Direction Collection (page 2)

Traces of the Franklin Expedition. Page from the Illustrated London News, 4th October 1851, showing images of meat cans and sacks left by the Erebus

Officers compass, WW1
Officers compass manufactured by Dennison, Birmingham, with broad arrow, dated 1917. Date: 1917

Signpost at Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
The signpost at Stirling Point, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand, showing distances to major cities around the world. Bluff is the southernmost town in New Zealand

British Radar Installation, Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing a Fighter Direction Aerial system radar installation in Britain, during the Second World War, c.1945. On the right of the image a technician can be seen climbing the stairs into

Angel and Cross
THE SPIRIT OF FAITH - an Angel stands by a cross and indicates the general direction of Heaven

French Railway Alphabet - P for Plaques tournantes (turntables). 19th century

WW1 - Ireland and Britain united in the common cause. Date: circa 1915

Father Christmas at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Old Father Christmas attended by a motley group under the direction of the Lord of Misrule 1859. Photograph by Hudson and Kearns 1859

Signpost on coastal footpath near Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1990s

Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party
Photograph of a Vickers machine-gun team marching past a working party heading in the opposite direction, September 1916. From a group of 550 photographs

Three men walking in different direction on a street in Hampstead. An old lamppost and shop signage are to the right of the image on Perrins Court Hampstead NW3 London Date: 1980s

British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow
A British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow across a bridge.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles

London Policemans First Day at Point Duty
With The Force - London Policemans First Day at Point Duty. Date: 1907

Old Countryside Road Sign. Pointing in one direction toward Watling Street and the other toward Stone Corner. Part of Box 129 Boswell Collection - Local Views. Date: early 1900s

Book cover, Nursery Songs and Rhymes
Book cover in blue and silver, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin

Title page illustration, Nursery Songs and Rhymes
Title page illustration, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin

Fantastic Adventures - The Daughter of Genghis Kahn
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1942, featuring the story The Daughter of Genghis Kahn by John York Cabot. Beautiful young woman points a finger at something in front of her

Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque. Ottoman style. 15th century. En
Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque or Mosque of Mehmed I. Ottoman style. Architect, Hac ?vaz Pasha, 15th century. Entrance with moc?rabe half-dome

Guell Wine Cellar (1895-1897). Chapel. By Antoni Gaudi (1852
Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Catalan architect. Guell Wine Cellar (1895-1897). Exterior of a chapel. Catalonia. Spain

Roman mosaic. Pula. Croatia
Croatia. Pula. Roman Mosaic depicting two peacocks on a platter. 1st century - 2nd century. Archaeological Museum

Woman police officer Beatrice Wills on duty, London
Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer, seen here on duty in a London street. She joined the force in January 1919, and is wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year

Traffic jam in Liverpool Road
Traffic jam along one side of Liverpool Road. Date: 1970s

Weather Prophet
The Weather Prophet, an instrument used at Kew Observatory to record wind direction and velocity. An invaluable invention for forcasting the weather. Date: 25 January 1933

Air-Sea Kite Device
A combination of raft and kite, this device should be able to take you anywhere so long as theres a wind and that its blowing in the direction you want to go. Date: circa 1890

Petworth - Young boy checking his directions on a signpost
Petworth, West Sussex - A young boy checking his directions on a signpost. Date: circa 1930s

Planes of a British submarine, WW1
The planes of a First World War submarine - horizontal rudders to regulate the angle of ascent and descent. Date: 1914

Kau Kau Korner, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Signpost at Kau Kau Korner, a drive-in restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, also known as the Crossroads of the Pacific, showing the distances to various places such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Tahiti

Endpaper illustration, goslings and signpost
Endpaper illustration, goslings looking up at a signpost which points to market, to the duck pond, and to town. A bird with a worm stands on top looking down at them. Date: circa 1933

Mother Bunny gives directions to two goslings by a signpost. Date: circa 1933

Am Tag, Heath Robinson
Am Tag! Die Deutsche Kommen (Very)! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 2. With the aid of an ingenious device, the Germans send English dispatches astray

China - The Bei-tang, front of the Cathedral
Lantern slide of The Bei-tang, front of the Cathedral. The cathedrals present cast iron Gothic architectural style and elaborate grey marble facade was built in 1890

Boy scouts creating a design on the ground, Greece
Boy scouts creating an arrow design on the ground, Greece

Greek boy scouts on HMS Devonshire in Egypt
A party of Greek boy scouts on board HMS Devonshire at Alexandria, Egypt, on 2 October 1957. They are interested in the Gyro Compass Repeater used in the steering of the ship. Date: 1957

French boy scouts on a bridge over a river
Three French boy scouts on a bridge over a river, checking their map for directions

Cartoon, Giving him his place in the sun, WW1
Cartoon, Giving him his place in the sun, showing British, French, Belgian, Russian and Japanese allies working together with a giant magnifying glass to set fire to Kaiser Wilhelms jacket

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Lyons, France
Third balloon ascent in Lyons, France, under the direction of Joseph de Montgolfier, showing the balloon known as Le Flesselle in flight above the city. Date: 19 January 1784

Building a Stage Set
A theatre production worker hauling up a stage set of a castle, under the direction of the stage manager! Date: early 1930s

Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users

Dr K I Danielewskys Directible Flying Machine
Dr K.I. Danielewskys Directible Flying Machine. During 1897-1898 Danielewsky - based in Charkow [Kharkow], Russia - conducted a series of flight trials of his design whereby a pilot could manipulate

Aerial View - South Kensington
When the balloon was almost over the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens this photograph was taken in the southern direction

Aerial view from balloon over Hyde Park, London
This photograph was taken when the balloon was situated over Hyde Park and is the view observed when looking in the direction of south east

Directions for Nature Printing First Leaf. From the Botany Plate Collection

Yon Yonson, direction of Thall & Kennedy. A Minnesota lumber camp in mid-winter, the grandest natural picture ever presented on the stage. Composite scenes of character Yon Yonson at a lumber camp

Sculpture classes for children now in session Under direction of Art Teaching Division, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration

The iron steam ship Great Eastern 22, 500 tons: constructed under the direction of I.K. Brunel, F.R.S. -- D.C.L. commanded by Capt. William Harrison. Date c1858

Daily inspection of teeth and finger nails. Older pupils make the inspection under the direction of teacher who records results. This has been done every day this year. School, 49, Comanche County

Direction des ballons (systeme Ardisson), Bordeaux, le 26 janvier 1871. Design drawings for a system proposed by Annibal Ardisson to navigate a balloon from a platform located below the bag

An east prospect of the city of Philadelphia; taken by George Heap from the Jersey shore, under the direction of Nicholas Scull surveyor general of the Province of Pennsylvania

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