Hoarding Collection

The Original Co-op, Rochdale, Lancashire
On December 21st, 1844, the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society commenced trading in this building thereby launching the worldwide Co-operative movement

Indonesia - Java - Bandung - City Centre Cinema. Date: circa 1950s

Richard Sickert and wife in his litter-ary studio
Walter Richard Sickert and his wife seen in his studio at Broadstairs, the state of which brings new meaning to the word, untidy. Date: 1938

The corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Greek Street, London - large advertising hoardings/billboards for The Talk of the Town revue at The Adelphi Theatre and Crazy Gang at the Victoria Palace Theatre

Victorian advertising hoarding

Advertising hoarding on the side of a building with seagull on the chimney

Street Life in London, 1878, The London Boardmen
John Thomson, Street Life in London, 1878, The London Boardmen

Savile Row, Mayfair, London
Savile Row in Londons Mayfair dominated by an estate agents hoarding. Date: circa 1930s

Easter Holidays Date: 20th century

London Hippodrome posters revealed after air raid
Posters for the London Hippodrome revealed after a bomb blast stripped away hoardings in October 1940. The poster dates from 1900 and in the centre is one for Miss Mary Arnotis

Pears Soap advertising hoardings, Holloway Road, London. 1893

Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central London
A Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990

Bill-posters 1900
Two men putting up large bill-posters on the London streets. Date: circa 1900

Traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford
A night time traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford, Essex. The bollard in the middle of the road says Keep Left, but this car kept a little too far to the left

Advertising hoarding with grafitti, Valencia, Spain

Ecksteins Building, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Ecksteins Building, Corner House, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1902

The Rosary by Edward F Rose
Promotional postcard for The Rosary by Edward F. Rose. First produced at the Elephant & Castle Theatre, 30th June 1913 For Theatre Royal, Dewsbury, 1st February 1915

BBC Broadcasting House under construction, London
BBC Broadcasting House in Langham Place, London, under construction, circa November 1930. Date: circa 1930

Wartime Hunting - a day with the suburban hounds (rationing)
Humorous drawing by H. H. Harris commenting on rationing in Britain in 1918 using the metaphor of hunting. Lord Rhondda, who served as Food Controller, is Master of the Hounds

Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front - WW1
WW1 - Sarcastic take on the Rigours of war on Home Front by Phyllis Spence. (from left) Standard Dress the Lady of the house horrified by the standardised form of ladies dress encouraged during WW1

WWI Poster, Join the brave throng that goes marching along
Join the brave throng that goes marching along. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster designed for a large hoarding, depicting six smiling soldiers in khaki. Date: 1916

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

Blitz in London -- Tottenham Court Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action at the scene of a fire in Tottenham Court Road, 24 September 1940. Date: 1940

Broadway and 79th Street, New York
The corner of Broadway and 79th Street in New York showing the Oliver A. Olson department store. The store has large display windows showing clothing and furnishing

Seoul, Korea - Bank of Korea Building (Museum)
Seoul, Korea - Bank of Korea Building (now a Museum) on Namdaemunno in the Jung-gu district. Date: 1930s

Blind Beggar on a London Street, with a sign explaining his situation around his neck and a small scrawny pet dog at his side

Paris, France - La Place Clichy Date: circa 1920

Advertising Bill Poster
People You See. From Teddy Bear (12 November 1966)

Cambridge Theatre, Seven Dials, London
Cambridge Theatre at Seven Dials, London. The New London Opera Company is performing, presenting Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Boheme, The Barber of Seville, Don Pasquale and Tosca. Date: 1947

Street scene in Londons theatreland, showing the Casino Theatre, with parked cars, pedestrians and a fruit stall. circa 1940s

Street repairs in Dublin, Ireland
Three men busy doing street repairs in Dublin, Ireland. The man on the left is laying a paving slab. There are some rather ornate advertisements on the hoarding behind them, one for a family chemist

Advert / Bill Poster 1880
London characters: the BILL POSTER pastes his poster on a hoarding - often, over a competitors advertisement. - especially at election time

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