Hoardings Collection

London - Piccadilly Circus in the 1920s
London - Piccadilly Circus photographed in 1924. The Trocadero is showing Wanderer in the Wasteland - an American colour silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt

Piccadilly Circus and the Statue of Eros, London. The street scene is dominated by advertising hoardings and illuminations for Gordons Gin, Wrigleys Chewing Gum and others

Piccadilly Circus 1928
More changes to the traffic layout at Piccadilly Circus - work in progress round the Eros statue, which I suppose is somewhere behind the hoardings. Date: 1928

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

Post Office at East Chinnock, Somerset, England
Post Office and T Bowyer General Stores at East Chinnock, Somerset, England Date: 1920s

A Map of New Zealand
A truly outstanding, and large scale, Empire Marketing Board poster map designed by Leslie MacDonald ('Max') Gill

A Map Of Irish Free State And Northern Ireland
a, map, of, irish, free, state, and, northern, ireland, 1929, truly, outstanding, large, scale, empire, marketing, board, poster, designed, by, leslie, macdonald, max, gill, this, design, for,

Poster Pageant - Advert for Pears Soap, Bubbles 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Poster Pageant - Advert for Edwards Soup 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well-known familiar bill board posters

The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Poster Pageant - Advert for Michelin Tyres 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Poster Pageant - Advert for Egall, Pure Dried Eggs 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Poster Pageant - Advert, Dean's Untearable Rag Books 1920
The pageant was to promote the up-and-coming International Advertising Exhibition at White City, London. Over a mile long in the West End, well known familiar bill board posters

Glasgow, Scotland - Jamaica Bridge. Date: circa 1906

Couple on Waterloo Bridge, London
Couple stand on the old Waterloo Bridge, London, looking across the River Thames towards the South Bank, flanked by newspaper hoardings. Date: circa 1930s

John Hassall Correspondence Art School advertisement, 1917
Advertisement for the John Hassall Correspondence Art School showing a sketch of Hassall himself putting the finishing touches to his famous poster for The Only Way starring Sir Martin Harvey

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

Illuminated news bulletin and how it works
The Newspaper of the Streets. The illuminated news bulletin which tells passer-by at night the latest news. Diagram by S. W

Wych Street and Holywell Street, London, destined to be demolished for the Holborn-Strand improvement scheme which was finally completed after the First World War

Pears Soap advertising hoardings, Holloway Road, London. 1893

The Coliseum in St. Martins Lane nearing completion
The Coliseum in St. Martins Lane, pictured nearing completion with hoardings announcing three stages in one. Designed by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham for the impresario Oswald Stoll

Montevideo, Uruguay, Avenida 18 de Julio and Calle Rio Negro
Montevideo, Uruguay, the junction of Avenida 18 de Julio and Calle Rio Negro. Date: circa 1950

Times Square, New York City, NY, USA Date: circa 1947

Construction of the Palacio Salvo - Montevideo, Uruguay - the scaffolding is bedecked with a wide variety of advertising hoardings and billboards. Date: 1928

Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, London
A fantastic, rare view of the Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, Brixton, London. As Brixtons population increased rapidly during the 1870s

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

WW1 - London Buses at the Front, transporting British troops (Scots Highlanders). Advertorial postcard for Dubonnet. Date: 1915

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

Tottenham Court Road C. 1895
A busy street scene on Tottenham Court Road c. 1895. The Horseshoe Hotel can be seen on the right, with advertising hoardings. Date: c. 1895

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

French Bill-Poster
A French afficheur (bill- poster or -sticker) at work. Date: circa 1845

Earls Court Exhibition of 1905 - The Great Wheel, Back View
Earls Court Exhibition of 1905 - The Great Wheel - Back View Date: 1905

Leicester Square, London - By Night - Neon Illuminations Date: circa 1920s

Port Said - Rue de Commerce - Egypt Date: circa 1906

Paris, France - La Place Clichy Date: circa 1920

Gillingham, Kent - The High street looking East Date: 1910s

Piccadilly Circus under snow, 1948
Piccadilly Circus and its famous advertising hoardings pictured under a blanket of snow on 20 February 1948. 1948

Ludgate Circus and Hill, London

Piccadilly Circus, London 1947
A panorama of Piccadilly Circus, London. A crowd of people cross to the statue of Eros, while cars fill the streets

Piccadilly Circus, London, 1952
Piccadilly Circus, London, with buses rounding the statue of Eros, and advertising hoardings featuring Wrigley s, Bovril, and Guinness

Voting / General Election
A general election scene in Britain before the introduction of the secret ballot: voters coming to the poll at Westminster

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