Quarter Collection (page 10)

HMS Aurora, British light cruiser with mines, WW1
HMS Aurora, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1918. Seen here with mines lined up along her quarter deck

Englishman asserting his authority
Three Spaniards outnumbered by an Englishmen in combat. While they draw their swords, the Englishmen responds with his quarterstaff. Date: 17th Century

Admiral Sturdee on the quarterdeck - HMS Hercules
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (18591925) on the quarterdeck of the HMS Hercules as Flag Officer Commanding the Fourth Battle Squadron. Date: 1916

Bridal fashions 1928
For a spring wedding, the bride in a 3/4 length shirmp-pink enriched lace satin dress with panels to the sides, wearing a matching long net train

Hester Street, New York City, America

Latin Quarter Cabaret Bar, Broadway and 48th Street, New York Date: c. 1930s

Lyon, France - Quay on the Rhone and the Guillotiere Bridge
Lyon, France - The quayside on the banks of the River Rhone and the Guillotiere Bridge. Guillotiere is a quarter in Lyon, situated on the left bank of the Rhone

Spartacist uprising, Berlin - 1919
The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), also known as the January uprising (Januaraufstand) - a general strike and the accompanying armed struggles that took place in Berlin in January

Ismalia, Egypt - The Greek Quarter
The Greek Quarter, Ismalia, Eypt

Tunisian Street Scene - Sfax
The Native Quarter - Sfax, Tunisia. A general street scene

Adana, Turkey - Armenian Quarter
Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plain

Loos 1915

Fiume, Croatia - Free State Period
The new Italo-Yugoslav Quarter at Fiume/Rijeka. A location with a spectacularly varied past, under the control of many differing powers over the centuries

Lt. G. L Ramplings victory against Italy, August 1931
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (14 May 1909 - 20 June 2009), English athlete, army officer and centenarian. Shown here easily winning the quarter mile flat race in 48.8 seconds at an international athletics

Lt. G. L Ramplings victory at the 1931 A. A. A Championships
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (14 May 1909 - 20 June 2009), English athlete, army officer and centenarian. Shown here winning the 440 yards or quarter mile flat race in 48.6 seconds at the Amateur

Trabzon, Turkey - Cale-itchi Quarter
The Cale-itchi Quarter in Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon was located on the historic silk road route and during the Ottoman period

Salonica - Greece
Birds-eye view of Salonica, showing the tightly-packed streets of the town centre (containing the Jewish Quarter) and houses and boats moored against the harbour

Nelsons Column Installe
The square in 1845, after the erection of Nelsons Column but we must wait nearly a quarter of a century before Landseers lions are added in 1867

Quarter Boys, Rye Parish Church
One of the Quarter Boys (so called because they strike the quarters but not the hours) of Rye Parish Church of St Mary

Rustchuk, Bulgaria
The Turkish Quarter at Rustchuk, Bulgaria

Izmir, Turkey - Aftermath of the Great Fire
The aftermath of the Great Fire in the Greek Quarter of Izmir. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir

Andrinople, Turkey - Fountain of the Fire Quarter
Edirne - formerly Andrianople - close to the border with Greece and Bulgaria - Fountain of the Fire Quarter

Port Said - The Native Quarter

The Sweet Shop. A young toddler hands her friend a selection of sweets chosen from the tall glass jars in the shop window

Receiving the Check
Entitled " We Have Met With A Slight Check in one Quarter" a man displays shock on receiving the bill after dinner with a rather glamorous companion

Admiral Tovey and Captain Leach on the deck of HMS Prince o
Photograph showing Admiral Sir John Tovey (left) and Captain J.C. Leach on the quarter deck of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales, 1941

Jubilee Celebrated
Belgium has now been in existence for a quarter of a century, which is reason to rejoice : decorations in the Place du Palais, Brussels, express popular feelings

Vienna Jewish Quarter
Street scene in the Jewish quarter, about the time that Sigmund Freud was born here

SS Ireland, 1885
Engraving of the City of Dubin Steam-Packet Companys Mail Paddle Steamship Ireland, shortly after its launch, 1885. This ship, built in the Laird Shipyard at Birkenhead

Tunisia Tunis
Street scene in the Suk quarter

America, Steel bell casting. Great steel bell to be used as
The bell was the largest casting in steel up until that time. The bell weighed 2tons 12 cwt or 5, 824 lb, height 5 feet 3 inches, diameter at the mouth 6 feet 2 inches

Vietnam Saigon
Construction of a bridge in the Chinese Quarter

Two fashionable coats, 1899
Illustration of a three quarter length coat of black cloth lined with white satin (on left). The coat was decorated with large white pearl buttons

The Engine Room of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyanc
Engraving showing the engine room of the of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance, Battersea, London. This was part of an experimental setup to test the design of a pneumatic conveyance tube

The Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance Tube, Battersea
Engraving showing the Despatch-tube of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London. This was an experimental setup to test the design of the tube

The Mouth and Carriage of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Co
Engraving showing the mouth of the despatch-tube and a carriage, carrying mail, of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London

Tall Soldier Ridiculed
Quarter-Master Sergeant scares a tall young private with the cutting line " What 15 boots? Why, when they shoots you they ll have to push you over"

Tokyo / Street Scene 1858
Tokyo: a street in the aristocratic quarter

Djakarta Chinese Quarter
A street in the Chinese quarter of Djakarta

Electric Railway Train
The Prince of Wales formally opened the new underground electric railway, three miles and a quarter in length, from King William Street in the City, passing under the Thames to the Borough

The Quarter Deck of Lord Horatio Nelsons flagship, H.M.S. Victory, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Mens Overcoat
A man wearing 3/4 quarter length double breasted coat, with trim

Amsterdam / Jewish Quarter
Amsterdam: canal in the Jewish quarter

Sharpening a Scythe
Sam Bennett of Ilmington, Warwickshire, England, aged 74, who has used a scythe for 52 years and can still mow one and a quarter acres a day!

Nizhni Novgorod Fair
The Chinese quarter of the great fair at Nizhni Novgorod (formerly spelt Nijni) - one of the great trading occasions between Europe and Asia

Russian Synod Printing
The printing office of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, in the so- called Chinese quarter of Moscow

Spartacists / Berlin 1919
Spartacists defend the newspaper quarter of Berlin against the government troops during the Spartacist (communist) uprising

Amsterdam / Jews Quarter
The Jewish quarter in Amsterdam, showing the typical tall canal-side apartments

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