Long Collection (#98)

Joyce Green Hospital Main Approach Driveway
The main approach driveway at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - stores
Interior of stores block at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital - staff washhouse
The washhouse for staff clothing in the laundry at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

British Legion Childrens Christmas Party, Walton, Essex

Joyce Green Hospital - ironing room
Ironing room for patients bedding in the laundry at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Large rotary irons are used to press sheets

Watching fireworks from the balcony
Two fashionable women wearing long, figure-hugging dresses, are joined by a suited gentleman to watch a spectacular firework display from their balcony. 1937

Areca Sapida or Feather Duster Palm
Areca Sapida (Rhopalostylis Sapida, Kentia Sapida) or Feather Duster Palm (Nikau Palm), a flowering tree with pink flowers. 1888

Joyce Green Hospital - main kitchen
Main kitchen on east side at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Uniformed staff prepare food in large coppers. A man operates a mincer. Enamel jugs hang on the wall

Coronation party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, organised four childrens parties at various locations around the town

Cockatoo undergoing surgery
A Japanese cockatoo in the hands of a surgeon at the Animals Hospital, Pimlico, London. The bird suffered from the inconvenience of an abnormally long beak. (NB: this is not a dead parrot) circa 1911

Pimelea Longifolia or Taranga, a flowering shrub with pale pink flowers. 1888

Joyce Green Hospital Chapel
Interior of the chapel at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Joyce Green Hospital Corridor
The glass-roofed open-sided north-east corridor at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Two fashionable flapper girls one with a holly leaf design, the other with a mistletoe design. The caption reads: " December doubles: the Holly stakes and the Mistletoe cup"

Joyce Green Hospital Ambulance Trams

Joyce Green Hospital - Poultry runs - isolation blocks in di
Poultry runs with isolation blocks in distance at the Joyce Green Smallpox Hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. The hospital, which was operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, open in 1903

Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Amerindian warrior of indeterminant home in full traditional costume bedecked with beads and holding a long spear or blowpipe. Date: circa 1910s

Toll - Gate, Jamaica, Long Island, New York Date: ca. 1847

New York Pilots Monument. In Greenwood Cemetery Long Island, America Date: 1855

Steam Boat Lexington Fire
Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 13th 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished. Date: January 13th 1840

New York Bay, From Bay Ridge, Long Island. Date: ca. 1873

Sewing and repairing Metropolitan Police uniform
A long line of tailors sewing and repairing Metropolitan Police uniforms at a police clothing store in Lambeth Road, south east London

Silhouette of a woman in a long scarf
Full length silhouette of a woman wearing a long scarf

American lady dressed as Red Indian Girl
A very (non-native!) American lady dressed as a Red Indian Girl with long brunette braided hair and full feather headdress, necklace and squaws kaftan. Date: 1913

Peter French advertisement
Advertisement for Peter French blouses and skirt featuring an elegant woman wearing a pink blouse and a voluminous, long black skirt. 1947

Two Metropolitan Police officers in the street
Two Metropolitan Police officers pose for their photograph in a street, with a rough stone wall behind them. They are wearing double-breasted overcoats. Date: late 19th century

Metropolitan Police B Division 5th Annual Dinner
Scene at the Metropolitan Police B Division 5th Annual Dinner, which took place at the " Windsor Castle" in London SW1

Silhouette of two bathing beauties
Beside the Seaside from Friday to Monday -- silhouette of two bathing beauties in their swimming gear on a long weekend

Napoleon and Josephine enjoy street musicians

Poster: Heat plays havoc with shoe leather. With advice on how to look after your shoes so that they last as long as possible. 20th century

Arab Sufi - Egypt, North Africa
Arab Sheikh (in the spiritual sense - a sufi) with his (long) hair down - Egypt, North Africa Date: circa 1910s

Italy - Siena - Local country folk in an ox carriage
Italy - Siena - a beautiful postcard depicting local Sienese country folk in an ox carriage. Date: circa 1908

Crew of a modern purse seiner, Cornwall
The crew of a modern purse seiner, relaxing in a Cornish harbour. A seine net is usually a long flat net like a fence, with weights on it, which catches the fish by encircling them. Date: circa 1970s

Country Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy
Country ( Peasant ) Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy, holding baskets of fruit they have jusat picked from the plants in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Thistle Arrangement
Thistles can be picked and allowed to dry and they will keep their colour and firmness for a long time. Date: 1950s

Snow Covered Inn
The Loggerheads Inn, Mold, Flintshire, north Wales, covered in snow during the famous long cold winter which laster from October 1962 to March 1963. Date: February 1963

German 38cm naval gun L / 45 Max, Western Front, WW1
A German 38cm quick-loading rail-mounted naval gun L/45 Max (nicknamed Langer Max, or Long Max), designed and manufactured by Krupp, in action on the Western Front during the First World War

Elegant woman in visiting dress by Beer
An elegant young woman wearing a coral pink visiting dress in satin crepe with pearl and diamante embroidery on the skirt and a matching long scarf, by Beer. 1924

Caricature - William Eugene Pussyfoot Johnson
Satirical postcard, railing against the arrival in Great Britain of William Eugene " Pussyfoot" Johnson (18621945), a leading American advocate of prohibition

Three dresses by Beer, Premet and Martial et Armand
Three fashionable women wearing evening dresses. On the left, a salmon pink narrow strap tubular satin crepe casino dress with embroidered silver pearls and a green fan detail at the hip, by Beer

Vietnam - Tonkin Province
Northern Vietnam - Tonkin Province - a serene young woman holding a large woven fabric-covered circular object - possibly a tray or a sieve. Date: circa 1910s

How to Keep Fit - Breakdown
Humourous postcard entitled: " How to Keep Fit" - " If a breakdown results from overwork, a long rest in the country is imperative." A motorist who has crashed faces quite a wait

Traditional Costume - The Azores
Traditional Costume at St. Michael on the Azores. A woman in a long black hooded cape sits astride a small donkey Date: 1912

Madagascar - Girl carrying a large round jar
Madagascar - A young Girl carrying a large round jar on her head Date: circa 1908

Lady wearing a Swedish bridal crown
A bride in a a traditional costume and wearing a traditional Swedish bridal crown. circa 1910s

Lady in Greek Costume
Lady in Greek costume of the Peloponnese, photographed in Athens. Date: circa 1910s

Young woman riding an early form of bicycle
A young woman riding an early form of bicycle along a country lane. The wheels are large, and are placed on either side of the rider, who sits on a seat in the middle. Date: early 20th century

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