Pole Collection (page 14)

Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia. Date: circa 1890s

Two people fencing, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Street view, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Coolie in grass coat, Japan
Coolie (manual labourer) in grass coat, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Club district, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Vegetable vendor, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Street scene in Gion-Machi, Kyoto, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Acrobat on a pole, with drummer below, India
An acrobat at the top of a pole, with a drummer below, India. Date: circa 1890s

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Locating true magnetic North Pole by G. H. Davis
The locating of the true magnetic North Pole: an RAF discovery. Illustrating the 17, 720-mile polar expedition of the British Lancaster Aries and her crew. Date: 1945

Cat and bird by Muriel Dawson
A black cat on a pole, and a bird (speckled thrush), by Muriel Dawson Date: 1920s

Sketch of people in boats. Date: 1922

Coloured silhouette of four penguins dancing in a circle. Date: 20th century

Pulling down German frontier pole at Alsace, WW1
Alsace Returns -- for a Moment. Frenchmen pulling down a German frontier pole at Alsace on the border between France and Germany at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Polar bears celebrate Peary reaching the North Pole
Dancing Polar Bears raise glasses of champagne and toast Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (18561920), the American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6th 1909

The Cow and Plate Polecat Trapper
Another ingenious idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson, the gadget king, for a cow and plate pole-cat trapper on the Catskill Mountains

People boating on a river. Date: 1920s

Children dancing round a maypole at an English country fete. Date: early 20th century

People loading a car at Perranporth, Cornwall. Date: 1931

Comic event at a local fair
A comic event at a local fair, involving a wheelbarrow race and a falling bucket of water

Baby Scouts -- flying a plane
Baby Scouts -- Scout-Master Peter, flaxen-haired and plump, above the trees and cottages can jump. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- cover design, showing a little boy scout waving a white flag on a pole. Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- fishing
Baby Scouts -- A baby scout his pole will sometimes take, and fish for salmon on the silver lake. Date: 1900

Firefighters demonstrating the use of slide poles. Date: 1930s

Indian Fisherman
Southern Indian Fisherman carrying his catch on two baskets hanging off a long yoke. Date: 1910s

Steam train seen from ground level
A steam train in motion, seen from ground level

A motor sledge for the South Pole
A motor sledge device for transport in heavy snow, used by Lieutenant Barnes on M.Charcots French expedition to the South Pole which set off in 1908 in the Pourquoi Pas. Date: 1909

Pinus Contorta
Also known as the LODGEPOLE PINE, presumably because it is well suited for providing the central pole of a native American dwelling. Date: 1857

Charles Morice Pole
CHARLES MORICE (or Maurice) POLE British naval commander Date: 1757 - 1830

Matthew Pole
MATTHEW POLE Churchman about whom we know nothing, I regret to say. Date: 18TH CENTURY

Constantine Mulgrave - 1
CONSTANTINE JOHN PHIPPS, second baron MULGRAVE Naval officer and arctic explorer, author of Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole. Date: 1744 - 1792

Constantine Mulgrave - 2
CONSTANTINE JOHN PHIPPS, second baron MULGRAVE Naval officer and arctic explorer, author of Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole. Date: 1744 - 1792

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - 100 Stone Steps Date: 1910s

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Nogezaka Date: 1910s

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Busy street scene Date: circa 1910s

Yokohama, celebrating arrival of Cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - A fete to celebrate the arrival of Cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga. Date: 1904

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Main Street Date: circa 1910s

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Waterfront (Bund) Date: circa 1910s

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Matsukagecho-dori
Matsukagecho-dori in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Yokohama, Japan - The Grand Hotel - decorated in the flags and colours of the allies to celebrate victory in the First World War. Date: 1918

Yokohama, Japan - Main Street. Date: 1910s

Mexico City - London Street and Dinamarca Street
Mexico City - The roundabout junction of Calle Londres and Calle Dinamarca. Date: circa 1908

Maidenhead, Berkshire - Cliveden Reach Ferry Date: circa 1903

Brook Street Hill, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Johannesburg, South Africa - The Law Courts
Johannesburg, South Africa - The Old Law Courts. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi arrived in South Africa in 1893 aged 24 as a newly qualified lawyer on a temporary assignment to act on behalf of a local

South Africa - Church Street, Wynberg Date: circa 1901

Tokyo, Japan - Ginza-Dori Avenue (or Ginza Street). Today, one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Date: circa 1910s

Nippnbahi Street, Tokyo, Japan
A street in Nihonbashi (literally Japan Bridge), or Nihombashi, a business district of Chuo, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name

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