Gate Collection (#40)

Plaque in Assembly Hall, Baden Powell House, London
Plaque in the Assembly Hall of Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. The plaque was unveiled in October 1966

Dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Checking a dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Man checking a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Boys in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Two boys in a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Girl Guides in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides in a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Man in dormitory at Baden Powell House, London
A man adjusting his tie in the mirror of a communal dormitory at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961

Communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, London
Washbasins in a communal bathroom at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Statue unveiling at Baden Powell House, London
The statue of Lord Baden Powell, founder of the scouting movement, unveiled at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London, with scouts standing to attention

Laying the foundation stone, Baden Powell House, London
Scene during the laying of the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Trowel, Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
The trowel used by Lady Olave Baden Powell in 1959 when she laid the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London

Site of Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
Visitors looking round the newly built Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Statue arriving at Baden Powell House, London
A statue of Lord Baden Powell, founder of the scouting movement, arriving at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London, being lifted off a lorry by a crane

Wrought iron gate, Hampstead
An elaborate wrought iron gate on Church Row, Hampstead. Early Georgian terraced housing can be seen behind. Date: 2013

Arch of Augustus, Perugia, Italy
Arch of Augustus, Piazza Fortebraccio, Perugia, Italy, built in the third century BCE. Date: late 19th century

Porte San Joseph, San Remo, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Cloisters, Certosa di Pavia, Lombardy, Italy
Cloisters, Certosa di Pavia, a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy. Date: late 19th century

Mountain Dairy, Illawarra District, Australia
Mountain Dairy, Illawarra District, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1890s

Chief Secretarys Office, Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1890s

Secundra Bagh Gate, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Secundra (Sikandar) Bagh Gate, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was stormed during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Date: circa 1890s

Entrance Gate, Sikandra Bagh, Agra, India
Entrance Gate, Sikandra Bagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s

Flock of sheep, walls of Jerusalem
A flock of sheep outside the walls of Jerusalem, Holy Land. Date: circa 1870

Samsons Gate, Gaza, Holy Land. Date: 1857

Home Gardening magazine, September 1928
Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion for the layout of a front garden the design of which was apparently specially prepared by one of the greatest authorities in the country

American pilots in China
With their leave over, American pilots board a truck and leave Chongqing (Chungking) to return to the air field where they are serving with the 14th U.S. Army Air Force in China

British sentryman on duty, Western Front, WW1
A British sentryman on duty in a ruined village on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Japanese troops enter Tachang at the city gate. Situated north of Shanghai, Tachang was taken after a long and heavy attack Date: 1937

Japanese attack Nanking
Japanese artillery shell Nanking (Nanjing) from a street facing the South Gate, with infantry waiting to move in to the city. Date: 1937

Bonzo gets that spring feeling by George Studdy
Bonzo gets that spring feeling when confronted by a bull in a field. Chee-Kee the Pekingese escapes the easy way by slipping under the five-bar gate rather than being head-butted over it

Porta Capuana, Naples, Italy
Porta Capuana, an ancient city gate in Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Medieval fortifications, France
Four examples of French medieval fortifications, with two plans

Entrance, Mary Pickford Studios, Hollywood, USA
Entrance to Mary Pickford Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 20th century

A crowd gathered outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. London

A Morning Stroll at Stanhope Gate during the Season
Smart society strolling in the Stanhope Gate area of Hyde Park during the height of the London Season. Date: 1930

Jeek the puppy strays into a cottage garden
Jeek the mongrel puppy loses his way on a day at the seaside and strays into a fishermans cottage garden. Date: 1940

View inside Cannon Street Station, London, showing trains waiting to depart, but very few passengers in evidence. Date: circa 1940

The innocent games 1914
Women playing blind mans buff outside in the garden. Date: 1914

Early car parked in front of house
An early car parked in front of a house

Two oxen outside a barn

Gyeongbokung Palace in Seoul, South Korea
Soldiers in traditional Korean costume changing the guard at Gwanghwamun the main gate of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea Date: 2012

London bus during the General Strike, Route 1, destined for Kensington Church, the Aldwych and Notting Hill Gate. Alongside the driver, on the outside of the vehicle

Woman in garden with caged parrot
An elderly woman in a garden, holding a caged parrot

Leaflet design, How to paint with Robbialac Paints. Featuring an idyllic white house with a red roof, and a woman painting the garden gate

Young clergyman with young woman
A young clergyman standing arm-in-arm with a young woman

Fishergate Postern York by Joseph Pike
Fishergate Postern, York. Pencil Sketch by Joseph Pike Date: 1925

Peking Gate
Gate in city wall of Peking (now Beijing) in China. Date: C.1911

Barracks gate in Tientsin, China
Four Chinese soldiers wearing turbans at the gate of army barracks in Tientsin (now Tianjin) in China, where the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were posted

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1900
People collecting at the gate of the Viceregal Lodge, Phoenix Park, hoping to catch a glimpse of Queen Victoria in her donkey chair going for her afternoon drive

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