Neighbours Collection

Map / Europe / Poland 1772
A German map of Poland and its neighbours in the late 18th century

Handel as a Child
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL Young Georg Friedrich is found by his parents at the keyboard in the middle of the night... Date: 1685 - 1759

People sitting on street, Whitechapel, East London
Locals sitting out on the street or chatting with their neighbours. The location is probably at the corner of Old Montague Street and Dunk Street in the Whitechapel area of East London

Two neighbours chatting over a fence. Date: circa 1950s

Easter egg customs in a Russian village
In a Russian village, friends and neighbours exchange eggs and kisses at Easter

The Arms Race
The more the nations try to outdo their neighbours in the arms race, the more their own people suffer... Date: 1909

The Sower of Tares
The wicked man sowing tares, in his neighbours field

Obsessed Alchemist
An alchemist, obsessed with his quest, works at his furnace while friends and neighbours drink and enjoy themselves

Map / Asia / East Indies
India and its neighbours : note that Burma is named India beyond the Ganges

Charles Edward Brock
Christmas postcard by Brock depicting a lady and gentleman at a garden gate, captioned by the poem: 'Now all our neighbours chimnies smoke and Christmas logs are burning

Comic postcard, two women chatting - alimony Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chat over garden fence Date: 20th century

JOHN COLLINGTON: Ne-er-do-well & wife beater, poacher, hiring hitmen & getting others to menace his neighbours. Buried 6 of his dead children in the orchard to save money! Date: 1696/7 - 1750

WIDOW REMARRIES 1950
At Campine, when a widow remarries, the neighbours thoughtfully improvise a band to keep the ghost of her dead husband away Date: 1950

GAS LIGHTING IN 1807
THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS !!! - neighbours complain of the smoke or of being asphyxiated, pedestrians whinge about the smell and one coughs himself to death... Date: 1807

MARRIAGE/BELGIUM 1950
At Campine, when a widow marries again, the neighbours thoughtfully improvise a band to keep the ghost of her dead husband away Date: 1950

REMARRIAGE CUSTOM
At Campine, when a widow marries again, the neighbours thoughtfully improvise a band to keep the ghost of her dead husband away Date: 1950

Comic postcard, Man and woman, garden fence Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman chats with neighbour Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two neighbours chatting Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chatting about work Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chatting in garden Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chat in the street Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy and girl, garden fence
Comic postcard, Boy and girl smiling over the garden fence Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Women looking over garden fence Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Neighbours chatting at the gate Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar calls at womans house Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, gossiping neighbours Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women in conversation Date: 20th century

America - Washington On His Way To Inauguration At NY
George Washington Met By His Neighbours On His Way To Inauguration In New York Date: April 1789

Fishermans cottage at Mousehole, Cornwall, England. His boat can be seen on the left, and under the cottage is the curing cellar for pilchards. Date: 1922

Childrens Christmas party 1847
Little ones in high glee, the room decorated with holly and brilliantly lighted with candles

VISITING A BRETON MUM
A Breton mother is visited by her neighbours, as she lies in the lit clos (enclosed bed, or cupboard-bed) typical of country homes in Bretagne. Date: circa 1900

It is a little-known fact that the Belgians were delighted when their kindly, amiable neighbours invaded their country, fraternising with them happily... Date: 1914

FALL / ENGLISH SETTER / 1966
YANKEE OF NEIGHBOURS Owned by Ercolani. Date: 1966

WIFE AS HOME DOCTOR
A German housewife can - and indeed should - become a home doctor, skilled at taking care of her family and neighbours Date: 1905

WELL AT MOULINS, FRANCE
In this well in the rue des Grenouilles, at Moulins, France, maitre Jean Cabuche, being drunk, fell and was drowned, polluting the water for his neighbours Date: medieval

MARRIED AGIN / PHIL MAY
Her neighbours note Sals bandaged head and black eye as a consequence of her having married again. Date: 1892

HUSBAND / WIFE / BLACK EYE
Her neighbours note Sals bandaged head and black eye as a consequence of her having married again. Date: 1892

NEAT FRENCH VILLA
A neat French villa with a few touches of art nouveau (but not too much to alarm the neighbours) at La Varenne Saint- Hilaire (Seine) Date: 1909

POINTING FINGERS 1933
Villagers suspect a girl of sin : Cast off by the husband she loved, Margaret stumbled past the prying eyes of the neighbours : they, too, believed the wicked lies Date: 1933

Old man with dog in garden
An old man with his dog, sitting in a garden. A woman sits in her garden in the distance. Date: circa 1910s

Tour De France Muller
Local hero Joseph Muller wins the Strasbourg section of the race, to his neighbours jubilation. Date: 1923

