Communities Collection

METROLAND MAP
A map of Metro-Land, the residential area in Londons northwest hinterland, served by Londons Underground though in these parts most of it runs over ground. Date: 1926

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

Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland
These illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching

Town Planning / Jena
A 17th century town - Jena, Germany - still defended by its ramparts but spilling out beyond them into the surrounding countryside

Robert Owen - New Harmony, Indiana, USA
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1828. Date: 1838

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Catalans: ajudem als nostres germans bascos (Catalans: let's help our Basque brothers). Poster edited by the Official Commission for Help to Euskadi

A bird's eye view of an English country town - Tunbridge Wells, Kent - the prominent white building is probably the town's chief coaching inn and hostelry. Date: 1719

Precautionary camouflaging of tents, September 1939
A group of people camouflage a tent in the countryside to protect it from potential air raids, following the outbreak of the war

Picturesque illustration of an Italian Community living off Leather Lane in London. The County Council had decided at the time that they would gradually do away with a colony of Italian people living

BATTLE OF STREETS
THE BATTLE OF THE STREETS The old, narrow streets defend themselves against the attack of the wider thoroughfares - We shall soon be without a lane or an alley in London Date: 1845

GERMAN TOWN GATE / 1825
Three students ride out through a German towns gate Date: circa 1825

GERMAN TOWN / 1576
Windsheim, a typical German town Date: 1576

A LONDON SQUARE
Queen Square, London - typical of the elegant residential squares of 18th century towns Date: circa 1810

Schoolgirls Dancing a Quadrille in New Lanark
Robert Owen seeks to create an ideal working community at New Lanark, near Glasgow, Scotland - schoolgirls dancing a quadrille Date: 1825

German walled town with gates and ramparts
A German walled town with gates and ramparts. Date: medieval

GERMAN CASTLED CITY
An old town on the Rhine, built high up for protection, and with the burghers dwellings clustered round the castle. Date: 1896

Worship of Baal
Some communities encountered by the Israelites in their wanderings worshipped Baal and other deities in high places; their lively ceremonies lured some from the approved ways

War of the Communities of Castile (1520-1521). The Holy Asse
Revolt of the Comuneros. War of the Communities of Castile (1520-1521). Conflict between citizens of Castile against Charles V

The gathering of people from Nottinghams diverse communitie
The gathering of 15 men and women from Nottinghams diverse communities at the British Consulate in Nottingham. Table left of picture with glasses and drinks. Date: 1960s

Juan Lopez de Padilla (1490-1521). Insurrectionary leader in the Castilian War of the Communities. Portrait. Engraving in Historia de Espa?a, 19th century. Colored

Chapel in St Benedicts, Subiciao, Italy
The Monastery of St Benedicts is located South East of Rome. It enshrines the cave (Sacro Speco) in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he founded his first monastic community

All Gone. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

ALCALA ZAMORA, Niceto (1877-1949). Politician and president of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936). GARCIA GARCIA, Manuel, also called el Hispaleto (1836-1898). SPAIN

Spain. Second Republic. Statute of Catalonia
Spain. Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936). Estatut de Catalunya (Statute of Catalonia). Official edition (1932)

Spain (20th c. ). Transition to Democracy
SPAIN. Barcelona. Catalan flags, including esteladada, flag of independence, in the demonstration during the Diada National Day of Catalonia. September 11th, 1977

Sand Martins - quarrel over nest holes in a sand wall of a ravine near river Bolshoi Ugan (Riparia riparia). near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Spain (16th c. ). Castilian War of the Communities
Spain (16th c.). Castilian War of the Communities

A birds eye view of one of the new communities at Harmony

Roofless cabin during evictions in Ireland
Rear view of a couple of gentlemen and two grieving women near the cabin of Pat MacNamara which has been tumbled by levellers

Cottage Life in Warwickshire: Baking Day
Illustration from 1872 showing a scene in a Warwickshire village with women baking bread. Small rural communities would often have only one bread oven which would be fired up on specific days to bake

Wilfred T. Grenfell
WILFRED THOMASON GRENFELL Physician and fundraiser who spent many years working with the communities of Labrador and Newfoundland

BEGUINE
A BEGUINE from the Dutch/Belgian Netherlands : they were not a formal order, but communities of pious women, who kept their property and sometimes lived at home

Augsburg Fuggerei
The Fuggerei at Augsburg, Germany, a housing project created by merchant Jacob offering low-rent housing to more than 100 families Date: 1520

Building on Rubbish
Terrace of the future on refuse of the past : building on rubbish dumps

A Commuter Community
A commuting community : this Moor Park, Hertfordshire, a rural township served by Londons extended underground network to give easy access to London

Wren with Charles II
Fires and blitzes provide a unique opportunity for urban renewal; Christopher Wren shows Charles II his plans for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire

London Urban Renewal
Out, damned spot ! - the Victorians demolish unsavoury slums as fast as they can, but their urban renewal entails the destruction of many historic buildings

A C17 CITY
Features of a 17th century city with church, school, guildhall and exchange; market-place and stone-paved streets

Saint Pacomius
SAINT PACOMIUS Greek founder of monastic communities

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