Floors Collection

An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson
This is W. Heath Robinsons solution of the spare room problem, a brilliant idea which renders it possible to entertain in the smallest flat without the slightest difficulty

LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill
Firefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London

Rome / Colosseum 1827
The four-storey structure had a moveable canopy, a safety net to protect the audience, a network of underground tunnels, and floors that could flood for mock sea battles!

Advert / Calverts Carboli
CALVERTs CARBOLIC SOAP for floors

Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladder
Regular training continued at all London fire stations during WW2, though it was unusual for a sub-station to have a drill tower

Grasmere Rush Festival
The 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

Imperial Vacuum Cleaner advertisement, 1914
Advertisement 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

Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1
Firefighting at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion

The Harem - Topkapi Palace, Seraglio Point, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1819

South Africa Kimberley De Beers Diamond Mine depositing floors pre-1900

Floors Castle, Scotland

Kelso Floors Castle Victorian period

Owen Owen, Seven floors of Christmas Shopping display
Window display in Liverpool Department store, Owen Owen, for Seven floors of Christmas Shopping Date: circa 1958

Advert for Linovent, which could be laid under carpets and linoleum to create extra spring and deaden noise. Date: 1932

Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London
Men scrubbing floors at the Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London Date: 1897

Advertisement for Gre-Solvent cleaning fluid by the inimitable William Heath Robinson, showing a family finding all kinds of ways to make the most of its magical cleaning properties. Date: c.1924

Two dancing teams who entertain on the polished floors of Hotels and Night Clubs, 1928. Ricardo and Lucita (top left) introducing a new dance Fantasie Parisienne and Jimmy Pendleton and Valeda Worth

The Izjer Tower seen through the Pax Gate, Dixmuide
Listed as an International Peace Centre, the Tower is a symbol of Flemish Nationalism which came to a head during the First World War. The Towers history goes back to the 18th Century

Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park, plans 1851
Temporary glass structure of The Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park taking place between from 1 May to 15 October 1851, showing the interior plans of the two floors of the galleries. Date: 1851

Advert for Sapolio cleaning soap 1887
Bar of soap Sapolio, and a scrubbing brush, helped this housewife keep her floors in proper shape! Date: 1887

Mother, Son in Kitchen Date: 1950

Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flats
Oatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953

TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC
Anti-tuberculosis dispensary at Nantes : street view, section of the interior, and plans of the lower and upper floors Date: 1906

Crescent Hotel, Steamer Point, Aden
Crescent Hotel, Steamer Point, in the British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930s

Zuni (Pueblo) Indians, New Mexico, USA
Zuni Indians (part of a larger group known as Pueblo or Village Indians) in New Mexico. The Zunis lived in multi-storey houses using a ladder to move between floors

Pre-Romanesque Asturian architecture. Spain. Church of St Mary at Mount Naranco. Built as a palace ordered by the king Ramiro I of Asturias (791-850)

London Museums new home, Stafford House, London
The London Museum in its new home at Stafford House (now known as Lancaster House), London, about to be opened to the public

LCC-LFB Brigade HQ Annual Review hook ladder drill
These coordinated hook ladders drills were a popular feature during the annual displays at Lambeth Headquarters. With one firefighter on each side of the drill tower and at every window

LCC-LFB Aftermath of major building fire in Hackney
The scene of a fire in Cambridge Heath Road, Hackney, East London, which seriously damaged the upper two floors of a commercial and business outlet

LCC-LFB Aftermath of serious house fire in Notting Hill
With the blaze at a house in Notting Hill extinguished, firefighters start to put away their equipment and ladders. The fire affected all floors of this terraced house

The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945
Photograph showing the Empire State Building on fire, between the eighty-fifth and ninetieth floors, as a result of a Mitchell bomber accidently crashing into the building, 28th July 1945

Dutch Residence in Java
A building on two floors with columns and portico: a Dutch colonial residence at Bodjong, Semarang, Java

Hospital Ward Maids
A nurse wheels a patient forward in his metal bed so that the daily Ward Maids can clean and polish the floors at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England

Prince of Wales Terrace, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Date: 1904

Interior of a 16th century mill in operation. 16th century

Ad for Vertigan Pacquet Dance Floors, showing floor of Recto
Advert for Vertigan Pacquet Dance Floors, showing the floor at Rectors Club, London, 1923 Date: 1923

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

Yuso Monastery. Cloister. Partial view. San Millan de la Cogolla. La rioja. Spain

Vanderbilt House, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

View from Vanderbilt, 5th Avenue, New York
Located on the corner of 5th avenue and 57th street, New York city, Cornelius Vanderbilt II house was built in 1883. Its ground floor doubled as a drawing room

Elevation of Town-House
An elevation of a town house on four floors Date: 1861

Advert for Mansion polish 1937
The bright way to lovely floors. Floor retain there loveliness far longer when polished with Masion Polish. A single application will keep a floor looking bright and fresh for days. 1937

Books stacked on staircase, London SE15
Books indiscriminately stacked on a staircase between first and second floors, discovered during a four-pump fire in Lyndhurst Grove, London SE15, on 27 January 1963. Date: 1963

Rice - paddy workers stacking ricks - Rangoon - They were still in process of cutting and piling and preparing threshing floors for the stacked paddy bundles. Date: 1952

LCC-LFB Deptford fire station, SE London
Located at 189 Evelyn Street, Deptford fire station remains operational today. As with all fire stations of the period the upper floors were occupied by firemen and their families

Scaling ladder rescue drill demonstration, WW2
The position in which a line is attached to a scaling ladder in order to perform a rescue from the upper floors of a building

Plan for Astors Hotel. New-York, 1832
Astor Hotel, New York, floor plans. Four Chamber Floors, Similar to This Above the Principal Floor... 6 in All Date: ca. 1832

Isfanan, Iran - Ali Qapu
Ali Qapu ( Sublime Gate ) - a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. Located on the western side of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square opposite to Sheikh lotf allah mosque

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