Poles Collection

A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn
Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn

Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, Nevada, USA
Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, spa resort on Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, Nevada, USA, near Lake Tahoe. circa 1930

Met Police cadets giving a display
A group of Metropolitan Police cadets in sports gear, giving a display of their athletic skills. Seven poles are held in place so that seven cadets can climb up and sit at the top

Venice, Italy - Grand Hotel Royal Danieli and Gondolas. Date: circa 1920s

Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Wyoming Valley Trust Company and Second National Bank (left) and Jonas Longs Sons department store, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1907

Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Date: circa 1905

Punting at Cambridge
A group of people punting on the River Cam at Cambridge, with Kings College Chapel in the background

Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer, in her canoe on the Ogooue (Ogowe) River in Gabon, West Central Africa, in 1896

Manual Fire-Engine / 1885
Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade

Aerial view, Bunder Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Aerial view, Bunder Road (now M. A. Jinnah Road), Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan, on a busy day. Date: circa 1950

Cutting Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica
Cutting large bunches of Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

Calle Comercio (Commercial Road), Concepcion, Chile. Date: 1904

Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USA
View of a busy Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1904

Pulling the Hops - Hop Pickers - West Malling, Kent. Date: 1938

Main Street, Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA
Main Street (looking north), Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1925

High Street and Sullivan School, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1904

Earths Core
Hollow Earth theories suggest that there could be entrances to our planet at the Poles, giving us potential access to Earths core : who knows what we might find ?

Snow, Skis and Sunshine in Switzerland
Miss Joan Simon, Miss Peggy Peyton, Mr George Renwick, R.N. Mrs Renwick and The Hon. Olivia Harcourt skiing at St. Moritz, Switzerland

War with Russia - 5
The long-drawn out battle of the Vistula ends in a crushing defeat of the Red Army by the Poles, seen here posing later in the year with guns taken from the bolsheviks

Japanese River Boats
Various types of boat on a river, some with sails, others propelled with poles

Adams Street, Jackson, Mississippi, USA - Victorian residences Date: circa 1900s

Main Street (looking southeast), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, with ZCMI department store. Date: circa 1902

View of Queen Street (from City Hall Square), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with the Adams furniture store on the James Street corner. Date: circa 1910

Alaska, America's Last Frontier, totem poles Date: 1946

Alaska, America's Last Frontier, map, totem poles Date: 1946

IIllustration showing the percentage of the ethnic
History of Latvia. IIllustration showing the percentage of the ethnic Latvian population compared to the rest by the late 18th century in the Baltic nation. Latvian War Museum. Riga. Latvia

Indigenous Village with Totem Poles, Howkan, Alaska, USA
Indigenous Village (Haida (Hydah) People) with Totem Poles, Klinkwan (Howkan), Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910

Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Bessarabia. The quarters of the grand duke Nicholas (1831-1891), commander-in-chief in Chisinau (formerly known as Kishinev). Engraving

Water games and the goose game, 1682
Water games for the Dauphin and his courtiers at a festival on the River Seine, 25 August 1682. Sailors on rowboats joust with poles while a group of men try to grab a goose hanging from a rope

Water games on the Seine for a royal festival, 1660. Part of the Grand Magnificences to celebrate the return of King Louis XIV and Maria Teresa, Infanta of Spain, to Paris

18th century military tents by rank
18th century military tents: tent poles 1, privates tent 2, , fly tent 3, 4, officers marquis 5, subalterns tent 6, captains tent with chimney 7, field officers marquis 9, servants tent 10

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta

Traffic, trams, telegraph poles, Tokyo, Japan, c. 1890s Vintage late 19th century
Traffic, trams, telegraph poles, Tokyo, Japan, c.1890s Vintage late 19th century photograph

Body suspension festival of Mariatal or Chidi Mari, India
Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India

Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada - Railway Station of the GTR (The Grand Trunk Railway). Date: circa 1910s

Pair of Skiers - Switzerland - 1900s. Date: circa 1907

Large and Lavish Gypsy Caravan and its owners (and dog) Date: 1905

Erewash Canal and Sawley Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire

Post Office - Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, Ontario
Post Office - Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, London South, Ontario, Canada Date: circa 1905

