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Letchworth BrochureWHERE SHALL I LIVE ? In Letchworth, of course ! will be your answer when you have visited this exhibition (from 1907) promoting the joys of living in Letchworth Garden City
METROLAND MAPA map of Metro-Land, the residential area in Londons northwest hinterland, served by Londons Underground though in these parts most of it runs over ground. Date: 1926
Roman Empire (4th c. AD). Scale model of the city of Rome
Welwyn Garden City, an example of town planningAn advertisement for new houses and industrial sites at the new town of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, an example of town planning, designed to take people away from polluted cities
Ebenezer Howard - Three Magnets diagramThe Three Magnets - Ebenezer Howards diagram illustrating the advantages of the garden city. Diagram from Ebenezer Howards To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898)
Cumbernauld New Town, Scotland - CarbrainCumbernauld New Town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland - Carbrain. Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. Date: circa 1969
London going out of town -- the expansion of LondonLondon going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London
Corbetts VisionIn American planner Harvey Corbetts vision of a future city, fast traffic will be segregated from slow, and people from both Date: 1925
CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer" CERDA, Ildefonso (1816-1876). Spanish engineer and town planner. " Plan de Reforma Interior y Ensanche de la ciudad de Barcelona", urban planning of the city of Barcelona (1859)
View of the city de Damascus, Syrian anonymous. Oil on canvas. SYRIA. Damascus. National Museum
World War Two recruitment posterPoster from the Second World War encouraging women to join the Royal Observer Corps
Future New York will be pre- eminently the city of skyscrapers - and of noise, what with the elevated railway passing your window and the aircraft flying low overhead
LUDDITESTHE LUDDITES Jeremiah Brandreth, known as the Nottingham Captain, planning a rebellion, meets followers at the White Horse Inn, Pentrich, Derbyshire
Brazil - Sao Paulo - panoramic view over the city, showing old and new buildings Date: circa late 1950s
The Post Office and Library, Greendale Road, Port Sunlight. Date: circa 1910
Bedford Park / Bath Rd 4 / 9Bedford Park, Chiswick, London, considered the prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: Bath Road, looking east (4 of 9)
Ebenezer Howard - plan of garden cityEbenezer Howards plan of a garden city. Date: 1898
Ornamental fountain Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona, SpainOrnamental fountain and falls in the Parc de la Ciutadella Barcelona, Spain Date: circa 1930s
Guessens Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1920
Moscow. Tsars Palace in the Kremlin, 1805. Engraving
Barcelona (19th c. ). Geometrical map, by Jos項Barcelona (19th c.). Geometrical map, by Jos頍 as y Vila. SPAIN. Barcelona. Historical Archive of Barcelona
LCC-LFB Interior of Brigade Control UnitThe inside of the control unit and the preparation of the fire ground map, showing the layout of the affected building. It is used for planning the disposition of crews and lines of attack on the fire
Town Planning / JenaA 17th century town - Jena, Germany - still defended by its ramparts but spilling out beyond them into the surrounding countryside
Cedars Estate RickmanswhAerial view of Cedars Estate, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England - showing homes tastefully laid out with large gardens
Future City SatireA satirical view of the city of the future
Abraham purchasing cave for a burial placeAbraham purchasing the Cave of Machpelah for a burial place - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 23.16. 1787
Home UpholsteryPhotograph of a woman planning to reupholster an armchair by first using paper to take an accurate model of the chairs dimensions
Patrick Geddes / PhotoSir PATRICK GEDDES Scottish biologist and sociologist; active in city planning
Rue Miromesnil and Rue Treihard, Paris, France
Port Sunlight PostcardPORT SUNLIGHT Cottage Homes in Park Road
Konrad SmigielskiLeicester plans for her future, 1964. The City of Leicesters planning officer in the 1960s, Konrad Smigielski. Date: 1964
Robert Owen - New Harmony, Indiana, USANew Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1828. Date: 1838
Cycling in Loire Valley, FranceA touring cyclist stops in Saumur, in the Loire Valley, France. He leans on a signpost and looks thoughtfully at his guidebook. His bicycle is propped against the road sign Date: 1988
Plaza de Espana, Barcelona, Spain. Date: circa 1930s
Captain Scott and Lieutenant Evans planning their expedition to the Antarctic
Captain Scott and Lieutenant Evans planning trip to the South Pole
Artillery planning in the trenches
British Sergeant Artillery planning in a trench during WW1
Satirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding, ParisSatirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding - the embellishments of Paris - a comment on the urban renewal carried out by Baron Haussmann, appointed by Napoleon III. Date: circa 1860s
Pirrie Carlisle Archive - autographs and photosPirrie Carlisle Archive - autographs collected relating to an important Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of the Olympic class liners
Harland and Wolff, Pirrie Carlisle archive, autographsHarland and Wolff, Pirrie Carlisle archive - autographed album page dated 8-11 December 1911, Witley Park, Godalming, Surrey
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia and his wifePrince Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Christian Karl of Prussia and his wife, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (Princess Eitel Friedrich of Prussia). Handwritten date 5 May 1908
Autographs and photos on card, Belgrave Square, LondonAutographs and photos on card, 24 Belgrave Square, London, dated May 1904, relating to an Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of the Olympic class liners
Autographs on card, Witley Park, Godalming, Surrey, August-September 1913, relating to an Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of the Olympic class liners
Autographs and photos on card, Cadogan Place, London SW1Autographs and photos on card, 33 Cadogan Place, London SW1, relating to an Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of the Olympic class liners
