A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a LawnIllustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by
Entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, Nevada, USAEntrance to Cal-Neva Lodge, spa resort on Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, Nevada, USA, near Lake Tahoe. circa 1930
Bank and shops, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USAWyoming 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
Met Police cadets giving a displayA 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
Punting at CambridgeA 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 / 1885Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade
Aerial view, Bunder Road, Karachi, PakistanAerial 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 RicaCutting large bunches of Bananas down from their tree - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s
LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with enginesLondon firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London
Main Street, Colebrook, New Hampshire, USAMain Street (looking north), Colebrook, New Hampshire, USA. Date: circa 1925
Main Street, Natchez, Mississippi, USAView of a busy Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Date: circa 1904
High Street and Sullivan School, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland Date: circa 1904
Earths CoreHollow 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 ?
Calle Comercio (Commercial Road), Concepcion, Chile. Date: 1904
Snow, Skis and Sunshine in SwitzerlandMiss 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 - 5The 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 BoatsVarious types of boat on a river, some with sails, others propelled with poles
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
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 OnslowIllustration, How Lovely, cried Pat, It's a Fairy Lake, by Lola Onslow Date: 1924
Night On A Canal, GhentAn 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, VeniceA 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, TokyoJapan - 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. KICKIPolish general Louis Kicki (born 1770) dies on the battlefield of Ostrolenka where the Poles defeat the Russians Date: 1831
18th century military tents by rank18th 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
Body suspension festival of Mariatal or Chidi Mari, IndiaFestival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India. Hindu devotees are suspended by hooks in the skin from long poles
Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada - Railway Station of the GTR (The Grand Trunk Railway). Date: circa 1910s
Large and Lavish Gypsy Caravan and its owners (and dog) Date: 1905
Erewash Canal and Sawley Road, Long Eaton, Derbyshire. It is unclear if the gentleman in the foreground is going to receive a stern reprimand from the copper approaching from the background....!
Post Office - Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, OntarioPost Office - Corner Wortley Road and Askin Street, London South, Ontario, Canada Date: circa 1905
Lewis Waller English actor-manager punting with his daughterLewis Waller (William Waller Lewis) (1860-1915) - English actor-manager punting with his daughter Date: circa 1908
Japan - Poling a barge along the Hozu RiverJapan - A brave boatman poling a barge solo along the Hozu River - a part of Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1910s
Fouga CM. 170R MagisterFouga 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
