Crossing Collection (page 6)

The Crossing Sweeper, by William Powell Frith, showing Victorian wealth and poverty. Date: 1858

Bristol - Cabot Tower and the Clifton Suspension Bridge (viewed from the Observatory). Date: 1910

Watery Lane, Cawthorpe, near Louth, Lincolnshire. Date: 1905

Grumman AA-1B Trainer G-BCIL (msn AA1B-0378), at RAF Woodvale in July 1977. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 June 1986 when crashed and overturned at Lambs Hillock, Ellon, Aberdeenshire

Crowds of spectators came to see Prince and Princess of Wales (later George V and Mary of Teck) open the new Rotherhithe Tunnel, between Rotherhithe and Stepney. Date: 12th June 1908

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel, London 1908
Diagram plan of where the latest road tunnel under the River Thames, London is situated, linking Rotherhithe on the south west to Limehouse on the north east

View of Tower Bridge with horse carriages and people walking crossing. Date: 1894

Rotherhithe Road Tunnel - Burrowing Under the River Thames
Men working in dark conditions, topless due to the temperature in the eighties. Excavating the clay soil at the rate of about five feet per day

Illustration of a Sealyham terrier by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here defying death by dawdling across a one-way street in front of the traffic. Date: 1932

Some of the Republican refugees who fled Spain for France after the fall of Barcelona. Straggling line of women and children marshalled by French Gardes mobiles, while crossing the frontier

Spain. Civil War. Madrid (March 31, 1939). People crossing the Toledo Bridge after the end of war

The great British R 100 arrived at Cardington after return flight from Montreal, in 78 hours. The damaged fin in a thunderstorm over the St

Improvised Bridge, near Cordoba; Spanish Civil War, 1936
Photograph showing an improvised bridge, made of wooden sleepers, at Constantina, near Cordoba, 1936. The bridge had been blown up by Republican troops to try to slow down the Nationalist advance

Prince Orange Drowns 1687 1711 Johan Willem Friso
prince, orange, drowns, 1687, 1711, johan, willem, friso, stadholder, friesland, shown, moments, before, death, drowning, crossing, holland, diep, ferry, way, hague, ferrymen, rough, water, boatmen

The British paddle-steamer arrives in the harbour of Antwerp after crossing the Channel. Date: circa 1845

GWR Castle Class No. 7017 ?G. J. Churchward?
GWR Castle Class No. 7017 ?G.J. Churchward? with a Cornish express, crossing the Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar by Alan Anderson

General Alexander Leslies troops crossing the River Tyne at Newburn Ford, near Newcastle, 27 August 1640, prior to the Battle of Newburn Ford, part of the Second Bishops War

Embarcation of King Henry VIII from Dover, 1520
Embarcation of King Henry VIII from Dover, 31 May 1520, for his meeting in France with Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Date: 1520

Passage of the Douro (Second Battle of Porto, Battle of the Douro, Crossing of the Douro), Porto, Portugal, 12 May 1809, fought by Great Britain and Portugal against the French Empire

General Sir Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) fording the River Kaitna, Battle of Assaye, western India, 23 September 1803

O Connell Bridge and Street - Dublin, Ireland. Date: circa 1960s

Ferry Terminal - Birkenhead, Merseyside
The Ferry Terminal - Birkenhead, Merseyside - view across the River Mersey toward the Liverpool Waterfront and the Three Graces with the distinctive Liver Building on the left. Date: 1924

Viaduct at Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
A Steam Train crossing the Viaduct at Vigo Bay, Redondela, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Date: 1910s

Place Lavigerie at Bayonne, France - River Nive
Place Lavigerie at Bayonne, a city in the Basque Country region of southwest France situated where the Nive and Adour rivers meet. Date: circa 1910s

Glasgow, Scotland - Jamaica Bridge. Date: circa 1906

British Army Crossing the Sutlej River, India, during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846), 10 February 1846 Date: 1846

Comic postcard, Man rushing to find a toilet Date: 20th century

The Menai Suspension Bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Date: 1927

Comic postcard, Women at pedestrian crossing with Belisha beacon Date: circa 1930s

Children crossing the Dogashima River, Japan, c. 1890
Children crossing the Dogashima River, Japan, c.1890

Ship in the Suez Canal, Egypt, ferry pier and boat
19th century vintage photograph: ship in the Suez Canal, Egyopt. Ferry pier and boat for crossing the canal, camels in the foreground

Camel train crossing a pontoon bridge River Nile, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: camel train crossing a pontoon bridge over the River Nile, Egypt

River front view - Des Moines, Iowa, USA Date: circa 1910s

Woman and pillar box, Charlotte Street, London
A woman walks away from a pillar box in Charlotte Street, Central London. Date: circa 1930s

Swindon Town Centre, Wiltshire
Street scene in the centre of Swindon, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1930s

Town centre crossing, Bromley, Kent
Pedestrians crossing the road, with a van advertising Kennedys Sausages, town centre of Bromley, Kent. Date: circa 1950s

Asleep at the wheel on Channel steamer
Asleep at the wheel on board Channel steamer. Date: circa 1950s

Designs for a Channel Bridge by Sir Owen Williams. Date: 1960

c. 1930 - Hong Kong - bus crossing the island to Aberdeen
c.1930 - Hong Kong - bus crossing the island to Aberdeen

End of WW II - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
End of World War II - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossing the River Rhine - also in the boat field Marshall Mongomery and General Simpson

Carrying chair, kago crossing a birdge, Gamman, Nikko. Vintage 19th century photograph

Citizens of Brighton shown wearing gas masks in everyday situations in 1941. School children are guided across the road by a police officer, a milkman wears his on his rounds

WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class which transported the ILN special artist C E Turner around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941

WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette wins
WW2 - Corvette versus submarine and the corvette wins: A dramatic incident in The Battle of the Atlantic Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks
WW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941

Alberta, Canada - Peace River Crossing. Cinema showing a 1914 Fatty Arbuckle film The Alarm - also George store (George B. Cliff) - circa 1914. Date: 1914

Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing and the Flowerpot Man. Man spreading water on the streets in front of a butchers shop 76

The Funeral, the Charity Children and Highgate Tunnel. Two children mourning their mother in a funeral procession 73, parish beadles leading a parade of children from a charity school 74

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