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Halong Bay, Quang Nin, VietnamView of Halong (or Ha Long) Bay, near Ha Long City (also known as Hong Gai), capital of Quang Nin Province, Vietnam. Ha Long Bay (meaning Descending Dragon Bay)
Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metalTwo young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard
OUR MUTUAL FRIENDMr. Venus surrounded by the trophies of his art
The Painting Room, Haymarket Theatre, London. 1865
City of London handcart with scrap bomb metal, WW2WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London. The cart also contains iron railings and general household metalwork
Pile of old cars in a junk yardA pile of old cars in a junk yard, with an appropriate road sign pointing upwards: One Way Street
Chinese junk Date: 1930s
Chinese Junk in Hong Kong Bay. Date: circa 1910s
Multi-masted Chinese Junk. Date: circa 1920s
Hokusai woodcut - Ushibori: A Junk moored among reedsReproduction of a woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) entitled: Ushibori: A Junk moored among reeds. Date: early 19th century
Moorgate stoneyard in 1961View of Moorgate stoneyard, a fragment of the old city with its cobbled streets. In the background is the New Moor House. Date: 1961
Antiques market, Bromyard, HerefordshirePeople at an antiques market in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Date: 1969
Boy with bicycle wheel, Balham, SW LondonA little boy with a bicycle wheel on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Dragon boat on the water, China. Date: circa 1890
Workmen begin the job of dismantling the Boeing mock-up of its SST 12/20. Marks Morrison, a Nebraska junk dealer, bought the model of the billion-dollar project at auction for $31, 000
Alfriston AntiquesThe wonderfully jumbled interior of an antique shop at Alfriston, Sussex, England, where dealers have known for years that bargain hunters love a rummage! Date: 1960s
Irish old lady, Co Clare, IrelandA little Irish lady wearing a flowered apron stands in her garden in front of a derelict lorry and a flowering hydrangea. County Clare, Ireland Date: 1990
Sailing junk China in the 1920s
Chinese junk
Secondhand furniture dealer, Victorian period
Eviction of squatters, Harrow Road, London, 17 June 1974 -- a policeman stands guard outside the property, from where all the squatters belongings have been put out on the pavement. Date: 1974
Sailing junk on the Whangpu River, Shanghai, ChinaVintage c.1920s photograph: sailing junk on the Whangpu River, opposite the Bund, Shanghai, China
Timber junk, sailing boat, Shanghai, ChinaVintage c.1920s photograph: timber junk, sailing boat, Shanghai, China
Rag and Bone man collecting in London mewsA Rag and Bone man (or totter) collecting material in a London mews. Date: circa 1960s
Pine tree shaped as a junk / boat Japan, late 19th century
Large Japanese trading ship, junk Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph
Follaton House, seat of Stanley Carey, Totnes Devon. Built by the architect George Stanley Repton in 1826. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1827
Page from The Bystander reporting on the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. Illustration by Howard K. Elcock show the Hong Kong gateway, with a Chinese junk and shops. Date: 1924
Vessels and warships of the Chinese navy. Mail ship or news frigate 1, junk with defensive boards 2, covered waterwheel riverboat 3, junk 4, and hawks beak boat with two prows 5
Chinese junks and freight vessels, with sails and banners. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples
Chinese pleasure junk, Qing Dynasty. Pleasure boat with latticed windows and large cabins, usually rowed or pulled. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese junk, Qing Dynasty. Flat-bottomed, three-masted ship with compartmentalized hold. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste
Frieze, Loading tea onto a Chinese junk
Astronomer looking at the sky from an attic room. Date: circa 1860s
Articles in the Chinese Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 1865Precious objects brought from the Emperor of Chinas Summer Palace, near Pekin, displayed at the Chinese Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1865
The Cars Graveyard, Malo, by Ernest ProcterThe Cars Graveyard, Malo, painting by Ernest Procter, after the First World War. circa 1919
Japanese Junk circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s
Dealer in bric-a-brac, Montmartre, Paris, FranceA dealer in junk and bric-a-brac (referred to as the Prime Minister of Death) in Montmartre, Paris. Date: 1905
THEATRE / EXOTIC / TIEN-LINThe Theatre at Tien-Lin attracts a large audience for the traditional play being performed on the raised staging. Date: circa 1840
ANTIQUE SHOP (CBOX)Customers inspect some of the goods in the shop (helped by the owner). Date: 1875
A man sits in his shed - Kirkcudbright, SW ScotlandA man sits in his shed at the bottom of his garden in Kirkcudbright, SW Scotland. He sits in an old armchair and is surrounded by junk. The atmosphere is smokey from a wood burning stove Date: 2012
An old woman on a junk in a typhoon shelter, Hong KongAn old woman tidies up a rope in the stern of a junk sampan boat in a typhoon shelter in Kowloon, Hong Kong Date: 1982
Junk shop, LisbonAn elderly man smoking a pipe walks past a junk shop in a Lisbon street, Portugal Date: 1989
Old man with prams and junk, Balham, SW LondonAn old man with a line of prams containing junk on a street in Balham, SW London. He is outside a rag and bone merchants premises where he hopes to get money in exchange for the junk
HMS Seamew, British river gunboat, seen here in Hong Kong harbour. Date: circa 1920s
Port / Harbour at Shimonoseki, JapanPort at Shimonoseki, Japan - a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshu, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits
View of Hong Kong Harbour, by John Willes JohnsonView of Hong Kong Harbour, by Captain John Samuel Willes (or Willis) Johnson (1793-1863). Date: circa 1845
Two boys playing in old washing machineTwo young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!