East Collection (page 5)

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Salah Ad-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub, known as Saladin, Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria (reigned 1174-1193)

Military / East India Co
NAPOLEONIC ERA East India Company Volunteer

Brighton Pavilion
The East Front of the Pavilion

LCC-LFB Mile End fire station, E1
Built by the London County Council, Mile End fire station was located at 263 Mile End Road. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of fire

LCC-MFB Hackney fire station, E9
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) for the MFB, Hackney fire station was located at 2-2A Bodney Road, East London

Mass jets at the LFB annual review at Lambeth HQ
London firefighters from East London demonstrating mass jets during the Annual Review display at the Brigades headquarters. Lambeth, SE1

Biplane bomber converted for passenger use, Middle East
A biplane bomber converted for passenger use, somewhere in the Middle East. A group of passengers can be seen standing in front of the plane

Poster advertising Union Castle cruises -- East or West Coast to Europe

Milk boy with three-wheeled cart & cans
A three-wheeled handcart, used to deliver milk in the East End of London. Two deliveries were made every morning and filled bottles

Exotic dancer by Rene Bull
A stylised illustration by Rene Bull (1872-1942) showing a scantily clad exotic dancer in a beautiful garden hanging with fruits

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Sohrab looks carefully at some of the tents in the camp. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

East Farleigh Lock, near Maidstone, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Advert for Deals Hotel, South Africa
Advertisement for Deal s, East London, South Africa - the hotel of distinction with bathroom, lavatory, telephone and electric heater in each room

Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South London
The entrance to Southwark Military Hospital which, during the First World War, was established in the St Saviours workhouse infirmary

Union Castle Line poster
Poster advertising the service of the Union Castle Line to South and East Africa, encouraging travellers to avoid cold winters in Britain and to instead enjoy the winter months in a warmer climate

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, with flights between Europe, Africa, India, the Far East, Australia, the USA and Bermuda

KOH-I-NOOR OR MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT Given to Queen Victoria by the East India Company after the Indian Mutiny

The Flying Scotchman (sic) of the Great Northern Railway carries passengers between London and Edinburgh by the picturesque east coast route

Williamsburg Bridge NY
The Williamsburg Bridge over the East River, New York

Regents Canal / Islington
Regents Canal East entrance at Islington tunnel

Edinburgh Castle / C1770
Edinburgh: north-east view of the Castle

Japanese samurai. Date: circa 1890s

Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2
A warehouse building with its top floor and roof damaged by an incendiary bomb, North Quay, West India Docks, East London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

East Street, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
East Street, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America, with water and trees in the middle. Date: circa 1910

People sitting on street, Whitechapel, East London
Locals sitting out on the street or chatting with their neighbours. The location is probably at the corner of Old Montague Street and Dunk Street in the Whitechapel area of East London

Typical Bulgarian Outfits, 1885
4 typical Bulgarian outfits of the time, 1885. We see the national costume, a water seller, a lady, and a peasant woman. Part of a piece on the crisis in Eastern Roumelia

Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk Date: 1930s

Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong
Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and head of its trade union department. Seen here shaking hands with the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

Christie Templedean Home, Haddington
Girls in front of the Templedean Female Industrial Home for Haddington, East Lothian, one of several such establishments founded by John Christie. Date: circa 1906

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women - washing and getting their hair done

Great Eastern Railways Locomotive works at Stratford
A view along the north side of the Great Eastern Railway?s Locomotive works at Stratford (East London) May 1864 with William Henry Maw, then Head of the Drawing office

Meeting of King Richard the Lionheart with Saladin
Meeting of King Richard I (the Lionheart) with Saladin, during the Third Crusade. 1191

Al Khazneh Temple, Petra, Jordan
Al Khazneh (The Treasury) Temple, Petra, Jordan, carved out of the sandstone rock face. Date: 20th century

George Town, Penang, Malaysia - Campbell Street
Penang, Malaysia - Campbell Street, named after the Penang Inspector General (1866-1891) Sir George William Robert Campbell

Main Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa Date: circa 1930s

Railway Hotel, Iringa - Tanzania, East Africa. Date: 1930s

Nyali Beach Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1940s

Kilindini Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, with Wardles Chemists, Photographers and Opticians. circa 1940

Mao Zedong greeting South Yemen leader
Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) (1893-1976) - Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the Peoples Republic of China

Lady Anne Blunt, traveller in Arabia and the Middle East
Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917), English traveller in Arabia and the Middle East, buyer and breeder of Arab horses. circa 1860s

Parthenon. East Pediment. Acropolis, Athens. 438-432 BC. Bri
Parthenon. East Pediment. Helioss horses and Dionysos, Demeter and Kore, Artemis. Acropolis, Athens. 438-432 BC. Marble. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Syria. Krak des Chevaliers. Castle built in the twelfth century by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades to the Holy Land

View of Tebessa Street, Souk Ahras, NE Algeria, including a Turkish bath. Date: circa 1920

Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Map, route of Santa Fe Railroad, USA
Map showing the route of the Santa Fe Railroad, USA, from the Great Lakes in the east, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and the Pacific coast in the west

GENGIS KHAN (1162-1227). Emperor founder of the first Mongol Empire in 1206. Fol. 44v. Mongols tributing to Genghis Khan. Illustration of the first section with the history of the Mongols

Standard of Ur Babylonian art
The Standard of Ur. 2600 -2400 BC. Peace panel. Babylonian art. Mosaic. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. Ur

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