Pole Collection (page 9)

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

French seaside bathing scene
A seaside bathing scene somewhere on the French coast, with children having fun in the sea. Bathing huts can be seen on the beach in the background. Date: 1906

Three acrobats doing balancing act on a high wire
Three acrobats doing a balancing act on a high wire in the open air

Captain Scott and his tent
Artists impression of Captain Scott writing in his diary in his tent during his expedition to the South Pole in which he and his four companions perished

The Terra Nova meets the Fram
Captain Scotts vessel, the Terra Nova, meets the Norwegian Fram" off the Barrier in February 1911 when Roald Amundsen met Lieutenant Pennell and Campbell from the British expeditions ship

Totem Pole Maker

The Sphere Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition
Front cover of The Sphere Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition in which Captain Scott and his four comrades perished after being beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian, Roald Amundsen

The British Antarctic Expedition: some officers of the Disco
Officers of the British Antarctic Expedition on board the Discovery. Front row, second from left is Captain Robert Falcon Scott and back row, fourth from right is Ernest Shackleton

Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Edgar Evans
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British Polar explorer, pictured with Petty Officer Edgar Evans, one of the four men who accompanied Scott on his ill-fated expedition to reach the South

Women standing by large car
Two women and a young girl (wrapped up well aginst the wet weather) stand next to their large soft top car at the side of a country lane

Hendon Union Workhouse, Edgware, Middlesex
An electric tram runs past the Hendon Union workhouse in Middlesex (now North London), erected in 1838 at Burnt Oak on the north side of the Edgware Road. The site later became Redhill Hospital

Captain Scott returning from a shopping expedition in Norway
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), the famous Polar explorer, returning from Norway on the Wilson liner, Aaro, where he was purchasing sledges

The Theatre on board HMS Alert, British Arctic Expeditio
Engraving showing the theatre on board HMS Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Plays were staged aboard the ship to keep up morale during the cold, dark winter months

Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen head for the North Pole
Illustration showing Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen waving goodbye to the Fram as they set out in an attempt to reach the North Pole on skis, March 1895

German Fishing Boat Matador setting off for the North Pole
Photograph showing the fishing boat Matador, setting off from Hamburg for the North Pole, 1900. With a crew of seven led by Lieutenant Bauendahl and the mate, Richard Dressler

Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875
Engraving showing a map of Smith Sound and Greenland, as it was known in May 1875. Much of the map is erroneous or missing in detail

The Scene on the Deck of HMS Discovery at Portsmouth, 1876
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of HMS Discovery at the end of her Arctic expedition, Portsmouth, 1876. In 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships

Open Sedan Chair - China
Going to a Picnic - Mode of travelling a long journey in China. A European gent is carried by two Chinese porters in a bamboo pole open sedan chair or litter

Robert Falcon Scott and Peter Markham Scott, c. 1909
Photograph of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval commander and explorer, and his son, Peter Markham Scott, taken in late 1909 or early 1910

Yarrow and Hedley Torpedo Steam Launch, 1875
Engraving of a torpedo steam launch built by Messrs. Yarrow and Hedley of Poplar, London, for the Argentinian Navy, February 1875

Shackleton / Board Game
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. A popular board game To the pole with Shackleton

Egyptian Sundial
A primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next

Bears / Book of Animals
A brown bear climbs to the top of a pole at the zoo

Australia / Sydney / 1891
View of Redfern Railway station, Sydney, Australia

Passar Baroe Street, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Indonesia
Passar Baroe (New Market) West in the European District, Batavia (Jakarta), Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Showing a waterside laundry. Date: circa 1908

Cartoon, Randolph Churchill, British politician
Cartoon, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician - Little Randolph and the greasy pole of politics

Venice, Italy - Covered gondola and the Railway Bridge. Date: circa 1910s

Native fisherman in the street, Aden
Native fisherman in the street, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1920s

Padda barge in full sail, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Houseboat (Dungar) on a river, Kashmir, India. Date: circa 1910

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