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Interior of Oast House, Kent, England. Showing the Hops Floor Date: 1910s
Fish Mosaic from PompeiiFloor mosaic from Pompeii of fish, octopus, squid, lobster, eel and crustaceans. Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Napoli collection
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLarenKing Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company
An Ideal Home No. IV. Top-Floor Chicken Farm by William HeatThe beauty and simplicity of this solution of the problem of how to keep chickens in the top floor of the bijou flat will appeal to readers who like to get as much as possible for their rent
Tower Ballroom, BlackpoolThe magnificent Tower Ballroom, at Blackpool : spectators in the balconies enjoy refreshments while the dance floor is crowded - all in formal evening dress
London Stock Exchange - The Stock Jobbers Pitches. Date: early 1960s
Tsar Nicholas II with his familyTsar Nicholas II with his wife Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna and their five children, from left; Maria, Alexei (seated on floor), Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia
Ballroom Dancing ItalyFour couples take advantage of the dance-floor in a smart restaurant
Derrick Floor of an oil rig, IranDerrick Floor of an oil drilling rig, Iran
UFO crash at Roswell, New MexicoIrving Newton, Met. Officer at Roswell USAFB, New Mexico, holds debris of a supposed flying saucer found by rancher Mac Brazel, stated by the US Air Force to be a weather balloon
LCC-LFB Tooley Street fire station and its crewsBuilt in 1879, and located at 165 Tooley Street, this station remained operational until 1928 when the new Dockhead fire station was opened and the engines and crews transferred there
Advertisement for linoleum manufacturersAn advertisement for M Nairn & Co, floor cloth and linoleum manufacturers of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, with premises also in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Paris. circa 1883
Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890Six thousand barrels of whisky in a bonded warehouse on the ground floor, Edinburgh, Scotland, proprietors Andrew Usher and Co. 1890
The Arnolfini Portrait by Van EyckThe Arnolfini Portrait. 1434. By Jan van Eyck (1394-1441). Oil on oak panel. National Gallery. London. Great Britain
Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to danceThe Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales
Advert, Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, KirkcaldyAdvert for Barry, Ostlere & Shepherd Ltd, Manufacturers of Floor Cloth, Linoleum and Cork Carpet, Kirkcaldy, Scotland. 1905
Trinity College of Music, Mandeville Place, London -- Entrance Hall, showing main staircase leading upwards. circa 1922
1960S KitchenA classic kitchen, with a dresser, folding table, gas cooker with whistle kettle, trendy floor tiles and various types of kitchenalia
Ballroom Dance / BritainA happy couple swirl around the dance floor: Lifes only hope just to live it again - some night, some waltz, some girl
Hampstead & Highgate Express sign in Hampstead, London, next to a street lamp, left of picture. The building is on Perrin?s Court Hampstead NW3
Whippet and BlackbirdUnusual Friends - Whippet and Blackbird. 1950s
Silhouette of men in a pubThe Lads of the Village -- silhouette of men enjoying a drink of beer in their local pub. An advertisement for Worthington beer
Chicago Board of Trade - the interesting, lively, and at times noisy trading on the floor. Date: 1916
Billiard Room, Union Jack Club, Lambeth, LondonView of the Billiard Room at the Union Jack Club, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, London. The club opened in 1907 to cater for members and ex-members of the armed forces. Date: circa 1910s
Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London W1Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, London W1, with people dancing on the dance floor. Frascatis was a large, luxury restaurant offering cosmopolitan cuisine. Date: circa 1920s
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLarenSir Gawain takes up the challenge. As instructed by the Green Knight, he swings the battleaxe and cuts off the Green Knights head. The head falls off and rolls towards the banqueting guests
Crystal Palace PlanA floor plan of the Exhibition building - the ground floor and the galleries, showing how the courts open out from the central transept
Remington FamilySIR THOMAS REMINGTON of Lund, Yorkshire, with his wife and their fifteen living children; five deceased infants lie on the floor in their shrouds, poor wee mites
Blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horseA blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse. There are discarded horseshoes on the floor, and more hanging from a rack on the wall. Date: circa 1960s
Christ Church LibraryThe interior of Christ Church Library, Oxford showing ceiling to floor bookshelves. A student is shown working. Two ladies are being given a tour in the background
Home of a Spitalfields weaverInterior of a Huguenot silk weavers home in Spitalfields, London, showing the weaver hard at work at his loom
GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engineThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Brooklyn Union Gas CompanyBrooklyn Union Gas. Interior of what appears to be the main floor of the Brooklyn Union Gas Co
Three turtles swimming underwater. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
London Stock Exchange, Throgmorton Street - The Trading Floor
Play / Racine / PhedreSarah Bernhardt wears a full dress with sleeves to the floor as they plays Phedre by Jean Racine
Cotton Weaving / LancsCotton weaving, Lancashire
Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2A 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
Extension of the British Museum, LondonExtension of the British Museum in London: the new King Edward VII Galleries. A birds eye view showing the new section of the building. Date: 1914
