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An Ideal Home No. II. The Folding GardenThis folding garden for flat dwellers with a love of open-air life will appeal to all householders who enjoy rustic amenities in a urban setting. The second of the Ideal Home designs by W
The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres byThe difficult problem of how to enjoy games and field sports when you live in a block of flats has triumphantly solved. The sixth in the series of Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson
St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, Marine CourtThe Art Deco splendour of Marine Court and New Sun Lounge, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The building was completed in 1937 and was for a time the tallest block of flats in the United Kingdom
Morshead Mansions, Morshead Road, Maida Vale, London. Date: circa 1910
Wanstead Flats FairA travelling funfair, at Wanstead Flats, east London. Date: 1930s
Dolphin Square Gardens, looking North - Pimlico, London. Date: 1956
Your Britain - Fight for it NOW - World War 2 public information Poster designed by Abram Games for the War Office - first published in 1942. Date: 1942
Bonneville Salt Flats at nightThe scene on the Bonneville Salt Flats at night
Sir Malcolm Campbell in the cockpit of Bluebird, 1935Photographic portrait of Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), the English car and speedboat racer, pictured in the cockpit of Bluebird after one of his record breaking runs on the Utah Salt Flats in
Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, were modelled on the Karl Marx Hof flats in Vienna, Austria. The steel frame and concrete clad buildings were demolished 1978 Date: built late 1930s
Council Flats, SheffieldBoys play on a climbing frame outside blocks of council flats on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield
King Henry VI of England married to Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, 23 April 1445. The mad king was 24 and the queen 15
Sir Malcolm Campbells Blue Bird, Bonneville, Utah, USASir Malcolm Campbells Blue Bird at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, for the World Land Speed Record 1935. 1935
The Painting Room, Haymarket Theatre, London. 1865
Guessens Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1920
Bedford, Street SceneA road in the outskirts of Bedford showing modern blocks of flats. Date: 1964
New Tower Blocks Go UpA striking impression of modern flats being constructed on a slum clearance site, the Woodside Development Plan, in Sheffield
St. Ermins Hotel, St. Jamess Park, London - 600 apartments and self-contained suites. Numerous bedrooms with bathrooms attached. Date: circa 1907
A Variety of womens shoes 1926Ladies 1920s footwear, including slippers, tennis and dress shoes. Date: circa 1926
Dolphin Square, Pimlico, London Date: circa 1950
Children on a London housing scheme - probably 1920s
Children in Council housing, London
Elizabeth In WartimeAn illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Elizabeth In Wartime, written by Florence Kilpatrick. The image portrays Elizabeth, who has dropped her domestic work to help with the war effort
Architectural Drawing, Residential FlatsAn architectural drawing which shows an aerial view from the south, of some residential flats, the design was submitted in a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd
Architectural Axonometric Perspective, FlatsAn architectural axonometric drawing of designs for some residential flats, a commended submission for a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd. Designed by architect R
Axonometric Residential Flats DesignAn architectural axonometric drawing of designs for some residential flats, a commended submission for a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd
Architectural Perspective Of Residential FlatsThis architectural perspective design placed second in a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd. The flats were designed by architects A. P. Lloyd and E. W
Architectural Flats IllustrationA front cover architectural illustration of a block of flats, to a report on a competition for designs of five-storey flats, organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd. Date: circa 1930s
Residential Flats Architectural Competition WinnerA winning architectural design for a competition organised by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd. This perspective shows a five storey reinforced concrete residential flat
Hanover Gate Mansions, Regent's ParkAn architectural drawing which proposes the erection of three blocks, each containing ten flats, now named Hanover Gate Mansions, it is situated at Park Road, Regent's Park
Winter, HollandA watercolour painting of some Dutch town steps with a tall lantern to the side, leading up to an alleyway with tall buildings of shops and flats to each side. Date: circa 1923
High rise tower block with banners, Clapham, LondonA high rise 23-storey council tower block with banners, Sporle Court, Clapham Junction, South London. Residents were complaining that their requests to be rehoused were being ignored by the local
Modern housing, Rotterdam, NetherlandsModern housing in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with prams being pushed along the pavement. Date: circa 1930s
Boys outside block of Marylebone flats, NW LondonBoys play outside a block of recently built Marylebone flats, NW London. Date: circa 1930s
A Grand Apartment Block on Hyde Park Gardens, London. Date: 1909
Dramatic machinery for a theatre set including flying carriage, boat on moving waves, flats, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Dramatic machinery for a theatre set. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees
Backstage at a the Variety Theatre, Paris, FranceBackstage at the Variety Theatre in Paris, before the show begins. Names include Castera, Duvernon, Brossard, Valentino, Dea, De Prony, Lassouche and Darbel
Lady Hamilton Grant on roof garden of Berkeley CourtLady (Hamilton) Grant, aka the actress Margaret Bannerman, featured in a photograph on the front cover of The Bystander taking tea on the roof garden of Berkeley Court
Speed of the Wind, specially built for EystonThe specially built Speed of the Wind car in which Captain G E T Eyston set many land speed records on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. 20th century
Speed record course, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USASir Malcolm Campbells course at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, for his attempt on the world land speed record. The circles indicate the courses used by Jenkins
