Counter Collection (page 4)

Man driving a Horse and cart with black sacks on a street in
Man driving a donkey with cart carrying black sacks on a street in Cairo. The man is dressed in black traditional Arab work wear, facing the camera

Omani women in Oman
Oman. Omani women I tradition clothes standing with little boy in front of the shop. Man inside shop leaning at he counter. Date: 1976

Royal Game of Ur. Early Dynastic III Period. 2600-2400 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Perfume department, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
Perfume department, Selfridge s, Oxford Street, London. Date: circa 1910

Old meat works, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Curious plant in an old meat works, for converting old mutton into spring lamb to meet the seasons demands, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Malmedy Massacre, 1944
The bodies of two American soldiers (with a medics hat between them) lie semi-buried in the snow, two of the eighty-four victims of the Malmedy Massacre

German infantry during Ardennes counter-offensive 1944
German infantrymen pass an abandoned American reconnaissance vehicle during their Ardennes counter-offensive in 1944 that became known as the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944

Hawker Tempest V -developed from the Typhoon, the Tempest helped counter the dreaded V-1

Longest lunch counter, F W Woolworth, Los Angeles, USA
The longest lunch counter in the world, at F W Woolworth, 431 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. One hundred yards long, and air conditioned. Date: circa 1930s

Germans surrendering, Western Front by Matania, WW1
Surrendered German being marshalled by British soldiers following the defeat of their counter-attack at Trones Wood. The incident depicted took place near an advanced trench in the British line

Captured German soldier during Battle of the Bulge
A captured German soldier during the Ardennes counter-offensive is shown holding a pair of American army trousers. He may have been a member of the S.S

Fitting of Metropolitan Police uniform, south east London
A Metropolitan Police officer is fitted with his uniform at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London. There are rows of helmets and piles of clothes on counter tops

Telegram Boys 1937
Four young telegraph boys, smartly dressed in their uniforms, queue up at the counter to be given their telegrams by the manager

Lunch counter, Plaza Goiti, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. Date: circa 1930

Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush
Photograph: Normandy: Churchill tank waits in ambush. A Churchill tank awaits possible enemy counter-attack in a ruined Normandy village, scene of much bitter fighting recently

Italo-Turkish War - Raffaele Borea Ricci d Olmo, Admiral
Italo-Turkish War - Raffaele Borea Ricci d Olmo, an Italian naval officer with the rank of Counter Admiral. He was the first Italian governor of Tripolitania

Two police officers in a police station, London
Two police officers, one male, one female, in a police station, London, standing on either side of the counter. Date: circa 1930s

Two police officers working in a station, London
Two police officers working in a London police station. The WPC is Maureen (Mo) Dennison. Date: circa 1950s

People in Nevski Prospekt, Petrograd, Russia
Aerial view of crowds of people in Nevski Prospekt, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, anticipating a counter-revolutionary challenge from General Kornilov and his Cossack soldiers

Captured S. S. Trooper, Belgium
Soldiers of the 82nd American Airborne Division bring an S.S.Trooper back to Allied lines, captured between Malmedy and Marche during a reconnaissance patrol following the German counter-offensive

Relief of Bastogne
American soldiers advance through the forest of Ardennes, on their way to relieve the besieged town of Bastogne which had been surrounded during the German counter-offensive which became known as

German counter-offensive in the Ardennes
A German soldier during the Ardennes counter-offensive of 1944, known as the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944

Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat -came into service just in time to counter the early successes of the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Arthur A. Everts, Jewellers, Dallas, Texas, USA
Interior view of Arthur A. Everts Co, Jewellers of Dallas, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1910

The Diet of Spires, 19 April, 1529 (2nd Diet of Speyer). Engraving

Quack doctor - Here you may be cured
Here you may be cured! - a 17th century quack doctor stands beside his counter, strewn with wonderful potions and elixirs to cure all ailments. Date: circa 1670

Cartoon, Be Prepared! WW1
Cartoon, Be Prepared! Showing a member of the Womens Emergency Corps in a shop, asking the assistant for a gross of safety pins in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation. Luther is codmened by the Vatican Curia. Decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Hall, comissioned by the Pope Sixtus V to Andrea Lilli, Francesco Vanni

Counter-Reformation. Council of Trent (1545-1563). Engraving

LCC-LFB fireboat Gamma II with monitor in use at drill
The counter-weighted monitor of a London Fire Brigade fireboat in use whilst the fireboat is moored near Hungerford Bridge on the River Thames

Tunis, Tunisia - Perfume shop
Palace of Flower Essences - a perfume shop belonging to Amadi Smida. His fragrances are so well renowned he has won many medals - displayed above the counter with pride

Council of Trent; the final session - pronouncing anathemas and excommunications

French Railway Alphabet - E for Enregistrement des colis (registration of packages). 19th century

Interior of Bazaar, Fort William, Calcutta, India
Interior of Bazaar, Fort William, Calcutta (Kolkata), India, with sales counters and staff. Date: circa 1910s

Hands counting money, notes and coins
Hands counting money -- 10 notes, 5 notes, 1 coins and 50p coins. Date: circa 1980s

General store interior, USA
General store interior, North America, with hot water bottles hanging from the ceiling, crockery on the right, sweets and fruit on the left, and a paper Christmas decoration in the shape of a bell

Shop interior with female assistant, USA
Shop interior with female assistant, with a rotating postcard rack on the counter, North America. Date: 1910s

Bauldry, by A Patrick Wilson. First produced at the Palace Theatre, Arbroath, October 1915, later at the Dalston Theatre (probably in Hackney, London), March 1917

Long Room, Custom House, City of London
Long Room, Custom House, 20 Lower Thames Street, City of London. Date: circa 1910

Landlord and landlady in a pub. 1950s

British Caribbean woman in a jewellery shop in Hong Kong
British Caribbean woman, standing alone by the counter in a jewellery shop in Hong Kong. Chinese?s woman with a mop is at the back of the image. Man in blue shirt back to camera far left

O Lord O Lord! I can not - I never shall remember?
O Lord O Lord! I can not - I never shall remember all these cursed conversions, filings, marches, counter marches and wheelings

Watneys Happy Families - Mr Stout, the Retailer. circa 1930

Joe Hillmans stores and dining rooms, Birmingham
Interior of Joe Hillmans ale and porter stores and dining rooms, wine and spirit merchant, Paradise Street, Birmingham. 1888

London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, textiles
London Trade Card - Benjamin Cole, at the Sun in St Pauls Churchyard, importing and selling cambrics, lawn, macklin, English lace and edging, wholesale and retail. 18th century

Hotel Bill - Convivial Cocktails. circa late 18th century

Cow & Gate Happy Family Game - Mr Feedus the Grocer. 1928

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