Cold Collection (page 20)

Three pigs building a pig snowman on a New Year card. circa 1890s

Winter scene on a German Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cannons and American Air Force plane that landed in Albania in 1957 during the Cold War. Gjirokaster Castle. Republic of Albania. Date: 20070809

American Air Force plane that landed in Albania in 1957 during the Cold War. Gjirokaster Castle. Republic of Albania. Date: 20070809

Albania. Gjirokaster viewed through the cockpit of the American Air Force plane that landed in 1957 during the Cold War. From the Castle of Gjirokastra Date: 20070809

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Dry Dock. This vessel was built at Brentford - the ice excavated to a depth of five feet. Date: 1908

Christmas card in the shape of a bell, with a shepherd and sheep in the snow. Date: circa 1880s

Fans with winter scenes on three Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Teddy bear skating on a German New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Teddy bears on a German Christmas postcard
Two teddy bears in the snow on a German Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Robins, holly and a horseshoe on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Little boy skating on a palette-shaped greetings card. Date: circa 1880s

Girl with basket on a palette-shaped Christmas card
Girl with basket of flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cottage in snow on a palette-shaped New Year card. circa 1890s

Couple in a car on a Christmas card
Couple in a car, driving through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1920s

Three children in a street on a movable Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV (1050-1106) at the entrance
Henry IV (1050-1106). Holy Roman emperor. Henry IV at the entrance of the castle of Canossa (1077) to obtain the revocation of his excommunication of the Pope Gregory VII. Engraving

Rupert Davies and Laurence Harvey on fishing trip, Brighton
The actors Rupert Davies (1916-1976) and Lawrence Harvey (1928-1973) on a fishing trip, with Brighton in the background, on a wet, cold winters day

Van and snow plough in the snow
Van in the snow, with a snow plough in action on the A259 (near the south coast of England). Date: 1960s

Soldiers at a checkpoint, East Berlin, Germany. The man in front appears to have noticed that he is being photographed -- a sign in four languages (not visible here) says that photos are not allowed

Men at a checkpoint, Berlin, Germany
Men at a checkpoint at night, Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Observation tower near Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
Observation tower by a railway track near the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Row of shabby shops, East Berlin, Germany
A row of shabby shops in East Berlin, Germany. Date: 1970s

Underground station entrance, East Berlin, Germany -- possibly a ghost station, no longer in use at the time because of the Berlin Wall. Date: 1970s

Street sculpture, Berlin, Germany
Street sculpture in Berlin, Germany -- a large hand with a digital time display. Date: 1970s

Street scene, West Berlin, Germany
Street scene with pedestrians, cars and buses in West Berlin, Germany. A Clint Eastwood film, The Man from San Fernando, is showing at the cinema on the left. Date: 1970s

Street scene with Memorial Church, West Berlin, Germany
Street scene (Kurfurstendamm) with the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the distance, West Berlin, Germany. The building, damaged in 1943 during a bombing raid, was deliberately left in ruins

Cathedral with scaffolding, East Berlin, Germany, when a combined process of demolition and renovation was taking place. On the left is Humboldt University, and on the right is the TV Tower

Shabby doorway in East Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

People on a bus, West Berlin, Germany
People on a bus in West Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

University building, Unter den Linden, East Berlin, Germany
Humboldt University building not far from the Berlin Wall in Unter den Linden, East Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Unter den Linden, East Berlin, Germany, not far from the Berlin Wall, with the Neue Wache (left), the Historical Museum (right), and the recently built TV Tower (far right). Date: 1960s

Election posters in a window, East Berlin, Germany
Council election posters in a window, East Berlin, Germany. The FDJ was a young peoples organisation, the Free German Youth. Date: 1971

Street scene with flower stall, West Berlin, Germany
Street scene with flower stall in West Berlin, Germany. Date: 1970s

Brandenburg Gate at night, East Berlin, Germany
Brandenburg Gate at night, viewed from within East Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Boat on the River Spree, Berlin, Germany. Date: 1970s

China - Street Food promoting happiness on a cold day Date: circa 1910s

Civil Defence Handbook
Advising the Householder on Protection against Nuclear Attack cover

Civil Defence Handbook, what to do and life after attack
Civil Defence Handbook, what to do immediately after attack and life under fall-out conditions

Civil Defence Handbook, basic facts continued & protection
Civil Defence Handbook with continued basic facts, and instructions for protection measures in the event of an attack

Civil Defence Handbook, warnings continued

Civil Defence Handbook, continued emergency equipment and supplies in the even of an attack. Such equipment consisted of food, water and a safeguard for the water supply

Civil Defence Handbook, introduction and basic facts
Civil Defence Handbook introduction and facts, pages 4 and 5. Highlights the events following on from a H-bomb explosion

Civil Defence Handbook, continued protection and equipment
Civil Defence Handbook with continued protection measures and emergency equipment and supplies

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Patriotic demonstration in S
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Patriotic demonstration in front of the Winter Palace. Saint Petersburg. Russia. Engraving. Colored

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Construction of a railroad across the ice on Lake Baikal. Engraving. Colored

Archaeological Museum of Istanbul. Turkey
Turkey. Istanbul. Archaeological Museum. Exterior

A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of
Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1617-1678). Dutch painter. A Young Woman Warming her Hands over a Brazier: Allegory of Winter, c. 1644-1648. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

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