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, the site of numerous land speed record attempts by Sir Malcolm Campbell. 20th century
John Cobb, driver, in a Napier-Railton, in which he set new speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats, USA in 1935. 1935
La Digue, Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, BelgiumLa Digue (The Dyke), Duinbergen, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1950s
Seven identical letter boxes in a block of flats. Date: 1960s
Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flatsOatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953
BUILDING COUNCIL FLATSThe construction of a block of flats on the Woodchurch Estate, at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s
TERRACED HOUSES FOR SALEAn impressive row of grand Georgian terraced houses and flats for sale during the 1980s housing boom. Date: 1980s
Flookborough shrimp trailers, Morecambe BayFlookborough, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria. Shrimp fishermens trailers with ropes and shrimp nets. The trailers are towed by tractors at low tide Date: 1993
Apartment balconies, LisbonA woman hangs out the washing from a small balcony in a block of old apartments with decorative iron balcony railings, Lisbon, Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Woman police officer in a London street, sticking a yellow label on a car windscreen, with a Metropolitan Police Vehicle Removal Unit lorry behind her
Cut away of a French apartment building in ParisA high-rise apartment building, Paris; a cut-away showing people in the apartments, including a fencing scene 1 of 2 Date: circa 1880
Cutaway of a French apartment building in ParisA high-rise apartment building, Paris; cut-away of people in the rooms 2 of 2 Date: circa 1880
East Africa - Eritrea - Massawa - Salt Flats at Gherar Date: circa 1910s
Cornish Arms Hotel in New York City, USACornish Arms Hotel at 23rd Street at 8th Avenue right next to the Grand Opera House (right) in New York City, USA. The hotel now functions as an apartment building called Broadmoor. Date: circa 1936
The Wharf and Quay Street, St Ives, Cornwall" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. The Wharf & Quay Street from Seagull Flats, Morning. The Harbour Beach Foresand, cottages & Quay House, St Leonards Chapel
Busy road in Hampstead. Woman standing by a black cab to the left of the picture, by double yellow line. Line of cars behind, people walking on the pavement, large blocks of flats
Chepstow Mansion, Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, LondonView of Chepstow Mansion, Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, West London. Date: circa 1905
Jimmy Edwards and cat in a pantomime, Puss in BootsJimmy Edwards (1920-1988), English comic actor and writer, as King Jim, with a cat (played by Freda Wyn, aka Winifred A Ryeland, 1916-1989) in a pantomime, Puss in Boots, at Streatham Hill Theatre
Victory steam engine in procession - Henley-on-Thames, probably to celebrate the coronation in 1911. Date: 1911
Singapore 1985Singapore: a new block of flats springs up during a building boom. Date: 1985
Block of flats in Vienna, AustriaThe light well of a block of flats in Vienna, Austria, with residents looking down from two of the balconies. Date: 1953
Newsagents Notice BoardAn assortment of notices on a newsagents shop notice board, including Flats to Let and Light Removals. Date: 1970
Flats collapse in a Fenian Street, 1963Two four storey tenements in Dublin came apart on 12th June 1963. Firemen and resuce workers rushed to the scene, but two children were buried and died in the rubble
Council Housing EstateParkhill council estate in Sheffield: people walking and browsing the few shops
Tin Model of a BluebirdThe Bluebird in which Sir Malcolm Campbell set a new land speed record of 301.129 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah on 3rd September 1935
Europa Flats - Black and white view over wall/road to square building, houses, sea, hill Date: circa 1890s
Bathing dresses 1913Page of pre World War One women wearing bathing-dresses with embroidary and lace, the truth be told that they are better out of the water than in! 1913
Mansion block, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaMansion block of flats, Quartz Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930
Mansion blocks, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South AfricaMackay, Dorchester and Rissik Mansions, Rissik Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930
Block of council flats in Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1960s
Balconies for BabiesModern flats in the Netherlands, fitted with special child-friendly balconies, just large enough to fit a babys cot. Date: 1930s
Harlow New Town / FlatsA block of flats and a row of houses beyond a patch of waste ground in Harlow New Town, designed by the architect Frederick Gibberd Date: 1952
Chester Council FlatsA new council estate with bleak blocks of flats, at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: August 1963
New York City - Playing card - The Belnord Apartments - 10 of Hearts. Date: 1900
The White House, Regents Park, London W1The White House, an art deco apartment block in Albany Street, Regents Park, London W1. It later became a hotel. Date: late 1930s
Apartment building in ParisHome industries in a Paris apartment building, faubourg Saint-Antoine Date: 1885
Holiday shoes 1933Selection of differenet design footwear; Ghillie shoes in two toned plaited leather with rubber soles for sports and cruising. (left) Deck shoe in brown and black kid and wide meshed white linen
High Street, St Johns Wood, north-west LondonHanover House (mansion block of flats), High Street, St Johns Wood, north-west London. circa 1905
Ijsselstraat, Amsterdam, NetherlandsIjsselstraat (Ijselstraat), a residential street in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Date: circa 1920s
Actress Freda Wyn doing handstand in cat costumeFreda Wyn, English actress (aka Winifred A Ryeland, 1916-1989), doing a handstand on stage in her cat costume during rehearsals for a pantomime, Puss in Boots
Sir Malcolm Campbells Racing Car Bluebird, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. Hit the speed of 301 miles per hour. Date: 1935
Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, USAShuffleboard courts (left) at Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, USA, with a sun deck, Sun Dial Apartments and the Hotel Oceanic in the background. Date: 1945
Firefighters in action, Fanshaw Street, London N1Firefighters in action with turntable ladders and hosepipes at a building in Fanshaw Street, London N1, 28 February 1956. The fire had gone through the roof before the first appliance arrived
