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Environment Collection

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning

Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planning
An advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Silent Highwayman

Silent Highwayman
Death - The Silent Highway-Man of the polluted River Thames

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Smoke of the Potteries

Smoke of the Potteries
The pall of smoke from the factories of the Potteries - the six towns of Staffordshire where the ceramic industry is located. Date: early 20th century

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Court for King Cholera

Court for King Cholera
A Court for King Cholera

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Nyanga Forest and pool - Zimbabwe

Nyanga Forest and pool - Zimbabwe

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Noise Pollution

Noise Pollution
A knife-grinder, a milkmaid, dogs, beggars, musicians, a coalman, and a dustman, a postboy with his horn and a child with her rattle - noise pollution in the 18th century

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Father Thames Diseases

Father Thames Diseases
Father Thames introducing his offspring to the fair city of London; diphtheria, scrofula and cholera

Background imageEnvironment Collection: SOLAR PANELS 1929

SOLAR PANELS 1929
Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Garden Bonfire

Garden Bonfire
Billowing smoke pollution caused by a garden bonfire. Date: 1960s

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Smoke Makers / Punch / Poll

Smoke Makers / Punch / Poll
Smoke makers

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Mushroom cloud Nagasaki Japan in 1945, atomic bomb

Mushroom cloud Nagasaki Japan in 1945, atomic bomb
Mushroom cloud following the expolsion of Nagaski atomic bomb, Japan, World War II

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa

Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa
19th century vintage photograph: Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa

Background imageEnvironment Collection: The Grizzly giant, sequoia tree, Maarispos Grove, California

The Grizzly giant, sequoia tree, Maarispos Grove, California, men and horses in front of the tree. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Bill-posting in London - Cheretss posters

Bill-posting in London - Cheretss posters
Side of a London building plastered in posters in 1893. Central are posters for Geraudels pastilles, designed by the great French posterist, Jules Cheret

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Dornier Do-228 D-CALM

Dornier Do-228 D-CALM
Dornier Do-228-101 D-CALM (msn 7051), of the Natural Environment Research Council, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 24 July 2003. Date: 2003

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Canary Islands - Tenerife - Aloe Vera Plants

Canary Islands - Tenerife - Aloe Vera Plants Date: circa 1930s

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Modernist House, Surrey

Modernist House, Surrey
This photograph shows a large field of grass surrounding the distant modernist house, in Surrey, designed in 1937 by the architect Raymond McGrath

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Poster - Protect the Environment to the benefit of All

Poster - Protect the Environment to the benefit of All
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Protect the Environment to the benefit of All Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Europe Bridge, Saint Lazare Station, 1877 by Monet

Europe Bridge, Saint Lazare Station, 1877 by Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926). French impressionist painter. The Europe Bridge, Saint Lazare Station, 1877. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic

Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctic
Robert Falcon Scott Terra Nova Expedition - important archive of 52 negatives taken by Lt. Henry Birdie Bowers during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition that claimed the lives of Scott

Background imageEnvironment Collection: The Ky-Ko Fan Advertisement

The Ky-Ko Fan Advertisement
Advertisement from The Model Engineering Co. Ltd, promiting The Ky-Ko Non-Electric Fan. The KY-KO breeze for comfort and ease

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Photograph of flooding at Brooklands race track. Captioned, Brooklands lives up to its name'

Photograph of flooding at Brooklands race track. Captioned, Brooklands lives up to its name'. With description, The Automobile Track at Brooklands Under Water; The overflowing of the Wey

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Photographs of the River Thames flooding, at Twyford, Marsh Mills, and Wargrave

Photographs of the River Thames flooding, at Twyford, Marsh Mills, and Wargrave. Captioned, Dam the Flowing Tide: Is the vain cry of Thames-side residents'

Background imageEnvironment Collection: English Electric Canberra B. 2 WJ814 M

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WJ814 M
Royal Air Force - English Electric Canberra B.2 WJ814 M, of No.98 Squadron, based at RAF Cottesmore, used for radar calibration of the United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment. Date: circa 1970

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Fumigating Westminster Hall, 1971

Fumigating Westminster Hall, 1971
Canisters of pesticide in smoke form being used by the Department of the Environment in 1971 to fumigate Westminster Hall in London

Background imageEnvironment Collection: People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative

People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative
people, campaigning, campaign, tory, conservative, school, schools, education, placard, placards, poster, posters, kids, 1982, 1980s, 80s, eighties, industrial, unrest, action, dennis, goy, cuts

