Poplar Collection (page 2)

Scene in Poplar High Street during the Blitz, WW2
Scene in Poplar High Street during the Blitz, Second World War, 29 January 1944. Showing a blazing gas main and building from which several trapped people were recovered. Date: 1944

V1 (flying bomb) attack in Poplar, East London, WW2
In June 1944 the first flying bombs were launched against London, and between 2 and 3 August 107 flying bombs hit London targets

Poplar Trees and Yellow Flag Irises
Yellow Flag Iris grow on the bank of a dyke, bordered on the far side with a row of six poplars. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, Bow, East London
The Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum was opened in 1871 at Devons Road in Bow, next to the Stepney workhouse, East London. Despite its name

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

Jacob and the flocks of Laban
Jacob setting rods of poplar and hazel before the flocks of Laban - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 30.38. 1787

The Archdukes hunting by Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Archdukes hunting (1611) by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

West India Import Dock, Poplar, London Date: circa 1830s

East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of John Bowes
East and West India Dock, London - Arrival of the John Bowes screw steamer into the Collier Dock. Date: 1852

Old Fort gates, Niagara Falls, New York State, USA
View through the gates of the Old Fort, with poplars, Niagara Falls, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1920s

White poplar
Watercolour on paper by Florence Helen Woolward (1854-1936). Held in the Library and Archives

The Market, Billingsgate, London
The Market, Billingsgate, Poplar, near Millwall, County of London, England. Date: 1900s

Cloth Market - Goulston Street, Petticoat Lane, London
Cloth Market - Goulston Street, Petticoat Lane, Poplar, near Whitechapel, County of London, England. Locale made infamous by the Whitechapel (Jack the Ripper) Murders Date: 1900s

Coborn Road Railway Station, Poplar, London, near Bow, County of London, England. Great Eastern Railway Date: 1918

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Poplar, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a fire in Simpsons Road, Poplar, East London, 25 January 1958. Showing the east side of Block D

Blitz in London -- Howards Timber Yard, Poplar, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work on timber stacks, Howards Timber Yard, Poplar, 21 September 1940. Date: 1940

Children queuing outside cinema
Children waiting to go into the Ideal cinema, King Street, Poplar, London for a saturday morning matinee showing past a wall covered with movie promotional posters Date: 1935

Children waiting outside cinema
Children waiting to go into the Ideal cinema, King Street, Poplar, London for a saturday morning matinee showing Date: 1935

Populus tremula, aspen
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Aspen tree foliage

Acronychia laevis, hard aspen
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Aspen
Plate 1 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Pollard Aspen
Plate 2 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Populus latior
A fossilized leaf (11 cms wide) of Populus latior, once a large flowering tree which shed many leaves during its life span

Populus nigra, lombardy or black poplar pollen
Scanning electron microscope image (x 1500) of black poplar pollen grains showing a characteristic granular surface ornamentation and no apertures (inaperturate)

Populus alba L. DCXIV, white poplar
An illustrative plate of white poplar tree foliage, catkins and fruit from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Virgin of Montserrat. Patron saint of Catalonia, known as La Moreneta (The Black Madonna). Carving made in poplar wood and polychrome

Poplar Hospital for Accidents, London
The Poplar Hospital for Accidents opened in 1855 on East India Dock Road, Poplar. The busy street includes many pedestrians together with several horse-drawn wagons. Date: circa 1914

Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum, London

LCC-MFB Poplar fire station, E14
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council), Poplar fire station was located at 75 West India Dock Road, East London

LCC-LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London

LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe

POPLAR
Poplar tidied up for the Festival of Britain : shops and the Festival Inn. Date: 1952

Poplar - doorstep cleaning

Poplar Union Schools, near Brentwood, Essex
View of the boys side of the Poplar Schools which were established in 1906 between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Will Crooks, Labour MP
Will Crooks (1852-1921) was a socialist politician who grew up in the Poplar district of East London where his family spent some time in a workhouse

Bootblack at Prince of Wales investiture, Caernarvon

Matrons Block, Poplar Union Schools, Essex
Matrons Block of the Poplar Schools, established in 1906 between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Phaetons Sisters
Mourning their brother Phaeton, Phaetusa, Lampetia and Lampetusa are changed into poplar trees, while his friend Cygnus is turned into a swan

Poplar Street Scene
A corner of Poplar, a poor working class area in the East End of London

Two Hawk Moths - 3
EYED HAWK MOTH POPLAR HAWK MOTH with caterpillar

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping