Pole Collection (page 8)

A jangseung or village guardian, Korean totem pole, Kora
Vintage early 20th century photograph - Korea: A jangseung or village guardian is a Korean totem pole usually made of wood

Cupids carrying red hearts on a Valentine postcard -- Forget me note. Date: circa 1890s

Steam locomotive at Scout Green, near Tebay, Cumbria, well known for its steep gradient. circa 1960s

View of The Crescent, Aden
View of The Crescent, Steamer Point, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen), including the Hotel de l Europe and the Britannia Anonymous Society (cigarette factory). Date: circa 1930s

Villagers in Sierra Leone with a captured Boa Constrictor
Villagers in Sierra Leone carry a captured Boa Constrictor. Date: circa 1930s

Library and Museum, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Public Library and Museum, Queen Victoria Memorial Building, Moffat Street, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Date: circa 1908

Market and Broadway, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Street market in the foreground with Broadway leading into the distance, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910s

Church Street, Norton, Malton, North Yorkshire. Date: circa 1910s

Birthday card, Many Happy Returns -- boy, girl and dog on a raft. circa 1950s

Sixth Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Sixth Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, China
Childrens Playing Garden - Quinsan Square, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1910s

Holywell Street off The Strand, London - demolished when The Strand was widened in 1901. Date: circa 1900

Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
De Beers Road, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with shops, traffic and people. Date: circa 1908

State Street, Carthage, NY, USA, from the Levis House Hotel. Date: circa 1907

Church Street, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
Church Street and Maypole, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. Date: 1904

A 2000 dinner party at the Savoy, 1910
The winter garden of the Savoy Hotel converted into a realistic representation of the North Pole when Mr George A. Kessler, the New York millionaire (seen on the right)

China - carrying young children in baskets hanging on a pole
China - carrying two young children in baskets hanging on the ends of a pole resting on the shoulder. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - ARP man with horse and flashlight wishing the recipient of this card a Happy Birthday. Note the helmet on the horse and the black and white legwear on both horse and watchman

Tapestry of the Astrolabes. 15th century. Flemish tapestry depicting, on the left, God the Creator. In the center, the Vault of Heaven like an astrolabe with Pole Star

Hiroshige woodcut - Seba: Moorise
Reproduction of a woodcut by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) entitled: Seba: Moorise'. Date: circa early 19th century

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Inuit people outside McClintocks hut. Francis Leopold McClintock was searching for remains of John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845

Cartoon, Promis d Horrors of the French Invasion, or, Forcible Reasons for negotiating a Regicide Peace, Vide, The Authority of Edmund Burke, by James Gillray

RAF Abu Sueir football match, near Ismailia, Egypt
View from behind the goal during an RAF Abu Sueir football match, near Ismailia, Egypt, 18 January 1925. The teams were No. 4 Flying Training School and the 15/19 Kings Royal Hussars

Pikes, halberds and pole arms from the mid 15th century owned by G. Wittemann, Geisenheim.. Example E is a Lucerne hammer

Captain Scotts Antarctic Expedition, South Pole, Antarctica. Showing the First Sledge Party to the Bluff. Date: 1900s

Quamphegan Park, South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA
Quamphegan Park, an amusement park in South Berwick, York County, Maine, USA. Date: 1907

View of Meaderville, Butte, Montana, USA
View of the Main Street, Meaderville, a suburb of Butte, Montana, USA. Date: circa 1927

Street scene in Nome, Alaska, USA, piled high with snow. circa 1910

Scene after a storm in Nome, Alaska, USA
Scene after a great storm in Nome, Alaska, USA, showing damage to buildings. The storm took place on 6 October 1913. Date: 1913

Bristol 170 Freighter CF-TFX Wardair, Yellowknife
Ex-Wardair Bristol Freighter CF-TFX on a plinth at Yellowknife recording it as being the first ever wheeled aircraft to land at the North Pole in 1967 Date: 1981

Two Austrian boy scouts lifting a pole. Date: circa 1950s

Ernest Shackletons air-propelled sledges, and a tent
Sir Ernest Shackletons air-propelled sledges, intended for use in the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Shown here operating as air-propelled water boats

Three people sitting on running board of car
Three people, a man and two women, sitting on the running board of a rather smart car

Disused tram, Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways
A disused tram of the Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways, damaged and rusting in the open air. It still carries advertising for Hovis, Lifebuoy Soap, Hudsons Super Soap

Narrow Boats in the Dock
Manoeuvering narrow boats in the dock with barge poles on the Grand Union Canal, England. Date: 1950s

Dal Lake, Kashmir, India - Shikara Boat
The shikara, a type of Indian wooden boat shown here on Dal Lake and found on many other water bodies of Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Date: circa 1910s

Lalkurti Bazar, Rawalpindi, NWFP Date: circa 1920s

Porters carrying vegetables - Madeira, Portugal
Poster depicting two Porters carrying vegetables down to the harbour for export - Madeira, Portugal Date: 1937

LCC-LFB Fireman using the sliding pole
Following a visit to the United States, the Chief Officer (Captain Eyre Massey Shaw) saw these devices in American firehouses, and brought the idea into his own fire stations

Appliance room of Cannon Street Fire Station, London
The appliance room of Cannon Street Fire Station in the City of London. The horses are not long gone, and their empty stalls can be seen left of centre

Maypole Dance
Maypole dance, 1899 Date: 1899

Romania - Dancer in National Costume Date: circa 1910s

Royal Hop Pole Hotel
The Royal Hop Pole Hotel, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, immortalised by Charles Dickens in his Pickwick Papers (1836-7) Date: 19th century

Roald Amundsens route from Framheim to the South Pole, 1911
Illustration showing the route taken by Roald Amundsens Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12, from their base at Framheim on the Ross Sea to the South Pole in 1911. Date: 1912

Dickens Plaque
The Dickens plaque on the Royal Hop Pole Hotel, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. It was immortalised in Pickwick Papers (1836-7) Date: 19th century

Has Captain Scott reached the Pole today?
Page from The Sphere magazine speculating on whether Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his polar exploration team had reached the South Pole in December 1911, as scheduled

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pitching tent
The double tent used by Captain Scott on the last journey of his ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912, shown in a photograph by Lieutenant H. R. Bowers on the upper plateau

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