Erecting Collection

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen Huts
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in

Building of a prefabricated houses in 3 hours 1945
During the Second World War many houses were destroyed, due to this, prefabricated houses (prefabs) were built, quickly and cheaply providing quality housing with all the amenities, central heating

Erecting an awning Royal Navy

Construction of Lenin's mausoleum, Red Square
Vladimir Lenin was an exceptional revolutionary, adored by the majority of Russia, and regarded as being among the leading global intellectuals of the time

Construction of Lenin's Temporary Mausoleum
A temporary but elaborate wooden mausoleum was quickly built on Red Square in Moscow to hold Vladimir Lenin's Body following his death in 1924

Lenin's mausoleum, Construction, Red Square
The Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died of a stroke on the 21st of January 1924. Due to the exceptional public support he received whilst alive it was deemed fitting to honour him in

Temporary buildings after World War Two under construction at the Bristol Aeroplane Company's factory at Barwell. Date: 1947

Plaster decoration at the New Oxford Theatre
A workman seen high up in the roof of the New Oxford Theatre in the process of erecting plaster decoration from Messrs. White Allom for Charles B. Cochran

Erecting Aeroplanes, by Muirhead Bone, WW1
Erecting Aeroplanes -- an RE8, 2-seater reconnaissance plane being built at the Coventry Ordnance Works, February 1917, lithograph by Muirhead Bone, First World War. 1917

Progress of building for the International Exhibition 1861
Erecting the London Great International Exhibition, to be held the following year in May 1862. Date: October 1861

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan
General View of Erecting Shop, Mens Quarters, Store Shed etc. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

Scenes from Malvern Camp, 1938
Photograph, one of an album of 73, compiled by Chief Commander Blanche Barton, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945.Photographs show scenes from Malvern Camp, 1938, including: groups

Lancaster, 1939
Photograph, one of an album of 73, compiled by Chief Commander Blanche Barton, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945.Photographs show scenes from Malvern Camp, 1938, including: groups

Tram Construction at Belfast, Tramcar Bodies in Erecting Shop - a view of the completed wooden tram bodies in a large indoor workplace. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Tram Construction at Belfast, Car Floors in the Erecting Shop - a view of wooden car floors in a large shed. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Hottentot Village 1750
Hottentots erecting a hut, consisting of woven matting stretched over a wooden frame. Date: circa 1750

Grand Junction Railway train factory
Grand Junction Railway engine- works at Crewe : the erecting shop Date: 1849

Flying Kites, Japan
JAPANESE NEW YEAR Flying kites, erecting New Year trees, exchanging visits and greetings, playing games Date: 1855

Building Nissen huts for troops, Western Front, WW1
British men building Nissen huts for use by troops, on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916

Erecting coronation seats in front of Reform Club
Special stands and viewing galleries being constructed on the front of the Reform Club in Pall Mall, London from where members

The main bay of one of the Supermarine erecting shops on?
The main bay of one of the Supermarine erecting shops on the river Itchen prior to the German bombing during WW2. Administrative offices are on the left

The Bristol Erecting Shop in 1910. Date: 1910

The Erecting Shop at Kingston with the Dolphin production line. 16 November 1917. Date: 1917

View in locomotive erecting shop

Scouts erecting a Morrison shelter
Scouts erecting a Morrison Shelter during the Second World War. circa 1940

Blitz in London -- emergency water main, water bridge
Blitz in London -- firefighters, observed by fire officers, erecting a water bridge, an elevated emergency water main that allows traffic to flow underneath whilst the mains cross over road junctions

View of the new alms house for the city of Boston in the state of Massachusetts, erecting on Deer Island in Boston Harbor

1960s DIY Date: 1960

Putting up a Marquee
Workmen erecting a fairground marquee. Date: early 1930s

Erecting the double bottom of a ship, WW1
Erecting the double bottom of a ship during the First World War. Date: 1917

Romans Building a Fort
Roman soldiers building a fort, during the campaigns against the Alemanni - erecting stockades, brick walls and columns Date: 1st/2nd centuries AD

The Nave of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, 1852
Engraving showing the nave of St. Pauls Cathedral, with preparations for the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington well underway, 1852

German Workers Re-erecting a Free Passage Sign, Berlin, 19
Photograph showing German workers re-erecting a Russian and German sign declaring Free Passage on the border between West Berlin and the Soviet Sector at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

Paris Tour Eiffel
Workers erecting the Tour Eiffel

Amundsens Antarctic Expedition pitching camp, 1911
Photograph showing members of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 erecting their tent near Axel Heibergs Glacier, Antarctica, 1911

Marconis new movable radio-telegraphic station, designed by Marquis Solari, Signor Marconis secretary. The station was used for traction or for generating electricity for wireless telegraphy

Erecting the Funnels
Erecting the funnels of a steamship in a British shipyard

France / Archae / Menhir
ERECTING A MEGALITH This could well be the way in which the menhirs of Brittany were manoeuvred into place, according to French archaeologists

15th Century Workpeople
Three carpenters are erecting the frame of a building, when this old lady comes up to them begging... Date: 15th century

British Carrier 1921
An improvised carrier - the Royal Navys aeroplane carrier is unmistakeably the result of erecting a landing deck over a conventional ship

Reindeer Breeders
Reindeer breeders of the Tunguska region of central Siberia, erecting their tent for the night

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