Background imageEnvironment Collection: MPs protesting about housing cuts

MPs protesting about housing cuts at the Department of the Environment, 19 February 1981. On the left is Gerald Kaufmann, Labour MP. Each MP carries a placard giving statistics for their area

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Michael Meacher, British Labour politician

Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003. Seen here campaigning with others against the closure of the Peter Pan Ward in

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Hampstead, the plague-ground of Londoners where the shades of smallpox

Hampstead, the plague-ground of Londoners where the shades of smallpox and fever threaten the innocent holidaymakers
Hampstead, the plague-ground of Londoners... where the shades of smallpox and fever threaten the innocent holidaymakers... Date: 1875

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Dornier Do-228 D-CALM

Dornier Do-228 D-CALM
Dornier Do 228-101 D-CALM (msn 7051), of the Natural Environment Research Council. Date: circa 2010

Background imageEnvironment Collection: 19th century vintage photograph: View of Sorrento, with some coming from the volcano

19th century vintage photograph: View of Sorrento, with some coming from the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the background

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Vintage 19th century photograph - entrance to the St Gotthard tunnel, railway line

Vintage 19th century photograph - entrance to the St Gotthard tunnel, railway line, Switzerland

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Earthquake damage, landslip, Japan, c. 1890

Earthquake damage, landslip, Japan, c. 1890
19th century vintage photograph: earthquake damage, landslip, Japan, c.1890

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Crocodile on a sandbank, Egypt, by Francis Frith 1857

Crocodile on a sandbank, Egypt, by Francis Frith 1857
19th century vintage photograph: Crocodile on a sandbank, Egypt, by Francis Frith 1857. There has been speculation as to whether the crocodile is alive; if it is

Background imageEnvironment Collection: View of the archaeological site at Herculaneum, Vesuvius

View of the archaeological site at Herculaneum, Vesuvius
Vintage 19th century photograph - view of the archaeological site at Herculaneum, with Mount Vesuvius in the background. Italy, eruption, volcano

Background imageEnvironment Collection: 1895 eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius

1895 eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius
19th century vintage photograph - 1895 eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Horse race meeting at Happy Valley racecourse, Hong Kong

Horse race meeting at Happy Valley racecourse, Hong Kong
Vintage 19th century photograph: Hong Kong (China) c.1880s - large crowd at a horse race meeting at Happy Valley racecourse

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Whakarewarewa, Geothermal springs, New Zealand

Whakarewarewa, Geothermal springs, New Zealand
19th century vintage photograph - the creek, Whakarewarewa. This is now the Te Puia geothermal preserve, with its Maori cultural centre, bubbling mud pots, and the spouting Pohutu Geyser

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Hakone Lake and Mount Fuji, Fujiyama capped with snow

Hakone Lake and Mount Fuji, Fujiyama capped with snow
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - Hakone Lake and Mount Fuji, Fujiyama capped with snow. Photo c.1880 s

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Fallen trees Japan, likely Typhoon damage

Fallen trees Japan, likely Typhoon damage
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - from the studio of Baron Raimund von Stillfried. Fallen trees at Ninomiya, Kanagaw district, possibly the result of typhoon damage

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Nazareth and the Well of the Virgin

Nazareth and the Well of the Virgin
Vintage 19th century photograph - Palestine, Israel, Holy Land - Nazareth and the Well of the Virgin

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Lebanese cedar trees, photogrraphed by Frrancis Frith

Lebanese cedar trees, photogrraphed by Frrancis Frith
Vintage 19th century photograph - Lebanese cedar trees, photogrraphed by Frrancis Frith

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Urami Waterfall, Nikko, Japan

Urami Waterfall, Nikko, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph Japan - Urami Waterfall, Nikko, Japan

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vintage 19th century photograph - lighthouse and narrows from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Jerusalem from the Wall of En-Rogel, Franci Frith 1857

Jerusalem from the Wall of En-Rogel, Franci Frith 1857
Photograph by Francis Frith, from his trip to Egypt, Palestine and the wider Holy lands in 1857 - Jerusalem from the Wall of En-Rogel

Background imageEnvironment Collection: Jerusalem with Siloam and the Mount of Olives

Jerusalem with Siloam and the Mount of Olives
Vintage 19th century photograph - Jerusalem with Siloam and the mount of Olives, Palestine, Holy Land, Israel

Background imageEnvironment Collection: India - the Nukhi Talao from the East, Mount Aboo, Mount Abu

India - the Nukhi Talao from the East, Mount Aboo, Mount Abu
Vintage 19th century photograph, India - the Nukhi Talao from the East, Mount Aboo, Mount Abu, India, Bourne and Shepherd studioz



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