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Dwelling Collection (page 6)

Background imageDwelling Collection: Block of flats in Vienna, Austria

Block of flats in Vienna, Austria
The light well of a block of flats in Vienna, Austria, with residents looking down from two of the balconies. Date: 1953

Background imageDwelling Collection: LCC-LFB Shop fire in Paul Street EC2

LCC-LFB Shop fire in Paul Street EC2
Vast crowds gather at the scene of a large shop fire in Paul Street, City of London. The work of the Brigade always drew people to watch it at work, though this crowd is perhaps an extreme example

Background imageDwelling Collection: LCC-LFB fire, 11 Richmond Avenue, Islington

LCC-LFB fire, 11 Richmond Avenue, Islington
Interior of a low rise sleeping area at Richmond Avenue, Islington, North London, with possible obstructed window opening and metal container by a wooden chair

Background imageDwelling Collection: LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham

LCC-LFB Lee Green sub-station, Lewisham
London was expanding and the London Fire Brigade not only built new fire stations but took over existing buildings and converted them

Background imageDwelling Collection: LCC-LFB Commercial building fire, Avery Hardoll, Eltham

LCC-LFB Commercial building fire, Avery Hardoll, Eltham
LFB firefighters in action at a commercial building fire at Avery Hardoll, Eltham, SE London. The fire started in a former shop and dwelling which had been converted into a commercial undertaking

Background imageDwelling Collection: Moon over a single dwelling

Moon over a single dwelling. Print shows an old woman holding a small firebrand or torch as she sneaks around the corner at the entrance to a room in a lonely, isolated house

Background imageDwelling Collection: Swiss dwelling, Murren, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Swiss dwelling, Murren, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageDwelling Collection: Argentinian Slum Dwelling

Argentinian Slum Dwelling Date: circa 1920s

Background imageDwelling Collection: Davelis Cave and occupants - Greece

Davelis Cave and occupants - Greece
Davelis Cave and occupants (with their Chief) - in Penteli, a mountain to the north of Athens, Greece Date: circa 1897

Background imageDwelling Collection: Indigenous people of Panama

Indigenous people of Panama living in simple dwellings in the jungle, raised on stilts to prevent against incursion by flood or beast... Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDwelling Collection: Nuremberg, Germany - Bailiffs House

Nuremberg, Germany - Bailiffs House

Background imageDwelling Collection: Dieppe, France - A Troglodyte

Dieppe, France - A Troglodyte, one of a group of people who built homes into the faces of cliffs, connected by underground passageways Date: circa 1910s

Background imageDwelling Collection: Scouts residence in Seychelles

Scouts residence in Seychelles

Background imageDwelling Collection: 1930s basement dwelling, Stepney

1930s basement dwelling, Stepney
A view down through the rooms only window into a basement dwelling in Stepney in the East End of London. Dinner is on the table and a bird cage is hung above. Date: circa 1936

Background imageDwelling Collection: Cave House, Atalaya - Gran Canaria, Spain

Cave House, Atalaya - Gran Canaria, Spain
A Cave dwelling at Atalaya, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Date: 1905

Background imageDwelling Collection: House in the Woods

House in the Woods - New Forest

Background imageDwelling Collection: Three men outside a dwelling, Kashgar, western China

Three men outside a dwelling, Kashgar, western China
Three men sitting outside a primitive domed dwelling in Kashgar, western China

Background imageDwelling Collection: Summer dwelling, Khanty Mansiysk museum, Russia

Summer dwelling, Khanty Mansiysk museum, Russia
A summer dwelling of the Khanty tribe on display at the open air Okrug Ethnographic Museum (Torum Maa) in Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Background imageDwelling Collection: Silene Acaulis (Moss Campion)

Silene Acaulis (Moss Campion), a mountain-dwelling wildflower of the Caryophyllaceae family, with pink flowers, growing in a rocky setting

Background imageDwelling Collection: Hut Tax War, Sierra Leone

Hut Tax War, Sierra Leone
A good specimen of a taxed hut, the subject of the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population in pockets of Sierra Leone

Background imageDwelling Collection: Interior of a mud cabin in Kildare, Ireland

Interior of a mud cabin in Kildare, Ireland
A woman and young girl indoors in a mud cabin in Kildare. They sit next to the fire over which a kettle hangs on a chain. This is a poor ramshackle dwelling with the door nearly falling apart

Background imageDwelling Collection: Roofless cabin during evictions in Ireland

Roofless cabin during evictions in Ireland
Rear view of a couple of gentlemen and two grieving women near the cabin of Pat MacNamara which has been tumbled by levellers

Background imageDwelling Collection: Barth / Africa / Musgu

Barth / Africa / Musgu
Interior of a Musgu dwelling: Dr Heinrich Barth crossed the Sahara from Tripoli, through the Chad basin to Timbuktu, where he did work on the languages and ethnography. Date: 1851

Background imageDwelling Collection: Cave Dwelling Achtal

Cave Dwelling Achtal
The Palaeolithic cave dwelling at Achtal. Here animal and Neanderthal remains were found in the mid 19th century

Background imageDwelling Collection: Capybara (Bewick)

Capybara (Bewick)
(or capibara) mus hydrochaerus The largest of the rodents, dwelling in Brazil and related to the guinea-pig

Background imageDwelling Collection: Swiss Lake Dwelling

Swiss Lake Dwelling
A lake dwelling in western Switzerland in the Stone Age

Background imageDwelling Collection: Animals and homo sapiens at the time of the Flood

Animals and homo sapiens at the time of the Flood
Cave-dwellers dispute possession of a cave with an evicted bear, while buffalo and other creatures roam Date: circa 5000 BC



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