Kiosk Collection

Camera Obscura 1817
CAMERA OBSCURA the various components of an observation hut or kiosk housing the device

Policeman and Call Box
A police officer on the beat south of Pall Mall, central London, reports back to the station using a police call box

The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris with music by Dudley Powell. First produced at the Avenue Theatre in Sunderland, 26 March 1900. Touring to the Palace Theatre, Newcastle, 22 June for six nights

Manchester, England - Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, England - the busy Piccadilly Street and Piccadilly Gardens showing shop fronts, cars, and businesses. circa 1910s

Soho, London - 8 Newburgh Street W1 - Deja Vu, a painted psychedelic shop front viewed from Lowndes Court. 1973

Lobby, Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Lobby of the Union Terminal railway station, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Newspaper Seller 1933
A newspaper seller in a flat cap and overcoat stands next to his stall on Wednesday, March 1st, 1933. Headlines include The Times: The Arms Embargo - Geneva Comment and Dictatorship in Germany

Festival of Empire - Crystal Palace
The Festival of Empire - held at Crystal Palace, Sydenham May to October 1911. In the foreground is a sponsored kiosk, providing visitors with Lemco & Oxo meat extract products

Departure platform in Victoria Station, London
Southern Railway continental and mainline departure Platform 2 in Victoria Station, London, with a W H Smith news stand. Date: circa 1910

Example of a woman dialling 999 for the emergency services in a red telephone booth

Londons new telephone-post kiosk
A new telephone kiosk in use in a London street, showing a caller inside, postage stamps being bought from the machine outside, and a postman collecting mail from the letterbox

The Wall Kiosk of Osman III - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. Date: 1802

Weymoor Post Office and Hall's Newsagents Shop, Harborne, south-west Birmingham. Note the K3 telephone box/booth/kiosk (right) - the K3, introduced in 1929, again by Giles Gilbert Scott

A telephone box in Winter in the 1940s

Mercury telephones and card vending machine, London, late 1980s

High Street, Winchelsea, Sussex - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Exterior garden of the Ermitage de Longchamp, Paris, 1920s
Exterior garden of the Ermitage de Longchamp, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, showing the music kiosk and outside seating Date: 1920s

Turkey. Constantinople. The Sehzade Mosque
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Exterior view of the Sehzade Mosque, 16th century. Ottoman era mosque located in the Fatih district

Ottoman Empire era. Caravanserai in Burgas
Ottoman Empire period. Caravanserai in Burgas (today territory of Bulgaria). Couryard of the Caravanserai, resting place for travelers. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Cholet

Turkey. Bosphorus castles
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Bosphorus castles. Engraving by Lemaitre, Danvin and Lepetit. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Turkey. Constantinople. Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek, at the Bosphorus. Engraving by Lemaitre, Cholet and Fleury

Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak game. Martial art. Traditional game in which woll balls are used on leather straps. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Turkey. Constantinople. The Sehzade Mosque. Engraving
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Exterior view of the Sehzade Mosque, 16th century. Ottoman era mosque located in the Fatih district

Turkey. Pavilion of the Pearls (Indjouli Kiochk)
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Pavilion of the Pearls (Indjouli Kiochk). Engraving by Lemaitre, and J. Arnout. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840. Date: 2018

Turkey. Kiosk of the Gunsmiths (Djebedjiler-Kiochky)
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Kiosk of the Gunsmiths (Djebedjiler-Kiochky). Engraving by Lemaitre, Arnout and Cholet. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Constantinople. Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek, at the Bosphorus. Engraving by Lemaitre, Cholet and Fleury

Thomas Cook Vesuvius Postcard pictures & map
Cook had the Funicular built for their growing tours. Travellers rushed to the kiosk at the top to buy and then post right there a postcard

Beachy Head view down the cliffs to the sea and lighthouse
The picture looks down from the top of the cliffs over a beach to a lighthouse in the sea and beyond to a small steamer. Lloyds once had a signalling station at the Watch Tower on the cliff

People on street with Daily Worker newspaper, London
People on a London street with copies of the Daily Worker newspaper, and a kiosk advertising the newspaper alongside them. The headline reads: Closures, Miners Act. Date: 1959

Comic postcard, Two women near phone box - Button B Date: 20th century

Trajans Kiosk or Pharaohs Bed, Island of Philae, River Nile
Vintage 19th century photograph: Trajans Kiosk or Pharaohs Bed on the Island of Philae, River Nile, Egypt

Street scene with Morris Column, Paris
Street scene in Paris with Morris Column. Date: circa 1930s

The Sultan watching young men battle with tomac
The Sultan in his Kiosk watching young officers and pages battle with tomak, wool balls on strips of leather. Esercizio del Tomac

View of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, 1800s
View of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, the Sultans vacation palace on the European side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1800s. The Sultan

Boulevard de Clichy and Hippodrome Palace, Paris, France
Boulevard de Clichy and Hippodrome Palace, Montmartre, 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

Avenue de St Ouen, Paris, France
Avenue de St Ouen, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: 1900s

Fenchurch Street Railway Station - London
Fenchurch Street, Great Eastern Railway Station facing East, London Date: circa 1910s

Poster, Fly to Africa and the Middle East by BOAC. 1959

W H Smith bookstall at a railway station, London, showing a young lady cleaning with a feather duster. Date: circa 1916

Film bought from a slot-machine 1928
The wide use of mechanical salesmen : A purchaser getting a film from a slot-machine in Copenhagen, this was used outside a merchants shop to maintain the sale of their wares when the shop is closed

Fruit bought from a slot-machine 1928
Shopping by a slot-machine in Copenhagen after closing. This slot-machine selling fruit was situated outside a merchants shop to maintain the sale of food when the shop was closed. 1928

Old Market Hall and Lord Clives Statue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. circa 1900

Praca Luis de Camoes, Lisbon, Portugal, with a statue of the 16th century epic poet. Date: circa 1908

Constitution Square, Lagos, Algarve, southern Portugal
Praca da Constituicao (Constitution Square), Lagos, Algarve, southern Portugal, with a view of the beach in the background. Date: circa 1908

Plaza de los Reyes, Ceuta, Morocco, North Africa
Plaza de los Reyes, Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1930

Aerial view of Paseo de Cristobal Colon, Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1930

General view inside Marylebone Station, London
General view inside Marylebone Station, Great Central Railway, London, with the Booking Office on the left and kiosks on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Rue Grand Pont, Rouen, Northern France
View of the Rue Grand Pont, Rouen, Northern France, before the First World War. Date: circa 1910

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