District Collection (page 14)

Khojak Tunnel and railway, Balochistan, British India
Khojak Tunnel (Shela Bagh Tunnel) on the Quetta railway, Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan Province, British India (now in Pakistan), near the border with Afghanistan. Date: circa 1910s

321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
One of three photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, managing the controlled explosion of a stolen Datsun 120Y, Omagh district, 1975

Soho, London - Tottenham Court Road W1 - outside Laskys radio and hifi shop. 1974

Soho, London - 7 Archer Street W1 - Sid Sigers barber shop. 1973

Soho, London - 74-76 Old Compton Street W1 - A Gomez Ortega, a Spanish food shop. 1973

Soho, London - Berwick Street Market W1 - view towards Peter Street. 1973

Bagh-nakh
Bagh Nakh, Tigers Claw. Two brass rings (for the fingers) attached to a brass plate with four steel claws. For the left hand. Obtained from a dacoit in Belgaum District, india, 1945

Saddleback - Blencathra mountain - Gategill, Keswick, Lake D
Saddleback mountain - Blencathra mountain - Gategill, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria - gate on footpath

Soho, London - 68 Old Compton Street W1 - outside a newsagent, Moroni and Son. 1973

Soho, London - Falconberg Court W1 (later demolished to make way for the Crossrail project, the new Elizabeth Line). The Centrepoint building is visible in the upper distance. 1973

Soho, London - Denman Street - Casino de Paris Theatre
Soho, London - 5-7 Denman Street - Casino de Paris Theatre. It was a private members strip club, opened in April 1958, closed in September 1977, and later demolished. 1973

Tour of the Colonies - St James Street - Street with horses, carriages, bunting etc. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies

Statue of Aphrodite. Idalion, Cyprus
Statue of Aphrodite, Great Goddess of Cyprus. 5th century BC. Limestone. Idalion, Cyprus. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Opium Den in San Francisco
Two men in an opium den in the Chinatown district of San Francisco, one holds a pipe, the other lies alongside a tray of paraphernalia associated with the drug. Date: circa 1895

Map of the St Marylebone area, London. Date: circa 1900

General view of Ouezzan (Ouazzane), Morocco
General view of Bab Fatah district, Ouezzan (Ouezzane, Ouazzane, Wazzan), Morocco. Date: circa 1910

Replica of the Mayan wall paintings placed in Bonampak Temple in Chiapas. Late classical period (662-830). Batlle scene. Maya art. Painting. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Plaza Mayor of Mexico City. ca. 1766. The viceroys s
Plaza Mayor of Mexico City. ca. 1766. The viceroyss cortege crossing the aquare in a market day. Painting attributed to Juan Antonio Prado. Central detail. Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas. MEXICO

ITURBIDE, Agust�(1783-1824). Mexican general
ITURBIDE, Agust� (1783-1824). Mexican general and statesman. Emperor of Mexico (1822-1823). Allegory of his coronation by Peace

Xochipilli. Mexica deity of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, pleasure, arts and songs. Postclassic period (1325-1521). Aztec art. Sculpture on rock. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City

Disembarkation of the Spanish at Veracruz. 1951. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Palace. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco

Pre-Columbian America. Zapotec culture
RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail

Ramsgate Sands - Busy beach, looking towards town, Church Tower. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England

Ginza at night, Tokyo, Japan. Ginza is a district of Chuo, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyobashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yurakucho and Uchisaiwaicho, and north of Shinbashi

Skikda (Philippeville) - Algeria, North Africa
Skikda, Algeria, North Africa - the view down 64th Street. Known as Philippeville until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962. Date: circa 1910s

Germany - Monschau - Eifel Region - River Rur in flood Date: circa 1910s

Germany - Monschau - Eifel Region - Rur River in flood
Monschau (French: Montjoie, Walloon: Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the district Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The Rur River in flood

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Lupa (She-wolf)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Lupa (She-wolf), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

View from Lodwick Point, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India. Mahabaleshwar is a city and a municipal council in the Satara district located in the Western Ghats range. Date: circa 1910s

The Elephant Tower at Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
The Elephant Tower (Hira/Hiran Minar) at Fatehpur Sikri, a city and municipal board in the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, India

Madurai - Meenakshi Amman Hindu Temple, Tamil Nadu, India
Meenakshi Amman Temple, a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of river Vaigai at Madurai, the administrative headquarters of Madurai District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Indigo Factory at Sultanganj, Bihar, India
Indigo (a natural dye extracted from plants) Factory at Sultanganj, a city and a notified area in Bhagalpur district in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the south bank of Ganga river

The Beach at Famagusta, Cyprus, during the period of British rule (between 1878 and 1960) - now the capital of the Gazimagusa District of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Date: circa 1940s

West Ham Fire Brigade, Plaistow fire station and steamer
Plaistow fire station and steamer, belonging to West Ham Fire Brigade. Located to the east of the London Fire Brigade district, West Ham contained four fire stations of which Plaistow was one

Union Workhouse, New Cross, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Aerial view of the Wolverhampton Union workhouse at New Cross, Wednesfield (then Staffordshire, today part of the West Midlands district), opened in 1903 and designed by Arthur Marshall

A Witch Doctor and his bride
The Witch Doctor pictured is from the Mashlangan tribe, inhabiting the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal Republic. He had claimed to have used his power to rid the plague of locusts that devastated

Boundary Park Hospital, Oldham, Lancashire
Arched entrance to Boundary Park Municipal Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, Lancashire. The hospital began life in 1851 as the Oldham Union workhouse

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