Community Collection (page 28)

Road sweeper with his cart
A road sweeper with his cart, containing various brushes and a spade. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Road sweeper at work
A road sweeper sweeping dirt from the gutter, dwarfed by a huge curving brick wall. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Hosing down a street
A workman photographed from above, standing on a pavement hosing down a street

Sidi Ukba, Algeria
A street in Sidi Ukba (Okba) in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD

Penmon Priory and Dovecote, Beaumaris, Wales. Penmon is a promontory, parish and community on the south-east tip of Anglesey, North Wales, about three miles east of the town of Beaumaris

King and Queen at a Communal Centre during the war
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured visiting a communal centre established in South London during the Blitz to provide meals for people who had been bombed out of their homes by German air

Los Angeles firemen in new lifesaving suits
Los Angeles Harbour sea-going firemen of the LA City No.2 testing out new lifesaving suits in the water

Camborne, Ontario, Canada - settled by United Empire Loyalists and immigrants primarily from the United Kingdom in the early- and mid 19th century. Established as a rural, agricultural community

The Emu Hill Picnic in Australia

A District Nurse standing in the doorway of her single-storey thatched cottage

Samsun - Arrival of Metropolitan Archbishop
Welcoming the Metropolitan Archbishop Monseigneur Amassias Germanos by the Orthodox Community upon his arrival at Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea

A russian town scene with horse sleigh. This postcard was printed by the Community of St. Eugenia, a publishing house and a subsection of the St. Petersburg Committee of the Red Cross

Turkish Gypsies - Metalworking
Turkish Gypsies at home. A girl operates a large set of hand bellows, whilst her father works metal on a small anvil next to their tent

Cartoon impression of the Russo-Japanese War 4 of 5
Card 4 of 5 - Intervention. A cartoon interpretation of the Russo-Japanese war, acted out by the principal ruling individuals from the International Community

Cartoon impression of the Russo-Japanese War 2 of 5
Card 2 of 5 - The Attack. A cartoon interpretation of the Russo-Japanese war, acted out by the principal ruling individuals from the International Community

Mersin, Turkey - Basket-making
Basket-makers at Mersin. A large city and a busy port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey and is the capital of the Mersin Province

Gennvilliers Sewageworks
View of irrigated market gardens at the Plaine de Gennevilliers near Paris

Port Madryn, Nuevo Gulf, Patagonia, 1887
Engraving of the coast-line of Port Madryn, with a schooner in the foreground and a steam train in the background, a remote area of South America (now Argentina)

Future City 1942
The city of the 21st century will be a city of science, of atomic power, of space travel, and of high culture

Foundling Toddlers
Toddlers playing outdoors at the Foundling Hospital site in Guildford Street, London

Foundlings at Play
Children playing outdoors in the sunshine at the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London

Lake Vyrnwy Dam
A young couple take in the magificient Lake Vyrnwy Dam, Powys Wales, from their motorcycle and sidecar. The lake was created when the dam was built 1881 - 1888

Colorado Vanished
Remains of a city dating back to prehistoric times have been discovered in Colorado, USA

Baalbek Vanished
Baalbek, Syria

Pompeii Vanished
Pompeii, ancient city of Italy, destroyed by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 BCE

Thebes Vanished
Thebes, ancient city of Egypt

Ephesus Vanished
Ephesus, ancient city of Ionia, in present-day Turkey

Dervish Prior
Prieur d un couvent de dervis - principal priest of a dervish community

Persepolis Vanished
Persepolis, ancient city of Iran

Police in Schools
A Metropolitan Police officer helps a boy with his art lesson in school

Police with Children
Metropolitan Police officers on Chalk Hill Estate, Wembley, talking to children and teenagers

London Rubbish Carter
THE RUBBISH CARTER

Birth Certificate 1901
A 1901 copy of a birth certificate for John Robert Sanderson born in 1880

Birth Certificate 1884
A Victorian birth certificate for Margaret Allan Date: 9 September 1884

A Senegal Village
A village in Senegal, West Africa

Egyptian Water Carrier
An Egyptian water carrier offers refreshment to a ships captain of Alexandria, smoking a hookah

Police Officer / Children
Police officer holding hands with children helping them cross the road showing traffic safety. Metropolitan Police

Police Officer in School
Police officer with group of schoolchildren in a school playground. Metropolitan Police

Police Officer on Duty
Black police officer talking to man. Metropolitan Police

Police and Homeless Man
Police officer talking to a homeless man at night Metropolitan Police

Howden Reservoir
The huge, impressive barrage of Howden Reservoir, north north Derbyshire, built in 1912 to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield

Craig-Y-Alt-Goch Dam and Reservoir, Elan Valley, Radnorshire, Wales, one of the reservoirs which which provides Birmingham, 80 miles away, with its water supply

Bushmen in Village
A community of Bushmen of South Africa

Thatched Cottages
A delightful group of old thatched cottages in the little Wiltshire village of West Lavington, where children play safely on the street and there is a community spirit

C17 Chimneysweep
A chimney sweep and his apprentice, who was sent up the chimney

Work on Sewer, London
Constructing a London sewer pipe in the open

Burrinjuck Dam / 1930S
BURRINJUCK DAM This dam which is 92 metres high was built between the Wars on the Murrumbidgee River, near Yass, New South Wales, Australia

G&s / Pirates, India 2
Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry... the pirates as portrayed in an amateur production by the British community at Simla, India

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