Plan Pentonville PrisonA plan of the floor layout of Pentonville, a model prison built in London in 1843, with corridors of cells radiating out from a central point & exercise yards
Architectural plans of Borley Rectory. By Sidney Glanville. Scale of plans is 1 foot to 1/4. Ground floor Date: 1937
Face on the Barroom Floor, Teller House Bar, Colorado, USAThe Face on the Barroom Floor is a painting on the floor of the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, United States. It was painted in 1936 by Herndon Davis. Date: circa 1936
The Embassy Club, 1932Full house of social celebrities; a Seasons night
LCC-MFB firefighters at Dulwich fire stationOpened in 1892, Dulwich fire station was located at 250 Lordship Lane
Ground plan, Carmarthen County Lunatic Asylum, WalesArchitects ground-floor plan of the Carmarthen Lunatic Asylum erected near Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1865 and designed by David Brandon
Bisley Farm School No. 2 Ground-floor PlanGround-floor plan of the new building added to the Bisley Farm School, Surrey, in 1873, and later known as the Shaftesbury School block. Date: circa 1888
Christopher Columbus at La Rabida, 1872. By F. AdamChristopher Columbus (1451-1506). Genoese navigator. Columbus at the Convent of La Rabida, 1872. Copy by F. Adam of the homonimous painting by Eduardo Cano de la Pena. Maritime Museum. Barcelona
Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, WW2Blitz in London -- Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell. General view showing the fire damage caused by incendiary bombs on 21 February 1944, including the top floor of the Steam Pipe Company. Date: 1944
Members of Cuddington Golf Club, Surrey, 1933. Date: 1933
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a major school fire, HackneyA major fire destroyed over 50% of the school roof and a quarter of the first floor classrooms at the Hackney Downs School in East London
LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth
Mitchells and Butlers Brewery Malting FloorThe Malting Floor at the Mitchells and Butlers Cape Hill Brewery, Smethwick, West Midlands
Grasmere Rush FestivalThe Rush Bearing Festival at Grasmere, Lake District, England. Church floors were earthen and rushes were strewn on the floor for warmth. Held on St. Oswalds Day. Date: 1950s
Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, StyalView inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph
Rising floor for Bridge players / W H RobinsonA rising floor in the cars cabin which seconds as a Bridge table can allow those who are keen on both card games and motoring to engage in both pastimes simultaneously
No. 2 (Battle) War Hospital, Reading, BerkshireStaff and patients in Ward A13 at the No. 2 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Battle School, Cranbury Road, Reading
Paris Masons, 1740Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth
W Heath Robinson - Peeling Potatoes by Gramophone
Sir Edward Carson signing against Irish Home RuleSir Edward Carson signing the Covenant resisting Irish Home Rule. 1912
Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. GermanyMosaic of Orpheus. 200 AD. Of a private room, dining room or triclinium of a roman domus. From Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Entrance hall corridor, Woolwich Town Hall, SE London. circa 1908
The Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania - The Entrance Hall Date: 1922
Sketch by Fish of Charleston dancing at the Florida Club on the illuminated glass floor, London, 1926 Date: 1926
Albrecht Durers House, Nurnberg, Germany - 1st floor, Small room circa 1930s
Livng Room by Betty JoelA light living room with wooden floor and matching wooden furniture. Date: 1933
Mojave MazeMystic maze of the native American Mojave people, laid out with stones on the desert floor near Needles, California Date: 1923
Imperial Vacuum Cleaner advertisement, 1914Advertisement for the Imperial Vacuum Cleaner from The Electric Appliances Company Ltd, claiming it would last a lifetime and offering the chance for a home demonstration of the machine in action
Woman patient, St Marys Hospital, Paddington, LondonLFB Special Services trying to help a woman patient at St Marys Hospital, Paddington, London, on 15 April 1959
Toddler sitting next to bowlToddler sitting next to a bowl. Date: 1920s
Chart of oceanic section, Madeira, Portugal to St. VincentA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Programme for Murrays Cabaret ClubProgramme cover for Murrays Cabaret Club, London. Date unknown circa 1930s
Safety Deposit VaultMerchantile Safe Deposit Co. 120 Broadway, c. 1904. Safety deposit vault with mosaic tile floor flanked by banks of safe deposit boxes
Scene in the International Stores, Crediton, Devon, with two middle-aged women chatting in an aisle
Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor
Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline BaynesA Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen
British Officers interrogating a prisoner, East Africa, 1916Photograph showing General Hannyngton and his intelligence officer (seated in chairs) interrogating an enemy porter (seated on floor) in German East Africa, 1916
Man in the Kitchen C1905Letting your husband loose in the kitchen can be very risky; here, a pot boils over, eggshells litter the floor, and the cat laps spilt milk
Revolving BookcaseThis revolving bookcase holds fewer books for its floor- space than any conceivable design, but it could be handy for portfolios and outsize books that need to be flat
Specimens of evolution at a grand dinnerThe survival of the fittest -- specimens of evolution take part in a grand dinner. The handsome and the clever walk arm in arm, watched by many servants
Mary, Queen of ScotsMary, Queen of Scotland, in a black and white dress with lace at the collar and cuffs
The Bull in the China Shop Date: 1891
Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Gloucestershire, England. Date: circa 1910s
Eliza Comes to Stay by H. V. Esmond. First produced at the Pier Theatre, Brighton, as Sandy and his Eliza on 30th September 1912 and at the Criterion Theatre on 12th December 1913