Winnats Pass in the Peak District showing snow poles, Victorian period

Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Date: 1903

How Lovely, cried Pat, It's a Fairy Lake, by Lola Onslow
Illustration, How Lovely, cried Pat, It's a Fairy Lake, by Lola Onslow Date: 1924

Night On A Canal, Ghent
An atmospheric painting of some empty boats with slanting wooden poles during the evening, on a canal in Ghent, northwest Belgium. Date: circa 1916

On The Grand Canal, Venice
A painting of a gondola setting off between the red mooring poles in the Grand canal of Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1916

Arima Road, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Main Street, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Onoyecho-dori, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Otamachi-dori, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Akasaka-mitsuke, Tokyo
Japan - Akasaka-mitsuke (the approach to Akasaka Gate), Tokyo. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Asasuka, Tokyo. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Government Department of Communication, Tokyo Date: circa 1910s

A native canoe on the Zambezi River above the Victoria Falls - modern Zambia and Zimbabwe. Date: circa 1910s

A Smart European Missionary Woman transported in a Doolie, a simple stretcher on poles for carrying a passenger - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1903

A hiking party in Switzerland, roped together for safety. Date: circa 1910

Savoy Hotel in scaffolding, captioned The Building Enveloped by 95, 000 feet Run of Scaffold Poles'. From an article The Savoy Extension: A World Record by George R Sims

Leeds Castle Date: 1912

DEATH OF GENL. KICKI
Polish general Louis Kicki (born 1770) dies on the battlefield of Ostrolenka where the Poles defeat the Russians Date: 1831

Fouga CM. 170R Magister
Fouga CM.170R Magister msn 23, msn 26 and msn 42 mounted on poles representing the Patrouille de France, at the Musee de l'air et de l'espace, Le Bourget, near Paris. Date: circa 1990

Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter 89063 (msn N.6434, ex 68-9063), on poles in a park at Stilida, Greece. Date: circa 1998

Group of London Hop Pickers in Kent
Whole families from the East End of London used to travel to the hop fields of Kent for picking. A typical family group is shown here amongst the hop poles Date: circa 1905

c. 1880s Japan - putting up telegraph poles and wires along Kobe bund
c.1880s Japan - putting up telegraph poles and wires along Kobe bund

c. 1880s Japan - Motomachi street in Yokohama

c. 1880s Japan - celebrations Bund, probably Kobe
c.1880s Japan - celebrations along the bund, probably Kobe

Native American village with totem poles, Alaska
Native American Indian village with totem poles in Alaska. 1908

Native American Indian village with totem poles, in winter. 1908

Model B-2 Pole Trailer Construction Features -- rack body, eccentric pole binder, drop forged upset axle, chain tightener. Date: early 1920s

Model S-2 Pole Trailer and accessories -- when one half of the load is to be carried on the motor truck. Date: early 1920s

Highway Pole Trailers move long loads, quickest and cheapest. For poles, girders, timber, and cargo of long dimensions. Capacity one ton to five tons. Date: early 1920s

Main Street, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Main Street with Post Office and Queens Hotel, North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1908

Native American (Timucuan) village in Florida, protected by a stockade of wooden poles. From an illustration by John White

Fort Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1908

Street scene, Memorial Day in Nome, Alaska, USA, parade with brass band, 30 May 1907. Date: 1907

Covent Garden Market, King Street, London, Ontario, Canada. circa 1905

Group photo, girls gymnastic drill. 1893

A Portable Photographic Dark Room Tent. 1857

Main Street, Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Main Street in the mining town of Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Date: circa 1908

C Street, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
C Street (main street), Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1920

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana, USA. Date: 1904

Flagstaff and salute guns, Fort Monroe, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Two gamekeepers carrying pheasants and hares after a days shooting. Date: 1922

Skiing misfortune
A Skiing misfortune as a skier takes a tumble trying to navigate through a clump of trees on a Swiss alpine slope. Date: 1924

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