Autographs on card with flowers, relating to an Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of the Olympic class liners. Date: early 20th century
Alexander Carlisle, Managing Director, Harland & WolffPortrait photograph in sepia of the Olympic class designer Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, Managing Director of Harland & Wolff, signed bottom right ever your old father'. Date: early 20th century
Autographs on card, Downshire House, London SW1Autographs on a card with photo of Downshire House, Belgrave Square, London SW1, relating to an Anglo Irish Society family involved in the planning, design and building of Olympic class liners
Berlin Olympic Stadium ModelA model of the planned stadium for the Berlin Olympics in 1936, including the swimming pool at the far end. Date: 1933
Warrington Rugby Team, strategizing ahead of their first ever match at Wembley Stadium, the Rugby League Cup Final against Huddersfield due to be played on May 6th. Huddersfield won. Date: 1933
LCC election leaflet, Conservative PartyConservative Party London County Council Election Leaflet, 7 March 1946 Date: 1946
The Chess PlayerAn Oil painting showing a female chess player, planning her next move. Date: circa 1929
Strategising in GibraltarSir Dudley North (1881-1961), Sir Clive Liddell (1883-1956) and F.N.M. MacFarlane (1889-1953) confer about Gibraltar military matters. Date: 1940
British Filmcraft studios, Walthamstow, NE LondonA corner of British Filmcraft's studios, Wood Street, Walthamstow, NE London, with Captain Banfield and Leslie Eveleigh at the table Date: 1929
The Post Office, Port Sunlight - a peaceful Merseyside village founded by a the Victorian-era built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever)
Swiss Chalet, Park Road, Port Sunlight - a peaceful Merseyside village founded by a the Victorian-era built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever)
WW2 poster, They are planning their future. Are you? Save with a plan. Post Office Savings Bank, National Savings Certificates. For ways of saving - ask the officer who pays you. Date: circa 1942
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Cibeles Square and Puerta de Alcala (Alcala Gate, 1939). FRANCE. Paris. Library of the National Conservatory of Arts and Works
London First Sewage System Fleet Streets Streetlondon, first, sewage, system, fleet, streets, street, sew, 1845, cholera, epidemics, great, stink, miasmas, combined, create, death, rate, higher, forcing, reformers, face, urban, planning, policy
SVEN HEDIN TO TIBET - 3The expedition sets out by camel caravan across the Gobi Desert : due to inadequate planning, all but Hedin and two companions die of thirst. Date: 1899-1900
A wintry street scene in the cite-jardin of Ungemach, near Strasbourg, France. Date: 1929
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England : houses near Norton Common. Date: 1913
A bird's eye view of an English country town - Tunbridge Wells, Kent - the prominent white building is probably the town's chief coaching inn and hostelry. Date: 1719
Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century
War on Glasgow Slums - Letting Light and Air into dark places - With grass plots in broader streets: new and recent apartment houses built in Coplawhill, Glasgow. Date: 1926
"Theres nae luck about the house!"Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in" Theres nae luck about the house!" Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in the 1850s. The houses are falling down, propped up by miserable crutches
The Daily Herald Modern Homes Exhibition - held at Dorland Hall, from March 25 to May 27, 1947 Date: 1947
Brighton Marina Brighton Marina site - photograph used for planning appealBrighton Marina, Brighton, East Sussex
Robert Nesbitt, Charles Reading, Joan Davis, Stella MoyaRobert Nesbitt, right, (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show
Robert Nesbitt and Joan Davis planning theatre productionRobert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show
Advert, Married Love by Dr Marie Stopes. 1923
The old St Elisabeth Hospital, Arnhem, HollandIn the planning for Operation Market Garden, 16th Field Ambulance were tasked to arrive on the first day and to establish themselves in the hospital
Planning a new course - James BraidGolfer James Braid and others discussing the new plans for the new golf course at Dunfermline 1928
Arranging railway timetables, 1908An ingenious system of threads used by railway timetable planners to secure the perfect working of a great railway system in 1909. This was achieved by stretching threads across a board
Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 2 -- dismay on the faces of the market stall sellers as a horse and cart trample all over the baskets of veg. 1883
Officers of the Royal Air Force studying the days workOfficers of the RAF studying plans for their next mission. A wicker chair on a fruit crate can be seen to the right of the picture, evidence, suggests The Sphere
ALPHONSE DE ROTHSCHILD French banker, caricatured as archetype Jew planning to take over the world 1827 - 1905
Bournville Village - Cottages on Sycamore Road. Bournville is a model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for its employees. circa 1910s
Oatlands Court, Putney Heath - LCC 11-storey block of flatsOatlands Court - LCC 11-storey point block of flats on the Ackroydon Estate on the Eastern fringe of Putney Heath. Date: 1953
St Pauls Cathedral in danger: why the Dean is opposing the tramway scheme. Sectional view from the south east showing the position of the waterline below the cathedral
BEDFORD PARK, TABARD INNBedford Park, Chiswick, London prototype of later garden cities and suburbs: School of Art and Tabard Inn, looking west (9 of 9) Date: 1882
MEETING IN PARISBanquet at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, to attract French support for the Exhibition project. Date: 1851
MEETING OF LADIES 1850Meeting of the Ladies Committee at Stafford House, Piccadilly, in aid of the Great Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, to be held in 1851. Date: 1850
MEETING OF MERCHANTS 1850Albert and the Lord Mayor of London hold a meeting at the Mansion House, where leading merchants and manufacturers are invited to support the Exhibition project. Date: 1850
