Poles Collection (page 6)

Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, on a busy day. Date: circa 1905

South Berwick Junction, York County, Maine, USA
South Berwick Junction, Atlantic Shoreline Railway, York County, Maine, USA, with an " Old 16" trolley car (right). Date: 1907

High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
View of the High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1905

Old tollgate house near Cumberland, Maryland, USA
Old tollgate house (built 1812) and tollgate post, on the National Highway six miles west of Cumberland, Maryland, USA. Date: circa 1940

Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Bennett Avenue, the main street of Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1906

Visit to Madeira - Hammock men resting
Black and white lantern slide of Hammock men resting, with the poles of the hammocks they were carrying resting on the stone walls - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

British Country Scene - Five men on horses
Black and white lantern slide of five men dressed in uniform carrying poles, mounted on horseback.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s

Shakes Island, Wrangell, Alaska, USA, with totem poles and a decorated cabin. Date: circa 1950

Decorated totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Decorated totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Deserted Native American village, Alaska, USA
Deserted Native American village with decorated totem poles, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Three Dutch sea scouts carrying poles, Holland
Three Dutch sea scouts (female) carrying poles, Holland. Date: 1972

German boy scouts in British Zone, Germany

Suffragette demonstration Trafalgar Square. Shows a procession of W.S.P.U demonstrators marching through Trafalgar Square, with banners and flags

London firefighters sliding down a pole. Date: 1960s

Winter rations for British troops in the trenches 1917
British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very

Two people fencing, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Bund, Yokohama, Japan
Bund (waterfront area), Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Shinbashi Bridge and trams, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

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

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

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

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, 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

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

Hondarribia, Spain - House in the Marina Neighbourhood with its many occupants! Date: circa 1910s

Comic Postcard - unfolding drama on the broken bridge - Ernest is regretting his boast to Letty, Agnes, Dot and Prunella that the structure would take their combined weight. Date: circa 1905

Brook Street Hill, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

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

Railway Tracks - Winter - Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1907

China - Jiujiang - HMS Gnat - March 1920
Jiujiang (formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang) a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, Peoples Republic of China

The Parcs at low tide - Dieppe, France - Trap for fish
The Parcs at low tide - Dieppe, France. These constructions of long supported poles and igh nets were arranged as a trap for fish

Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Cuba - Havana - Vives and Cristina Avenues Date: circa 1908

Singapore - Street in the Chinese Quarter. Washing is put out on a pole in front of the houses - in some instances (as described on the reverse of this card) resembling a scarecrow! Date: 1910s

China - Shanghai - Nanjing Road - General View Date: circa 1907

Russo-Japanese War - Field Telegraph Office at Liaoyang and field telegraph lines under construction. Date: 1904

Istanbul, Turkey - Open Air market, Porters carrying load
Istanbul, Turkey - Open Air market and Porters carrying a load using poles. Date: 1898

A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West Africa
A rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Inuit - Family by their Summer Residence Date: circa 1910s

Bronze Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Barricade - Rue Royale, Nantes - June, 1903
The Events of 14th June 1903 - Barricade at the junction of Rue Royale and Rue Ogee, Nantes, France. This was in response to fears of violence between clerical and anti-clerical groups. Date: 1903

Damascus, Syria - Marjeh - Palace of Justice - Mecca Column
Damascus, Syria - Palace of Justice - Marjeh Square and column. The bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East

Itinerant Russian Broom seller, with his wide selection of brushes, brooms, pipe cleaners and sundry additional cleaning paraphernalia of all shapes and sizes! Date: circa 1902

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