Witches Old and Young
Old witch, young witch : in their village home, Guillemette Babin helps her mother Radegonde brew potions for working magic on their neighbours

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - chatting with neighbour. circa 1910s

Jane Barlow
JANE BARLOW (1856-1917) Prolific Irish author, Irish idylls, Irish neighbours, Irish Ways and A Creel of Irish Stories - for example. At her writing table. Date: 1895

Recycling Pig Swill
The Lobb Brothers (Charles & Henry) collect pig swill in special pails, twice a week from the homes of 25-30 neighbours, who are pleased that their waste is recycled. Date: 1930s

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

G Stephenson - West Moor
George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) Engineers cottage at West Moor

Marriage, Lundu People
Marriage custom of the Lundu people of the East Indies - the happy couple sit while friends and neighbours bring useful presents Date: 1863

Cartoon, To the bitter end, WW1
Cartoon, To the bitter end. A father tells his soldier son that we will stay in the trenches for twenty years if thats what it takes, and keep going to the bitter end. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Replacing the maid, WW1
Cartoon, Replacing the maid. A middle class couple are forced to do the household chores themselves during a period of wartime austerity

Edinburgh street scene
An Edinburgh street scene, showing two elderly neighbours chatting in the sunshine on washday

Spain. First Carlist War. Defense of Puigcerdࠅ
Spain. First Carlist War. Defense of Puigcerdࠢ y the neighbours of the city (1837). Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Inya Lake House site - Rangoon - Lake House. We were immediate neighbours of Daw Kin Gee (widow of Aung San), and her three children. We and they played and punted on the lake together

Mrs Bobbity and neighbours with policeman
Mrs Bobbity and neighbours tell the policeman what has happened, and he takes notes. Jack Sparrow, perched on a lamp post, calls out that its the cat who should be prosecuted! Date: 1937

England / West Mill
Neighbours pass the time of day in a corner of the village of West Mill, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Two men walking through a village
Two men walk hand-in-hand along a village street, watched by neighbours and the local goose population

Over the Garden Wall by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by the artist H.M. Bateman showing neighbours in adjacent gardens simultaneously rolling their lawns

Noisy neighbours
A man sits alone in his living room, shaking his fists at the ceiling above, where his neighbours are having a noisy party. His newspaper has been crumpled up and thrown to the floor in disgust

Belgrade Proclamation
The people of Belgrade learn from royal pronouncements on the walls that their country and its neighbours will henceforward be politically united as Yugoslavia

Marriage Custom, Panama
Neighbours clear the ground where the newly-weds will make their home

Pilgrims Progress 21
Christiana is visited by two of her neighbours, Timorous and Mercy

The 1940S House
The television crew film the Hymers familys departure from Otley, Yorkshire, destination The 1940s House, West Wickham, Kent. Lots of neighbours turn out to watch

Husband / Wife / Black Eye
Her neighbours note Sals bandaged head and black eye as a consequence of her having married again

Pointing Fingers 1933
Cast off by the husband she loved, Margaret stumbled down the street past the prying eyes of the neighbours : they, too, believed the wicked lies a jealous girl had spread

Keeping Watch Etc
The Tchenomorski keep watch on their Circassian neighbours from lofty observation posts : they fill their homes with smoke to drive away their other enemies, mosquitoes

Two Neighbours Chatting
Two neighbours chat over the garden fence. One is a smart gentleman who has a very neat garden, the other is a more rural type who has more practical uses for his patch

Gulliver & Farmers
He is inspected by the farmers neighbours

Myth / Tibet / 2 Neighbours
THE STORY OF TWO NEIGHBOURS A poor man showed kindness to a sparrow, who gave him a seed which grew riches. His rich neighbour stole it, but it didn t have the same effect

Crosspatch / Greenaway
Crosspatch, lift the latch, Sit by the fire and spin; Take a cup and drink it up, then call your neighbours in

Yorkshire Misummer Eve
A Yorkshire Midsummer Eve custom: newcomers to a district set out food & drink for their neighbours. Here roast beef, beer, bread & a round of cheese are shared

Johannesburg Tram Terms
The Tram Terminus is not as picturesque as the Lounge Bar and Grill Room which neighbours it, but has its own sense of authority

Rhine Neighbours
Once upon a time... France and Germany eye each other across the Rhine, preserving the balance of power... for the time being

Turkish Power Shaken
Cartoon : The Turks power in Europe is shaken by his Balkan neighbours

The Morning Gossip a housemaid exchanges news with her neighbours as she sweeps the front steps

Starting the Ark
NOAHs ARK - Noah starts work on the Ark, though the neighbours think hes been out in the sun too much

Visited by Neighbours
A Paris workmans family is visited by neighbours inciting them to join the rioting

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