold Collection (page 15)

Depressing view of the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
Depressing view of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Weeds growing by the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall, viewed from West Berlin, Germany, with people walking past in the rain. The sign in German reads: Attention, you are now leaving West Berlin. Date: 1960s

Border guards in East Berlin, Germany
A group of border guards in East Berlin, Germany, with the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall in the middle distance. Date: 1970s

Sign in four languages, Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
Sign in four languages near the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany -- You are leaving the American Sector. Date: 1960s

Civil Defence Handbook, preparing the house
Civil Defence Handbook provides instructions on preparing the house in the event of an attack

The Singel Bridge at the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam, 1896-189
George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923). Dutch painter. The Singel Bridge at the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam, 1896-1898, Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Weapons. Halberds and spearhead. Colored engraving
Weapons. Swiss Halberd from 18th century, Swiss halberd from 15th century, German halberd from 16h century, French halberd from 16th century

Advertisement for a coat by Elsa Schiaparelli
Photograph of a model wearing a white ermine coat designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. The fur is worked horizontally, the coat falls in loose folds from gathered shoulders

Christmas card, Three children sliding with dog. 20th century

Four Girls Snowballing. 19th century

1930s couple on their honeymoon at Felixstowe
1930s couple on their honeymoon (!) on the seafront at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Photograph by Mr Snaps (!), opposite the Pier Pavilion, next to Cordy the Chemist, Felixstowe. Date: circa 1930s

Boys playing in the snow on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Inuit people outside McClintocks hut. Francis Leopold McClintock was searching for remains of John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Rescue of McClure during Arctic expedition
Rescue of Robert McClure during his unsuccessful Arctic expedition to discover the fate of the Franklin expedition of 1845

Naik Darwan Sing Negi in Great War Deeds, WW1
Naik Darwan Sing Negi of the Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, leading round the traverses at Festubert on the Western Front, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers advance in snow
WW1 - Eastern Front - German soldiers shovel through the winter snow to aid the passage of an advancing artillery regiment

Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knitting
Pattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert

Street scene in Nome, Alaska, USA, piled high with snow. circa 1910

Map showing distant early warning line for defence
Distant early warning line (DEW line) of all-round radar defence. A map of North America, showing the various systems and devices of Conad

Allied soldiers on small ammunition train, WW1
Allied soldiers riding on a small ammunition train on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German fundraising poster, WW1
German poster encouraging people in Frankfurt to make financial donations to support the Army and Navy during the First World War. Showing three German soldiers in a trench in snowy weather

An old Cockney Woman - East London Date: circa 1890s

Blue tits perched on a wheel on a cutout Christmas card
Four blue tits perched on a snow-covered wheel on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Rural snow scene with church on a Christmas card
Rural snow scene with church on a crescent-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

GLC-LFB Fifty pump fire, Tooley Street, Southwark
The biggest blaze of the decade was fought at Wilsons Wharf, near Tooley Street, Southwark, in the summer of 1971. It was the same location that cost the life of Londons Fire Chief

Firefighters and winter snows, WW2
The early winters of the Second World War were snowy with numerous falls of one or two feet and occasional falls (such as in 1940-1941) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded

Advertisement for Chlorodyne
An advertisement for Dr J Collis Brownes Chlorodyne, the best and surest remedy for all kinds of conditions, including coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, spasms

Austrian troops in trenches, Eastern Front, WW1
Austrian troops in trenches in the snow, on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Advert for Ponds Cold Cream featuring Princess Marina
Advertisement for Ponds creams as endorsed by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Marina, daughters of Princess Nicholas of Greece, often seen at the smartest social functions in London

Captured Serbian troops, Ibar Valley, Serbia, WW1
Captured Serbian troops in the Ibar Valley, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Wounded Montenegrin soldier, eastern front, WW1
A wounded Montenegrin soldier struggling through the snow on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Austrian troops with suspect peasant, Galicia, WW1
Austro-Hungarian troops in Galicia on the eastern front during the First World War, taking a suspect peasant to their Commander. Date: 1914

Austrian soldier with defence shield, Galicia, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian soldier holding a defence shield in front of him in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) - Communist Premier of Russia from 1941 until his death in 1953. It was during Stalins rule that the COld War began which was partly due to his control over so many of

Ancient Irish Costume
A man and woman of ancient Ireland, well wrapped in their cloaks against the cold : he carries a spear against dangerous encounters. Date: early centuries AD

Mulberry Bush Rhyme

Winter by Adrian Hill
A bleak winter scene in the countryside, with bare trees and snowy, frozen ground

Milk and squash vending machines
Two cold drinks vending machines standing side by side, one for cool refreshing milk, the other for cool refreshing Kia-Ora fruit squash

German Christmas card with soldiers
A German Christmas postcard, depictng a jolly group of German soldiers sitting in a festive barracks building, opening letters and parcels from their loved ones around a table

Cold pale light through the trees
Pale light pierces a blue and green woodland scene of thin, bare tree trunks. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Sedum Turkestanicum (Sedum Ewersii) of the Crassulaceae family. Seen here in the frost, with seed pods visible

Poster advertising Finland for winter sports
Poster by Finnish State Railways, advertising Finland for winter sports. A giant snowman welcomes a group of happy skiers who have just arrived by train

Winter scene with frozen river and two flying ducks
A winter scene in the countryside with a frozen river, snow on the ground, and two flying ducks

Country landscape in winter with flying ducks
A snow-covered country landscape in winter with four flying ducks

Country lane in winter, with two flying swans
A snow-covered country lane in winter, with two flying swans

Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947
A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in

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