Houses Collection (page 73)

The First Shell to land in Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 1870
Illustration showing a street scene with men and women at the barricades, houses destroyed and glass broken in the window panes; Franco-Prussian War

Royal Humane Society
A sketch of the receiving house of the Royal Humane Society. The society was founded in 1774 by Dr William Hawes and Dr Thomas Cogan, to save people from drowning by using resuscitation

Signs used by burglars and tramps
A series of photographs showing burglars secret signs to their accomplices. The signs are drawn onto houses to warn of the reception they are likely to recieve

Night on the Dart
A night time scene showing dwellings and boats dimly lit on the River Dart above an inky blue sky

Klosterneuburg
A monastic foundation located close to Vienna, overlooking the Danube. It houses a notable library

Sunday closing
A poster criticising the introduction of Sunday closing for public houses, the one day when the working classes had leisure time

France Chartres
Houses on the Eure, in the lower town : the spires of the cathedral, in the upper town, can be seen in the distance

Liverpool Terrace Houses
A street in Liverpool with a long row of terraced houses sloping down the hill

Molls Coffee House
Formerly Molls Coffee House in Exeter, Devon now a fine art dealers. The panel on the front claims the naval and military generals met here before fighting the Armada

Earthquake damage, Japan
A street and houses in Japan showing substantial damage from, possibly, an earthquake

Wales / Tenby 1940S
A delightful glimpse of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, viewed from Castle Hill

Grand Elizabethan House
A grand Elizabethan country house with fine topiary flanking the steps

Parisians at Sceaux: Dining in a Tree, 1872
Engraving showing wealthy Parisians enjoying dinner at Sceaux, with some dining in tree-houses; their food arriving in baskets hoisted up to them

Mews Houses, London
A row of mews houses in London

Bradlaugh Incarcerated
CHARLES BRADLAUGH imprisoned, quite comfortably, in the Clock Tower prison in the Houses of Parliament, London. Date: 1833 - 1891

Crystal Palace Interior
Interior view of the garden display area, with fountains, pools and statuary, giving a good impression both of the elaborate exhibits and the building which houses them

Nippy
A theatrical costume based on the uniforms worn by waitresses or " nippies" at Lyons tea houses

St Sergius Church / Cairo
The gateway of the Hanging Church, St Sergius, Cairo. It houses a deep crypt, 10 metres below the church floor. Date: circa 1970

Advertisement for Rolls Royce Phantom II car, with a photograph of a chaffeur driven Rolls with two fur-wearing ladies as passengers

Timbered Houses
Timbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England

England / Saffron Walden
Timbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Regency Town Houses
The Royal Terrace, Southend- on-Sea, Essex. These attractive houses, built in around 1794, with added Regency verandahs, overlook the sea front

Police Careers Team
The Metropolitan Police Careers Team opposite the Houses on Parliament with their mobile office van preparing for their tour of N.E. Scotland

Possible Bomb Threat
Police officer on Westminster Bridge by Big Ben on the walkie talkie radio checking out a suspect package in a briefcase - suspect bag Metropolitan Police, London

Triangular Lodge
Part of the curious Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northants. built by Sir Thomas Gresham in 1593, planned as an emblem of the Holy Trinity, everything in a series of threes

Stamford High Street
The high street, Stamford, Lincolnshire

Half-Timbered Houses
Fine Tudor half-timbered shops and houses on High Bridge, Lincoln, built on a ribbed Norman arch, c.1160. The dark vault under the bridge is the Glory Hole

England / Lavenham
Lavenham, Suffolk, England, a village where Tudor houses, with their wattle walls and lattice windows, still exist

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Explosion at Regents Canal, a barge covered in petroleum and gun powder blew up as it passed underneath the bridge on the night of1st of October 1874

Clearing up after the explosion at Regents canal
Clearing up the debris after a massive explosion caused a bridge over the Regents Canal to blow up. A barge covered in petroleum

John Nash Houses
Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, London, with some of the fine houses built by the architect John Nash in 1827

Norham, Northumberland
A view of Norham, Northumberland, six miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed, surmounted by Norham Castle, a splendid fortress on the English Scottish Border

Canada / Ottawa / Parliament
Ottawa: Houses of Parliament

Kew Green Houses
Georgian and Victorian town houses in a corner of Kew Green, Middlesex

England / Ledbury
Church Lane, a pleasing part of the picturesque old town of Ledbury, Herefordshire, noted for its many 15th century black and white timbered and plastered houses

Kentish Oast Houses
These familiar landmarks of Kent are the red brick and tiled hop kilns used for drying hops after harvesting. This one sits beside the village pond

Fine Haystacks in Kent
A fine stackyard on a farm in Staplehurst, Kent. The stacks are shaped like round huts which compliment the oast houses in the background

Four Ale Houses
Four country ale-houses

Dutch Street Market C17
Customers and traders at a busy Dutch street market

The Tholsel / Dublin / 1817
Tholsel Houses were financial centres where people exchanged money. This Dublin building was demolished in 1809. The lower floor was used as a market

Dolls House Cleaning 20C
A girl cleans her dolls house, a boy paints the roof red, and their dog watches

HORN DANCE
ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE: The troupe make their way to one of the large houses or farms in the district. The dance lasts all day and dates back over 1000 years

Road to Robin Hoods Bay
The one and only road down into Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire, England. The little village is crammed with tall or short houses built nearly on top of one another

Mannequins of Fashion
Mannequins display the latest fashions before a group of potential customers, while the vendeuse points out the features of the new style

Barton Broad
Old boat-houses on Barton Broad

Gherghebil in Dagestan
The Village of Gherghebil showing houses built on top of each other. This compactness has helped the villagers defend themselves from attack

Rice in China - 11
Laying the Rice up in the Store Houses

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