Directions Collection (page 3)

American troops on the Western Front, WW1
American troops on the Western Front during World War One. The wooden signpost points to Fifth Avenue and Broadway. Date: circa 1917-1918

Kaiser Wilhelm with his generals, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany giving directions to his generals at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Containers for transporting & storing plants & seeds. Illustration from John Ellis, Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East Indies to which is added

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

Rambles in South Devon - 1930s
Front cover of a guide to rambling in South Devon showing a couple enjoying a rest amid open skies and a patchwork quilt of fields, with the sea and coastline just visible beyond. Date: c.1935

Metropolitan Police officer and child
A Metropolitan Police officer helping a little boy who is temporarily lost. (2 of 3) Date: 1970s

Police officer giving directions
A friendly police officer directs two of his colleagues in the right direction as they travel along in their open-top car

French people give directions to lost British soldier, WW1
Scene in a French street during the First World War. A crowd of people, including a policeman, give directions to a British soldier who has lost his way. Date: 1914-1918

Same woman in five different poses in the one shot
A rather unusual, almost surreal composite photographic postcard featuring the same woman in five seperate poses, combined together into one image by the clever use of mirrors. Date: circa 1912

Tower of London Tourists
A woman cocks her ear to listen to a Beefeater giving directions to her and her family during a visit to the Tower of London, England. Date: 1950s

Colonial Troops 1930S
Native Libyan troops in Tripoli, North Africa, receiving directions in the mountains from European, probably Italian, officers. Date: 1930s

Studying a Cycling Map
A group of friends, touring cyclists, take time out to study a map. Date: 1930s

London signpost A555 A1 crossroads
Signpost offering drivers (or pedestrians) the option of heading North, via Hatfield, west to Elstree and Watford, east to Barnet or south on the A555 to London

Saumur - Horse training at the Cavalry School. Saumur is home to the Cadre Noir, the Ecole Nationale d Equitation (National School of Horsemanship), known for its annual horse shows

Tipping tube / W H Robinson
When asking for directions it is a kindly act to requite the informant with a small sum in coins. When dispensed from the tipping tube it prevents the struggle with pockets

Driver doubt / W H Robinson
When a point-duty policeman is encountered whos hand gestures are difficult to interpret, a driver can carry, attached to the front of his car, a large query-mark or queston mark (in solid tin)

British soldier asks directions - Egypt
A British Tommy asks a rather disgruntled Egyptian Policeman for directions: " Please, mate, where is Nouzha Garden?"

Woman & Scarecrow 1920
Far from the dance halls of Paris, this young lady asks a kindly scarecrow for directions

Dirty Work at the Crossroads by William Heath Robinson

British Customs Officer with Immigrants, London, 1904
Engraving showing a group of Eastern European immigrants, just off the ship, being given directions by a customs official at Tower Bridge Stairs, London, 1904

THE KNOWLEDGE
A London taxi driver (note the for hire sign) gives directions to a lost gentleman, perhaps a foreign tourist. Drivers armband reads Je parle Francais

Overheard at the docks by H. M. Bateman
Black & white illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man asking directions to the newly built cruise ship the Queen Mary

Itala Car Advert
A small boy with a toy car gives directions to the driver of a splendid Itala touring car

Police Officer & Soldier
Metropolitan police officer giving directions to an American soldier in London in a waterproof cape

Cavalry in Snow
A troop of Prussian Uhlans inquire directions of a local countryman

Bleak Polling Station
The entrance to a rather bleak and deserted Polling Station, with the " Directions for the Guidance of the Voters" pinned to the door

Ross / Ikmalick / Apelagliu
John Rosss arctic expedition: Two native Eskimos, Ikmalick and Apelagliu give directions to Ross, at Boothia Felix, for his forthcoming expedition

Renault Loses its Way
The owner of a Renault Sports Torpedo has lost his way, and stops to inquire directions of a lady out walking her dog, with a yoke over her shoulder bearing a bag at each end

Water Babies / Fairies / Tom
The inhabitants of Polupragmosyne show Tom the way, though they all point in different directions

Cafe Bombed, Italy 1894
A bomb explodes in a full restaurant, the Caffe Terminus, throwing shrapnel in all directions

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