Quai Collection

Bouquinistes, Paris Quais - Book and Print Sellers
The bouquinistes whose stalls form a permanent book and print market lining the Quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the River Seine, Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s

Young North Africans dancing on the Paris Quais
Young North Africans (from Algeria) dance on the Paris Quais. Date: circa 1950s

Rue du Quai and the port, Thessaloniki, Greece Date: circa 1902

Second-hand Booksellers, on the Quai de la Tournelle, on the Bank of the Seine, Paris - Yvon postcard 1918 Date: 1918

Quai de l'Empereur, Ostend, Belgium - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Entrance on the Quai D'Orsay, Paris Exhibition of 1889
Entrance on the Quai D'Orsay, the World's International Exhibition, Paris, 1889 Date: 1889

PARIS MORGUE
A body is carried into the Paris morgue, located on the quai Notre-Dame. Date: 1829

Quai de la Fraternite, Marseilles, France Date: circa 1890s

Quai des Esclavons, from the Grand Canal, Venice, 1929
A view of the Quai des Esclavons, from the Grand Canal, Venice, 1929 Date: 1929

Quai des Esclavons, from the Grand Canal, Venice
A view of the Quai des Esclavons, from the Grand Canal, Venice, 1929 Date: 1929

Browsing among the bouquinistes - Paris quais and Notre Dame
Browsing for treasures among the bouquinistes of the Paris quais, with Notre Dame Cathedral in the distance. The Cathedral was badly damaged by fire on 15th April 2019. Date: circa 1960s

Paris Quai - Buying Pictures
An elegant woman looks at loose prints on the Paris quais. Date: circa 1896

PARIS REFUGE DE NUIT
Paris - Municipal refuge de nuit on the quai de Valmy Date: 1892

Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transport by Cart
Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transporting " the World" (!) by Cart. Date: 1910

Treguier, Brittany, France - Ancient Entrance to the Town
Ancient Entrance to the Town of Treguier is a port town in the Cotes-d Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. Date: circa 1909

Marseille, France - Quai du Port-Vieux (Quay of the The Old Port) Date: circa 1910s

Port Said, Egypt - Quai Francois Joseph - note the Thomas Cook & Son office (centre). Date: circa 1904

Pierre Balmain at Debenhams advertisement, 1959
A bold-checked nine-tenths coat buttoned with discs of ocean pearl, the shoulder line drops from the curve of the horseshoe collar by Pierre Balmain available at Debenhams (Debenham and Freebody)

French Railway Alphabet - Q for Quai (platform). 19th century

Quai Chanzy, Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France. Date: circa 1900s

Quai Gambetta and port, Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France. Date: circa 1900s

Dieppe - The Duquesne Quay - Fishmongers and Fishwives. Date: circa 1907

Notre Dame, River Seine and Morgue, Paris, France. Date: circa 1900s

Cannes, France - Quai St. Pierre. Date: circa 1906

Dunkirk, France - Quayside
People walk and pull carts down a busy quayside street (Quai au Leughenaer) in the French town of Dunkirk (Dunkerque). circa 1910s

Dunkirk, France - Bassin du Commerce marina and city quay
Dunkirk, France - Trading marina in the Bassin du Commerce, and the Quai de la Citadelle. Date: circa 1910s

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - Quai de Billy - Walkway alongside water, lamps etc. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection Date: 1889

Paris Floods - Relocation - Quai de Billy - January, 1910 (note the Hotel is called the Navy Hotel !!). Date: 1910

Quack Doctors, Paris
Two mountebanks promote their dubious potions on Quai de L Ecole, Paris Date: late 18th century

House, Quai aux Herbes, Gand (Ghent), Belgium
House on the Quai aux Herbes, Gand (Ghent), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Three buildings in the Quai au Foin, Brussels, Belgium
Three buildings in the Quai au Foin, Old Brussels, Belgium, with interestingly shaped gables dating back to the 17th century

French Foreign Ministry - Quai dOrsay, Paris
French Foreign Ministry - Quai d Orsay, Paris, France. Captioned Historic Counsel of the Allies at Versailes Date: 1918

Quai Du Rosaire, Bruges - Brugge
Quai Du Rosaire, Bruges/Brugge, Belgium. Date: 1910s

Paris, France - Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres. Date: 1856

Paris, France - Canal Saint-Martin. Date: circa 1890

Paris, France - Barriere de la Cunette. Date: 1830

Paris Quai Des Orfevres
The quai des Orfevres (goldsmiths) on the Ile de la Cite, is the location for Pariss police headquarters - the equivalent of Londons Scotland Yard. Date: 1830

Paris Quai Orfevres
Here on the Ile de la Cite is located the headquarters of the Paris police - their equivalent of Englands Scotland Yard : Commissaire Maigret works here... Date: 1830

Thessaloniki, Greece - Quai Messageries. Date: circa 1901

WW2 - Paris Liberation - Disabled Tank at Quai d Orsay
WW2 - Paris Liberation - Disabled German Tank at Quai d Orsay - the graffiti reads: " Here died three French soldiers". Date: 1945

The Rotating Bridge at the Belgian Quay, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Date: circa 1910s

Franz Joseph Quay - Port Said, Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Franz Joseph Quay and Lighthouse - Port Said, Egypt
Francois (Franz) Joseph Quay and Lighthouse - Port Said, Egypt Date: circa 1904

Bread and Poultry Market at Quai des Grands Augustins

Book sellers on the Quai St-Michel in Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral can be seen in the background

Amuser et instruire - Nouveaux jouets aeriens et autres X. Vert, mecanicien, 4 quai de Jemmapes, Paris. Advertisement for toy airships and other mechanical flying toys in the shape of fish, bats

Quai vert, Bruges, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

English Quay on the River Neva, St Petersburg, Russia
View of the English Quay (or Embankment) on the River Neva, St Petersburg, Russia. The embankment was built during the 1760s. Date: circa 1910s

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