Moving Collection (page 8)

Mrs Thomas Hardy
Emma Gifford, first wife of Thomas Hardy. She died in 1912, inspiring Hardy to write some of his most moving love poems

Steam Furniture Removal vans, Pimlico, London
Bishop & Sons Steam-powered Furniture Removal van, Hugh Street, Pimlico, London

The Lord Mayors Show, London, 1746
Lord Mayor of Londons Show moving through the city in 1746

Moving Paintings for the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1
Engraving showing the scene within one of the Royal Academy of Arts galleries as the porters manoevre paintings prior to their hanging, 1887

Moving lions at London Zoo
Keepers of the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) moving one of the female lions

The Turtle Hippodrome, Earls Court, 1908
Illustration showing the Turtle Hippodrome, which was part of the Hungarian display at the Earls Court Exhibition, 1908. This image shows riders moving around, somewhat uncertainly

Charing Cross, London, c. 1880
Photograph showing Charing Cross, London, c.1880. The photographer used an exposure of sufficient length to blur some of the moving vehicles and pedestrians, but retain the stationary ones perfectly

RAF Operations Room; Second World War, 1940
Drawing showing a Royal Air Force Operations Room in 1940. At the top of the image a number of WaFs are shown moving counters and models across a large map of Southern England

Mr. Hughes Mammoth Troupe moving through London, 1847
Engraving showing Hughes Mammoth Troupe moving through the streets of London on their way to the Drury Lane Theatre, March 1847

Reinforcements of British Infantry marching in narrow column
Reinforcements of British infantry are shown moving in long, narrow columns towards the front lines, September 1916. The soldiers marched in such a way to minimise any damage that might be inflicted

Emigration. The land of Promise. Emigrants Catching their Fi
Moving illustration showing in close up the expressions on the faces of young emigrants as their ship enters the St Lawrence River and the passengers catch their fist sight of Canadian land

A French heavy-gun battery on the Macedonian border A French heavy-gun battery is pictured moving uphill through lines of barbed wire on the Balkan front, October 1916

British soldiers crossing a trench-bridge
A party of British soldiers, moving off for an attack, are pictured crossing a trench-bridge, September 1916

The First Modern Telephone, 1909
Photograph of the first automatic telephone exchange system (modern telephone), installed by the German Post Office in 1909

Allied Troops moving through a French village; Second World
Photograph showing a unit of Allied infantry moving through a French village, shortly after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944

Kangaroo Vehicles, Holland; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing Kangaroo armoured vehicles of the British Second Army moving through Holland on the way to the front line, December 1944

British and American troops stacking dynamite on the Nijmege
Photograph showing British and American troops stacking dynamite charges against the railing of Nijmegen Bridge, September 1944

The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flo
Union ships under the command of Flag Officer David Farragut moving up the Missippi river to take New Orleans, the biggest Confederate port

Confederate Troops moving through a burning forest; American
A dramatic night scene, showing columns of Confederate troops marching through a forest, part of which is ablaze

Professional Packer
A professional packer at work carefully laying clothing and linens into a trunk of a wealthy client

Troops of the Royal Canadian Engineers, Italy; Second World
Photograph showing men of the Royal Canadian Engineers, carrying mine-detectors, moving west of Ortona, Italy, during December 1943

The Spanish Foreign Legion moving through Andalucia; Spanish
Photograph showing lorries full of the Nationalist Spanish Foreign Legion passing through a town in Andalucia, Southern Spain, on the way to the Madrid front, 1936

Thrown from Cars
Never throw anything from a moving car

Lumiere Theatre Paris
People are entranced by what they see at the Lumiere Theatre in Paris, France

Custom House / Dublin
A prospect of the Custom House and Essex Bridge in Dublin. This new Custom House met with opposition from merchants who felt moving downriver would lessen their properties value

Stupid Humans
Animals laugh at humans moving house with all their possessions, and wonder why we don t live as simply as they do!

Moving to a Council Flat
Moving home, from three rooms over a stable to a London County Council flat

Racial / Navajo Moving
Navaho tribespeople of New Mexico, moving camp

French Schoolboys C1880
Three French schoolboys in the classroom: one of them is moving the clock forward in the hope that they will be able to go home early

Street at Letchworth
A horse carriage is the only moving vehicle in this street scene at Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Plymouth Street 1930S
Girls pushing bundles on carts up one of the ancient narrow streets of Plymouth, Devon, England

Ghost in Garden
A girl in a garden looks up to see a mysterious figure moving towards the gate

Industry / Factories / Brita
Interior of cotton factory: mule spinning, Lancashire, child sweeps inside moving machine

Ufos / Arnold / Cascade Mt
Idaho businessman Kenneth Arnold sees group of fast- moving UFOs over the Cascade Mountains, Washington State, USA

French Take Namur
NAMUR The French army, moving into Belgium, take the citadels of Namur

Horse-Drawn Artillery
German horse-drawn artillery moving to fresh positions during a bombardment

French Artillery Moving
A convoy of French heavy artillery moves to new positions

Moving Along Trenches
Making your way along a trench at night, ankle deep in water, with snow-covered mud on either side of you... a scene at Noulette in northern France

Street, City of London
Seventeen buses jam the street outside the Mansion House, London - not to mention the wagons, parked or moving. Quicker to take the underground

Fixed Flight - 1
The Aerofix flies by NOT moving - when the Earth does !

Ignitron Device C1936
The Westinghouse " Ignitron" tube was designed to register fast-moving objects

Removal Men 1929
Removal men at the Great Stanhope Street house of Mr Clarence Hatry, the City of London fincancier, jailed for fraud

Airship Mail Project
AIR MAIL : a scheme to pick up mail by airship from a moving train is tested in Illinois, but does not seem to have proved practicable

As the Picture Ends
Just as the moving picture ends

Pickfords Moving Card
A change of address card printed by Pickfords for their customers to use

Catching the Mails
A moving train picks up a sack of mail as it passes through a station : the letters can then be sorted on the train

MOOREs STEAM MAN 1893
Two illustrations of Canadian inventor George Moores Steam Man, a fully mobile robot automaton powered by an internal steam engine

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